Major League Baseball Opens Amid Weather Foes
Opening day sees five of eight games played despite rain in the east with nearly 100000 fans attending across three American and two National league parks. President Roosevelt throws out the first ball in Washington as Senators and Cubs win and Pirates and White Sox also triumph. Cleveland outlasts Detroit in 13 innings.
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Pirates
White Sox
Cleveland
Detroit
New York
Roosevelt
Simmons Sparks White Sox with First 1933 Home Run
Former AL batting champ AL Simmons, acquired from the Athletics, sparked his new club to a victory by belting the first home run of the 1933 season in the opening flag race.
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AL Simmons
Champion Athletics
White Sox
Simmons
Manchu Soviet rail clash deepens in Manchuria
The Osaki Mainichi denounces Russia for abandoning neutrality amid the Manchu Soviet railroad dispute. In Changchun Manchukuo faces clashes on two borders as ChinaEastern rail stock is contested. Losses cited include 600 Chinese dead and Japanese and Manchu casualties. An ultimatum to Moscow demands 83 locomotives, 190 passenger cars, and 3,200 freight cars returned within 30 days.
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Changchun
Manchuria
U.R
Manchukuo
Europe
Russia
Jehol
Lengkow
Moscow
Manchur
Progranitehnaya
China
Roosevelt Tosses First Ball As Senators Top A’s In Opener
President Roosevelt throws a high first ball as Senators defeat Connie Mack’s Athletics 4 to 1 behind Alvin Crowder and Alphonse Thomas. Len Warke leads the Cubs past Dizzy Dean and the Cardinals 3 to 0 in a four-hit win. Pirates beat the Reds 4 to 1 behind Bill Swift. Attendance around 25,000 at each park.
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Washington Senators
Connie Mack
Athletics
Alvin Crowder
Alphonse Thomas
Len Warneke
Cubs
St. Louis
Dizzy Dean
Cardinals
Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bill Swift
Cincinnati
Detroit
Two from Butte Hurt in Mishap
Mrs. Carrie Biebel of Butte and her son-in-law George Pooler of Butte were injured when their automobile overturned twice on a highway east of Arlee. Biebel suffered broken ribs bruises and shock and is hospitalized. Pooler sprained his arm. Biebel, widow of the late George Biebel, resided at 548 Colorado Street.
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Missoula
Carrie Biebel
Butte
George Pooler
Arlee
Biebel
Pooler
Statewide bass closed season ordered by Montana commission
Helena April 12. The Montana fish and game commission ordered a statewide closed season on bass from May 10 to July 1 each year through July 1, 1938. The Missouri River and Yellowstone River open to hoop netting for several species until May 21, 1938, with free permits for regular license holders. A proposal to abolish Snowy Mountain game preserve was discussed. a petition must be filed first. Charles B. Marrs re elected state game warden and W. P. Sul...
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Helena
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Missouri River
North Dakota Line
Malta
Yellowstone River
Richland County
Snowy Mountain
Fergus County
Charles B. Marrs
W. P. Sul
Forest Labor Recruitment Falls Short in Army Effort
Reports from the army indicate fewer than 10,000 men recruited for forest work, signaling slow progress in the manpower push. The notice highlights ongoing recruitment challenges and defense emission targets.
Westerners Prepare to Accelerate Forest Conservation Corps Enrollment
Western governors and recruiting officials shift to speed enrollment as army conditioning camps report fewer than 10,000 men received in the week. Gen MacArthur authorizes regular army officers to aid camps, while rumors in Baltimore claim public fear of draft delays. Names include James Morgan, Stewart Bailey, Jessie I. Lummis, and Charles F. Ernst as enrollers head west.
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Washington
Forest Conservation Corps
Labor Department
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Regular Army
Organized Reserve
Conservation Corps
Baltimore
Family Welfare Association
Western States
James Morgan
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Stewart Bailey
Phoenix
Arizona
Jessie I. Lummis
Denver
Charles F. Ernst
Olympia
Beer arrival prompts tough crackdown on Teddy tossers in Butte
Chief Jere Murphy says enforcement will tighten after beer legalization changes the liquor scene. He explains city aims to protect licensed beer vendors from unfair competition by shutting down whiskey joints, citing two lists: licensed beer sellers and 45 whiskey establishments.
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Teddy
Butte
Jere Murphy
Bobbie
Democrats Fail To Bind House Members In Caucus
Washington April 12 The House Democratic leadership failed to bind its members to vote as a unit for a rule to strengthen the House rules. The proposal would raise petitioning owners from 145 to 218 to trigger a floor vote, and it won sense of the caucus 147 to 86 but fell eight votes short of a two thirds requirement. Speaker Rainey Representative Burns and Representative Sabath led amendments amid continued voting on substitutes.
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Washington
House
Rainey
Burns
Tennessee
Sabath
Illinois
Wide Good Friday closing observed in mining city
Practically every business and public building will close from noon to 3 p m on Good Friday. Stores theaters and gas stations will shut. Over 500 cards with the message We Will Close from Noon to 3 O Clock Good Friday were distributed. Joint Protestant services will be at Mountain View Methodist church with Catholic churches also holding solemn observances.
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Mountain View Methodist Church
Macon Maiden Sky Trip Prompts Calm Before Storm
Macon the sister ship of the ill fated Akron may make its maiden trip in the skies today. Montana faces job losses with about 2000 highway workers possibly out of work after July 1 unless federal relief funds extend state road programs.
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Macon
Akron
U. S. Warden
State Highway Commission
Montana
O. S. Warden
Butte
Vatican German Concordat Talks Toward Agreement
Vatican City April 12. A concordat between the Vatican and Germany will emerge from talks led by Pope Pius XI and Cardinal Pacelli with Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen. The accord would consolidate the three existing concordats with Prussia Bavaria and Baden negotiated earlier by the Holy See.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Germany
Pius XI
Cardinal Pacelli
Franz von Papen
Prussia
Bavaria
Baden
Horse Thief Activity Rises as Work Horses Bring Higher Prices
In Fergus County Montana five men are jailed on horse theft charges as thefts surge across central Montana. Sheriff Guy Tullock notes the spring wave with horses driven to shipment points for eastern markets. Farmers in Blaine and Hill counties form a protective association to curb the revived thefts.
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Lewistown
Fergus County
Montana
Guy Tullock
Norman Dalsman
Dalsman
Missouri
Here
Central States
Blaine
Hill Counties
Airship Macon Ready For Test Flight In Akron
The U S 8 Macon sister ship to the Akron, equipped with every safety device, prepares for a maiden flight in Akron Ohio. Captain Alger H Diesel says ground conditions will decide if the 130 ton airship can lift off with the new hot wire anemometer measuring wind direction and speed.
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Akron
Ohio
U.S
Macon
Alger H. Diesel
W. A. Moffett
Moffett
Guggenheim Airship Research Institute
F. D. Knoblock
Wheatstone Bridge
Life of Child Hangs on Court Decision
In White Plains New York on April 12 physicians said 2 year old Helen Vasko's life depends on an appellate division ruling. A malignant tumor in her right eye requires removal but her parents Mr and Mrs John Vasko of Hastings oppose it despite pleas from doctors and a priest along with Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children agent Miss Mary Moore.
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White Plains
N. Y
Helen Vasko
Supreme Court
John Vasko
Hastings
Mary Moore
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Montana Weather Forecast: Warmth Bursts Thursday
A Montana forecast calls for fair skies with rising temperatures on Thursday and continuing pleasant conditions into Friday. Stronger sunshine is expected Thursday, bringing warmer afternoon highs across the state.
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Montana
Roosevelt urges wage reform as Congress debates farmer aid
Washington reports President Roosevelt presses for a national minimum wage expansion and five day work week ideas as Congress weighs farmer relief and railroad relief bills. Governors in 13 industrial states receive messages endorsing wage advances.
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Roosevelt
New York
Frances Perkins
House Labor Committee
Appointment of Ruth Bryan Owen as minister to Denmark
President Roosevelt named Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida as minister to Denmark, the Senate quickly confirming her without debate after a Florida senator requested unanimous consent. The same session approved Joseph W. Woodrough of Nebraska for the eighth circuit court of appeals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Denmark
Fletcher
Owen
Joseph W. Woodrough
Nebraska
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
House
Michigan parolees only for liquor law violators
Lansing Mich April 12 All liquor law violators with no other crime records have been paroled from state prisons Gov William A Comstock said today. Many convicted under prohibition statutes remain jailed because they have records of other crimes. More than 200 paroles have been granted.
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Lansing
Mich
William A. Comstock
Herbert M. Bingham Resigns as Assistant City Attorney
Herbert M. Bingham, assistant city attorney for two years, resigned effective immediately to take an extended visit to eastern cities. Mayor Archie McTaggart lamented the decision, praising Bingham as a valuable servant and promising attorney with five years at the bar and a broad practice.
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Herbert M. Bingham
Bingham
Butte
Archie McTaggart
McTaggart
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