SPAB Curbs Expansion of Industries in War Planning
The Supply Priorities and Allocations board directed Donald M. Nelson to draft a long range plan detailing military and civilian defense needs. It halted civilian plant expansion to curb material use while ordering a coordinated national schedule of Army Navy Air Force and lend lease requirements with raw materials labor and machinery needs. The board also rejected Tennessee Eastman Plastics plant expansion in Kingsport temporarily to save defense supplies.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
U. S
Army
Navy
Air Force
Great Britain
Progam
SPAB
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Kingsport
Tenn
Board to Study Rail Dispute
President Roosevelt named a five man board led by Dean Wayne Lyman Morse to investigate the threatened railway strike involving 1.25 million workers. Other members include Harvard law professor Thomas Reed Powell and Columbia finance professor James Cummings Bonbright. The group will meet in Chicago to decide where proceedings will be held and to set dates for the emergency fact finding, with the board to report within 30 days.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Wayne Lyman Morse
University of Oregon Law School
Thomas Reed Powell
Harvard Law
James Cummings Bonbright
Columbia University
Joseph Henry Willits
Rockefeller Foundation
Huston Thompson
Washington, D. C
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Washington
Chicago
Railway Express
President Roosevelt to Broadcast Worldwide Thursday Night
The president will speak from the White House at 7 o clock mountain standard time via NBC CBS and MBS with all network stations and short wave units carrying the address. Translations will be provided and NBC Blue will air reaction at 9 05 with London and Buenos Aires pickups. CBS plans a similar program at 8 30.
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New York
Roosevelt
White House
NBC
CBS
MBS
NBC Blue
London
Buenos Aires
Martial Law in Oslo Brings Executions and Curfew
Oslo under German martial rule reports two men executed by firing squad for emergency decree violations. The NorwegIan Trade Union board was ousted, strikes banned, curfew imposed, cinemas closed, and all traffic halted after 6 30 p m. No appeal is allowed and sentences must be carried out within 24 hours.
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Stockhoilm
U.P
Oslo
Berlin
Josef Terboven
William Rediess
Terboven
Aker
Asker
Baerum
Wheeler Jeannette Rankin to Speak at Polson Festival
Polson will host Goodfellowship day Sunday Sept 13 with principal speakers Senator B. K. Wheeler and Representative Jeannette Rankin. Edward J. Nichols of Deer Lodge will join the program alongside a free picture show baseball games dances hobby and pet parades and a picnic. The club promotes a slogan inviting attendees to enjoy the event at no cost.
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Polson
B. K. Wheeler
Jeannette Rankin
Edward J. Nichols
Deer Lodge
Goodfellowship Club
Drive for $27000 Opened by Butte Welfare Agencies
The second annual campaign of the Combined Welfare Agencies of Butte began to raise 27000 with a monthlong drive. Campaign headquarters open weekdays 9 am to 5 pm in room 224 Mayer building, under executive secretary Lewis H. Graham. Committee members include John T. Strong Rev Frank L. Harrington Walter Arnold John N Scopbinued on Page 12 Coldi.
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Butte
Mayer
Lewis H. Graham
John T. Strong
Frank L. Harrington
Walter Arnold
John N
F D R Plans Important Speech Tonight Attacks on Ships May Be Taken Up
President Roosevelt lengthens an important address to 25 minutes as the Sessa is torpedoed and sunk near Iceland and the Steel Seafarer is bombed and sunk in the Red Sea. The government weighs steps to protect U S ships as war tensions rise with Axis nations.
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F.D.R
Washington
S. S. Sessa
State Department
Roosevelt
United States
Iceland
S. S. Steel
Red Sea
Greer
Atlantic
Hyde Park
N. Y
Samuel I. Rosenman
New York Supreme Court
Counter Blows Crumple German Drives
Moscow dispatches say Soviet counter blows shattered three German advances on the central front. German losses at Yelnya reach up to 80,000 as they retreat toward Smolensk. Leningrad and Kiev continue to resist with air and ground combat ongoing.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Odessa
Yelnya
Smolensk
Baltic
Gomel
New York
Red Army
Dnieper
Warden links beet expansion to irrigation plans in West
O S Warden predicts western North Dakota could supply beets for several sugar factories if irrigation projects proceed. He urged intense support for sugar legislation as Gov. John Moses noted a study to irrigate one million acres in North Dakota via diversions from Fort Peck dam.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
O. S. Warden
National Reclamation Association
North
Fort Peck
Montana
State Water Commission
National Bureau of Reclamation
Moses
Warden
Continental
United States
Cuba
Army Will Induct 82 From Butte In October Draft
Silver Bow county will supply 82 of Montana's 506 men to be inducted into the U S Army under the selective service act during October. The 12,891 Ninth Corps area total covers October 7 to 28 with county and board quotas listed. Induction date is set for October 14.
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Silver Bow County
Montana
U. S. Army
Associated Press
Ninth Corps
Phillips County
Valley
Daniels
Sheridan
Garfield
McCone
Richland
Dawson
Prairie
Wibaux
Custer
Fallon
Carter
Big Horn
Treasure
Lincoln
Flathead
Sanders
Lake
Missoula
Ravalli
Beaverhead
Chouteau
Teton
Lewis and Clark
Cascade No
U S Alaskan Air Route To Be Opened Soon
Sacramento announces the Army will open a regular air freight service from the Sacramento Air depot to Ladd Field Alaska. The route will cover about 2000 miles with stops at McChord Field and a route waypoint as planes carry defense supplies to northern outposts. Flights will be weekly at first and speed Alaska resupply from sea and land routes.
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Sacramento
Calif
America
Alaska
Army
Far North
Air Corps
50Th Transport Wing
Sacramento Air Depot
Laddfield
Fairbanks
Alaskan
Ladd Field
McChordfield
Wash
Mexico
Hawaii
Philippines
Tucson
Albuquerque
Salt Lake City
Boise
Spokane
European War Could Reach All-Out Stage If Gas Used
Major General William N Porter warned the European war would become all out only if poison gas is deployed問 he said gas warfare hinges on German general decisions and could shift history if a single strategic stroke wins. He cited Italy's use of mustard gas in Ethiopia as a remembered lesson for Hitler and Mussolini.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William N. Porter
Chemical Warfare Service
American Chemical Society
Porter
Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Abolition of Chancellorship Proposed for Greater University
HELENA Sept 10 The plan to abolish the chancellorship of the Greater University would place the presidents of six units in an executive board to govern and meet with the Board of Education. The move aims to reduce unit jealousies and increase system oversight while preserving state funding concerns. The board also planned to choose a Montana State University president, weighing candidates from Northwestern Evans ton and the University of Iowa.
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Education Board
Helena
U.R
Greater University
Makig
State Board of Education
United Press
Board of Education
Greater
H. H. Swain
Montana State University
Missoula
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
University of Iowa
Germany shifts tactics in Russia as Moscow fronts feel pressure
In Berlin a policy reduces reliance on direct assault on Leningrad and favors siege while Hitler seeks a clear victory in Russia before winter. Moscow claims routs and hints Smolensk could fall, threatening the Smolensk Rostislav Bryansk rail axis critical to the German advance.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Smolensk
Dnieper
Bryansk
Gomel
Smolensk-Roslavl-Bryansk
Cyazma
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana
Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday with a colder spell Thursday night and Friday. Montana also sees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in the far west on Thursday and a colder pattern continuing Thursday night and Friday.
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Butte
Montana
Fernly Minnich Dies After Window Fall In Pine Grove
Nine year old Fernly Minnich died after attempting to enter her home by climbing through a window. The pane collapsed and she broke her neck, leaving her parents and neighbors distressed in Pine Grove Pennsylvania.
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Pine Grove
Fernly Minnich
Air ministry reports attack on enemy convoy off Norway
The coastal command bombers struck an enemy convoy off the Norwegian coast on Wednesday night and torpedoed one supply ship.
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London
U.P
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Norway
Dive Bombers Threaten Leningrad as German Push Stalls
German reports say dive bombers destroyed Soviet field fortifications blocking the Leningrad advance and silenced anti aircraft and artillery near Leningrad. Water works took direct hits and large fires. Nazi leaders hint at starvation and bombardment to force surrender as land routes shrink and the city remains under heavy siege.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Lake Ladoga
National League Climax Nears Dodgers Cards Tie Break Drama
The Dodgers and Cardinals begin a decisive three game series as Brooklyn’s lead narrows to one game after a double loss by the Dodgers to the Cubs. Meanwhile, the Cardinals win twice over the Phillies to trim the gap and keep the pennant race fierce with a busy remaining schedule.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Phillies
Cubs
Cardinals
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Chicago
National Defense Problems Discussed by Law Enforcement Officials
About 30 Montana law enforcement officials and FBI agents met in Butte to discuss national defense problems and to push closer cooperation among federal, state, and city officers. A similar meeting was planned for Great Falls with talks by W. Guy Banister and Jack Duggan highlighting the conference.
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Montana
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Butte
National Defense
Great Falls
FBI
W. Guy Banister
Jack Duggan
Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement
William H. Breen
Angus McDonald
Philipsburg
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Rolf Wikstroem
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Lenz
University of Montana
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Falls
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