Roosevelt outlines five aims for special session
President Roosevelt asks Congress to address wage hour standards crew control government reorganization regional planning and antitrust law while urging tax relief for small business. He signals potential changes to capital gains and undistributed profits taxes but does not earmark them. Congress adjourns briefly awaiting further action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Last of Poison Drug Recalled From Market
Chicago reports a nationwide operation by medical officials and federal agents has removed all traceable quantities of elixir sulfanilamide used in 673 deaths from public access. About 200 gallons shipped from Bristol Tennessee and 40 gallons from Kansas City were traced, with only a few ounces still unlocated. Agents surveyed towns on streets to identify buyers and prescribed names. The elixir, containing diethylene glycol, reached markets early in September with major shipments to the south and Midwest.
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Chicago
J. O. Clarke
United States Food and Drug Administration
Bristol
Tenn
Kansas City
Clarke
South
Middle West
Over Three Hundred Thousand Now in CCC
Records show replacements raised the Civilian Conservation Corps to its statutory strength of 300,000. The Eighth Corps Area with Colorado Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Texas and Wyoming lists 41,653 enrollees while the Ninth Corps Area covering Montana Idaho Washington Oregon California Nevada and Utah has 17,933.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Eighth Corps
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Wyoming
Ninth Corps
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
California
Nevada
Utah
Woman dies from burns after gasoline iron fire near Reed Point
Miss Lillie Gutwick a 48 year old Billings woman died at a Columbus hospital after a gasoline operated iron ignited her clothes at a Reed Point area ranch. She had been visiting Mrs W H Reeman her sister and had stayed with Mr and Mrs W A Huff at the Huff ranch.
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Billings
Lillie Gutwick
Columbus
W. H. Reeman
Miss Gulwick
Huff
Miss Gutwick
Mrs Leslie Carter Dies at 75 in Santa Monica
Mrs Leslie Carter a famed stage star of the 1890s dies at 75 in Santa Monica after a long illness. Her career featured triumphs and heartbreaks including a famous feud with David Belasco and breakout roles in The Ugly Duckling Miss Hewlett and The Heart of Maryland.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Leslie Carter
David Belasco
Byrd urges end to federal check writing to avert disaster
Senator Byrd of Virginia warned the federal government must stop writing checks to avoid terrible consequences for the people. Speaking before the Academy of Political Science, he said national credit will be impaired unless retrenchment occurs.
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New York
Byrd
Old Dominion
Academy of Political Science
Livingston Clinic To Aid Crippled Children Next Week
Park County medical society and state welfare agencies sponsor a no charge orthopedic examination and vocational guidance clinic for disabled children at the Elks hall in Livingston on November 22. The event offers family physician consults and hospitalization arrangements if needed. second Livingston clinic following a prior session last spring.
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Elks Hall
Livingston
Park
Park County Medical Society
Division of Crippled Children
State Department of Public Welfare
Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Livingston Rotary Club
Gallatin
Meagher
Sweet Grass
Frank H. Johnson Named President of Portland Federal Bank
Frank H. Johnson of Seattle received approval from the federal home loan bank board to become president and secretary of the federal home loan bank of Portland. A former Montana state banking superintendent, he succeeds Chas. H. Stewart amid service across Helena and Kalispell banks and a world trip with Mrs. Johnson.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Frank H. Johnson
Seattle
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Portland
Ore
Portland Bank
Johnson
Montana
Chas. H. Stewart
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Alaska
Helena Banker Frank H. Johnson Named President in Oregon Bank
Frank H. Johnson of Helena has been elected president of the federal home loan bank of Portland Oregon. A Montana banker for 36 years he arrived in the state to serve as cashier of the First National Bank of Butte.
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Helena
Frank H. Johnson
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Portland
Ore
Montana
First National Bank of
Butte
Horace S. Davis Speaks At Armistice Day Service
Horace S. Davis addressed about 300 Billings residents at the Babcock theater Armistice Day service praising the 52 Yellowstone county war dead. He criticized 1917 leadership and urged caution in future wars while noting a new crusade to aid the socially rejected and oppressed in modern industry.
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Billings
Yellowstone County
Babcock Theater
American Legion
Horace Davis
Davis
First Band Concert and Community Sing Tonight
The Big Timber band performs tonight at 8 at the high school auditorium with a varied program and audience sing along. Free admission invites all to join in the music and songs including Let Me Call You Sweetheart and America the Beautiful.
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Big Timber
American Legion
Parker
the Bells of St. Mary’s Adams
Lehar
Slim
Fillmore
Hall
LaGolondrina
Serradell
Old Virginny
Robinson
Chinese Hold Line Against Japanese Westward Advance
Chinese forces repelled a Japanese westward push near Shanghai with heavy rains hindering air and ground units. Desperate rearguard actions kept the enemy east of the Shanghai to Nanking defense line while civilians and government offices began accelerated evacuations in the capital amid unofficial warnings to flee the approaching forces.
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Shanghai
Japan
Nanking
Tax Relief Urged to Stimulate Private Business
Washington proposes immediate congressional tax relief for business rather than waiting for January. House rules chair O Connor accuses the country of neglecting 5 000 000 private employers and says tax burdens deter hiring. Byrd rejects destructive economy remarks.
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Washington
Congress
O’connor
N. Y
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Byrd
Wallace Suggests Middle of Road Bill in Congress
Washington Nov 17 Farm leaders faced a split over crop control but Secretary Wallace proposed a middle road between compulsory penalties and voluntary grants. The conciliatory plan sparked expectations that a farm bill could reach committee and reach Congress Monday. Chairman Smith of South Carolina signaled readiness to adopt the middle path if Wallace recommends it.
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Washington
Congress
Wallace
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Logan Proposes Board to Judge Judicial Competence
Senator Logan of Kentucky proposes a special council to determine federal judges' fitness. He suggests Congress appoint senior circuit court judges and the chief justice to handle incompetence charges filed by the justice department, giving the judge a full hearing.
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Logan
Washington
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Wintry weather tolls first death as cold spreads
Wintry conditions spread over the Great Lakes region and Missouri valley with heavy snow in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma and subfreezing temperatures eastward. An unidentified man was killed after stepping into traffic in Oklahoma City as the first blast of winter was felt across the plains and beyond.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Missouri Valley
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Canadian
Rocky Mountain Divide
Mississippi River
North Pacific States
New York
New England
Oklahoma City
Texas
Pampa
Panhandle
South Plains
Government pledges budget balancing program in New York
Secretary Morgenthau urged a balanced budget with a $695 million cut in next year’s federal expenditures. He called for less relief and public works spending, broader income tax, and abolition of some nuisance taxes to spark private capital and revive business activity.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Snowfall Cheers Midland Empire Farmers Across Region
In Billings and surrounding Midland Empire areas a light two day snowstorm brought about 0.12 inch precipitation. An inch of snow blanketed rural zones while downtown snow mostly melted. Plane travel faced groundings. rail and bus traffic remained open except Red Lodge Cooke City road. Beet crop harvest complete. moisture seen as beneficial to beet lands. J R Mason of Great Western refinery notes favorable moisture for crops.
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Billings
Midland Empire
Continental Divide
Wyoming
Red Lodge-Cooke City
Salon
J. R. Mason
Great Western Refinery
Atlee Pomerene Dies of Bronchial Pneumonia at 73
Atlee Pomerene former RFC chairman special prosecutor in Teapot Dome and 12 year Ohio senator died in Cleveland after weeks of bronchial pneumonia. He passed at 4 12 p m with his wife present. Doctor said he slept away in a three day coma. Causes listed include broncho pneumonia stroke and high blood pressure.
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Cleveland
Atlee Pomerene
RFC
Teapot Dome
Ohio
Harley A. Williams
Filibuster Lengthens as Anti-Lynching Bill Stalls
Administration leaders lament another short session day with no progress beyond a Senate filibuster on the anti lynching bill. Proponents grow restless as delays persist and confusion appears to deepen.
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Washington
Senate
Brandeis Celebrates Birthday By Working
Washington November 13 Louis Dembitz Brandeis the liberal jurist on the supreme court marked his eighty first birthday by maintaining his routine of hard work. A spokesman said the day was just another for the oldest member of the court with reports of possible retirement unfounded. Brandeis still rises at 5 am and works until 11 30 am on Saturdays then attends the 1 30 pm conference. He spends two weeks each month hearing cases and the other two weeks writing opinions from his apartment. He was the first Jewish justice on the court, appointed by President Wilson.
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Washington
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Wilson
Montana toll hits 152 in 1937 auto deaths
Nov 13 report says the Montana highway toll rose to 152 after the death of Floyd Umphrey, 32, of Whitlash. Umphrey died in a collision at a crossroad with a car driven by Leo Murphy of Shelby, Murphy was critically injured and taken to Shelby hospital.
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Ferdig
MontAna
Floyd Umphrey
Whitlash
Leo Murphy
Shelby
Murphy
Supreme Court clears $540000 inheritance tax in Clark estate
Montana Supreme Court rules the state may collect about $540000 in inheritance tax from the W A Clark Jr estate. The decision fixes a total Montana tax on a $5,754,003 estate at roughly $1,268,688 plus about $116000 interest, with half of the tax going to public schools and half to the general fund. Clark died June 14, 1934, near Missoula at Salmon Lake.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
W. A. Clark
Montana
Supreme Court
Silver Bow
George John Pale
Los Angeles
Pale
Clark
Arotest
W. A. Clark, Jr
W. A. Clark, Sr
Butte
Salmon Lake
Missquia
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Reedpoint
Whitehall State Bank
Whitehall
American National Bank
Conrad National Bank
Kalispell
First National Bank and Trust Company
Horace S. Davis
France
Treasury
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