House Rejects Dozens of Amendments to Peace Time Draft
Washington dispatch reports the House defeated numerous proposed changes to the peace time conscription bill. Debates centered on draft age limits from 21 to 44, with a banterous session and a 115 to 95 vote approving housing standards for training camps.
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Washington
House
Shafer
R.-Wis
Congress
Austin
R.conn
United States Public Health Service
Roosevelt
Representative Rees
Rkan
Anderson
D-Mo
Rees
Defense Bill Cleared for White House Signature
The Senate and House approved Roosevelt’s 15.0 billion preparedness program, releasing 5.25 billion for 18 421 warplanes, a two ocean navy, and a 1 200 000 man Army. The measure funds reserve stocks and housing for defense workers, with major allocations for cantonments and military airfields nationwide.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Senate
House
White House
Secretary of the Navy
War Or Navy Departments
United States
Secretary of War
Great Britain
Army Ordnance Department
Naval Ordnance
Naval Air Corps
Army Air Corps
British night raids attack Berlin and Britain wartime losses
Berlin reports say British night raiders dropped bombs on Berlin's north, with shell fragments pattering roofs across districts. German sources claim London and the Thames coastal area faced heavy raids as Weybridge and Henley facilities suffered damage and several planes were destroyed.
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Berlin
London
Thames River
Liverpool
Britain
Weybridge
Henley
Thames
DNB
London Bomb Raid Opens Sixth Night of Fire and Flares
London faced a renewed onslaught as German bombers conducted a second raid of the night and a sixth since Friday morning. Fires burned in the capital with new flare techniques as RAF and anti aircraft defenses claimed 45 planes down by 11:30 p.m. and 371 raiders down from Aug 30 to Sept 5.
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London
Hitler
England
Air Ministry
Electrical Group Chooses Tacoma for 1941 Meeting
Closing the Northwestern section International Association of Electrical Inspectors' four day meeting delegates chose Tacoma Washington as the 1941 convention city. I B Sturges of Portland Oregon was named president, succeeding Blaine Grey of Salt Lake City. W L Gaffney of Tacoma became first vice president, W R Volheye of Salem Oregon named second vice president, F D Weber of Chicago re elected secretary treasurer. Executive committee members include Thomas Lloyd Butte Harry Hilpert Seattle W R Reid Renton Wash R A Walker Seattle W I Downie Seattle and Grey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
International Association of Electrical Inspectors
Tacoma
Wash
I. B. Sturges
Portland
Ore
Blaine Grey
Salt Lake City
W. L. Gaffney
Sturges
W.R Volheye
Salem
F. D. Weber
Chicago
Thomas Lloyd
Butte
Harry Hilpert
Seattle
W. R. Reid
Renton
R. A. Walker
W. I. Downie
Grey
County Treasurer Reports 315213 Balance In Funds
Silver Bow county ledger shows August activity with $91,275.01 paid out and $38,455.32 received, ending August 31 with a balance to credit of $315,213.25. Beginning balance was $368,032.94 and month receipts included taxes, county officers fees, and other sources.
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Silver Bow
George O’brien
Romanian King Abdicates and Goes into Exile
King Carol II abdicates the Romanian throne and goes into exile with Magda Lupescu. His son Prince Mihai is proclaimed king with General Antonescu effectively governing. Carol leaves aboard his yacht, uncertain of final destination, and receives an English pension of about 60 000 dollars annually. Princess Helen travels from Dresden to monitor Mihai’s early reign.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Caro II
Magda Lupescu
Mihai
Romania
Ion Antonescu
Carol
Madame Lupescu
Egypt
Switzerland
United States
England
Antonescu
Helen
Dresden
Germany
Browder Denied Travel for Campaign Tour
Federal Judge John C. Knox refused Earl Browder's request to tour the Pacific coast and Butte Montana to campaign. Browder, a jailed Communist presidential candidate for passport fraud, remains free on bail as his case awaits U S Supreme Court action.
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New York
Earl Russell Browder
Pacific Coast
Butte
Mont
John C. Knox
Browder
Supreme Court
Weather brief for Butte and Montana
Mostly fair today and Sunday with slight temperature changes. In Butte and Fair, conditions remain dry and mild, with warmer readings expected in eastern parts today.
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Butte
Montana
Divile
Botulism Strikes Ducks at Freeze Out Lake
State Fish and Game Warden James A. Weaver travels to Freeze Out lake in Teton county as 2000 to 3000 ducks die from botulism. Deputies drain a lake slough, transfer birds to a larger water body, and plan preservation actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Fish and Game
James A. Weaver
Teton County
Weaver
Medicine Lake
Montana
South Dakota
Western Union Grants Leave For All Employees in Military Service
Western Union announced that employees called into federal or state military service would receive a leave of absence with service and seniority credit.
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New York
Western Union
Roosevelt Says No New Bases Are Now Being Sought
Washington dispatch reports a Defense official said Costa Rica’s Cocos and France’s Clipperton islands are unsuited for U S bases while Ecuador’s Galapagos could merit defense use. Roosevelt stated no leasing negotiations are under way though Pacific defenses for the Panama Canal may be considered.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Costa Rica
Cocos Island
France
Clipperton Island
South Pacific
Ecuador
Galapagos Group
United States
Pacific
Panama Canal
Repeated Nazi Raids Fail to Damage Liverpool Area
Liverpool and the surrounding industrial region housing about 4 million people has seen minimal damage from repeated German air raids. Ports and docks show limited impact with one small trawler sunk. overall cargo movement remains largely unaffected and industry mostly operates despite alarms.
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Liverpool
England
Hell's Corner
Mersey Docks and Harbor Board
Bandits Hunted After Hold Up. One Captured
A long dawn chase surrounds Montoure creek district as possemen press a dragnet for George Franklin 25, one of two bandits who robbed a Drummond service station and abducted the attendant Thursday afternoon. Norman Lewis 16 of Missoula surrendered to officers yesterday, but Franklin remains at large near Ovando Clearwater foothills.
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Ovando Hills
Drummond
John Burnett
Fred Valston
Powell County
Gus McDonald
Granite County
Barney Larsen
Deer Lodge County
Montoure Creek
George Franklin
Franklin
Norman Lewis
Missoula
Montoure
Ovando-Clearwater
Young Lewis
Montoure Bridge
John
Jack) Burnett
Burnett
Movements of Brit Navy Noted by Italy in Mediterranean
Rome reports British naval movements tied to a large plan with aerial attacks on Britain’s lines of communication from Aden through the Red Sea to Malta. Italian communique notes destruction at Malta and depot bombing at Suez, raids on convoys, encampments in Sudan, and truck caravans in Egypt.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Britain
Gulf of Aden
Red Sea
Malta
Suez
Sudan
Egypt
Stefani
Aden
Algeciras
Spain
Strait of Gibraltar
England
Alexandria
Italy
Five Rothschilds Lose French Citizenship in Vichy
In Vichy on September 6, five members of the Rothschild banking family and ten other individuals were stripped of French citizenship for leaving the country without government permission. The confiscation includes all Rothschild banking fortunes and property of the others. Many named are said to be in the United States.
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Vichy
France
Rothschild
United States
Wallace accuses Republicans of obstructing defense in Illinois tour
Democratic vice presidential nominee Henry A. Wallace charge Republicans with obstructing national defense during speeches in Du Quoin and later in Illinois. He read a prepared statement defending the destroyer for base exchange deal with Britain and argued the GOP stands against vital hemisphere defense.
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Great Britain
Republican Party
Party of
Party of Destruction
Hemisphere
Hitler
Atlantic Ocean
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Grim Ot Archer
Lewis
Philipsburg
Hunt
Deer Lodge
Valston
High Command
Wallace
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