Britain Ready to Multiply Winter RAF Bombing Campaign
London says it will reserve full liberty of action against Rome as Italian flyers join Germany in bombing London. RAF plans to intensify counter attacks this winter with targets across Berlin outskirts and Nazi industrial sites. Bombing also hit Spandau, Duisburg, Leuna, Hamburg and other rail yards, ports, and shipping facilities.
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London
Britain
Rome
R. A. Butler
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Germany
Spandau
den Helder
Holland
Leuna
Hamburg
Dusseldorf
Duisburg
Halle
Pretsch
Elbe
Cologne
Salzbergen
Cuxhaven
Air Ministry
Ruhrort
Four Butte Brothers Register for National Defense
On October 16 four Butte brothers registered for national defense. Three registered in Butte and one at the Montana University in Missoula. The men include Paul O'Connor a senior at the university, John O'Connor an engineer and Montana School of Mines graduate now at Hoosier Engineering in Columbus, Ohio, and Thomas O'Connor a Silver Bow county truck driver.
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Uncle Sam
Butte Brothers
Butte
Montana University
Missoula
Paul O'Connor
John O'Connor
Montana School of Mines
Hoosier Engineering Company
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas O'Connor
Silver Bow County
Robert O'Connor
Zarelda Street
John
Robert
Paul
United States Naval Training Station
Pensacola
Fla
Greeks hold key positions as Italian assault climbs
Greek troops in Albania encircled a full Italian regiment and hundreds surrendered while Greek and British planes bombed Valona. In Athens, Greeks fortified near the Tonian sea as Italians pressed, crossing the Kalamas river and attacking Epirus defenders. Koritza remains under Greek control, shaping Italian coast drive fears.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.P
Valona
Albania
Komopolis
Athens
Tonian Sea
Kalamas
Greece
Epirus
Koritza
Italy's Greek Offensive Advances Amid Uncertain Plan
The war report notes Mussolini's forces resuming movement in Greece with Rome and Athens split on the Italian thrust. Observers say the eight day halt on the Kalamas river line in Epirus suggests a costly push and unclear strategy.
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Mussolini
Greece
Great Britain
Rome
Athens
Kalamas
Epirus
London
Italy
Eight Silver Bow Men Drafted in Montana First Call
Silver Bow County will supply eight men to Montana’s first draft quota of 76 to be called November 18 and 19. Half go to Fort Missoula, half travel by Northern Pacific and Great Northern rail to the reception center. County quotas for the state include Cascade 6 and Lewis and Clark 3, with Missoula 4 and Park 2 among others.
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Helena
Silver Bow
Montana
State Selective Service
Cascade
Yellowstone
Missoula
Lewis and Clark
Park
Gallatin
Fergus
Fort Missoula
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Beaverhead
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Carbon
Carter
Chouteau
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fallon
Flathead
Garfield
Glacier
Golden Valley
Granite
Hill
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Lake
Northwest Florists Joint Convention Opens Today
Florists from the West coast and Pacific Northwest gather at the Mason temple ballroom for the joint convention of the Montana Florists association Idaho Florists association and Northwest Florists association. Wilbur F. DesChene chairs the opening and Robert Roland of Chicago delivers the principal address on the floral industry outlook. A noon luncheon is planned.
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West Coast
Pacific Northwest
Masonic Temple
Montana Florists Association
Idaho Piorists’ Association
Northwest Florists’ Association
Wilbur F. DesChene
General Convention
A. C. Caton
Mountain View
Young Men Drafted Here to Report at Fort Missoula
Montana draft draftees will report to Fort Missoula for preliminary sorting and physicals before going to Fort Lewis Washington for uniform issue records completion vaccination and insurance and final classification Men inducted this month begin a three month Army and National Guard basic training cycle In the ninth corps area Montana is assigned 1630 men for induction with 38 from Butte slated to report for duty.
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Butte
Sergt
Nick Hertges
Army
Fort Missoula
Montana
Hertges
Fort Lewis
Wash
Regular Army
National Guard
Ninth Corps
Fort
Jury Panel Selected in Montes Marijuana Case
A 21 member jury pool was drawn in U S district court for the government case against Tony Montes on charges of marijuana possession. The panel includes five women from Butte Anaconda Pony and Dillon with two locations. The trial was adjourned to 10 am after defense moved for a verdict of innocence. Judge James H Baldwin will consider the motion.
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U. S. District Court
Tony Montes
Montes
James H. Baldwin
Charles J. Erickson
Harry Rice
Ada Quinton
Butte
Ella Thorson
Anaconda
W. J. Watts
Pony
Albert Windlow
Clarence W. Bartley
Robert Dodd
Emerson Fellows
W. J. Sewell
Tomas Quirk
H. B. Underling
H. H. Gish
Wisdom
Hans C. Hanson
Roscoe Lyon
William K. Hall
Dillon
Charles A. Hughes
A. J. LeGrande
Oscar Olson
Douglas Upton
John J. Jackson
Jackson
Montana election results unchanged by late returns
Final AP tally shows no shift in statewide or national outcomes from Tuesday's Montana vote. Democrats hold most statewide offices with Republicans winning four state races and Democrats eight. Sam Ford and B. K. Wheeler notable party leaders. Jeannette Rankin tops in district one for Republicans while James F. O Connor is re-elected in district two.
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Helena
Montana
Associated Press Election Bureau
Sam C. Ford
B. K. Wheeler
United States
Senate
Jeannette Rankin
James F. O'Connor
Ernest T. Eaton
Billings
Elizabeth Ireland
Havre
Sam Mitchell
Paul Smith
Supreme Court
A. T. Porter
John W. Bonner
Thomas Carey
Howard A. Johnson
State Supreme Court
C. F. Morris
Enor K. Matson
Albert Anderson
Man jailed for chaining his mother in Niagara County
Gordon Carpenter, 34, Niagara Falls, was sentenced to four months in jail for chaining his 75-year-old mother Irene Carpenter. His wife Marcella, 31, pleaded guilty to coercion and endangering life, with her sentence suspended. Police found Irene chained to a wall in an unfinished room of the son's home on August 8.
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Lockport
N. Y
Gordon Carpenter
Niagara Falls
Niagara County
Raymond K. Knowles
Carpenter
Marcella
Irene Carpenter
Great Falls Bisons Face Butte In State Semi Final
Great Falls high Bisons arrive in peak form for a state semi final against the Butte high Bulldogs at the local stadium. The 8 PM kickoff begins a playoff that will determine the open state title and a spot in the Thanksgiving championship game in Anaconda. The loser hosts Billings high next Friday to decide the other finalist.
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Great Falls Bisons
Butte
Boulder
Montana
Great Falls High Bisons
Butte High Bulldogs
Montana Big Six
Bisons
Bulldogs
Anaconda
Billings High Broncs
Blizzard Hits Butte. First Montana Cold Wave
A brief blizzard coated Butte in snow last night lasting about an hour. The Helena weather bureau via AP said Montana faces the season’s first cold wave moving from the west with temperatures dropping to 13 to 17 during Friday and around five degrees above zero at night. Snow accompanied the cold snap across much of the state as Cut Bank saw 15 degrees above zero yesterday. streets slick and cars stalled on steep grades but no serious crashes reported.
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Butte
Montana
Helena Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Cut Bank
Great Falls
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana
Snow and much colder conditions expected Friday with clearing by Saturday. Strong cooling continues across Butte and Montana with continued cold through the period.
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Butte
Montana
Nazis Forecast Fiercer Brit Blockade
Berlin reports a harsher plan to choke Britain by air sea and submarine attacks. German sources claim over a third of wartime shipping space has already been destroyed and new losses continue as bombings hit four convoys off the British coast. A cruiser and several freighters were damaged or sunk and escorts bombed in the Thames estuary and near Harwich.
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Berlin
Britain
Dienst Aus Deutschland
British
Norwich
Harwich
Eastbourne
Thames Estuary
Alaska Population Rises to 71 911 in Census
Preliminary census totals put Alaska's population at 71 911, up from 59 278 ten years earlier. Census Supervisor J P Anderson said the 21.1 percent growth rate ranks behind only Florida and New Mexico in the United States.
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Juneau
Alaska
J. P. Anderson
Florida
New Mexico
United States
Kennedy visits Roosevelt to congratulate on re-election
U. S. Ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy met President Franklin D. Roosevelt briefly in Washington on November 7 to pass along congratulations after Roosevelt’s victory in the election.
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F. R. Washington
U. S
Britain
Joseph P. Kennedy
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Returns to Washington After Election Victory
President Roosevelt faces asks for higher taxes and a larger debt limit as he returns to the capital. He meets with the defense commission and purview of cabinet reshaping, while Morgenthau pushes for a bigger debt ceiling and Byrd urges spending cuts and tax increases. Michigan's returns tighten Willkie’s margin, leaving Roosevelts at 449 electoral votes across 38 states.
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Washington
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Treasury
Byrd
D.-Va
Michigan
Willkie
Willkie to address nation on Monday radio speech
Wendell L. Willkie announced he will deliver a radio address Monday from 8 30 to 9 p m Mountain Standard Time. He said he owes the 22 000 23 000 voters an explanation of his views and obligations following the election and requested broader discussion of his position.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
C. B
M. B
Republican Standard
Willkie
Butte Legionnaires Armistice Day Parade Plans
Butte veterans led by Archie Coutts mark the 22nd Armistice Day with a 7 30 pm parade through town. Coutts says WWI fighters remain patriotic and ready to defend peace as several patriotic groups join the event.
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Butte Legionnaires
Butte
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