Tropical hurricane menaces Cape region and Roanoke Island
The storm packing winds up to 80 miles an hour threatens coastlines from Cape Hatteras to Manteo. Reports say sea surge, heavy rain, and rising barometers with no casualties yet. Shipping along the coast is warned as authorities mobilize relief efforts and evacuations for Hatteras Bank residents.
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Beaufort
N. C
Cape Hatteras Naval Station
Cape Lookout
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Cape Hatteras
Naval
Manteo
Roanoke Island
Hatteras
Armies Move On Madrid In Fierce South Front
Franco's Fascist troops push toward Madrid from the south in what officials call the fiercest battle since the revolution. Their immediate target is Toledo, where 1700 besieged troops at the Alcazar face a final ultimatum as government forces threaten dynamite charges.
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Alcazar Fortress
Alcazar
Toledo
Spain
Associated Press
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Workmen Speed Construction on New Butte High School
About 140 workers push toward occupancy of Butte’s new 800000 dollar high school in fall 1937. The project nears completion with half the 2500 yards of concrete poured and first floor finishing underway as cold weather threatens delays.
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Butte
Weather forecast for Montana shows fair days ahead
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Montana on Friday and Saturday with little change in temperature.
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Montana
Floods leave San Angelo city strangled and homeless
More than 700 people in San Angelo Texas were homeless as the North Concho river flooded the city. Water supply was cut off, nine persons marooned in trees, 300 homes swept away, 200 more flooded, and part of the business district submerged. Estimated damage reached $1,000,000. Red Cross coordinates aid with refugees housed in churches and schools as hospital patients receive emergency power and boiled-water warnings.
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Concho River
San Angelo
Texas
Red Cross
Robert Bridge
St. Louis
Emmett Cox
George Groupe
Stephenson Named Finance Chairman for Montana GOP
Helena reports Sam Stephenson of Great Falls is named chair of the finance division of Montana Republican state central committee. E K Cheadle Jr returns from Chicago with party leaders for a finance conference. Reisenrath Jr says 17 district chairmen will be appointed to run the finance campaign.
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Helena
Sam Stephenson
Great Falls
Republican State Central Committee
E. K. Cheadle Jr
Chicago
Cheadle
T. B. Miller Jr
C. T. Bush Jr
Lawrence E. Gaughan
Billings
John Hamilton
Charles H. Reisenrath Jr
Montana
Republican National Committee
Stephenson
Voter Registration Near Record in Silver Bow County
Silver Bow County reports 26 505 registered voters for the November 3 general election as of last evening. 302 names were added yesterday and registration closes at 5 pm today. Officials anticipate a heavy ballot with a near record turnout and 20 659 ballots cast in the last primary.
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Silver Bow County
John Holland
Bitter currency fight looms in next Congress
Sen Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma forecasts a sharp battle to curb Federal Reserve powers and create a commodity dollar. He met with President Roosevelt to discuss money policy and praised New Deal currency expansion as industrial output and farm prices rise. He noted silver certificates in circulation under the silver act and the Treasury’s silver purchases.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Capitol Hill
Thomas
Roosevelt
White House
United Press
United States Treasury
Superstitious? An Unscientific Survey Findings On South Main
In a street survey along South Main, 4 of 26 passersby avoided a marked danger zone and dodged two ladders set across the sidewalk. The unscientific sampling suggests that about 15 percent heed common omens.
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Butte
South Main Street
Holt Announces Advisory Council on Conservation
Governor Elmer Holt reveals ten of twelve appointees to Montana water conservation advisory council. Names listed include O S Warden James H Rowe C W Grantley J Fred Women T P Danielson John Lovelace Walter Pope Ben Hollenback George Mungus and Arthur J Cook. Two seats await acceptances. Meeting set with the water board at the governor's office next Monday.
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Helena
Elmer Holt
Montana Water Conservation Board
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
James H. Rowe
Butte
C. W. Grantley
Terry
J. Fred Women
Bowers
T. P. Danielson
Poplar
John Lovelace
Bozeman
Walter Pope
Missoula
Ben Hollenback
Buffalo
George Mungus
Philipsburg
Arthur J. Cook
Water Board
Montana
Holt
French Premier Blums Reply to Hitler Defence of Democracy
Paris says Leon Blum answers Adolf Hitlers democracy challenge with a radio speech outlining France's foreign policy. He defends democracy, pledges indivisible peace and collective security, and urges League of Nations action, disarmament, and mutual assistance to halt the arms race.
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Blum
League of Nations
Paris
U.R
Adolf Hitler
Nurnberg
Leon Blum
France
League
Geneva
Park Street Day Celebration Offers 500 Dollars in Prizes
Park Street hosts a day of guessing contests with 500 dollars in prizes. The Butte Mines band plays from 10 15 to 11 15 as stores display windows with money, diamonds, steel balls, and muskrat coat skins to guess. Prizes include 10 5 and 2 50 cent options and door gifts like a new hat and a dress.
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Park Street
Butte Mines
Symons
Montana Hardware
Wein
Hughes Apparel
Colbert Drug
Florsheim Shoes
Ed Marans
Park Theater
Terminal Drug
Kelley Optical
Bouchers
Montgomery Ward
Mussolini Threatens League Boycott Over Ethiopian Seat
Geneva dispatch reports Mussolini will boycott the League of Nations council meeting if Ethiopian representatives attend and likely stay away from the annual assembly as Haile Selassie, the vanquished emperor, would be present. Diplomatic tensions rise amid Russian delegation concerns and possible German rebuke.
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Geneva
Italy
Mussolini
League of Nations Council
League
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Maxim Litvinoff
Germany
Butte Delegate Injured in Denver Auto Accident
George Dean, 56, of Butte Montana a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention visitor in Denver was struck by a car. He was taken to Denver General Hospital with scalp cuts back and chest injuries and a possible skull fracture.
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Denver
George Dean
Butte
Mont
Mines Band Plans Sunday Concert at Clark Park
The Butte Mines band announces its fourth public concert for Sunday at 2:30 PM on the playground next to Clark Park. Previous concerts drew large crowds at night events in Wyoming Granite Hebgen Park and Cinders playground. Sunday’s show will mostly feature request numbers and aims to set a new attendance record.
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Butte Mines
Clark Park
Wyoming
Granite
Hebgen Park
Cinders Playground
Disabled ship adrift as hurricane bears down on coast
The 8.3S Almirante lay about 100 miles south of Cape Hatteras unable to repair a broken throttle valve flange. Coast Guard HQ said the vessel drifted in 80 mph winds and would seek assistance from nearby ships El Lago or El Occidente as the hurricane neared the Cape Hatteras coast. The ship reported it could not repair the damage and would remain in contact for help.
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New York
Coast Guards
Almirante
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Southern Steamship Corporation
el Lago
el Occidente
Washington Senators to Speak at Billings Rally Tonight
Billings Montana Sept 17 U S Senators James E Murray and Homer T Bone are set to address a Democratic rally here tomorrow night They will also speak at party meetings Saturday night at Roundup and Monday night at Red Lodge as announced
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Washington
Murray
Billings
James E. Murray
Monetana
Homer T. Bone
Red Lodge
Butte to Seek Knights of Pythias Convention for 37
Butte will host the 1937 Knights of Pythias convention and its auxiliary units if invitations from Billings are accepted. A large delegation will travel for pre convention activities starting Sunday. Dave B. Hopkins will finalize arrangements in Billings and select the degree team.
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Butte
Knights OF Pythias
Grand Lodge
Billings
Knights and Sisters
Dave B. Hopkins
M. Oates
Janie Babb
Olive Walters
Lillian Pesso
Calanthe Temple
J. Bartlett
A. Clark
Silver Bow Temple
N. S. Lyle
William Bunny
Larry Falson
William Norman
Calanthe Lodge
Palmer Schoenleber
Archie Frye
Steep Dresse
Dan Carm -Damon
Ernest Tallen
Richard Thomas
Sam R. White Jr
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