Berlin and London Bombing Plunge Nations Into Fresh War Tensions
British raids on Berlin shattered the Reichstag and government district, with fires, deep craters, and damage to hospitals and Jewish facilities. In London and elsewhere, new nocturnal raids killed and injured locals as bodies were pulled from a shattered school.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Unter den Linden
Reich
United States
Tiergarten
Eastwest
Adolf Hitler
Ministry of the Interior
International News Service
Wilhelmstrasse
Ashurst trailing in Arizona vote in primary results
Senate veteran Henry F. Ashurst trailed in fragmentary returns from Arizona with Ernest W. McFarland leading by more than three to one. The primaries also touched Louisiana Vermont New Hampshire Colorado Michigan Minnesota and Washington with various incumbents and challengers seeking nominations.
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Associated Press
Senate
Washington
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Ashurst
Ernest W. McFarland
Louisiana
House
Sam Jones
Huey Long
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Ralph E. Flanders
Ernest W. Gibson
New Hampshire
Schwellenbach
Michigan
Vandenburg
Minnesota
Shipstead
Colorado
United States
D- Ariz
Fl-Minn
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Austin
Stephen Early
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Triple Tragedy Is Discovered in Butte Home
A Montana parolee shot and killed two women and then killed himself, at the Clark home 605 West Granite, Butte. Victims were Annie Bersanti and Mary Clark. Bersanti then shot himself with a 32 caliber revolver. The massacre occurred shortly after noon and was discovered by Bersanti’s son after returning from school.
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Montana
Annie Bersanti
Mary Clark
Philip Bersanti
Butte
Thomas J. Clark
West
Granite Street
Bersanti
Norman Bersanti
Butte High School
W. H. Breen
Bart Riley
Don Sheehy
Max Webber
Clark Home
Clark
Thomas Clark
Norma Clark
St. Patrick'’s School
Nd Lyle Named Late Head of Pythian Lodge
N Scott Lyle of Centerville was elevated to grand chancellor of the Montana Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias at the closing sessions of the annual convention. He succeeds Leonard G. Marck of Miles City. Anna Quinn of Butte was named grand chief of Montana Pythian Sisters, succeeding Lora Hurst of Stanford. Great Falls selected as the 1941 convention city.
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Livingston
N. Scott Lyle
Centerville
Montana
Honor guards named for Sunday's field mass
Silver Bow post of the American Legion and Butte council of the Knights of Columbus selected honor guards for a field mass at Columbia Gardens. Legion guards honor Joseph Burns Leo Morrissey and James P Downey while Frank Lohman heads the Knights unit. Mass at 11 a m will be celebrated by Bishop Joseph M Gilmore with Monsignor Victor Day assisting. 5,000 are expected. Special bus service starts at 9 05 a m from Park and Main with additional departures at 9 25 and 9 55.
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Columbia Gardens
Silver Bow Post
American Legion
Butte Council
Knights of Columbus
Legion Guard
Joseph Burns
Leo T. Morrissey
James P. Downey
Frank Lohman
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Victor Day
Park and Main
Frank Gavin to Visit Butte as Great Northern President
Frank Gavin, president of the Great Northern railway, arrives in Butte at 7 am from Billings on the Northern Pacific with two special cars. He will depart this afternoon on the Great Northern for Great Falls, accompanied by C O Jenks C F O Hara Taylor Weir and others. Gavin recently became president after William P Kenney and has spent his career with the line.
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Frank Gavin
Great Northern Railway
Butte
Northern Pacific
Billings
Great Northern
Great Falls
Mr. Gavin
C. O. Jenks
St. Paul
C. F. O'Hara
Helena
Taylor Weir
Montana
T. F. Dixon
Gavin
The
William P. Kenney
Abundant Harvest Seen Under Favorable Conditions
The Agriculture department reports August conditions boosted crop yields with overall prospects up at least 5 percent and an abundant harvest likely. Corn production is forecast at 2.30 billion bushels, above August 1 estimates but below last year, while hay and forage crops show record potential. Wheat and spring wheat yields rise, fruit production expected lower than last year, and state figures for corn and spring wheat are detailed.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Nebraska
Colorado
Council Adopts Butte Airport Board 5 Report
The Butte city council adopted the airport commission report at an adjourned session as part of progress on a $156,000 national defense project to improve Butte airport. The plan includes accepting separate $50 monthly rentals for 100 months from Northwest Airlines and Western Air Express, totaling $10,000 upfront to the city, with continued discussion on development and maintenance of the landing field.
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Butte
Airport Commission
Northwest Airlines
Western Air Express
Deadlock on conscription bill age limits in conference
Senate and House conferees failed to agree on the draft age range with the Senate offer at 21 to 39 and the House at 21 to 44. Chairman Sheppard warned the compromise might be withdrawn as talks progress on minor points and the Fish amendment. Meanwhile Willkie urged defeating the 60 day delay in favor of voluntary enlistment and touted GOP gains in Maine. The Rushville trip for a western tour and staff preparations proceed.
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Washington
Senate House Committee
Senate
House
Sheppard
Dtexas
Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Representative Fish
R.-N.y
Willkie
Maine
Middle
Far West
Russell Davenport
New York
Oren Root Jr
Root
Weather Outlook For Butte And Montana
Butte partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with little temperature change. Montana generally fair Wednesday and Thursday with warmer conditions in the eastern portion on Wednesday.
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Butte
Montana
Cardenas Impeached by Congress in Mexico News
San Antonio Evening News reports Almazanists impeached President Lazaro Cardenas and named Gen Hector Lopez provisional president. Morales, vice president of a commission, declared actions taken in Mexico City were legal and not a revolution. Charges cited usurpation of legislative powers, party creation, electoral fraud, and dispossession of property.
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San Antonio
Texas
San Antonio Evening News
Almasanista Congress
Juan Andreu Almazan
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Hector F. Lopez
Roberto Morales
Permanent Commission
Congress
Mexico City
Morales
Almazan
Lopez
Francisco Madero
Diaz
Cardenas
Seventy four seek US citizenship in federal hearing
Seventy four persons will seek United States citizenship at a naturalization hearing in Federal Court here September 27. Judge James H. Baldwin will preside at 10 a.m. the opening of the term. An examiner from Spokane will conduct the hearing with 66 from Butte and others from nearby towns listed among the applicants.
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United States
Harold L. Allen
James H. Baldwin
U. S. Naturalization Offices
Spokane
Wash
Butte
Anaconda
Walkerville
Basin
Whitehall
Meaderville
Elk Park
State District Court
Salko Nisich
Joan Eihleter
Henry Johannes Nyberg
Olga Aiken
Ana
Emil Benson
Juno Reinhold Laitila
Martha Delila Rensas
Sophia Erika Lindgren
Johanna Narkki
Martha Ann Medvit
Adolph Ed Finnas
Mary
Bersanti Seen With Defiant Look Before Triple Killing
Mrs. Thomas L. Loggins described a tense morning as Phil Bersanti allegedly passed Granite Street with a defiant glare shortly before a triple killing was discovered in an upstairs apartment. She reported hearing nothing unusual after the sighting.
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Thomas L. Loggins
West
Granite Street
Phil Bersanti
Daugh
Anaconda Recalls Bersanti Family Tragedy of 1928
The Anaconda report recalls Alfred Bersanti's 1928 double murder in Butte where he killed his wife Catherine and then himself after years of separation. Chief Cullen investigated the scene after neighbors heard gunshots and found Bersanti near his wife’s body. Sheriff Mahoney and Undersheriff Oldhaber also investigated the earlier case.
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Bersanti
Deer Lodge
Alfred Bersanti
Auth Viitics
Philip Bersanti
Butte
Ecity
Anaconda
Thomas L. Cullen
Therine
East Fourth Street
Cul
Len
I. Palmer
Chief Cullen
California
M. P. Mahoney
A. Oldhaber
Enoch Hakoveh
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U. S
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Wales
British Press Association
East London
Norma
Lyle
Pythian Lodge
Anna M. Quinn of
Pythian Sisters’ Unit
Legions
Council
Butte Airport Board
Fish
Weather Forecast
General Lopez
Mexican Republic
Montana State
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