Report on British labor relations depicts rare strikes
Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt's labor commission finds wide spread collective bargaining in Great Britain to be conducted in mutual tolerance and forebearance. He notes cooperation between employers and employees as the most salient feature and says the machinery of bargaining is functioning well with industry wide unions and strong employer associations. Continued on page 2.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Commission On Labor Relations
Great Britain
Commission
Death toll from typhoon in Japan nears century mark
Tokyo reports at least 99 dead after a powerful typhoon churned through eastern Japan. Many injured or missing, with damage reaching up to 100 million yen. Yokohama shipping damage estimated at 6 million yen. Public transport and markets gradually resume as schools may stay closed. disaster echoes the 1923 quake anniversary with widespread homelessness and extensive destruction.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yokohama
Helena Rotana Club to Stage Comedy for Milk Fund
The Helena Rotana club will present a comedy called Club Capers on Oct 6 at the high school auditorium to replenish its milk fund for Helena’s undernourished children. Mrs. Nettie Thomson, club president, announced that civic groups will aid in the production and hopes to meet a fundraising goal for winter aid.
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Helena Rotana Club
Fromer
Helena
Nettie Thomson
Flotana Club
Belena
Hines defense highlights Davis trial tactics in policy case
In New York on September 1 the Hines defense pressed the claim that Judge Dewey allowed Davis to visit red-haired showgirl Hope Dare as an inducement to become a state witness in the Dutch Schultz policy racket case. Prosecutor Dewey objected as Davis testified about visits while jailed, noting detectives were present and that the witness had not lived with his wife for years.
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New York
Hope Dare
J. Richard
Divie) Davis
Tammany T
James J. Hines
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Thomas E. Dewey
Davis
Hine Ag
Dutch Schultz
Dewey
Stryker
Darts
Te Wag & Prisoner
Squirrin
Schultz Mob
Searth
Miss Dave
Tomba
Miss’ Dare
Rooster, Jersey calves and a rattled liquor store alarm
Disjointed city briefs: Newark jokes about a rooster blinded by an antipoise ordinance. Dexter Oliver receives triplet Jersey calves after buying a single animal. Malden man shakes a liquor store doorway with police responding. Santa Cruz woman reports a fire after a polite stranger warns a burning home, causing about five thousand dollars in damage.
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Newark
Nn. J
Anthony Blanco
Gwiny Nementek Bean
Sena
Blamco
Navy creates Atlantic Fleet in unexpected move amid crisis
Washington reports a temporary Atlantic squadron of 14 ships to be formed immediately, seven light cruisers and seven destroyers, under Rear Admiral Forde A. Todd. The move signals defense revisions with aim to guard the Panama Canal against a transatlantic threat as the main fleet prepares for Atlantic war games next year.
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Atlantic
Washington
Navy
Forde A. Todd
Pacific
William D . Leahy
Europe
Faval
Vanama Canal
New York
Roosevelt
Admiral Leahy
Congressional
Congress
Chinese Report Japs Defeated on Yangtze Fronts
Shanghai reports Chinese commandery claiming heavy Japanese losses in the Yangtze valley. They describe counter-attacks near Suichan and Huitchang with 4000 enemy casualties, recapture of Anshan, standup combat near Hwangmel, and efforts to reach Hankow before winter. Japan had earlier claimed offensives were pressed.
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Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Suichan
Hankow
Yangsin River
Prata
Huitchang
Anshan
Telan
Neochang
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Hwangmel
China
Youngest Air Stewardess Shatters Travel Record
Margaret Mary O Grady, barely 22, has traveled 116000 miles in seven months. Once confined within 75 miles of Chicago, she now flies the Newark Chicago route for American Airlines becoming the world s youngest air stewardess.
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Margaret Mary O'Grady
Chicago
Newark-Chicago
American Airlines
Fire insurers warned to honor full policy values in Montana
State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner John J. Holmes said fire insurance claims in Montana must be liquidated at full policy value for total losses. He noted complaints about depreciation clauses reducing payout and contrasted this with the valued policy law enacted in 1935, which requires payment of true policy value.
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Montana
John J. Holmes
Holmes
Soma
Sheep Man Struck By Lightning Near Montrose
Floyd Hunt, a 25 year old sheep herder, was struck by lightning while seated near his tent in an isolated timbered area 22 miles southwest of Montrose Colorado. He was found unconscious in mud by his grandson Bobby Milixon after running six miles to summon help and was taken to Montrose hospital with serious injuries.
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Montrose
Colo
Floyd Hunt
Montrose Hospital
Hunt
Bobby Milixon
Haont
Mexico declares stand against halt to land expropriation
President Lazaro Cardenas announced in a new congress session that Mexico will continue its agrarian reform and expropriation of foreign oil properties without immediate compensation. He rejected Hull's call for a stop, insisting payments will cover actual investments only. He said the policy serves national needs and will not seek arbitration.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Hull
Congress
Reforma
Cardenas
High Powered Riot Gun New Police Weapon
Helena police unveil a 37 millimeter riot gun designed to subdue suspects with minimal injury. The weapon fires two shell types, including large 500 yard guided rounds and smaller tear gas cartridges, with automatic cocking on each shot and a gas payload that becomes a green vapor in the open air.
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Helena
Folice
Roger Smith
Runciman Delivers Peace Appeal to Hitler Via Henlein
Viscount Runciman Britain’s unofficial mediator in the Czechoslovak German crisis reportedly sent a personal peace appeal to Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden. Konrad Henlein, Sudeten German leader, carried the message, asking Hitler to approve negotiations through Runciman on autonomy demands. Diplomats considered the move significant for influencing Hitler’s stance on Czechoslovakia concessions.
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London
Viscount Runciman
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Konrad Henlein
Fuehrer
Runetman
Henlein
Worshipers Move Because of Heat At First Baptist
In Alttoonn Pa on September 1 the First Baptist church moved evening services from the main auditorium to the basement due to heat. Fifteen minutes later a 300pound stained glass skylight collapsed into the auditorium floor. About 150 worshippers resumed their interrupted services with prayers of thanks for their escape.
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Alttoonn
First Baptist Church
Fate of Czechoslovakia Hangs On Hitler Talks In Praha
Direct word from Adolf Hitler on Czechoslovakia’s fate was awaited in Praha as Sudeten German party leaders expected Konrad Henlein to return from Berchtesgaden. Henlein reportedly flew to Praha with Hitler’s stance unresolved, while Sudeten leaders closed ranks and issued a communique backing negotiators with the government and Lord Runciman. The government viewed the communique as reassurance amid reports of party divisions on negotiations.
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Praha
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Henlein
Czech
Welf
Lord Runciman
Britain
Jews Ordered Out by Mussolini in 6 Month Send‑Away Decree
Rome. Sept 1. The Italian government ordered all Jews settled in Italy since World War I to leave the country within six months. The decree, approved by Prime Minister Mussolini, applies to Italy Libya and the Aegean islands but not to Italian East Africa Eritrea Somaliland or Ethiopia. Estimated Jewish population in Italy is about 44,000. the census will refine numbers. The ban may affect those in Ethiopia if not finding another country.
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Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Libya
Aegean
Feles
Italian East Africa
Eritres
Italian Somaliland
Ethiopia
Germany
Austria
Welfare board directs counties to set aside grants
The Montana Board of Public Welfare ordered counties to create a general relief fund for grants in aid, disbursed by special warrant and used only for approved general relief purposes. It approved grants to Cascade 25000 for July and August, Jefferson 750 for August, and Sheridan 1200 for July and August, while other requests were denied for lack of proper budgeting and compliance with law and board regulations.
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Welfare Board
Montana Board of Public Welfare
Cascade
Ralief
Jefferson
Sheridan
I. M. Brandford
Trator
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Calif
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Reich
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
NEA
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Idaho
Sid Coleman
Ruth Welsh
Lewiston
Peage
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