Hoover Offers Alternative To New Deal Social Security Changes
President Roosevelt urges six amendments to the social security act described as non controversial. The proposals include direct death claim payments to spouses or dependent children, changing wages payable to wages paid for unemployment, and technical changes to their rating system to simplify employers’ wage efforts. The plan targets improved effectiveness and broader tax application.
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Hoover
Washington
Rooosevelt
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wisconsin
Senate votes down farm price support buyouts
The Senate rejected proposals to have the government purchase large farm stocks to curb surpluses and lift prices. Ed Smith's plan for 6 million bales of cotton failed 39 to 26 and McNary's bid for 30 million bushels of wheat failed 48 to 19. Borah won easing penalties and farmer referendums on the marketing quota system.
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Washington
Senate
Ed” Smith
South Carolina
McNary
Oregon
Borah
Republican
Idaho
11 New Highway Patrolmen Named by Board
The Montana highway patrol board named 11 new officers today increasing state patrol strength to 50. Appointees include R. Jones Malta Orrie Woods Sidney A A Anderson Great Falls Eugene Mora Great Falls Albert Mues Helena Bodley Vacura Plains Richard Albert De Borgia William Madena Butte Walter Lyons Livingston Harry Burnham Red Redge and Jack Riggs Hardin. They will report for duty when vehicles and equipment are ready.
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Helena
Montana Highway Patrol Board
R. Jones
Malta
Orrie Woods
Sidney
A. A. Anderson
Great Falls
Eugene Mora
Albert Mues
Bodley Va
Coroner's jury clears Viola Christensen in Great Falls axe slaying
In Great Falls on December 16 a coroner's jury exonerated Viola Christensen 22 of blame for her husband Hans Christensen 45 WPA worker. The verdict found Hans died by an axe in self defense wielded by Viola. Juror H N Perkins refused to sign.
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Great Falls
UPI
Viola Christiansen
Hans Christiansen
WPA
Hans Christensen
Viola Christensen
H. N. Perkins
Christensen
Foul play suspected in Melrose death of aged man
An elderly man found near Melrose Tuesday, who had recently bought a week’s groceries and refused a money gift, is thought to have died under foul play. He lived in a squatter shelter along the Union Pacific right-of-way for about a month and frequented the High Way grocery in Melrose. A billfold marked North American Accident Insurance Co. with initials L C B and a packet of needles were found. knapsack missing.
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Melrose
Union Pacific Railroad
High Way
Frank Gordon
North American Accident Insurance Company
Republicans name chairman of committee on program
The Republican National Committee executive panel chose Glenn Frank to chair the program committee. A partial list of members includes appointees who have accepted, with possible chair candidates James Truslow Adams, Glenn Frank, or Senator Frederick Steiner. The full chair decision was pending.
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Frank Hazelbaker
Gladys Heinrich
Helena
Montana
Steiner, Frank
Adams
ST. Louis, Mo
Republican National Committee Tonight
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
United Press
ST. Louis
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
James Truslow Adams
United States
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Hamilton
Republican Executive Committee
Labor called on to boycott all Japanese goods
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged 3,500,000 members and their families to boycott all Japanese goods over the war in China. He asked local unions to form boycott committees to persuade merchants to stop selling Japan made merchandise. The move follows the federation convention in Denver. John L Lewis's CIO backed a similar resolution but has not yet pressed action.
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Washington
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor Today
China
Green
Japan
Federation
Denver
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L.lewis
War Council
Atlantic City
N. J
Hoover outlines private enterprise path to more jobs
Former President Herbert Hoover argues in Chicago that the economy can recover without a New Deal style planned economy. He calls for intellectual liberty, private enterprise, and cost cutting through innovation to raise living standards and create jobs, while urging far-reaching, balanced regulation.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Idaho Falls Couple Obtain Marriage License
Cupid has been lax in December with no licenses issued for five days until Dell Hart and Thelma Hansen of Idaho Falls obtained a marriage license yesterday from Elmer Shea, district court clerk.
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Elmer Shea
Dell Hart
Thelma Hansen
Idaho Falls
Pansies Bloom in Butte as Robins Quarrel with Weatherman
Pansies were reported blooming in several Flat yards despite snow, prompting the local weatherman to mutter about pansies and a light December thaw. He jokes about Christmas plants and listeners from Southern California, noting a pansy winter ahead.
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Butte
California
Japan Ready for Triumphal Entry into Nanking
News reports say Japan's army and navy commanders prepare to enter Nanking as General Chiang Kai-Shek urges China not to surrender. A flotilla of American, British, and Japanese gunboats carries Panay survivors and the wounded toward Shanghai after the Sunday Panay sinking and the destruction of three Standard Oil vessels.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Fifteen of Hearner Family in Columbia Falls Struck by Illness
Fifteen of eighteen members of the Anton Hearner family in Columbia Falls were ill with a mysterious disease. Doctors compare it to a poisoning form while nurses from Kalispell assist local physicians. The first case appeared three weeks ago.
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Kalispell
Dec
Anton Hearner
Columbia Falls
Alcatraz Escape From The Devil's Island
Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe, long-term Oklahoma convicts, escaped from the Alcatraz federal prison during dense fog between 1 and 1:30 pm. Warden James A. Johnston said guards searched rock ledges, and coast guard boats with searchlights circulated the bay as they tried to locate the pair.
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San Francisco
Theodore Cole
Ralph Roe
Oklahoma
Alcatraz Island
Devil's Island
San Francisco Bay
James A. Johnston
Johnston
United Press
Cole
Roe
Coast Guard
Loyalists boast major victory on Franco front
Loyalists claimed a significant breakthrough in the Spanish Civil War saying their offensive cut the main road between Teruel and Calatayud and the parallel railroad. Reports of a plot to assassinate Generalissimo Francisco Franco circulated from sealed front lines.
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Hendaye
U.P
Francisco Franco
Teruel
Calatayud
Trustees Award Contract For Butte High Field
The Butte board of trustees awarded contracts for a new athletic field and stadium. Cahill-Mooney Construction won the general contract at 64800 dollars, Ellis Paint at 1598 dollars for painting, and Western Plumbing and Electric for lighting. Work is to begin by next Tuesday.
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Butte High
Butte High School
Cahill-Mooney Construction Company
Ellis Paint Company
Western Plumbing and Electric Company
Christmas Tree-Like Lights Spark Butte Mine Gallows Frame
The Anselmo mine gallows frame burned with multicolored lights arranged as a Christmas tree, topped by a bright white globe symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem. From about 200 feet high the beacon could be seen for miles, signaling the town of Butte's Christian faith.
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Anselmo
Butte
Panay Sinking Tied to Japanese Actions Confirmed
Secretary Hull announced new official findings on the Panay incident. He confirmed machine-gunning by Japanese motorboats and air attacks that wounded survivors and damaged the vessel. Japanese boarding occurred before the ship sank, despite visible American colors. Hull plans to present charges to Tokyo via Ambassador Grew.
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Washington
United States
Hull
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Grew
Poisoner of Dog Faces Meagher County Reward
White Sulphur Springs resident Joe Boyer blasts dog poisoners in a campaign sparked by a dog poisoning incident. The Meagher County News ran a prominent ad offering a $25 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction or personal mauling of the culprit.
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White Sulphur Springs
Joe Boyer
Meagher County
Meagher
Montana Weather Forecast Ends With Mixed Snow Possibility
Partly cloudy conditions expected in eastern Montana with a chance of snow flurries across the western portion Friday and Saturday. Cold conditions are forecast for Friday with a drop in temperatures across the state.
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Montana
Salvation Army Christmas program aids 200 needy families
The Salvation Army with community support collects food and cash at the Christmas Cheer Cabin on West Park street to assemble baskets for 200 families. Baskets will be delivered the day before Christmas. Kiwanis hosts a children’s party at the Salvation Army hall with dinner, entertainment, and Santa Claus. The Army will also feed homeless men on Christmas Day at the East Broadway shelter. Carolers will roam the streets nightly through Christmas.
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Salvation Army
West Park Street
Wanis
Santa Claus
Kiwanis Club
Army
Butte
Army Shelter
East Broadway
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