Champions of 4 H Named at Wolf Creek
Lewis and Clark county's 1941 4 H champions were crowned yesterday at Wolf Creek during the 12th annual 4 H club council and Kiwanis Achievement Day program. A crowd of 400 braved chill weather to witness the day and evening festivities including a barbecue, dance, novelty stunts, and prize awards.
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Lewis and Clark County
Wolf Creek
Kiwanis
Helena
Ethyl Herni
Dave Bunger
Deane Peterson
Keith Herrin
Mark Farris
Frank Ceserani
Lucy Kreiman
Allen Shumate
Bill Mills
L. #. Hall
Agnes Pauline
Italy imposes broad wartime measures under Mussolini
Rome reports a cabinet decision to streamline the war effort with bread rationing starting Oct 1, tax increases, inflation controls, and decentralization of industry. The move targets currency stability and discourages property investment in favor of government bonds. Mussolini cited a grain harvest below needs, estimating 71.5 million quintals versus 74 million last year, and noted adulteration of staples like bread and spaghetti.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Fim
Lira
1 Duce
Three Die When Private Cruiser Explodes Off Georgetown
Georgetown Md Sept 27 Three persons killed and seven or eight injured when the 81 foot private cruiser Koonyurg to exploded in the Sassafras river off Georgetown. The yacht owned by Dr Charles Pancoast of Philadelphia. The dead include Miss Mary Pancoast 40 sister of Dr Pancoast Dr Dorothy Childs 50 Philadelphia Mrs Dorothy Bark Helms 60 Bosmter Pa.
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Georgetown
Geven
Koonyurg
Sassafras River
Charles Pancoast
Philadelphia
Robert BE
Lee
Kent County
Misa Mary Pancoast
Pancoast
Dorothy’ Childs
Dorothy
Bark Helms
Bhoster
Nazis Claim Turning Point War Near Kiev and Leningrad
German sources declare a turning point as victory east of Kiev routs five Russian armies, 665000 prisoners taken, and munitions seized. Hitler's forces push toward Leningrad and Volga headwaters while Black Sea air sinks freighters and damages ships near Kronstadt.
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Berlin
Russia
Kiev
Adolf Hitler
Dnieper
Leningrad
Ukraine
Volga
Black Sea
DNB
Totel
Crimea
Isolationists Mobilize Against Neutrality Act Changes
Washington reports show opponents of the administration policy mobilizing to block revisions to the neutrality act. Senator La Follette and Senator Johnson plan to press non interventionist concerted action after Roosevelt outlines recommendations. Knox and Senator Thomas urge the administration to have a free hand in foreign policy amid fears of drifting toward war.
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Washington
Taj Follette
Wis
Roosevelt
Congress
LaFollette
Johnson
Calif
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Naty Knox
Thomas
Utah
Senate Foreign Relations Committees
Knox
Foralen Commerce Weekly
Two Germans Sentenced to Death for Listening to Foreign Radio
Berlin reports two German residents were sentenced to death for listening to foreign broadcasts. 22 more executed in occupied areas for various offenses. Heydrich named reichs protector in Bohemia and Moravia, replacing Neurath. Brussels cites 20 executions in Belgium and northern France, alongside French firings and Avignon prison terms for anti communist propaganda.
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Berlin
Germany
Reinhard Heydrich
Gelch
Bohemia and
Moravia
Konstantin von Neurah
Heydrich
Czechoslovak
D.N.B
Vichy Avideg
Lille
France
Paris
Bordeaux
Avignon
Brussels
Brusseler Zeitung
Belgium
Kalispell Man Charged With Failure to Register in Draft
Kalispell on Sept 27 John CBD ONeil age 27 posted $1000 bond after arraignment before U S Commissioner Lokensgord on a charge of failing to complete his selective service questionnaire. W Y Shaftner of the FBI said ONeil was before the Flathead county draft board three weeks earlier to explain the matter and had written statements deemed unsatisfactory. ONeil said certain questions were none of the government's business.
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Kalispell
John Cbd
O'Neil
U. S
Lokensgerd
W. Y. Shaftner
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Flathead
E. §. Dickey
O’neil
Massive World War II Ship Launches Mark U S Effort
The Associated Press reports 14 new cargo ships slid down the ways across Atlantic Pacific coasts and the Gulf of Mexico marking the largest mass launching since the war began. President Roosevelt called it a telling blow against the menace to our nation as Liberty ships join the fleet to preserve freedom of the seas.
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Associated Press
America
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Roosevelt
Hitler
Iaion
Giant Alabama Steel Mills Closed by CLO Strike
Birmingham Alabama giant steel mills of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company shut by a strike of steel workers organized committee members. About 19 000 workers in Fairfield Bessemer and Dusley area affected. Walkout followed failed bid to delay action and a rejected union demand to withdraw state guards. Eight blast furnaces and 18 open hearths producing over 200 000 tons monthly for defense. Earlier 4 500 at Ensley works halted. Industry grievances and wage dissatisfaction cited. Chevrolet Price Up on 1942 Models by 10 Percent in Flint Michigan Ford shows similar rise by 387 per unit.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Wits
Fairfield
Bessemer
Dusley
The
Goy
Frank M. Dixon
State Guard
T.61
Defense Industries
Ensley Works
Italian sea losses in September exceed wartime
Alexandria, Sept 27. September was Italy's blackest month at sea since Cape Matapan, with 29 droop and supply ships sunk and 30 damaged. British and Dutch submarines and Mediterranean fleet bombers credited with sinking one and damaging two of every five Italian ships attempting the crossing. The month’s losses totaled about 200,600 tons, including four ships over 20,000 tons and 28 troop and supply ships, plus a torpedoed 10,000-ton cruiser.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Italy
Cape Matapan
Mediterranean
North Africa
Mediterranean Fleet Arm
Ite
Axis
Weather Forecasts Shift to Billings for Montana
Billings will produce Montana weather forecasts replacing Denver as part of a new bureau plan. W J Maughan, Helena associate meteorologist, said forecasts for Montana and the Dakotas will be handled by Billings to focus on local conditions. Forecasters will work 24 hours daily with 6 am early forecasts and 8 30 am 36 hour outlooks and 4 30 pm 48 hour outlooks. The station will provide social warnings of cold waves frosts stockman advice and severe storm alerts.
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Montana
Billings
Denver
W. J. Maughan
Helena
Streamliner and Car Collide Three Killed Near Crook
Crook Colorado September 27 three people died when their auto collided with an eastbound Union Pacific streamliner near Crook station. Victims include Mrs Miury Walz 49 of Crook her son Harry Lee Walz 5 and son-in-law Ned Wagner 39 Baynard. Coroner A D Jackson said Mrs Walz was thrown through a wooden toolhouse wall and her son and son-in-law were hurled over 100 yards from the crash site.
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Crook
Colo
Union Pacific
Crook Railroad
Miury Walz
Harry Lee Walz
Walz
Henry Wagner
Baynard
Ned
Wale
Logan County
A. D. Jackson
Former Townsend Resident Kipp Dies In Action Overseas
Theodore Kipp Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kipp, former Townsend residents, was killed in action serving with the Royal Indian Air Force. Mr and Mrs Al Schwab of Townsend, cousins, were notified of his death during a bombing raid on Germany. The Kipps were connected with Townsend Milling Company.
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Theodore Kipp, Jr
Theodore Kipp
Townsend
Royal Indian Air Force
al Schwab
Tller
Germany
Kipp
Townsend Milling Company
Welfare Board Seeks Supreme Court Rehearing on 250000 Relief
Montana public welfare board decided to petition the state Supreme Court for a rehearing after a ruling that the 250000 relief fund be shared by all counties rather than allotted by need. The court held counties with lower valuations receive less, prompting the board to urge the court to reconsider factors it believes were overlooked. Chief Justice Johnson and Justice Morris dissented on a portion of the ruling.
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Welfare Board
Supreme Court of Action
Montana
Public Welfare Board
State Supreme Court
Byers
Lewis and Clark
Oth
State Board
Relief Board
Board of County Commissioners of
Lewis and Clark County
Howard A. Johnson
Claude F. Morris
Supreme Court
Capture of Russian General Claimed by Berlin Report
Berlin dispatch reports the commander in chief of the Russian fifth army captured by German troops in mop up operations east of Kiev. The agency says another high ranking Russian officer, Colonel General Kirponko, fell in the same area.
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Berlin
DNB
Fifth Army
Kiev
Kirponk
Attack on Crimea Develops into Huge Battle
London reports the German assault on Crimea expanding to a full scale clash along the Perekop isthmus. British and Russian sources warn victory hinges on neutralizing the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. Signaling aid to the Caucasus, forces and supplies move toward Iran for cooperation with Russian commanders. A Russian informant warns any landing across Crimea would be risky without Black Sea naval superiority. Arctic front notes winter nears and Finnish forces grow weary, easing combat.
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London
Crimea
Perekop
Black Sea
Red Army
Caucasus
Russia
Britain
Persian Gulf
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Iran
Windsor Sees an Old Friend in St. Paul
The Duke of Windsor, en route to a Calgary ranch, greeted Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg of St. Paul on arrival. He and the Duchess had three hours between trains in Chicago and planned to pass through North Dakota's wheat country tomorrow by train.
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St. Haul
Duke of Windsor
Calgary
Alberta
Frank B. Kellogg
St. Paul
England
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Chigo
North Dakota Wheat Country
Russians Say Nazis Have Not Yet Set Single Boot on Crimea
Moscow reports quote Soviet Foreign Affairs official S A Lozovsky saying Germans have not set a boot on Crimea and will near their own grave as fighting shifts outside the peninsula. He also claims the Kiev front remains fierce with no major German breakthrough. The front line around Leningrad sees daily battles with the Red Army counterattacking to regain territory.
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Crimea
Moscow
Crimean
Black Sea
Kiev
S.A. Lozovsky
Kilev
Lozovsky
Leningrad
Red Army
Veningrad
Wheeler Says Willkie And Churchill Dictate U S Policy
Montana Senator Burton K Wheeler charged that Wendell Willkie and Winston Churchill are attempting to dictate the United States foreign policy. He said following their speeches would reveal they aim to steer President Roosevelt. Wheeler warned that democracy is being strained at home while being defended abroad, with many Englishmen sharing the view. He spoke upon arrival for a series of addresses and was greeted by an America First delegation.
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Los Angeles
Montana
Burton K. Weeler
Wendell Wilkie
Winston Churchill
Untion
Willkie
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Europe
America First Committee
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Mary Louise Fulton
Mary Lou Tobin
Patty Hahn
June Yuhas
Bonnie Galloway
Louise Osborn
Mildred, Galloway
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Louse Oshborn
Mildred Galloway
Margaret Wirth
Louse Os
Ruste
Odessa
Gulf of Finland
Kronstadt
Windsors
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Capital
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
George Summerlin
State Department
Alabama Steel Mills
CLO
Chevrolet
Flint
Mich
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Moneay
Windsor
Churchill
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