Ground Slowly Turned Into Rout As Refugees Flee
Shanghai dispatch reports nearly 400 Chinese refugees in sailing boats were killed or wounded by Japanese bombs while escaping down the Whangpoo river. Six boats were sunk as bombs hit crowded decks. Japan claimed steady advance toward Kiangwan and Yangtze river defenses. Chinese aviators reportedly sunk a Japanese destroyer at Kwangchow bay.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo
Kiangwan
Chapei
Yangtze River
Nanking
Habor
Kwangchow Bay
South China
Masaryk, First Czechoslovak President, Dies
Dr Thomas G Masaryk aged 87, the nation’s first president, died at his Chateau de Lany home after a period of critical illness. He had shown brief improvement after September 2 but slipped into unconsciousness and passed away this morning.
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London
Thomas G. Masaryk
Reuters
Praha
Chateau de Lany
State Commission Grants Petition to Abandon Cars Here
Helena September 13 The Montana railroad and public service commission granted the Anaconda Copper Mining Company petition to abandon city street car service in Butte and approved Butte City Lines Inc to operate buses in Butte. Bus service will replace street cars September 22, with a postal public transportation commitment to provide adequate service.
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Butte
Montana Board of Railroad and Public Service Commissioners
E. J. Nash
Col. M. D. Mills
Helena
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte City Lines, Inc
Montana City
League Rebuffs Italy and Germany on Key Demands
The League of Nations recognized the Spanish loyalist government and refused to bar Ethiopia from membership. Italy and Germany, allied with Franco, had demanded recognition of their positions, but the assembly upheld Ethiopia's absentee status and dismissed Franco's protest as beyond the credentials committee’s jurisdiction.
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League
Italy
Germany
Spain
Ethiopia
Geneva
U.P
League of Nations
Francisco Franco
Africa
Franco
World Forum of 50 Nations
Juan Negrin
Madrid
Community Concert Plans Mapped At Dinner
Butte residents anticipate a 1937 38 concert season with plans discussed at a dinner next Monday. The association will bring artists such as Richard Crooks and Toscha Seidel, with memberships valid for all shows and honored in other cities.
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Butte
Richard Crooks
Metropolitan Opera
Toscha Seidel
Attack on Justice Black Dominates New York News
New York reports a sudden attack on Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black with Democratic senators shouting for resignation or removal over Klansman accusations. Alfred E. Smith plans a political speech as Royal Copeland renews calls for Black to quit the bench amid Tammany-era mayoral contest.
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New York
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
Alfred E. Smith
New York City
Copeland
Royal S. Copeland
Roosevelt
Father of Actor Noel Coward Dies in England
Arthur Coward aged 81 father of Noel Coward actor playwright died in Aldington Kent England. He worked for a music publishers and piano distributors firm and was noted for his role in his son’s recent autobiography Present Indicative. He is survived by his wife Violet Veitch Coward.
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Aldington
Kent
England
Arthur Coward
Noel Coward
Coward
United States
Violet Veitch Coward
Al Smith Backs Copeland In City Primary Stump
Former Gov Alfred E Smith urges Democratic nomination of Royal Copeland in next Thursday primary. He says no other candidate can beat the "hippodrome artist in the city hall" referring to Mayor La Guardia, Republican nominee.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Royal S. Copeland
F. 4
la Guardia
Mrs Redmond Improves After Fatal Love Triangle Shooting
Mrs Ethel Redmond was described as greatly improved at St James hospital tonight after being shot three times in the home of Frank Dockery's mother. Dockery died, and Merton Redmond shot himself. Russell Redmond was jailed as an inquest was delayed until Mrs Redmond can testify.
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Ethel Redmond
St. James Hospital
Frank Dockery
Merton Redmond
M. F. Duff
Constitution Day address eyed as Roosevelt plans talks
President Roosevelt, after 18 days away from the White House, heads back to Washington for cabinet talks on foreign and domestic policy. He may move up the cabinet meeting to discuss Orient and European events and will address Constitution Day on the Washington monument grounds outlining new administration aims within an elastic constitutional frame.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
The
Hudson
Orient
Europe
Hull
Antietam
Sharpsburg
Washington Monument
Edward Markham
Army Engineers
Cattle Reach Highest September Price in 19 Years
Chicago reports cattle hit 18.85 per hundredweight, the strongest September level in 19 years and the best monthly price in nine years. Earlier 1919 records showed up to 21.50 per hundredweight. last week slaughter cattle averaged 14.35, with 1936 and 1933 comparisons, while 20 markets receipts totaled 203,000 head.
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Chicago
Former Butte Boy Carr Earns Fame As Top Shot
Police Officer Tom Carr of Los Angeles, famed for national rifle matches, visited Butte with Mrs. Carr. The 22 year old previously left Butte at 15 months old to live with his mother in California and now travels to Madison fishing before returning home. Carr and the LA team competed east with the rifle watches and attended a 10 day officer training sponsored by the federal government.
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Tom Carr
Los Angeles
Camp Perry
Ohio
Montana Standard
Butte
Officer Carr
Carr
Madison
Mr. Carr
Jack Duggan
Beery shoots self during Brimstone scene
Hollywood report says Wallace Beery wounded in the leg while filming Badman of Brimstone. He tripped on the third take and a blank cartridge discharged into his leg above the knee. He received studio hospital care and was later moved to Cedars of Lebanon hospital where doctors expect several weeks' incapacity.
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Hollywood
Wallace Beery
M-G-M
Badman
Brimstone
Beery
Studio Hospital
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Clarence Moore
Moore
Montana Crops Show Improvement But Fall Short of 1928-32 Averages
Montana farmers expect larger 1937 harvests than 1936 drought year, per the Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Non irrigated yields vary widely from near failure in the northeast to strong returns in the south central. Irrigated crops mostly meet average. spring wheat suffers the most. Corn, oats, and barley runs well below 1928-32 averages.
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Montana
Helena
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Treasure State
Montana Weather Forecast Fair, Warmer East, Cooler West
Montana outlook calls for generally fair conditions Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures rise in the eastern portion on Tuesday and fall slightly in the western portion on Wednesday.
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Montana
Hobbins Family Stops in Butte En Route East
J R Hobbins executive vice president of the Anaconda company and wife with daughter Mary and mother in law Mrs Alice Beetle of Dixon Illinois arrived in Butte last evening. They are traveling east from their summer home at Flathead Lake to handle Montana affairs of the Anaconda company and will stay several days.
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J. R. Hobbins
Anaconda Company
Explosion Twice Shocks Anaconda Near County Hospital
In Anaconda police report a dynamite blast about 500 yards northeast of the county hospital startled residents at 0 25. No injuries are confirmed. The Montana Standard notes a wave of alarm as telephone lines buzzed and the blast rattled homes and windows.
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Montana Standard
Montana Standard Office
Nine Power pact on submarine piracy gains uneven backing
Russia and Italy formally accept the nine power plan to curb Mediterranean submarine piracy amid Italian reservations deemed technical. British and French navies were ready to deploy about 60 warships within 48 hours to patrol routes. The signings were to occur in Nyon with Maxim Litvinov authorized to sign for the Soviet Union as Italy’s stance remained conditional.
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Nyon
Switzerland
Russia
Italy
Mediterranean
Old Town Hall
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Vocational Education in State Shows Big Increase
The Montana state board of education approved four new vocational education officials led by D L McDonald of Bozeman as director of the service. Ruth Reardon cited a 151603 dollar budget for 1937-38, nearly doubling the prior year. High school classes in agricultural education distributive trades and home economics will fall under the department. Other appointees include Arthur Johnson from Deer Lodge as part of the department.
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Helena
State Board of Education
Montana
Vocational Education Department
D. L. McDonald
Bozeman
Ruth Reardon
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Arthur Johnson
Deer Lodge
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Roosevelt Anne Lindsay Clark
Boston
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McCoy
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JR. Hobbing
Anaconda
Aly
Mussolini
State Board
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