Purge Move Targets Rep O'Connor in Democratic Primaries
White House presses a purge thrust against Rep John J O Connor as James Fay competes in the Democratic primary. O Connor seeks renomination and a Republican bid against Allen Dulles. Senator Brown pledges support for regular Democratic Senate nominees amid prior Roosevelt interventions.
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John J. O’connor
New York
House Rules Committee
White House
Stephen T. Early
James H. Fay
O’connor
O'Connor
Allen Dulles
Brown
Michigan
Senate
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Walter F. George
Georgia
Roosevelt
Early
S C A C Meet To Draw 1500 Youths In Butte
The third annual diocesan Helena Students Catholic Action convention will bring about 1500 high school students from eight Helena diocese schools plus many Catholic students in public schools to Butte for a two day event Friday and Saturday. Host schools Girls Central and Christian Brothers formed student committees to finalize plans. Sessions open with registration at 8 AM in the Fox theater lobby and Knights of Columbus hall. Missa Recitata is set for 9 AM at St Patrick Church with Bishop J M Gilmore celebrating and state education head Rev J A Rooney directing. Some attendees will sit in Christian Brothers auditorium where celebrant V G Victor Day will preside with Rev John Sheehan assisting. The sermon will be delivered by Rev J J O Connor from Carroll College via loudspeakers at the school auditorium. Betty Bleichner of Girls Central is president of the organizing group.
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Sacred Heart Parish
J. J. O'Connor
Carroll College
Betty Bleichner
Girls’ Central High School
Helena Students’ Catholic Action Conference
Bernard Sullivan
Ways and Means
Margaret Sullivan
Bette Anne Riley
Helen Ozanich
Bernardine Maddox
Amateur Hour
Rosemary McManus
William Fitzpatrick
Mary Margaret McClafferty
Rose Ryan
Ushers
Dolores Bugni
Anna Lea Cote
Third Row
Joseph Biiney
Transportation
Jerry Riely
Talmadge files contest over Georgia election results
Former Governor Eugene Talmadge announces contests in 30 counties over the Senate primary results claiming sufficient evidence to overturn the outcome. Senator Walter F. George says the election was fair and no inquiry will change the result.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Walter F. George
Georgia
George
Talmadge
Premier and Foreign Minister to Fly to London for Czechoslovak Crisis Talks
Premier Edouard Daladier and Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet will fly to London to seek a united French-British stance on the Czechoslovak crisis. Paris notes Germany may press for force, urging swift decisions, while France pledges to defend Czechoslovakia if invaded.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Daladier
Chamberlain
Berchtesgaden
Fuehrer
Bonnet
Villacoublay
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Prance
Race Track Creek Dam Project Approved in Powell County
Anaconda report notes President approval of the Race Track Creek dam proposal in Powell county with a $142,002 allotment. The plan goes to the Montana WPA for review to start work. East Valley water users, part of the Race Track Water Users' association, aim to raise funds and purchase land flooded by the dirt dam, including the Bill Coryell place.
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Anaconda
Race Track Creek
Powell County
B. K. Wheeler
Montana
WPA
East Valley
Race Track
Fear mongers lashed by F D R in radio talk
President Roosevelt blasted professional fear-mongers and urged patience and steady leadership in a radio address marking Constitution Day. He praised leaders who work to make the Constitution workable amid rising national challenges and drew contrasts with opponents of ratification from 150 years ago.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York
White House
WPA Projects Approved for 1.23 Million Across 23 Counties
The state WPA administrator Joseph E. Parker announced approval of 32 projects in 23 counties and four state-wide programs totaling 1,230,216 during early September. In Silver Bow county one project funds schoolhouse improvements at Melrose for 3,563 and another provides 38,364 for courthouse clerical help. State-wide programs include 87,600 to continue 18 nursery schools aiding over 600 needy children and 377,657 to extend the broad WPA recreational program reaching about one-fifth of the state.
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Joseph E. Parker
WPA
Silver Bow County
Melrose
Mammoth Street Oil Projects Make Fast City-County Progress
WPA driven street oiling programs in Butte, valued at 2 602 656 dollars, employ 3 772 workers, 100 trucks, and three oil plants. The city project totals 955 348 dollars, the county effort 1 287 960 dollars, with 10 miles of streets planned as weather allows.
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Butte
WPA
Herbert Fay
Works Progress Administration
Joseph E. Parker
Fay
Jack Healy
Montana
Professor Scott Hurt In Auto Mishap
Professor Walter T. Scott of the Montana School of Mines was run over by a car at Park and Main streets at 10 45 p m and was taken to St James hospital. Police say the driver was James Mooney Jr 919 Utah avenue. He suffered a possible fractured collar bone and facial injuries.
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Walter T. Scott
Montana School of Mines
St. James Hospital
James Mooney, Jr
Utah Avenue
Park and Main Streets
Scott
Weather forecast for Montana shows sun and clouds
Partly cloudy conditions in Montana with a warmup expected on Sunday and Monday. Extreme eastern areas may feel higher temperatures Sunday.
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Montana
Helena Lads Death Pushes Montana Auto Toll Higher
Eight year old William Schmith of Helena died after being struck by a car driven by Percy Moore while crossing a highway on Helena's eastern edge. An inquest is set for Monday evening. Earlier, John Edwards died from injuries in an eight mile north of Kalispell crash. Driver Ray Haworth of Whitefish was arrested for drunken driving.
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Edwards
Whitefish
Kalispell
Edward D Duffield Prudential Head Dies at Home
Edward Dickinson Duffield 67 longtime president of the Prudential Insurance Co of America died at his South Orange New Jersey home after a stroke he suffered at his office the day before. Born Princeton New Jersey March 3 1871 he held law degrees from New York Law School and practiced law before entering public service and business. He served in New Jersey legislature 1904-05 and as assistant attorney general before rising to lead Prudential.
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N. J
Edward Dickinson Duffield
Prudential Insurance Co
America
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Princeton
John Thomas Duffield
Sarah Green Duffield
Princeton University
New York Law School
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Troy
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Duffield
Barbara Freeman
New Jersey
Which Can Win War Guns Tanks Armaments or Foods
An analysis by American experts compares Franco British resources with German Italian assets. They say Britain and its allies possess butter oil cotton grain iron and coal while Germany and Italy have guns tanks airplanes and a blockade may prove ineffective. Britain relies on Dominion imports and coal iron while France is self sufficient in foods coal and iron. France lacks petro in the excerpt.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Russia
Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
Romania to Mobilize Women for War Duty
The Romanian Gazette will publish a decree allowing women to be called into military service and mobilized in case of war. A government spokesman said they would be ordered to perform patriotic duties appropriate for women.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Debt of U S Surges to Record High in Treasury Borrowing
Washington reports the federal debt rising to a new record of 38,407,012 dollars after the Treasury completed an 800 million dollar borrowing on bonds and notes. The cash balance reached 2,410,529,213 dollars, prompting talk of a large reserve for potential financial emergencies amid the European crisis.
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Washington
Treasury
World War Cost Haunts Diplomats Striving to Prevent Another Conflict
Diplomats alarmed by memories of the last war seek to avert a new global conflict. The piece surveys the human toll and suffering, citing figures and assessments from the war department as guidance for current preventive efforts.
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Washington
European Situation Cited In Washington Washington Canceled Talks
Secretary Woodring canceled a west coast speaking engagement for government business, remaining in the capital. The move sparked speculation of another cabinet meeting on the European crisis as President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull stayed in close contact.
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West Coast
Washington
Harry H. Woodring
Los Angeles
National American Legion
Roosevelt
Hull
State Department
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