Montana Highway Commission OKs Two Rogers Pass Units
The Montana highway commission ended a two year dispute and approved two construction units for the Central Montana highway system. One unit will start near Lincoln and the other over Rogers Pass summit. Delegations from Helena and Great Falls had urged different starts, with a projected overall outlay of about 485 000 dollars over the seven year plan. The governor had warned of a state solution if talks failed. Construction to begin on the Continental Divide unit was approved.
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Montana Highway Commission
Rogers Pass
Central
Montana
Lincoln
Wleleba
Helena
Highway Commission
High- Wer Commission
Czechs Install Hacha as New Czech President
Prague reports Dr Emil Hacha elected president by 272 votes. Aged 68 and former head of the supreme court, he accepts Premier Jan Syrovy’s resignation and tasks Rudolf Beran with forming a new cabinet. The move aims to shape policy to German needs after the September crisis and loss of territory.
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Prague
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Rudolf Beran
Party of Naional Unity
Eduard Benes
Hacha
Death of Codreanu Vastly Shakes Romania's Iron Guard
In Rome Romania the outlawed Iron Guard's leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and 13 followers were killed as their convoy traveled from Rumun i Sarat prison to Bucharest after an alleged escape attempt. An official report says guards fired to stop the group five hours later the bodies were buried in a prison cemetery amid mass suspicion. The incident is tied to broader charges of a widespread Iron Guard conspiracy for rebellion.
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Bucharest
Romania
Hitler
Iron Guard
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Rumutk- Sarat
Ruymania
Carol
Codreanu
Rummik-Sarat
Iip
Flory Stefanescu Goanga
University of Cluj
Farley Publishes History Of His Remarkable Career As Political Chief
Les York details Farley life from Grassy Point to top of New Deal era politics. The book Behind the Ballots portrays Farley as a decisive postmaster general and Democratic National Chairman, noting his loyalty to Roosevelt and close staff ties.
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Farley
Les York
Wong
Roosevelt
Lewis Mowe
Parley
State Wins Point In Case Of Mayer Murder Trial
Seattle November 20 a superior judge ruled the state not required to produce Bassett s body to prove death in the Mayer murder case but must show Bassett died. The judge rejected a demand to reveal the body though stating the petitioners must prove death by other evidence. Mayer 44 and Mrs Mary Eleanor Smith 73 face first degree murder charges in Bassett s disappearance in Annapolis Md ten years ago.
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MAYER
Seattle
Eugene Hassett
Bassett
Erintence
Chester Batchelor
Gray Warner
Milton Jtelman
Decastra
Earl Mayer
Mary Eleanor Smith
Annapolis
Nover
Bassettis
Smith
Washington State
Little Brown House
Mate of Coastal Schooner Tells Of Seeing Plane
Oakland Calif Nov 30 The first mate of a coastal timber schooner described mistaking a transport plane for a rescue plane as it passed near Point Reyes at dawn. Five persons died when the plane stranded on rocks after the attempt to reach shore failed. The mate, H Buckner of Marshfield Oregon, said he saw the craft at 6 16 am as it roared from a murky sky and flew low over the ship. The plane then dropped a white flare and circled before vanishing from sight.
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Oakland
Calif
Point Reyes
H. Buckner
Marshfield
Ore
Lumbertown
Buckner
Republicans Face Rifts Over 1940 Victory Prospects
Washington reports show the Republican National Committee debated party strategy for 1940 with deep disagreements among members. Despite harmony notes, officials signaled potential purges of conservative leaders, while entrants urged moving forward with new ideas and a Dewey-for-president outlook. Kenneth Simpson's failed committee bid highlighted tensions between factions within the party.
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Republican National Committee
House
Audewcomers
Kenneth Simpson
New York
Simpson
Republican Executive Committee
Boom Simpson
Dale
Hoover
Nine Fishermen Saved From Rocks Off Santa Cruz Island
Nine San Pedro fishermen clung to jagged rocks as heavy seas raged off Santa Cruz Island. A coast guard breeches buoy hauled them to safety while Aurora and a landing party rescued others from the Dante L'Aligheri wrecked on a reef.
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San Pedro
Calif
Santa Cruz Island
Coast Guard
Aurora
Dante L'Aligheri
Esperria
Salvatore Lauro
Joe Piro
Amilo Caserms
Giovanni Laura
Pasquals Artiano
Frank Faigle
Ghost wave and sunspots tied to latest plane tragedy
Reporter notes a ghost wave and sunspot activity as possible factors in a recent disaster. Pilot Blead became confused by overlapping signals while the plane, en route from Medford to Oakland, encountered squally weather and abnormal radio reception. Experts cite meteorological and radio interference explanations, with notation of strong signals from Salt Lake City and nearby stations.
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San Manciso
Saastey
Tle
Am Suchacr
Oakland
Medfon
Ore
Oil Aeronautics Authority
Wo Tarhema
Rade Engineering
University of California
Salt Lake City
Anthom
Gerhard
Press Wheleys, Inc
United States
Rukemy
Governor Hosts Montana Democrats At Banquet
Governor Rev F E Aersverdar welcomed prominent Montana Democrats at the executive mansion in honor of Sen Burton Wheeler and Cong James F O Connor. Guests included J Burke Clements and others as Wheeler said congressional action next session could aid Montana wheat farmers. O Connor left for Great Falls after lunch and voiced support for amendments to the agricultural adjustment administration and the social security act.
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FE. Aersvesterdar
Montana
2 Junction
Burton K. Wheeler
James F. O'Connor
J Burke Clements
Woo Buller
BE. A, Dye
Justice Vo Stewart
DM Oa Wares Drover
Creel
Millings
Ed Craney
Butte
Wheeler
Anaconda
The
Elks Lodge
Jamin Jones
Congress
O'Conner
Great Falls
Wheeler to Speak at Carroll College Today
Senator Wheeler of Montana will address Carroll College this afternoon in the auditorium. The Very Rev. Tmmett Riley will introduce him and accept a bust of Senator Walsh. Wheeler notes Carroll as fitting home for a memorial to Montana’s late Catholic senator, a longtime benefactor and friend of Bishop John Patrick Carroll.
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Tate
T. J. Walsh
Carroll College
College
Montant
Wheeler
Montana
Carroll Centre
Bra Welock
Thamagy J. Walsh
Wonetana
Carroll
Tr. Tmmett Riley
John Patrick Carroll
Helena
Mare
Strikes in Eight French Cities Spark Disorder After Daladier Edict
Nov 80 reports say labor clashes flared as Premier Daladier’s use of force and military law ended a national strike. In Toulouse police and mayor injured as crowds smashed shops. Clermont Ferrand strikers attacked troops guarding the city. Others in Lille Lyon Nantes Dieppe Grenoble Marseille faced police and guards as workers resumed work under military orders.
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Daladier
Varia
Edouard Daladier
Toulouse
Clermont Ferrand
Buc
Tile
Lyon
Nantes
Dieppe
Grenoble
Marseille
Lite
Lile
Flong
Lille
Roosevelt weighs new program amid vacation at Warm Springs
President Roosevelt resumed his vacation routine at Warm Springs Georgia while pondering the broad principles of a new program to be discussed with Speaker Bankhead. The plan includes party strategy and legislative proposals to be pressed when Congress convenes January 2. He plans further talks on international issues with ambassadors to Germany and Italy before deciding on resumption of normal diplomatic relations.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Bankhead
House
Alabamta
White House
Pine Mountain
Congress
Washington
Hugh R Wilson
Germany
William Phillips
Italy
Buck Private Becomes General for a Day in Paris Garage
A Frenchman, head of a Paris garage for Hy buses, briefly declares himself a general as a mob of guardsmen takes over the facility and requisitions workers. He says, It’s great, I’m a general now, today.
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Parla
Lfe
Paris
Tandred Mobus
Wave of Jewish crisis reports spreads through Germany
Berlin reports indicate a widespread wave of Jewish personal crisis as Nazis impose new ghetto measures. Rabbis conduct funerals. officials forbid disclosure of deaths attributed to anti-Jewish actions. A new order bans Jews from districts and certain hours. Fraenkische Tageszeitung attacks the United States as a "land of lynch justice and kidnaping."
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Berlin
Germany
Folica Im
United States
Fraenkischs ‘Tageszeitung
Julian Streicher
Franconia
Phantom slasher case sows doubt across towns
London police and Scotland Yard weighed the chance the so called phantom slasher plaguing northern towns is real or a hoax as a 14 year old Manchester suburb victim confessed the injury was accidental. Despite multiple superficial wounds in Halifax and nearby areas another assault occurred near Bettie when a woman was slashed on the forearm.
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London
Scotland Yard
Woreen
Horth
Manchester
Halifax
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Goth
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Ralifax
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