Roosevelt Proposes Third Government Reorganization Plan
President Roosevelt submits a third plan to Congress aiming at merging six agencies and eliminating some posts. He forecasts about 150000 dollars in annual savings while stressing improved agency efficiency. Proposals include forming Fish and Wildlife Service, consolidating treasury offices, aligning alcohol tax with IRS, creating Surplus Marketing Administration, and abolishing immigration commissioner roles.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau of Biological Survey
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
The
Surplus Marketing Administration
Commissioner of Immigration
District Commissioner of Immigration
Hull refuses to detain Bullitt in U.S.
Secretary Hull denies a two week stay for Ambassador Bullitt to answer questions on remarks in a German white paper. Hull cites Bullitt's denial and his daughter's illness delaying his return to Paris. Senator Reynolds calls Bullitt and Welles before the Senate committee to discuss talks with European leaders.
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HULL
Bullitt
U. S
Washington
Representative Fish
William C. Bullitt
France
United States
Warsaw
Great Britain
Germany
Fish
Ambassador Bullitt
Capitol
Roosevelt
White House
Reynolds
D.N. C
Sumner Welles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Welles
Plot to Overthrow U S Government Revealed at Probe
Dorothy Waring testified before the Dies committee that William Dudley Pelley planned to use his Silver Legion to seize the U S government and crown himself king. Evidence tied Pelley to army officers and to contacts with the Order of 76. The inquiry also heard of a Detroit national guard officer who trained Ku Klux Klan members for cavalry duties.
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Washington
Dorothy Waring
New York
Dies Committee
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Legion
United States
Asheville
N. C
Detroit
Ku Klux Klan
Dickstein
D-N.y
McCormack
House
Pelley
Dies Group
Fuehrer
Miss Waring
McCormack Committee
Royal Scott Gulden
Order of '76
Explosion at Scottish TNT plant kills three in second wartime blast
London reports a second serious wartime explosion at a Scottish munitions factory. At 6 p.m. workers entering the gate were knocked down as TNT rooms erupted. Three killed, five seriously injured, windows shattered within a mile, flames and smoke visible across the harbor. Sabotage suspected but no proof.
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London
Scotland
Ministry of Supply
Royal Powder Works
Waltham Abbey
Scotland Yard
German bombers hit ships at Scapa Flow again
German Heinkel bombers raided Scapa Flow sending reports of direct hits on several British warships and damage from large caliber bombs. One vessel listed heavily after the attack as fires and smoke rose. Earlier London said German aircraft attacked Scapa Flow at dusk but were driven off with one German plane believed down.
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Scapa Flow
Berlin
London
Air Ministry
Demand for probe of three New Deal agencies
Rep Church (R Ill) urged a House probe into the Federal Home Loan Bank board the Home Owners Loan Corporation and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation alleging officials used government funds for sun baths in Florida and California Rose Bowl trips weekend tours and cross country sight seeing at a total of 3392 7641 3404 5524 1542 6718 and 2349 dollars for named executives and aides.
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Washington
Representative Church
R-Ill
Florida
California
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
The
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Church
Nugent Fallon
Insurance Corporation
John H. Fahey
T. D. Webb
Fred W. Catlett
Ormond E. Loomis
Fahey
Charles E. Tilton
James Roundtree
Y M C A Finance Drive Opens With $2100 Recorded
First day reports show the 1940 Y M C A membership and contribution campaign already at $2100. Malcolm Gillis led with $972.50, others giving from $50 to $200. 21 teams begin formal reports at a luncheon tomorrow noon honoring 133 grade school champions from the Y recreation program. The drive runs until April 11 with a report luncheon next Monday and a concluding dinner a week later.
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Malcolm Gillis
Tom J. Davis
E. G. Craine
George N. Short
J. D. Newman
Ella Kallio
Dan
Mooney
Ben Hardin
A. J. Knievel
Kenneth Christie
J. A. Smith
Butte
Rotary Club
Rotary International Youth Committee
Rotary Nominates Pereira for 1940 41
Armando De Arruda Pereira of Sao Paulo Brazil was named the present nominee for Rotary International president for 1940 41. Walter D Head noted his nomination would likely become election as no other candidate was presented for consideration. Ballots will occur at Havana convention June 9 to 14.
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Chicago
Armando de Arruda Pereira
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Rotary International
Walter D. Head
Pereira
Havana
Cuba
Civil mobilization decree in Italy extends to women and youths
Rome April 2 The council of ministers approved a decree to enforce civil mobilization nationwide in wartime. All nonmilitary subjects including women and children over 13 would be drafted into civil mobilization if war occurs.
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Rome
U.P
Council of Ministers
Confirmation rite vast at South Side Catholic Church
Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore presided over the confirmation of 50 pupils at St John the Evangelist in Helena. The ceremony followed instruction by parochial school sisters and stressed that Catholics must engage in public life with consistent morals and interest in politics and education.
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South Side Catholic Church
St. John the Evangelist Church
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Gilmore
Polish mines chief Gaethke returns to Butte with wife
F. P. Gaethke the former manager of Katowice mines arrives in Butte with his wife after escaping Poland four days before its invasion on September 1 1939. They left Poland with guidance from the US ambassador and traveled via Rotterdam arriving August 30 after passing through Germany.
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F. P. Gaethke
Katowice
Poland
Butte
Europe
United States
Goethke
Rotterdam
Holland
Germany
Butteman
Census Enumerator Calls on President Roosevelt
A White House census visit showed President Roosevelt unable to answer all questions about household staff and establishment affairs. He said he would refer some questions to an aide and expected to handle agricultural census items at Hyde Park. About 120,000 enumerators nationwide aim to question 132 million people with an average of 15 queries each within a month.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hyde Park
Tobey
R.-N.h
Raymond C. Connelly
William L. Austin
White House
Connelly
Roosevelt Leads in Election Contests With Census Underway
The 1940 census begins in Silver Bow County with 42 enumerators as 123 workers cover eight counties. Supervisor Binney reports strong cooperation and rapid progress as the count moves toward a one month completion in the western half of Montana. Roosevelt leads Garner in Wisconsin and shows strength in New York districts as primary returns come in.
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Bilver Bow County
Joseph H. Binney
Butte
Mr. Binney
Silver Bow
Montana
Earl G. Simmons
Binney
Walter Eslick
Elizabeth McCarthy
John Fearon
Doro
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Garner
Wisconsin
New York
Montana Weather: Snow Flurries Then Partly Cloudy
A Montana forecast calls for snow flurries on Wednesday and partly cloudy conditions Thursday with little change in temperatures.
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Montana
Butte Pastor Honored as Domestic Prelate by Pope
Hundreds gather at Immaculate Conception Church in Butte for a reception honoring Msgr J C Willging after his investiture as a domestic prelate by Pope Pius XII. Bishop Gilmore conferred the title before a pontifical mass with clergy and parishioners attending.
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Butte
Immaculate Conception Church
Msgr
J. C. Willging
Pius XII
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Married by boat as flood waters rise in Kingston
Kingston couple Vito Dikowski and Jessie Kasak were wed at St. Hedwig's church, ferried by boat due to rising floods. After the ceremony they departed by boat to a reception at the bride's home as water levels continued to climb.
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Kingston
St. Hedwig's Church
Vito Dikowski
Jessie Kasak
Sam R. White Celebrated for 50 Years in Butte
Sam R. White marked half a century in Butte with a dinner hosted by his three sons Sam R. Jr. Robert B. and George at the Dutch tavern. The event honored his 50 years in mining, his Knights of Pythias membership, and his carpenters union ties, with more than twenty old friends attending. The surprise gathering drew longtime local residents, some in Butte since 1885.
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Butte
Pythias
Butte Carpenters’ Union
Sam R. White
Mr. White
Sam R. Jr
Robert B
George
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Dewey
Immaculate Conception
Sam R, White SR
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