18 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1937
Page
1
In a county jail interview, 17 year old Charles Elmer Smith Jr faces Christmas behind bars after the fatal shooting of friend Verne Nimmo, 19, on Friday December 3. He speaks of longing for work, memories of cowboys, and his hopes for money while awaiting future.
Government dispatches report Teruel encircled by loyalist troops with heavy fighting in the cemetery and first line trenches. Tanks and planes aided the assault as nationalist forces defend the Aragonese city of about 12,000 amid a blizzard, threatening Madrid Valencia highway supplies.
The Senate approved the administration backed farm bill 59 to 29 after four weeks of debate. It now heads to a conference committee with a House farm measure to resolve differences on production controls, storage loans, and grower benefits. Vice President Garner named eight members to the panel.
The text notes that the Japanese government and civilians regret the sinking of the Panay and the three American steamers. It states they would not have wished for such events and acknowledge risks to peaceful US opinion from repeated incidents. A continuation is indicated on the next page.
Washington December 17 The House vote 216 to 198 sent the wage hour bill back to labor committee halting the measure for months. Southern Democrats and northern Republicans joined to defeat the administration goal, triggering a roar from the southern bloc as Representative Hartley urged recommitment.
In New Orleans Charity hospital Frank Chabina, 19, Albany Louisiana, received a corneal transplant from donor John Wesley Amos on December 8. After lifting bandages the patient saw two fingers and then the doctor’s hand, marking a hopeful early result in the vision-restoring procedure.
Christmas greeting cards and letters arrive at the Butte post office at over 40 000 per day, with expectations of a higher peak next week. Parcels move at a similar pace as clerks sort mail by carrier case using pigeonhole-like compartments to distribute cards by name.
A Western Air Express party inaugurated night flight from Helena to Great Falls, linking Butte with the Electric City and enabling same-day trips. The route now features five new beacons costing 15000 dollars, allowing Butte departure at 9 10 p m and Great Falls arrival at 10 19 p m.
Two aerial coyote hunters were injured when a light plane crashed 10 miles west of Wheeler. Owner pilot Clifford Owen suffered a broken leg and cuts, passenger Owen Knox fractured his leg. Both men from Wheeler, residents of the Fort Peck project town, were said to be recovering after Glasgow physicians treated them. Knox said he raised his gun to shoot a coyote when the crash occurred.
Washington December 17 The War Department announced Robert A. Peterson a national guardsman from Culbertson Montana has been designated to take the March 1 entrance examination for West Point.
After a brief Christmas snow flurry last night the sky cleared to a full moon. Crews attended to slippery streets as temperatures ranged from 12 to 37 degrees. The forecast calls for cloudy weather with more snow over the weekend.
The Montana forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Saturday and Sunday with cooler conditions on Saturday. No precipitation is expected and temperatures trend lower than Friday across the state.
Two deer locked horns fought until one collapsed near the Red Lodge Cooke City highway gateway to Yellowstone. Rescue-party members watched as Packsaddle Ben Greenough, his son Bill, sisters Margie and Alice, and forest service employee Wayne Cunningham tied the pair to a tree hoping to end the duel. The fight continued despite rope restraints.
President Roosevelt approved revival of government loans to distressed railroads while opposing further emergency public works spending. He said loan stoppages were a general rule with possible exceptions and affirmed no new allocations of public works funds. Congress had debated a modest spending rise to spur activity.
In Kansas City Missouri three men were shot and three United Automobile Workers members beaten during a clash linked to a Ford plant strike. Officers Bob Scott and Don Mustaim were wounded as 200 to 300 cars escorted by peace officers were ambushed outside city limits. 82 UAW members were arrested as fights erupted after the plant closed for the weekend.
Hundreds of Butte grade pupils will perform playlets songs and readings next week as Christmas programs are staged in seven public elementary schools Garfield Lincoln Madison Grant Blaine Monroe and Whittier with two Sherman school programs planned The nativity scene features Thelma Fisher as Mary and Robert Smith as Joseph with a large chorus singing Away in a Manger and shepherd roles by local boys continues on page 2 column 3.
Officers and passengers of the U S gunboat Panay dispute Japanese claims the attack was accidental. Lieutenant J W Geist, Panay’s engineer on watch, said a Japanese landing boat could not have mistaken the Panay’s identity as it was sinking and the flag was clearly visible.
Emperor Hirohito personally directs the investigation into the bombing of the U S S Panay and machine gun killings by Japanese forces. He weighs withdrawing the entire third battle fleet from China waters and replacing it with the second fleet under Vice Admiral Shimada.
Shanghai December 18 reports Japan’s Iwane Matsui and Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa tightening control in Nanking as harsh occupation continues. Chinese hopes rise that military rule may ease after the Monday capture.
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the NLRB order directing Consolidated Edison to reinstate employees discharged for union activity and affirmed that a contract between Edison and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was illegal. Both sides appealed.
A plan by Paul Van Zeeland calls for the United States United Kingdom France Germany and Italy to form an international economic commission. It would draft a procedure, expand as needed, and invite other nations to join a world economic forum as proposed by King Leopold III.
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