Roosevelt Pleased as Europe Backs Peace Talks
Washington hailed Europe’s decision to resume conference negotiations over war fears. President Roosevelt welcomed the move and urged continued talks with Mussolini mediating among Chamberlain Daladier and Hitler. Rome released a summary noting the president’s personal message to Mussolini and its aim to avoid breakdown of negotiations.
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Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Munich
Chamberlain
England
Daladier
France
Hitler
Germany
Mussolini
White House
Rome
Czechs Fear Hitler Will Win Parley
Prague reports government officials warning that any four power decision to send an international army into the Sudetenland would be resisted. Premier Syrovy's government fears Britain France Germany and Italy may endanger Czechoslovakia’s republic by demanding more sacrifices. Hitler’s breathing space offers faint optimism amid expectations the Munich talks will only prolong suspense.
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Prague
Munich
Sudetenland
Jan Syrovy
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Four Powers to Meet on Czech Question in Munich
London reports a peace conference of Great Britain France Germany and Italy to avert war over Sudetenland. Chamberlain announced Hitler delayed mobilization 24 hours and will meet in Munich with Caladier and Mussolini for a possible Versailles scale peace effort. Roosevelt urged Mussolini to restrain arms mobilization and save Europe from a new world war.
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Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
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Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
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House of Commons
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Chamberlain
Caladier
Mussolini
Versailles
Roosevelt
Duce
Britain
Munich meeting hints at a new world appeasement framework
KIRKE L. SIMPSON suggests observers see a drift toward a global system to ease unrest by adjusting economic relations between rich and poor nations. He notes Chamberlain’s talk of League of Nations Article 19 and questions what that implies for revising treaties, given Germany and Italy’s stance.
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Chamberlain
Germany
Hitler
Italy
League
AID OF SPORTSMEN 19 AIDED IN CONTROLLING BACKWOODS BURGLARS
Forest officials appeal and warn against backwoods burglars who pose as hunters to raid isolated national forest guard stations. They report entry via smashed doors locks and windows and theft of bedding cooking gear and rations critical to winter patrols. Regional Forester Evan W. Kelley announces the risk to rangers and the need for vigilance in Deer Lodge National Forest.
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National Forest Guard
Evan W. Kelley
Deer Lodge National Forest
Trustees Approve Loudspeaker for New High School Stadium
School trustees last night ordered a public address system for the new high school stadium at about 750 dollars plus installation. Metal goal posts donated by Anaconda Copper Mining Co. will be installed. Four sidewalk bids will be reviewed before contract award. Frances Provo appointed to teaching staff from Basin. Communist party auditorium request deferred. Workers' Alliance granted mass meeting use on October 8.
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Radio Engineering and Service Company
Anaconda Copper Minirz Company
C.S. Renouard
Frances Provo
Basin
Communist Party
Workers’ Alliance
Hitler's Last Peaceful Push for Sudetenland
Berlin reports Hitler's last effort for a peaceful cession of Sudetenland as he plans a Munich conference with Mussolini and four leading European powers. Aimed at avoiding a Czech surrender, the talks follow delays in mobilization and seek immediate measures for cession per Prague.
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Berlin
Munich
Fall from tree claims life of Meaderville girl Betty Grosso
Betty Grosso twelve year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Grosso of 202 Main Street Meaderville died at 1 30 yesterday morning at home. She fell while jumping from a porch to a limb of a tree striking her head. She was playing with friends at the time. The girl, born in Butte, had lived in Meaderville all her life and attended Franklin school. Surviving are parents two brothers a sister a grandmother and many uncles aunts and relatives. The body rests at Duggan Merrill mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
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Bert Grosso
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Meaderville
Butte
Franklin School
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Bert Jr
Joyce Grosso
Amelia Horne
Detroit
Mich
Stanford King
William Hitchins
Thomas Horne
Bert
Adolph
Peter Castellano
Bert Castellano
Salt Lake City
Anita Castellano
Meader
Sudeten Forces Occupy More Villages as Czech Forces Retreat
Heavy exchanges between embattled Sudeten Germans and Czechoslovak troops raged near Eger as Czech lines pulled back three miles west of the city. Sudeten forces occupied additional hamlets and set up provisional civil authority along the frontier while rations were ferried from German territory. Swastika flags appeared at Mahlbach as tensions rose along the German-Czechoslovak frontier.
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Schirnding
Germany
Eger
Eger- Schirnding
Mahlbach
Benes
Montana Weather Preview for Thursday and Friday
A fair and mild pattern continues in Montana with little change in temperatures expected Thursday and Friday. Dry conditions persist with light winds and daytime highs near seasonal averages across the plains and mountains.
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Montana
Overdraft Seen in Montana Old Age Assistance Fund
Montana faces a heavy overdraft in the old age assistance program, with an expected overdraw of about 300000 dollars by year end against an $800000 appropriation. Public Welfare Administrator I M Brandford said the fiscal outlook doubles the national average per thousand residents over 65 receiving aid.
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Helena
Montana
United States
I. M. Brandford
Hoover Backs F D R Peace Efforts in Speech
Kansas City report notes Herbert Hoover, former WWI food administrator and Belgium refugee aid leader, endorsing Roosevelt's push for European peace talks. He criticized national policy trends and reflected on 25 years of unachieved peace, warning that all nations lose when war endures.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Belgium
Roosevelt
LaGuardia Urges Peace Prayers During Munich Meeting
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia issued a proclamation calling all New Yorkers to pause for five minutes at 12 30 p m tomorrow and pray for the peace of the world during the four power meeting at Munich.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Munich
Engineers Deny Rumors of More Fort Peck Slide Movements
Army engineers deny reports of further earth movements in the Fort Peck slide area. A week earlier 19,506,000 cubic yards of fill slid into the reservoir, causing eight presumed deaths with two bodies recovered. A War Department study team will drill cores to determine causes as Gen Max C. Tyler and Thaddeus Merriman arrive to assist.
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Fort Peck Slide
Fort Peck
Army
War Department
Max C. Tyler
Corps of Army Engineers
Thaddeus Merriman
New York City
Pittman proposes cotton trade for silver plan in Senate
Senator Pittman of Nevada urged trading 13.4 million bales of U S cotton for 679 million ounces of silver from China and India. The plan would issue silver certificates to pay exporters at 12.9 cents a pound, aiming to support the cotton industry amid foreign market losses and failed acreage payments.
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Washington
Pittman
Democrat
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
India
Orient
Chamberlain and Roosevelt Urge Mussolini to Act for Peace
In Rome on September 28 Prime Minister Chamberlain and President Roosevelt press Mussolini to influence Hitler to avert war. Mussolini communicates with Hitler and travels to Munich for talks with Daladier and Chamberlain as four power diplomacy tightens around the German Czechoslovak crisis.
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Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Tr Duce
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Hitler
Edouard Daladier
France
Munich
Galeazzo Ciano
Earl of Perth
German Vessel Flees Puerto Rico Port in War Order Suspicion
The German freighter Frida Horn sailed from San Juan soon after docking tied to a war order to avoid U S ports if war started. Five passengers who left for breakfast violated port clearance rules. Coast Guard cutter Anarea chased the ship while Unalga reported handling the incident. Communications between the Frida Horn and Unalga were not disclosed.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U. S. Coast Guard
Anarea
Frida Horn
United States
Paul Collins
Unalga
H. E. Moore
Germanys merchant fleet sails home in crisis
Fleet sails toward home ports under precautionary orders amid the Czech crisis. Germany rebuilt its wartime merchant fleet to high rank, now moving swiftly to safety as tensions rise.
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New York
Germany
Democrats seek Lehman draft for fourth term
Rochester New York September 28 three time Governor Herbert H Lehman faced a united draft push from party leaders at the state convention as they urged a fourth term though Lehman favored a short term Senate run. The effort to draft Wagner as an alternative faded as Farley and party officials weighed the best path for New York voters.
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Rochester
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
United States Senate
Royal S. Copeland
James A. Farley
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