Offensives Seen on Western Front as French and Germans M survey
Paris dispatch reports a major western front offensive imminent with signs pointing to both sides. Daladier Gus tave Gamelin Darlan and Dautry traveled to England for urgent allied war council talks on arms production. A government broadcast followed the meeting.
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Taylor Henry
Paris
Daladier
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Jean Darlan
Raoul Dautry
England
Supreme War Council
Commis
Germany Russia Agree To Divide Polish Region
Berlin reports a German Russian pact would grant Soviet forces about three fifths of Poland as the occupation zone with Nazi troops holding two fifths. The line may not set future borders, which are to be negotiated in Moscow. The demarcation runs from the Pissa river border north to the Narew and Vistula, then along the San to the Polish-Hungarian border.
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Berlin
Soviet Russia
Poland
Moscow
Pissa
Narew
Bug
Vistula
Warsaw
San
Virginia City to Rebuild Historic Gold Rush Camp
Virginia City hosts a planning meeting with residents and a Butte Chamber delegation to reconstruct the 1860s gold rush scene in Alder Gulch. Plans include rebuilding Wells Fargo office and Montana Post plants, installing sluice boxes, and demonstrating mining methods to present an authentic era to tourists and Montanans.
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Virginia City
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Valley
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Alder Gulch
Vigilance Club
Wells-Fargo
Montana Post
First Montana
Allied leaders confer in England pledge complete agreement
London dispatch reports the supreme war council of Britain and France meeting in England. Daladier Dautry Gamelin Darlan join Chamberlain Halifax Chatfield as they review developments since Sept 14 and announce complete agreement on future course and co ordination of munitions and supplies.
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London
Supreme War Council of
Great Britain
France
England
No. 10
Downing Street
Supreme War Council
M. Daladier
M. Dautry
General Gamelin
Admiral Darlan
Daladier
Chamberlain
Gustave Gamelin
Jean Darian
Raoul Dautry
Lord Halifax
Britain
A C M Consents To Meet Monday With Union Men
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company agreed to a Monday 1 PM meeting with a joint committee of the Butte Miners union the Hoisting Engineers union and other craft groups to discuss the strike threat. The miners voted 2229 to 1450 to strike on October 1 unless demands are met. some unions have accepted a wage contract raising pay 75 cents per day. Reid Robinson of Denver arrives to join talks with P W Chappelle mediator in attendance.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte Miners’ Union
Anaconda Company
Butte Miners Union
Anaconda and
Great Falls
Butte Engineers
Reid Robinson
Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and
Joint Committee of
Miners
Miners’ Union
P. W. Chappelle
Department of Labor
Washington, D. C
Butte
Engineers’ Union
Actor Solves Hot Nights by Sleeping on Pool Mattress
Hollywood reports Broderick Crawford solved the hot nights problem by sleeping on a floating rubber mattress in his swimming pool.
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Hollywood
Broderick Craford
Montanas Weekend Forecast Warmer Saturday
The forecast calls for generally fair weather on Saturday and Sunday with warmer temperatures on Saturday and milder conditions overall through the weekend.
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Montana
Pairings Posted for Today's Dinner Match at Butte C C
Montana's pioneer golf club, the Butte Country Club, hosts the season’s last major activity a team dinner match. First 64 entries were paired by the sports committee with late entrants to be matched at the clubhouse. Co captains from Whites B K Callaway Joe Dunleavy and from the Reas Joe Llewellyn Bill Dolan will toast at 7 pm. Matches must finish in time for the losing team to entertain the winners at the dinner.
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Montana
Butte
European War News in Brief
European War News in Brief reports Romania’s purge of pro Nazi Iron Guardists nearly 2000, reprisals after Premier Calinescu’s assassination. Allies council agrees on western front operations. France says imminent western offensive and subs were active with heavy Polish losses. Germany and Soviet Union divide Poland with Warsaw partly held. Hungary reports Polish border tensions and Russian positioning near borders. US considers an arms embargo campaign while subs sighted near Alaska and New England. British freighter Akenside sunk off Norway with 26 saved.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Romania
Calinescu
London
Supreme War Council
Paris
Poland
Germany
Berlin
Soviet
Russia
Warsaw
Supreme Command
Vereczke
Hungary
Korosmezo
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Alaska
New England
New York
Hull
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
German Foreign Office
Bergen
Norway
Akenside
Norwegian
Pope to Offer Peace Plan, Berlin Reports
Catholic sources say Pope Pius plans a written peace proposal in a few days to the belligerents. The plan may propose a major neutral power, possibly the United States, represent Poland in talks. An encyclical prepared weeks ago could be read in altered form in Catholic churches.
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Berlin
Pius
United States
Poland
Farm problem at conference warns on farm income and democracy
Dr. O O Wolfe president of the Kansas State Farm Bureau federation told a Minnesota farm conference that low farm incomes threaten American democracy more than war abroad. He warned that farmers 24 percent of the population earn under 10 percent of national income and urged higher output while noting soil depletion. The meeting under Gov Harold Stassen will continue tomorrow.
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ST. Paul
O. O. Wolfe
Kansas State Farm Bureau Federation
Midwest
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Wolfe
Senate Forces Plan Another Provision for Neutrality Bill
In the Senate the administration moves to add a strict shipping ban preventing American vessels from carrying goods to any belligerents. Senator Pittman announced the plan with Senators Connally and Thomas guiding the bill as opponents discuss a national committee. La Follette Ford Hoover Lindbergh and Rickenbacker named among critics.
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Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Pittman
D.-Nev
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Texas
Thomas
Utah
Philip la Follette
Wisconsin
la Folette
Henry Ford
Herbert Hoover
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Eddie Rickenbacker
State Department
Borah
Idaho
Polish City of Lemberg Surrenders to German Forces
The German army high command announced that the Polish city of Lwow Lemberg had surrendered to German forces. The move comes amid conflicting reports that Russian troops had occupied Lwow two days earlier and with the city located east of the new partition line agreed between Berlin and Moscow.
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Berlin
U.P
Lwow
Lemberg
Moscow
Russia
Justice Butler Is Very Ill Man
Justice Pierce Butler, 73, a Supreme Court member, is described as a very ill man due to a kidney ailment. He first fell ill six weeks ago and was treated at Garfield hospital, discharged then, but readmitted yesterday for further care.
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Washington
Pierce Butler
Supreme Court
Garfield Hospital
Maine Governor Retains Potatoes Title In Idaho Duel
Maine Governor Lewis C. Barrows topped Idaho Governor Bottolfsen by 382 pounds to 365 in a five minute potato picking contest at the eastern Idaho State Fairgrounds. The event aimed to decide which state's spuds are superior.
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Maine
Jerry Hannifin
United Press Stell
Blackfoot
Idaho
Maines
Lewis C. Barrows
America
Barrows
C. A. Bottolfsen
Barzilla W. Clark
Bottolfsen
Refuge Found by Americans From Warsaw
Fifty five Americans reached Koenigsberg East Prussia after fleeing besieged Warsaw with 1300 other foreigners. German foreign office provides for them while awaiting departure homeward or to neutral countries. Vice Consul Thaddeus Chy Jinsky stayed in Warsaw to aid those who chose to remain. Two other staffers, Douglas Jenkins Jr. and William R. Cramp, had prior experiences in Nanking and Addis Ababa. Twelve teen aged American youths of Polish descent were among the group.
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Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Thaddeus Chy Jinsky
Chylinsky
Douglas Jenkins Jr
South Carolina
Nanking
William R. Cramp
Philadelphia
Addis Ababa
Romania executes Iron Guardists in retaliation for premier’s murder
The allies’ war council reports complete agreement on western front actions while Romania’s three generals government declares a purge of the Iron Guard. About 292 Guardsmen are said to have been executed for their role in the outlawed terror group and the strike comes after the assassination of Prime Minister Calinescu.
Soviet Push Reaches Hungarian Frontier as Polish Refugees Flee
Soviet troops reach the Hungarian border at sunset near Vereczke while about 80,000 Polish soldiers and civilians seek sanctuary on Hungarian soil. Warsaw radio says Warsaw holds against the German siege as refugees flood border towns. 90 miles of frontier border posts reported with 15,000 Polish troops arriving at Korosmezo amid large refugee flows.
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Vereczke
Hungary
Warsaw
Poland
Korosmezo
Boy Scout Aid Plans Discussed at Butte Commissioner Meeting
District commissioners met with Clerk Veatch to plan winter support for Boy Scout troops and Cub packs in Butte. The group outlined visiting duties, troop welfare, and recruitment efforts plus a possible Scoutmasters training course to be held later, with listed commissioners including Leo Maney and Arthur Warne.
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Butte
Veatch
Boy Scout
Leo Maney
Arthur Warne
E. G. Leipheimer Jr
Fred Holbrook
Dewey Sullivan
Lewis Prater
Donald Pearson
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