Air Raids by Soviet Threaten Japanese Empire
Tokyo reports Soviet bombing at Changkufeng hill and near border lines as 500000 Japanese infantry clash with about 1 million Soviet troops. Five Soviet planes said shot down in Korean Possiet Bay actions. Tokyo cabinet to meet as Emperor Hirohito stays near Hayama.
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Seoul
Possiet Bay
Changkufeng Hill
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Hirohito
Hayama
Yokosuka
Japan
Vladivostok
Government Forces Penetrate Near Teruel in Camarena Action
Insurgent lines are struck as Gen Miaja's army storms the Camarena bluff 13 miles south of Teruel forcing Franco to redraw forces. Dispatches say the offensive aims to catch insurgents while they shield Gandesa 100 miles northeast, with International Brigades sacrificing to cross the Ebro near Amposta.
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Hendaye
France
Jose Miaje
Camarena
Teruel
Francisco Franco
Miaja
Gandesa
Catalonia
International Brigade
Ebro
Amposta
Union Delegates to Hold Annual Banquet Tonight
Delegates of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers gather for their 35th annual convention at Miners hall with sessions through the week. The banquet is scheduled for tonight in Meaderville, with about 100 delegates from U S and Canada attending. The event marks the first Butte convention since 1911 and wraps with the smeltermen’s picnic Sunday at Anaconda.
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International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Miners Hall
Anaconda
Meaderville
United States
Canada
Butte
New Lights Fund Aims to Cut Harrison Avenue Accidents
A community safety program plans a one mile sodium vapor lighting system from Atlantic Street to Harvard Avenue. An $8000 WPA project funded by subscriptions will install brighter no glare lighting to reduce nightly accidents on Harrison Avenue, backed by city and property owner contributions.
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Harrison Avenue
Atlantic Street
Harvard Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Beryl Wilson
Northwest Showers Bring Relief to Fire Crews
Favorable winds and scattered showers reduced forest fire danger across the Pacific Northwest. A north shift spared Bremerton watershed from a blaze that reached seven miles of the city. Rain and an east wind eased the Fraser river country fire threatening Fern Ridge Logging property. Oregon conditions improved as Siskiyou National Forest cut crews and predicted control of Nome creek and Chetco fires. July ranked as the hottest and driest month in years.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Bremerton
Wash
British Columbia
Fraser River
Fern Ridge Logging Company
Oregon
Siskiyou National Forest
Nome Creek
Chetco
Weather Bureau
Scout Court of Honor rewards 74 merit badges at Lowlands
Seventy four merit badges and 19 advancements in rank were awarded to 55 Boy Scouts at the Lowlands summer camp during the weekly court of honor. Four Tenderfoot, seven Second Class, four First Class, and four Star Scout awards were earned along with two Gold Eagle palms.
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Scout’s
Lowlands
Percy. Frazier
Court of Honor
World’s famed rodeo stars head to Butte show
An advance guard of about 200 cowboys and top stock from Leo Cremer arrived in Butte to compete in the mammoth rodeo. Organizers promise the wildest, most thrilling show on the circuit this year with tough stock and peak condition to deliver maximum rodeo excitement for thousands of fans.
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Butte
Leo Cremer
Plans for Emergency WPA Dredge Creek Project
Silver Bow County planning panel announced definite measures to dredge Meaderville section of Silver Bow creek to relieve unsanitary conditions caused by sand and silt. WPA officials approved the emergency project to begin work immediately and lay groundwork for riprapping and full system development.
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Meaderville
Silver Bow Creek
Silver Bow County
WPA
Potter
Mines General Manager Weed Visits Butte on Inspection Tour
Clyde E. Weed, general manager of mines for the Anaconda Company, arrived in Butte yesterday from Salt Lake City for his semi annual inspection of the Butte mines. He has already completed examinations of company properties in Arizona, Nevada, California and Utah.
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Clyde E. Weed
Anaconda Company
Butte
Salt Lake City
Weed
Arizona
Nevada
California
Utah
Third Term Idea Opposed by FD A Backer
Senator Lewis of Illinois, a Roosevelt ally, said a move for a third term would wreck the Democratic party. He argued Roosevelt would not seek a continuous third term and warned a radical faction could form to threaten ownership of business and government securities.
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FD. A. Backer
Lewis
Illinois
Democratic
Washington
Roosevelt
Illinoisan
Dentist Retires After 43 Years In Same Office
Kalispell August 1 Dr Arthur H Burch retired today after 43 years of practicing dentistry He spent the entire period in the same office located in the Conrad National Bank building
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Kalispell
Arthur H. Burch
Conrad National Bank
Montana Weather Forecast Fair Tuesday Cooler West
The Montana forecast calls for fair conditions Tuesday with cooler temperatures in the western and central portions. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with no precipitation noted.
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Montana
Nation's Political Slate Expansive Amid New Deal Foes
Washington August first. Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri seeks renomination in a broad primary sweep that could elevate him toward a 1940 presidential bid. The Missouri vote, plus primaries in Kansas Virginia and West Virginia, shapes anti Roosevelt Democratic dynamics as Clark garners support from rival factions.
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Nation
NEW Deal
Washington
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Woodrow Wilson
Clark
Kansas
Virginia
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Professor Vanishes After Attempted Wife-Overboard On Normandie
Dr. Robert Moore Duncan, 35, Colgate University politics professor, disappeared 450 miles off New York after trying to throw his wife Alice Duncan overboard aboard the Normandie. A seaman intervened. Mrs. Duncan survived with injuries after a six week voyage. U.S. attorney to investigate.
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New York
Atlantic
Normandie
Robert Moore Duncan
Colgate University
Henry Villar
Alice
John D
Tennessee Senate primary under probe by observers
Senate campaign expenditures committee will place investigators in Tennessee on Thursday to observe the Democratic primary and report irregularities before election day. The panel says the probe will continue through November with further watchers, while Senator Berry reports no contributions and spending of 6030.91 in the race.
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Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Tennessee
United States Senate
Berry
Helena cruiser to be launched August 27 in Brooklyn
The light cruiser Helena, last of three similar vessels built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will be launched August 27. Sponsor is Miss Eleanor C. Gudger. attendees include Gov. Roy Ayers of Montana and Helena's mayor. Helena weighs 10,000 tons with 15 six inch guns, eight five inch anti air guns, a hangar for planes, and protective armor and shields.
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New York
Helena
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Eleanor C. Gudger
Emmet C. Gudger
Washington Navy Yard
Senator Walsh
Montana
Roy E. Ayers
Honolulu
Statewide Veterans Grave Registration Project Approved
Final approval announced by Joseph E. Parker, Montana WPA administrator, for a state wide veterans grave registration project. The effort, funded by WPA and sponsors, will employ 300 to 400 typists and clerks from relief rolls to compile an up to date Montana record of graves for honorably discharged U S Army veterans.
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Montana National Guard Department
The
American Legion
Joseph E. Parker
Parker
Montana
United States Army
Navy enlarges search for Hawaii clipper in distant ocean
In Manila on Aug 2, Army and Navy planes extend search for the Hawaii clipper missing five days with 15 aboard. Despite a single oil slick 500 miles east of Manila, officials widen the last known position and press on, clinging to hope of wreckage or survivors amid vast Pacific waters and 7,000 Philippine islands.
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Manila
United States Army
Navy
Pacific
Army
Philippine
Accident Recurs At Same Truck Fire Station
Carbonale Pa Aug 1 Nine months after a truck fire explosion injured 24 year old Albert Talerico he is again hospitalized from a similar accident at the same service station and truck he was inflating.
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Carbondale
Albert Talerico
Johnson Leaves for New Chinese Capital
Nelson T. Johnson US ambassador to China departed Hankow for Chungking to establish the embassy there as Japanese advances threaten Hankow, China's provisional capital.
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Hankow
Nelson T. Johnson
United States
China
Chungking
Montana to Harvest Best Wheat Crop in a Decade
Helena Aug 1 The state will harvest its best wheat crop in ten years despite grasshopper damage in the east. Agriculture statistician Jay G. Diamond said after a 10 day tour through 75 percent of the wheat areas that eastern damages are heavy near the border and south of the Missouri River but overall yield will exceed early expectations. He noted two thirds of eastern and northeastern acreage is near harvest to reduce further losses with northeastern damage described as light.
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Helena
Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau of Agricultural Economics Statistician
Diamond
Missouri River
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U.P
Japanese Foreign Office
Chungkufeng Hill
Russia
Manchukuo
Siberia
Lowlands Camp
Frazier
Otaro
Leo Morrissey
O. J. Horrom
Howard Gronfein
Mel Ivey
H. J
Tex) Murphy
Shel Sweet
C. A. Hauswirth
Champ Clark
Senate
House
Governor
Kentucky
Man
Sailor
VOTE
Johnson
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