Italy Wooing Yugoslavia and a Soviet Bond of Alliances
The Associated Press reports Soviet Russia proposed reviving a World War era alliance with Britain and France. Moscow urged a triple pact against the German Italian bloc with London and Paris also backing action against Japan. Britain and France woo Russia but fear Orient commitments. Poland and Romania resist Soviet troops entering their lands. Romania reportedly softened, while Poland remains firm. Continued on Page 2, Col. 4.
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Associated Press
Russia
Britain
France
Moscow
London
Paris
Japan
Orient
Poland
Romania
Greece
Turkey
Borah
Helen Taft Manning
Taft
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dennis
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
China
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Highway Patrol Reports 2000 Arrests for 40 Road Violations
Helena April 21 State highway patrolmen arrested about 2 000 motorists for violations of 45 road regulations in the first quarter of 1939 Chief clerk Arthur Leline said March saw the heaviest activity with 1 753 tickets issued February had 740 and January 530 The first three months produced 26 fatalities up from 1938 with seven caused by loss of control and others by speed reckless driving wrong side driving defective vehicles and careless pedestrians
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Helena
Arthur Leline
Leline
Neighbors of Woodcraft convention delegates elect officers
More than 150 delegates attend a two day Neighbors of Woodcraft meeting in Meaderville. Officers will be elected this afternoon and installed after the banquet with Mary E. Boland presiding and speakers from Portland and Butte.
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Neighbors of Woodcraft
Meaderville
Mary E. Boland
Opal Carriger
Mabel Culbertson
Minnie Hiner
Leah Wood
Portland
Ore
Nora Curran
Butte
Knights of Columbus
Charles Hauswirth
Whittier Tops Attendance in Butte Public Schools
Attendance in the Butte public schools for the six weeks ending April 14 totaled 6 334 pupils. Butte High enrolled 2 126 students, elementary schools 4 208 with 2 173 boys and 2 035 girls. Whittier led all schools with 97 63 percent perfect attendance and 100 percent punctuality.
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Butte
Butte Public Schools
Rose Sekovich
Lowell W. Johnson
Butte High School
Whittier School
Hawthorne
Greeley and
Emerson
Butte High
Blaine
Franklin
Garfield
Grant
Greeley
Harrison
Jefferson
Lincoln
Longfellow
McKinley
Madison
Monroe
Sherman
Webster
Whittier
President Roosevelt Visits Son in Virginia
President Roosevelt arrived in Charlottesville for an overnight stay at his son Franklin Jr s home a University of Virginia student The trip followed a 125 mile drive from Washington with a lunch stop at Manassas battlefield marking a brief pause en route to the campus area.
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Charlottesville
Roosevelt
Franklin Jr
University of Virginia
Washington
Manassas Battlefield
AGT Gets Senate Backing on Monetary Powers Bill
The House approved a two year extension of the Presidents monetary powers including a 9 percent dollar devaluation and a 2 billion dollar stabilisation fund. The bill also authorises buying domestic silver above world prices while party lines split along Republicans and Democrats.
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Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Girl Grabs Gun and Kills Cafe Bandit
Violet Rowe a 24 year old Connellsville resident known as a crack shot drew a .32 caliber pistol from a bread box during a restaurant holdup. She fired twice into the air then shot James Krossa killing him before he could fire.
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Connellsville
Violet Rowe
Annie Oakley
Miss Rowe
James Krossa
Uniontown
Montana Chamber Urges Self-Reliance For State Growth
Helena April 21 The Montana Chamber of Commerce opening session urged Montanans to rely on their own resources for progress. D P Fabrick Fred Bennion and Don A McKinnon warned against downstream water monopolization and stressed fighting for water rights as irrigation expansion keys to future taxation limits. Delegates over 100 attended the banquet as the meeting began shaping the 1939 program and later officer elections were planned.
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Helena
Montana
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
Montana Water Conservation Board
Fred Bennion
Montana ‘Taxpayers’ Association
Don A. McKinnon
Fabrick
Missouri River
River Boats Reenact Pioneer River Races in California
Four river steamboats will recreate historic paddlewheel races from St Louis to Treasure Island with two races on the Mississippi and two on California rivers. Golden Eagle and City of St Louis start the Missouri leg while Delta King and Delta Queen run the San Joaquin Sacramento. Final meet at Carquinez Straits and Treasure Island caps the nine to ten hour, 125 mile event with costumes from 50 to 75 years ago.
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Sacramento
Calif
Mississippi
San Joaquin
St. Louis
Golden Eagle
City of
Cape Girardeau
Delta King
Stockton
San Joaquin River
California
Delta Queen
Carquinez Straits
San Francisco Bay
Treasure Island
Trailblazers Conclude YMCA Drive in Silver Bow
Trailblazers of the YMCA Silver Bow Covered Wagon Expedition under Chief Trailblazer Eugene Carroll have raised 15007.50 of a 22000 goal for the community center. About 7000 remains to be raised by wagoners and prospectors before next Thursday evening. Carroll led the early campaigns and the luncheon report meeting is set for next Monday noon.
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Eugene
Admiral) Carroll
Mr. Carroll
Butte Y.M.C. A
Tra
George
United States to Press Japan Over Yangtse Reopening
The United States plans renewed oral protests to Japan to reopen the Yangtse River to American travelers and trade. Secretary Hull announced the move as part of heightened tension with Japan amid Roosevelt’s fleet transfer orders and talks of a British Soviet military alliance. Ambassador Grew will deliver the representations in Tokyo.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Yangtse
China
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
U. S
Pacific
Hull
Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Navy
Hampton Roads
San Pedro
Calif
Stanley Denies Burglary in Jewelry Store Theft
Harry Wilbur Stanley testified in district court that he was framed by his wife Peggy White Stanley and Frank Wright in the Pred Young jewelry store burglary on March 4. His defense argues the crime was engineered to keep him from his wife, who faced treatment as a narcotics addict. The trial wrapped up after his testimony as both sides finished their cases, with jury deliberations set for Monday morning.
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Harry Wilbur Stanley
J. J. Lynch
Frank Wright
Stanley
Montana Weather Forecast Weekend Outlook
Partly cloudy in Montana Saturday and Sunday with cooler conditions on Sunday and across the northwest portion Saturday.
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Montana
Insects and Drought Hit Coast States
State and federal experts joined a drive against a grasshopper invasion threatening Coalinga California and surrounding crops. In the Pacific Northwest drought, fires and Mormon crickets caused widespread damage across Washington Oregon and nearby regions with no relief in sight.
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Coast States
Portland
Ore
U.P
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Idaho
Observers Describe Nazi Terror in Germany before Congress
Former Wisconsin Governor Phillip La Follette and Philadelphia manufacturer D Robert Yarnall testified to a Congressional committee about an atmosphere of Nazi terror in Germany. They reported persecution of non Aryans and blamed the Gestapo for the oppression.
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Washington
Germany
Phillip la Follette
Wisconsin
D. Robert Yarnall
Philadelphia
Gestapo
la Follette
Europe
Yarnall
Butte Gold Star Mothers to be Honored at Tea
Six Gold Star mothers of Butte will be feted at a luncheon at 1 30 Thursday at 2809 Phillips avenue hosted by past presidents of the Silver Bow post American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Also honored are three Gold Star sisters and several ex service women with Mrs. Paul Lenz, auxiliary president, attending as a guest.
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Butte
C. Owen Smithers
Phillips Avenue
Ladies Auxiliary of
Silver Bow Post
American Legion
Patrick Sidley
J. Llewelyn
Julia Harvey
Ellen Ray
Frey Oates
Anna Morden
Auxiliary
Celia Ray
Rose Hammer
P. C. Sullivan
Henrietta Winyard
George Agge
Carl Howett
William Beery
Marie Adams
Charlotte McBride
Paul Lenz
Mesdames
Marion Miller
Martha Smithers
Mabel Shugert
Ruth Pott
Mildred Whalen
Vivian Rand
Margaret Hansen
Angeline Lehn
Betty Young
Pearl Williams
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Alton
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Solons
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Senator Borah
Laurence Dennis
America
Virginia
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Luce
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Cafe Bandit
Robert Stanton
Baltimore
Aurelio Marco Tarquinio
Evelyn Rice
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