Nazis Execute 20 Czechs and Arrest Others
Nazi authorities report executions of up to 20 Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia as part of a crackdown on anti German resistance. Curfew imposed on restaurants hotels and theaters except German theaters and arrests under emergency decrees continue.
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Bohemia-Moravia
Prague Radio
B. B.C
Reuters
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Alois Elias
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia and
Moravia
London
Nazi drive deepens south of Kiev as Kharkov threat grows
War correspondent notes a new Nazi push south of the Kiev defense line toward Kharkov and the Donets basin. German reports claim three more Red divisions destroyed northeast of Dnipropetrovsk, part of a widening Kiev pocket victory. Berlin cites Italian aid and notes Dnieper crossings already reported.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Kharkov
Donets
Kiev
Hitler
Dniperopetrovsk
Poltava
Dnieper
Berlin
Dnieperopttrovsk
Joe Louis Knocks Out Lou Nova in Sixth to Retain Title
Joe Louis defeats Lou Nova in the sixth round at Polo Grounds New York to retain the world heavy weight championship. The Brown Bomber used a decisive right hand to floor Nova at 2 minutes 59 seconds of the sixth, ending the bout amid a roaring crowd.
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Louis Kayoes Nova
Polo Grounds
New York
Joe Louis
Lou Nova
Nova
Joe
Law
Bronx
Arthur Donovan
Page
Reynolds Charged With Criminal Libel In Three Forks Paper
Jerry J. OConnell former congressman from Montana filed a complaint charging D M Reynolds editor of the Pink Reporter with criminal libel regarding a September 271 issue. OConnell alleges Reynolds called him Red Jerry and published a disputed money exchange. Reynolds was served in Three Forks, posted a $500 bond, and faces an October 8 trial setting at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry J. O'Connell
Butte
Montana
D. M
Tip) Reynolds
Pink Reporter
Justice of the Peace
J. J. McNamara
O'Connell
Three Forks
Reynolds
Red Jerry
Thomas Mulcahy
Address of New York Man to Feature Opening of Church Conference
The Yellowstone Association of Congregational churches opens today at United Congregational Church in Billings with Rev. John R. Scotford of New York City delivering "Uprooted Americans." About 100 pastors and delegates from western Montana attend through Thursday, with prayers, a fellowship dinner, and sessions on restoring old fashioned religion.
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John R. Scotford
New York City
Yellowstone Association of Congregational Churches
United Congregational Church
Emerson Harris
Montana
Gladstone
Edwards Streets
Arthur W. Sebart
Billings
B. J. Kleinhesselink
Hardin
W. A. Boyer
Scotford
Dodgers Open World Series Look at Yankee Stadium
The Brooklyn Dodgers visited the Yankee Stadium to scout the huge venue for the World Series against the New York Yankees. Dodgers stretched a one hour workout to two hours as players like Medwick Camilli Reiser adjusted to the big park with its 70,000 capacity and lofty upper tiers.
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New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankee Stadium
New York Yankees
Dodgers
Kirby Higbe
Joe Medwick
Dolph Camilli
Pete Reiser
Welfare Agencies to Meet on Campaign Tonight in Butte
A meeting of all persons tied to the annual welfare drive in Butte is called tonight by president John T. Strong. The session in Judge Downey's courtroom at 8 o'clock aims to wind up the campaign and reallocate workers to undersupplied districts as the drive seeks $27,000 by its October 10 close. Six groups participate: Camp Fire Girls, Catholic Social Service Bureau, Sunshine Camp, Volunteers of America, Girl Scouts, and Boy Scouts. Secretary L. H. Graham will report progress and outline remaining work.
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Butte
John T. Strong
T. E. Downey
Strong
Camp Fire Girls
Catholic Social Service Bureau
Sunshine Camp
The
Volunteers of America
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
L. H. Graham
Italy Caught in All-Out Air Assault
Giant four motor bombers from Britain and middle eastern forces struck Italy from north and south. Targets included Genoa Turin Milan and Palermo with attacks on oil depots refineries and docks while morale and shortages reported in Italy. Five planes lost and two missing as raids overlapped against Germany.
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London
U.R
Europe
Africa
Italy
Air Ministry
France
Switzerland
Mount Blanc
Turin
Milan
Genoa
Rapallo
Spezia
Britain
Mont Blanc
Frankfurt
Germany
St. Nazaire
Coastal Command
Judgment Signed in Union Suit By Deloughery Alliance
Judgment entered in a suit filed by Patrick Deloughery as financial secretary of Butte Stationary Engineers Union No. 83 against the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and others. Judge W C Husband signed the order after long consideration. Defendants sought to block ousting of defaulting Local 83 members for a 50 cent monthly assessment they claimed was illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Patrick F. Deloughery
Butte Stationary Engineers’ Union No. 83
W. C. Husband
Harlowton
Butte
Deloughery
the International
Local No. 83
The
International
Congress Warned on Conditions
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner Eccles told the House banking committee that unless Congress fixes inflationary conditions the government may suspend democratic processes. He urged heavier taxes, wage controls, and possible 48 hour weeks, condemned strikes during national peril, and proposed a centralized agency to set a wage framework. He also called for boosting Social Security collections to build purchasing power for a post-defense period.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner
Eccles
Congress
House Banking Committee
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Hunters Told to Update Big-Game Area Maps in Montana
In Helena on September 29 the state fish and game department announced corrections to recently issued colored maps of western Montana big-game areas. The memo directs changes: compile the Butte area as open to elk hunting (both sexes) from October 15 to November 15, instead of October 10. The South Fork of the Flathead above Young's Creek in the Danaher country is to be listed as open to bear hunting.
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Helena
State Fish and Game Department
Montana
Sporting Goods
I. V. Anderson
United States Forester
Butte
Flathead River
Young's Creek
Big Hole to Get Year-Round Road
Montana state highway commission announced a year-round road for the Big Hole basin. Engineers will survey the four mile Dickey's bridge to Ralston stretch in about two weeks after a Helena meeting with Butte Chamber of Commerce representatives and a Big Hole delegation. The commissioners pledged to use available funds to address basin needs.
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Big Hole Basin
Montana State Highway Commission
Helena
Dickey’s Bridge
Ralston
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Commission
Capitol Building
Butte Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Butte on Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. In Montana generally fair conditions also expected, with slightly warmer readings in the north central region on Tuesday.
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Butte
Montana
North Central
Connally urges repeal of neutrality act to arm merchant ships
Senator Connally argues repeal of the neutrality act would not be un-neutral and calls for arming merchant ships to defend life and property. He says aid to Britain must be delivered to points where it can be effectively employed and cites German submarines and attacks on ships.
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Great Britain
Senator Connally
United States
Washington
Texas
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
N.B.C
Adolf Hitler
Light Bomber Crashes Off Diamond Head
UPA reports a U S Army light bomber crashed three miles off Diamond Head, Honolulu. Two Army fliers aboard the plane are missing. The missing are 2nd Lt. William C. Warner, 28, Nowata Oklahoma, the pilot, and Private Harry T. Jasky, 23, Ludlow Vermont.
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Honolulu
T. H
UPA
Diamond Head
William C. Warner
Nowata
Okla
Harry T. Jasky
Ludlow
Red armies inflict heavy losses on invaders across fronts
From Arctic to Black Sea, Soviet forces press the offensive with 1500 German casualties and 12 tanks knocked out in the Leningrad northwest sector. A second Soviet unit kills 600 Germans and recaptures an important point. Story notes 263 German planes destroyed over two days and a Baltic destroyer sunk.
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Moscow
Arctic
Black Sea
Leningrad
Baltic
Klementi Voroshilov
Soviet Union
Bryanský
Odessa
British Relief Elects Officers In Butte Unit
Mrs Kay Towne was elected general chairman of the Butte unit of the British Relief society succeeding Mrs Robert Crangle. New officers include Mrs W D Kyle recording secretary Mrs Robert Crangle corresponding secretary and Mrs John Bevan treasurer. The group met at the Y M C A and plans to name committee chairmen and adopt a program of activities. The society has raised thousands for war sufferers in England including a mobile kitchen costing about 1700 and a knitting effort turning out hundreds of balls of yarn into mittens and other garments.
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Kay Towne
Butte
British Relief Society
Robert Crangle
W. D. Kyle
John Bevan
England
Walkerville
Silver Bow County
Mit
Butte Draftees Leave City for Army Service in Wave
About 2,000 people gathered at the Milwaukee depot to bid farewell as thirty-three young men, part of the 17th draft call, departed for military service. The sendoff featured a carload of soldiers aboard the train and ribbons given at draft headquarters marking their selectee status. This group brings Butte’s September draft total to 626 summons.
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Butte
Milwaukee Railroad
Silver Bow County
Navy
Num
Milwaukee
Col. Ly
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Associated Press
the War News
Probe Boy
David McElwain
Pasadena
Calif
Pasadena Y. W. C. A
David
Bomber
Donovan
Tip’ Reynolds
Jerry O'Connell
By Judson Bailey
Deloughery Group
Holderness
U.S
Texas Solon
William B. Ardery
British Relief
Army
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