Kidnapped Countess Child Seized by Dark Stranger in Hillsborough
In Hillsborough California a three year old boy, Marc de Tristan Jnr., was abducted by a dark man near the Count and Countess Marc De Tristan's home. The kidnapper demanded $100,000 ransom and officials believe a second man drove the car. The parents, through Louis S. Cates, offered to meet the ransom and urged officers to withdraw to allow communication. FBI began handling the high-profile case as details emerged.
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Hillsborough
Calif
Marc de Tristan
Louis S. Cates
Cates
Marc de Tristan Jrr
Mary Foley
Fires Rage Across London During Last Night Raid
London faced a heavy air raid as Nazi bombers struck the capital for the fourteenth night of total war. Fire crews battled blazes in the West End while RAF squadrons claimed 12 enemy planes shot down. A UP reporter described blasts, screamer bombs, and flames near Fleet Street and the Thames.
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London
U.P
Thames
Adolf Hitler
West End
Royal Air Force
English Channel
United Press
Fleet Street
Dan Campbell
Campbell
Waterloo Station
U S Discusses British Offer to Use Singapore Base
Washington reports that the United States weighs an informal offer from Britain to allow U S naval ships to use Singapore base. Secretary Hull notes talks with Lord Lothian and Richard G. Casey were exploratory and not negotiations. Discussions aimed at possible Far East measures amid Japan’s Indo China pressure.
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Washington
United States
Singapore
Hull
Lord Lothian
Richard G. Casey
Far East
Japan
Married men not automatically exempt from draft
Army officials said there will be no automatic exemption for married men in the draft. Each case will be decided by the local draft board on its merits, with inquiries into dependency and whether the wife or dependents rely on the draftee’s earnings.
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Washington
Selective Service
Senate
House
War Department
Army
Willkie Parade Route Changes for Butte Event
A revised parade route for Willkie’s welcome in Butte is announced. The procession will travel from the Northern Pacific station west on Front to Montana, north to Broadway, east to Wyoming, then south to the high school stadium.
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Butte
Wendell L. Willkie
Montana Street
Utah Avenue
Northern Pacific
Front Street
Broadway
Wyoming Street
Park
Montana
Wyoming
Willkie
New
Finlen Hotel
Montana Press
Butte Press Club
O. R. Ashford
W. 5. Thompson
Edgar Price
Robert D. Corette
al McLeod
W. H. Breen
Jack Duggan
Preston K. Ramsey
Burlington official visits Butte touts American resolve
L. R. Capron vice president of Burlington Lines visits Butte and cites American courage and enterprise solving national problems. He notes Burlington’s 90th anniversary since starting in 1850 with 12 miles of track, a borrowed locomotive, and two second hand cars.
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L. R. Capron
Burlington Lines
Butte
Burlington
Japan Orients Demands as Talks with Indo China Resume
The Hanoi government announced that Japan has modified its demands for limited military facilities in French Indo China and talks have resumed in a more favorable climate. Officials expect an agreement while preserving Indo China’s territorial integrity and French sovereignty. Major General Issaku Nishihara remains in Hanoi with staff as some earlier delegates may return.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Japan
Indo- China
Issaku Nishihara
Haiphong
Axis leaders map Europe and Africa domination
Rome reports Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini reviewed plans for world domination with foreign ministers in attendance. discussions centered on dividing Africa, with Spain possibly taking part of French Morocco as a base against Britain and imperial reach extending toward the Near East as Nazis seek final destruction of the British empire.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Africa
Joachi von Ribbentrop
Il Duce
Spain
Morocco
Germany
Italy
Gibraltar
Palaza Venezia
von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Syria
Palestine
Iraq
Willkie frames campaign as clash over New Deal philosophy
Wendell Willkie, aboard a California campaign train, calls the race a conflict between New Deal and third-term beliefs. He echoes support for private industry to restore employment and backs the $170 million California water and power project with Senator Hiram Johnson.
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Willkie
San Francisco
U.R
Wendell Willkie
Fresno Courthouse
California
San Joaquin Valley
Fresno
Bakersfield
Tulare
California Central Valleys
Hiram Johnson
Dutch Flyer Carries Out Nightly Vengeance Raids
One man Dutch aviator Koene D. Parmentier launches nightly raids against German targets in the Netherlands. He drops signed notes to warn residents of his next strikes on Rotterdam The Hague and Amsterdam. Authorities reportedly may have placed a $10000 price on his head.
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New York
Low Countries
Netherlands
Koene D. Parmentier
Royal Dutch Airlines
Roterdam
Hague
Amsterdam
Parmentier
Bermuda
Rotterdam
England
Royal Air Force
Roosevelt warns free elections safeguard democracy
President Roosevelt, speaking in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania's 200th anniversary, urged that free elections protect the government as a safeguard against elite control. He warned that some advocate limiting voting for relief cases and cautioned that elites could endanger democracy by seeking power and wrecking electoral rights. Continued on Page 11 Col 1.
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Fresno
Frank A. Homan
Willkie
America
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
University of Pennsylvania
Hamilton
Butte and Montana Weather Forecast With Showers
Partly cloudy today and Sunday with afternoon or evening showers on Saturday. Little temperature change expected. In Montana, scattered afternoon or evening showers in the mountains today with similar temperatures.
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Butte
Montana
British Planes Strike Key German Waterways
British bombers attacked the Dortmund to Emden canal and Munster aqueducts, disrupting German repair work amid rain and sleet. RAF dive bombers pressed the raids through a blinding storm, all aircraft returning safely.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Royal Air Force
Dortmund
Emstad
Munster
Air Ministry
Westphalia
Channel
Long Canal
Emden
Montana records show growing game minded licensing surge
Helena Sept 30 records from the state fish and game department indicate Montana has become game minded with licenses rising since 1933. Total resident bird and fish licenses reached 92 645 this year, big game licenses 39 201 for residents, non resident bird licenses 94, and non resident big game 327, with trapping licenses increasing to 893. License prices listed include 2 dollars for resident bird and fishing, 2.50 for non resident 10 days, 5 for season, resident big game 1 and non resident 30.
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Helena
Montana
State Fish and Game Department
Tory
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Ranson
Marc de Tristan Jr
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U.S
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Devon Francis
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Weather Forecast
NAZI
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