Coast guard destroyers reach Key West amid Cuba tension
Eight coast guard destroyers arrived at Key West harbor with orders to sail to Cuba on minute’s notice. The McFarland refueled from Havana, while authorities warn of increased US naval presence around Cuba as Cuba’s military junta consolidates power and Mexico urges Latin nations to advise the Cuban people on a new government. Argentina signals desire to avoid intervention.
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Key West
Fla
Coast Guard
Key West Harbor
Cuba
Norfolk
McFarland
Havana
Washington
Mexico
Cespedes
Denver Area Floods After Torrential Rainstorm
Reports describe widespread flooding in the Denver area as heavy seasonal rains and cloudbursts overwhelmed streams and banks. Towns were inundated with rising waters earlier in the summer, causing property damage and evacuations. Local agencies warned residents to avoid flooded roads and monitor emergency advisories.
Public Works Allotments Reach New Weekly High
The article notes total public works allotments of 1,431,540,234 today with 2,273,671 for 11 buildings in 15 states. Secretary Ickes aims to speed construction, with weekly allotments at 33,377,396 and dirt to fly from Virgin Islands to the Philippines as work begins. Receivers urged to hasten contract letting. many non federal projects approved and sent to Washington for study.
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Washington
Ickes
Public Works
Virgin Islands
Philippines
Grim discovery deepens Montana slaying mystery
Investigators led by Sheriff Larry Weir found sawed bone fragments and a hacksaw blade near a rocky dell east of Butte. A dismembered skeleton was found days earlier by a rancher, suggesting robbery as a motive and a large man in a tailored black suit, gray shirt, and tan or gray felt hat. Pockets remained intact with labels possibly aiding identification.
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Butte
Larry Weir
Elmer Carruthers
William Peterson
Carruthers
Denver flash floods wash out roads and homes no deaths reported
Torrential rain from cloudbursts in the mountains sent Break Creek and Turkey Creek surging into Little Mount Morrison and Leyden flooding the coal camp. Two houses washed away but no drownings occurred as Golden Gate Creek and nearby streams reached flood stages and a bridge near Boulder collapsed.
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Denver
Break Creek
Turkey Creek
Little Mount Morrison
Leyden Creek
Leyden
Clear Creek
Coal Creek
Ralston Creek
Golden Gate Creek
Golden
Colo
Jefferson County
Boulder
German U-Boat Hero Koenig Dies Remembered For Atlantic Feat
Captain Paul Koenig of the submarine Deutschland, who guided the vessel across the Atlantic and docked at Baltimore in 1916, has died in Germany. The account recalls Koenig’s daring voyage past enemy ships to dock, unload dyes and chemicals, then load rubber and nickel for the return trip. Carl D. Groat, who first met Koenig in Baltimore, chronicles the remarkable voyage and public reception.
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Germany
Koenig
Carl D. Groat
Koenis
Baltimore
Atlantic
United States
Groat
America
United Press Bureau
Berlin
United Press State Department
Patapsco River
Patapsco
Nord Deutscher Lloyd
Y M C A Fall Program To Start September 18
The Y M C A in Butte opens its 1933 34 season Monday September 18 with gymnasiums pool and handball courts back in operation after repairs. Athletic director B J Gunderson outlines leagues tournaments and meets across sports including volleyball and basketball plus the 1934 city state basketball and handball tournaments.
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Seasor
Northwest
B. J. Gunderson
Butte “Y
Body of Murdered Girl Found Near Pomona
Los Angeles Sept 9 The body of a girl aged 13 to 16 was found in an arroyo off a main boulevard west of Pomona. Sheriff’s officers said she may have been slain by an attacker or struck by a car and hidden in a ravine.
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Los Angeles
Pomona
Montana Weekend Weather Forecast
Montana forecast calls for partly cloudy skies on Sunday with possible showers in the west portion. Temperatures rise slightly and Monday is expected to be generally fair.
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Montana
Knights of Pythias Conclave Heads to Butte
More than 300 grand lodge and temple officers delegates and visitors from across Montana are expected for the forty ninth annual Knights of Pythias convention and the thirty second annual Pythian Sisters convention. The event runs Sunday through a three day session with headquarters at the Pilsen hotel led by Calanthe lodge No 40 of Centerville, aided by Damon lodge No 1 Calanthe temple No 3 and Silver Bow temple No 20.
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Grand Lodge
Butte
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of
Montana
Grand Temple of the Pythian Sisters
Pinsen Hotel
Calanthe Lodge
Centerville
Bost
Damon le
Calanthe Temple
Silver Bow Temple
Roosevelt Watches Cuban Situation From Sequoia Yacht
President Roosevelt sails aboard the commerce department yacht Sequoia from Marin Center for a weekend Cuba watch. He stays within an hour of naval air cover and keeps White House radio contact as Seventh Regiment mobilizes for potential Cuban expeditionary use. Meanwhile in Santa Cruz Francis J Grace, nephew of late magnate W R Grace, dies after being shot by a former nurse Miss F W Wells. A cook disarms Wells after the shooting and Grace's wife is indoors.
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Cook
U. S. Marine Base
Quantico
President Roosevelt
Commerce Department
Sequoia
Roosevelt
White House
State Department
Cuba
Santa Cruz
Cal
Francis Joseph Morgan Grace
W.R. Grace
F. W. Wells
Grace Home
Garden of Graces
Beach Hill
Grace
Public Enemy Belcastro Sentenced Six Months
James Belcastro known as the king of bombers was found guilty under the criminal reputation act in Chicago. A jury sentenced him to six months at Bridewell work house marking the fourth hoodlum in a fortnight convicted of vagrancy.
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Chicago
James Belcastro
Belcastro
Bridewell
Washington's Lieutenant Governor to Speak Here
The Hon. Victor Aloysius Meyers, famed jazz bandleader and current lieutenant governor of Washington, will visit Butte this weekend. Once a gavel-wielding political figure in Olympia, Meyers rose from a dance-hall baton to state leadership while promoting bold civic ideas in Seattle.
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Washington
Victor Aloysius Meyers
Butte
Mr. Meyers
Washington Siate
Butte Man Killed in Bear Hunting Accident
Everett Zimple, 23, a former Butte miner, died instantly 80 miles west of Missoula when a high powered rifle discharged after striking a tree stump. He was bear hunting with his brother. burial planned in Butte. Survived by wife, daughter, parents, and several siblings.
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Missoula
Everett Zimple
Butte
Thireday
Zimple
Anaconda Road
Daly- Shea
William Zimple
Billings
John Lenihan
Two Missing Balloonists Found Safe
In Quebec's Rivière-au-Pierre two Polish balloonists Captain Franciszek Hynke and Lieutenant Znigniew Burzynski were found safe after a weeklong search. They started from Chicago in the Bennett race, landed in a forest Monday, and were last heard from on the Great Lakes to Atlantic coast chase. Ward Van Orman and Frank A. Trotter of Akron also competed in the Goodyear IX.
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Riviere A Pierre
Quebec
Franciszek Hynke
Znigniew Burzynski
Chicago
James Gordon Bennett
Francizek Hynke
Znegniew Burzynski
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Akron
Ohio
Ward van Orman
Frank A. Trotter
Nevada Senator backs order to boost silver price
United States Senator Key Pittman proposed to President Roosevelt that mints accept silver for coinage, driving the price to 1.19 dollars an ounce. He predicted a major western boom if the executive order is adopted, referencing 24 million ounces produced in 1932.
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Key Pittman
Reno
Nev
United States
Nevada
Roosevelt
Pittman
West
Accienments of Pupils Made as Butte Schools Reassign
Arrangements for pupil attendance after the closing of Washington junior high and Lincoln upper grades were completed by J G Ragsdale superintendent of city schools. Lincoln first through fourth graders remain. fifth through eighth grade pupils are reassigned to McKinley and other schools depending on street location.
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Butte
Washington
Lincoln
J. G. Ragsdale
Lincoln School
Park Street
Washington Street
McKinley School
State Seeks 1.727 Million in Public Works
Montana public works advisory board forwarded three applications totaling 1.727 million dollars to the national board for final approval or rejection. The largest item is a loan of 1.25 million to the Montana State Highway Commission in exchange for highway debentures pending Washington decision.
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Helena
Montana Public Works
Montana Public Works Advisory Board
National Public Works Board
Wash- Paton
E. A. McKinnon
Montana Board
State Board
Washington
Montana State Highway Commission
McKinnon
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