Submarine Attacks U S Destroyer at Sea in North Atlantic
A torpedo attack by a submarine on the U S destroyer Greer while en route to Iceland led to a brief exchange of gunfire and depth-charge counterattack. The Greer reported the torpedoes missed. results of the engagement remain undetermined. The incident sparked global interest and debate in Washington and London.
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Washington
United States
North Atlantic
Greer
Iceland
Atlantic
Navy
U. S
Berlin
London
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
van Nuys
D.-Ind
Austin R.vt
Greenland
The
United
Senate Votes to Broaden the Income Tax Base
The Senate approved expanding the income tax base by a 43 to 23 vote to raise about 303 million dollars and trimmed 46 million from the finance bill by rejecting higher amusement taxes. A key amendment cut personal exemptions for married couples from 2000 to 1500 and singles from 800 to 750, amid dispute over tax fairness for defense workers and low earners.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
House
la Follette
Wis
Clark
D.mo
Congress
George
D.-Ga
President Roosevelt Reflects On Court Fight Saving Democracy
In a national magazine interview Roosevelt credits his 1937 Supreme Court clash with preventing an alien form of government. He calls the 1937 turning point essential to allow the New Deal to function and dismisses fears of judicial opposition ending democracy. He cites younger judges and retirement of older ones as key outcomes.
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New York
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
United States
Industry Will Expedite Oil Delivery to East Coast
The oil industry agreed to use all available railroad tank cars to haul petroleum to the East. Ralph K. Davies announced 11 principal east coast oil firms signed pledges to mobilize tank cars, aiming to curb the Atlantic seaboard shortage within two weeks.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Ralph K. Davies
Defense Petroleum
Senate
Gulf Oil Corporation
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
the Texas Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Socony- Vacuum Oil Company
Tidewater Associated Oil Company
Cities Service Company
Consolidated Oil Company
Sun Oil Company
American Oil Company
Shell Oil Company
Six Italian planes shot down over Malta
British command announced that six Italian planes were shot down in flames over Valletta Malta.
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Valletta
Malta
Soviet Forces Beat Back German Attack Near Leningrad
Soviet military reports say the Red army holds near Leningrad against large German forces and repels pushes toward Kiev with heavy Russian counterattacks. Lozovsky says Leningrad maintains rail links and that German claims of encirclement are propaganda, while battles continue along the Dnieper and around Novgorod.
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Moscow
Red
Leningrad
Dnieper
Baltic
S. A. Lozovsky
Lozovsky
Klementi Voroshilov
Novgorod
Kiev
Ukraine
Axis
Soviet Union
Butte Field and Stream Association Forms for Conservation
New Sportsmen's Club forms to consolidate wildlife work under one group named the Butte Field and Stream Association. Aims include preservation propagation and conservation of game animals birds and fish. Charter members include leaders from Butte Anglers' club and Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's association. M Y Daniel is president. Bill Snyder remains secretary of the Southern Montana District Wildlife group. Officers to be elected at next meeting.
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Butte Wildlife Conservationists
Butte Field and Stream Association
Butte Anglers’ Club
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Association
M. Y. Daniel
Bill Snyder
Southern Montana District Wildlife Group
Campaign Aims to Protect Children at School Crossings
Mayor Barry O Leary in Butte launched a city campaign against traffic law violators near schools. Police are stationed at crossings during start and end times. first arrests yielded a $25 fine and three bond forfeitures. The effort will move across the city to ensure safe crossings for students.
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Butte
Barry O'Leary
John T. Gardner
Defense Work Spread to Smaller Firms by OPM Unit
President Roosevelt created a division of contract distribution in the office of production management to spread defense contracts among smaller plants. Floyd B. Odlum was named director. The move aims to ensure smaller businesses receive a fair share and prevent dislocation of industry and unemployment. Bernard Baruch criticized the system, urging a single administrator and universal price ceilings. Baruch plans to testify before the House banking committee in two weeks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of
Floyd B. Odlum
New York
Atlas Corporation
Mr. Roosevelt
Robert Patterson
James V. Forrestal
Navy
William 8. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Emory 8S
Land
Maritime Commission
White House
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Wallace
House Banking Committee
Plane Deliveries Hit New High
The Office of Production Management announced 1,854 military aircraft delivered in August, the highest U.S. figure on record and 394 more than July. January to August totals are listed. the OPM did not specify combat versus trainer craft.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Production Management
OPM
Leningrad Defenders Hold Fast Amid War Approaches Close Circle
War report notes Nazi complaints that Russians remain resolute as Axis aim to encircle Leningrad intensifies. A private Axis forecast predicted fall within ten days, yet current claims show no certain collapse. Baltic battery targets and Finnish pressure shrink the city’s perimeter to about forty miles as German forces push west and south.
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Leningrad
Madrid
Baltic Sea
Partly Cloudy Weekend Forecast for Butte Montana
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Butte and Montana on Friday and Saturday with little change in temperatures.
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Butte
Montana
Newsmen Fire At Incident as Russian Planes Reach Seattle
Two camouflaged Russian flying boats landed at Sand Point Naval Air Station after a nonstop flight from Sitka Alaska with 48 crew. A Seattle Times motorboat carrying reporter Paul O'Neil and photographer Harold E. Smith was fired upon by sailors near the first plane, with shots hitting the water before they were taken to the station.
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Seattle
U.P
Lake Washington
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Sitka
Alaska
United States
Moscow
Nome
Kodiak
Seattle Times
Paul O'Neil
Harold E. Smith
Bulgaria Rebuffs War on Russia While Backing Germany
Bulgaria rejected German demands to declare war on Russia and pledged to fight for Germany on other fronts. The decision reflects Bulgaria's ties with Russia and comes as Grand Admiral Raeder visits Sofia during a special parliamentary session. The government also extended the defense law, threatening death for broadcasts against the state or support for foreign powers.
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Dana Schmidt
Ankara
Turkey
U.P
Bulgaria
Russia
Germany
Hungary
Rumania
Vichy
France
Sofia
Erich Raeder
Hitler
Balkans
Boris
Theodoroff Daskaloff
Bogdan Filoff
Time and day asked by a drunken caller
Desk Sergeant Joe Harrington of the Butte police department answers a phone request for the time and day. He states it is 1:55 PM and the caller, clearly intoxicated, repeats the request.
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Joe Harrington
Butte Police Department
Harrington
Police Department
Draft Registrants Listed Eligible for Military Service
Thirteen of twenty nine registrants posted by workers on board No 3 are class 1 A and eligible for service. Six more are on limited service rolls, two deferred as students, four have dependents, three were rejected by doctors and one will be examined soon. The 1 A list includes Henry J Lacorno and other names with addresses. Clifford V Girogre remains in Class 1 pending exam and may be reclassified. Listed in 1 B for limited service are Logan W Morgan Lincoln E Rohinen and William L McIntee.
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Henry J. Lacorno
Colorado Street
Courtwright A. Pierce
South Emmett Street
Ernest Gruenberg
Waukesha Street
Parker W. Negus
James J. Boyle
Maryland Ave
Nue
Stanley H. Richards
West
Mercury Street
Jack G. Ellis
West Broadway
Edward J. Kiely
East
Granite Street
Jack G. Gnelling
Ash Street
John D. Egan
Gold Street
Ralph J. Michael
West Silver Street
Elmer O. Thurmond
North Main Street
Henry W. Staebler
Iowa Avenue
Clifford V. Girogre
South
Idaho Street
Logan W. Morgan
Platinum Street
Lincoln E. Rohinen
William L. McIntee
Oil for Russia Arrives Safely in Vladivostok
The American tanker L. P. St. Clair arrived in Vladivostok with gasoline for Russia, avoiding Japanese interference after Japan protested routing through its waters. The shipment, part of four merchantmen delivering war supplies through the Sea of Japan, marks a strategic test of Roosevelt's freedom of the seas policy amid tense U.S.-Japan relations.
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Washington
U.P
L. P. St. Clair
Vladivostok
Russia
Japan
Sea of Japan
Roosevelt
Union Oil Company
Los Angeles
Federal Maritime Commission
State Department
White House
United States
Port Angeles Navy Section Base Commissioned
The Port Angeles section base in Washington was commissioned as the Northwest’s newest defense link. Lt. Allan Grant took command. the base will support patrol craft in northern Puget Sound. An Astoria Oregon base opens next week, with others planned at Marshfield Oregon and Neah Bay Washington.
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Port Angeles
Wash
U.P
13Th Naval District
Northwest
Astoria
Ore
Marshfield
Neah Bay
Allan Grant
Puget Sound
Count Finds 208 Trumpeter Swans in Yellowstone Census
In Yellowstone Park Wyoming on September 4 a census by the National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service counted 208 trumpeter swans. The species remains near the extinction point in North America, highlighting conservation concerns.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
North America
National Park Fish and Wild Life Service
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William B. Arder
Adams
D.-Colo
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Kurt Ludwig
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Ludwig
Cle Elum, Wash
Alon
New Sportsmen's Club
M. Y. Daniel Heads
Army
the War News
Ernest Barcella
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