Refugees Arrive Home From Europe Amid War Shipping News
Waterman steamer Wacosta halted for three hours off the Irish coast by a German submarine and searched before continuing from Glasgow to New York. Officials warned future noncompliance would invite fire. A U.S. commission and State Department were informed as American shipping shows resilience and expects months of war impact. More than 1,000 Americans reach home. hundreds more expected aboard Arandora Star and Vandyck.
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New York
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Mobile
Ala
Wacosta
Glasgow
Waterman
G. Self
Waterman Company
United States Maritime Commission
State Department
United States
Europe
North Atlantic
Anaconda Company Proposes Immediate Wage Increases
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company offers an immediate 75 cent daily wage rise across miners, smelters, shops and plants in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls with no 30 day copper price wait. New scales raise min and craft wages based on copper price bands improving wage security.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Anaconda Company
Anaconda‘ Company
Anaconda Mines Propose Pay Increases Amid Copper Talks
The Anaconda company posted notices at all its Butte mines proposing higher daily wages across classifications as copper prices rise. The plan adds 50c to base pay when copper is above nine cents, with staged adjustments for price bands and a 25c per day rise for each 12c copper increase above 14.5c, under a two year contract. Similar notices were posted for smeltermen and other unions in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls.
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Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
A. F. of L
Ctollise
Majority
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda Company
Harvests of Grain Crops Outlook Bright in U S
Washington reports bountiful prospects for most grain crops with large surpluses from prior years. The Agriculture Department notes bigger yields for corn barley rye and hay among others, based on the crop reporting board's Sept 1 estimates with state production figures such as Nebraska corn 105 and 76 million bushels and Montana oats 140 and 19 million bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Nebraska
Montana
War babies surge as speculative buying hits exchange
New York reports a fresh wave of speculative buying on the stock exchange with many issues rising from one to over ten dollars, signaling renewed public market interest. Steel mill activity hits 70.2 percent of capacity, the highest in two years, while wheat and cotton gain and hog prices slip. bonds follow stocks but high grade liens fall as investors seek higher yields.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Iron and Steel Institute
Chicago
The U S Is Neutral So Are We Sign
In Newark, New Jersey, September 11, patrons shift to neutrality amid talk of the European war. Tavernkeepers urge peace with signs declaring The U S is neutral so are we and ask patrons not to discuss the war on these premises to avoid fights and arguments.
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Newark
N. J
U. S
Montana Red Cross Session Set for October 12 in Butte
The American Red Cross in Montana will hold a state meeting October 12 in Butte with 55 county chapters invited. James L. Fisher, national vice chairman, will speak and also address a Rotary luncheon. Proceedings will cover campaign plans and Red Cross relief efforts for war zone victims.
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Montana
American Red Cross
Butte
Silver Bow
Jesse D. Newman
James L. Fisher
Washington, D. C
United States
Rotary Club
Finlen Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Butte Girls to Attend Catholic Press Meet in Spokane
Fifteen students from Girls Central high school will travel to Spokane for the first meeting of the Catholic Press association in the Northwest. The group will present a discussion on vitalizing Catholic news and includes Violet McNellis and Margaret Sheehy among others. The Centralite earned an All Catholic rating, scoring 2,860 of 3,000. The trip runs Oct 12 to Oct 15.
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Central High School
Catholic Press Association
Northwest
Spokane
Central
Centralite
Violet McNellis
The
Margaret Sheehy
Dorothy Driscoll
Eloise Egan
Mary Fenlon
Barbara Forsell
Sally Butler
Ellen Dougherty
Marie Mulcahy
Mary Claire Parker
Mary Powers
Eileen Sullivan
Rita Thomas
Marie Toomey
Rita Rose Thompson
Hunters Urged to Exercise Extreme Caution in Forests
Supervisor Charles A. Joy of Deer Lodge National Forest warned hunters to use extreme caution in forest areas next Sunday as brush and fuels remain pose-dry due to scant rainfall. He noted forest conditions are hazardous and the 10-day fire report shows fires this year far exceed 1938, with 65 fires to date.
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Charles A. Joy
Deer Lodge National Forest
Joy
Deer Lodge
Resistance Extends on All Fronts in Polish Fight
Poles hold a 24 mile pocket west of Warsaw with 50 000 to 60 000 trapped forces battling 30 000 to 35 000 Germans. Warsaw reports German retreat from suburbs as Polish resistance widens to all fronts. British troops land in France with advances on German territory. French moves northwest of Bitche reach four miles, four German towns captured. Warsaw radio vows final victory as German and Allied actions unfold across Europe.
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Warsaw
Lodz
Associated Press
Vistula
San
Poland
France
London
Basel
Switzerland
Bitche
Standard Furnishes War Maps Of Europe In Montana Standard
The Montana Standard presents latest war maps of Europe on page 2 with maps of London and Paris. Readers are urged to clip and paste the maps on cardboard to track military and political maneuvers of European nations at war. Maps were prepared in New York by the Associated Press and rushed by airmail.
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Montana Standard
Europe
London
Paris
New York
Associated Press
Montana Weather: Showers Then Cooler Early Week
scattered showers in Montana give way to cooler air Tuesday with a transition to generally fair conditions Wednesday. residents should expect variable clouds and a noticeable drop in temperatures into midweek.
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Montana
Eight Troops Added to Boy Scout Setup In Silver Bow
Clark Veatch, area commissioner, announced eight new Boy Scout troops and one Cub Scout pack have formed in the Silver Bow Area council in six months. New troops include 5 at Immaculate Conception parish, 6 at Monroe school, 8 at St Joseph parish, 9 at St John parish, 10 at St Ann parish, 11 at St Patrick parish, 27 at Longfellow school, 51 in Sheridan Alder district, with Troop masters Bart Riley Warner Van Hoose Robert Roscow William Corbitt Leo Dougherty A J Boyle Marlow Nelson Stanley Lukens. Cub Pack 2 forms at Harrison school. Local service clubs like Butte Kiwanis sponsor Troop 6. Active club plans a Greeley district troop.
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Silver Bow Area
Clark Veatch
Butte
Sheridan-Alder District
Immaculate Conception
Bart Riley
Monroe School
Warner van Hoose
St. Joseph Parish
Robert Roscow
St. John Parish
William Corbitt
St. Ann Parish
Leo Dougherty
St. Patrick Parish
A. J. Boyle
Longfellow School
Marlowe Nelson
Sheridan-Alder
Stanley Lukens
Harrison School
Veatch
Butte Kiwanis Club
Greeley
Monsignor Willging Feted At Dinner By Butte Clergy
Protestant ministers Catholic priests and a Jewish rabbi gathered for a complimentary dinner at the New Finlen to honor Monsignor J. C. Willging for his promotion to vicar general of the Helena Catholic diocese. Rev. Rowland Davenport organized the event and chaired the meeting with pastors rabbis and clergy from several denominations in attendance.
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Monsignor Willging
Butte
New Finlen
J. C. Willging
Helena
Rowland Davenport
First Baptist Church
Frederick T. Spencer
M. M. English
Emerson Harris
Peter McDonald
Joseph Gitin
Thomas Ashworth
Floyd E. Logee
A. C. Caton
L. E. Jones
Rabbi Gitin
Ashworth
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N. Scott Lyle
Matana
Miners’ Union
Butte Miners’ Union
Butte Stationary Engineers
Prospect
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Meaderville
Golden Fan
Sunshine Girls
Princes of Syracuse
Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan
Pythian Castle
H. O. Schilling
St. John Episcopal Church
Knights of
Knights of Khorassan Met At Pythian Castle
John 8. Edwards
Knights of Khorassan
Algie Brandenburg
Grand Lodge
Boy Scout
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