Byrd Urges End to Nine Years of Fiscal Insanity
In Boston on December 10 Senator Byrd a Virginia Democrat called for drastic budget cuts and a government reorganization. He warned Roosevelt leadership could not be trusted to guide economy and proposed a purge of the relief rolls as part of a broad retrenchment program delivered in a nationwide radio address before the Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers associations.
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Jewish Children Leave Vienna for England and Netherlands
A train carried 560 Jewish children from Vienna to England and the Netherlands amid rising anti-Semitism. Ages 3 to 17 traveled with 20 Jewish women who found domestic work in England. Mothers and relatives were barred from the station as they said farewell at nearby hotels. The event marked a poignant moment for families fleeing the wartime climate.
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Montana projects receive approval
Washington reports Montana members of congress were advised the president approved works progress administration projects. Gallatin County fairground project valued at 27847 dollars and Glendive scenic parkway at 14958 dollars. Approval does not guarantee execution. state WPA administrator will decide.
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Roosevelt to donate home and papers to nation
President Roosevelt announced plans to leave his Hyde Park home and 100 surrounding acres to the government after his death. A public subscription will fund a dedicated building to house his papers for scholars, with the national archivist overseeing the collection. Frank Walker will head public subscriptions.
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Kentucky Youth Killed by Hit-and-Run Car in Emberton
Ray mond Keys, 21, of Emberton Kentucky and CCC member, died at a local hospital from a head injury after being struck by a hit-and-run vehicle while walking from a CCC camp toward Lewiston. He remained unconscious from about 7 pm Wednesday until his death early Saturday, nearly 60 hours later. An inquest is planned this week pending word from his parents in southern Kentucky.
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Weird Mystery Sees Illinois Tragedy In Death Of Gale Davidson
Galesburg Illinois December 1 1919 A bizarre death case unfolds as the body of Gale Davidson a former railroad brakeman on his 28th birthday is found hanged from a tree in a suburban pasture. His hands are bound with toy handcuffs his head hidden by a brown wig and lips painted scarlet. Miss Janita Ward says he seemed cheerful last night and spoke of birthday plans. Clothing including a corset is discovered as masquerade gear in his car along with women’s shoes cosmetics and a suitcase. An inquest is tentatively set after a post mortem shows no violence beyond strangulation.
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Mandeelepien
Jaanita Ward
Free Press Theme of Roosevelt in Notable Letter
President Roosevelt asserts in a letter to the St Louis Post-Dispatch that a free press is primarily the responsibility of newspapers. He hopes freedom to criticize the administration endures through this and future administrations. The note appears in the newspaper’s sixtieth anniversary section.
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Little Girl Dies After Jar Shatters Child Pierces Heart
South Bend Indiana December 10 A two year old girl Mary Alice Carlson died from a glass shard wound to the heart. She was helping her parents move fruit jars when a jar broke and pierced her heart en route to a hospital.
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Santa Claus
Helena Woman's Club Music Festival Concert at Maclow Theater
The Helena Woman's Club music department hosts its annual community Christmas concert this afternoon at 1715 hours in Maclow theater. About 170 local musicians will perform including Elena High School chorus and the Monday Music group, with free admission for the public.
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Elena High School
Toll of death in traffic shows drop in December week
Intensive safety campaigns cut traffic fatalities in the first week of December across 43 leading cities. Ten cities reduced deaths by 40 percent or more since 1937, while 10 of the remaining 25 dropped 14 to 36 percent. Separately, United States Shoe Co announced a $100,000 Christmas bonus for 3,000 employees to be paid next Friday.
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Italian fascists demand voice in Suez canal control
Rome reports fascists mute protests over French Tunisia while pressing Italy’s share in Suez tolls. editor Virginio Gayda claims Italy paid 39.21 million in 1937 tolls and argues Italian traffic through the canal is four times France’s, warranting proportional influence. notes continuation on page 8.
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Northwest Zinc Industry Hit by Canadian Treaty
Spokane December meeting of the Northwest Mining Association debated Canadian U S trade treaty impacts on zinc. Rep Compton I White urged sympathetic regulation and reform of mining laws including location rules and tariff policy, warning against royalty basins and wage hour averaging. Resolutions condemned the treaty, urged tariff restoration to Congress, and supported domestic silver pricing shifts.
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Presidents defense program promises heated congressional debate
Washington reports the president’s defense plan signals a major shift in priorities as Congress faces a charged debate on national security in a troubled post Munich era. Neutrality policy and the 1937 acts loom, with provisions on war powers and popular vote debates likely to figure prominently.
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Farmers Take Vote Defeat of A A A Likely
Early returns from farmer referenda across the South and Far West show mixed support for the New Deal crop control program with strong opposition from flue-cured tobacco and rice growers and a favorable drift among cotton producers. In 17 cotton states, a substantial majority favor giving the Agriculture Adjustment Administration authority to control 1939 tobacco sales, with two-thirds needed for approval.
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National Legion officers visit Fort Harrison for midwinter meetings
National vice commander Earl T. Ross of Reno Nev national vice commander and other Legion officials visited Fort Harrison for talks with executive committees during the annual mid winter conference. They voiced strong support for expanding bed capacity and praised the Fort Harrison veterans facility as meetings opened this afternoon led by department commander Barry Reif.
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Advisory council debates widen social security scope
Washington December 10 The Social Security Advisory council urged Congress to add three core principles to the program. They call for responsibility for wives and children of covered workers, support for workers disabled from earning, and phased funding from general revenue until a new tax system is ready. Proposals include extending old age benefits to 2.5 million workers in banks and charities, then to 900,000 farm and domestic workers, with early presentation to the Senate finance committee and social security board. Additional ideas include survivor benefits to widows, and income support for elderly couples with dependent children.
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Common Pan American defense urged at Lima conference
Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the foreign ministers of Peru and Argentina urged a united Pan American front against foreign invasion during the 21 nation conference in Lima. Delegates applauded as speakers signaled that a resolution for regional defense might be acceptable and that no nation in the hemisphere should be allowed to be invaded by force or possible coalitions.
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Cordell Hull
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Billings woman slain. ex-husband dies by own action
In Billings a divorced wife, Warren Taylor, 58, was killed on a downtown street by her former husband Joseph Palo. Palo then fatally shot himself. Coroner George H. Lettergren said both died instantly. The case, described as murder and death by own action, followed years of tension as relatives said Taylor had tried to avoid Palo.
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George H. Lettergren
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Hundred Passengers Safe After Defiance Train Derailment
A Chicago to Pittsburgh Fort Pitt United with 80 passengers and 20 crew derailed near Defiance Ohio. Two cars overturned. six at odd angles. Three injured hospitalized. others treated for minor injuries. Most occupants asleep, cushions limited injuries. Local doctors credited coach construction and sleeping passengers for no serious harm.
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