Explosions Wreck Hercules Powder Plant in New Jersey
A series of blasts at the Hercules Powder company plant in Kenil New Jersey demolishes facilities processing 16 000 pounds of smokeless powder. At least 19 people are dead 125 injured and damage is pegged at over 1 million dollars as 75 workers were near the blast site. The plant built in 1876 spans 2000 acres near Route 6 and authorities say no sabotage is suspected while FBI Newark agents and naval officials investigate.
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Kenil
N. J
Hercules Powder Company
William C. Hunt
Wilmington
Del
Hunt
Route 6
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Newark
Naval
New York
British RAF raids pound Berlin as fires rage in English towns
Berlin reports 14 dead and 41 injured after British air attacks. Berlin Bremen and Hamburg suffer early morning raids with fires in residential areas while London faces 33 fires and heavy hits on Woolwich Arsenal. Germans claim no essential military damage in Berlin.
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Berlin
Bremen
Hamburg
Royal Air Force
Anhalter
Tempelhof
Britain
London
Woolwich Arsenal
Lower
Thames
Mersa Matruh
Egypt
Invasion Reports Mount as Allies Brace for War
Reports claim the invasion has begun with anti aircraft defenses around London and Egyptian fronts heating up. Rome and Rome linked reports claim Italian forces push toward Egypt while Graziani positions new troops near the Libyan border.
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London
Egypt
Rome
Britain
Graziani
Giovanni Ansaldo
Adolf Hitler
England
Marshal Graziani
Italy
Libyan
William L. Cook Walkerville Mayor Dies After Illness
William L. Cook 42 longtime Walkerville resident and Hawkesworth Drill employee died yesterday after a few days illness. Born in Walkerville he was elected mayor in 1939 in his first political bid. Survived by daughter Catherine, son John, mother Mrs Kate Cook, three brothers, two sisters in law, an aunt and an uncle. Body at Sherman Reed undertaking parlors.
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William L. Cook
Walkerville
Mr. Cook
Hawkesworth Drill Company
Sherman & Reed Undertaking
John Cook
Kate Cook
Barney Cook
James Cook
Tom Cook
William Meade
Thomas Coyle
Butte
Warden to Study Game Conditions in Gallatin Valley
Chief deputy state game warden Jack W. Carney left Helena for a three day survey of big game in the upper Gallatin valley. Accompanying him is Bozeman deputy Frank Marshall. The area allows a limited elk kill and the census aims to gauge available forage and winter carrying capacity of the ranges.
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Helena
Jack W. Carney
Upper
Gallatin Valley
Frank Marshall
Bozeman
Upper Gallatin
Carney
Salvation Army to hold Diamond Jubilee in Butte
Major Arthur W. Brewer of Denver arrives to assist Captain G. W. Sather and Mrs. Sather in planning a Diamond Jubilee celebration opening Sunday. The event runs through Monday with officers from Montana and neighboring states expected, marking the 75th anniversary of the Salvation Army and the 60th anniversary in the United States.
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Arthur W. Brewer
Denver
Intermountain Division
Salvation Army
Butte
G. W. Sather
Sather
Montana
United States
London
Sal
Fifty Residents to Seek Citizen Papers in Court
Fifty residents of Butte and vicinity will seek United States citizenship in a two day naturalization hearing before District Judge T. E. Downey. An examiner from Spokane will conduct the exams. likely E. R. Bonsall. The district court list brings total to 124 final papers sought in Butte this month. Names of state district court applicants are listed for Butte.
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Butte
Vicinity
United States
T. E. Downey
Federal Naturalization Office
Spokane
E. R. Bonsall
District Court
James H. Baldwin
State District Court
James Freebourn
Hugh Evans
Felix Ewaskeic
Peter Neilsen
Karl Olofson
Ante Banovic
Anton Ostegard
Margaret Densmore
Alma Kauhanen
John Madzia
Peter Mohan
Fred J. Nordstrom
Peter Nedoff
Matt Semoneh
Adele Sandstrom
Rodojka Popovac
Blanche Backus
Wasylyna Mular
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Partly cloudy today and Saturday with light showers and cooler temperatures. In Montana the west and south central areas expect showers today, with cooler conditions across the east and extreme west today.
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Butte
Montana
Noted Butte Philanthropist Louis Shodair Dies in Los Angeles
Louis W. Shodair 78, longtime Montana businessman and philanthropist, died yesterday at his Los Angeles home. He helped found a park block in Butte, donated to the Shrine hospitals and the Montana Children's Home, and retired to California with his mother. He was born in 1862 in Columbia, South Carolina, never married, and funeral services will be held in Los Angeles under Masonic auspices.
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Louis W. Shodair
Butte
Los Angeles
West Park Street
Mr. Shodair
Shodair
Supreme Temple of the Shrine
Shrine Hospitals
Montana Children's Home
Helena
Shodair Hospital For
Columbia
S. C
Masonic Order
Butte Lodge No. 22
York Rite
Algeria
Speaker Bankhead Taken To Washington After Sciatica Attack
Speaker William B. Bankhead, age 66, was driven to Washington by Navy ambulance after an illness Tuesday night. He had been scheduled to speak at a Democratic rally but was reported considerably improved after the doctors treated him.
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Baltimore
William B. Bankhead
Washington
Sandbags Fortify Nazi Time Bomb Near St Pauls Cathedral
London residents huddled as sandbags rose around a delayed action projectile near St Pauls while another bomb exploded in central London. The 500-pounder threatens the historic site housing Nelson and Wellington a and prompted evacuations and street closures as air raid alarms sounded.
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London
St. Paul's
England
Nelson
Wellington
Buckingham Palace
London Fights Nightly Luftwaffe Raids With Mighty Anti Aircraft
London’s anti aircraft batteries fired a continuous barrage against a sixth straight German raid. British planes in distant lanes carried bombing countermeasures as Nazi squadrons attacked from south and east. The city endured bursts of shelling and explosions interspersed with brief quiet intervals amid the ongoing air war and prior day tolls of 1,175 dead and 4,720 wounded.
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London
England
Britain
Air Ministry
Governor Ayers to keynote Montana Democratic platform meet
Great Falls Sept 12 UP Governor Roy E Ayers will be keynote speaker at the Democratic state platform convention in Great Falls where about 500 Democrats were expected. Ayers will also serve as temporary chairman while Arthur F Lamey heads the central committee as plans to form convention committees proceed.
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Great Falls
Roy E. Ayers
J. Burke Clements
State Central Committee
Ayers
Montana
Helena
Arthur F. Lamey
Central Committee
Wheeler, Murray
O'Connor
Fire of Artillery Rumbles Along Egypt Border
British and Italian forces clash near the Egypt Libya frontier as Italian troops push forward and Britain prepares for an anticipated offensive into Egypt. Reports say Italian lines strengthen near Azeiz Bardia and Fort Capuzzo while naval bombardments pound Mersa Matruh.
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Egypt
Cairo
Egypt- Libya
Bardia
Libyan
Azeiz
Fort Capuzzo
Italian Move on British Force Reported
Italian forces were reported advancing toward Egypt and the Suez Canal with massed units in Libya. Officials cited potential campaigns in Aden Sudan and Kenya as part of a broader Axis push, while the German air offensive against London intensified amid invasion speculation.
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Rome
U.P
Egypt
Suez Canal
Libya
British Isles
Aden
Sudan
Kenya
Rodolfo Graziani
Africa
Atlantic Ocean
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Port Sudan
London
Butte Sewing Club Proposed to Aid War Refugees
The Butte chapter of the American Red Cross is considering a sewing club to produce garments for European war refugees. If approved, it could start within a month or this fall, modeled after wartime clubs in prior conflicts and other cities. Local women are consulting with Red Cross officials as plans progress.
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Butte Sewing Club
Red Cross Chapter
Butte
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Sewing Club
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The
Associated Press
W.L. Cook
Walkervile. Ies
T. Downey
Weather Forecast
Louis Shodair
State Pioneer
Helena Hospital
California
Bankhead
Wilhelmshaven
Coblenz
Ayer
Bourbon Meet
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