President urges Congress to end embargo and adopt cash and carry
President Roosevelt calls for repeal of the arms embargo and a cash and carry system to keep the United States out of war zones. He argues repeal would enhance American security and peace, while opponents vow to fight the change. Continued on Page Four.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
America
Lundeen
F.L
Minn
Nye
LaFollette
Wis
Vandenberg
Mich
Glass
United States
Charles Denney May Be New N P President
Cleveland September 26 Charles E Denney, Erie railroad president for a decade, is considered a candidate for the Northern Pacific presidency following the death of Charles Donnelly. Erie directors have been informed of the possible election as NP officials meet later this week. Denney would be 60 next month and has risen from signal engineer to top post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles E. Denney
Erie Railroad
Northern Pacific Railway
Friends
Erie
Denney
Northern Pacific
Charles Donnelly
John A. Hadden
Cleveland Railroad
R. E. Oodruff
L. L. White
J. K. Thompson
Northern Pacific Presidency
Investment in Staples Good Idea
Col Leonard Ayres, speaking at the American Bankers Association convention in Seattle on September 25, warned that prices are rising during the European war. He urged American families to buy wool clothing, blankets, leather goods, and other household textiles now, before further increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Leonard P. Ayers
Ayres
American Bankers Association
First Hint of Winter Grips Northern States
The first fall snow flurries swept the northern plain states with the coldest air of the season. Minot North Dakota reported 18 degrees above zero while Watertown South Dakota marked 30 and Bemidji Minnesota 25. Snow appeared in Sheridan Wyoming Rapid City South Dakota and Miles City. Sioux Falls South Dakota saw sleet at 32. The Weather Bureau forecast much cooler weather for Illinois Indiana Iowa and Wisconsin and warned farmers of frost. A tropical storm south of New Orleans moved northward with 40 to 50 mph winds, prompting storm warnings from Pensacola to Morgan City.
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Chicago
Minot
N. D
Watertown
S. D
Bemidji
Minn
Sheridan
Wyo
Rapid City
Miles City
Sioux Falls
Hitchhiker Picks Out Wrong Ride in Fergus County
Deputy Sheriff Ross Brown from Denton found a hitchhiker named Bob Monroe who jumped in as the car headed to Stanford. Brown returned to Lewis town and arrested Monroe on a warrant charging him with property destruction in Denton.
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Denton
Mont
Ross Brown
Stanford
Bob Monroe
Brown
Lewistown
Fergus
Monroe
Death of Floyd Gibbons Echoes Across Reading World
Floyd Gibbons, 52, famed war correspondent for Hearst and the International News Service, died of heart disease at his Cherry Valley Farm near Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. He reported Villa's raid on Columbus and Pershing’s Mexican expedition, later becoming a London correspondent and a radio and film producer before retirement. Born July 16, 1887 in Washington D C he began at The Minneapolis Daily News in 1907 and worked for The Milwaukee Free Press and The Minneapolis Tribune.
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New York
Floyd Gibbons
Pennsylvania
France
Europe
Hearst
Gibbons
Stroudsburg
Cherry Valley Farm
International News Service
Villa
Columbus, N. M
John J. Pershing
Mexico
United States
London
Chicago Tribune
S. S. Laconia
Chateau-Thierry
Washington, D. C
Gonzaga College
Georgetown University
Minneapolis Daily News
Milwaukee Free Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Sheep Killing Charge Placed Against Three Residents
Three Upper Boulder residents Jesse Clemons Frank Summers and a man in his employ were taken to Livingston by Deputy Sheriff Verne Meigs and Sheriff Jarrett to answer a sheep killing charge. Summers told Primus Bruffey that lambs were in the upper country and evidence included lamb remains and a pelt bearing a rival brand. Summers and the hired man were fined 20 each. Clemons faced no charge.
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Upper Boulder
Jesse Clemons
Frank Summers
Livingston
Verne Meigs
Park County
Jarrett
Summers
Primus A. Bruffey
Clemens Place
Yager
Clemons
Old Time News Item Recalls Hanging of Gay for Murder
The Billings Gazette column recalls the 1894 case of Bill Gay and William Gross involving Deputy Sheriff Rader. Gay was hanged after a trial in Helena, with Sheriff Henry Jurgens overseeing the execution. A manhunt followed for Gross, who was captured in Waterloo, Missouri, and awaiting trial in Montana.
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Gay
Rader
Billings Gazette
William Gross
Meagher County
Waterloo
Montana
Castle
Bill Gay
Gross
Helena
Henry Jurgens
Lewis and Clark County
Industrial expansion of doubtful benefit debated
Philip A. Benson of the American Bankers Association warned at the 65th annual convention that repealing the embargo clause of the neutrality law could spur risky industrial expansion. He cautioned it might raise profits but risk drawing the U.S. into war and advised careful consideration of temporary plant extensions for munition contracts.
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Seattle
Philip A. Benson
American Bankers Association
Brooklyn
Benson
The
Association
Contempt charges against Montana State president under review
District Judge George W. Padbury Jr. took contempt of court charges under advisement after a two day hearing in Helena. The case arose from Phillip O Keeney university librarian dispute with Dr George Finlay Simmons president of Montana State University. Keeney was reinstated as librarian after a 1938 supreme court ruling and claimed back salary from 1937 to 1939.
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Helena
George W. Padbury, Jr
George Finlay Simmons
Montana State University
Phillip O. Keeney
Simmons
Keeney
Supreme Court
Survivors recount submarine attack on British freighter Kafiristan
Survivors aboard the American Farmer tell how the German submarine torpedoed the British freighter Kafiristan, sailing from Cuba to Liverpool with sugar, about 350 miles off Ireland. An escort bombing plane appeared as shells screamed across the bow, lifeboats swamped by swell, drowning six of the crew. Twenty eight survivors reached shore in two lifeboats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cuba
Liverpool
Ireland
American Legion Parade Captivates Chicago Crowd
The American Legion led a 75 000 strong parade through Michigan Avenue Grant Park and Soldier Field on September 26 1939. About 1 000 000 spectators lined the streets with 100 bands and 500 drum corps performing as rain cleared by noon. Capt David Flynn estimated attendance at the stadium reached 50 000 viewers.
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Chicago
American Legion
Michigan Avenue
Grant Park
Soldier Field
Broad
France
David Flynn
Montana counties reduce net indebtedness by half
A statement from the Montana Taxpayers association shows Montana county net indebtedness fell from 12.56 million on June 30, 1933 to 5.60 million on June 30, 1939, due to bond debt repayment. Warrants rise and cash balances shrink, yet counties say spending demands remain high as 1939 obligations total over 2 million before taxes.
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Helena
Montana Taxpayers Association
Montana
Stillwater buries last Civil War veteran Hawks
Absarokee Montana September 26 funeral services for Willam Dunkley Hawks 93 longtime Absarokee resident and last Civil War veteran in Stillwater county will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the Congregational church with Rev A J Goodson officiating and the American Legion post No 34 in charge Interment will be in Absarokee cemetery He died at his home Monday night born March 18 1846 at Fort Dearborn Illinois came west about 40 years ago and lived on a farm near Absarokee until retirement ten years ago survived by several sons and daughters.
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Absarokee
Willam Dunkley
Dad) Hawks
Stillwater County
Congregational
A. J. Goodson
Stillwater
American Legion
Hawks
Fort Dearborn
Ill
Germans Jubilant Over Fall of Warsaw After 27 Day Bombing
Berlin reports Warsaw surrendered unconditionally after a 27 day siege. Gen Johannes von Blaskowitz ordered to arrange terms with pending handover of the city by September 29. German high command notes civilian protections and a military government to enforce occupation.
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Warsaw
Berlin
Johannes von Blaskowitz
Budapest
Births Double Deaths in Montana Last Year
The 1938 census reports 10 673 births in Montana versus 5 684 deaths. Infant mortality was 45.5 per 1 000 live births. maternal mortality 3.3. Triplets, twins noted. tuberculosis death rate 44.7 per 100 000. cancer 103.3. motor-vehicle deaths 26.5. Total Montana deaths 586. auto fatalities 143. drownings 89. five home deaths.
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Washington
Bureau of Census
Montana
Treasure State
Buffalo Rapids irrigation project begins with first pumping
At 5 35 a m Tuesday the Yellowstone river water began flowing through Fallon pumping station into a 30 mile canal to Glendive signaling the start of the Buffalo Rapids project. Foreman E T Walters activated the switch to start one pump marking the first division of a planned system to irrigate Yellowstone valley bottom lands from Hysham to Sidney across about 170 miles.
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Terry
Yellowstone River
Fallon
Glendive
Buffalo Rapids
E. T. Walters
Yellowstone Valley
Yellowstone
Big Horn River
Hysham
Sidney
Montana Lambs Top Chicago Market Spotlight
A carload of cross bred lambs from Montana agr icultural experiment station topped Chicago prices at 9.60 per hundredweight. The 85 pound lambs averaged 120 days old and were grazed on national forest land then lower range. Half were Ram bouillet and the rest Hampshire Suffolk Columbia Corriedale or Romneys.
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Bozeman
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Chicago
Ralph McCall
Animal Husbandry Department
National Forest
Forest Grange
McCall
Hampshire
Suffolk
Columbia
Corriedale
Romney
Hitler Seeks Peace Talks as Troop Pressure Increases
Reports from Paris say Hitler plans to use his growing western front mobilization to press France and Britain for peace terms based on Poland’s partition. Germany seeks a potential alliance with Stalin to pressure Allied leaders, while France and Britain demand Hitler’s destruction and Poland’s independence.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Western Front
France
Britain
Germany
Nazifuehrer
Poland
Russia
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Southern California Heat Wave Continues Across Region
Southern California endures above 100 degree heat for the seventh day as clouds temper highs. The intense spell, with nightly lows not below 75 for a week, is blamed for 88 local deaths and over a dozen more statewide.
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Los Angeles
California
Weather Bureau
Hereford Yearlings Bring Good Price at Gallatin Gateway Auction
On September 25, 113 registered Hereford yearlings sold at the Gallatin Gateway Hereford ranch first annual auction in Bozeman. Bulls averaged 213.57 dollars with a top 410 dollars by Frank Kuntz of Whitehall. Heifers averaged 150.97 dollars with a top 225 dollars. Buyers came from Wyoming Utah and Montana.
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Bozeman
Gallatin Gateway
Frank Kuntz
Whitehall
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Sigmund Freud Dies in London at 83
London report confirms Sigmund Freud, originator of psychoanalysis, died near midnight at his Hampstead home. Born 1856 in Freiberg, he shaped modern views on sex, neurosis, and repression, with followers worldwide despite mixed medical reception.
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Dr. Freud
London
Sigmund Freud
Hampstead
Freud
Vienna University
Doctor Freud
Latin
Rhine
America
Freiberg
Moravia
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N. P
Staples
Bruffey
Carl Bue
Reed Point
Jurgens
George T. Young
Springdale
O'Marr
Roe Johnson
Johnson
Missouri
Ross
Buffalo Rapids Project
Montana Lambs
Southern
Hereford
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