Hitler Uses Public Moves in Move Against Roosevelt
Berlin reports say Reichsfuehrer Hitler launched a strategic diplomatic gambit aimed at pressuring President Roosevelt. He posed a public questionnaire to 31 nations including Europe’s smaller states to gauge threat perceptions and advance knowledge of Roosevelt’s non aggression pledge.
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Berlin
Mussolini
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Roosevelt
Fuehrer
Hague
Berne
Brussels
Helsingfors
Kaunas
Stockholm
Commencement Speaker Gillies to Address Montana School of Mines
Donald Burton Gillies president of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and former Butte man will give the principal address at the 37th annual commencement at Montana School of Mines on June 2. Dr Francis A Thomson announces the honor as Gillies, brother of Malcolm Gillis, rises from Scotch ancestry and a mining background in Michigan and Nova Scotia to notable professional status.
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Donald Burton Gillies
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Montana School of Mines
Francis A. Thomson
Gillies
Malcolm Gillis
Butte
Scotland
Nova Scotia
Michigan Peninsula
Thomson
Linden Lake
Mich
Michigan Mining School
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
E.M
M. E. Wadsworth
Montana Ore Purchasing Co
Herman Bellinger
School of Mines
Montanans Urge Feeder Air Lines Finance and Tourism Budget
At Helena meeting Montanans Inc adopted plans for a 150000 dollar feeder air lines corporation and a 10500 dollar tourist advertising fund. James H. Rowe was reelected president of the State Chamber of Commerce with William G. Ferguson as secretary manager. Several officers and district directors were named, pledging support for water rights protection and National Reclamation association cooperation.
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Helena
Montana
Montanans, Inc
James H. Rowe
Butte
State Chamber of Commerce
William G. Ferguson
A. T. Peterson
Billings
A. T. Hibbard
Rowe
C. R. McClare
Great Falls
L. A. Campbell
Missoula
W. N. Purdy
Bozeman
Hibbard
H. E. Wells
Whitefish
Campbell
H. M. Montgomery
Chinook
Vernon Haven
Plentywood
T. J. Hocking
Glasgow
G. C. Hoyt
Shelby
C. A. Hummer
Kalispell
Walter McLeod
W.N. Purdy
George Larkin
Gardiner
W. C. Husband
Harlowton
Henry Sawtelle
Miles City
Paul Hagen
Glendive
Butteman
Inflation danger in Germany's path warns official
Grosvenor Jones of the Commerce Department warned that dangerous inflation risks loom in Nazi Germany's domestic path. He analyzed Germany's March 20 decision to fund bills with tax anticipation certificates and outlined doubts about reducing government spending and holding non interest bearing notes.
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Washington
Grosvenor Jones
Commerce Department
Nazi Germany
Jones
Germany
Hopkins
Reich
Nazi Party
Murphy
United States Treasury
Model Graft Found Near Butte Airport Is Toy Plane
Mystery crash near Butte turned out to be a large gasoline powered model aircraft. Airport officials and sheriff's officers said observers mistook the toy for a real plane after seeing it perform dramatic dives near 5 pm Friday. Despite searches by five planes and over 100 men, no trace was found.
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Butte
al McLeod
Wheeler Proposed as President Candidate by Minnesota Bourbon
Joe Wolf a former Minnesota Democratic national committeeman told reporters that if Roosevelt does not seek a third term Minnesota and neighboring states would back Senator Burton K Wheeler for the Democratic nomination. He added his support would go to Wheeler if Roosevelt declines. Wolf questioned Vice President Garner as a serious nominee and praised Wheeler's background.
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Washington
Joe Wolf
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Burton K. Wheeler
Wolf
Montana
Northwest
Garner
Farley
Wheeler
Strong Efforts Planned to Endy M0 Drive to Raise YMC A Budget
An intensive four day effort begins tomorrow to close the $22 000 Y M C A budget drive by Thursday evening. About 400 workers in the Silver Bow Covered Wagon Expedition will attend a noon luncheon at the community center then push to meet quotas. Mae the prospecting mule and A H Heilbronner recently went to the gold fields to collect nuggets for the drive.
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Silver Bow
Mae
A. H. Heilbronner
School districts to receive $93,793 in tax apportionment
Silver Bow county school districts will get $93,793.17 from the semi annual apportionment for school operation and transportation, announced by County Superintendent Miss Maybelle Hogan. The county treasurer’s office held $79,036.03 from the state income allocation for the apportionment.
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Silver Bow County
Raoijes
Maybelle Hogan
Seai
Montana Forecast Partial Cloud, Cooler East This Weekend
A Montana forecast shows Sunday and Monday partly cloudy with cooler conditions in the eastern portion Sunday. The outlook calls for mild temperatures and limited precipitation across the state.
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Montana
Compromise Reached on Cotton Subsidy Plan
President Roosevelt and southern senators settle the cotton subsidy dispute with a about 2 cent per pound bounty on raw and manufactured cotton sold abroad. Senator Bankhead announces the agreement after a secret conference, aiming to push new crop into free channels and stabilize domestic prices around nine cents per pound.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
Republicans Push Quiet Neutrality Act Compromise
In Washington on April 22 Republicans in the Senate weigh a compromise to keep the neutrality act as is. Senator Borah argues the public mood favors framing permanent neutrality later, while administration pressure grows for a show down. Senate Foreign Relations Chair Pittman plans hearings with Hugh Johnson testifying as changes are considered.
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Helen Taft Manning
President Taft
Robert Taft
Ohio
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Manning
Bryn Mawr College
Senate
Borah
R.-Ida
Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
D.-Nevy
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Education board member dies in Montana city
R. W. Leedom a 64 year old printing shop proprietor and member of the Montana state board of education died in a hospital after several weeks illness. He was a former resident of Great Falls Montana and Lowell Wyoming. His death followed a period of sleeping sickness.
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Billings
R. W. Leedom
Montana State Board of Education
Great Falls
Mont
Lowell
Wyo
Fires of Love Turn Out to Be False Alarm
Alfred Sass a 27 year old painter faces five months in jail after admitting to telephoning 20 false fire alarms aimed at the home of Miss Hazel Lawson. A firefighter suffered a broken skull responding to the bells and Sass was caught by Fire Marshal Frank Kelly and Police Edward Dullean after his 20th call.
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San Francisco
Alfred Sass
Sass
Hazel Lawson
Hazel
Alfred
John Dougherty
Frank Kelly
Edward Dullean
Ship to Scatter Pioneers Ashes Over Mt Powell
Two Montana pioneers Frank and Mrs. Conley are to be buried to the heavens above Mount Powell in a dawn flight from Great Falls. An airplane will take two urns from the crematory and stop at Butte to pick up daughters and friends before proceeding to circle Mount Powell and scatter the ashes.
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Mount Powell
Deer Lodge
Montana
Frank Conley
Great Falls
Butte
Conleys
Roosevelt Narrowly Escapes Collision Returning from Virginia
President Roosevelt narrowly escaped an automobile collision near Fort Myer Virginia while returning from a trip. His car stopped at an intersection and another driver sped across, with Secret Service signaling the other vehicle but it did not halt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Fort Myer
Secret Service
Russian Proposal Opens Plan for Security Conference
Paris reports Moscow would propose an international conference of nations fearing Nazi Fascist aggression. A Russian British French alliance was prepared for signature while a wider collective security pact would pool armed strength against Germany and Italy if needed.
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Paris
U.P
Russia
Europe
Balkans
Danube Basin
Scandinavia
Germany
Italy
Moscow
Britain
Harlem store clerk shot in room
Leonard Fillis a 22 year old Harlem store clerk was found shot with a .22 caliber bullet and a pistol nearby in a hotel room. He was taken to St James hospital conscious and resting but with unclear injury extent while police investigated the case.
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Leonard Fillis
Harlem
St. James Hospital
Tom Calpin
Fd O'Keefe
Ellis
Blaine County
Butte
Educational orders for war supplies linked to training effort
The War Department announced six manufacturing firms received educational orders totaling 2 million dollars as part of a planned 34.5 million dollar program to train factories for munitions. Assistant Secretary Johnson said training will save months in emergencies and up to 270 plants may be involved in trial orders for guns planes shells and tanks. The move accompanies plans to bolster military intelligence and protect defense secrets at home and abroad.
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Washington
War Department
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Congress
Johnson
Army
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State Chamber
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