Franco Opens New Assault in War as Czech Concessions Scrutinized
In Prague Aug 19 Sudeten German leaders call government offers of civil posts wholly inadequate as peace gestures. They demand equal postmasters and more jobs for Germans. In France Franco redirects insurgent legions for a fresh offensive to end the civil war before winter. Barcelona bombings intensify. British shipping damaged as Sitges and Vallcarca suffer casualties. Franco plans to strike Valencia and Barcelona with Generalissimo leading the drive.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Viscount Runciman
Britain
Sudeten
Lord Runciman
Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Catalonia
Sitges
Vallcarca
Stanbrook
Stanforth
Stanhope Shipping Company
Mercantmen
Vallearca
Oran
Algeria
Franco
Valencia
Madrid
Spain
Zurich
Switzerland
Industry crippled as he aims for autumn maneuvers
Germany faces a labor shortage as Reichsfuehrer Hitler tours training grounds to check readiness for autumn divisional maneuvers. Mobilization of nearly all able-bodied men has strained factories and plants, worsened by demand for armaments and clothing. This continues on page 2.
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Berlin
Veteran Divorce Judge Moran Dies After Illness
Judge Thomas F. Moran, 74, who spent 27 years on the Washoe county district court bench granting numerous divorces to prominent figures, died in Reno after a long illness shortly after announcing his retirement and pension eligibility.
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Reno
Thomas F. Moran
Washoe County
British demand explanation for Nazi detention of Captain Kendrick
London protests Germanys arrest of Captain Thomas Kendrick British passport officer in Vienna. Berlin gave no reply as Henderson seeks a full speedy explanation. Kendrick, detained at Freilassing while en route to Switzerland, faces theories of overissued visas or espionage amid rising Jewish refugee flows.
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London
Foreign Office
Germany
Thomas Kendrick
Vienna
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Kendrick
Freilassing
Bavaria
England
Metropole
Britain
Austria
Butte Exchange Delegates to Attend National Meet
More than 40 members of the Butte Exchange club and led by Joseph J. Hermes and John N. Newland depart for Salt Lake City for the National Exchange club convention opening tomorrow. Over 2,500 members will attend from across the country. the Butte delegation plans a skit and various program contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Heimes
John N. Newland
Butte Exchange Club
Salt Lake City
Mr. Heimes
Butte Club
Great Northern Railroad
Butte
Mr. Newland
National Exchange Club
Mining City
Joseph J. Hermes
Mountain States
Aeeranens Helena Exchange Club
Exchange Club
Radicals Rule WPA Theater Committee Hearings
Mrs. Hazel Huffman of New York testifies before the House committee on un American activities that the federal theater project of WPA is dominated by radicals and uses public funds to spread communism. Veterans of the war in Spain accuse Rep O Connell and Bernard of giving the Soviet salute to Spanish forces, prompting a Justice Department review on enlistment in foreign armies.
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Washington
Hazel Huffman
New York City
House Committee On UN- American Activities Today
Federal Theater Project
WPA
Spain
O'Connell
Democrat
Montana
Bernard
Farmer- Labor
Minnesota
Justice Department
Boy Dies in Sand Cave-In Near Gould Mine
Helena report: Freddy Smith age 12 is killed when a sand cave at a tailing pond dam near the Gould mine collapses while he and Douglas Jensen dig a cave. Jensen survives after frenzied but futile rescue efforts.
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Helena
Freddy Smith
Gould Mine
Here
Douglas Jensen
Young Jensen
Montana Weekend Forecast Sees Warmer Temperatures
The Montana forecast calls for generally fair conditions Saturday and Sunday with warmer temperatures on Saturday and in the eastern portion on Sunday.
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Montana
Former heavyweight champ Tunney urges amateur boxing in Butte
Gene Tunney addressed American Legionnaires and local sportsmen in Meaderville urging support for amateur boxing while condemning crooked promoters. He heads to Helena tonight to referee a major lightweight bout between Hubert Dennis and Ritchie Fontaine, with Butte’s Ralph Hocking and Ray Cote in supporting fights.
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Butte
Gene Tunney
Mining City
King of Squared Circle
Helena
American Legionnaires
Montana
Meaderville
Jack Dempsey
Hubert Dennis
Bozeman
Ritchie Fontaine
Missoula
Ralph Hocking
Ray Cote
James J. Tunney
Roosevelt Says Kingston Speech Fits Monroe Doctrine
President Roosevelt, resting at Hyde Park, told reporters to read the Monroe Doctrine text and said his Kingston Ontario address did not extend policy. He noted he did not mention Latin America and warned Canada would be protected if its soil were threatened, with an open stay of indeterminate length.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Kingston
Ontario
Latin America
United States
Victory Implied in Battle to Keep Beloved Priest
Parishioners in Vulcan Michigan cheered a possible compromise to keep Father Simon Borkowski from being transferred. The Salvatorian order relayed that if Bishop Joseph Plagens accepts him in Marquette diocese the transfer to a Wisconsin seminary would be halted. Father Simon had been in the Marquette diocese 13 years and was kept from the rectory by pickets as authorities considered the priest's fate.
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Vulcan
Mich
Rome
Washington
Salvatorian Order
Simon Borkowski
St. Barbara’s Catholic Church
Joseph C. Plagens
Marquette, Mich
Wisconsin
Father Simon
Marquette
Call for Large Anti Trust Enforcement Agency
Thurman Arnold, assistant attorney general, urged Congress to fund a nationwide enforcement body to investigate and prosecute all anti trust violations. He warned that price fixing and coercion of small businesses threaten the competitive system and said current prosecutions are insufficient.
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Washington
Thurman Arnold
America
Congress
Pastor Who Killed Girl Sentenced to Life
Rev Helio Janssen, 51, pastor at Krem near Bismarck, pleaded guilty to poisoning Alma Kruckenberg, 16, after she threatened to reveal his role in her pregnancy. He then set fire to the parsonage and received a life term at Mandan district court.
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Bismarck
N. D
Helio Janssen
Krem
Here
Mandan
Janssen
Alma Kruckenberg
Floyd Sperry
Mercer County
Coroner Jury Finds Drier Negligence In Fatal Crash
A coroner's jury ruled the August crash that killed six year old Mary Catherine McCleery was caused by the negligence of G H Murray of Rollins nursery operator and driver. The collision at Amherst and Thomas streets involved Murray driving a Terraplane and Sylvester Manley in a Plymouth sedan carrying the child. McCleery died at St James hospital from injuries sustained in the wreck.
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Mary Catherine McCleery
H. H. McCleery
Keokuk Avenue
Butte
G. H. Murray
Rollins
Sylvester Manley
Reynolds Street
Murray
Amherst
Thomas Streets
St. James Hospital
G. H
Mysterious One Man Crime Wave Strikes Butte
Police chase a purse snatcher blamed for three quick robberies in Butte last night and Thursday, netting $75. The first incident at 9 08 p m on North Alabama involved Mrs Lewis, 118 West Park, knocked down for a purse worth 13 and a key ring. A second report shortly after noted Mrs Francis Manning, 1801 Princeton Ave, robbed of 60 near her home.
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North Alabama Street
Lewis
West Park Street
Francis Manning
Princeton Avenue
Italy mediates Chinese Japanese war plan Wang Ching-wei to head new government
A United Press report, citing a non-British diplomat, claims Italy secretly seeks to mediate the Sino Japanese conflict. It says Wang Ching-wei, close to Chiang Kai-shek in Hankow, would head a revised Chinese government and pursue peace after Japan seizes Hankow. Wang would send a Tokyo envoy to bargain with Konoye, seeking leniency for conservatives.
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London
U.P
Italy
Wang Ching- Wei
China
Japan
Hankow
United Press
Britain
Wang
Chiang Kai-Whek
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Ex employe shoots wife of musician in Hollywood
Charles E. McDonald, once in Amita Krueger's house staff, surrendered after shooting the Kansas City Philharmonic conductor's wife Amita Krueger three times in front of a dancing school. He confessed after police secured his pistol and statements from his lawyer.
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Hollywood
U.P
Karl Krueger
Kansas City Philharmonic
Charles E. McDonald
Krueger
Amita Krueger
McCormick Harvester
Chicago
McDonald
Harrison Safety Lighting Campaign Gains Momentum
Solicitors for the Harrison avenue safety lighting campaign will contact automobile owners and drivers for small donations to fund a modern lighting system along the hazardous highway. The drive aims to raise $8,000 with support from American Legion members and other groups. yesterday’s effort drew some donations though turnout was limited.
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Harrison Avenue
American Legion
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Harrison
Joe L. Markham
Montana State Boxing Commission
W. 8. Thompson
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Rudy Wuerl
Tunney
Joe O'Neill
Western Air Express
Russell Brown
Tunney's
J. A. Livingston
al Wilkinson
Col
D. G. Stivers
Runciman
Britton
Frontier
Salt Lake
National Convention
WPAS
O’connell
Garoner
Aly Obeko
Chiang
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