RAF and US Fortresses Hit Amiens and Cologne in Major Raid
British bombers and American-built Flying Fortresses joined daylight and night attacks on Amiens and Cologne to disrupt German rail centers. Seventy-five planes clashed with losses on both sides. raids marked the first large offensive after poor weather, with Fortresses aiding reconnaissance under difficult conditions.
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London
U.P
Royal Air Force
Amiens
Cologne
Dunkirk
Calais
Germany
Channel
Reds Reject Nazi Peace Feelers Absurd Soviet Armistice Rejected
Ankara reports indicate Russia rejected a German trial balloon for a separate armistice and any talks with Berlin. Diplomats say Germany pressed for a distinct offer while Moscow insists on no negotiations. Berlin, seeking to leverage Bulgaria, hints at maintaining current lines except in Ukraine.
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Ankara
U.P
Russia
France
Germany
Bulgaria
Moscow
Kremlin
Ukraine
Butte Rotary Leader Sees Britain Will Win War
Tom J. Davis, president of Rotary International in Butte, returned from a month long flight tour of Britain and Ireland. He described Blitz damage as immense and called for Americans to seek peaceful settlement of international problems. He praised British resilience and urged gratitude for U S supplies. Davis visited London Coventry Wolverhampton and Newcastle area hit hardest by bombs.
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Tom J. Davis
Butte
Rotary International
Britain
Great Britain
Mr. Davis
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
London
Davis
Coventry
Wolverhampton
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Emergency Declared in Czechoslovakia Amid Unrest
New York dispatch reports a state of emergency in Czechoslovakia as Reinhard Heydrich assumes Protector role. Claims of factory sabotage and clashes. warnings of death sentences by court martials. Separate Budapest brief notes German bombers destroying Uzice and battles near Doboj with hundreds killed.
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New York
U.P
United Press Listening Post
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia and Moravia
Reinhard Heydrich
Hungary
London
Michael Karolyi
Heydrich
Bohemia
Moravia
British Radio
Germans hinge Kiev victory on rapid Kharkov push and Donets drive
The Warsaw era dispatch explains that despite heavy losses the Russian defense east of Kiev stiffens, delaying German plans for a broad pincer on Kharkov. It notes new Russian lines near the Dnieper, warns delay could risk stalemate, and stresses Crimea fighting as key to eastern momentum.
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Kirkel
Simpson
Germany
Kiev
Kharkov
Ukraiian
Odessa
Donets
Red Army
Rostov
Hitler
German Occupation Authorities Shoot Two Frenchmen
In Paris on Saturday morning the German occupation authorities announced they had shot two more Frenchmen. The executions add to measures used to quell resistance in occupied France.
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Paris
France
Butte Central Edges Miles City Cowboys 2 0 in Playoff
Butte Central Maroons defeated Miles City's Cowboys 2 0 in an overtime grid playoff after a scoreless regular period. Lazzeri and Martin led the Central ground game with key rushes as Doyle and Ly man worked with short passes amid a tense back and forth.
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Butte Central
Miles City
Cowboys
Lazzeri
Martin
Maroons
Butte Central High School
Central
California
Doyle
Johnson
Custer
McCourt
Lyman
McCarthy
Draftee Soldiers Face 15 Mile Hike With 35-Pound Pack
CAMP ROBERTS California September 27 the trainee recalls past hikes before tackling a 15 mile forced march with a 35 pound pack. The 1000 man battalion begins a four hour hike with structured rests averaging two and a half miles per hour as it trains for endurance and discipline.
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Camp Roberts
Calif
Germans Claim So viet Defenses Ruined In Dnieper Encirclement
Berlin reports a major victory east of Kiev with five Russian armies wiped out and 665000 prisoners. Hitler’s headquarters extol a historic triumph as German forces push toward Leningrad and the Volga. The bulletin notes a large munitions seizure and destruction.
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Berlin
Russia
Kiev
Adolf Hitler
Dnieper
Leningrad
Ukraine
Volga
Counting of Union Vote on Contract Begins in Three Cities
Judges await ballots from Great Falls Anaconda and Butte to count votes on a proposed contract with the Anaconda Copper Mining company. Smeltermen and miners cast ballots Saturday and counting was to start early today with results expected by Sunday.
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Great Falls
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
Butte Miners’ Union
Weather forecast for Butte and Fair Sunday and Monday
The Montana forecast calls for generally fair weather Sunday and Monday with warmer temperatures. In Butte and Fair, expect increasing warmth as Sunday progresses into Monday with clear or minimal cloud cover.
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Butte—Fair
Montana
Scrap Drives Butte Junk Dealers In Rising Demand
Butte junk dealers report a surge in scrap metal shipments for national defense and industry. About 11 cars or 500 tons leave Butte monthly, with 600 to 1,000 tons shipped in six months, sourced from the city and surrounding counties within 100 miles as mills seek iron and steel.
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Butte
All-Out Drive to Make Butte Convention Capital of State
Butte Chamber of Commerce launches an aggressive plan to bid for state district and national conventions for 1942. Convention committee chaired by Max Dean outlines a full program at a Finlen hotel luncheon, highlighting Butte’s hospitality, entertainment value, and economic benefits to hosts and delegates.
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Butte
Montana
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Treasure State
Rocky Mountain
Chamber
Finlen Hotel
Max Dean
Dean
Chamber of Commerce
U S Britain and China Plan New Push Against Japan
Washington reports that the United States Britain and China will hold a Hong Kong conference to bolster Chinese currency and counter Nanking financial pressure as part of a wider anti Axis economic effort. H Merle Cochrane will attend with A Manuel Fox already in Hong Kong.
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Washington
U.pr
United States
Britain
China
Japan
Hong Kong
Orient
South China Coast
Treasury
H. Merle Cochrane
Treasury Foreign Service
San Francisco
A. Manuel Fox
Stabilization Board of China
Chungking
Great Battle for Crimea Continues as Soviet Says No Landfall
Moscow reports German forces suffer immense losses in a major battle on the Russian mainland for Crimea while insisting no fighting occurs in Crimea itself. Soviet officials say the struggle is vast, ongoing day and night, with air losses on both sides and claims of a destroyed Nazi air base.
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Moscow
Crimean
Black Sea
Kiev
Crimea
Peninsula
S. A. Lozovsky
U.P
Lozovsky
Perekop
Sea of Azov
Red
London
Japan declares Changsha fully occupied on Canton-Hankow line
Kunio Akiyama, Japanese army spokesman, says Changsha, capital of Hunan, is now under Japanese occupation. Earlier Domei noted a penetration into the northeastern part amid stubborn Chinese resistance. Changsha, a key supply hub along the Canton-Hankow railway, has been targeted repeatedly since Hankow’s 1938 seizure, and was burned by Chinese forces under scorched earth tactics last year.
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Shanghai
U.P
Kunio Akiyama
Changsha
Hunan
Coroner's Jury Returns Open Verdict in Woman's Death
Anacona Montana coroner's jury returned an open verdict after testimony about the accident that fatally injured Mrs. Katherine E. Jones. The driver and three juveniles in the car testified they did not see her before the impact. Jurisdiction may lie with probation officials due to juvenile driver.
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Anaconda
Katherine E. Jones
Arthur A. Longfellow
Burke F. Flick
Peelman
Jones
Thomas Donovan
Roy Hjelmvell
Longfellow
Howard Rockafellow
William Field
Ellis Chadwick, Jr
William Campbell
Flick
William Graham
Owen Cooney
Joseph S. Johnson
John M
Mea
Patrick J. Murra
Virgiler
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