Chiang Ready to Take Up Task of Plagating Japan
In Helena on September 26 a Washington rejection of six Montana PWA irrigation projects totaling about 2 million dollars was explained to Gov. Holt by Horatio Hackett. The Tongue river dam at 820000 faced rejection due to sedimentation and coal seams reducing storage, making the project not self liquidating.
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Helena
Washington
Montana
PWA
Elmer Holt
Horatio Hackett
Hackett
Tongue River
Rosebud
Custer
Wage Increase for Monthly Workers of A C M Co
Anaconda Copper Mining Co announced a monthly wage raise of 12.50 for all monthly mining and metallurgical workers in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls whose salaries with the raise do not exceed 350 per month. The change covers over 1300 employees in the three cities and takes effect September 20. The daily workers received a 50 cent per day raise earlier, which was accepted and is now in effect.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Fall of Toledo Threat Aimed by Franco Forces
Reports from Madrid and Lisbon describe Fascist units under General Franco near Toledo with dawn actions planned to breach government defenses. Battles along the Tagus and Guadarrama rivers push toward Madrid, with bombardment and casualties as insurgents advance.
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Toledo
Francisco Franco
Alcazar
Madrid
Tagus
Talavera de la Reina
Asensio
Franco
Lisbon
Portugal
Guadarrama
Maqueda-Madrid
Forest Fires Ravage Eight California Counties
Forest fires swept through timber and grazing lands across eight California counties including Shasta Sacramento Santa Cruz Mendocino Del Norte and Plumas. Dozens of structures burned many towns endangered and redwood groves threatened as winds fed the flames.
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San Francisco
California
Shasta
Sacramento
Santa Cruz
Mendocino
Peeg del Norte
Pluma
Sentiment Grows for Earning Levy Repeal
Washington report shows business support rising for repealing the New Deal tax on undistributed corporate earnings. The Chamber of Commerce cites skepticism toward the administration study and warns the tax restrains expansion while potentially intensifying booms by pushing corporations to distribute profits.
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber
Washington Review
Morgenthau
School of Mines poised for record enrollment start
Montana School of Mines enters its thirty seventh year with a projected record enrollment as 140 freshmen join upperclassmen. Registration runs 8 AM to 4 PM with students from many states and foreign lands including Liberia, Germany and Barbados. A new $320000 residence hall opens and moves in. Seniors and juniors register in room 11, sophomores in room 13, freshmen in room 4 under Professors Adams Perry and Gaudin.
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Montana School of Mines
Liberia
Germany
Barbados
Adams, Perry and Gaudin
Montana Weather: Fair Sunday and Monday
The forecast shows fair conditions across Montana for Sunday and Monday with warmer temperatures expected on Sunday. Light winds and dry skies anticipated, boosting outdoor plans.
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Montana
Air Joyride Ends in Crash Near Billings
Billings on Sept 26 a student pilot Raymond Prewitt about 29 took a ship from Billings Air Service for a late joy ride. Officials say he was intoxicated and crashed into a vacant city lot a mile from the port injuring him and wrecking the aircraft.
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Billings
Billings Air Service
Raymond Prewitt
Dick Logan
Logan
Prewitt
Young Democrats Open State Convention With Victory Glee
At Havre on September 26 Montana young Democrats opened their state convention with predictions of sweeping victories in the general election. Keynoter Randall Swanburg Great Falls Cedar Aronow Shelby state executive Homer Bone Washington and Gordon Sands led speakers praising sure signs of victory and the youth role in the campaign. The convention voted 36 to 214 to defer officer elections set for today until later.
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Havre
Montana
Randall Swanburg
Great Falls
Cedar B. Aronow
Shelby
Homer T. Bone
Washington
Gordon Sands
France Pledges Crackdown on Public Disorder Over Franc Devaluation
Paris reports the Daladier Salengro plan to pre empt disturbances with nationwide precautions and exemplary arrests. The parliament races to back monetary measures as Premier Blum vows immediate action to protect consumer purchasing power while wage earners fear price hikes.
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Salengro
France
Algeria
Concensus
Leon Blum
Blum
Indian student arrives in Butte to enroll at School of Mines
Matthew Gooding, 17, from Barbados, reached Butte Friday to enroll at the Montana School of Mines. He has never seen snow, finds open space here more than Bridgetown, and recalls a 3.5 day transcontinental bus trip after brief stops in Boston and New York. He plans to complete his education at the school.
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Matthew Gooding
Barbados
British West Indies
Butte
School of Mines
Montana Institution
United States
Boston
New York
England
West Indies
Bridgetown
Hazelbaker Campaign Rally in Home County
Frank A. Hazelbaker led a Republican governor candidates rally in Dillon with about 400 attendees at the training school auditorium. W. G. Gilbert chaired as speaker, joined by J. A. Morrow Howard A. Johnson and H. G. Hart. He spoke on old age pensions and water conservation amid a crowded Capitol payroll critique.
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Hazelbaker
Capitol
Garret
Man Shot During Jail Break Attempt in Medford
Harold Faughty of Longview Washington and his partner Buff Marshall tried a jail break in Medford Oregon. Jailer Harry Ingling fought them off with a knife and pipe attack then fired after they fled to the jail yard.
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Medford
Ore
Harold Faughty
Longview
Wash
Harry Ingling
Faughty
Buff Marshall
Ingling
Landon Decries New Deal Social Security Plan in Milwaukee
Gov. Alf Landon urged a pay as you go old age pension during a Milwaukee address calling the current social security act unjust unworkable and wastefully financed. He criticized wasteful spending in Washington and urged repeal of the present plan.
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Milwaukee
Alf M. Landon
New Deal
City Auditorium
Landon
Alf
Washington
River Flood Threat Near Texas City After Big Concho Blaze
San Angelo reports Concho River floodwaters threaten homes and neighborhoods after last week’s record flood. Upstream flows forecast to stay below prior peak while Mexican rivers surge near Presidio. Levee patrols mount as hundreds of acres flood and cotton crop ruins loom.
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San Angelo
Texas
Concho Rivers
Concho
Mexico
Rio Grande
Presidio
Treasury thwarted Soviet dump in currency stabilization effort
Secretary Morgenthau warned against Russia tampering with the new Franco British American tri party currency accord. He used the 2 billion dollar stabilization fund to counter the Soviet move buying 1,000,000 pounds on the New York exchange to defend the agreement and stabilize markets.
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U.F
Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Russia
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
New York Exchange
Tate Democrat Chairman Opens Helena Offices
Grover Cisel Montana Democratic state chairman opened campaign headquarters in Helena and said party committees would be announced the next day. He met with Congressman Roy Ayres and James O Connor about campaign plans and a rally in Sidney next Wednesday night. Also present were William McCarthy and Mae Narvaez.
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Helena
Grover Cisel
Montana
Cisel
Roy Ayres
Ayers
Great Falls
James O'Connor
Livingston
Congress
Sidney
William McCarthy
Silver Bow County
Democratic Central Committee
Mae Narvaez
Fourth Autumn Day Brings Cooler Temps In Butte
The fourth autumn day in Butte opened with chilly air as thermometers fell to 20 degrees and rose to 52. Frost covered western and southern Montana overnight, while weekend forecasts called for fair skies and warmer temperatures.
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Butte
Montana
Georgia letter may reveal mystery man identity
William Nunn of Athens, Georgia, writes to Montana Standard with a premonition about a long‑lost friend, Bill Lutts, who could be the man buried in Butte under a false name. The letter describes the unidentified man in terms matching the corpse and prompts renewed efforts to uncover the true identity, though initial searches yield no results.
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Montana Standard
Athens
William Nunn
Bill Lutts
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