Montana Governor Urges Action for Water Conservation
Gov Elmer Holt urged Montanans to seek federal cooperation to finish the states water conservation program at the Montana Federation of Women s Clubs convention. He said residents are responsible for waste of federal relief funds and announced plans to form a 12 member advisory committee for the water board. The 26th federation convention closed day with talks by Mrs Roberta Campbell Lawson and state leaders, emphasizing lifework through better human relations and public health officials outlined.
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Billings
Elmer Halt
Montana
Montana Water Conservation Board
Montana Federation of Women's Clubs
Montanana
Water Conservation Board
Helena
Montana Federation
Roberta Campbell Lawson
Tulsa
Oklo
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Denver
Lawson
Kolt
J. H. Moran
Moore
State Federation
Gladys Velorteh
Hardin
Mugdigbrod
Wisdom
John M. Fkude
Los Angeles
KR Tember
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Elizabeth Ireland
B. K. Kidbourne
State Board of Health
C. G. Manning
Lewistown
The Queen of Tragedy and Spain's Royal Divorce
New York reports Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain travels to America to comfort her son Count Covadonga amid his haemopulsia and looming divorce from Cuba-born Edelmira Sampedo. Rumors claim affairs and a possible royal marriage rethink. The piece recalls Eugenia's tragic 1906 Madrid wedding and a bombing that marred the royal procession.
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New York
Victoria Eugania
Spain
America
Victoria
Count Covadonga
Prince of the Asturias
Edelmira Sampedro
Cuba
Charcot Drowned as French Ship Pourquoi-Pas Founders
Reykjavik Sept 16 Captain Jean Charcot famed as Admiral Byrd of France died with all but one of 60 aboard the exploration ship Pourquoi-Pas when it foundered off Iceland. Petty Officer Eugene Geonidec survived after swimming to shore through heavy surf. He reported the vessel grounded on rocks and was overwhelmed by the sea. The crew's bodies, including Charcot, were later found along the Icelandic coast.
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Reykjavik
Teeland
Jean Charcot
Admiral Byrd
France
Pourquoi-Pas
Iceeland
Eugene Geonidec
Geonidec
Dr. Charcot
Icelandic
Butler Addresses Vets On What War Really Is Like
Denver dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Cutler, retired, telling Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment attendees that war is hell and Americans must act. He urged officials to keep troops from leaving U.S. shores and pledged blunt talk to convey wartime realities. Delegates planned encampment nominations, with James E. Van Zandt of Altoona indicating he would decline another term after nerving three contenders.
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Butler
Denver
Smedley D. Cutler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jamen E. van Zandt
Altoona
Railroad Employes Support President You May Expect
Chicago September 16 The Railroad Employes National Pension Conation decided to seek congressional imitation of Supreme Court powers to pare a new pension bill if the railroad retirement act is invalidated The association also endorsed Roosevelt reelection in a second resolution adopted unanimously at its annual meeting final session
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Chicago
National Pension
Supreme Court
Association
Roosevelt
Wisconsin primary shows La Follette gains for Progressive party
Virtually complete returns from Wisconsin's primary indicate Gov. Philip F. La Follette and the Progressive party made gains. The Republican share improved while two Democratic candidates for governor trailed by about 75,000 votes compared with the 1932 three way race. La Follette led with 7 percent of precincts reported, surpassing GOP and Democratic totals in gubernatorial contests.
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Milwaukee
Philip F. la Follette
Progressive Party
Wisconsin
Hig
LaFollerite
Eiite
Sarras
Irving Thalberg Laid To Rest In Hollywood Ceremony
Irving Thalberg died after pneumonia at twenty nine. Widowed actress Norma Shearer and friends attended a private Hebrew rite at a temple. Thousands gathered outside the temple as cameras and studio officials paid homage to the MGM production chief known as the "little fellow."
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Los Angeles
API
Tmdng Phalberge
King of
Hollywood
Norm Bheacer
Ters
Macyte Pro- Warer
Sterro-Goldwyn-Maayer
Lingrat
Wey
Workers' Alliance Declines Support, Warrants Wage Protests
Washington September 16. The national executive board of the Workers’ Alliance of America announced no candidate support for the presidency. It also withheld timing of strikes and demonstrations demanding higher WPA wages "for the time being."
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Whahington
Workers’ Alliance of Ameren
Salinas Citizens Drive Strikers From District
Salinas Calif Sept 16 4 today began a drive to rid the workers strike Wearing blue armbands identification the deputles rushed sworn in by Sheriff Carl Abbott went through streets and alleys They used wagon spoke clubs to relabor the jeering pickets and formed a flying wedge to drive between 409 and 500 persons from the downtown district About 250 citizens many carrying firearms swarmed to where the pickets had congregated on Monterey street Police accompanied the deputies hurting tear gas bombs into the strikers rage Sheriff Abbott called for mobilization of Salinas citizens after officers and strikers had battled hand to hand and gas shells injuring several persons in clashes that sharply increased tension The governor said evidence that the strike was led by communists and that he would use every means at his command to preserve order State Highway Patrol Chief J Raymond Cato ordered 59 more special deputies to the strike district bringing the number to about 130 At least 10 persons including a woman were injured The fighting occurred as business houses closed The strike dispute grew from a demand by the frost and veretella Workers union that its members have preference in hiring Growers and shippers rejected this and 3200 union men quit work Shippers recruited other help and resumed work yesterday under guards and barricades
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Salinas
Calif
Carl Abbott
Monterey Street
Carl Abott
Abbott
Frank F. Merriam
Sacramento
J. Raymond Cato
Raymond Cato
State Highway Patrol
Frost and Veretalla Workers Union
Roosevelt to Speak at Harvard and Visit Pittsburgh
President Roosevelt plans a political speaking tour, addressing Harvard University and a ceremony in Pittsburgh. He will attend a dedication in New Jersey, relax at a World Series game in New York, and then proceed to engagements in Cambridge and Cherry Hill with stops related to civic and university events.
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Roosevelt
Harvard
Pittsburgh
Col Knox Takes Hand In Hectic Seattle Strike
Col Frank Knox republican vice presidential nominee urged law abiding citizens to back Hartley in the Seattle strike context. Knox defended cooperative labor relations, warned against coercion, and criticized Democratic leadership for failing to curb the strike that shut the Post-Intelligencer. He drew on his Hearst system experience to praise collective bargaining while opposing government coercion.
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Col. Knox
Seattle
Wash
Frank Kn
Nee
Roku H. Hartley
Knox
Sie
Hartley
Clarence J. Martin
Post- Intelligencer
Hearst
Chicago Daily News
Teacher and Union
Manchester
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Just A Minute With Irvin S Cobe
Hollywood dispatch notes a veteran reporter lampoons nepotism at the federal payroll by citing relatives of political figures including Senator Smith of South Carolina and Jack Garner among those drawing Uncle Sam salaries. The column mocks partisan double standards amid a Democratic national convention scene.
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Hollywood
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Sam
Jack Garner
Texas
Business in Seattle Agts in News Strike
Berttle Wash Sept 16 The Seattle Central Labor council urged immediate action tonight to end a nanaroom strike at the Post-Intelligencer amid management plans deemed abeyant at business interests requests The guild had called a strike Aug 13 protesting two discharges and hearings before the National Labor Relations board continued as the paper's publisher announced no plans to abandon the plant
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Berttle
Wash
Tinainess
Tha National Labor Relations Board
Agsoriatn
Charles 3. Londeman
Clue to Maniac Who Decapitates Victims
Cleveland police outlined a detailed description of a man suspected in five decapitations over the past year. Detective Beret James Hogan said the tip originated from a man who claimed to have seen the killer near the site of the most recent headless victim.
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Cleveland
James Hogan
Hogan
Sha
Othe
Viet
Blockade planned by Spanish fascists northern front
Farther reports from Saint Jean de Luz on September 16 indicate General Emilio Mola moves troops toward Zaragoza and Madrid fronts. Fascist militiamen patrol San Sebastian streets and, from the harbor, sever communications with government-held air routes while land and sea blockades aim to starve government resistance in the north.
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Saint Jean
Airines
Hetleves
Perpignan
France
Valavera Border May See Battle Rumors Rise
Reuters reports insurgent bombers shot down near Maqae da and Santa Oluna as reinforcements rush to Valavera Crow Wer. Government forces outnumber fascists. Basque nationalist executions reported in the Trin football stadium provoke Spanish and French diplomatic reactions.
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Associated Press
Yawning Contest Captures New York Promoter Spotlight
New York features a yawning contest as promoters and agents push the event. Nevins, Broadway figure, headlines efforts in a weeklong competition spanning late September in Trenton with a mix of publicity and interest.
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New York
Nevins
Broadway
Trenton
Fall of Alcazar Looms Amid Spanish Siege Threats
Reports from Toledo state government forces plan to detonate massive TNT charges under the Alcazar fortress, risking the lives of 1,700 occupants including women and children. Two mines over 100 yards long are said to be in place as authorities ready a "terrible decision" after ten days of siege.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Spain
Alcazar
Fawelyt
van Hot von
Monaghan Denies Quitting and Denounces Rumors
In Bozeman on Sept 16 Independent candidate Joseph P. L Monaghan denied reports he would withdraw from the race. Speaking to a Townsend club gathering before about 300 people he urged opponents to withdraw and pledged to fight for decent pensions. A second item from Washington on Sept 16, 1943 noted the Public Works Administration reconsidered a $17,182 grant for a school building at Medicine Lake, Montana, deeming it eligible.
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Bozeman
Reece
Joseph
Monaghan
James EB. Murray
Lake Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Democrat
Public Works Administration
Medicine Labs
Labor turmoil in France spurs Blum action
Paris dispatch reports Leon Blum moving to curb growing strikes across France. Workers press for immediate 40 hour week and wage hikes at Salle as leftist rallies and clashes erupt in Leon and Lille. Police and guards disperse crowds amid rising tensions.
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