Navy Mobilizes Reservists for Immediate War Readiness
The admiralty announced the immediate mobilization of the entire navy as a precaution. Royal Fleet Reservists must report to depots Wednesday morning, with some sent directly to Fort Blockhouse Gosport. Others will receive individual summons if needed. King George to issue royal proclamation Wednesday.
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London
Admiralty
Royal Fleet Reserves
Royal Fleet
Submarine Service
Fort Blockhouse
Gosport
Portsquouth
Britain
Royal Naval Reserve
Admiralty Caid
King George
Toya
Canadian Pacific
Steamshin Company
Empress of Australia
Navy
Audi
Simpson Sentenced To Be Hanged For Murder Of Officer
Ryegate Montana September 27 District Judge William L Ford formally sentenced Lee Simpson to death for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Arthur Burford during a shootout at the Simpson ranch near Ryegate on April 4. Notice of appeal to the state Supreme Court was filed by defense counsel and the execution date was not set. The verdict made the death sentence mandatory.
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Ryegate
Mont
William L. Ford
Lee Simpson
Arthur Burford
Simpson Ranch
Here
State Supreme Court
Counse
Nazi Government Says Czechs Renounce Promise in Relentless Hitler Stand
The German government stated that Czechoslovakia has renounced its pledge to surrender the Sudetenland, arguing Prague rejects the Anglo French plan last week. Berlin says the note reflects Czech subservience to German demands and questions how England and France will respond to Prague’s de facto renunciation.
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Herlin
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Sudetenland
Pragur
Geman
Ament Rireles
England
France
Prague
Italy Begins Mobilizing Troops Amid Unconfirmed Reports
Rome reports suggest Italy may call up to two million men as part of a precautionary mobilization of specialists from 1906 to 1916 classes. Military circles note leaves canceled and passports denied while denying an official mobilization. About 200,000 men from later classes and various technical groups are already under arms.
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Italy
Party Offices in Pittsburgh Block Announced
Helena announces Desmonrilie siege guns are set up in the Pittsburgh block for the fall campaign. State chairman A J Lainer Havre will supervise activities from the headquarters with officer appointments including Burke Clements as secretary treasurer. Executive vice chairman Burke Clements will direct the fall drive as party leaders optimistic of a sweeping November victory.
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Pittsburgh
Helena
A. J. Lainer
Havre
Billings
Officrs
Lamey
John W Bonner
Burke Clements
James F. O'Connor
Montana
Grover Cisel
Clements
Paul Smith
Boulder
Austin B. Middleton
Deer Lodge
Railroad
Public Service Commission
Montans
Polis
Elk bag limit tightens as Montana early season yields low
The Flathead early elk season opened September 15 with only 18 elk bagged by 30 hunters at the Spotted Bear station. Reports note two batts and six cow elk killed, while other hunters in the area remain in the field. Officials warn bulls will descend from high country as the cohort begins moving. Park County and Whet Head district report two additional elk taken. The state Supreme Court weighs legality of the early season amid protests by a Butte sportsmen group.
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State Fish and Game Department
State Fish and Game
James A. Weaver
FL E. Pilling
Pilling
Tower Country
State Department
Park Couity
Whethead
Flathead
Fonth Fork
Montana
Supreme Court
Butte
Townsend Urges Adherents to Vote Republican in 1940
Los Angeles report states Dr. Francis E. Townsend urges supporters to back Republican nominees in 1940. He plans to sail to Hawaii to study island tax systems for a new pension bill to push at the next Congress. Townsend calls for a strong minority in Washington to create a better balance.
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Los Angeles
Friends of the
Townsend Pension Plan
Francis E. Townsend
Hawaii
Townsend
Hawai
Washington
Roosevelt makes second peace appeal to Adolf Hitler
Washington September 27 1940 President Roosevelt issued a dramatic second appeal for peace in Europe addressing Adolf Hitler alone. He urged direct negotiations continue or a conference of all nations could be held in a neutral European spot with United States commitments stated. Officials stressed the US position is not committing past present or future.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Adolf Hitler
United States
M.S.T
Hull
Welles
Michael McDermott
Department
Hitler
Trike
Germany
Czechoslovakia
France
Great Britain
Boy brakeman's switch caused Tortuga wreck with 11 deaths
The 14 year old Leonard Jacobson, after saying he would trade places with the dead, assumed full responsibility for the Tortuga Arizona rail disaster. He threw the switch that sent a nine car passenger train hurtling into a stationary train on a siding, killing 11 people.
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Leonard Jacobson
Tortuga
Ariz
Jacobson
Czech Cabinet Meets as Zero Hour Draws Near
Prague reports describe the Czechoslovak cabinet meeting through the night as ultimatum by Hitler loomed and Chamberlain urged peace. General Jan Syrovy set for radio address the next day while border tensions and air raid drills kept citizens in strict discipline.
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Prague
Hitler
Jan Syrovy
Prentice
Nano
St. Wencelaus
Bohemia
Syrovy
Russia
Pacific
Germany
Foreign Office
Chamberlain
Great
Eduard Bones
Czechoslovakia
Roosevelt Forms Board To Settle Rail Wage Fight
President Roosevelt named three veteran arbiters and a reform administrator to report by October 37 on the wage dispute between major railroads and 10 unions. The emergency board acts under a Railway Labor Act provision to avert a nationwide strike, with pay cuts postponed until November 26.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Walter P. Tracy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Harry A. Millis
University of Chicago
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Securities Commission
Moosevelt
Chicago
Stacy
Millis
First National Labor Relations Board
Landis
Federal Trade Commission
Prime Minister urges empire to prepare for war
London Sept 27 Neville Chamberlain voiced discouragement over the outlook and urged Britain and its empire to ready for war if conflict comes. King George and the privy council declared the nation in a state of emergency amid looming threats.
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London
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
George
Privy Council
Peace Hope Surges In Paris As War Fears Rise
Paris reports a surge of optimism that peace can be saved as France reinforces defenses and civilians flee Paris. France, Britain, and other democracies press Germany over Sudetenland demands ahead of Saturday’s deadline. Chamberlain and Hitler exchange stark messages while trains move troops and Americans depart.
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Paris
France
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
World War Broadcasts Reach Global Audiences
President Hoovers appeal to Chancellor Hitler was broadcast and carried across the United States by major networks. The NBC shortwave program was sent to other nations and translated into German French Spanish Portuguese and Italian. Columbia Broadcasting System said Denes address in Prague scheduled for Wednesday was cancelled due to unsettled European conditions.
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New York
Hoosevelt
Hitler
United States
N.B.C
Columbia Broadcasting System
Prague
Denes’ Sched Wed
Feud Over Smiles Of Maid Satisfied With Cream Puffs
In St. Louis on September 27 two rival service station operators faced off on a busy street armed with ten cream puffs each over the smiles of their association's executive secretary. Referee Harold Fox judged the fight a no contest after seven splatters. Mary Campbell Loos, who had inscribed a book flyleaf to Carl Hodges, declined to comment.
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St. Louis
Carl G. Hodges
Quincy
Til
Carl 8. Johnson
Aurora
Carl
Harold Fox
J. Louis
Aeven Splatters
Mies
Mary Campbell Loos
Carl Hoeecy
Body of Dam Slide Victim Recovered at Fort Peck
Fort Peck Mont Sept 27 The body of Douglas J Moore 32 Fort Peck dam construction superintendent and one of eight men killed in a earth slide at the dam Thursday was recovered today A government employed boat sighted the body floating in the reservoir about three fourths of a mile from the slide area Army engineers who oversaw the dam said Moore warned his men as soon as he noticed the movement aiding their escape His funeral is set for Wednesday in Claygow Only one other body had been recovered Six men were still missing Work on a railroad line up the upstream face was completed to connect with the downstream side enabling quarry stone laying The first train ran over the new line a half hour after completion
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Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Chamberlain
Hitler
Sudetenland
Germany
Fort Peck
Mont
Douglas J. Moore
Moore
Claygow
D. C
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Ehferest
Sue Detenl
Horace
Brush
Horsce Fiew Pack
Rome
Toay
Vitaly
Eigg
Addoevelt
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