Craft unions approve 50 cent raise with two year deal
Craft unions at Anaconda company plants in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls voted to accept a 50 cent daily wage increase and a two year contract tied to copper prices. The accord bases gains on copper at 9 and 11.5 cents a pound with staged increases and links further rises to copper moves. Other unions have not yet voted on the package.
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A.C.M. CO
Anaconda Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Butte Miners’ Union
Abaconda Company
Craft Unions
Madrid Faces Winter War Struggle Amid Arms Shortage
Madrid officials report a critical lack of arms for Socialist Communist defenders as cold weather nears. Maj. Carols Contreras says squads are forming with supply bases for winter clothing and an Alpine battalion may guard Guadarrama passes while government aims to seize Oviedo. Fascists suffer manpower shortfalls but push Maqueda and Santa Clslla fronts amid aerial combat.
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Madrid
Maj
Carols Contreras
Associated Press
Contreras
Guadarrama
Oviedo
Maqueda
Toledo
Santa Clalla
Guadarrama Mountains
Registration Nears 26 000 Mark With Three Days Left
Silver Bow county registration lists 25 976 qualified voters with three days remaining to register for the November 3 general election. 254 people qualified to vote yesterday as clerk John Holland offers evening hours. office stays open until 8 p m tonight and tomorrow. Registration closes Friday at 5 p m.
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Silver Bow
John Holland
Holland
Park Street to Celebrate Over 40 Years of Progress Show
Park Street observes Park Street Day on Saturday September 19 with a show by Butte merchants to honor more than four decades of growth. The event features Butte Mines band guessing contests dramatic sales and welcomes new business houses including Ed Marans J Fred Gamer Florsheim and Meyers S S Jewelry Penney's Dreibelbis Meyers Cannons Weinberg's Hughes Safeway The Montana Hardware and more. A large sale is promised as part of the celebration highlighting the district's development and future.
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Park Street
Merchants of
Butte Mines
Chicago
San Francisco
Butte
Ed Marans
J. Fred Gamer
Florsheim
Meyers
S &S Jewelry
Penney’s
Dreibelbis Meyers
Cannons
Weinberg’s
Hughes
Safeway
Montana Hardware
Ellis Paint
Ray’s Jewelry
Owsley and Terminal
Montgomery Ward
Montana upland bird season set November 8 17
Montana Fish and Game commission announced upland bird hunting rules for this fall with dates November 8 to 17. Daily bag three Chinese pheasants and five Hungarian partridges, possession six cock pheasants and 10 partridges. Shooting from sunrise to sunset in listed counties including Beaverhead Big Horn Broadwater Carbon Cascade Deer Lodge Flathead Gallatin Lake Lewis and Clark.
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Helena
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Beaverhead
Barrett Station
Big Horn
Broadwater
Carbon
Cascade
Deer Lodge
Flathead
Gallatin
Lake, Lewis and Clark
Dearborn River
Knox Promises Aid If Grand Coulee Proves Worthwhile
Spokane dispatch reports Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee says if the 63 million Grand Coulee power and irrigation project proves its value to the nation, federal funds will be granted under a Republican administration. He emphasizes practical economic worth and readiness to supply funds if the project benefits the economy.
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Spokane
Wash
Frank Knox
Grand Coulee
Roosevelt
Knox
Montana Forecast Shows Fair, Warmer Midweek
A Montana forecast calls for clear skies on Wednesday and Thursday with rising temperatures. Strong sun and light winds expected as the midweek warms into the upper 70s.
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Montana
Foreign policy stance framed as friendly to all nations
Secretary Cordell Hull told the Good Neighbor League that the United States pursues a policy of friendship toward all nations while resisting discord. He warned treaties are eroded and urged minding one's own business, noting world conditions are unsettled and dangerous and that America seeks peaceful relations with firm limits against external interference.
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New York
United States
Cordell Hull
Good Neighbor League
America
Hull
Greek leader ousted by royalist coup dies in Vienna
Alexander Zaimis, 81, former president of Greece, died in a Vienna sanitarium. He was ousted in October 1935 when Greece’s national assembly restored the monarchy after a royalist coup. He urged Greeks to cooperate with the king before leaving the country.
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Vienna
Sanitarium
Alexander Zaimis
Greece
Zaimis
National Assembly of
George II
Montana seeks return of state funds from Dr. McGregor
Montana Attorney General demands repayment of 1897.50 from Dr. H J McGregor former chairman of the State Highway Commission for services as physician during 1934 35 while serving on the Montana Relief Commission. Gov Holt requested investigation and warned of possible legal action if unpaid.
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Helena
Montana
H. J. McGregor
Great Falls
State Highway Commission
Elmer Holt
Raymond T. Nagle
Montana Relief Commission
McGregor
Relief Board
Attorney General
State of
Fateful Day of Days Proclaimed By Pyramidologists
The Associated Press reports that September 16, 1936 is foretold as a pivotal moment by pyramidologists. They claim the date marks a dramatic shift in civilization tied to measurements inside Cheops pyramid and the Great Pyramid’s grand gallery. Dr. D Davidson is cited arguing the path of destiny is encoded in ancient corridors.
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Associated Press
D. Davidson
Tropical Storm Of Great Force Endangers Ships
The year's worst tropical storm, described as of great magnitude and hurricane intensity, menaced shipping about 1,000 miles east of Florida. The hurricane center lay 350 to 400 miles south of Bermuda, moving north northwestward with gales and squalls over a wide area. The Weather Bureau urged vessels to use caution. Two Norwegian steamers rolled in a strong south gale about 500 miles northeast of Puerto Rico, awaiting weather to tow one to port.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Florida
Bermuda
Puerto Rico
Insurance Safe of All Securities, Says Roosevelt Conference
A White House meeting with President Roosevelt and life insurance executives yielded a statement that American life insurance policies are the safest of all securities. Charles F. Williams, president of Western Southern Life, distributed the remark to reporters after the gathering.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Charles F. Williams
Western Era Southern Life Insurance Company
Cincinnati
Worst snow storm cripples Alberta crops in September
Peace River Alberta reports the worst early autumn snow storm in living memory. It flattened uncut crops and stranded vehicles while crippling telephone lines. Officials estimate about ten percent of wheat threshing completed, with potential heavy damage to wheat stocks from the wet snow.
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Peace River
Alta
Dead man leads 210 aspirants in Arizona race for constable
Tucson primary election for constable ends with veteran Andrew Dobek winning the Democratic nomination while Tom Mills leads among Republicans. Fred Kid Wilding, though deceased, tops the list with over 1,000 votes but was unopposed in both parties.
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Dead Man
Arizona
Tucson
Ariz
Tuscon
Andrew Dobek
Tom Mills
U. S
Fred
Kid) Wilding
Bridges Holds Lead in Five State Primaries
Rapid reporting shows James Couzens in Michigan, George Moses in New Hampshire, and James Curley surging in Massachusetts while H Styles Bridges leads in New Hampshire and Curley gains in Massachusetts. Greenwood vows to respond, filing as an independent for senator.
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Couzens
Moses
Curley
Maine
James Couzens
Roosevelt
Wilber M. Brucker
Michigan
Brucker
George Moses
H. Styles Bridges
Little Boy Blue
New Hampshire
Bridges
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Robert E. Greenwood
Marcus Coolidge
Greenswood
Jim
Washington, D. C
Quarrel Blamed for Crash of Ocean Spanners
The Daily News reports a quarrel over the Atlantic between flyers Harry Richman and Dick Merrill nearly led to disaster. Merrill and Richman landed at Musgrave Harbor after a return flight from England, with five gallons of gasoline tossed overboard amid their dispute.
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New York
The
Daily News
Musgrave Harbor
Newfoundland
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Davey Jones
Locker
Merrill
Richman
England
Senate Seizure of Telegrams Challenged in Court
The LaFollette committee's authority to seize private telegrams is challenged in federal court. A suit by Railway Audit and Inspection Co. of Philadelphia and Central Industrial Service Co. seeks to stop Western Union and Postal Telegram from providing records to the committee. A hearing is set for next Monday.
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Senate Committee
LaFollette Group
Washington
LaFollette Senatorial Committee
Federal District Court
Western Union and
Railway Audit and Inspection Company of
Philadelphia
Central Industrial Service Company
Delaware
Joseph W. Cox
Silas Strawn
Chicago
Alfred A. Wheat
Black Senate Committee
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Townsend
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