Italy Leads Neutral Bloc as Europe Reads New Alignments
Reports from Balkan capitals and Rome say Italy is taking a leadership role in a broad neutral bloc from the Black Sea to the Atlantic. Observers note no formal pact, while Spain, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece loom closely aligned with Italy's diplomacy.
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Heat Wave Strikes Western States Across the Region
Los Angeles endures a heat wave with temperatures up to 104 degrees while Arizona reports 103 and Idaho cities near 90. The U S Weather Bureau cites a trough of high pressure in the Rocky Mountain region and a Canadian low driving the heat with cloudy skies and scattered storms in the Pocatello area.
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Pocatello
Idaho
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Missing Pocatello man reportedly found in Las Vegas bakery
An unconfirmed report from Pocatello says Dale Bair, missing for months, was located in Las Vegas Nevada. The sheriff's office released that Bair was working in a bakery and had been employed as a county bookkeeper locally.
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Dale Bair
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Nevada
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Bair
Heat Storm Hits So California as Record Heat Persists
Southern California endures a record heat wave with 107 F in Los Angeles at noon and 104.2 F downtown, while a thunderstorm brings light rain and flood damage to Gilman Soboba and San Jacinto areas. Cleanup begins as crews face power outages and brush fires.
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Governors Barrows and Bottolfsen Delay Breakfast Plan
Governor Barrows of Maine and Idaho Governor Bottolfsen were delayed en route to Blackfoot for a spud picking contest, arriving at 8 a m instead of 7 17 a m, prompting postponement of the governors breakfast from 6 15 a m. Officials cited Western Air Express as the source of the late arrival and noted the delay would shift Friday events with local chamber leaders and residents.
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Blackfoot
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Revolt Reported in Bohemia Moravia Protectorate
The British Ministry of Information said a revolutionary movement was authoritatively reported to have started last Sunday in Bohemia and Moravia, the region that became a German protectorate during the break-up of Czecho-Slovakia last March.
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Ministry of Information
Bohemia and Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Louis-Pastor Bout Tonight at 7 30
DETROIT report notes a Louis vs Pastor heavyweight title fight tonight at 7 30 p m with high 50s forecast and possible topcoats. Louis weighs 200 pounds to Pastor 183 and holds a 17 pound edge at weighing.
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Detroit
U. S
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Bob Pastor
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War Bulletins From Eastern Front Sparse and Conflicting
Reports from Tallinn and Moscow describe a blockade claim as unfounded while noting a Soviet naval presence and reservist mobilization. Unverified sources mention Western frontier deployment and occupation of Lwow. London reports U S freighters searched by Britain for contraband with undisclosed cargo details.
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United States
Saccarappa
Shickshinny
Danish naval sighting near Kattegatt sparks war rumors
Danish fishermen and a police official reported indications of a naval engagement between European powers in the Strait of Kattegatt near Laesoe island. A line of ships northeast of Laesoe was marked by the island police chief who said cannon sounds were heard from the vessels.
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Denmark
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Park official urges removing dont signs in parks
Harold S. Wagner of Akron Ohio urged park officials at the American Institute of Park Executives to drop do not signs from park notices. He proposed friendlier wording such as Dear Joe I have replaced my divots I bet you have too.
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Harolds. Wagner
Akron
Ohio
American Institute of Park Executives
Joe
Missoula Judge Named Montana Associate Justice
Ralph L. Arnold of Missoula is appointed by Governor Ayers to the Montana supreme court as associate justice succeeding the late Samuel V. Stewart of Helena. Arnold, a district judge, will serve until the 1940 general election.
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Ralph L. Arnold
Missoula
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Roy E. Ayers
Enrollment Rise Seen At Idaho Southern University
Enrollment at Idaho Southern University is projected to grow by 50 to 715 freshmen this year according to school officials. registrar notes indicate more guidance-day I cards issued than last year while registration begins Friday. Dr. Robert I. Watson reports more psychological exams today than on the first freshman day last year.
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Robert I. Watson
Watson
Death Takes Pioneer Mrs Nettie Powell of Pocatello
Mrs Nettie Powell widow of Lee Powell longtime Pocatello resident and daughter of the first white woman to come to the area died Wednesday morning in a local hospital. Born February 4 1863 in Hobson Norway she came to Pocatello in 1883 with her brother Peter Larson. She married Charles Rainey in 1885 and after his death in 1893 wed Lee Powell in 1895. Survived by one daughter three sons two brothers two sisters eleven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at Hall Mortuary.
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Hobson
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Rainey Park
Harry Schetter
Tucson
Arizona
Clarence M. Rainey
Peter Rainey
Charles Rainey
East Ely
Nevada
Laurist Anderson
Frederickstad
Mare That Prederickson
Marie Jo Hannesen
Roosevelt neutrality conference opens with Landon urging congress stay in session
Alf Landon, GOP leader, arrives for President Roosevelt's neutrality conference and presses for a continuous congress amid the European war. He avoids a stance on repealing the arms embargo, citing midwestern support for cash and carry. Senators seek strategy talks as the debate over the neutrality act looms.
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Denver Population Growth Sets New City Record
Denver reports an 11 424 population increase in the first year, largest since the first city directory. D M Osborne of Gazateer Publishing notes the gain brings Denver's total to 330 508 residents.
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D. M. Osborne
Gazateer Publishing Company
French repulse attack at Fort Troyon amid 1914 battles
The report notes a French successful repulsion of a September 20 1914 assault on Fort Troyon as Russian forces initiate an attack on Jaroslav. It also mentions the destruction of Pegasus by a German cruiser off Zanzibar.
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Jaroslav
HB. M
Pegasus
Zanzi
England and France Reply to Hitler
Canada announced a 32 000 man volunteer expeditionary force for overseas duty and doubled naval personnel while arming anti submarine craft. British and French leaders rejected Hitler's Danzig speech committing to continue the war to aid Poland and pursue victory with allied unity.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Norman M. Rogers
Goodman Drives Cincinnati Past Phillies 3 2 in Ninth
Ival Goodman's ninth inning single with one out drove in Bucky Walters to give Cincinnati a 3 to 2 win over Philadelphia as Walters earned his 26th victory. Frey homered for Cincinnati in the fifth to tie the game at 2. Arnovich hit a homer for Philadelphia in the fourth.
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Detroit
Baseball Scores From Washington Philadelphia New York and Boston
At Washington Cleveland and Detroit, at Philadelphia Detroit and Chicago, at New York Chicago and St Louis, and at Boston St Louis and Boston, box scores show batters and pitchers with runs hits and errors across multiple matchups. Names listed include Hutchinson Benton York Nelson Caster Hayes Lyons Marcum Tresh Schlueter Dickey Lawson Hanning Harris Harshang Grove Heving Bagby Ostermueller Desautels and Pea cock.
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Baseball doubleheader weathered by postponement across cities
At Cincinnati the score shows Philadelphia 6 to 9 against Cincinnati with specific inning lines. In Chicago New York and Chicago games feature Hubbell Danning Lee Hartnett pitching and batting results. St Louis hosts Brooklyn with Casey Todd Bowman Padgett listed. Boston at Pittsburgh postponement due to wet grounds and cold weather, with a rescheduled doubleheader set for tomorrow.
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Danning
Lee and Hartnett
St. Louis
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Todd
Bowman and
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Boston
Pittsburgh
Residents urge winter opening of Teton Pass
Cheyenne Wyoming September 20 residents of Jackson have appealed to the state highway commission to keep Teton Pass open through the winter. The pass provides Jackson the closest outlet to rail facilities at Victor Idaho during the winter.
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Wyo
Jackson
State Highway Commission
Teton Pass
Victor
Idaho
German Sub Fires on US Freighter Off Irish Coast
The US freighter Wacosta reported a German submarine fired a shot across its bow on Sept 9 near the Irish coast after a misinterpreted signal. Captain George R. Self said the sub sailors boarded the ship and treated the 24 passengers cordially aided by interpreter Prof. Charles Wharton Stork.
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George R. Self
Wacosta
Self
Charles Wharton Stork
Harcum Junior College
Burn Mawr
Athenia
UP Increases Shop Forces Amid $18 Million Expansion
Union Pacific officials report more than 900 additional hires since September 1 as part of an $18 million expansion. About 310 machinists and 302 carmen join shops in Kansas City Omaha Denver Ogden Cheyenne Portland Los Angeles Pocatello and other sites, with 298 locomotive workers assigned as needed. President W M Jeffers says material orders for 2000 extra lightweight boxcars totaling $6,000,000 have been issued alongside 700 special lightweight automobile cars, bringing the total to 6100 new cars for the program.
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W. M. Jeffers
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