Senate OKs excess profits tax bill to speed defense
The Senate approved a wartime excess profits tax measure 46 to 22 and sent it to conference. The bill adds a 3.1 percent rate to corporate taxes during peace and sets 80 percent top rates in time of war, with exemptions and alternative calculations for excess profits. Only one Republican senator supported the final passage amid opposed votes from several Democrats.
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Senate
Chamber
Senator Connally
D.-Texas
Townsend
Delaware
Bilbo
Mississippi
Clark
Missouri
Downey
California
Hill
Alabama
Holt
West Virginia
London Faces 13th Night Raid as Nazis Bombard Capital
German dive bombers struck northwest and East London just before dawn while anti-aircraft fire slowed the night assault on the British capital near the equinox. A German plane was downed, hospital near miss noted, and Times Square like explosions lit central London.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Times Square
New York
Air Ministry
Ellen Dunn Wins Butte Fashion Contest in Gala Parade
Mrs Ellen Dunn of 510 West Granite Street was announced as the winner of a fall fashion contest during a gala parade and autumn window night in Butte. She will receive a five day all expenses paid trip by plane to San Francisco for the Treasure Island exposition, with arrangements for entertainment during her stay. The window night drew thousands of shoppers as merchants featured living models and band music marking the start of the fall shopping season.
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Ellen Dunn
West
Granite Street
Butte
Y M C A Duck Pin League Draws 384 Participants
The Y M C A opens its annual duck pin league with 384 grade school pupils, 193 girls and 191 boys, across 48 teams at the community center. Boys race tomorrow morning, girls join in the afternoon, with three eight team leagues for each group. League champions will contest during the Christmas holidays for the usual trophies.
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Glen Rice
Y. M. Ene
Rice
Willkie Visit Prompts Montana Train To Butte Rally
Plans rise for a special Idaho train carrying hundreds to Butte for Wendell L. Willkie’s Montana visit. A chartered train brings 350 from Billings and a bus carries 50 Great Falls Republicans. Willkie arrives 8 10 and delivers speech at Butte High Stadium before a Montana Press dinner.
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Idaho
Butte
Wendell L. Willkie
Charles H. Gallagher
Willkie
William F. Holden
Idaho Falls
Billings
Great Falls
Montana
Butte High School
Finten
West Broadway
Los Angeles
Gallagher
R. D. Corette
al McLeod
W. H. Breen
Additional Guardsmen Are Called to Active Duty
Washington reports plan to mobilize 37,000 more National Guardsmen in November raising total mobilized to 133,000. Units affected include the 16th cavalry brigade and the 31st 35th and 36th divisions with mobilizations set for Fort Bliss Camp Blanding Camp Robinson and Brownwood. Draft forms will be printed locally at an estimated cost of 1.5 million dollars. A White House health committee was named under a 1916 law with five members led by Dr Irvine Abell to work with the National Defense commission.
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Washington
Stimson
16Th Cavalry
Texas
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
56Th Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Camp Blanding
Fla
Camp Robinson
Ark
Brownwood
Army
White House
National Defense Commission
Roosevelt
Irvine Abell
Louisville
Board of Regents
American College of Surgeons
Lewis H. Weed
Division of Medical Sciences
National Research Counsel
Ross T. McIntire
Surgeon General of the Navy
Butte Fair Today Reach for Showers and Heat
The forecast shows a warm day with afternoon showers or thunderstorms today in Butte Fair and Saturday. Montana outlook expects generally fair weather with mountain showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, warmer conditions in the western portion.
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Butte
Montana
Japanese See Some French Likely to Reject Pass-Through Pact
In Hanoi on Sept 19 observers cite Japanese negotiators who say some French forces may refuse any accord allowing Japanese troops to move through Indo China. Japanese mission members are prepared for a hurried exit, though observers doubt the bluff. Japanese civilians evacuate Hanoi while few Chinese depart.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
U.P
Butte Engineer Injured in Rock-Wall Crash
Arthur Morgan a 55 year old hoisting engineer at the Fisher mine near Williamsburg suffered serious injuries in a crash on South Excelsior street yesterday afternoon. He was unconscious for hours and had three rib fractures but no skull fracture suspected. Police say Morgan collided with another car, tore a hub cap, then struck a rock wall near Galena street and was taken to St James hospital by residents of 107 South Excelsior.
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Arthur Morgan
Fisher
Williamsburg
Excelsior Street
St. James Hospital
Morgan
Galena Street
South Excelsior
Dover Man Dies From Kenvil Powder Blast Toll Rises
Natalino Ferrinola 26 of Port Morris dies in Dover General Hospital becoming the 49th fatality from the Hercules Powder plant explosions at nearby Kenvil last Thursday.
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Dover
N. J
Natalino Ferrinola
Port Morris
Dover General Hospital
Hercules Powder Company
Kenvil
Enlisted Cadet Steals Plane and Dies in Crash
TACOMA Washington September 19 Army investigators report an enlisted cadet stole an A 17 attack plane at McChord field and was killed when it crashed. Morris Heller 19 of Missouri flew the ship about two hours making five landing attempts before spinning and crashing in the field.
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Tacoma
Wash
McChord Field
Morris Heller
Missouri
C. R. Greening
Willkie Outlines Tax Program to Fight Totalitarian System
Wendell L. Willkie proposed a four point plan to form a special tax commission to steer the United States away from a totalitarian system. He outlined rules governing business and cited the administration in Los Angeles as the venue for his remarks dated September 19.
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Los Angeles
Special Tax Commission
Wendell JL
Willkie
United States
McNary Campaign Address Set for Aurora Broadcast
Senator Charles L. McNary Republican vice presidential candidate will speak at Aurora Illinois next Saturday. The campaign address will be broadcast from 1236 to 1 pm MST over the Columbia broadcasting system.
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Chicago
Charles L. McNary
Aurora
Columbia Broadcasting System
Willkie Presses Government Limits on Business Policy
In a Memorial Coliseum address, Willkie argues government policies should be stable and not crowd out capital. He says competition with business must be bounded, profits must be allowed, and the Roosevelt tax structure is to blame for stifling productive enterprise.
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Memorial Coliseum
Willkie
Roosevelt
Final Day to Register as County Clerk Reports Huge Rush
Silver Bow residents flocked to the County Clerk and Recorder office as crowds filled the lines yesterday and last night. 723 people registered, the busiest period occurring in the evening. Voters who did not vote in the last general election must re register to be eligible for November.
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Addis A. McGrath
Silver Bow
Ribbentrop Meets Mussolini in Rome on Axis Plans
German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop arrived by armored train in Rome and held a two hour discussion with Premier Mussolini on joint Axis strategies to defeat Britain and control Europe. Talks reportedly touched Spain’s cooperation and Greece Turkey futures as Britain’s position looms in the Mediterranean.
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Rome
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Britain
Europe
Spain
Gibraltar
Greece
Turkey
Virginio Gayda
Ramon Serrano Sunez
Franco
Berlin
Ribbentrop
Italy
Egypt
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
United States
Willkie Speech Emphasizes Common Sense Mobilization
In Los Angeles Wendell L. Willkie argues America must mobilize its vast industrial capacity to rearm and expand democracy. He attacks the current administration as incompetent and urges business freedom from capricious rules to sustain national faith and growth.
Bear Roast Featured at Willkie Dinner in Butte
Gardiner sends 26 pound bear roast to the Butte Press club dinner honoring Republican candidate Wendell Willkie. Dr. L A Crew killed the cub bear near Gardiner and provided the meat as a goodwill gesture from the Gardiner Commercial club to the Butte organization. Bears from Yellowstone cause local nuisance when they migrate into town.
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Gardiner
Butte Press Club
Wendell L. Willkie
Butte
L. A. Crew
Gardiner Commercial Club
Crew
Press Club
Commercial Club
Yellowstone National Park
13 Year Old Boy Shoots Father In Walnut Creek Home
A 13-year-old boy named Bobby Engle shot his father Ray Engle in a bedroom of their Walnut Creek residence after claiming he was forced to wash dishes until late at night. The boy fled but was found hiding in a culvert three hours later. the father received gunshot wounds to the left shoulder and right hand and was treated at a Berkeley hospital.
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Walnut Creek
Cal
Bobby Engle
Ray
Engle
Berkeley
Roosevelt Prepares Philadelphia Speech Amid Defense Visit
President Roosevelt labors over a Philadelphia address to be delivered tomorrow at the University of Pennsylvania bicentennial exercises. He left Washington by special train to inspect defense works and will speak at Convention Hall in the afternoon. Justice Samuel Rosenman’s presence signals possible major content.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Samuel I. Rosenman
New York State
Reclamation Meet Attracts 500 Reservations In Great Falls
More than 500 reservations from 18 states and the District of Columbia have been received for the National Reclamation Association annual convention in Great Falls. Delegates will arrive by special rail coaches and chartered buses from several states as pre convention sessions are planned. Mayor Julius Wuerthner and Representative James F. OConnor will welcome delegates at the first formal meeting.
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Great Falls
States
District of Columbia
National Reclamation Association
F. O. Hagie
Washington, D. C
National Association
Hagie
North Dakota
Oregon
Washington
California
Nebraska
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Julius Wuerthner
James F. O'Connor
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