Reds Admit German thrust Across Dnieper Near Kiev
Moscow reports a German river crossing above Kiev prompted evacuation of Chernigov, a 34,000‑population river port southwest of Smolensk. Russians claim stiff fighting along the front with counter offensives in the south and Leningrad area battles.
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Moscow
Dnieper
Kiev
Chernigov
Vesna
Kievyabyansk
Gomel-Yelnya
Smolensk
Leningrad
S. A. Lozovsky
Pskov
Lozovsky
Odessa
Hortista
Zapopzhe
Dnieperopetrovsk
Voyskov
Deaths and denials swirl around Marcel Deat shooting
Berlin reports a French editor Marcel Deat wounded by the same assassin who shot Laval. New York broadcasts claimed his death but here authorities deny any Berlin origin. Deat’s condition described as improving amid ongoing confusion over the September incident.
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Berlin
Marcel Deat
Pierre Laval
Eastern Front
Deat
New York
N. B. Co
Paul Collette
Russia
Laval
Borgnis Des Bordes
Butte and Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy with occasional showers Saturday and Sunday. Montana shows showers in the west with fair conditions in the east, little temperature change expected.
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Butte
Montana
Butte High Opens Gridiron Season With 18-7 Win
Butte High Bulldogs beat Jordan High 18 to 7 in a season opener. Butte built a 12-0 lead in the first half with two long touchdown runs and a 35-yard score after a Jordan fumble. Rain shortened the crowd’s enjoyment as the Southerners managed only a late third quarter threat before the final whistle.
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Butte High
Jordan
Utah
Bulldogs
Montana
Jordan High
Purples
Butte
DeSylvia
Malmberg
Holt
Lou Kilberer
Mass Arrests in Norway Stir Resistance Against Quisling
Stockholm dispatch reports German forces use mass arrests to curb a rising revolt in Norway. About 350,000 trade unionists oppose the Quisling regime after two labor leaders were executed, with warnings of a looming gigantic conflict in coming days.
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Josef Terboven
Germany
Norway
Oslo
Terboven
Quisling
Stockholm
Sweden
Defense Savings Explained to Butte Labor Groups
In Carpenters hall a meeting explained national defense savings bonds to more than twenty labor and fraternal groups. James H. Rowe chairs the Silver Bow county defense bond committee with Walter Jaap James Byrne and Postmaster Monaghan. Stamps in small denominations go on sale in Butte stores September 15. The E series bond costs 18.75 monthly and matures at 25 in ten years.
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National Defense Savings
Butte
Carpenters’ Hall
Silver Bow County Defense Bond Committee
James H. Rowe
Walter Jaap
Trades and Labor Council
James Byrne
Butte Miners’ Union
Frank Monaghan
Rowe
Classifications Posted for 32 Selective Service Registrants
Silver Bow county draft board No 3 has posted classifications for 32 registrants. James McCashin, chief clerk, says 13 are in class 1, three in 2-A, nine in 3-A, two in 2-B, one in 1-C, two in 4-C, and two in other. Class 1 will receive further classification after physicals. Names listed include Alvin H. Nelson Roy Maickel William T Fish Raymond P Stafford Charles R Nylund Leson J Adams.
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Selective Service
Silver Bow County
James McCashin
Alvin H. Nelson
Quincy Street
Roy & Maickel
West
Galena Street
William T. Fish
South Dakota
Raymond P. Stafford
West Park Street
Charles R. Nylund
West Mercury Street
Leson J. Adams
West Silver
Montana Freighter Attacked 40 Miles from Greenland
The 1700 ton Montana, registered in Panama and carrying lumber to Iceland, was torpedoed near Greenland at 6 45 am Thursday. All 26 crew members, none American, reportedly escaped in lifeboats. The attack follows the sinking of the Sessa on August 17 and precedes Roosevelt's warning to sink German and Italian raiders on sight in American waters.
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Washington
Montana
Greenland
Roosevelt
State Department
Navy Department
United States
Iceland
Sessa
Bayonne
N. J
Atlantic defense zone expansion signals decisive war shift
The piece describes American naval patrols extending into a broad Atlantic defense zone with armed protection for ships of all flags. It notes Roosevelt orders to confront Axis raiders and places Iceland near the zone’s eastern edge. The strategy aims to tilt the Atlantic war in Britain’s favor and hints at reach toward West Africa and the Dakar bridgehead.
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Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Russia
Africa
Churchill
Roosevelt
Iceland
New World
French West Africa
Dakar
South America
Was Butte Bombed The Ship Torpedoed Story
Helena Montana residents asked whether Butte was bombed after the U P reported a ship torpedoed off Iceland. Calls flooded the bureau as listeners weighed if the Montana city or a battleship Montana were the targets amid wartime rumors.
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Butte
Helena
U.P
Montana
Iceland
United Press Bureau
Axis
Roosevelt
Mont
Nazis Claim 22 Ships Sunk From British Convoy
Berlin reports a major submarine attack on British shipping as 22 ships totaling 134000 tons were sunk from a 40-ship convoy headed to England. Two more vessels of 11000 tons were torpedoed and likely destroyed, with survivors pursued.
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F. D. R. Warning
United States
High Command
North Atlantic
England
North America
Improvement in State Crops Seen
The Montana forecast shows crop gains in August with only potatoes beans tame and wild hay holding steady. Barley declined 3.4 while corn up 5.9 spring wheat 2.9 oats 2.9 flax 7.1 and sugar beets rise. Harvest conditions were favorable though heavy early September rains damaged late mustard seed beans peas and unstacked hay.
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Helena
Montana
Jay Diamond
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Wheeler accuses Roosevelt of steering U.S. toward war
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, an isolationist, charged President Roosevelt with seeking war after a radio speech. He claimed the president would "take you into a shooting war" without Congress, calling Roosevelt's Navy orders a constitutional violation and citing the Robin Moor case.
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Kalispell
U.P
Burton K. Wheeler
D.-Mont
Roosevelt
Wheeler
United States
Congress of the
Congress
Robin Moor
Sen
No Exact Line to Be Drawn to Aid Hitler
Axis warships face U S Navy attack across seas as Roosevelt vows to sink on sight any Axis raider in waters vital to U S defense. State Dept reports another ship torpedoed near Iceland, the Montana, flagged Panama, while incidents extend beyond isolated attacks.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
United States Navy
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
United States
State Department
Iceland
Montana
Panama
Silver Star Boy Drowns in Ditch
George Vukosavovich two and a half years old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Vukosavovich of Bile ver Star drowned Friday afternoon in an irrigation ditch on the family ranch. He fell in while playing with his sisters and the mother arrived to see the body removed. Survived by parents two sisters Delores and Mildred two uncles Sam Vukosarovich John Milanovich and the couple Mr and Mrs Micho Bigovich of Butte. Body at Duggan's Merrill mortuary.
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George Vukosavovich
Thomas Vukosavovich
Bilever Star
Delores
Mildred
Sam Vukosarovich
John Milanovich
Micho Bigovich
Butte
Duggan
Merrill Mortuary
Cardinals Edge Dodgers 4-3 in tight race showdown
In St Louis the Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 as veteran Estel Crabtree and Gus Mancuso delivered timely triples. Rookie Howard Pollet started, while Curt Davis, Johnny Mize, and Frank Crespi contributed to a late rally to pull within one game of the league lead.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Redbirds
Howard Pollet
Gus Mancuso
Estel Crabtree
Mancuso
Pollet
Dodgers
Crabtree
Curt Davis
Donna i
Johnny Mize
Frank Eet Crespi
Silver Bow Radio Operators Join Preparedness Effort
Thirty six Silver Bow county radio amateurs with federal licenses were asked to report to the county preparedness and advisory commission office on the courthouse first floor to fill questionnaires and assist in the state defense system. Operators listed include E. B. Craney KGIR C R Thrapp James H Foster John H Gilbert G T Hansen Butte Radio club M R Cooper Jack Henley Rex R Brooks John L Collins and others.
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Silver Bow
Silver Bow County
County Preparedness and Advisory Commission
E. B. Craney
KGIR
C. R. Thrapp
Hannibal Street
James H. Foster
Driggs Street
John H. Gilbert
North Henry Street
G. T. Hansen
Sheridan Avenue
Butte Radio Club
M. R. Cooper
First National Bank
Jack Henley, Jr
Delaware Street
Rex R. Brooks
East Granite Street
John L. Collins
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Beaches
Seven Seas
S. S. Montana
the War News
By Kirkel, Simpson
S. S Sessa
rArRoes
Metland Islands
NORTH
Sia
Mik
U.S
Flays
Hitler
Silver Star
Cardinals
Defense Board
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