Roosevelt plans long tour to back pro renomination
President Roosevelt maps a transcontinental swing to promote his agenda and praise Democratic incumbents. Stops include Covington Kentucky and Marietta Ohio with a possible speech in Oklahoma and Tennessee. The journey aims to bolster Senator Barkley in Kentucky and touches on races with Gov Chandler and others.
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Roosevelt
Coveington
Senator Barkley
Senate
Barkley
Oklahoma
Yort Worth
Texas
Colorado
Thomas
Oklahoma City
W. Marland
Keep
Gomar Ssmith
Taelic
O Connell Declines Newark Invitation To Speak
Representative Scott of California and O'Connell of Montana said they declined an invitation from the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers to speak at a civil liberties meeting in Newark New Jersey on June 25. Scott cited a prior engagement in Portland Oregon and O'Connell planned to campaign in Montana for renomination as the 80th Congress adjourned.
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Portland
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Montana
Leader of Union Nin e Vet Kentucky Affair
A local union leader Leste Smilers 30 president of United Mine Workers of America at Yancer Ky was shot dead after a clash with two miners near Gulstan Ky. George Titler international representative quoted Isom organizer saying Isom was kidnapped earlier today and forced into a car. Authorities in London declined comment on the killings or kidnapping amid a Wagner act trial context.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leste Smilers
United Mine Workers of Ameri Ea
Yancer
Gulstan
George Title
Tu.m.w.a
John Isom
Thres
Cumberland
Titler
Ysom
Isom
London
Harlan County
Smithers
Wees Isom
Harry Bennett
Bozeman Man Heads Brand Commandery
Dilion June 8 Bozeman resident Channell A. MacKenzie was elected grand commander of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Monfans at the commandery annual conclave. Other officers named include DeWitt Warren Glendve deputy grand commander Herbert W. Burton grand generalissimo Edwin Fredland grand captain-general William C. Husband grand senior warden Charles A. Rasmussen grand junior warden H H For grand prelate John Scott Harrison IV grand treasurer Francis D. Jones grand recorder.
Proposal to study British unions act is futile waste of public money
The piece argues that sending a commission abroad to study Britain’s Trade Unions Act would be pointless without amendment. It notes Britain’s unique constitutional setup, the crown, and Labour's influence, linking the 1927 act to wartime fears and the general strike, suggesting the act reflects class interests and political pressures rather than clear precedent for U.S. legislation.
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United States
Great Britain
Britain and France seek end to Spanish Rebel raids on shipping
London reports an epidemic of deadly air raids on British and French shipping by Spanish rebels. Eighteen killed aboard three ships off the eastern Spanish coast, including Edward Jones, a British nonintervention observer. London and Paris push for concrete measures, delaying the nonintervention subcommittee meeting amid talks with Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
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France
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Brisbane
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Paris
Foreign Office
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Neville Coumberlain
Hampshire
Madrid
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Lucena del Cid
Adzateta
Castellon de la Plana
Vatican Condemns Bombings in Spanish Civil War
L Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, defended protests against bombardments of civilian populations in Spain. It said European attention is drawn to attacks that strike nonmilitary centers and do not affect war efforts, calling the protests justified.
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L’osservatore Romano
Vatican
Music Teachers to Convene in Helena for 1939 Association Meet
Helena hosts the 1939 convention of the State Music Teachers Association with delegates from Missoula, Helena, Butte, Billings, Great Falls, Deer Lodge, Miles City, Dillon and Kalispell attending.
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Kallapell
Helena
State Music Teachers’ Association
Annus
Missoula
Butte
Billings
Great Falls
Deer Lodge
Miles City
Dillon
Kalispell
Kunze Arragamnet 5 to Come Moro Kunze Arragamment
John Kunze, 33, charged with first degree murder, had arraignment continued as he told Judge Berg he lacked an attorney. He is accused of shooting to death Mayor August Kunze of Three Forks and the mayor’s wife Lowise on June 1. The defendant and the mayor are half brothers.
No Evidence Found of Foul Play in Boulder Deaths
June 9. An investigation by Pat Holland for the Attorney General found no tangible evidence of foul play in the deaths of Dudley J. Paddock and Ome Linn Segraves in Boulder Springs on April 12. The inquiry questioned witnesses and reviewed rumors but unearthed no motive or facts suggesting foul play.
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Bozeman
Ft Boulder Not Springs
Dudley J. Paddock
Ome Linn Segraves
Pat Holland
Harrison J. Freebourn
Holleat
Kidnaping Case Allegedly Solved Say Hoover
Miami June 9 G Man Chief J Edgar Hoover announced plans to press the Jimmy Cash kidnaping case actively while noting the arrest of Frank Un Pleres Metall and the recovery of most of the $10 000 ransom. He said one kidnapper remains at large and that McCall admitted writing ransom notes and receiving payment but denied further involvement. Body recovered and ransom sum largely accounted for with $249 still missing. The Cash family identity the body and details of the case.
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Fla
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
McCall
James Kalley Cash
FBT
Princeton
McGall
FLBT
Cash
Wilson P. Cash
Norris Calls Cutting American Arms Shipments in Orient
Norris proposes halting U S arms shipments to China and Japan to curb aerial attacks and civilian casualties. Ambassador Grew delivers protest to Tokyo over an attack on Longan University. Senator Borah predicts Japan will seek reparations, warns of precarious finances. State Department reveals a secret protocol tied to Sanshin ishii accord and a 5 cent pact publication.
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Japan
State Department
University of Longan
Borah R
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ife
Plate Department
Nurses of State Close 26th Annual Meeting With Election
The Montana State Nurses association will elect officers and three directors at 2 p.m. this afternoon at Hawthorne school concluding its 26th annual convention. Florence Sywanatrom of Great Falls presides. other officers include Margaret Car lou e of Butte as first vice president Gertrude Buckles of Billings as second vice president Edith L. Brown of Helena as secretary and Anna Beckwith of Helena as treasurer. Three two year directors will be chosen from E Augusta Ariss Great Falls Manta Hane Hazeman and Mrs Hazel Jones Havre. A banquet featured Tuesday night at the Plaver hotel honored by Mrs J J Hall. Dr and Mrs T C Betzner spoke and showed dental motion pictures while Mrs Betzner displayed wildflower motion pictures. Walter Burns Saunders nursing award presented to private duty nurses. award by National Nurses association. Music by Skipper Kellys orchestra. This mornings convention set
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Mantana State Nurses' Association
Hawthorne School
Florence Sywanatrom
Great Falls
Margaret Carolue
Butte
Gertrude Buckles
Billings
Edith L. Brown
Helena
Anna Beckwith
E. Augusta Ariss
Manta Hane
Hazeman
Hazel Jones
Havre
Walter Burns Saunders
Mise Brown
Swanstrom
National Nurses” Association
Skipper Kelly
Roosevelt seeks relief as WRLA funds approved
Washington June 9 AP President Roosevelt's recommendation for WRLA relief funds was increased by Congress to 1 425609 000 amid ongoing unemployment concerns. The House approved the higher amount and the Senate stance sparked debate on farm aid payments and broader relief obligations. House and Senate conferees prepared to reconcile differences. Woodrum amendment on WPA funding loomed in dispute.
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Congressional Conference Committee
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House
Billings Thwarts Night Insect Horde Invasion Attempt
Fire spitting premure chimera manned night guards at two bridges over the Yellowstone river repelled the first thrusts of Mormon cricket hordes threatening Billings. County Agent Keith Sime reports no crickets crossed the bridges and believes the insects are trapped between tin barriers and the river.
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Tune
Chiang Kai Shek calls allies to aid as China flees
General Chiang Kai Shek urged friendly powers to fulfill treaty obligations and impose economic sanctions on Japan while Chinese civilians fled Chengchow Haikow and Canton amid one of the era's largest mass exoduses. Refuges numbered in the thousands as Japanese attempts to land forces on the Yangtze banks failed amid heavy bombardment.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Ching
Chiang
Hankow
Japan
Chengchow
Henan Province
Haikow
Eouth
Yangtze River
Canton
Shrine convention closes with pageant and new officers
The Ancient Arabic Outer Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ended its convention in Los Angeles with a dazzling motion picture pageant. Baltimore was chosen as the 1939 convention city and new Imperial council officers were inducted. Andrew A D Rahn of Minnesota proclaimed continued anti foreign and patriotic aims and urged good citizenship amid troubled times.
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Mystic Shrine
Baltimore
Imperial Council
Sime
Antericantam
Andrew A D. Rahn
Minnesota
Stessons
Congressman Jenks Deprived of Seat in House
Washington June 9 AP reports the House of Representatives stripped Rep Jenks Republican of his seat and seated Alphonee Bay Manchester Democrat. The chamber rejected the claim that 3 cent ballots were cast for Jenks in the 1938 election, ending a long contest.
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House of Representatives
Hep. Jenko
Alphonee Bay
Manchester
N.hs
Jenks
Action delayed on probe of use of funds in politics
Washington June 9 AP The Senate audit committee delayed action on a proposal by Democratic senators to create a special committee to hear allegations of WPA funds used for political purposes. Chairman Byrnes of the committee said the measure was not taken up due to time constraints as a veteran affairs panel weighing related matters. Senator King, author of a separate resolution for investigating political use of WPA funds, returned to the audit committee to press the measure.
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Senate Audit Committee
W.P.A. Famie
Byrnes
D. Uleb
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Senate
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