Lower House Seeks Publicity for High Corp Salaries
The House tentatively refused to insert in the tax bill a provision requiring public disclosure of corporation salaries over 15000 a year. The vote was 85 to 48 in the standing tally and 118 to 60 in the teller count. President Roosevelt backed salary publicity at his press conference.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Wadsworth
New York
Bankhead
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Ways and
Band Concert at High School Auditorium Friday Evening
A band concert and community sing are set for Friday evening at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium with no admission fee. The program features Spirit of Independence, Moonlight on the Nile, Our Mascot, Glow Worm, Some of These Days, and selections from The Red Mill. Tuba solos by Rigel Hale and audience participation accompany the performance.
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Holzmann
Lefty Gomez Reveals Personal Affairs at Yankees Camp
In St. Petersburg, Lefty Gomez arrived in uniform and spoke to reporters about his finances, marriage, and health. He said 1938 salary terms restored his 1935 36 wages of 20000 and that domestic issues with wife June ODea would not affect his pitching, noting a camp weight of 172 pounds.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Lefty Gomez
New York Yankees
Gomez
June O'Dea
State warrant valid welfare expenditure confirmed
Helena March 5 The 150 000 warrant issued February 26 to sponsor Works Progress Administration projects is a valid expenditure from the welfare board funds for the year ended March 1 Attorney General H J Freebourn ruled for I M Brandford The check paid for materials equipment supplies and other non labor costs on WPA projects statewide
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Helena
State Board of Public Welfare
Works Progress Administration
H. J. Freebourn
I. M. Brandford
War Admiral Wins Widener Cup at Hialeah Park
War Admiral the unbeaten 1937 champion extended his streak to ten straight victories by winning the $50,000 Widener challenge cup at Hialeah Park. Zeyson, from Mrs E H Barnett’s stable, placed second and War Minstrel finished third in a 13 horse field. The 4 1/4 furlong mile was run in 2 03 4 5.
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Miami
Fla
Hialeah Park
Zeyson
New Orleans
State College Loses Electrical Engineer
Joseph A. Thaler, 73, head of the school of electrical engineering at Montana State College in Bozeman since 1903, died at a hospital in Billings after a two weeks illness with a stomach ailment.
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Billings
Joseph A. Thaler
Montana State College
Bozeman
Three Die in South Texas Plane Crash
Corpus Christi Texas March 4 three men died in a plane crash west of the city. The victims include Dudley Golding a prominent Dallas man pilot P F Pop Hotchkiss of Fort Worth and A F Texas Bowden of Dallas.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Dudley Golding
Dallas
Supreme Court Considers New Phase of Gambling Act
Montana Supreme Court took up a new phase of the Hickey gambling law at issue in a Yellowstone county case. The court heard Wong You of Billings contend a warrantless search of his Chinese laundry business basement should be illegal, while prosecutors defend license use for punch boards under the act and alleged lottery activity in the first floor business.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Yellowstone County
Wong You
Billings
Billings House
You
Wong
Faithful Dog Guards Mistress Amid Sierra Snowbound
In a Sierra storm, Skippy the mongrel stayed beside Mrs. Winona Ferris for 12 days after a snowslide buried her while her husband searched for help. A rescue party found the pair. the dog stood guard as the body was reached and fed once the danger passed.
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Oakland
Skippy
Oakland Kennel Club
Winona Ferris
Quincy
Cal
Sierra
Ferris
Mrs. Ferris
Feather River
O. K
Youth with long record shot by sheriff in Wyoming chase
Dwight Fronsman an 18 year old with a lengthy criminal history was shot in the elbow by Sheriff Bartels during a chase from Worland to Laurel Wyoming. He then escaped, burglarized multiple stores stole a car and five gallons of gas before being recaptured and returned to Worland awaiting sentencing. Fronsman later described a life of repeated arrests and jail breaks across Washington Montana and Wyoming.
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Dwight Fronsman
Worland
Wyo
Bartels
Fronsman
Laurel
KGHL
Billings
Clarence Flattum
Grey Cliff Merchant
Wyoming
Boulder Bridge
Texaco
Ole Motor Co
Highway No. 10
Anderson Street
Chief Busha
McLeod
L. W. Baskett
Sheriff Bartels
Washington
Missoula
Mont
Greybull
Railroads Authorized to Increase Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized U S railroads to raise freight rates by 10 percent, with an industry expected annual revenue gain around 270 million dollars. The order, filed promptly and in effect after July 1, excludes coal lignite coke and iron ore from further increases, while Commissioner Mahaffie dissented on limits and commodity exclusions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Territory
Charles D. Mahaffie
Billy Hyde Beats Al Webster In Red Lodge Fight
Billy Hyde a 190 pound Red Lodge battler outpoints veteran Al Webster in a 10 round main event at the Red Lodge Dog Derby boxing card. About 500 fans saw Hyde use youthful aggression to prevail over the aging Webster on the comeback trail.
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Red Lodge
Billy Hyde
Billings
Iron Man
Clock weight crashes through Fremont County courthouse
A quarter ton clock weight fell from the Fremont County courthouse tower in Canon City on Monday, smashing through the district courtroom and causing damage.
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Canon City
Colo
Fremont County
High Court Affirms Merrill Stock Fraud Convictions
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco sustained its reversal of a Great Falls Montana mail fraud conviction of Charles Merrill Clarence Merrill and Soren Rasmussen. The panel upheld prior sanctions on the Merrills Rasmussen Smith Elliott with fines and jail terms, ruling the indictment lacked a continuing fraudulent scheme after stock sales ended in 1931.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Great Falls
Montana
Charles S. Merrill
Clarence Merrill
Soren Rasmussen
Winslow F. Smith
George Q. Elliott
Merrill Mortuary, Inc
Merrills
Rasmussen
Smith
Elliott
Sorensen
Dean of American cartoonists dead at 80 in Connecticut
Walt McDougall 80, described as the dean of American cartoonists and an author and humorist, was found dead Sunday at his Fernlane farmhouse in Waterford. Medical examiner Dr. Frank Dunn said death was self-inflicted with an old-fashioned horse pistol. He was known for Absent-minded Abner Fatty Felix Hank the Hermit Teddy in Africa and Rambillaux.
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Waterford
Conn
Walt McDougall
Fernlane
Frank Dunn
McDougall
Abner
Fatty Felix
Hank the Hermit
Teddy
Africa
Woman in Gastonia Delivers 19 Pound Baby
Dr. Herman Powell reports Mrs. Carl Bailey of Gastonia gave birth to a 19 pound 2 ounce boy named Jerry Lawrence. Mother and baby are said to be healthy. Mrs. Bailey is 30 and works in textiles with Jerry as her seventh child.
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Gastonia
N. C
Herman Powell
Carl Bailey
Jerry Lawrence
Bailey
Jerry
Flood toll and damage from Southern California floods
The March report puts deaths at 189 with property losses near 65 million dollars across Los Angeles and surrounding counties. 25,000 workers and 10,000 homeless are aiding cleanup while health officials push typhoid precautions and water rationing in Orange and San Bernardino counties.
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Los Angeles
California
WPA
Anaheim
Orange County
Atwood
Fullerton
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino County
Ventura
Santa Barbara
San Diego
San Jacinto Mountains
Santa Ana
Pacific
Colton
San Bernardino
J. A. Champion
Curtis
Orange
Riverside
Treasury terms indicate slightly easier money market
Secretary Morgenthau announced treasury refinancing terms showing a modest ease in money markets. The offering exchanges 10% year bonds and 21% for 3 percent notes maturing March 15, with the shift toward longer maturities as officials noted improved government bond conditions.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Wheeler Seeks One-Year Extension of Land Bank Interest Rate
Senator Wheeler of Montana proposes a one year extension of the 3 percent subsidy on Federal Land bank loans. Congress last year kept the rate through July 1 1938 despite President Roosevelts veto. The bill would extend the rate until July 1 1939.
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Treadway
Reed
New York
Harlan
Ohio
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Congress
Washington
Mont
Roosevelt
Pope Pius Honors Two American Bankers
Vatican City report says Pope Pius has named J. P. Morgan and Thomas W. Lamont of the Morgan banking house as knights of St. Gregory the Great. The decorations were awarded December 16 and will appear in this month’s Acta Apostolica.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
J. P. Morgan
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgan Banking House
Knights of St. Gregory the Great
Boy shoots self after wounding companion in Kalispell
In Kalispell on March 6 two 18 year old youths John Talmadge and John Chapmans practiced target shooting. Talmadge was wounded in the arm when Chapmans missed a bottle he held as a target. Chapmans then shot himself in the abdomen in remorse. Talmadge’s injury was superficial and Chapmans was reported in critical condition.
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Kalispell
William Tell
John Talmadge
John Chapmans
Talmadee
Chapman
Talmadge
Fred Striker
Evelyn Granville Dies Penniless and Alone
Pittsburgh reports the death of Evelyn Granville at 66, once famed as the most photographed girl in New York. She later worked on a WPA sewing project and died after a stroke in a local hospital, reportedly with little to live for and few connections.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Evelyn Granville
Evelyn G. Scott
Lillian Russell
Fire roars through Hotel New Yorker shaft to 44th floor
A fire starting in a grease-lined ventilating shaft in the sub basement of the 44 story Hotel New Yorker trapped about 2000 guests awakening them in pajamas as flames climbed the shaft to the top. Firemen battled from multiple levels while guests aided operations. no injuries reported. The blaze damaged basement linen rooms and disrupted service.
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New York
New Yorker
George Riley
Anne Reilly
Philadelphia
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