Business leaders urge revision of labor act at Chicago event
George H. Davis of the Chamber of Commerce and William Green of the AFL called for changes to the national labor relations act to balance employer and employee interests. They urged Congress to remove restrictions hindering business and to repeal provisions that empower agency heads as rulemakers and prosecutors.
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Chicago
George H. Davis
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Economic Club
Davis
Congress
State Income Tax Collections Reach New Peak
Reorganization of the personal income tax department boosted collections to a new high of 501 807 55 for 1937 38. Increased audits and more returns followed an enhanced appropriation by the 1937 legislature, with 5 064 taxable returns added in spring 1938 and delinquencies reduced. Field auditors set up in permanent headquarters at Great Falls.
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Helena
State Board of Equalization
Great
Drug Firm Head Revealed as Man Convicted in Famous Theft Case
New York report identifies F Donald Coster as Philip Musica, a man with prior grand larceny convictions who rose to head McKesson and Robbins. Four inquiries probe asset overstatements of about 18 million in the 87 million drug firm. Police fingerprints linked Musica to past cases including United States Hair collapse and a 1906 federal grand larceny conviction. Investigators say he may have shipped arms to belligerents in milk of magnesia cases.
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F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Philip Musica
George S. Dietrich
Coster
McKisson and Robbins
Samuel Reich
New York
Joseph Donovan
Musica
United States
United States Attorney
Brien McMahon
Washington
Justice Department
Puzzles of 1938 Topic At Butte Rotary Luncheon
The Butte Rotary club heard Dr. Sheldon Davis discuss puzzles of 1938 at noon at the New Finlen. Sam Parker urged attendance for the joint civic club banquet on January 5, and Rue ben Hobbs announced the Father Son and Daughter banquet at the New Finlen next Thursday.
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Butte Rotary Club
New Finlen
Sheldon Davis
State Normal School
Sam Parker
Butte “Y
Rueben Hobbs
Rotary Club
Doctor Davis
Senator Vandenberg Opposes Social Security Tax Increases
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan urged Congress to cancel planned social security tax raises that would raise payroll and wage taxes each by one half percent in 1940 and every three years thereafter toward a 3 percent level. He warned the move would remove about 40 billion dollars from American paychecks through 1980, arguing current rates leave a small reserve sufficient for pension payments.
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Washington
Congress
Vandenberg
Michigan
America
Yule Mailing Easier as New Butte Substation Opens
Postmaster Frank X. Monaghan announced a third Butte sub-station opens at 106 East Park Street at 9 this morning. The new station promises faster mailing and congestion relief for local residents.
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Butte
East Park Street
Frank X. Monaghan
United States proposes Pan American peace constitution at conference
The United States abandons a continental defense pact and offers a single Pan American peace charter compiling 23 articles from prior accords. Argentina resists a binding pact fearing policy shifts with new Washington administrations. Women energize the session as plenary meeting set for next week.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Argentina
Washington
Latin-America
Big Dry reclamation project near Jordan to finish today
The $120000 Big Dry reclamation project near Jordan Garfield county will be completed tomorrow. Gov Roy Ayers Robert J Kelly and E B Donohue headed to Jordan to witness the formal completion as the project provides 3800 acre feet of water to irrigate 2000 acres built by the state water conservation board with Public Works Administration cooperation.
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Helena
Jordan
Garfield County
State Water Conservation Board
Roy E. Ayers
Robert J. Kelly
The
Water Conservation Board
E. B. Donohue
Water Board
Board
Public Works Administration
Federal Debt Hits New High Above 39 Billion
The Treasury reported a debt record of 39.4 billion dollars as investors purchased 730 million in new securities. Several nations paid due debts while Finland and Hungary made partial remittances. overall, 13 nations faced 160.2 million in today’s payments.
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Finland
Washington
Treasury
Hungary
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Youth Paralyzed From Bullet Able to Leave Hospital
Carlisle Marts once paralyzed with a bullet in his head and abdomen, found beside a Montana road, is set to leave Seattle General Hospital for Christmas. His mother, Mrs Ben Mallory of Corvallis Montana, says surgeons report improved speech and movement after bullets were removed in Seattle and Hamilton.
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Seattle
Ben Mallory
Corvallis
Mont
Carlisle Marts
Montana
Hamilton
Secretary Roper Resigns as Commerce Secretary
Daniel Calhoun Roper resigned as secretary of commerce citing personal reasons. Rumor on Capitol Hill says Harry L. Hopkins may succeed him, replacing a cautious link between Roosevelt policy and business. Roper defended the administration while facing criticism from new dealers toward his conservative stance.
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Washington
Daniel Calhoun Roper
Capitol Hill
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Roper
Roosevelt
Montana Forecast Mostly Cloudy Friday and Saturday
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Montana Friday and Saturday with little change in temperatures.
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Montana
Rescue Flight Returns From Alaskan Shipwreck Amid Storm
A heavy storm thwarted Pilot Sheldon Simmons from reaching 18 marooned crew of the Patterson. The Coast Guard cutter Morris pressed the rescue, with two missing and several exposed or ill. Capt. Sam Sandvik aimed to guide Morris within seven miles of Cape Fair weather wreck site as Mountainous seas hinder Haida landing. Three guides and Dr Charles C Smith joined the Morris. stretchers carried.
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Juneau
Alaska
Sheldon Simmons
Patterson
Coast Guard
Morris
Sam Sandvik
Halibuter
Cape Fairweather
Simmons
Lituya Bay
Wilds
Charles C. Smith
Speed Ban Useless on Slick Roads
A dense fog and freezing mist on the Butte Anaconda highway forced drivers to creep at 35 to 40 mph. Highway Patrol Supervisor Clarence LeSueur warned that slick pavement made any attempt to exceed 40 mph risky and advised sticking to lower speeds anyway.
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Butte
Nature
Butte-Anaconda
Clarence LeSueur
State Highway Patrol
LeSueur
Senators Propose Profit Sharing to Stabilize Employment
The Senate labor committee drafts a profit sharing formula to stabilize jobs and fund retirement for workers in 10 major industries. Republican Sen. Van denberg backs incentive taxation to spur expansion. The plan calls for joint employee and employer contributions to an irrevocable trust fund to support benefits and use interest in unemployment emergencies.
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Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Donald Despain
Franco Attacks in Spain Cut Short
Two insurgent assaults in northeastern and southwestern Spain began today but did not develop into a broad offensive. Government dispatches had hinted at large actions near Catalonia and the Almaden mines, yet communiques reported only air raids in Catalonia and no land campaigns.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Oie
Catalonia
Almaden
Britain’s Money Could Decide War Warns Chamberlain
Prime Minister Chamberlain told a luncheon in the House of Commons that Britain’s vast financial resources might check Nazi plans in a long war. He cited German leaders weighing consequences beyond armaments and noted Dr. Hjalmar Schacht’s London mission amid trade and emigration talks.
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London
Chamberlain
Germany
Britain
House of Commons
Schacht
Bank of England Today
Senator Clark Attacks War Hysteria and Pump Priming
Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri criticized war hysteria in an interview from New Orleans. He urged preserving neutrality powers from the president, warned about invasion fantasies, supported defense but rejected armament driven by federal pump priming, and called for neutrality act use only when the nation is at war.
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New Orleans
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
America
Clark
United States
Will A Campbell Funeral Set Saturday in Helena
Helena news notes funeral plans for Will A Campbell longtime editor and publisher of the Helena Independent who died in the Fairfax sanitarium near Seattle. Death is listed as due to heart disease after months of illness. Campbell helped found the paper and left the editor position last June after a long tenure dating to 1913 with Senator Thomas J Walsh involved in its purchase. Born May 8 1881 he studied at Weeping Water Academy and the University of Nebraska.
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Helena
Will A. Campbell
Helena Independent
Fairfax Sanitarium
Seattle
Wash
Campbell
The
Independent
Montana
Thomas J. Walsh
Litcol
Nebr
Academy of Weeping Water
University of Nebraska
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U.S
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Hopkins
New Railroad President
J. IL. Beven
Illinois Central Railroad
L. A. Downs
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