Jones to meet Sechena for Montana amateur golf title
Butte defense champion Eu gene Jones advances to meet Paul Sechena of Missoula in the Montana amateur golf final at Pine Hills. Jones, the 1938 titlist, staged a methodical victory over Don Barnett to reach the final, while Sechena earned a semi final win in a solid display.
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Helena
Eugene Jones
Butte
Paul Sechena
Missoula
Dark Horse
Montana
Rugged Pine Hills
Jones
Sechena
Montana Golf Association
Don Barnett
Lewistown Wins Band Competition
Lewistown team triumphs in a district drum and bugle corps contest held at Dillon. The event showcases local bands with performances from the Drum Corps and other entertainment groups.
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Lewistown
Dillon
Loyalists Back Plan to Remove Foreign Volunteers
Loyalist government in Barcelona approved the non intervention committee plan to withdraw foreign volunteers from both sides in the war after a four hour cabinet meeting attended by Pablo De Azcarate. The reply to London was to be sent promptly and made public later.
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Barclelona
U.P
International
Great Britain
Pablo de Azcarate
London
Azcarate
United Kingdom
Butte Rodeo Good Will Tour Opens Tomorrow
Fay Froehlich is named queen of the eighth annual American Legion rodeo to be staged August 4 to 7 under floodlights. She competes with four other Misses from Butte for the royal rodeo court and will join a goodwill tour tomorrow through southwestern Montana. A caravan of decorated cars with about 500 Butte rodeo enthusiasts will spread word of the show as Butte’s Mining City rodeo also prepares to dress in Western attire with store clerks and bosses donning cowboy outfits.
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Fay Froefhlich
Butte
June Leff
Betty Graham
Blanche Sweet
Mae Cockrill
Fay Froehlich
American Legion
Queen Fay
Royal Rodeo Court
Montana
Motor Industry Improvement Shown by Ward's Report
Ward's Automotive Reports an improving outlook for the motor industry with a predicted September car shortage and new model introductions. Plants close for model year changeover while August sales and deliveries likely drop due to limited availability, yet the recovery is seen advancing with Ford and Chevrolet steady. Independent makers could gain from low inventories.
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Detroit
Ward
Automotive
Ward's
Ford
Chevrolet
Soviet See Russo Japanese War Threat Diminish
Moscow reports in its newspapers that Japan, entangled in China, needed diplomatic rescue to prevent conflict with Russia. Despite a Siberian frontier incident, Soviet circles say the risk of war with Japan is fading.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
China
Ussuri
Siberian
Butte Cools Off A Little
Butte cooled off slightly yesterday with a high of 82 degrees down from 88. Sun and smoke kept the day muggy and even with periods of clouds. A thunderstorm south of the valley brought rain, while city residents saw only a brief sprinkle. The low reached 54, several degrees above the day before.
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Butte
Edward Johnson Named President at Anaconda Elk Convention
Edward Johnson of Anaconda was elected to the presidency at the final business session of Montana Elkdoms 36th annual convention in Anaconda. The three days of events included seven drum and bugle corps and two bands, drawing a record crowd to the city common for the closing demonstrations and celebrations.
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Anaconda
The
Order
Nine Drum and Bugle Corps
Great Falls Corps
Kalispell Corps
Locomotive Engineers
Great Falls
Great Falls’ Front Line In Outlandish Costume, Left Is Entertainment
Arthur Perry
Barney Larsen
Edward Johnson
Montana
Elkdom
South Central District Sportsmen's Picnic at Gough's Corner
South Central District Sportsmen's association hosts its third annual picnic at Gough's Corner in southwestern Montana drawing over 7,000 attendees. A full program includes athletic events bathing beauty contests band concerts and dancing starting at 9 30 am with highway patrol traffic regulation and ample parking to accommodate visitors from across the Treasure state.
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Montana
South Central District Sportsmen's Association
Gough's Corner
Britain urges Czech concessions to minorities in appeasement shift
London reports Britain pressing Czechoslovakia for liberal minority autonomy as part of a broader European appeasement move. Basil Newton met Premier Hodza to relay assurances from Neville Chamberlain after Anglo German talks.
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Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Basil Cochrane Newton
Praha
Milan Hodza
Paris
Neville Chamberlain
Herbert von Dirksen
France
Britain
von Dirksen
Adolf Hitler
Fritz
Flying Farmer Hides Plane Where Hogs Cannot Reach
Weatherford Oklahoma July 23 Herman Schapansky stored his homemade airplane above hog reach after the state safety commission grounded it He plans to take a pilot test and obtain a flying license Grounded due to hazards he keeps the hangar door closed and jokes about staying ahead of livestock while aiming to fly butter and eggs to market
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Weatherford
Okla
Herman Schapansky
State Safety Commission
Schapansky
J. M. Gentry
Tourists Rescued After Four Days Lost in Lava Country
Three women from Montana survived four days in western New Mexico desert after leaving a highway to explore lava fields and perpetual ice caves. They were found with minor injuries and hunger, grateful to four rescuers and Gov. Clyde Tingley for transport to Albuquerque.
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N. M
New Mexico
Gov. Clyde Tingley
Albuquerque
Irene
Laura Piedalue
Marie Antoinette de Lafforest
Irene Piedalue
Montana
Misses Piedalue
Weather forecast for Montana unsettled Sunday and Monday
A unsettled weather pattern affects Montana with cooler readings in the east on Sunday. expect cloudy skies and chances of light rain or sprinkles as a broad trough moves through the region Monday. Highs fall into the mid-50s to lower 60s in eastern areas.
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Montana
Calm Gives Hope of Controlling Big Coast Fire
Courtenay British Columbia July 23 The becalmed air and 1600 men halted the 130 square mile forest fire threatening Courtenay and nearby logging communities on Vancouver Island The evacuation of 200 settlers to Courtenay was organized with refugee aid including support from 100 sailors aboard destroyers St Laurent and Fraser The fire may burn out if wind stays calm for 48 hours Bevan with 400 residents remains at risk as damage surpasses 1 million dollars and the fishing resort area has been wiped out.
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Courtenay
B. C
U.P
Vancouver Island
St. Laurent
Fraser
Forestry Department
Bevan
Japan Ready to Fight Two Powers Says Kasai
J G Kasai a member of the Japanese parliament said in Honolulu that Japan could wage conflict with both China and Russia simultaneously. He warned the Japan Russia situation looked pretty bad and predicted Japan’s struggle in China would be short lived unless Russia joined in.
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J. G. Kasai
China
Russia
Menard San Saba flood swamps town with rising river
Severe rainfall sent the San Saba River over ten feet in two hours at Menard Texas marooning residents in trees and on roofs. The flood spread across a 100 by 50 mile area as Me nard recorded nearly 18 inches of rain since Tuesday and the town faced repeated threats to its business district amid rising waters and cut utilities.
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San Saba
Texas
Menard
M. H. Leverett
Southwestern State Telephone Company
Indians Ready for Polson Dam Celebration
Polson July 23. Twelve hundred members of the Confederated Tribes of Salish Kootenai and Pend Oreille prepare to celebrate the Polson dam and power plant completion on August 6. The project on tribal land brings a 50 year rental, a buffalo barbecue, dances, speeches, and invited leaders from state, federal, and industrial groups.
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C. F. Kelley
The
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Koostata
Kootenais
Martin Charlo
Democrats in Texas favor crooner for governor
In Dallas crowds cheer W Lee O Don el flour salesman as he leads the Texas Democratic primary field for governor. Early returns show O Don el first with 51 030 votes to Thompson 23 477 and McGraw 18 372 as contenders seek the August 27 runoff.
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W. Lee O'Donel
O'Daniel
O’daniel
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Liam McGraw
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
McGraw
W. D. McFarlane
Graham
Congress
Ed Grossett
Wichita Falls
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K. C. Spell
C. L. Somerville
Hatton W. Sumners
Leslie Jackson
Tom Love
Roosevelt
Sumners
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