Hitler to reply to Roosevelt peace message April 28
Adolf Hitler told the world it will wait until April 28 for his answer to Roosevelt's peace message. A Reichstag session was set for that date to hear his likely rejection and defense of empire policies. Britain pressed for a steel ring of alliances with Mussolini against new Axis threats and Turkey's entry into anti aggression lineup was anticipated. Soviet Russia reportedly promised material aid to the Allies as Britain sought swift unity.
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Hitler
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Fuehrer
Brittain
Benito Mussolini
London
Chamberlain
Turkey
Britain
France
Poland
Greece
Romania
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Y M C A workers launch drive for 22000 funds
An army of 400 Y M C A workers opened a 10 day Silver Bow Covered Wagon Expedition seeking 22000 to sustain the local Y M C A. Dr Curtis L Wilson urged giving through the Y and highlighted benefits in physical training vocational skill social cooperation and moral ideals. The gala event drew a cross section of Butte professionals business leaders and laborers underscoring community support for the Y M C A program.
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Butte
Curtis L. Wilson
Montana School of Mines
Rampage of Robbery Ends as Suspects Surrender in Boise
In Boise Idaho officers surrounded a Boise tourist-camp cabin and arrested three men and three girls tied to a 1000 mile spree of robbery and terrorism from San Francisco to Portland and through Idaho. Donald Bailey 27 was wounded in a clash with Portland police and left arm injury remained untreated. Arrested were Edward Klause 24 Vern Jensen 24 and three 17 year old girls Edna Mailspin Jewell Smith and Cleone Alyea alias Cleone Johnson.
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Boise
Idaho
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Donald Bailey
Jim Brandon
Ada County
Brandon
Edward Klause
Vern Jensen
Edna Mailspin
Jewell Smith
Cleone Alyea
Cleone Johnson
Demands to steer clear of war sweep Congress today
A wave of calls to avoid war swept Congress after President Roosevelt urged Hitler and Mussolini to pledge peace for 10 years. The White House welcomed growing world support for peace as Berlin indicated its stance would be revealed April 28. Latin American and other governments voiced backing, signaling broad international opinion behind the appeal.
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Washington
America
Europe
Congress
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Berlin
Asia
Boy Scouts Join Tuberculosis Drive In Butte Schools
Butte Anti Tuberculosis society will partner with Boy Scouts to spread literature in 26 public and parochial schools this month. Scouts will hand literature to principals for distribution to all grades as part of the April campaign teaching causes and effects of tuberculosis and the importance of prompt medical action. The guide explains Mantoux skin tests and X rays. The society runs two free clinics weekly for those with symptoms. adults are seen 2 to 5 pm Thursday and children 10 to 12 am Saturday.
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Butte Boy Scouts
Butte Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Boy Scouts
New Justice 15 Seated At Supreme Court
The Supreme Court admitted William O. Douglas a 40 year old former securities commission chairman as a justice. In a 6 to 2 ruling the court held that former Communist party membership cannot alone justify deportation of an alien. The decision also touched on the agriculture act marketing restrictions and Labor board jurisdiction over a local manufacturing contract in interstate commerce cases.
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The
Associated Press
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Securities Commission
Communist Party
Labor Board
Washington
Roosevelt calls for wider parole cooperation in crime fight
President Roosevelt urged law enforcement officers to join federal efforts to strengthen the prisoner parole system. He noted only a few states fund or staff real parole programs and warned against abuse or political favors in parole power. He said well managed parole can better protect society. The speech opened at the White House East Room before parole delegates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Murphy
White House
Bishop Edwin O Hara Named Kansas City Bishop
The Holy See appointed Most Rev Edwin V O Hara bishop of Kansas City Missouri to succeed Bishop Thomas F Lillis who died last December He previously led Great Falls Montana since 1930 and was active in social and rural economic reform including Oregon minimum wage law and Catholic welfare work.
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Edwin V. O'Hara
Thomas F. Lillis
Great Falls
Kansas City, Mo
Holy See
Washington, D. C
Washington
Mont
Kansas City
O'Hara
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Oregon Industrial Welfare Commission
Catholic Rural Life Conference
Department of Social Action
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Three Slain and Two Wounded in Spokane Area Shootout
In Dishman near Spokane, three people were killed and two injured in a tourist camp shooting. Victims named include Dan Salinas of Spokane, Frank Lindt of Sandpoint Idaho, and Nora Skretteberg of Pierce Idaho. Wounded are Phil Lohrey of Sandpoint and Nora’s mother Marie Skretteberg. Salinas died en route to hospital after turning the gun on himself. motive under investigation. Local state patrolman Warren Greenberg reported the shooter confronted others in a tourist cabin and opened fire.
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Spokane
Wash
Dishman
Dan Salinas
Frank Lindt
Sandpoint
Idaho
Nora Skretteberg
Pierce
Phil Lohrey
Marie Skretteberg
Nora
Warren
Pedestrians collide reveal both are blind
John Selon of 24 South Ohio Street told friends of an unusual event. He was walking north on Ohio toward Park Sunday afternoon when he bumped another pedestrian. The other man accused him, and Selon learned the man is also blind. He noted wind may have muffled their approach.
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John Selon
Ohio Street
Selon
Park
Fires Run Wild Across Pacific Northwest in Dry Spell
Forest fires roared across the Pacific Northwest amid dry weather and low humidity with one death attributed to heart failure while fighting a brush blaze in Seattle. Roy A. LaRue, 48, died in north Seattle as hundreds of firefighters battled blazes from Vancouver to Heisson and two homes burned. Forester Goodyear warned mid summer fire danger as the King County emergency funded firefighting efforts and authorities warned against outdoor fires without permission.
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Seattle
U.P
Pacific Northwest
Washington
T. S. Goodyear
King County Board of Commissioners
Roy A. LaRue
Weather Bureau
Vancouver
Lewis River
Heisson
Oregon
Forester Goodyear
RFC Lowers Interest Rates on Business Loans to Four Percent
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reduced its business loan rate from 5 to 4 percent, effective April 1, 1939, for three years. A separate self liquidating loan category including toll bridges remains at 4 percent for the next three years, a renewal of a prior cut.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
RFC
Attorney General Frank Murphy to Speak at AP Luncheon
United States Attorney General Frank Murphy will address AP members at their annual luncheon in New York on April 24. The invitation came from Robert McLean of the Philadelphia Bulletin, AP president, and the acceptance was announced today.
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Stephen T. Chadwick
Livingston
American Legion
State Department
Harry Rief
Bozeman
Steve Posterick
Park County
Rief
Indianapolis
Ind
New York
United States
Frank Murphy
Associated Press
Robert McLean
The
Philadelphia Bulletin
A. P
Montana Weather Report Says Fair Tuesday Warm East
A forecast for Montana shows fair conditions on Tuesday with warmer temperatures in the eastern portion. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler, unsettled weather in the west.
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Montana
Amlie Nomination Withdrawn as Roosevelt Defends Criticisms
President Roosevelt formally withdrew Thomas R. Amlie from consideration for Interstate Commerce Commissioner amid partisan fights. He defended critics who labeled Amlie a Communist and urged continued work on social and economic legislation. No immediate replacement named.
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Washington
Thomas R. Amlie
Roosevelt
Amlie
Wisconsin
Senate
Tornado Toll Rises Across Six States
Deadly twisters sweep six southern states killing 45 and wounding 336. Arkansas bears the brunt with Center Point’s church wrecked as 17 die and 60+ injured. Flood warnings urge evacuation as rivers rise. Weather Bureau cautions on Arkansas Ouachita and other rivers.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
United States Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Alabama
Tennessee
Center Point
Thomas West
Tillar
Texarkana
Calmer
Dumas
Bartholomew
Ladd
Weather Bureau
Arkansas, Quachita
Ealine
Petit Jean
White and
Black Rivers
Radio Newscasts Rapped After Personal Crisis Wave
London reports three deaths by self harm in five days linked to listening to British broadcasts on Europe. Coroners conclude news may not be happily expressed over wireless. A coroner notes the broadcasts influenced the victims.
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London
Winter Sports Draw Many to National Forest Sites
About 25 275 people visited Deer Lodge National Forest sites for winter sports and outings, a 60 percent rise from 1936 37 attendance. The figure covers November through April and is based on six winter months reports by district rangers.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
Warren
Stillings
Deer Lodge
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