Wheeler Headlines Montana Democrats Convention Keynote
Senator Burton K. Wheeler delivered a pro peace pledge for his presidential bid at the Montana Democratic convention in Helena on May 21. The assembly endorsed Wheeler by instructing eight national delegates to support his candidacy.
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Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Chicago
Wheeler
Hitler
United States Senate
Europe
Orient
Grover Cisel
Billings
Rules Committee
Miles Romney, Jr
Hamilton
James E. Murray
James F. O’connor
Roy E. Ayers
Edith Battey
A. F. Lamey
Democratic Central Committee
Warden
Great Falls
J. Burke Clements
Wheeler For President Club
Clements
Resolutions
Romney
Etta Bessette
Butte
Carl Gillan
Forsyth
Thomas Colgan
Poplar
C. H. Perry
Bombing of Rotterdam Leaves massive casualties
A Paris-quoted Dutch communique reported by British dispatches says about 100000 people were killed and more than five square miles destroyed as two German bomber squadrons battered Rotterdam before its surrender. Fires and explosions raged in scenes likened to Dante's Inferno.
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London
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Paris
Dispatches
Twelve Lives Toll of April Accidents
Helena Montana May 16 twelve persons were killed and 9 injured in 762 automobile accidents in Montana during April. L C Boedecker highway patrol supervisor said property damage in the wrecks totaled $30 562.
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Helena
Montana
L. C. Boedecker
Landon Demands No Third Term From Roosevelt
Alf Landon demanded a no third term pledge from President Roosevelt as Republican participation in a coalition defense directorate was discussed. The president replied he had no time for political statements in a cool official response from Washington on May 22.
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Washington
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Reynolds Freed After Furnishing Bail in Libel Case
D N Tip Reynolds the 58 year old editor of The Pink Reporter was released from the county jail after furnishing bonds totaling 3000 dollars He faced district court charges alleging criminal libel against Governor Roy E Ayers and similar counts in three justice court complaints naming B F Moulton state liquor control board member and state senators H H Haight and Dale Woods Reynolds had been jailed since April 13 and returned home to Three Forks Montana
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Bozeman
D. N
Tip) Reynolds
Pink Reporter
Roy E. Ayers
Justice Court
B. F. Moulton
Grass Range
State Liquor Control Board
H. H. Haight
Fergus County
Dale Woods
Judith Basin
Reynolds
Three Forks
Roosevelt plans vast war machine with expanded air and sea power
Washington outlines a military buildup for air power of 50 000 planes against 5 000 today. Navy would rise to about 500 ships next year with 17 battleships 6 aircraft carriers 35 cruisers 200 destroyers 60 submarines and 100 plus ships under construction. Army swollen to 280 000 regulars plus 300 000 guards. Weapons to outfit 1 000 000 ground troops and tanks and strong seacoast defenses. Factories would expand to produce 50 000 planes yearly and sustain munitions supply.
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Washington
Roosevelt
German Forces Move Steadily Toward Paris in Concentrated Drive
German armies push westward from Arras and Amiens toward Abbeville on the Somme estuary and approach 60 miles from Paris. Giraud’s Ninth Army reportedly captured and dissolved as German forces outline a plan to strike at the British expeditionary force and reach the English coast with a possible clash looming.
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Berlin
Abbeville
English
Somme
England
Hitler
Arras
Amiens
France
Namur
Belgium
Maubeuge
Maginot Line
Giraud
Ninth Army
London
Bulge
D.N.B
High Command
Wiffel Tower
Laon
Oise-Aisne
Rethel
Cambrai-Peronne
Allied Forces Cheered By Success Along Two Hundred Mile Front
Paris reports a new 200 mile allied front along the Somme and Aisne checked the German push toward the English channel and Paris. The French high command says troops hold at all points. Rumors of Amiens and Sedan retaken circulate as Arras and Abbeville are officially announced.
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Somme
Aisne
English Channel
France
Belgium
War Ministry
Wen
Tony
Amiens
Sedan
Arras
Abbeville
Signa Crest Bailey Dies at Home in This City
Signa Crest Bailey wife of Floyd Bailey proprietor of Bailey hardware died at her mothers home early Saturday after months of illness. She was county treasurer for four years and had worked at the courthouse. Funeral was Monday at Lutheran church with Rev. Axel Anderson. Burial at Mountain View beside Ole Crest and Walter Crest. Born March 16 1893 at Howie she married Floyd Bailey April 22 1916. Survived by husband mother and several Crest relatives including Stuart Nicholson Creston L Crest and Oswald Crest.
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Floyd Bailey
Bailey Hardware
Laura Crest
Lutheran Church
Axel Anderson
EB. O. Overland
Carl D. Paulson
Peter Gottlob
A. Ronald McDonnell
Sigurd T. Lavold
Ben Olness
Paul Severance
Bozeman
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Mountain View
Ole Crest
Walter Crest
Howie
Josef Leitner
Court House
Sweet Grass County High School
Alchild Crest Nicholson
Alice Esp Flattum
Della Perrine Webb
Dorothy Hines Brammer
Emily Webb Heebner
Emma Webster Franklin
Frances Colvin Wright
Margaret Struthers Flanagan
Allen Browning
Albert Esp
Paul Kress
Virgil Moore
Stuart H. Nicholson
McLeod
Addie Hoem
Ted C. Busha
Creston L. Crest
Big Timber
Oswald and
Lee Crest
Minneapolis
Wheeler opposes Allied war loans in Montana talk
Sen. Wheeler of Montana argues against U S loans to the Allies saying such loans amount to buying an interest in the war. He backs the president's defense program and opposes sending American troops abroad.
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Wheeler
Bozeman
United States
Montana
Helena
Two Transients Die of Ptomaine Poisoning in Jungle
In Lewistown on May 20 two unidentified men died from suspected ptomaine poisoning after a breakfast of brown sugar syrup pancakes and tea. Coroner Dr. Curtis W. Wilder performed autopsies, noting one man, about 60 with gray hair, and another, five feet nine inches tall and over 350 pounds, were found ill after breakfast and died within hours.
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Lewistown
Hobo
Here
Curtis W. Wilder
National Delegates Selection Being Rushed
Washington May 20 Delegates to the national conventions near completion as war pressures and unity behind the president shape the race Republicans will have almost all delegates by Saturday with no first ballot certainty Roosevelt is expected to secure a majority of Democratic delegates for a third term though only two thirds of total will be chosen the war outlook supports renomination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oregon Gives Favorite Son Endorsement Vote
In Oregon primary voting Charles L. McNary led Republican preference with 96,562 votes in 1,337 precincts while Franklin D Roosevelt won over John Nance Garner in Democratic balloting. Roosevelt secured Oregon's 10 delegates to the Democratic national convention as results tracked across counties.
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Portland
Ore
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Roosevelt
Senate
John Nance Garner
Garner
Michigan Republicans Endorse Vandenberg for President
Michigan Republicans at a state convention gave unqualified support to Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg for the presidential nomination and did not mention Thomas E. Dewey. Michigan has 38 national convention votes, while Idaho Democrats urged continued support for Franklin D. Roosevelt until nomination or refusal.
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Washington
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Idaho
Roosevelt
Rep OConnor files nominating petition in Montana
Rep. O Connor of Montana filed a nominating petition with Secretary of State Mitchell in Helena pledging to keep youths from war yet bolster defense. He cited water and irrigation, mining, cattle and sheep, highways, support for the Townsend plan, fair farm prices, business government harmony, Indian aid, and a move toward a balanced budget.
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Washington
O’connor
Mont
Mitchell
Helena
Townsend
Montana Delegates Chosen Uninstructed for Dewey At National Meet
Montana Republicans selected an uninstructed delegation with at least five of eight members favoring Thomas E. Dewey for president. The nominating committee report passed by acclamation, but not unanimously, with remarks signaling a Dewey tilt for Philadelphia. Alternates and the full slate included Burkholder, Cheadle, Lowe, Bennett, Cattin, Burke, Speer, and McDonald.
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Helena
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Montana
James H. Morrow
Young Republican Organization
Bozeman
Dewey
Philadelphia
Frank Burkholder
Miles City
Oscar Lynn
White Sulphur Springs
Roosevelt
Burkholder
K. Cheadle, Jr
Shelby
State Central Committee
Henry Lowe
Wolf Point
Harry E Bennett
Grace Cattin
Missoula
Tom Burke
Billings
James W. Speer
Great Falls
Ray McDonald
Butte
Neil Heily
Columbus
John G. Brown
P. B. Sandlic
Malta
C. W. Dykins
Lewistown
Percy Dodds
Paul A. Gow
Harry Carpenter
Billines
J. L. Sherbourne
Browning
Governor Ayers Receives Cross of St Olav
Gov. Roy E. Ayers accepted the Cross of St. Olav from King Haakon VII of Norway for aiding Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha during their Montana visit last year. The medal was presented through Hon. Harry Eberhardt, Norwegian vice consul at St. Paul.
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Helena
Roy E. Ayers
St. Olav
Haakon VII of
Norway
Prince Olav
Martha
Montana
Harry Eberhardt
St. Paul
Twenty One Republics Back Protest of German Invasions
All 21 American republics approved a joint declaration protesting German invasions of neutral countries. Uruguay drafted the text, with Chile and Nicaragua giving unrevoked approvals. Panama to release the declaration on Saturday. Chile also offered to meet with other governments to discuss strengthening hemispheric security.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Chile
Nicaragua
Panama
Ayers Names Three To Run New Montana Merit System
Governor Roy E. Ayers on May 20 established a single employment merit system and named a three man council to oversee it. Dr Francis A Thomson, Rev Emmet Riley, and Dr Martin E Larson will serve varied terms. The council will supervise departments including public welfare unemployment compensation and maternal and child health. Council members serve without salary.
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Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Francis A. Thomson
State School of Mines
Butte
Emmet Riley
Carroll College
Martin E. Larson
Great Falls
Thompson
Father Riley
Larson
Rev Burdick Sues for Damages in Vehicle Crash
Rev Charles H. Burdick superintendent of the Montana Congregational conference filed a district court suit for 333.06 against Warren S. Russell and Life Savers Sales Inc for a July 10, 1939 crash on U S Highway 10 twelve miles west of Columbus. He seeks 258.06 for auto damages and 75 for 30 days loss of use.
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Billings
Charles H. Burdick
Montana Congregational Conference
Warren S. Russell
Life Savers Sales, Inc
U. S. Highway 10
Columbus
Life Savers Company
Russell
Roosevelt Grants Full Pardon to Polar Claimant Doctor
President Roosevelt pardons Dr. Frederick A. Cook, explorer who claimed the North Pole discovery, for using the mails to defraud. Cook, ill in United Hospital Port Chester New York, was convicted November 21 1923, sentenced to 14 years and nine months and fined $12000. He received parole in 1930.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Cook
United Hospital
Port Chester
N. Y
Earthquake Hits El Centro Imperial Valley Killing 12
An April night quake in Imperial valley California killed 12 people in El Centro and surrounding towns. Property damage is estimated at 2.5 million dollars with major destruction in Brawley and Imperial and water shortages threatening the region. Aftershocks persist as authorities assess total losses and repair needs.
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Calif
Cal
Imperial Valley
Imperial Irrigation District
Colorado River
Mexico
Don Davis
Mobile
Miss Blevins
Moore
Portillo
International
Mexicali
Brawley
Imperial
Hotville
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L. O. Evans
Knowles
Joseph Scanlan
Whetstone
Gov. Ayers
King Haakon VII
Rev. Burdick
DR. Cook
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