Fate of Europe rests in Hitler's hands
Clarence Sutliff, deputy supervisor of the Bitter Root National Forest, recounts a plane crash with Pilot Dick Johnson while hauling fire camp supplies. The six person plane was struck by a forest fire draft, plunged into rotting timber, and ended upside down on boulders as flames closed in. Both men survived after Sutliff freed Johnson from the wreckage.
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Hamilton
Daly Hospital
Clarence Sutliff
Bitter Root National Forest
Dick Johnson
Roaring Lion Country
Johnson
Sutliff
Ward Mountain
Field Mass Planned at Columbia Gardens Sunday
Details for an outdoor mass to be held Sunday at Columbia Gardens are being finalized by Rev. J A Rooney. The 11 o clock service will use an improvised altar on the garden pavilion east side. About 10000 attendees from Butte and Helena diocese are expected. Sponsored by Holy Name societies of Butte. Bishop Gilmore will celebrate. Assistant priest Rev William Joyce. Master of ceremonies Rev R V Kavanagh.
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Columbia Gardens
J. A. Rooney
Gardens
Butte
Helena
Holy Name Societies of
Joseph M. Gilmore
William P. Joyce
R. V. Kavanagh
Daniel B. Harrington
Roosevelt not seeking third term says Walker
Frank C. Walker, former Butte attorney and longtime New York theater executive, arrived for a two week rest. He says President Roosevelt does not want a third term for himself but will not back a candidate opposed to the New Deal. Walker predicts Roosevelt may respond with a fishing trip if a reactionary is nominated. He has strong ties to Roosevelt since 1928 when Roosevelt was governor of New York.
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Roosevelt
Frank C. Walker
Butte
New York City
Walker
Dave Walker
Pennsylvania
New York
M. F. Comerford
M. F. Comerford, Mr. Walker
Frank
Thomas J. Walker
Frank Walker
White House
Washington expects president to push efforts to avert war
Washington pundits forecast the president will press diplomatic channels and mobilize resources to prevent a broader conflict as tensions escalate. Officials signal possible urgent talks with allied leaders and rapid policy actions to deter outbreak.
Roosevelt hastens home from curtailed vacation cruise
President Roosevelt cut short a gulf cruise and headed to Washington to discuss U.S. options for peace in Europe. State and Treasury officials planned emergency talks and potential citizen evacuation as war looms. The Tuscaloosa waited for a special train at Sandy Hook after fog delayed plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
U. S
State
Treasury Department
America
U. S. Tuscaloosa
State Department
Gulf Stream
Annapolis
White House
Tuscaloosa
Sandy Hook
N. J
Lang
United States and Argentina to Negotiate Trade Pact
The State Department announced that the United States and Argentina will negotiate a trade agreement after years of soundings. Sumner Welles called the move a major accomplishment. fresh meats, frozen meats, and wool excluding coarser types will be excluded from the pact.
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United States
Argentina
Washington
State Department
Sumner Welles
Fire danger rises as two man caused fires burn in Deer Lodge area
Smoke obscures Deer Lodge National Forest as two man caused fires near Dry Cottonwood Creek and Rock Creek are mopped up. Supervisor Charles A. Joy notes danger readings jumped to 4.6 due to low visibility and expects higher danger today. Continued on page 5.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
Charles A. Joy
Deer Lodge Forest
Brown's Gulch
Rock Creek
Deer Lodge
Montana Weather Outlook for Thursday and Friday
Montana forecasts call for generally fair conditions on Thursday and Friday with cooler temperatures east of the divide on Thursday.
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Montana
Divide
Britain Moves Toward Wartime Standstill After Hitler Demands
London reports indicate Britain accelerates to wartime footing as Hitler’s demand that Poland yield or be partitioned shocks hopes for peace. ARP forces mobilized, blackout ready, gas masks urged, and export controls by license. King George VI returns to London amid crisis.
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London
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Fuehrer
Territorial Army
Home Office
Board of Trade
Britain
George VI
Scotland
Hitler
Sir Neville Henderson
Berlin
Sir Neville
Storm Touches Off New Forest Fires Across Coast State
A late storm sparked 25 new forest fires in southwestern Oregon while earlier blazes in the Pacific Northwest near containment. Fog and smoke linger as Saddle Mountain and Wolf Creek fires remain large though slowed by higher humidity. Washington state fires near mop up and in British Columbia tension eases with critical conditions still warned. About 3,000 workers battle the northern Idaho fronts threatening ranches and timber along a 10 mile span.
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United Press
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Saddle Mountain
Wolf Creek
Washington
Kootenai
British Columbia
Idaho
Increased German Demands for Polish Territory
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler pressing for Poland to accept a protectorate in remaining areas after reclaiming Danzig and German prewar borders. Britain pledges support to Poland while German options include peaceful occupation or partition if Poland resists.
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Poland
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Danzig
Posen
Poznan
Pomorze
Upper Silesia
Bohemia and
Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Nevile Henderson
Britain
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Dictator of Bolivia Dies by Own Hand in La Paz
Bolivia, Aug. 23. President German Busch, 35, a Chaco War hero who dissolved Congress four months ago and suspended the constitution, shot himself in the brain, ending a self proclaimed moralizing dictatorship. General Carlos Quintanilla became provisional president.
Montana Youth Invents Signal System For Blind Curves
Douglas L. Stemple of Greenough Montana spent three weeks snowbound after a highway near-miss on a blind curve. He built a crude signal system using a rubber hose to trigger red warning signals, now tested on the McDonald Pass. Officials call it an important highway safety contribution and estimate per unit cost around $100 for potential use on hills.
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Helena
Douglas L. Stemple
Greenough
Montana Highway Department
McDonald Pass
D. A. McKinnon
Poles Move to Strengthen Defenses Amid Crisis
Warsaw reports cabinet council secretly ordered added defense measures amid a growing Polish German crisis. Poland, with about 1 million troops under arms, could mobilize up to 6 million in war. London Paris reports, Hitler rebuffed British peace appeals. Rome says France and Italy plan stance with Germany.
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Warsaw
Felicjan Slawoj- Skladowski
Poland
Cabinet Council
London
Paris
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Franco Greets German Soviet Pact Signing News
London dispatch reports Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain reacting to the signing of the German Soviet non aggression pact. The note frames the historic accord amid wartime diplomacy and Spanish alignment signals.
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London
Francisco Franco
Spain
Ex Montanans in Katowice on Polish Border
Montana relatives worry for former Butte Anaconda and Great Falls residents working as technicians in Katowice on the German Polish border. Wives and children have left Poland by April when Memel fell, and Mrs Martin Messner reports she is now in Anaconda.
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Montana
Europe
Butte, Anaconda
Great Falls
Katowice
Poland
Martin Messner
Hitler
Memel
Anaconda
Butte
France begins partial mobilization of republics army
Posters calling two French classes to arms appear on government buildings as France expands forces toward 2,000,000 in a partial mobilization amid the Moscow signing of a German Soviet non aggression pact. Premier Daladier and General Gamelin announce recall of a supplementary reserve contingent.
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Paris
France
Germany
Moscow
Danzig
Commune
Edouard Daladier
Maurice Gamelin
Gimly
National Defense Council
War Ministry
Germans and Russians Sign Pact to 10 Year Nonaggression
Berlin reports Germany and Soviet Russia signed a 10 year nonaggression pact after days of talks in Moscow. Stalin attended, with von Ribbentrop and Molotov signing at the Kremlin. Hitler to receive report and officials see the move as burying the hatchet and shifting war alignments.
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Berlin
Germany
Russia
Britain
France
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Kremlin
Stalin
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Berchtesgaden
Jap German pact called a scrap of paper by Asahi
Tokyo August 24 The Nazi Soviet non aggression pact is denounced by the liberal Asahi in an editorial. It says Germanys pact with the anti comintern bloc makes Japans anti comintern agreement a scrap of paper and mocks Japans non aggression accord with the Soviet Union.
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Tokyo
Asahi
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
Butte man named head of Idaho University geology school
J Donald Forrester longtime Anaconda Copper geology employee will move to Moscow Idaho to head the University of Idaho geology department after its regents announced the appointment Two days earlier Mrs Forrester will join him The couple's home is 1003 West Broadway Forrester is a University of Utah graduate and later studied at Cornell
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J. Donald Forrester
Anaconda Company
Moscow _ Institution
Anaconda Copmiiining Company
Moscow
Idaho
University of Idaho
Forrester
West Broadway
University of Idaho Board of Regents
Associated Press
Butte
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
Cornell
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Count Ciano
Ciano
Francois-Poncet
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