Welles Seeks Details On Cuban Refugees At Santiago
United States Ambassador Sumner Welles orders more information on Cuban unrest after reports that Americans in Santiago are fleeing to Rente. The embassy cites censorship and a limited briefing while a U S destroyer monitors the coast. Welles also notes hotel strikes and cabinet tensions amid a bloodless rebellion and interned officers at the National hotel.
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United Press
Havana
U.R
United States
Santiago
Rente
Sturtevant
Sumner Welles
National Hotel
Washington
Welles
President Hotel
National Cabinet
Army
Navy
Ramon Grau San Martin
Roosevelt seeks inflation plan as recovery aids meet
President Roosevelt and his recovery council convened at the White House to review steps to lift prices wages and employment. Banker F M Law and J H Jones assured bankers support while recovery chief Hugh S Johnson reported progress on industrial codes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
F. M. Law
American Bankers’ Association
White House
Law
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Recovery Council
Livingston Woman Falls From Hotel Third Story
Ruth Hoffman 27 of Livingston lay near death at St James hospital after leaping or falling from a third story hotel. She sustained multiple injuries while two envelopes found in her room referenced a man named Harry Brown and a note from Mim.
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Ruth Hoffman
Livingston
St. James Hospital
Harry Brown
South H. Street
Mim
Livingston. Brown
States Move Toward Repeal as Wet Vote Rises
Across Colorado Minnesota and Maryland voters pressed repeal of the 18th Amendment. Denver favored repeal by 54 to 1, while statewide margins in Minnesota and Maryland showed strong anti prohibition majorities with Minneapolis and Baltimore city contributing decisive totals.
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Denver
Colorado
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Andrew Volstead
Minneapolis
Volstead
Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore City
George W. Crabbe
Maryland Anti-Saloon League
Brother-in-law of Governor Rolph leaps 16 stories to death
Robert C. Reid, 50, brother-in-law of Governor James Rolph Jr., killed himself by jumping from the 16 story Balfour Building in San Francisco. A note cites fear of mental collapse. His body damaged a low building below and ceiling. Governor Rolph was unaware, ill with pneumonia in a hospital.
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Rolph
San Francisco
Robert C. Reid
James Rolph Jr
Balfour
Financial District
NRA chief urges broad economic advance at Madison Square Garden
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, recovery director, urged renewed confidence in overcoming economic difficulties at an NRA rally in Madison Square Garden. He said signs of a broad advance are everywhere as the nation faces the downturn.
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New York
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Madison Square Garden
Knights of Pythias Elect Officers at Montana Convention
Delegates at the forty eighth annual Knights of Pythias convention endorsed the NRA program of President Roosevelt and adopted several resolutions before electing officers. The Knights’ convention closed with officer elections and the selection of the next meeting city was left to state officers. Dr. W. T. Williams of Sand Coulee was elected grand chancellor.
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NRA
Roosevelt
The
Knights of Pythias
Elec
W. T. Williams
Sand Coulee
Feeder road projects discussed by Montana highway commission
The Montana highway commission held sessions with delegations on feeder road programs and roads through municipalities. Two bids for state highway debentures were deferred awaiting federal purchase under the public works act, as officials from Missoula’s Bureau of Public Roads met with the commissioners. Preparations for the September 28 road contract letting were set for the next day.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
W. H. Lynch
Missoula
Bureau of Public Roads
A. C. Clark
Bureau
Libby
Troy
Butte Knights Plan Columbus Day Banquet and Dance
The Butte Council of Knights of Columbus announced a Columbus Day celebration aiming to surpass prior events. It features a banquet in the K C gym followed by a lodge chamber dance with an outside speaker and a talk by Senator T J Walker on NRA program workings. Columbus Day is observed October 12.
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Butte
Butte Council of Knights of Columbus
K. C
T. J. Walker
NRA
Knights of Columbus
Refused Bread Bandit Returns With Gun
A seedy man entered Bake-Rite bakery at 214 North Main Street and demanded bread. After the clerk refused, he threatened to return and did so later with a gun, signaling his intent with a terse remark about Christian charity.
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North Main Street
Toe to Toe Slug Affair Delights 40,000 Fans
Barney Ross retains lightweight world title after 15 rounds with Tony Canzoneri in a grueling bout before a crowd over 40,000 in New York. Canzoneri led early but faded from round ten as Ross's youth and endurance carried him to victory. Referee ruled, judges split, and the outcome kept Ross champion.
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Barney Ross
New York
Tony Canzoneri
Canzoneri
Ross
Barnele Rasofsky
Chicago
Leonard and
Tendler
Bat Nelson
Joe Gans
Benny Leonard
Butte Mines Students Hire Husky Nursemaids for Board
Montana School of Mines reports six foot tall, 200 pound student engineers may work as nursemaids or governesses this fall. They plan to perform housework for board, or partial living costs, and to list themselves for odd jobs through the registrar.
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Butte
Montana School of Mines
Mines
Patronage Sparks Democratic Senate Revolt Against Roosevelt
Smoldering resentment over patronage targets Secretary Ickes Perkins and Wallace. A group of Democratic senators planned open rebellion at the coming Congress. A round robin to President Roosevelt circulated among signatories on Capitol Hill. A White House letter also protested cabinet appointments. Key Pittman of Nevada believed to be the author.
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Washington
Ickes
Perkins
Wallace
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
White House
Key Pittman
Nevada
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Golfer killed by bandit for 75 dollars
J. L. Parker an insurance agent from Hudson Michigan was shot in the eye while golfing with five companions at a Toledo course. He died thirty minutes later at Mercy hospital. A masked bandit robbed Parker and his companions of 75 dollars before escaping.
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Toledo
Ohio
J. L. Parker
Hudson, Mich
Mercy Hospital
Parker
Weather Outlook for Montana Wednesday and Thursday
Generally fair conditions prevail with little change in temperature across Montana on Wednesday and Thursday keeping skies mostly clear and winds light. Highs and lows remain comfortable with no significant storms or precipitation expected in the period.
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Montana
Final Accomplishment of Repeal by Dec 7
Jouett Shouse said Maine voted for repeal under handicaps making the anti-prohibition verdict harder. He noted ballot design and county-based conventions favored rural areas. He predicted ratification by 36 states could occur before December 6, with final repeal unlikely to wait beyond that date.
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Washington
Jouett Shouse
Association Against the
Louisiana
Mississippi
Montana
Williamsburg Pupils to Get School Bus Service
Williamsburg school trustees approve seven month bus service starting Oct 9 with nine month term assumed. If the term is shortened service runs until one month before the last day. Board also considers next year’s budget for full time service to Williamsburg and Timber Butte and cuts in substitute teacher pay.
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Williamsburg
Board of School Trustees
Fred I. Reot
Timber Butte
Ragsdale
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