Roosevelt Urges Unity and Sacrifice for Nation's Defense
President Roosevelt told Americans they must endure sacrifices and build national unity to defend freedom as threats loom closer. He urged a modern defense, celebrating the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and dedicating 427,000 acres, while recalling pioneer spirit amid dangers of Indian attacks and a dam project at Chickamauga.
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Newfound Gap
Tennessee-North Carolina Line
Roosevelt
Americas
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
America
Tennesse
North Carolina
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga
TVA
United States of America
Labor Leaders Pledge Loyal Labor to Defense Efforts
On Labor Day, William Green of the AFL and John L. Lewis of the CIO spoke in unified opposition to peacetime conscription while pledging loyal labor support for national defense. They urged safeguarding social gains as industry shifts to arms production and sought greater labor influence in defense councils.
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Associated Press
A. F
L’s
William Green
John L. Lewis
National Defense Councils
May opens draft bill debate on wartime plant seizure power
Representative May argues the 1916 defense act already authorizes taking over recalcitrant manufacturers without new clauses in the conscription bill. He warns adding such provisions would be unnecessary and could require guarantees of wages, while questioning why vast defense funding is appropriated if the crisis is not imminent.
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Washington
May
D-Ky
Roosevelt
House Military Committee
Russell-Overton
War
Navy Departments
National Guard
Definite Military Plans To Resist Hungary
Definite military plans are being made for armed resistance to Hungarian occupation of Transylvania. Reports say two German motorized units may have arrived at Sighet while anti axis demonstrations prompt Berlin notes. Romanian and Soviet officials reportedly discussed a Russian note seeking clarification of German guarantees to protect Romania.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Transylvania
Sighet
Brasov
Berlin
Wilhelm Fabricius
Russia
Arkedy I. Laurentieff
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Romania
Satu Mare
German Claims Sinking Two British Destroyers
Berlin reports German air raids against the British Isles continue with heavy bombardment. The high command claims two British destroyers sunk in the North Sea and 86 British planes shot down, with 23 German planes lost. RAF raids on Berlin and other cities repelled with limited damage.
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Berlin
U.pr
British Isles
High Command
North Sea
England
Royal Air Force
Kenley
Bigginhill
Detling
Hawkinge
Lympe
Liverpool
Swansea
Bristol
Chatham
London under major German air raids as blitz continues
British air defenses report 42 German planes shot down in a widespread dawn raid across southeast and northwest England. RAF fighters and anti aircraft guns repelled four major German thrusts toward London, with 1752 German planes destroyed since June 18. London endured a four hour air raid alarm ending at 2 55 a m amid night searchlights and distant bomber sounds.
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Berlin
Greater
High Command
Germany
Munich
United Press
Britain
England
Wales
Channel
Thames
London
Mercury Tops 100 Degrees Across Montana Area
Helena dispatch reports extreme heat as eastern and central Montana reached 100 degrees or more. Glendive 101 and Miles City 100 led a day of high readings, with 98 at Billings Broadus and Havre and lower numbers elsewhere. Mild cooling and a chance of afternoon storms were forecast for the west and central regions Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Helena
Montana
Glendive
Miles City
Billings
Broadus
Havre
Fort Peck
Poplar
Lewistown
Livingston
Great Falls
Divide
Two Trusty Guards Lead Convicts in Prison Farm Break
At Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas on Sept 2 4 four convicts escaped after a shootout in a pea patch. They killed guard Claude Martin 41 of Little River County and seized rifles and shotguns while looting a motorist and cars in Gould and surrounding areas. About 36 of 150 workers disappeared during the breakout with ringleaders guiding the escape on horseback and in vehicles.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
State Penitentiary Farm
Gould
Claude Martin
Little River County
Labor Day Death Toll Hits 434 Nationwide
National Safety Council tallies 434 violent deaths over a three day Labor Day weekend. Auto fatalities reached 281, below the normal 375 for similar weekends. Providence and Pittsfield ended long fatality-free streaks, while Illinois 27, New York 24, and Ohio 20 auto deaths were reported.
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National Safety Council
New England
Providence
R. I
Pittsfield
Mass
Illinois
New York
Ohio
Daniel Dunn Centerville native and centennial figure dies
Daniel Dunn 58 born August 9 1882 at 225 Minah Street Centerville died yesterday in his lifelong home. He was the oldest Centerville native and longtime Butte miner who retired years ago. Survived by a sister in law Mr and Mrs Joe Whalen cousin Mrs Margaret Mitchell an uncle Dan Dwyer and several nieces and nephews in Oakland and Tacoma. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Minah Street
Centerville
Mr. Dunn
Dennis Dunn
Butte
Dunn
Timothy Lynch
Adams
Blaine
Butte High School
Lynch
Joe Whalen
Margaret Mitchell
Anaconda
Dan Dwyer
Spectacular Lewistown Blaze Destroys Four Shops
Fire of undetermined origin gutted second story living rooms and soaked four ground floor businesses in Lewistown. The Melchert bakery Barger's Photo shop Montana Land company and Ideal Barber shop suffered losses. Main street closed as 30 firefighters fought the flames.
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Lewistown
Melchert Bakery
Barger's Photo Shop
Montana Land Company
Ideal Barber Shop
Main Street
Berkeley Couple Found Dead After Murders Suicide
In Berkeley California Peter Torchio 70 and his wife Elvira were found shot to death in their home on the day they planned a country outing. A pistol was in Torchio's hand and police believe he killed her before taking his own life. Torchio had been ill recently.
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Berkeley
Calif
U.P
Peter Torchio
Elvira
Torchio
Zorchio
Labor Day Celebration Draws 5000 at Columbia Gardens
A well attended Labor Day event in Columbia Gardens drew well over 5,000 attendees. The day featured an 11 o'clock sports program delayed to include all participants, Smith Treloar led the Butte Mines band, and John G. Evans reported 1,236 passengers transported to the resort by 4 pm.
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Columbia Gardens
Butte Mines
Sam Treloar
The
Mercury
John G. Evans
Butte City Lines, Inc
Germany Claims Occupied Poland For All Time
The German wireless reported Reich Governor Hans Frank told an audience in Cracow that occupied Polish territory now belongs for all time to the destiny and power of the German reich. He said German achievements in the region surpass Polish ones and that Germany must be a world empire of peasants workers citizens and soldiers.
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New York
U.P
Hans Frank
Cracow
Goebbels Threat on Final Hour Puzzles Britain
Edward Febomar notes Goebbels warns the decisive hour nears Britain as Nazi propaganda shifts tactics. He questions purpose of the threat for home and for international audiences while UK morale remains cautious amid intensified air war and France’s fall.
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Edward Febomar
Joseph Goebbels
Great Britain
France
Germany
Britain
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Romanian Troops Reclaim Oradea Mare Border City
Reports from Cluj say Romanian forces drove Hungarian fifth columnists from the Oradea Mare telephone building and restored control of the border city. The clouded situation noted Hungarian forces had reportedly entered ceded Transylvania and were forming voluntary police units in several towns.
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Cluj
Transylvania
Oradea Mare
Romania
Hungary
Satul Mare
Highet
Fifth Columnists
Butte and Montana Forecast Show Afternoon Showers and Thunder
Butte expects partly cloudy skies today and Wednesday with afternoon or evening showers and thunderstorms and little temperature change. Montana forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions with afternoon or evening thunderstorms west and central areas and cooler temperatures east of the divide today.
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Butte
Montana
Divide
Burglars Steal Cash From Helena Barber Shop
Burglars removed a rear screen at a downtown Helena barber shop early today and stole 200 dollars from a drawer. No suspects named and no injuries reported. Local police investigate the daytime break in.
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Helena
Army Engineers Plan Televised Torpedo Plane
Dr Lee De Forest said blueprints for a secret television torpedo plane are with U S Army flight engineers in Dayton Ohio. He spoke after meeting A A Sanabria in Chicago about a robot type craft for reconnaissance and destruction without human pilots. The plane would combine television guidance with a tested robot concept.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Lee de Forest
Television and Radio Authority
U. S. Army Flight
Dayton
Ohio
de Forest
Chicago
A. A. Sanabria
Nearly 2,900 German planes shot down in first year of war
London reports the air ministry in a year end review that British fighters destroyed 1,752 German aircraft and anti-aircraft guns claimed 196, with about 1,500 planes destroyed since raids began June 16. The ministry credits night bombing and leaflet raids for morale and navigational gains despite some British losses.
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British Air Ministry
London
Germany
Air Ministry
England
Britain
Royal Air Force
Prague
Vienna
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