Montana House Advances Relief Measures In Special Session
Montana lawmakers moved four direct relief bills through the house to the senate as the special session enters its second week. The four acts include education building projects funded by federal recovery funds, legality of past local elections, and enabling state and subdivisions to incur indebtedness.
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Helena
Montana House of Representatives
Senate
House
Marshall
Missoula
State Board of Education
Woodcock
Fort Benton
Besancon
Cooney
Montana Seeks Relief Funds For 1934
Helena December 5 Montana Relief Director T C Spaulding told state legislators that at least 1 500 000 is needed from state funds and 875 000 from counties for 1934 relief. Federal aid would total 791 666, bringing total to 3 165 666, just under last year’s expenditures by 1 500 000. future public works demand uncertain.
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Helena
T. C. Spaulding
State Relief and Civil Works
Montana
Butte Weather Man Warns of Looming Storm
Butte fluctuations over 24 hours ranged from 0 to 32 degrees and a Canada origin nor'easter threatened snow. Forecaster warned a worsening storm could hit the region though early reports suggested the system might veer east of the mountains. Temperatures rose to 25 above by midnight.
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Butte
Montana
Canada
Here
Lindberghs Start Nonstop South Atlantic Flight
Anne Lindbergh and her husband Charles A. Lindbergh launched from Bathurst in a powerful low-wing monoplane at 2 a.m. G M T for a projected non stop 1870 mile flight to Brazil lasting about 14 hours. They hoped favorable winds would aid the crossing.
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Bathurst
GAM
BIA
W. Africa
Charles A. Lindbergh
South Atlantic
Brazil
Lindbergh
Butte Pioneers Nominate 1904 Officers and Trustees
The Butte Pioneers club named a slate of officers for 1904 at their regular meeting, with elections set for December 18. Contests exist for vice president and three trustees, with nominees including Walter Holliday, J. E. McNally, Larry Hamilton, Anna M. Quinn, W. J. Scott, Jack Doull, Ed Land, William Gilbert, Louise Lange, Peter McDermott, John Paige, and Margaret Le.
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Butte Pioneers’ Club
Walter Holliday
J. E. McNally
Larry Hamilton
Anna M. Quinn
W. J. Scott
Jack Doull
Ed Land
William Gilbert
Roosevelt Proclaims End of Prohibition in 1933
President Roosevelt issues a temperance plea after constitutional prohibition is repealed, urging citizens to buy alcohol only from licensed dealers. The proclamation cites ratification by 36 states, calls for law and order, and endorses licensed outlets to remove bootleggers from the nation.
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U.P
Roosevelt
America
Phillips
United States of America
United States
Department of State
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prohibition Ends as Utah Ratifies Twenty first Amendment
United Press reports the end of Prohibition after 14 years 5 months and 5 days as Utah becomes the 36th state to ratify the Twenty first Amendment. Pennsylvania Ohio Utah followed with repeal and the nation anticipates a major tax revenue boost of about 500 million dollars annually.
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United Press
United States
Utah
Commonwealth
Union
Congress
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Show of Arms in Louisiana District Vote
Baton Rouge reports that amid smoke from burned ballot boxes and armed protesters, state forces led by Senator Huey P. Long secured a congressional election in three quarters of Louisiana's sixth district. The printed ballot listed only Bolivar E. Kemp as the unopposed nominee, with no primary, and about one quarter of the district abstained.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Bolivar E. Kemp
Long
Tangipahoa
Appeal for Early Response in Sale of Seals
W. E. Pierce, president of the annual Butte Anti Tuberculosis society campaign, urged Silver Bow county residents who received Christmas seals to file their returns early. The plea appeared in the local notice as part of the ongoing fundraising drive.
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Silver Bow County
W. E. Pierce
Butte Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Applications for Home Loans Approved Here
Fifty applications for relief from the Home Owners' Loan Corporation were approved and forwarded from the Butte office to state headquarters for final action. The $91,175.34 in bonds and $11,587 in cash go toward delinquent taxes, repairs, insurance, and fees. Average loan in the Butte division was $2,389.42 as the program advances.
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Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Butte
State
Charles McKenzie
Agew
Montana Snow Forecast for Midweek
A Montana forecast calls for snow on Wednesday and likely Thursday. Colder air concentrates in the north and west on Wednesday and shifts to the east on Thursday.
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Montana
Prohibition Returns In Butte Prompt Little Change
City editor notes repeal produced no visible effect in Butte. Barrooms serve the same whiskey, drinkers crowd the same counters, and conversations focus on the hoped for bonded booze at two bits a shot rather than the current 50 cents.
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Butte
J Barleycorn Returns to Broadway After 14 Year Exile
New York recalls John Barleycorn returning to Broadway from a 14 year exile. Times Square crowds watch him amid cheers and headlines proclaiming Prohibition dead as police prepare to close unlicensed bars. Revelers toast at premium venues.
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J. Barleycorn
Broadwafter
New York
John Barleycorn
Broadway
Utah
Times Square
Hudson
Four Corners
Cuba
Canada
France
Gold
Rhine
California
Bolan
Hotel Astor
Conception church bell marks Forty Hours devotion start
The Immaculate Conception church on the West Side rings its first Angelus and opens the Forty Hours' devotion with a 9:30 mass. A 1300 pound bronze chime installed last week rings for the first time, signaling the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the start of the Forty Hours devotions.
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
Treasury Set for Mid December Borrowing Plan
Plans for the treasury mid December borrowing were nearly ready for announcement with indications that short term paper would be offered at about 2 percent. Preparations for the operations include refunding 727 million dollars in maturing obligations after Earle Bailie returned from New York conferences with investment bankers.
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Washington
Treasury
Earle Bailie
Morgenthau
New York
County Civil Works Quota Nearing Full
The Silver Bow Emergency Relief committee reports 3 500 men employed, nearing the 3 600 quota. 3200 at work this morning, with 300 more to be added today. Four sewer pipe crews are active and city projects advance with 800 on city rolls repairing streets and paving gutters.
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Silver Bow Emergency Relief Committee
West
Granite Street
Tom Wilkinson
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Butte Pioneers
Old-timers Organization
F. D. R. Temperance Plea
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House of Representatives
Senator Huey Long
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Holliday
Sam
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