Montana Weather Dips Below Normal Across State
Unsettled conditions sweep Montana with cool temperatures and rain. Snow blankets Glacier National Park and Swift Current lookout while towns report varying precipitation including Miles City 1.26 inches and Great Falls 0.33 inches. Poplar hail causes no reported damage.
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Helena
Montana
Weather Bureau
Butte
Malta
Miles City
Glacier National Park
Swift Current Lookout
St. Mary
Billings
Bozeman
Cut Bank
Fort Peck
Glendive
Great Falls
Lewistown
Poplar
Today and Tomorrow By Walter Lipmann
The writer argues the amended wages and hours bill is a moderated improvement over the original with limited presidential power. Public fatigue and late-season timing may allow passage despite weak public opinion, suggesting the bill is a preliminary step in a complex federal program, beyond prohibition of child labor.
Butte Man Drowned In Big Hole River Near Divide
Edgar L. Roat drowned when his car went over a steep bank into the Big Hole river near Divide Friday night. His body was recovered about 16 o clock yesterday morning by Sheriff Paul H. Temple and helpers, about 50 yards from the car. Blood marks and a scalp wound suggest he was knocked unconscious before entering the water. A large search with posse members followed from Saturday until darkness halted the effort.
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Big Hole River
Edgar L. Roat
Butte
Dewey
Big Hole
Divide
Beaverhead
Paul H. Temple
Roat
Housing of White House Assistants Faces New Issue
A Congressional bill seeks to add six presidential executive assistants who would work from obscure department offices. White House officials say no formal plan exists to house them in the executive office, risking further enlargement or moves. If authorized, they would operate discreetly, arriving by side doors and remaining largely unseen by the press.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Tommy” Corcoran
Powder Blast at Badger Mine Fatal to Three
Three men died in a powder blast at the Badger mine on the 4100 foot level about 1 15 am Sunday. Victims were Charles McCormick 22 Egbert Gordon 34 and Archie McArthur unknown details pending inquest. Bodies at Daly Shea mortuary coroner Mike Duff examining cause of the premature explosion. McCormick resided with wife Anna on North Main Street Union Pacific conductor father at Pocatello Idaho.
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Badger
Charles McCormick
Egbert Gordon
Archie McArthur
Steve Murphy
Daly-Shea Mortuary
Mike Duff
McCormick
Anna
North Main Street
Union Pacific
Pocatello
Idaho
Butte
Montana Weather Outlook Unsettled Monday with Showers
Montana forecast shows an unsettled start Monday with likely showers and thunderstorms in the eastern portion. Tuesday looks generally fair and warmer east of the divide.
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Montana
Divide
Rango Pushes Wedge Toward Vital Valencia
Insurgent Generalissimo Franco's eastern army widened its advance near Teruel Cuenca and Valencia, capturing four villages south of Albarracin and nearing Valencia province. the right wing showed progress in Cuenca as government militiamen fled toward Valencia.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Teruel
Cuenca
Valencia
Madrid
Albarracin
Universales
Sugar controversy looms in Congress over quotas
Washington August 1 sugar control fight intensifies as lawmakers clash over Hawaii and Puerto Rico quotas under the Jones-Costigan act. Administration backs shifting shipments to sugar from offshore areas while Congress weighs a compromise allowing limited Hawaii and Puerto Rico supplies and more raw sugar. The battle risks delaying adjournment before Labor Day.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Congressional
Tie Jones
Executive Departments
Anaconda Student Fatally Injured In Car Crash Near Butte
Robert Kenne age 21 son of Mr and Mrs Jake Kenne of 521 Locust street Anaconda died after his car left the road and rammed a gasoline tank at the Bluebird oil refinery west of Butte He died at St James hospital from cerebral injuries His skull was fractured and witnesses could not explain the crash His father Jake Kenne was with him when he died
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Robert Kenne
Jake Kenne
Locust Street
Anaconda
Bluebird
Butte
Kenne
Montana State College
St. James Hospital
Keane
Jake Keane
Legally Non-Intoxicating Beer Becomes Drunkness Question
In Wichita a case tests if a man can be illegally drunk on 3.2 percent beer. William Leifheit’s driving while intoxicated charge hinges on this, with the Supreme Court likely to weigh in as jurors resume deliberations. Attorney General Beck notes the result matters, not the beverage.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
John Madden Jr
William Leifheit
Leifheit
Madden
C. Edward Murray
Supreme Court
Topeka
Clarence V. Beck
Japanese Mass Troops Prepare Major Attack Near Peiping
In Tientsin on August 2, Japan massed over 30,000 troops in the Fengtai area to strike five divisions of Chiang Kai-shek’s central government. Chinese forces, about 100,000 including remnants from Peiping and other units, are German-trained and well armed. Both sides control air power. main clashes expected near Paoting Fu and Liulho within days as Japan moves to push hostile troops south of the Yellow River.
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Tientsin
U.S
Fengtai-Lukouchiao
Peiping
Peiping- Tientsin
Paoting-Fu
Imperial Military Academy
Liulho
Changhsintien
Yellow River
Butte Man In Critical Condition After Lolo Grade Crash
Robert L. Ewing, 47, of Butte, is in critical condition after a crash on the Lolo grade eight miles south of Missoula. His son, Robert L. Ewing Jr., was injured but released after minor wounds. The car left the road, rolled 170 feet down an embankment, and crossed railroad tracks. Mrs. Ewing reportedly stays in Nampa Idaho.
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Missoula
Robert L. Ewing
Butte
Robert L. Ewing Jr
Ewing
Northern Pacific
Resident Engineer Ewing Led Butte Highway Work
Mr. Ewing served as resident engineer for the state highway commission in Butte for two years and supervised major projects including the Park street paving. Before Butte he worked with the commission in other parts of the state.
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Ewing
Butte
State Highway Commission
Park
Former Butte Mayor M Kerr Beadle Dies at 60
M Kerr Beadle 60 prominent Butte citizen and former mayor died at St James Hospital after a week illness. He recently became assistant attorney general of Montana and had deep roots in mining and politics. Survived by wife Minnie Beadle, his family home is 1237 West Granite. Born in Indiana, he moved to Helena and studied law while serving in public offices.
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M. Kerr Beadle
Butte
M. Kerr Beadite
St. James Hospital
Montana
Beadle
NRA
Minnie Beadle
West
Granite Street
Indiana
Helena
Gonzaga University
Spokane
Mysterious Driver Escapes After Frontier Wreck
Officers report an ancient automobile plowed into another car on the Butte Anaconda highway then struck a Milwaukee freight train. Witnesses pulled mutilated remains from the scene, but the driver vanished leaving no trace of identity or motives.
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Butte-Anaconda
Milwaukee
Wage-Hour Bill Fight Moves to House as Senate Acts
In Washington the wage hour clash shifts to the House with the Black Connery Labor Standards bill heading to the chamber after a 56 to 28 Senate vote. A more drastic House bill could set minimums up to 70 cents and a 35 hour work week, panels report.
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Butte
Lower Chamber
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Labor Committee
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