Butte Reacts as Dakar Bombarded for De Gaulle Expedition
British naval guns pounded Dakar as France and the Vichy regime traded blows. Gen. Charles De Gaulle urged surrender aboard a warship, while Dakar's defense comprised three cruisers and three destroyers. In Paris officials vowed retaliation. Far East fighting saw Japanese troops pushing into French IndoChina amid disputed troop dispatch terms.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
South Atlantic
America
Indo-China
Far East
French Foreign Legionnaires
London Braces as Nazi Raids Return for Seventeenth Night
London defenders, buoyed by King George's words, repel German raiders as explosions from anti-aircraft fire and bombs rock the city for the seventeenth night in a row. Ground batteries fire thousands of shells while searchlights sweep the skies. A lone bomber drops two bombs in southwest London. others sighted over the metropolis.
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London
George
Reclamation Group Opens Great Falls Conference Today
The National Reclamation association opens in Great Falls with 600 delegates and state leaders from Oklahoma California Washington and Oregon attending. Delegates will elect a director and discuss reclamation policies as part of a joint effort for water problems in the West and defense coordination.
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Reclamation Group
Great Falls
Electric City
National Reclamation Association
Great Plains
Leon C. Phillips
Oklahoma
Denver
Ab Jenkins
Salt Lake City
California
Washington
Oregon
O. 5
Warden
Association
F. O. Hagie
Legion 19 Reports Progress in Defense Drive
Boston witnesses the opening of the American Legion 22nd convention as 250000 Legionnaires and families celebrate and demand strong national defense. William Knudsen of the National Defense Advisory Committee says progress is being made toward the $7 5 billion armament program and expresses optimism that the nation will come through.
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Boston
American Legion
William 8. Knudsen
National Defense Advisory Committee
Butte Airport Sets All Time Monthly Business Record
The Butte airport reported record August totals with 1,439 passengers on eight daily Western Air Express and Northwest Airlines flights. A total of 863 passengers were deplaned and 924 boarded. Air express shipments reached 2,656 pounds in and 2,361 pounds out, while air mail moved 9,390 pounds in and 9,620 pounds out.
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Air Express
Butte
Gordon Prichard
Western Air Express
Howard Donalson
Northwest Airlines
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana
Butte sees cloudy skies with scattered showers Tuesday then partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday. Montana zone mostly cloudy with occasional rain in the south and east of the divide Tuesday, clearing and warming on Wednesday.
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Divide
Spartans defeat Montana State 34 to 0 in cheering Montana crowd
San Jose State Spartans routed the Montana State Bobcats 34 to 0 at Butte High Stadium before 4 000 fans. Pop Warner in town praised improvement and his team showcased multiple dazzling plays and strong blocking. The Spartans travel to Logan Utah next week to face Utah State while MSU meets Drake in Des Moines.
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Bobcats
Pop
Iowa State
Invaders
Logan
Utah
Utah State
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Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Darby
San Jose
San
Berlin Air Raid Shatters Night With Four Hour Onslaught
Berlin endured its longest air raid early today as low flying British planes bombed mid town for nearly four hours amid heavy anti aircraft fire. Shelters filled as searchlights were limited and a fire glowed near Moabit. Officials reported no immediate damages.
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Berlin
Moabit
Britain and Free French Troops Sent to Dakar
London neutral quarters said early today the United States is expected to react favorably to Britain's attack on Dakar. The move aims to deny Germany a base for penetrating South America. Gen. Charles De Gaulle leads British and Free French troops dispatched after a German plot to seize the port was uncovered.
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U.P
United States
Dakar
Germany
South America
Charles de Gaulle
Hull Denounces Japanese Move in Indo China Crisis
Secretary of State Cordell Hull denounces Japan's invasion of French Indo China and the sinking of a British refugee ship as a dastardly act. He says the status quo in the Far East is being upset under duress and notes no clear plan for action yet.
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Japan
Hull
Washington
Cordell Hull
Far East
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
State Department
Paul Baudouin
Youth who saw brother kidnapped flies to California to see suspect
William Mattson, then 16 and a witness to his brother Charles Mattson’s 1936 Tacoma kidnapping and murder, flew to San Francisco with a federal agent to view Wilhelm Muhlenbroich, detained in the De Tristan case as authorities reveal the ransom saga and suspect’s capture in Eldorado county.
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San Francisco
Tacoma
Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich
de Tristan
William Mattson
Charles
Mubhlenbroich
Eldorado County
Marc de Tristan Jr
Count
Countess de Tristan
Fashionable
Hillsborough
Mattson
Capturer of Kidnapper Has Kin in Butte
The Koelzer family hears the De Tristian kidnapping tale with extra interest as Cecil Wetzel who captured the kidnapper is a brother in law of R L Koelzer of Phillips street. Koelzer says Wetzel is a muscular man with three young children and would menace anyone harming children. The Koelzers have visited the Wetzel family and Mrs Wetzel is Koelzer’s sister.
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R. L. Koelzer
Phillips Street
de Tristian
Cecil Wetzel
Mr. Koelzer
Koezler
Butte
Wetzel
Mrs. Wetzel
Willkie To Speak To Vast Montana Audience In Butte
Wendell L. Willkie arrives by 13 car special train at 8 10 pm and will address a huge crowd at Butte high school stadium with 20 000 to 25 000 expected. Tens of thousands from across Montana are planned to attend the rally and parade. A Billings special brings 350 more supporters, with broadcast across the state.
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Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Montana
Butte
Treasure State
Charles H. Gallagher
Willkie
Republican Party
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of Cutbank
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Missoula
Press Club
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Brown
Paradise
Indiana
Mr. Brown
Willate Granges in State Even Says Whetstone
Dan Whetstone, Cut Bank Republican state committeeman, says Montana will likely vote for Wendell Willkie in November. He calls the race a toss-up now but notes that Willkie’s Montana trip could sway voters and that the third term issue may influence outcomes statewide.
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Dan Whetstone
Cut Bank
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Whetstone
Willkie
Washington
Supreme Court
A. H. Brown
Billings
Willkie Promises Labor Aid With More Jobs Growth
In Seattle Wendell L. Willkie declares Roosevelt era safeguards for labor insufficient and pledges to back wage hours and labor relations laws while arguing only broader employment and expansion can truly protect workers. He speaks to a large, union-leaning crowd at the Seattle baseball park.
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