FDR denounces Italy in historic Charlottesville address
President Roosevelt urged full speed ahead on a twofold program to arm allies and prepare the United States for any emergency. He criticized Italy for entering the war and warned that world domination by force would imprison America under contemptuous masters. Congress moved to fund navy and air force expansion, with tax measures to follow.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
United States
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Italy
Americas
Cludes
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Congress
Senate
House Military Committee
Alles
House
Memorial Gymnasium
Pamphlet Distributors Beaten in Glenwood
Four men and a woman were assaulted by Glenwood residents who objected to pacifist pamphlets the group attempted to distribute to Saturday shoppers. The attackers cited un American literature and detained three men on tentative disturbing the peace charges. the remaining man and woman returned home.
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Glenwood
Ark
W. E. Branch
Murfreesboro
Here
Bozeman Population Rises by 1852 in Decennial Edit
Bozeman's 10 year census shows population up from 6,855 to 8,707, a gain of 1,852. Gallatin County rises from 16,124 to 18,174 as preliminary figures come from Joseph H. Briner, supervisor of the census based in Butte.
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Bozeman
Joseph H. Briner
Butte
Gallatin County
Ford declares plane production simple and rapid
Detroit June 11 Henry Ford says mass production of high speed pursuit planes for the United States army can reach at least 1000 daily within six months and be rolled from assembly lines without interrupting auto output He notes a defense only bargain and signals readiness to begin with War Department approval with a new airplane motor in development
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Detroit
United States Army
Henry Ford
Ford
United States War Department
War Department
Senate approves expansion of fleet and air force
The Senate approved an 11 percent fleet expansion and an increase to 10,000 naval air planes. Joint committees refined the naval bills, sending them to the House for final approval before forwarding to the White House. The fleet expansion would authorize future appropriations of 655 million dollars for 157000 additional tons of combat vessels.
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Washington
Senate
Naval Air Force
House
White House
Draft Hoover Move Rapidly Taking Form
A hastily formed Draft Hoover committee in Palo Alto urges delegates to nominate Herbert Hoover for a second term. Signatories include Mrs. David Starr Jordan widow of Stanford's first president and Dr. Robert E Swain along with university faculty.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Hoover” Organization
Herbert Hoover
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Robert E. Swain
One Defense Bill Passes House by Large Margin
The House approved a 1706023 908 defense bill by 401 to 1 to fund 3,000 planes six warships and 35,090 additional army troops, part of a broad program raising total defense funding this session. Marcantonio dissented. Senate debate followed amid war-scare rhetoric and Allied material aid talks.
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Washington
House
Omer
Congress
Senate
Marcantonio
American Labor
New York
Simone
Civil Aeronatutics Authority
CCC
Chamber
George
Georgia
Army
Navy
Sec
Longtime Big Timber Resident Mrs Arneson Dies in Tacoma
Mrs Olena Birkland Arneson widow of Anthony H Arneson died at her Tacoma Washington home Saturday after a long illness She was 71 born in Norway and married in Livingston in 1892 Surviving children include Harriet Shenkel Gladys Arneson and Elmer M Arneson The family lived on Swamp Creek ranch later moving to town Elmer and family had driven to Tacoma for her birthday last week Funeral was held in Tacoma with interment beside her husband who died January 6 1931
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Olena Birkland Arneson
Anthony H. Arneson
Tacoma
Wash
Harriet Shenkel
Seattle
Gladys Arneson
Elmer M. Arneson
Joe
Norway
Mr. Arneson
Livingston
Arneson
Swamp Creek
Jacob Johnson
Briggs & Ellis
Yellowstone
Elmer
Commercial Bank & Trust Co
Citizens State Bank
Citizens Bank and Trust Co
C. W. Campbell
McLeod Street
Big Timber
Thornby Matriarch Dies after Wisconsin Crash
Mrs. Nettie Thornby 54 of New Auburn Wisconsin died at 4 a m Friday from injuries in a motor vehicle accident on U S highway 10 near Park City. Her husband Omar Thornby suffered minor injuries. The couple's car skidded in rain, plunging over a 10 foot embankment. Survivors include sons Curtis and Layton Thornby of New Auburn and a Big Timber son, plus three daughters and nine siblings in Norway.
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Billings
Nettie Thornby
New Auburn
Wis
Park City
Omar Thornby
Wisconsin
Thornby
Norway
United States
North Dakota
Langdon
N. D
Minnesota
Curtis Thornby
Layton Thornby
Oscar Levi
Sand Creek
Gloria Thornby
Fritz Welkie
Eau Claire
Statewide Montana soaking rains soak eastern farm lands
Soaking rains drenched eastern Montana from Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Glendive logged 1.08 inches, Broadus 0.38, Miles City 0.63, Lewistown 0.51, Havre 0.11, Billings 0.09, and Fort Peck 0.04. Idaho temperatures reached highs near 72 degrees in several towns and a low of 33 at Butte.
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Helena
Montana
Glendive
Broadus
Miles City
Lewistown
Havre
Billings
Fort Peck
Malta
Missoula
Butte
Italians Ground Ship in St Lawrence During War Action
In the St Lawrence river the Italian steamer Capo Noli was run aground and set afire to avoid capture by the royal Canadian navy. The crew was seized and handed to police as Canada entered war with Italy.
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Ottawa
St. Lawrence
Royal Canadian Navy
Montreal
Canada
Italy
Rimouski
Quebec
Big Island
Little Bras d'Or
Cape Noli
Royal Canadian Mounted Policemen
Canadian
Germany
Glasgow Boy Drowns In Irrigation Ditch
Glasgow June 10 Robert P Olsen 14 of Glasgow drowned while swimming in a ditch west of here. His companion Leo Bretzke and Coroner J A Halland said Olsen dived in about seven feet deep and did not surface. The body was recovered 21 hours later with a bruise above the left eye suggesting he struck an underwater obstruction and was knocked unconscious. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J P Olsen of Glasgow.
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Glasgow
Robert P Olsen
Leo Bretzke
J. A. Halland
Venne Mson
Mfr
7. P. Olsen
British planes bomb two German cruisers and a transport
British coastal command planes bombed two German cruisers and a transport at Trondhjem Norway on Tuesday. The air ministry communique said the raiders scored bomb hits on warships and many other bombs were seen to fall among warships. Our aircraft faced strong enemy fighters and anti aircraft fire. two of our planes did not return.
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London
Trondhien
Air Ministry
Ministry
Three Youths Rescued From Lake Yellowstone
Three Ogden youths Earl Peterson 18 Cheli Seeny 17 and Richard L Stine 17 were rescued by Yellowstone National Park rangers after drifting all night on Lake Yellowstone They were in good condition though hungry and cold Their camp on Frank Island was abandoned and searchers found them between two small islands with a dead motor and no paddles
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Ogden
Utah
Lake Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park Rangers
Earl Peterson
Cheli Seeny
Richard L. Stine
Frank Island
America as World Breadbasket Emerges in AMA Talk
New York June 11 America could again feed a large share of the world’s population during the coming winter regardless of who wins the current conflict European nations face famine and disease from malnutrition as many able men fight on fronts American food and medical supplies may be provided to war nations with production restraints lifted for humanitarian reasons.
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New York
America
Germany
Italy
American Medical Association
Europe
Income Tax Cases Set for June Hearings
Federal court schedule shows Harrison Freehoun Montane attorney general, Lawrences Weir former Silver Low county sheriff, to be arraigned June 18 on income tax evasion. Miek en Jomerly Baldwin of Butte ordered petit jury to report west Tuesday for motions and demurrers. Third trial in a year for Dr Leo Metntes, Butte dentist, set for this term.
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Helana
R Crarion
Harrison
Freehourn
Montane
Lawrences Weir
Silver Low County
Miek En Jomerly Baldwin
Butte
Leo Metntes
William Tell stunt ends in a fatal shooting
In Houston on June 10, Isek Roach was charged with murder without malice after fatally shooting Olivia Paines, 36, during a William Tell stunt at Roach's ranch. Roach claimed the bed mover disrupted his aim as he fired from a sitting position with a pistol.
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Houston
Texas
Isek Roach
Hunter
Olivia Paines
Roach
Italy Enters War Aiming for Mediterranean Control
Rome reports Italy joined Germany in the war against France and Britain with blacked out capital and troops patrolling at night. Mussolini declared the aim to control the Mediterranean and warned neutral neighbors to stay out. Military circles expected strikes at Mediterranean outposts like Tunisia Corsica or Malta.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
France
Great Britain
Mussolini
Berlin
Riviera
Mediterranean
Balkans
Egypt
Turkey
Tunisia
Corsica
Malta
Miussolini
League of Nations
Seige
Ethiopia
England
Wool market rises on war news across Montana
Montana's wool trade revived after a lull with clips selling up to 31 cents a pound and most sales at 29 to 30 cents. Dillon posted 31 cents for a 7,500 fleece clip, Beaverhead County moved 25,000 fleeces at 30 and 31 cents, Chateau 7,500 at 30 cents, Cut Bank unknown size at 29, and a 5,000 fleece in the northwest at 29 to 30. Lamb sales boosted activity in southeast and south-central counties with feeder lambs at 7 to 14 cents for wethers and 8 cents for ewes. mature sheep activity was limited.
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Helena
Montana
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Chateau
All Montana Day Proclaimed for July Second
Governor Roy Ayers designated July 2 as All Montana Day and urged observance with Livingston hosting a three day roundup and rodeo. The proclamation urged Montanans to reflect on Montana products jobs schools and resources and noted civic groups should participate.
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Helena
Roy E Ayers
Livingston
Montana
Italy Aligns With Germany In Global War Split
Italy brings an estimated 2 million troops to the German side with 2,500 to 3,000 air planes and a navy including six dreadnoughts 21 cruisers and 110 submarines. Italian forces are positioned in three main theaters—Alps frontier Mediter ranean and Africa—likely with a million along the northern border.
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Italy
Germany
Chain of Alps
France
Mediterranean
Africa
Compulsory Training Predicted by Fall
Oklahoma Senator Elmer Thomas forecast compulsory military training by early fall. He argued Congress would convene a special session later this year to enact the training law, warning that neglect could invite a foreign flag over American buildings.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Congress
United States
Montana Reduces Traffic Fatalities in 1939
Montana ranked third among 11 western states for the reduction in traffic fatalities in 1939. Ralph Robinson of Los Angeles, representing the national safety council, told Montana officials that patrol reporting and a new standard accident reporting law aided the decline. He commended Montana highway patrol Chief Lou C. Poedecker as responsible for the progress, noting 150 fatalities occurred last year.
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Helena
Montana
Ralph Robinson
Los Angeles
National Safety Council
Robinson
Lou C. Poedecker
Montana Highway Patrol
Thirty Prominent Professionals Call for War on Germany
Thirty American educators lawyers writers and businessmen urge in a joint statement that the United States declare war on Germany. They argue the Nazi drive threatens American ideals and that an official war stance is necessary to mobilize defense resources and maintain the allied front.
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Washington
Sperking
United States
Germany
Great Britain
France
William S. Standley
Naval Operations
Walter Millis
New York Herald
Richard Cleveland
Baltimore
Cleveland
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