Hoover probes Nazi activity in United States
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover said an investigation into Nazi activity in the United States is being prepared with a report to come in the near future. He refused to elaborate on findings or disclose dates or details. In Chicago the Daily Times denied a report of a Nazi army preparation, citing explanations from German American groups that they are not plotting a revolution.
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Portland
Ore
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Chicago
The
Daily Times
the Times
Amerikadeutscher Volksbund
Deutscher Volksbund
Dingle Guilty of Manslaughter in Auto Crash
Anaconda resident Harry Dingle was found guilty of manslaughter by a Mineral County district court jury for a June 30 auto crash near here. Victims Ella Mae Isherwood, Charles Owens, and Jack Updegraff died from the collision. Dingle was sentenced to two years at hard labor in the Montana penitentiary.
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Superior
Mineral County District
Harry Dingle
Anaconda
Here
Ella Mae Isherwood
Sebeka
Minn
Dingle
Charles Owens
Butte
Jack Updegraff
Spokane
Ralph L. Arnold
Missoula
Montana
Deer Lodge
Chinese Counterattacks Slow Japanese In China Fronts
Friday dispatches report Chinese forces halting Japan's offensive on three fronts including Shanghai and North China. Japanese commanders reconsider war estimates as Chinese resistance stiffens near Tientsin, Peiping, and Shantung while evacuation alerts rise for Americans along China's coast.
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Shanghai
U.2
Japan
China
Kiyoshi Katsuki
Tientsin-banking
Shantung Province
Peiping
Peiping-Hankow
Peiping- Suiyuan
Shansi Province
Iwane Matsui
Juichi Terauchi
Imperial War Minister
Nine nation Mediterranean fleet massing to fight pirates
British and French naval experts complete a mobilization plan for a large nine nation fleet to confront pirate submarines in the Mediterranean. The plan will be shown at a Nyon conference as ships from Britain France and others move into the area. Italy and Germany refuse to join citing Soviet Russia.
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London
Mediterranean
Nyon
Switzerland
Lake Geneva
Italy
Germany
Russia
Britiin
France
Californian 1d Elected Commander of G A B in National Meeting
Madison Wis Sept 9 U P Dr Overton H Menett Los Angeles elected national commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the annual convention Other officers chosen were Henry Held West Allis Wis Robert M Rownd Ripley N Y Edward H Cowan Crawfordsville Ind and Martin T Stone Jamestown N Y Menett was only 14 years old when he ran away from a southern Indiana farm to enlist for the last nine months of the Civil War
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Martin T. Stone
Jamestown
N. Y
Menett
Largey Lumber Co Not Involved In Butte Fire
An error in a prior article claimed Largey Lumber Co suffered the 1895 fire in Butte. The blaze started in the Kenyon Connell warehouse area, with disputes over powder storage. No Largey Lumber Co existed then. the firm formed in 1901 with P A Largey as a stockholder in Butte Hardware.
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Butte
Standard
Largey Lumber Company
Kenyont Connell Company
P. A. Largey
Butte Hardware Company
Rebels Besiege Gijon In Last Northern Fortress Fight
In Hendaye on September 9, Spanish insurgents bombarded Gijon, the government’s final coastal stronghold. Insurgent guns pounded the Covadonga line after a government retreat halted their advance and left more than a thousand insurgents dead.
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Hendaye
Gijon
Spain
Covadonga
Market swings into quotained recovery gains on stocks
New York September 9 stock market moved into a broad advance with leaders recouping losses from a prior slide. Profit taking faded as buyers returned and shares rose $1 or more, with bonds rising as sentiment improved. Steel, rails and motors led, United States Steel up $2 to $99 Bethlehem $3.62 to $87 National Steel $3.50 to $89.
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New York
United States Steel
Bethlehem
National Steel
Butte Women Recount Shelling in Shanghai and Manila
Two Butte women Miss Catherine Lyden and Miss Kathleen O'Donnell returned from the Orient describing the shelling of Shanghai by Japanese gunboats, a refugee flight of 400 people, and a Manila earthquake. They sailed July 3 on the President Jefferson converted to a refugee ship, visited Japan, Kyoto and Shanghai, and observed air defense drills and gas mask training amid war preparations.
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Kathleen O'Donnell
Catherine Lyden
Butte
Orient
Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Quentin
Manija
Shanghai
Manila
Kathleen O’donnell
Dollar
President Jefferson
Seattle
Jackson
Japan
China
Philippine Islands
Yokohama
Tokyo
Nikko
Miyano- Shita
Kyoto
Nara
Kobe
Taft
Mother Buries Son in Local Grave Not Her Own
Mrs. Ella Cummins identified a mangled youth as her son Earl Dean Cummins after a train tragedy in New London. A caller from Salt Lake City later advised she buried the wrong boy, prompting police to continue efforts to confirm the deceased’s identity.
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Shawnee
Okla
Ella Cummins
Salt Lake City
Earl Dean Cummins
New London
Marcella Cummins
Mrs. Cummins
Teamsters reject plan to end blockage at waterfront
In San Francisco on September 9 representatives of the Teamsters rejected a C I O offer to settle a jurisdictional dispute with longshoremen and warehousemen. The plan would have allowed a vote to decide whether warehousemen aligned with C I O or A F L. The embargo on dock cargoes, now ten days old, remains until warehousemen return to the A F L.
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San Francisco
A. F. L. Teamsters
Teamsters
National Labor Relations Board
C.I. O
East Helena Slag Plant to Reopen
East Helena slag treating plant of Anaconda Copper mining company to resume operations immediately. Rex Laist announced orders sent to about 90 employees to return to work. plant had been shut July 20 due to power shortage.
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Helena
East Helena
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Rex Laist
Montana Weather Update Calls for Cloudiness and Temperature Shifts
A Montana forecast indicates Friday will be partly cloudy with cooler conditions in the west and warmer temperatures in the far east. Saturday should be cloudy with continued unsettled conditions across the state.
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Montana
Butte Response to Smallpox Vaccination
Dr. J. L Mondloch, county physician, says about 98 percent of pupils in public and parochial schools are vaccinated against smallpox. Most of the remaining holdouts will be admitted after completing vaccination. Public cooperation and quick health action are praised to prevent outbreaks. Whooping cough now prevalent. quarantine will be used for all cases in city and county.
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Butte
J. L Mondloch
Two Die In Ellensburg Oil Truck Crash
Ernest Bruce aged 25 of Ellensburg an oil truck driver and H H Storer a Wilbur farmer were burned to death when their trucks collided between Ellensburg and Cle Elum Washington today.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Ernest Bruce
H. H. Storer
Wilbur Farmer
Here
Cle Elum
Forest Fire Near Park Is Controlled Near Yellowstone
Livingston reports that 1800 acre Slough Creek fire north of Yellowstone boundary is under control as CCC crews mop up. About 700 workers, plus 100 discharged from Mam moth Hot Springs camp, will remain on site for days. strong winds or new fires could affect containment. Three smaller Absaroka fires also controlled.
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Livingston
Civilian Conservation Corps
Slough Creek
Yellowstone National Park
CCC
Mammoth Hot Springs
Park
Absaroka Forest
Forest Fire in Levinski Creek Area Controlled
Seventy men recruited locally and on ranches contained a Levinski Creek forest fire in the Gallatin National Forest. The blaze burned about 12 acres of timber, marking the season’s largest fire in the forest.
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Bozeman
Levinski Creek
Gallatin National Forest
Forest Service
Roosevelt orders probe of the Federal Communications Commission
President Roosevelt opens Constitution Day speech by ordering a full investigation of the administration of the Federal Communications Commission. He considers using election machinery for an unemployment census and names John D. Biggers to direct registration. He discusses reorganization with Frank R. McNinch and has free rein to fix issues.
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Roosevelt
Federal Communications Commission
John D. Biggers
Toledo
Ohio
Communications Commission
Frank R. MecNinch
Federal Power Commission
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America
Hoover
Solons 10
Burke
Borah
Senate
Arnold
Louise Carson
Los Angeles
Raymond L. Corlett
Corlett
Hull
U.S
Gitizeng IK China Serports
Shanghat
Nelson T. Johnson
Nanking
Swatow
Kwangtung Province
Johnson
Amoy
Foochow
Fpukien
Tsingtao
Tsinanfu
Tientsin-Pukow
North China
Asheville
American Standard-Vacuum Oil Company
Hongkong
Thracian
GAB
Mondloch
Communications Board
Hyde Park, N. Y
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