Treasury Announces Mid-December Financing Plan
Secretary Morgenthau disclosed a plan to raise 700 million dollars in new money. The program offers 400 million in 22 27 year 2 percent bonds and 300 million in five year 1 percent notes, maturing 1960 65 and 1943 respectively. Existing 114 percent notes maturing 1939 may be converted into these new securities or nine year 2 percent bonds, or repaid in cash March 15. The national debt would rise to about 39.34 billion.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Treasury
Supreme Court to rule on TVA power program today
The Supreme Court may issue a ruling on the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority power program. The court has paused two weeks for opinions and faces other possible decisions, including child labor amendment ratification and Consolidated Edison case developments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Kansas
Kentucky
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc
Montana Forecast: Partly Cloudy East Snow Flurries West
Montana weather outlook shows partly cloudy conditions in the east and likely snow flurries in the west for Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures expected to remain largely steady with minor variations.
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Montana
Prominent Butte Matron Mabel Wiggins Found Dead
Mrs. Mabel Wiggins a 56 year old Butte resident was found dead at her home 625 Madison Street at about 5 last evening. Coroner Mike Duff investigated noting death appeared due to natural causes though initial signs suggested possible foul play.
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Mabel Wiggins
Butte
Madison Street
Mike Duff
Butte Public Urged to Attend Crippled Children Meet
The Butte Auxiliary for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children calls on the public to attend tonight’s annual meeting at the Butte Chamber of Commerce. An advisory board will be elected and reports from the past year will be read. Dr. F. E. Savage notes public funds support the effort to reclaim maimed children and urges city groups to send representatives.
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Butte
Crippled Children’s Meet
Chamber of Commerce
Butte Auxiliary For the
Butte Chamber of Commerce
F. E. Savage
Savage
Trade drive by Hull to attract attention at Pan-American summit
Secretary Hull pledged to push efforts to stimulate trade among American nations during a stop in Guayaquil on the way to the Pan American conference. The visit followed Ecuador and the United States signing a trade pact and noted ongoing political and economic developments.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Hull
United States
Parity price plan urged for U.S. farmers
Representative Fish a Republican from New York backs scrapping the current agricultural controls and invoking a parity price system. He proposes cotton around 16 cents, wheat 1.40 dollars, and corn 90 cents, allowing domestic use while exporting surplus at world prices to regain markets and boost farm income. He plans parity bills in the new Congress.
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Washington
Representative Fish
Republican
N. Y
Fish
Congress
Mayoralties as new path to the White House
Washington dispatch argues rising city mayors such as Fiorello LaGuardia could become presidential contenders. It notes Chicago as a potential launchpad, with farm belt sentiment shaping convention prospects and Secretary Ickes weighing a Chicago bid. Illinois history cited in a broader national political view.
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New York City
New York
Ohio
Chicago
Fiorello LaGuardia
Ickes
LaGuardia
Father Knickerbocker
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
24th Victim Dies From Bus Crash Toll Rises
Salt Lake City reports Bela Beckstead, 15, dies hours after funeral services for 14 other victims of the Thursday collision between a Jordan school bus and a freight train. The disaster near Riverton junior high claimed 24 lives as crowds packed the overflowed service.
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Salt Lake City
Bela Beckstead
Jordan
South Jordan
Riverton Junior High School
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Storms Move In on Pacific Coast Region
Weather warnings renewed along the Washington Oregon coast for 24 hours as gale force winds are forecast. Rain or snow blankets the Pacific Northwest with more expected Monday. Fog and low ceilings disrupt air travel, with Northwest and United Air Lines canceling or delaying many flights. Temperatures reach 88 degrees in southern California and a sleet storm closes highways near Helena.
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Seattle
Washington-Oregon Coast
Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
Northwest Airlines
Butte
Mont
Spokane- Seattle
Northwest
Spokane
United Air Lines
Salt Lake City
California
Redondo Beach
James Roosevelt Joins Samuel Goldwyn as VP in Film Firm
James Roosevelt eldest son of the President announces he has entered the motion picture industry as vice president of Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. The exact duties and salary were not disclosed and Roosevelt issued a formal statement through Jack Lawrence. He expresses happiness and a desire to serve the public through film.
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James Roosevelt
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc
California
Hollywood
Roosevelt
Jack Lawrence
Goldwyn
Elks Lodge Memorial Rites Honor Absent Members
The Helena Elks Lodge pays tribute to departed members with solemn memorial rites. An eloquent address by Leon E. Choquette reflects on the virtues of the deceased, noting their faults are forgotten and they have entered eternal bliss. The report continues on page 2.
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Elks’ Lodge
Leon E. Choquette
Helena
Butte Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Public Roads Bureau Signals Support for Border-to-Border Superhighways
The Bureau of Public Roads hinted it would back a Congress proposal for four-lane, divided highways and a nine- by nine- lane grid to bypass cities. It promised a formal recommendation before February 1 while noting current construction lags behind needs.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
United States
Wallace
Bureau
Veteran trainman dies in Denver after paralytic stroke
John H. Cooper 75 a member of the first train crew on the Georgetown loop died at his Denver home after a paralytic stroke. He had lived in Colorado 58 years.
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Denver
John H. Cooper
Georgetown
Colorado
Anti Fascists Riot In Tunisia And Corsica Across Europe
Anti-Fascist protests erupt in Tunisia and Corsica as 30,000 Corsicans gathered at Ajaccio demanding France resist Italian claims. In Paris and Rome, activists condemn Italy's colonial aims while French workers strike at Le Havre in sympathy with discharged colleagues. The Luzon moves toward Shanghai with a Japanese escort.
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Associated Press
Tunisia
Corsica
Paris
Rome
Italy
France
Ajaccio
Mussolini
Napoleon
le Havre
Normandie
Sudetenland
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
Legion opposes making U S an asylum for refugees
Stephen F. Chadwick national commander of the American Legion told the Kentucky department midwinter conference in Louisville that the Legion would oppose any move to make the United States an asylum for refugees. He cited economic strain and incomplete assimilation of aliens already here as reasons for the stance while stressing duty to future generations.
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Louisville
Stephen F. Chadwick
Seattle
American Legion
America
Chadwick
Kentucky Department
Legion
O. A. prepares to leave South or White House
President Roosevelt winds down southern vacation with a farewell round. He plans a special train to Washington after a two hour stop in Columbia South Carolina for breakfast with leaders and a visit to Chapel Hill North Carolina for a UNC address. A short wave rebroadcast may discuss oppression abroad as he resumes talks on foreign affairs.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Carolinas
Washington
Columbia
S. C
Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
Europe
South America
Bankhead
Hugh R. Wilson
Germany
William Phillips
Italy
Little White Chapel
The
Cheyenne Church Damaged by Fire
Fire caused heavy damage to the First Congregational Church in Cheyenne Wyoming with losses estimated between 15000 and 25000 dollars. Fire destroyed a Sunday school room and kitchen after starting in the furnace area and was discovered before services.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
First Congregational Church of
Pope Pius XI Treks Outdoors in Vatican Gardens
Pope Pius XI left indoors for the first time since his November 25 heart attack. He rode in an automobile through the Vatican gardens, his favored recreation.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican Gardens
Mass Meeting Called to Outline Anniversary Plans
Butte residents are urged to attend a mass meeting at 8 o clock tomorrow night at the Finlen hotel to discuss a ten day July celebration marking Montana statehoods 50th anniversary. Organizers seek broad participation from labor, fraternal, civic, business, and religious groups to coordinate events including a Fourth of July celebration, rodeo, air show, and a possible history pageant. The note also links the gold discovery 75th anniversary, urging start of planning for a grand event.
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Butte
Finlen
Montana
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