Sudeten German Counter Proposals Reported To Benes
Sudeten Nego tiator Ernst Kundt submitted new counter proposals to President Eduard Benes in Prague as part of the Czechoslovak minority dispute. The proposals reaffirm the Sudeten eight point autonomy demand and respond to plans for 23 kupas districts. Konrad Henlein, in transit from Berchtesgaden after meeting Hitler, directed the move.
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Prague
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Eduard Benes
Ernst Kundt
Kupas
Kundt
Alfred Rosche
Konrad Henlein
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Counter Pro
Bendix speed dash to test cross country flight limits
Ten pilots including Jacqueline Cochran depart from Los Angeles toward Cleveland in the Bendix speed dash. The field features stock-model planes costing 7000 to 30000 dollars. Entrants aim to break long standing records and some will cross the continent at substratosphere altitude with pilots Perlick Mantz Armistead flying at 20000 feet.
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Los Angeles
Jacqueline Cochran
Cleveland
Robert Perlick
Mayo Foundation
Rochester
Minn
Paul Mantz
Orion Lockheed
George Armistead
Frank Fuller
San Fran
French Labor Unrest Enlarges in Paris and Amiens
Labor ministry arbitrators sought to quell a strike wave involving nearly 500,000 workers. Amiens textile plants saw a temporary drop in strikers from 14,000 to 2,500 before new walkouts. Red flags flew at 24 factories in Amiens and Abbeville as crowds protested. Demonstrators urged Premier Daladier to honor social laws or resign. Leftist unions oppose Daladier’s plan to scrap the 40 hour week in defense plants.
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Paris
France
Czechoslovakia
Labor Ministry
Amiens
Abbeville
Edouard Daladier
Daladier
National Defense
Skies Clear After Severe Coastal Electrical Storm
Skies cleared after one of the worst electrical storms in years struck Washington and British Columbia early today. The storm disrupted power and communications, and ignited about 100 small forest fires across the region.
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Seattle
Washington
British Columbia
Butte Girl Killed in Auto Crash Near Livingston
Marjorie Burns 22 of Wolf Creek an WPA employee at Butte was killed instantly when the car she rode in overturned on highway 10 four miles west of Livingston late last night. Shelby Salland 22 of Butte is in serious condition and Ann Johnson 21 of Butte suffered shock. Bob Ferguson the driver had only slight injuries.
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Livingston
Marjorie Burns
Wolf Creek
WPA
Butte
Highway 10
Shelby Salland
the Park Hospital
Ann Johnson
Apex Hotel
Colorado Town is Swept by Flood
Flooding from mountain cloudbursts sent rivers out of banks from Denver to the Wyoming line. Morrison town bore the brunt with three to seven feet of water submerging the business district. No fatalities reported. 12 people stranded near Odledale in Bear Creek canyon. Fort Collins and Loveland areas also flooded.
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Denver
U.P
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming Line
Morrison
State Highway Patrol
Odledale
Bear Creek Canyon
Colorado
State Highway Department
Fort Collins
College Town
Loveland
Buckhorn
Piccone
Idledale
Evergreen
Wheeler lauds Democrats amid Roosevelt stand clash
In New York a state case nears end against Tammany leader James J. Hines with testimony alleging mob money from the Schultz gang. Rose Wendroff testified she gave Hines about $500 four to five times between 1933 and 1935, including a June 22 1935 delivery to the “old man” on the 30th floor. In Great Falls Montana Senator Burton Wheeler spoke at the Montana Bar association urging defense of civil rights and opposing federal reorganization and Supreme Court measures while praising certain Democratic lawmakers.
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New York
J. Hines
Tammany
James J. Hines
Dutch Schultz
Rose Wendroff
J. Richard
Dixie” Davis
Schultz
Hines
Rose
Davis
George Weinberg
Great Falls
Supreme Court
Congress
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Montana Bar Association
Julius J. Wuerthner
Bar Association
Daniel Webster
Wheeler
Gillette
George
Smith
Jerry J. O’connell
George E. Brand
Michigan Bar Assciation
L. L. Callaway
Helena
Frank J. Hogan
American Bar Association
W. Q. van Cott
Utah Bar Association
Prizes for Labor Day event in Butte
Three hundred dollars in cash prizes will be awarded Monday at the Butte Labor Day celebration by Butte Miners' Union No 1 to winners of 20 sports events for men women and children at Columbia Gardens. Events start 11 30 with a family picnic, then a 2 30 speaking program. Weather is sunny, buses will transport crowds from 10. The Montana State band will provide music and the day ends with a pavilion dance.
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Butte
Butte Miners’ Union No. 1
Columbia Gardens
Fam
Ily
Charles Davis
Central Trades and Labor Council
John Evans
Butte City Lines, Inc
Montana State Band
Chinese forces halt Japanese Hankow advance as 200000 troops enter counterattack
Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek throws 200000 fresh troops into counterattacks around Hankow with the Hankow war office reporting clearings of Tehan and Matowchen and Japanese reinforcements arriving. Tokyo signals contingency plans and possible pause after Hankow occupation as fighting slows north of the Taipeh mountains.
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Shanghai
U.P
Chiang Kai-shek
Hankow
Juichang
Tokyo
Japan
China
Taipeh Mountains
State Board Sponsoring $500,285 WPA Sewing Room Project
HelenaSept 2 The Montana public welfare department began arrangements to sponsor a $500,285 WPA sewing room project for Butte employing 730 unskilled laborers and 80 in the skilled class The welfare board authorized Administrator I M Brandford to enter an agreement with Silver Bow county and the WPA to sponsor the project as soon as minor changes are made in the county proposal The project is a continuation and enlargement of the present project in Butte The state's contribution will be $26810 Silver Bow county $26810 and the federal share $446767 The board also authorized selling machinery equipment and other property from the welfare department in the state's tannery plants at Butte and Miles City The tanning equipment is no longer needed and the buildings are used as WPA headquarters
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Helena
Montana Public Welfare Department
Butte
Welfare Board
I. M. Brandford
Silver Bow County
WPA
Brandford
Welfare Department
Miles City
Work Safety Overtime Labor Day Advice to Motorists
Butte traffic officials urged motorists to exercise extra caution during the Labor Day weekend to reduce the usual high accident toll. They noted three Montana fatalities last Labor Day and a national September death count of 8,580, many from auto crashes, and urged vigilance on highways to prevent losses citywide and statewide.
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Butte
Montana
Butte School Board Allows Stadium Work And Hires
The Butte Board of Trustees approved extra work orders for the new high school stadium totaling 2 1 3 4 6 1 5 5 plus authorizing three new teachers Kathleen Kearney Ernestine Higman and Genevieve Silk and accepting resignations of Agnes Wall and Kathryn Scully McGloin. George Searle hired as caretaker at 200 dollars monthly. L A Hileman granted stadium concession rights with a 2000 dollar bond.
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Butte High School
Board of Trustees of
School District No
Reardon Plumbing & Heating Company
Cahill-Mooney
West Field
Western Plumbing & Electric Company
West Field House
Kathleen Kearney
Ernestine Higman
Genevieve Silk
Agnes Wall
Kathryn Scully McGloin
L. A. Hileman
George Searle
O. B. Ashford Jr
Dorothy Nevin
Butte Building Trades Council
PWA
Troops Called to Quell Burmese Mohammedan Riots
Rangoon Burma Sept 3 Up troops were deployed to suppress rioting between Burmese and Mohammedans after four Burmese were killed and many injured in the clashes.
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Rangoon
Burma
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy in Montana with little temperature change expected Saturday and Sunday. Skies remain mostly grey and mild conditions persist, with no strong winds or precipitation forecast for the weekend.
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Montana
National Guard Joins Search For Abducted Meeks Wife
In Marysville California authorities mobilize 600 plus guardsmen and state police to locate Norma Meeks, 55, an orchardist's wife kidnapped for 15000 dollars. A suspected two youth abductors are still at large as tracks of the Meeks car are found along with an abandoned Chevrolet.
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Marysville
Cal
U.P
California
National
Sutter County
Norma Meeks
Meek
Meeks
Rio Oso
Chevrolet
Drive Under Way to Raise Eight Thousand for Lighting
An intensive effort to obtain contributions for Harrison avenue lighting is made today. The drive resumes next Tuesday as the final push to reach the $8,000 goal. If not reached, the campaign will continue until the amount is raised. Butte high school girls drum corps will assist by stationed service stations to contact motorists who have not yet contributed.
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Harrison Avenue
Butte High School
Public Welfare Board Rules Grant-In-Aid Disbursement
Dr. Peter Potter, chairman, says the Public Welfare Board can set rules for grants-in-aid to Montana counties, to be defined by state law. If counties do not meet the Public Welfare Act requirements, the board can deny aid. Counties must levy taxes and set budgets to support public assistance.
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Public Welfare Board
Montana
Public Welfare Act
Peter Potter
Helena
Potter
Boards of County Commissioners
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William A. Hinshaw
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