French outlaws Communist party amid Soviet-German ties
Paris reports the government bans the Communist party in France in a move seen as a response to Soviet alignment with Germany and the invasion of Poland. French infantry press Siegerfried line near Hornbach as heavy artillery pummels western front.
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Communist Party
Henry C. Cassidy
Paris
France
Russia
Germany
Poland
L’humanite
Ce Soir
General Confederation of Labor
Hornbach
Reductions in School Failures Reported by District No. 1
Superintendent Lowell Johnson announced a drop in student failures to 3.89 percent from about nine percent five years earlier after a remedial program led by school psychologist Miss Catherine Nutterville. Readiness tests and smaller classes averaging 27 students per class were credited with the improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Johnson
Board of Trustees
New Deal Critic Carter Glass Confined by Illness
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, a longtime critic of the New Deal, is confined to his apartment with a 100 degree fever and bronchitis. His physician calls his condition serious given his age of 81.
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Carter Glass
Virginia
Senator Glass Confined With Serious Illness in Hotel
Washington report says Sen. Carter Glass of Virginia, 81, is seriously ill with bronchitis in his hotel apartment. His physician noted that illness in an elderly person is serious, though not stated as dangerous. Glass, former Treasury secretary and longtime critic of New Deal policy, had returned to the administration fold in neutrality support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter Glass
D.-Va
Walter A. Bloedorn
Bloedorn
Glass
the Treasury
Warsaw Left In Ruins After Day of Heavy Bombardment
Warsaw endured a day of continuous air raids by 200 German planes and shelling that left the city entirely in ruins. Reports say defenders fight on with bayonets while Mokotowski fortress near the center fell to German forces, and Modlin fortress to the north held despite fierce attacks.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Warsaw
Modlin
Mokotow
Berlin
Mokotowski
Warsaw Radio
Butte High Vocational Training Chief Discusses Youth Education
Butte high school director of vocational education Charles Davis spoke at an Exchange club meeting on how to educate youth for opportunity. He noted 93 percent of workers are non professionals and explained vocational training is being added to local schools this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte High Vocational Training
Charles Davis
Butte High School
Davis
Mr. Davis
Butte
J. B. Love
National Youth Administration
Montana Golden Jubilee stamps set for November 3 sale
Golden jubilee commemorative stamps marking the 50th anniversary of statehood will be issued in four states Montana Washington North Dakota and South Dakota with sale dates starting November 2 in Helena Olympia Bismarck and Pierre and November 3 in Butte. The design features a Northwestern map with state capitols and dates 1889 1939. Designer Alvin R. Meissner and engravers Matthew D. Benton and William B. Wells are credited.
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Montana
Washington
North Dakota
South Dakota
Butte
Frank Monaghan
Helena
Mont
Olympia
Wash
Bismarck
N. D
Pierre
S. D
Washington, D. C
United States
North and
Alvin R. Meissner
Matthew D. Benton
William B. Wells
U.S. Suit to Condemn Red Rock Lake Area Opens
The United States moves in federal court in Beaverhead County to condemn lands near Red Rock lakes for migratory waterfowl refuges. Judge James H. Baldwin will hear motions for judgments on declarations of taking as part of a short session. Three suits have been filed by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Red Rock Lake
Beaverhead
Red Rock Lakes
United States District
James H. Baldwin
United States
Harold L. Allen
Unions, Company Hold Talks Over New Contract
Conferences were held yesterday between Anaconda Copper Mining company and a union sub committee. Discussions will continue today. A bulletin posted at the Butte Miners' union announced a meeting tonight at the old high school auditorium where the negotiating committee would report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte Miners’ Union
Churchill says subs being checked and empire armed for fight
London reports Winston Churchill in the House of Commons declaring subs are being held better than in World War I and Britain will arm the merchant marine for a fight just beginning. He notes higher cargo gains, falling losses, and vows to use convoys and guns as Germany presses sea warfare. Chamberlain warns against over-optimism while predicting eventual sea power victory.
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London
Great Britain
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Churchill
Britain
Weather in Montana Briefly Fair Next Two Days
Montana forecasts show generally fair conditions on Wednesday and Thursday with cooler temperatures on Thursday and cooler in the north-central portion on Wednesday.
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Montana
American Legion Parade Displays Its Martial Might in Chicago
The American Legion staged a grand parade through downtown Chicago on September 26 1939 drawing crowds estimated at up to one million. About 750 marching units with 100 bands and 500 drum and bugle corps moved along Michigan Avenue Grant Park and Soldier Field amid variable weather from drizzle to sun. Capt. David Flynn tallied the spectacle with strong city turnout and festive participants from many states.
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Chicago
American Legion
Michigan Avenue
Grant Park
Soldier Field
Broad Boulevard
France
David Flynn
Wisconsin
Colorado
Santa Claus
Ind
Holland
Mich
Nebraska
SOUTERS TAKE FIELD IN DRIVE FOR GOAL FUND
Three Boy Scout groups opened a campaign to raise six thousand dollars for recreation training and youth opportunities in Butte. Ninety six workers will solicit through October 3 with pledges rather than districting. Leaders include Ben Hardin Anthony J Craig Sigmund Meyer and George Misevic.
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Boy Scout Financial Campaign
Butte
Popular Youth Movement
Ben Hardin
Anthony J. Craig
Sigmund O. Meyer
George Misevic
Frazier
Craig
Meyer
August Grunert
Blackfeet Patrol
Jack Boardman
Lee Layne
Art Kelly
Ralph Evans
Fred Garner
Clyde Oakes
Bill Mahagin
William DesChene
Crow Patrol
George Shue
Walter Scott
B. A. Myers
Fred Oke
Frank Winger
James Kelly
Bankers warn war effects will hit American economy
Seattle readers learn that American financiers were urged to grant domestic loans with exceptional prudence during the European war. The American Bankers Association policy commission, led by Col. Leonard P. Ayers, warned that war would have major but slower and sometimes unexpected impacts on the U S economy, possibly adverse in the long run.
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Seattle
Economic Policy Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Leonard P. Ayers
Cleveland
Bremen was captured by British navy and anchored in Southampton
Emma Berge of Portland Ore writes Pauline Sather that the Bremen, pride of the Nazi merchant marine, has been captured by the British and is docked at Southampton harbor. The letter from Newcastle on Tyne, dated September 10, describes the capture and notes it was not censored.
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Livingston
Bremen
Southampton Harbor
England
Pauline Sather
Emma Berge
Portland
Ore
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Miss Berge
Negotiations Begin on Soviet Italian Balkans Pact
Diplomatic circles report talks under way in Bucharest on a Soviet Italian Balkans pact to safeguard the southeastern Europe status quo. Turkey initiates negotiations with Vyacheslav Molotov in Moscow as Ribbentrop plans to travel to Moscow on word of the conference.
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Europe
Bucharest
Turkey
Shkra Saracoglu
Moscow
Vyachislaff Molotoff
Germany massed 1,090,000 on western front
German forces on the western front total well over 1,090,000 including crack units from Poland. A 200 mile tour of fortifications along the western wall accompanies the report as the war likely shifts to defense.
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Germany
Poland
Map shows Poland division by Russia and Germany
The page presents maps detailing how Poland was partitioned by Russia and Germany. It notes Germany gains Poland’s raw materials and industries, boosting strength for warfare on the western front.
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Russia
Germany
Poland
United States Proposes Hemisphere Neutrality Plan
Sumner Welles outlines a six point program to keep the European war away from the western hemisphere. The plan calls for a safety zone with US Navy patrols, a ban on belligerent submarines in American ports, and a joint representation to belligerents of the Americas neutrality declarations.
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Panama
United States Today
United States
Sumner Welles
United States Navy
Americas
Denney in Line to Head Northern Pacific Railway
Charles E. Denney, Erie railroad president for a decade, is considered the leading candidate for the Northern Pacific presidency after the death of Charles Donnelly. Erie directors have been informed he may be elected later this week. Denney would be 60 next month and has risen from signal engineer to top executive amid Erie’s 1938 reorganization.
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Cleveland
Charles E. Denney
Erie Railroad
Northern Pacific Railway
Friends
Erie
Denney
Northern Pacific
Charles Donnelly
John A. Hadden
Cleveland Railroad
Ninety-Two Young Men Enter CCC Camps in Butte
Ninety-two youths from Silver Bow and neighboring counties, including 55 from Silver Bow, will enroll in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Butte on October 5. The enrollment starts at 9 a.m. on the courthouse's third floor, after which enrollees proceed to winter camps. No official plan exists to add military training to CCC, and eligibility for unemployment benefits does not disqualify applicants.
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CCC
Butte
Silver Bow County
Civilian Conservation Corps
M. O’braun
County Welfare Department
W. A. Burr
State Welfare Department
Madison County
Powell County
Deer Lodge County
Jefferson County
Beaverhead
Granite
O'Braun
United States
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George E. Kaldor
Milsap
Tex
Texas Christian University
Los Angeles
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Treasure State
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Oregon
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