Accounting on Lease Lend Fund Expected
Roosevelt to present a second accounting of the seven billion dollar lease lend fund with signals of a possible five billion dollar follow up for Britain and other nations against the Axis. The report excludes Soviet Russia, with Russia paying for purchases for now. Congress resumes after vacation and offices a tax bill brewing for quick passage along with inquiry into film industry propaganda and a defense contract probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Soviet
Russia
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
United States
Defense Investigating Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Jones
Defense Plant Corporation
Aluminum Company
Amreica
Jimmie Fiddler
Hollywood
German General Von Schobert Killed on Russian Front
Berlin reports the death in action of Colonel-General Eugen Ritter von Schobert at age 58. A World War I commander who served under the Kaiser and later the Hitler regime, he earned the Knights Cross for rapid 1940 campaigns including the Maas river area and Verdun front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Eugen Ritter von Schobert
Adolf Hitler
von Schobert
Maas River
Chiers
Marquet
Verdun
Tropical Storm Loses Its Punch
A tropical disturbance off the Texas coast weakened as it moved erratically about 50 miles offshore. The U S weather bureau said winds dropped from 50 to 60 miles per hour overnight, with indications it could still reach land between Galveston and Port Arthur with 30 to 35 mile per hour winds.
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Houston
Texas
Galveston
Port Arthur
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana
Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with scattered showers. In the mountains of Montana light afternoon showers possible with little temperature change.
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Butte
Montana
Small Manufacturers Hold Hope Amid Defense Strain
A nationwide survey by The Special News Service finds small and mid sized civilian manufacturers squeezed by material and labor shortages yet seeing hope. It notes defense workload rising for smaller plants, Washington recognizing the issue, and Floyd B. Odlum chosen to lead a new division of distribution for the defense agency. Some regions fared better by pivoting to defense orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Special News Service
Montana Standard
Washington
Floyd B. Odlum
Defense Super-Agency
Armament Production Pace Surges Says NAM President
Walter D. Puller of the National Association of Manufacturers asserts the difficult part of armament production is behind us. He notes 98 percent of defense contractors reporting are in production and mass production is a reality, with weapons and vehicles moving from factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter D. Puller
National Association of Manufacturers
Association
Fuller
Maine
America
Cardinals edge Giants twice to gain on Dodgers
The St Louis Cardinals won 1 to 0 and 6 to 5 in a doubleheader against the New York Giants to tighten in the NL pennant race. Jean Lon Warneke earned his 17th victory and Carl Hubbell took the loss in the opener, while Creepy Crespi's double propelled the decisive run in the nightcap as Nick Witek misplayed a grounder. The Dodgers beat Cincinnati 9 to 5.
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St. Louis
Giants
Dodgers
Reds
Cardinals
New York Giants
Brooklyn
Cincinnati Reds
Carl Hubbell
Jean Lon Warneke
Hubbell
Creepy Crespi
Nick Witek
Coaker Triplett
Crespi
Triplett
Martin Marion
Gus Mancuso
Sale of National Defense Stamps Opens in Butte Today
National defense saving stamps go on sale today in all Butte stores to accompany bond purchases. Stamps, available in small denominations, can be used with the $18.75 defense bond maturing at $25 in ten years. The plan, arranged by the Silver Bow county defense bond committee with labor and fraternal leaders, aims to ease purchase for mining city residents and will include a meeting with Butte teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
National Defense Saving Bonds
Defense
Ing City
Silver Bow County Defense Bond Committee
Living Bombs Sink 12 German Ships Off Kronstadt
Soviet radio reported that 12 Russian aircrews crashed their dynamite laden planes into German ships near Kronstadt. The sacrifice, using old aircraft and pilots at the controls, helped repel a German assault and inflicted extensive material losses on the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Russian
Kronstadt
Aftonbladt
Red Army
War News Highlights South Atlantic Route Value In World War II
The article argues Germany may base raiders at Dakar and other African ports to strike U S British Russian supply lines in the south Atlantic. It notes plans for Middle East campaigns, U S Navy involvement, and a new American plane ferry service linking the United States to South America and Africa to support allied operations toward Egypt and Suez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Central Press
Germany
America
Dakar
South Atlantic
Caspian Sea
Russia
Baku
U.S
Africa
Persian Gulf
Egypt
Red Sea
Suez
United States
South America
Brazil
West Africa
Freetown
Hitler
Iceland
British Isles
U. S. Navy
Launching of 13 Merchant Ships on Liberty Fleet Day
Thirteen cargo vessels will slide from their ways on September 27 across Atlantic Pacific and Gulf waters in the largest merchant ship launch since World War I. The maritime commission designates the day Liberty Fleet day and asks President Roosevelt to give a nationwide, fitting ceremony address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
FinlandHopes for an Early Peace as Finnish Interests Demand
Helsinki broadcast quotes Vaino Tanner saying Finland seeks only defense and peaceful frontiers. He notes Finland is ally to Germany by accident and will fight only as long as Finnish interests demand. Rumors of separate peace with Russia are denied. peace party dominance is claimed.
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Finland
Helsinki
Germany
Viano Tanner
Social Democratic
Russia
Vaino Tanner
Social Democratic Party
Tanner
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Murmansk
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Shipping Suspended in Black Sea Under Axis Orders
Unofficial reports from Ankara say Germany ordered a halt to all commercial shipping in Romanian and Bulgarian Black Sea ports. The move signals zero hour for Axis operations aimed at Crimea while Romanian forces face setbacks beyond the Dniester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Black Sea
Romania
Bulgaria
Crimean
Ciupercu
Brothers Refuse Induction Threats Lead to Arrest in Montana
Two Nickol brothers Joseph Peter Nickol and Fred Conrad Nickol of Ledger Toole county were jailed in Shelby after refusing induction under the 1940 draft act. They allegedly warned officers that any asker would be met with gunfire and will be arraigned before a U S commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Shelby
U. S. Army
Toole County
Fred Conrad Nickol
Ledger
Charles Neilson
FBI
W. G. Banister
Montana-Idaho
Draft Board
Cecil B. Alsup
Nickel Brothers
United States
Wheeler Says He Will Stop Talking Only When War Declared
Sen. Wheeler of Montana tells Polson listeners he will end his remarks only when Congress declares war under the Constitution. He says the President’s order to shoot first violates constitutional bounds and notes that only Congress can declare war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
B. K. Wheeler
U. S
Polson
Wheeler
D-Mont
Congress
Kalispell
Montanan
Roosevelt
Navy
American Legion Urges End to Geographic Limits on Troop Use
Milwaukee report on September 14 states the American Legion National Defense Committee backs removing geographic limits on U S troops in world crisis. It calls for permanent youth military training, defense island fortifications, two ocean Navy, sizable Army and National Guard, and higher pay for armed forces. The group plans to forward proposals to the 23rd annual convention for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
American Legion
National Defense Committee
Army
Navy
Warren H. Atherton
Stockton
Callif
Atlantic
Pacific
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Legion
National Executive Committee
Cnvention
Law and Order Committee
Warne to discuss defense strike termination and aid to Russia
National Commander Milo J. Warner of Toledo will present a report tomorrow to 1,474 delegates on ending strikes in defense industries and the issue of U S aid to Russia, reflecting the Legion's traditional anti-Communist stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Russia
Milo J. Warner
Toledo
US Mission Members Arrive in London from Moscow
The British Press Association reports that junior members of the U S mission to Moscow, accompanied by Soviet ambassador Constantin Omansky, arrived in London Sunday night after an Atlantic flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Press Association
United States
Moscow
Constantin Oumansky
Washington
Reds Plan for Death Struggle With Attackers
German claims of breaking into Leningrad defense front say Russians blast blocks of buildings to clear space for a death struggle in the city center. News from Moscow and London cites Soviet counter moves toward Smolensk and German retreats. RAF buildup and Italian losses in Libya headlines accompany reports of new unrest in Germany.
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Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
London
Semeon Timoshenko
Smolensk
Russia
England
Germany
Libya
Norwegian
New On
Work Stoppage Hits at Defense Mines Across Six States
About forty thousand coal miners halted work Monday in six states as the United Mine Workers of America presses for a union shop contract. The stoppage affects captive mines supplying steel producers including Republic Steel Bethlehem Steel Wheeling Steel and H. C. Frick in Pennsylvania West Virginia Tennessee Alabama Kentucky and Illinois. In the Pittsburgh area 23,000 workers paused, with no wage issues cited, and another walkout against the United Mine Workers occurred in eastern Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
United Mine Workers of America
Defense
P. T. Fagan
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Serbian National Secretary Feted During State Meet
B M Pekich of Pittsburgh supreme elder and supreme secretary of the Serbian National Federation was honor guest at an all state federation meeting in Butte. He spoke at the Serbian Orthodox church home and later at dinner at the Moxom cafe. He said the federation was in prosperous condition and looked forward to continued prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Pekich
Pittsburgh
Serbian National Federation
Federation
Butte
Mr. Pekich
Montana
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Rumania
Miles
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Kiev
Odessa
Central Army
Associated Press
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