Chicago Elects Kelly to Second Term as Mayor
Edward J. Kelly won re election over Dwight H. Green with unofficial returns showing Kelly about 786 391 votes to 612 972 Green. Projections suggest final tallies around 820 000 for Kelly and 638 000 for Green with a 182 000 margin. Green, a former federal prosecutor prominent in Capone era actions, boosted Republican turnout though Kelly set a mayoral record in prior campaigns.
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Edward J. Kelly
Dwight H. Green
Kelly
Chicago
Windy City
Green
Capone
Edward F. Moore
Cook County
Republican Committee
Illinois
Lamour Placed Under Police Guard In New York
Dorothy Lamour, film and radio star, was guarded by two New York police officers after a life threat. She will resume travel to Hollywood tomorrow.
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New York
Dorothy Lamour
Hollywood
Montana Weather Forecast Warmer Midweek
Partly cloudy conditions spread across Montana with a warmer spell expected on Wednesday and Thursday. The forecast calls for increasing daytime temperatures and light winds across the region.
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Montana
Fascist Italy Considers Occupying Albania
Rome reports fascist leaders announced Italy contemplates occupying Albania by air land and sea in response to King Zog's appeal to strengthen the 1927 defense alliance amid recent European events. The decision signals escalating aggression and regional tension.
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Zog
Rome
U.P
Italy
Albania
Achmed Zog
Europe
Albania vows to resist independence breach amid Italian invasion rumors
The Albanian legation announced Albania would never allow violation of its independence or integrity. It dismissed as unfounded reports that Italy planned to occupy Albania or establish a protectorate, prompting a British note on the friendship accord.
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Albania
London
Italy
1000000 People Move Across Adriatic Amid Italian Military Shifts
Mass movement involving about one million people along the Adriatic coast coincides with mysterious Italian armed forces activity, as Fascists claim shows strategic military redeployments and planned operations.
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Adriatic
Italy
Benny Benny Gets Suspended Sentence For Smuggling
New York April 4 Jack Benny pleaded guilty to a technical jewel smuggling charge. He received a suspended one year and one day prison term with a ten thousand dollar fine and probation. The case involved diamond clips and a bracelet valued around twenty one hundred thirty one dollars shipped from France via Albert N. Chaperau. Civil duties on the jewelry would have totaled about seven hundred dollars. Benny asked for mercy before Judge Vincent Leibell, who exonerated him of criminal intent yet criticized the act.
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New York
Jack Benny
Albert N. Chaperau
United States
France
Benny
Mary Livingstone
Vincent Leibell
119 Merit Badges Awarded In Butte Boy Scout Court
Fifty seven Butte Scouts earned 119 merit badges and rank advancements at the April court of honor in district court. Thomas F. Dee Jr. of Troop 13 won the Eagle Scout badge, highest Scouting honor. Arthur Brown of New York City spoke at the ceremony. 13 Scouts earned fingerprinting merit badges, a first in Silver Bow council.
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Butte
J. J. Lynch
Department of District Court
Frank L. Riley
Court of Honor Committee
Thomas F. Dee Jr
Troop
Arthur Brown
New York City
American Order of Sons of St. George
Silver Bow Council
Thomas Dee
Fagle
Thomas F. Dee
War Department moves fast to arm United States
Washington reports plans to place 550 war planes immediately as a 50 million dollar tranche frees funds for a 358 million air expansion. Drafting began last November to speed mass production and ready plants before July 1. Berlin meanwhile notes Germany’s debt rose to 28.1098 billion marks as confidence in peace grows among Germans.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Corps
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Congress
Berlin
Germany
London
Great Britain
Joseph Beck
Poland
Hitler
Bec
Great Western Sugar Protests 1939 Market Quota
The Great Western Sugar company protests the AAA 1939 beet sugar marketing quotas. It received 452 328 short tons out of a 1 566 719 national quota, the largest allotment among companies. The firm operates factories in Colorado Nebraska Wyoming and Montana.
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Denver
Great Western Sugar Company
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Great Western Company
Chicago
AAA
Frank A. Kemp
Great Western
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Stimson to testify on neutrality law split in Senate
Washington April 4 Henry L Stimson former secretary of state voices support for affirmative action against fascist powers as he appears before the Senate foreign relations committee The hearing is expected to lay bare the Senate split on neutrality policy amid pending amendments and debate over how much freedom F D R should wield if war erupts abroad
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
America
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Fernando de Los Rios
Franco
Juan de Cardenas
University In
New York
Edgar Prochnik
Austria
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Vladimir
Hurban
Charles Davila
United States
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
London
Eduard Benes
Czechslovakia
Four Naval Flyers Die in Collision at Wasp Launch
Four reservists died when two naval planes collided during the launch of the aircraft carrier Wasp in Quincy Massachusetts. Victims included Lt Commander Waldo H Brown 43 of Milton Aviation Cadet Ellsworth Benson 26 Newton Aviation Chief Carpenter's Mate Walter Kirk 40 Quincy and Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate John Ausiello 35 Revere. The six scout planes were entering a V formation at about 1500 feet.
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Quincy
Mass
Wasp
Charles Edison
Navy
Eretary
Waldo H. Brown
Milton
Frances Gray
Detroit
Ellsworth Benson
Newton
Carpenter
Walter Kirk
John Ausiello
Revere
Friends long separated to reconnect after Montana Standard story
C L Burgess of Luckey Ohio writes to Butte postmaster seeking his friend Charles Wymer. A Montana Standard piece prompts responses. Mrs Arthur Trenerry of Billings confirms Wymer, now in Chateau Montana, aged about 80, is alive and well. Letters will unite the old friends after 60 years.
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Montana Standard
Billings
C. L. Burgess
Luckey
Ohio
Frank X. Monaghan
Butte
Charles W. Wymer
Standard
Tne
Mr. Wymer
Arthur Trencorry
Burgess
Chateau, Mont
Senate confirms Douglas as Supreme Court justice after hearings
William O. Douglas, 40, chairman of the securities commission, was confirmed by the Senate 62 to 4 to join the Supreme Court. The vote followed a lengthy debate with critics led by Senator Frazier and supportive replies from Ma honey and O'Mahoney. Douglas will succeed Justice Brandeis and marks President Roosevelts fourth court appointment.
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William O. Douglas
Frazier
North Dakota
Senate
Douglas
United States Supreme Court
Washington
The
Securities Commission
Supreme Court
R-N. D
Mahoney
D.-Conn
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Nye
Lodge
Massachusetts
Reed
Kansas
Yale Law
Washington State
Louis D. Brandeis
Roosevelt
Barkley
D.-Ky
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Big Boy Wadlow Fits Booth to Cast First Alton Vote
Alton April 4. The world’s tallest man Robert Wadlow eight feet four inches tall faced a tight voting booth as he cast his first ballot in Alton's city election. He barely squeezed in, stood upright, and marked the ballot on the wall.
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Alton
Robert Wadlow
Britain Reassures On Polish Pact As Navy Manned For Any Threat
In a Ports mouth speech Lord Stanhope said anti-aircraft guns were being manned in case of any event. Downing Street disputed his phrasing, but sources said Britain valued its pledge to back Poland with armed power and kept “eyes open” for potential dangers. The admiralty clarified some absences but maintained fleet readiness and no extra precautions.
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London
Admiralty
Earl Stanhope
Portsmouth
No. 10
Downing Street
Chamberlain
Stanhope
Great Britain
Meir
Lord Stanhope
Ark Royal
British Consul Slain as Mosul Mob Attacks Consulate
In Mosul early today during mourning for King Ghazi a mob attacked and burned the British consulate and assassinated British consul G E A C Monck-Mason. In Baghdad reports say he was stoned while trying to calm the crowd. King Ghazi died when his car crashed into an electric pole. Military officials said rioters acted without political aim.
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Mosul
Iraq
E. A. C. Monck-Mason
Ghazi
Baghdad
Monck- Mason
Mesopotamia
Monck-Mason
Rifraff
Early Diagnosis Drive Planned by Butte Society
Butte Anti-Tuberculosis Society outlines a month long campaign in April to urge residents to seek early treatment at first signs of tuberculosis. Dr Curtis L Wilson chairs the effort with committee members Dr J L Mondloch James Leary Rev Frank L Harrington Mrs H J Rahilly and Mrs Harry L Yager.
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Butte Society
Curtis L. Wilson
Move
Butte
Butte Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Dr. Wilson
J. L. Mondloch
James Leary
Frank L. Harrington
H. J. Rahilly
Harry L. Yager
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BOY Scout Court
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John Nauno
Army
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Stimson
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
Calif
U.S
Big Boy Wadlow
Britain
Times of London
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