Hitler fails to win Polish envoy for Berlin surrender demand
London reports Hitler pressed Poland to send an envoy to Berlin to discuss surrender of Danzig and the Polish Corridor. Britain refused to back such direct talks, signaling willingness to fight if Poland goes to war. Warsaw called Hitler’s proposals cruder and unacceptable.
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London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Berlin
Danzig
Hitler
Warsaw
Nevile Henderson
Britain
France
Paris
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Berlif Presiden
Emil Hacha
Czecho-Slovakia
Little Republic
Germany
Upper Silesia
Teachers Named for Sdd-40 School Term Start
Assignment of about 250 staff for Butte elementary and Butte high schools was made for the 1939 40 term beginning September 5. Superintendent Lowell W Johnson and Principal Scott W Fries announced the appointments with a total reach of about 6 000 students.
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Butte High School
Lowell W. Johnson
Scott W. Fries
Johnson
Margaret Leary
Catherine Nutterville
Henry Sc
Eleanor Meagher
Margaret Murphy
Mary Prestley
Barney Rice
Hilda Benson
Ethel Blomgren
Ray A. Bunday
Eloise Crangle
Esther E. Elderkin
Catherine Leary
Catherine Lyden
Mabel Lyden
Ella M. Spafard
Ann Cole
Italy and Roosevelt clash over peace with justice plea
King Vittorio Emanuele replied to Roosevelt's appeal saying Italy would do everything to achieve peace with justice. Officials offered no comment on the stance, while observers warned the phrase could imply concession to Germany. British envoy Lord Lothian arrived and greeted President Roosevelt amid tense European crisis.
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Washington
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Roosevelt
State Department
Hitler
Germany
Marquess of Lothian
Lord Lothian
Japan fears Nazi Soviet pact sparks Far East troop rush
Tokyo reports a large movement of Japanese troops through Korea and Manchukuo toward the Manchurian frontier. The rush aims to counter possible Soviet advance after Germany and Soviet accord loosens pressure.
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Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Russia
Germany
Far East
Korea
Red Army
Drivers Arrested Twice by Patrolmen Face Tests
Helena Aug 30 Lou Boedecker supervisor of the Montana highway patrol said all Montana motorists arrested two or more times must pass a driving examination or lose operators licenses. Examinations will be given under 1937 legislative act. 170 violators named. patrols to test them until the list is exhausted. Licenses revoked drivers may seek relief in court.
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Helena
Lou Boedecker
Montana Highway Patrol
Todey
Montana
Patromen
Boedecker
WPA rule cuts wage differentials endangering local projects
Silver Bow county WPA road oiling program may close as unions refuse relief wages. State WPA administrator Joseph E. Parker announced that after September 1 1939 sponsorship wage supplementation must end. County Surveyor Jack Healy warned the program would likely shut down due to insufficient funds to cover differential pay.
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Silver Bow
Work Projects Administration
WPA
Joseph E. Parker
Washington
Parker
Jack Healy
Teacher Escapes Serious Injury in Auto Mishap
Miss Marguerite Caldwell, a Dillon teacher at Lewis town, escaped serious injury when her car left the Butte Dillon road near Moose Creek hill and plunged down a 40 foot embankment. Motorists Walter Crist and C. Lance freed her after about half an hour. She was taken to Barrett hospital in Dillon and listed as not in serious condition, while the wrecked car did not roll over.
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Marguerite Caldwell
Dillon
Lewistown
Moose Creek
Butte Dillon Road
Highway Patrol
Walter Crist
Butte
C. Lance
Fort Worth
Texas
Barrett Hospital
Bremen Sails Home After Brief Detention by U S
The German liner Bremen leaves New York for home after a two day seizure by American authorities. Despite heavy food and fuel cargo the ship carries no passengers. Other liners Aquitania Transylvania and Normandie are also cleared.
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New York
Bremen
Paris
Veteran Railroader Works His Last Shift
George Glass of Billings, longtime Northern Pacific conductor, retires on a pension around 190 dollars a month after decades of service beginning in 1897. He and his wife plan to settle in Roseburg, Oregon, and he recalls the Roosevelt special ride and early railroading days with brief anecdotes.
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N. P
George Glass
Billings
Northern Pacific
Union Depot
North Coast Limited
Montana
Detroit
Roseburg
Ore
Webfoot
Mr. Glass
President Roosevelt
Laurel
Gardiner
Yellowstone Park
Helena
Butte
Bozeman Hill
Hitler forms six man ministerial council to centralize power
Berlin report says Adolf Hitler yesterday created a six member ministerial council headed by Hermann Goering to concentrate economic financial and administrative power for Reich defense. Other members include Wilhelm Frick Wilhelm Keitel Walther Funk Rudolf Hess and Hans Henrich Lammers.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Great Britain
Fuehrer
Hermann Goering
Interior
Wilhelm Frick
Wilhelm Keitel
Walther Funk
Reichsbank
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess As Deputy Fuehrer
Nazi Party
Hans-Henrich Lammers
General Goering
Hitler
Keitel
Reciprocals Trade Treaties Failures Hit Mining, Congress Told
At the American Mining Congress sixth annual convention in Salt Lake City charges claim reciprocal trade treaties failed to boost foreign trade and exports. Mining engineer Car J Trauerman cites high taxes Wagner act wage hour law RFC loan rules and SEC provisions as halting primary mining ventures with operating costs rising. The convention closes with Elmer F Andrews addressing wage hour law application to mining and other talks by leaders.
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Salt Lake City
U.P
American Mining Congress
Howard Huston
American Cyanamid Company
Howard I. Young
Congress
American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Company of
St. Louis
Elmer F. Andrews
U. S. Department of Labor
Birth year riddle solved by Standard reporter
A caller asks a riddle about birth date and age. The Standard reporter, who turns 25 this fall, calculates the birth year as 1914, noting she is 24 now and will be 25 on November 18 next year.
Montana Thursday and Friday Outlook
Partly cloudy forecast for Montana on Thursday and Friday with warmer temperatures in the western portion on Thursday.
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Montana
German Law Is Supreme in Slovakia
The Slovak government surrendered its powers to a German army of occupation. German forces exceed 300,000, concentrated at passes along the 250 mile Poland frontier. Hitler’s protectorate decree and Tiso's claim of independence frame a tense occupation scene with Slovak forces pledged to fight with German troops.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Josef Tiso
Tiso
Hlinka
Missoula Aviator Released From Hamilton Hospital
Dick Johnson the Missoula aviator injured when his plane crashed into a mountainside near Hamilton was released from the Hamilton hospital and returned home. He and Clarence Sutliff assistant supervisor of the Bitter Root National forest were flying supplies to forest firefighters when the accident occurred.
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Hamilton
Dick Johnson
Missoula
Here
Johnson
Clarence Sutliff
Bitter Root National Forest
Pope orders diplomats on vacation back to posts
Pope Pius XII ordered Vatican diplomats on vacation to return to posts to continue peace efforts in foreign capitals. Monsignor Cicognani will go to Washington, Monsignor Marela to Tokyo, and Monsignor Rotta to Budapest, as the pope considers abandoning Castel Gandolfo to direct peace efforts.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
United States
Monsignor
Cicognani
Washington
Japan
Paolo Marela
Angelo Rotta
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
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Europe
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Downing Street
King
Martial Mudig
Normandie
Butte Man
Nazi Army of Occupation
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