Fierce Chinese Counterattack Shakes Yangtse Front
Chinese forces abandon defensive positions and counter strike along the Yangtse and Whangpoo fronts near Shanghai. Chinese advances recapture areas around Woo sung and Paoshan, with Paoshan reported fallen. Japanese bombardment and air attacks pummel Kiangwan as 70,000 Japanese troops press toward Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Yangtse
Whangpoo
Woosung
Paoshan
Kiangwan
Nanking
Yangtse River
Japanese note signals protracted diplomacy after envoy shooting
London reports Japan’s unusual reply to Britain over the machine-gunning of Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen opened a long negotiation phase. Sources say Tokyo aimed to placate public opinion and avoid a final reply, while Britain seeks a full response and satisfaction.
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London
Great Britain
China
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
Tokyo
Koki Hirota
Diet
Britain
Hughes
Enrollment Expected to Show a Gain in 1937 Term
Schoolchildren begin the 1937 term in 29 public and parochial schools with an anticipated enrollment increase over last fall. About 2,100 will attend Butte High and Washington Junior High, 1,500 at Butte High, 600 freshmen at the junior high, plus 2,400 in parochial elementary and about 4,000 in public grade schools.
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Butte High School
Washington Junior High School
Scott Fries
Anna Harkins
Christian Brothers
Girls’ Central
Girls’ Central High School
Mollie Abshire
Hilda Benson
Pearl Blair
Ray Bunday
Florence Charles
Ann Coleman
Harry Dahlberg
Rose Deeney
Colette Doherty
Dora Drowatsky
Esther Elderkin
Anna English
Sadie Erickson
Katherine Harrington
Inez Haskins
Lowell Johnson
Agatha Kelly
Ruth Kennedy
Louis Kilberer
Helen Laird
Catherine Lyden
Marguerite Lyden
Ann Lynch
Julia Lynch
George MacDonald
Kathleen McGrath
Rita McGrath
Helen McGregor
Lucille McQuaig
Amy Madden
Eleanor Meagher
Cora Owsley
Emily Powers
Mary Prestley
Toll Far Below 1 000 Es timate Made by Safety Council Butte Has No Reports
The Associated Press report notes Labor Day weekend fatalities near 400, with about 280 deaths from automobile crashes across 44 states. Despite the high toll, Butte reports no local accidents during the period.
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Safety Council
Butte
Associated Press
America
Mediterranean conference delayed by German request
Paris reports Germany will seek postponement of the Mediterranean powers conference set for Friday until after the Nazi party congress in Nuremberg. Rome accuses Italy of torpedoing two Soviet ships. Italy denies and rejects indemnity demands amid a growing diplomatic impasse.
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Paris
Germany
Nuremberg
Rome
Russia
Italy
Mediterranean
Japan replies to Britain over Knatchbull incident
Tokyo reports Japan delivered a formal reply to Britain concerning the wounding of Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull Hugessen. Foreign Minister Koki Hirota defended Japan denying the British claim that the damage came from a Japanese aircraft, noting the note expresses regret but omits the three British demands.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
China
London
Foreign Office
Koki Hirota
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull- Hugessen
Britain
Domei
Mining Congress Opens in Salt Lake City With 2000 Delegates
About 2000 delegates from mining districts arrive in Salt Lake City for the American Mining Congress annual convention at the Utah state fairgrounds. President Howard I. Young expects taxation issues to drive talks as the event begins.
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Salt Lake
Jor
America
Salt Lake City
American Mining Congress
Utah State Fairgrounds
Howard I. Young
St. Louis
Congress
Montana Receives Widespread Good Rainstorm
A soaking rain swept Montana over the weekend, except the extreme northeast, with moisture recorded at multiple substations. The system began September 3 in the south and intensified September 4 and 5, bringing rains to Billings and the Madison valley, greened ranges, and boosted early fall moisture across the central and northern parts.
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Montana
Montana Power Company
Columbus
Billings
Madison Valley
Butte
League Declares Colonies Unneeded by Germany Italy Japan
In Geneva the League of Nations raw materials committee rejected the trio of fascist powers claim to require colonies for basic industrial inputs. It urged halting armaments and cutting trade barriers, noting they could buy needed materials if cooperation restored international trade and prosperity.
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Powers
Geneva
U.P
The
League
Germany
Italy
Japan
Joseph Hipp Leaves St. James Hospital
Twelve year old Joseph Hipp returned to his parents at 1211 Taft street after six days of wandering in the wilderness. Doctors described his condition as very good following his hunger and fatigue recovery. He became lost during a fishing trip and found his way to the cabin of prospector Jack Anderson in the Big Hole basin.
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Joseph Hipp
Butte
St. James Hospital
Benjamin Hipp
Taft Street
Jack Anderson
Big Hole
Kling Wins Thompson Trophy In Photo Finish
Rudy Kling a Lemont mechanic pilots his Jupiter to victory in the Thompson Trophy 200 mile air race in Cleveland earning $9,000. He finishes a length ahead of Earl Ortman with a time noted as 256 910 miles per hour. J Wittman leads early but motor trouble ends his run as Col Roscoe Turner briefly takes the lead before fading.
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Lady Luck
Rudy A. Kling
Lemont, II
America
Jupiter
Earl Ortman
Thompson
J. Wittman
Oshkosh
Wis
Col
Roscoe Turner
Wittman
Girl Scribe Finds Lover Dead in War at Belchite
Millie Bennett of San Francisco, an American newspaper woman, reached Belchite on the Aragon front as civilians entered the city after insurgents were driven out. She sought her fiancée Lieutenant Wallace F. Burton of Winchester Indiana, a member of the Spanish government's Washington battalion, who was killed the night Belchite fell. Approximately 1500 bodies lay in the streets amid battle debris and a toppled cathedral tower.
Cowboy Killed at State Labor Day Rodeo
Poel W. Overturf a 28 year old Carters ville cowboy died from injuries after being thrown from a bucking horse at the Labor day rodeo in Custer. He was the son of Mrs. Knute Hegg and had brothers and sisters in Butte Carters ville and Thurston.
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Billings
Poel W. Overturf
Cartersville
Custer
Knute Hegg
Butte
Thurston
Labor Day Observance at Columbia Gardens in Butte
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council sponsored the annual labor holiday in Butte. A two day break ended with an elaborate program at Columbia Gardens attended by hundreds while ideal weather and light crowds enjoyed a four minute streetcar service and driving festivities.
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Columbia Gardens
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council
Bor Council
No Butte Accidents Highlight Labor Day Travel Safety
No accidents were reported by city or county police in Butte late last night on Labor Day. Police credited highway patrol vigilance and driver caution as hundreds of motorists returned safely from fishing, camping, and excursions.
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Butte
Highway Patrol
Toll of weekend crashes tops nation with 50 drownings
Traffic mishaps claimed 50 drownings and 61 other deaths over the weekend state totals show California leading with 30 motor-vehicle deaths, followed by Michigan with 29 and Ohio with 27. The nationwide weekend toll rises against 271 fatalities from the previous year. Six persons died in a plane smash.
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California
Michigan
Ohio
Three Feared Dead In Lake Plane Crash
Three Detroit men were feared dead after a morning crash of a red Waco biplane half a mile south of Pt. Pelee Ontario in Lake Erie. Rescue work was halted by rough weather and bodies had not yet been recovered. Identified likely occupants: Harry Corley Jerry Teffens and James Munro. The crash was observed by the Pt. Peele coast guard station.
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PT. Peele
Ont
U.P
Detroit
Here
Lake Erie
Harry Corley
Jerry Teffens
James Munro
Labor leaders clash as AFL attacks CIO on Labor Day
William Green of the AFL denounces the CIO for welcoming Communist support and disrupting labor unity in Dallas. John L. Lewis warns Western Pennsylvania workers that without organized protection, new machines will replace them. Secretary Perkins cites about 2,000,000 more nonagricultural jobs on Labor Day versus last year.
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Dallas
Texas
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Perkins
Washington
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