Roosevelt orders 60,500 National Guard into 1 year service
President Roosevelt signs a peace-time executive order calling 60,500 National Guard officers and men to active duty for one year. The units, from states nationwide, will report September 16 to support a new defense program. The move increases America’s standing Army from 289,000 to about 1,200,000 within a year.
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Roosevelt Labor Day Message Defends American Way
President Roosevelt in a Labor Day speech urges cooperation to defend democracy and the American way of life amid armament drives. CIO leader John L. Lewis backs national defense and full employment, saying labor’s program ensures security without lowering standards.
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Heavy Nazi air raids. Britain tallies losses and hits
Nazi warplanes pounded Britain as London reported 25 German planes shot down and 15 RAF planes downed with nine pilots safe. German attacks on London damaged rail and housing while RAF and Fleet Air Arm bombed Berlin and Ruhr targets, with weekly German losses cited at 293 planes and 700 men light.
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Air raid alarms sound over Swiss cities
Alarms rang in Geneva Berne and Lausanne as British planes likely over Switzerland en route to Italy and back. Switzerland protests British use of its air zones while Britain regrets and says airmen did not intend to violate neutral airspace. Geneva reported three alarms last night ending at 2 10 a m.
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Elk Park head on crash injures five on highway west of Elk Park
A two car collision near Elk Park last evening sent five people to area hospitals including three Helena negroes and a 34 year old Seattle man Ray Knoebel in good condition at St James. Another accident on the Butte Meaderville road injured a man and a Butte woman and her child fell from a moving car on the Butte Helena highway with minor injuries. Details were incomplete.
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Butte Labor Day Celebration At Columbia Gardens
Labor Day events unfold in Butte with 15 merchandise prize contests at Columbia Gardens. The Silver Bow Trades and Labor council oversees a full schedule from 11 am sports to 2 pm speeches by Walter Jaap and J. J. O Connell, with music by the Butte Mines band and a 9 pm Labor Day ball to close. special bus service will run between town and the resort.
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Death toll tops 217 in Labor Day weekend disasters
Floods and accidents swelled the Labor Day toll to 217 as 147 died in highway crashes. Illinois reported 17 deaths, while 25 people including Senator Ernest Lundeen perished in a Lovettsville Virginia airliner crash amid a thunderstorm. Four died in New Jersey floods and one in Delaware, with six in Atlantic City when water tanks crashed into a bath house.
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Butte and Montana Partly Cloudy with Showers Forecast
Partly cloudy today in Butte with late afternoon or early evening showers and little temperature change. Montana shows partly cloudy conditions today and Tuesday with thunder showers on the west portion tonight or Tuesday, and cooler air in the extreme east today.
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British Ship Torpedoed Saving 320 Children in Lifeboats
The British ministry of information announced tonight that a refugee liner carrying 320 children to Canada was torpedoed but all children were saved. The ship stayed afloat, with 875 aboard including 275 crew, and only the purser was a casualty. The children remained calm, aided by prior lifeboat drills, and did not panic as they boarded lifeboats with help from crew.
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Night of Nazi Bombers Over Southeast England
A firsthand account from a Southeast England town on September 1 describes a German air raid. The observer lies on the ground as Messerschmitts dive and bombs explode nearby, anti aircraft guns roar, and windows shatter in cottages.
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British raids on Berlin and new Nazi claims in war update
British bombers hit Berlin in pre-dawn raids and again Monday with limited damage reported by German authorities. Berlin declared the Sunday alarm lasted 1 hour 36 minutes and Monday 47 minutes. Nazi dispatches boasted 133 British planes sunk and 190000 tons of shipping destroyed, naming the Dunvegan Castle as sunk with 30 missing.
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Hungary Prepares Sudden March to New Region
Budapest reports widespread disorders in Transylvania prompt the government to mobilize about 80,000 troops for a possible rapid occupation. Officials warn the move could occur if order is not restored, as Hungary and Romania face postponed demobilizations and ongoing Dobruja talks in Sofia.
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Police Clash with Communists in Zagreb Protests
Police clashed with Communist demonstrators in Zagreb today injuring several and arresting scores. Protesters branded the government of Premier Dragisa Cvetkovic a fifth column for Germany and Italy and demanded a military pact with Soviet Russia.
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Knox Will Fly to Hawaii and Back in Navy Exercise
Secretary Knox announced he would undertake a around ten thousand mile flight to Hawaii and back to join fleet maneuvers at sea and inspect west coast and Hawaiian bases. He will depart from Manchester New Hampshire his summer home and travel entirely by naval aircraft.
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Registration Deadline for General Election Sept 20
Helena Montana reports the 1939 Legislature approved a streamlined ballot and warns voters to register by Friday September 20 to participate in the first edition of this ballot. Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell notes 269 963 were registered in 1938. The ballot lists national and state offices first, then county and township offices, with two referendum measures and one initiative. Major party candidates appear above minor party and independent candidates. major party names are alphabetized overall.
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