19 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1938
Page
1
Division leaders of the Butte Better Business Builders meet at the Finlen hotel to map further plans for the annual money raising drive for the Butte Chamber of Commerce. A. F. Rice will preside. The campaign opens with a community dinner January 5 at the Finlen hotel.
Four sub-contractors August Gunert W B Elliott O J Horrom and David Kilroy join four campaign superintendents Rev L E Jones Walter R Oleson J J Hermes and L H Graham at today's luncheon. The group will name 32 foremen who must recruit four workers each. A J Knievel announced nearly $10 000 pledged toward a $17 000 goal. James H Rowe will preside at the January 5 inter club dinner attended by Rotary Kiwanis Exchange Lions Active Business and Professional Women Rotana clubs.
The advisory council urged extending federal old-age insurance to nearly all citizens. Proposals include benefits for wives widows and dependent children, disability protection, and phased inclusion of farm domestic labor self employed professionals and farmers. A new contingency reserve fund was also proposed.
An inquest is set for 2 this afternoon at the courthouse into the December 11 Front street crash that killed Francis Burke and Rose Melvin and injured eight others. Coroner Mike Duff announced the hearing after recovery of three more victims awaited. Judge J. J. Lynch will oversee the inquest as police describe the wreck as among the worst seen.
In central Anatolia Turkey a 23 hour quake sequence wrecked over 100 houses and left at least 900 residents homeless. Many feared dead as the area recalls last April disasters with widespread loss. Government sent urgent medical aid to the stricken district.
Harold N. Schudlich, 45, a chemical engineer from Billings Montana, was badly burned in a hotel last night when he fell asleep while smoking a cigarette causing a fire. He was treated at a local hospital.
Secretary Ickes declares Americans who accept decorations from dictators automatically forswear their American birthright. He questions how any citizen can accept honors from rulers who rob and torture others, naming Henry Ford and Colonel Lindbergh as examples. Continued on page 2.
Eighteen marooned members of the motorship Patterson huddle around camp fires on a Cape Fair Weather beach as bad weather blocks sea and air rescues. Planes dropped food and supplies to the stranded men.
London dispatch reports that Germany Japan and Soviet Russia are in a secret battleship race, with Japan leading four projected super battleships over 40 000 tons and two laid down in 1938. The Jane's Fighting Ships handbook notes at least 25 battleships under construction or authorized worldwide.
The outlook for Montana calls for generally fair weather on Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. No precipitation is expected and conditions remain largely unchanged across the state.
Washington dispatch reports farmers rejected New Deal marketing quotas for barley and dark tobacco and predicted changes to the farm law. Tobacco referenda returned four losses for the Agriculture Department and one victory. leaders see the result shaping Congress response and policy toward farm prices and production control. Senator Borah says production control is dead and the administration’s approach may end.
Chairman Dies proposed that the new Congress fund the House committee on un American activities at 150000 dollars to expose foreign propaganda. He argued the panel could show nations seek U S aid under war pressure or to cripple the nation if aid is refused.
Tampa, Fla. December 18 Two wills allegedly made by Mrs Letitia V Graham aged recluse who died at 93 threaten probate litigation over a 350000 fortune. Seven cousins claim part of the estate while a court guardian improves her four room shack with modern amenities and care.
Federal investigators probe the McKesson Robbins drug hoax as they seek how F Don ald Coster born Philip Musica evaded detection for years. The case links bootlegging grand larceny smuggling and possible narcotics diversion tied to Girard Co and Musica’s rise to head McKesson Robbins amid a wider corruption web.
Alf M. Landon,Rom Republican nominee in 1936, told Pan American delegates the United States will not tolerate any foreign foothold in the hemisphere. He warned against soft policy and urged action beyond words, praising Hull while reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine amid US Argentina tension.
Washington December 18 The railroad problem and government reorganization may serve as an early gauge of how far President Roosevelt will push Congress on reform. A six man committee of rail and rail labor executives chosen by the President is expected to report soon, possibly at the White House urging for a carrier study.
Postmaster Frank X. Monaghan explained three stamp charges for greeting cards. Unwritten cards or those in unsealed envelopes traveling outside the city use one and a half cents, sealed cards cost three cents, and in city addressed cards vary from one and a half to two cents depending on sealed status.
United States Circuit Judge Charles Breckenridge Faris, age 74, who retired in 1935 after 25 years on the bench, died today at his home in St Louis following an eighteen month illness. A Democrat, Faris gained fame for rulings on monetary policy including upholding Congress power to abrogate the gold clause in private contracts. His decision was later upheld by the Supreme Court before his 1935 appointment to the eighth circuit.
Premier Benito Mussolini dedicates the new model coal mining town of Carbonia in southern Sardinia as part of Italy's self sufficiency drive. He recalls prior deserts of men and roads and lauds autarchy while miners and blackshirts cheer at the inauguration.
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