Martin Plans Visit to Mining City
Reno news notes Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. addressing Nevada Republicans urging a Republican House in 1942 and warning against a weakened two party system. He criticizes non-defense spending, calls for curbing taxes, and outlines a western campaigning swing to Medford Seattle Boise and Butte.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Joseph W. Maretin Jr
United States
Mark Twain
Martin
Medford
Ore
Seattle
Wash
Boise
Idaho
Butte, Mont
14 Ships Will Be Launched Today
Washington officials celebrate Liberty Fleet day as 14 merchant ships slide down the ways marking a record mass launch. Leaders emphasize ongoing need for more tonnage to sustain the war effort and link distant bases to the mainland with a robust merchant fleet.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Commission
Emory S. Land
Samuel M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
Sentinels of Democracy
Edmund B. Gregory
America
Former Envoy Claims Truth Suppressed About Hitler Aims
John Cudahy former US ambassador to Belgium said on a national radio program that the State department blocked his warning that Hitler called an invasion of the Americas a military impossibility He urged opposition to repealing the neutrality act and warned the public was being steered toward war by a willful minority.
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Milwaukee
Wis
U.R
John Cudahy
United States
Belgium
State Department
Adolf Hitler
Americas
Cudahy
C. R.S
Hitler
Congress
England
Germanfuehrer
Japanese Forces Enter Changsha
Japanese forces announced they had entered the outskirts of Changsha the capital of Hunan province. Hand to hand fighting rages as defenders fight to the death in the northeast city sector. Earlier reports claimed four of seven Chinese armies destroyed and another encircled.
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Shanghai
Chang- Sha
Hunan
Aliens Granted U S Citizenship in Federal Court Hearing
Forty five petitions for citizenship were granted in federal court on Friday in Butte. Thirteen more petitioners will appear before Judge James H Baldwin at 10 a m to seek naturalization. Examiner Edgar R Bonsall is expected to appear for the last time. Thirty one individuals took the oath of allegiance at Friday afternoon session. Names include Albert E Hamilton Louise M Cacich Rose Vidmar Andrea F Crowley Helena P Walsh Johanna Anzik Kate Pavelich Nikolai O Lova who was granted permission to change his name to Oscar Leva Leander G Bars among others.
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Butte
James H. Baldwin
Edgar R. Bonsall
San Francisco
Calif
Spokane
United States
Albert E. Hamilton
West
Granite Street
Louise M. Cacich
Plum Street
Rose Vidmar
Jefferson Street
Andrea F. Crowley
Lewisohn Street
Helena P. Walsh
Prisoner Proves Resourceful Gets His Freedom
John Blake, sentenced to life as a habitual criminal, won release after 14 years in prison seeking a legal loophole in his 1927 conviction. The Supreme Court upheld his claim and Superior Judge Howard M. Findley ordered Blake freed, a rare ruling in Washington state history. State officials said it was the most polished jail break in Walla Walla’s history.
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Seattle
U.P
John Blake
Washington State Penitentiary
Blake
Supreme Court
Howard M. Findley
Walla Walla
Nippon Observes Axis Anniversary
In Tokyo on September 27 the first anniversary of Japan joining the Axis was marked with official functions and suppression of pro-Fascist leaders. Nobumi Ito stated the tri power pact aims at world peace and Japan will keep ties, while Chugai Shogyo echoed peace as the pact’s goal amid talks with the United States.
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Nobumi Ito
Cabinet Information Board
Japan
Chugai Shogyo
Big Business
Washington
United States
Helena Snowfalls Bring Light Inch Across City
An early-evening squall dropped about a half to an inch of snow in Helena and nearby areas on Friday night. Montana measurements through 5:30 p.m. Friday recorded 0.5 inch at Livingston and 0.33 inch at Billings, with lows of 28 degrees at Cut Bank and 31 at Great Falls.
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Helena
Montana
Livingston
Billiangs
Cut Bank
Great Falls
Butte Weather Forecast Saturday Snow and Rain
Montana outlook shows partly cloudy north and mostly cloudy south with rain or snow in extreme south Saturday morning. Butte region expected rising temperatures Sunday with calmer conditions and generally fair weather overall. Highs and lows not specified.
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Montana
Raid Reported on North French Coast
Private advices from occupied France say Canadian forces raided the north coast, seizing 28 German officers including most of a division staff. The Germans were taken from villas on the Brittany coast as they slept, and military documents were found. The raid prompted evacuation orders for isolated villas along Normandy Brittany shores and at Deauville and Dinard.
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New York
U.P
France
Brittany
Britain
England
Normandy
Deauville
Dinard
Editor Urges Fight To Preserve Civilization Now
Seattle dispatch reports Herbert Agar editor of the Courier Journal warns at a University Rotary Club address that civilization faces a neck or nothing Nazi challenge. He warns America must act or lose moral influence if America First prevails.
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Seattle
U.P
Herbert Agar
Louisville
Courier-Journal
University Rotary Club
Agar
America First Committee
United States
Nazis Prepare Winter Campaign in the East
Berlin reports a planned German winter offensive in the east as Ukraine's entrapment toll exceeds 500000 prisoners and the Russians counterattack to probe German lines. Oslo dispatches note Norwegians must surrender wool blankets by September 30 with penalties.
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Berlin
Red Army
DNB
Oslo
Russians Shatter Two Romanian Divisions at Odessa
Moscow reports say Russian land sea and air forces shattered two Romanian divisions at Odessa after a two week assault. The communique cites heavy German Romanian losses, ongoing front fighting from Leningrad to Moscow, and dismisses Nazi claims around Kiev.
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Moscow
U.P
Odessa
Black Sea
Leningrad
Red Army
Battallion
Kiev
Lord Halifax Lands in Lisbon Heads to New York
British ambassador to Washington Lord Halifax arrived in Lisbon in an overseas plane and planned to take a transatlantic clipper to New York on Saturday.
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Lisbon
Lord Halifax
Washington
New York
Three Die in Train Wreck at Antelope Sask
An engineer and two firemen were killed when two freight trains collided head on in Antelope Saskatchewan early Friday. Another man was missing and a second engineer was seriously injured in the wreck.
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Antelope
Sask
Saskatchewan
British and Russian plan joint Caucasus defense versus Germans
British and Soviet leaders accelerate plans for joint defense of the Caucasus as German forces push toward the Crimean peninsula. General Wavell travels to Tehran for talks with Col. Novikov while Lyttleton meets Churchill in London. Dispatches suggest an Iran expeditionary force for southern Russia and aid through Iran to Soviet troops.
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London
Crimean Peninsula
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
India
Teheran
Iran
T.novikov
Oliver Lyttleton
Churchill
Wavell
Britain
Lyttleton
Cairo
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Donets
Ukraine
Simla
Russia
Crimean Black Sea
Britain and United States Agree to Meet Moscow Requests
London reports reliable American sources say Britain and the United States will fulfill Soviet wartime demands for planes tanks and raw materials almost to Moscow limits. They will ship several hundred war planes and tanks monthly and provide vast quantities of aluminum steel rubber tin cotton wool jute and shellac.
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London
U.P
Moscow
Britain
Russia
United States
Army plane crashes near Chico in foothills
An Army training plane from Mather Field Sacramento crashed in the foothills east of Chico on Friday. Lieutenant Carter parachuted to safety and said his companion Cadet Driscoll was in the plane when it went down.
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Chico
Cal
U.P
Matherfield
Sacramento
Carter
Driscoll
Butte Dominates Helena 20 to 7 in State Championship
Butte defensive start stifled Helena as penalties wiped out early scoring. The Bulldogs then drove 103 54 and 60 yards to build a 13 point lead by the third quarter and held on for a 20 7 victory in the state interscholastic football final.
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Bute High
Helena High
Butte
Bulldogs
Bengals
40 000 000 Frenchmen Hunger in Land of Plenty
Paris dispatch notes that despite good crops France faces severe food shortages due to German requisitions. Wheat, potato, beet yields are normal or above average, yet per capita rations are sharply cut. Meat, fats, sugar, and cheese are scarce as Germany diverts supplies for war needs.
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Vichy
Europe
France
Germany
Spain
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Mines Rush Day ends with frosh defeat and jail detour
Montana School of Mines frosh suffered a rough rush day losing sandbag and rope events to sophomores. About 50 sophomores corralled 60 freshmen into trucks, drove them to the country, and freed them after a jail detour before a Park Central show and a gym dance. Glen Shean and William Smith were elected to the Associated Students executive committee.
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Montana School of Mines
Park Ceater
School of Mines
Slayer of Three Sought by Police
In Hermiston Oregon police joined a wide search for a medium sized dark young man suspected in the killings of Mrs. Cora Tobin 60 her son Kenneth Gorsuch 45 and her nephew Marvin Adams 25 on a local farm. All three were shot with a revolver and found at the farm. Neighbors said a man 20 to 25 years old had been seen nearby claiming to be a Secret Service agent.
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Hermiston
Ore
U.P Northwest
Here
Cora Tobin
Kenneth Gorsuch
Marvin Adams
Engineer Dies in Erie Veteran of GE and Turbine Inventions
William Leroy Emmett 82 was an electrical engineer noted for steam turbine developments and the mercury vapor process. He served as a GE consulting engineer since 1962.
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Erie
William Leroy Emmett
General Electric Company
War News Warns Crimea Loss Could Open Oil Route
Article notes the Crimea as a key air and sea base for a German thrust into the Caucasus. Britain fears a seizure would endanger oil supplies and open Danube routes. Possible Allied reinforcement via Iran is mentioned as a strategic option amid the Eastern front.
Helena Catholic Students Hold Sixth Annual Conference
The sixth annual Helena student Catholic Action conference in Butte drew over 1 000 attendees from Montana schools. Bishop Gilmore selected Our Eucharistic King Glorified by Sacrifice as the theme, with Marie Vicary of Girls Central High winning the poster contest.
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Helena
Butte
Montana
Cathedral High School
Sacred Heart Academy
Missoula
Holy Rosary High School
Bozeman
Dillon
Whitehall
J. M. Gilmore
Marie Vicary
Girls’ Central High School
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