Senators Propose Fall Special Session Over Farm Prices
Forty senators sponsor a petition urging Congress to reconvene by October 15 if farm legislation fails in the current session. They cite falling cotton and grain prices and back proposals for federal price supports on cotton corn and wheat. President Roosevelt may call Congress if the agriculture committee reports a farm bill ready.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Barkley
Today and Tomorrow by Walter Lippmann
The piece argues the wages bill rests on a costly theory that high wage regions can shield themselves from competition from low-wage areas via federal action. It warns the Board would become a focal point for sectional tensions and pressure groups, likely handling only the clearest cases of local exploitation.
Missionaries Fear Doom of LifeWork in Japan Victorious
American missionaries fear generations of effort in North China may be nullified as Japanese forces push south through Hopeh and Chahar. In Shanghai, Consul General Gauss drafted safety measures for about 4,000 Americans and a crisis committee formed to protect nationals. Mission leaders report gloom as Japanese control expands, with several denominations involved.
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Shanghai
North
China
Hopeh- Chahar
Asia
United States
Clarence E. Gauss
Hopeh
Lad Waits Between Buses With Fortune Five-Cent Piece
Bernard Stone, 17, stepped into a Montana bus depot with 36.31 dollars in his pocket. He chatted with strangers, walked, and joined a nickel match. He told police his tale while clutching a five cent piece, the last of his fortune.
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Lad
Bernard Stone
Wilsall
Shelby
Bernard
Thousands of Americans Volunteer to Fight Japan in China
About 7,000 Americans, many ex servicemen, have volunteered to join a special international division to oppose Japanese forces in North China. Lieut. Gen. Russell L. Hearn would lead the irregulars, with transport overseas possible in six weeks if government neutrality rules allow. Local authorities have not confirmed steps under the neutrality law.
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Los Angeles
China
United Press
Russell L. Hearn
North
Chang Tso- Lin
Peking
U. S
Baby Born After Mother's Death in Caesarean
Mrs. Mary Boccansini died at Philadelphia General Hospital early today. Moments later doctors performed a Caesarean section and delivered a living baby girl.
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Philadelphia
Mary Boccansini
Philadelphia General Hospital
Montana Weather Forecast Opens With Fair Days
The forecast says generally fair conditions in Montana for Friday and Saturday. Cooler temperatures are expected in the eastern and central portions on Friday.
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Montana
Roosevelt warns veto could prompt sugar bill battle
President Roosevelt threatens to veto a sugar control bill over a provision limiting refined sugar imports from Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Sugar bloc leaders meet to back the bill as administration and bloc allies race to secure votes for a showdown tomorrow. The plan would set quotas for Hawaii and Puerto Rico and replace the Jones Costigan act with a system funding grower benefits via a half cent per pound tax on refined sugar.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Capitol Hill
Representative Coffee
Congress
Bell Mine Fire Chief Unchanged in Illness
George L. Lapp fire chief at the Bell mine remains seriously ill at Murray hospital with condition unchanged last night as reported by officials.
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Bell Mine
George L. Lapp
Murray Hospital
Propaganda dispute delays Wagner low cost housing vote
In Washington on August fifth tumult over a propaganda distribution halted final action on the Wagner low cost housing bill. Senator Clark charged page children handed out a statement opposing a cost cap of four thousand dollars per unit. The handout credited labor and housing groups and the AFL.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Byrd
American Federation of Housing Authorities
Housing Legislation Information Office
The
Labor Housing Conference
National Association of Housing Officials
American Federation of Labor
Building Trades Department
Dalgleish death probe urged after coroner jury verdict
In Gilroy California a coroner's jury urged reopening of the investigation into the death of Andrew Dalgleish a 56 year old Butte Montana businessman found shot in a new store July 15 The jury rejected suicide and said there was as much evidence of murder as of suicide demanding an exhaustive inquiry Dalgleish a former Symons store employee was a well known figure in Butte.
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Gilroy
Cal
Andrew Dalgleish
Butte
Mont
Dalgleish
Symons Store
Rotana Club Plans Anaconda Meet With 200 Expected
About 200 Rotana club members from Montana and Oregon will attend the seventh annual National Rotana convention in Anaconda. Butte will send at least 50 delegates. Portland, Oregon, hosts the new charter. Sessions at the Montana hotel include a main banquet Saturday night and a Sunday luncheon at the Anaconda Country Club.
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Rotana Club
Anaconda
Montana
Oregon
National Rotana Club
Portland
Ore
Butte
Anaconda Country Club
Nettie Thomson
Helena
Nel Hoyal
Anaconda Club
Sylvia Woods Riggs
Port
Escaped Bank Robber Captured by Posses Near Williston
Herbert Allen the Spokane bank robber was taken 15 miles west of Williston after Gov. Langer ordered National Guardsmen to join sheriffs posses. They searched brush along the Missouri River bottomlands for the suspect who escaped from Williams County jail last night.
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Williston
N. D
Herbert Allen
Spokane
Wash
Allen
William Langer
National
Missouri River
Here
Williams County
Fear of attack prompts Hankow siege measures
Japanese naval authorities declared a state of emergency in Hankow on the Yangtze, 300 miles southwest of Nanking. Domel reported marines landed and erected sandbag barricades in the Japanese concession as Chinese troops moved near, amid rising indications of an imminent assault.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Yangtze River
Nanking
Domell
Domel
Domei
China Declares War Basis Under Chiang Kai Shek
The Nanking government placed the nation on a war footing with Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek presiding. Central government divisions resisting a Japanese attack northwest of Peiping were ordered to fight to the death. For the first time, China’s financial resources were placed under Chiang’s personal control to serve military needs.
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Nanking
U.P
China
Supreme War Council
Chiang Kai- Shek
Peiping
Mining City Budget Cuts Tax Levy For Individuals
City council approved a 41.50 mill tax levy for 1937-38 with total expenditures of 774 231 05, one mill less than last year. Budget trims include sinking fund from 16 50 to 12 mills while adding a 3 mill emergency relief fund to provide about 33 000 for materials and needs.
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Council
John Lindaurst
Ways and Means
Lindquist
Doctor Postpones Mooney Operation
San Quentin Calif Aug 5 Dr L L Stanley prison physician deferred plans to operate on Thomas J Mooney.
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Mooney
San Quentin Prison
Cal
L. L. Stanley
Thomas J. Mooney
Tornadic windstorm damages East Helena plant
A brief tornado-like windstorm at East Helena damages the American Smelting and Refining plant, estimating four thousand dollars in damage as planks and corrugated roofing are torn from buildings. The storm knocks seven power poles, cutting power to East Helena and Helena, restored within two hours.
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Helena
American Smelting and Refining Company
East Helena
J. D. MacKenzie
Mace Kenzie" Satay
Montana Power Company
Litvinov To Face Trial In Soviet Purge Rumor
Paris dispatches report Le Jour claims Soviet purge targets include Maxim Litvinov the foreign affairs commissar with Admiral Orlov and Admiral Victorov among others. Blucher rumored missing or sent on secret mission to China to seek treaty with Chiang Kai-Shek.
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Paris
U.P
le Jour
Maxim Litvinov
Russia
Orlov
London
Litvinov
Victorov
Pacific
Blucher
Far East
Moscow
Riga
Paris Midi
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
North China Army
Japan
Mining Meet in Virginia City Attracts Prominent Men
The Mining Association of Montana plans a Virginia City convention Friday and Saturday with Carl J. Trauerman stating the event will draw prominent mining figures. Senator Key Pittman has been invited to speak, with a Washington replacement ready if needed. An entertainment program highlighting Virginia City's pioneer life is planned.
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Virginia City
Mining Association of Montana
Carl J. Trauerman
Key Pittman
Washindton
West
Mining Association
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Doeo Big Damage
Walter Lippmann
Tokyo
North China
New York
Lorraine Chinchar
Marion Murphy
Marilyn
Soldier of Fortune
Weather Forecast
Opurd
Sugar Bagkerd
Joint Committee
Jurdrd
Portland Club
Jens Thompson
Austin
Minn
Chiang
Nankou
NYS Litvinov
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