Benson Leads Petersen In Minnesota Gubernatorial Primary
Minnesota voters in a high turnout former‑labor primary favored Elmer A. Benson over Hialmar Petersen by a growing margin as returns tallied showed Benson ahead by about 9 202 votes among 3 058 of 3 739 precincts. Petersen campaigned on conservatism and ousting communists, while Benson backed New Deal policies. large former‑labor voting boosted the race. Cordell Hull said he would stay at his post in Washington this year.
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Tinv
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Tih. Petersen
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New Deal
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State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
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Dakota
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Austin
George E Leach
Hargon Neétthrop
Owatonna
Thomas Gallagher
Fred Lchuplin
St. Cloud
Michael Murray
W. Anderson
St. Paul
Charles Lethert
Jt. Anderson
Marinnapolis
New York
Cordell Hull
Washington
Two Thousand Legion and Auxiliary Members Arrive in Helena
Two thousand Legion and Auxiliary members begin arriving in Helena for sessions today. The 20th annual meeting includes elections for officers, the 1939 convention city, and delegates to the national Los Angeles convention. Sessions are at the American Legion hall and the First Baptist hotel with registration at the Placer hotel.
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American Legion Hall
Grand Street
The Woods at Avondale Estate A Tall Tale of Time
Mark Sullivan recalls a Chester County farm near Avondale, Pennsylvania, where a vast woodland survived early settlers. He notes trees like poplar and oak, vines of wild grape, and the changing view as airplanes pass between New York and Washington. He muses on time, change, and the aging methods of land travel seen in a single lifetime.
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Penneylvania
Tait
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Roda
Governor Urges Roosevelt to Skip Oklahoma Primary
Oklahoma City June 21 Gov E W Marland said he urged President Roosevelt not to visit Oklahoma before the July 12 primary to avoid campaigning for U S senate challenger Thomas and not to express a preference in the Democratic nomination. Marland denied reports that Roosevelt might endorse Thomas.
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E W Marland
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Oklahoma
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Marland
Gomer Smith Marland
Portland Youth Falls to Death in Glacier
Gilbert Shepard 19 of Portland Oregon died after falling while climbing Mount Grinnell near Macy Glacier in Glacier National Park. Park rangers and CCC crews recovered the body late last night.
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Ore
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Shepard
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Helena girl visits wreck scene amid desolation
Gail Brown of Helena described the wreck site near Miles City where the Milwaukee line bundle lingered in a lacerated landscape. Crowds blocked the ridge as workers removed a baggage man’s body and a watch still stopped at midnight amid strewn debris and sun-scorched iron.
Smoke over Montana linked to western fires
Forest agencies in Flathead county report no fires within DAL territory as a dense smoke haze settles over Northwest Montana. The forests remain in good shape after ten days of rain and high humidity, while smoke is traced to fires in states to the west.
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Dal Territory
Great Forest Fire Paging Alberta Sweeps West
A forest fire outbreak described as the worst in 14 years swept western Canada. The blaze spread across northern Alberta and parts of Manitoba, threatening Caroline near Calgary and stretching about 250 miles from the BC border to Rochester. Mills, farms, and at least one village faced danger as telephone communication faltered.
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Lehman Seeks Nomination to Succeed Copeland
Albany June 21 New York Democratic Governor Herbert J Lehman announced he would accept the nomination to succeed the late United States Senator Royal Copeland. Lehman would be completing a third term as New York governor next December 21 and has been viewed as a conservative within the state Democratic organization.
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Herbert J. Lehman
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Roosevelt
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Supreme Court
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Democratic
Roosevelt says economy not as bad as believed
Hyde Park June 21 President Roosevelt signed the 3.75 billion lending and spending bill and said business has not been as bad as some fear A Commerce Department estimate predicts national income slightly above 460 000 000 900 for the year He announced 950 million in Public Works projects within 80 days and discussed international affairs with Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy A fireside chat is planned for Friday June 24 at 4 30 p m Hawaii time following a dinner in honor of the little cabinet
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London
Kennedy
Pump-priming program to start as quotas are allotted
Washington reports President Roosevelt signed the 3.75 billion lending spending bill, setting in motion a broad pump priming program. The Public Works Administration will begin modifying plans as funds are allocated, with $965 million to PWA and a total goal to employ up to 3 million over eight months starting July 1.
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Roosevelt
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Harold Lockes
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Congress
Highways and Rail Line Washed Out by Cloudburst
A southwest cloudburst near Hamilton washed out late highway No. M and the Northern Pacific railroad branch in the area. Water swept away bridge approaches at Truman and the West Hamilton bridge over the Biller Root river. Highway 92 damaged near Mold Creek. Rail right of way near Truman washed, rails suspended. the road remains only transport in the Hitter Root valley with trams thrice weekly. Precipitation from noon to six totaled one inch.
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Hitter Root Valley
Wreck Verdict Clears Milwaukee Train Tragedy
A coroner's jury in Miles City found no one to blame for the Milwaukee Road Olympian wreck. The inquiry identified victims in Prairie county as dying during a June 14 to June 19 period when flood waters overwhelmed Guster Creek bridge. One body, that of P F Schultz, was later recovered in the Yellowstone River at Sidney. The jury will reconvene to identify more bodies as they arrive.
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Ladd
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Terry
Prairie County
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Stanley Guy
Official May Be Wreck Victim In Montana Plunge
Bozeman Montana June 21 Ches ter C Davis of Washington DC member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve bank said he had been informed by telegram that Randy Perkins 16 son of Milo Perkins assistant administrator of the resettlement administration was probably lost when the Milwaukee Olympian plunged into Custer creek east of Miles City early Sunday He said Paul Banfield of Washington was expected to arrive in Miles City tonight to identify the body Davis is here visiting at the home of his wife's parents.
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Chester C. Davis
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Milo Perkins
Resettlement Administration
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Custer Creek
Miles City
Paul Banfield
Washington
Davis
Body of Olympian wreck victim found near Sidney
The body of an unidentified man aged 40 to 45, dressed only in knee length underwear, was found afloat in the Yellowstone river near Sidney. Coroner T O Burgess said the man likely died in the Milwaukee Olympian wreck near Miles City on Sunday. The distance from the Custer creek wreck site to Sidney covers over 130 miles.
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Miles City
Yellowstone
T. O. Burgess
Custer Creek
Mellon Income Tax Case Heads Toward Settlement
Washington June 21 The government's three million dollar income tax case against the estate of Andrew W Mellon narrowed to an 8090,000 settlement today ending four years of litigation over regal points and art treasures from czarist palaces and McClinti Marshall stock in 1918 The case also saw Mellon accused and cleared of attempting to defraud the government as he prepared his 1931 return while head of the treasury department He called the suit vicious persecution and vilification as he lay in a funeral grand jury in low the fraud abatge.
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Andrew W. Mellon
McClinti Marshall Corporation
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