France Plans Expanded Colonial Forces Amid Italy Threat
A new cold wave spreads across the central states as frigid conditions grip the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic. The Associated Press reports ice and freezing weather sweeping from New England to the Florida border, with plans for doubled colonial forces in Europe to counter Italy.
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France
Italy
Midwest
Associated Press
Plains
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Florida
Pan American Conference Signals Warn Nations
The Lima conference end prompts debate among South American capitals over whether Germany Italy and Japan threaten the hemisphere. Fatalities from wintry conditions total 27 across Parsons Waterbury and Birmingham as a new cold wave nears. Temperatures plummet from New York to Minnesota with extreme lows in Edmonton Canada at 51 below.
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Buenos Aires
Lima
Germany
Italy
Japan
Parsons
Kan
Waterbury
Conn
Birmingham
Ala
Midwest
Minnesota
Towa
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Ohio
Cotton Belt
Mount Mitchell
N. C
Asheville
Atlanta
Memphis
New Orleans
Adirondacks
Albany
New York City
Chicago
Des Plaines
New England
Warroad
Minn
International Falls
Cutbank
Great Falls
Montana
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
France readies new force surge in Somaliland
France orders major reinforcement of Somaliland defenses amid tensions with Italy. A second warship is assigned to Djibouti while the dispatch boat D'Iberville sails from Beirut back to Djibouti. Two passenger ships are held at Marseilles to transport 1,000 Senegalese sharpshooters, boosting a 1,500-strong garrison.
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Paris
France
Somaliland
Italy
Djibouti
D'Iberville
Beirut
Syria
Marseilles
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
State Budget Board Proposes Over 5 Million for Operations
Helena Dec 28 Appropriations for operating funds of state offices departments and institutions exceed 5 1 million for the coming biennium The budget bill shows 2 619 776 for year one and 2 500 166 for year two Net revenue is forecast at 3 964 280 for 1939 40 and 4 012 880 for 1940 41 The Greater University of Montana the state public welfare system water conservation and teachers retirement await supplemental bills The Montana Taxpayers Association lists total requests at 7 754 082 for year one and 7 996 829 for year two compared with 1937 appropriations of 5 434 482 and 5 414 092 respectively
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Helena
State Budget Board
University of Montana
Montana Taxpayer
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
8 000 Cut in Auto Deaths Seen for ’38
The National Safety Council estimated 1938 traffic deaths will total about 31 500 if the current trend holds, down from 39 500 in 1937. November and the first 11 months show consistent declines due to broader safety efforts and unchanged fuel use.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
D. D. Fennell
Montana Auto Fatality Toll Climbs to 145
Montana’s auto fatality toll for the year rose to 145 with the deaths of Homer Pfremmer, 70, near Chateau and Howard Brown, 54, at Fort Peck. Pfremmer, a Milwaukee Railroad employee for 30 years, was fatally injured when a car he rode in veered into a ditch 10 miles north of Chateau. Brown, a Fort Peck employee, died after stepping from a truck into the path of another vehicle near his home after a midnight shift.
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Helena
Montana
Homer Pfremmer
Chateau
Howard Brown
Fort Peck
Pfremmer
Milwaukee Railroad
Teton County
Brown
London Paper Sees Minnesota Cold Wave
Minneapolis Police Chief Frank Forestall told a London Daily Sketch reporter that Minnesota is not freezing and that the city has mild conditions after a night when the low dipped to nine below. He said the sun was shining and temperatures were rising with no one dying from the cold.
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Minneapolis
Frank Forestall
London
London Daily Sketch
Minnesota
Forestall
Montana Forecast Shows Partly Cloudy Days and Cold Snap
Partly cloudy weather expected in Montana on Thursday and Friday with continued cold temperatures. Widespread chilly conditions may persist into the weekend with light winds and dry skies. Local officials warn of frost by night with morning cold snaps.
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Montana
Montanans to Co-operate in Pest-Control Campaign
Montana growers will join with Northwestern states to back a national $5,000,000 appropriation for grasshopper and Mormon cricket control. William G. Ferguson of the State Chamber of Commerce cited Northwest Crop Improvement association talks in Minneapolis and said a $5 million fund is needed for grain belt insect control this year.
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Helena
Montanans, Inc
William G. Ferguson
Northwest Crop Improvement Association
Minneapolis
Ferguson Sxil
Crop Improvement Association Committee
Franco's Catalan Offensive Broadens In Drive On Barcelona
Franco's forces press a double flank toward Barcelona with heavy attacks on Artesa and 31 mile defensive line. Government reports claim insurgents hold Artesa while insurgent claims cite 16 towns captured and 7,000 prisoners. Wiring division leaders Horrom and Graham complete eight crews for the Better Business Builders campaign with 32 workers. drive ends January 12.
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Better Business Builders
F. J. Sten
L. S. Waite
M. R. Leslie
Troy Evans
L. C. Thirkill
Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Spain
Barcelona
Balaguer
Borjas Blancas
Mediterranean
Artesa
London
O. J. Horrom
L. H. Graham
Butte Better Business Builders
Chamber of Commerce
Civic Club
Finlen
Earl Bracken
Tom Calpin
George O'Brien Jr
Roy Beadle
L. E. Montgomery
W. ©. Wills
Fred Rosselet
Fred Christy
D. B. Gibson
John Good
J. B. Chan
George Neal
W. R. van Orden
Frank LeSage
Alex McDonald
Dick Roach
TENSION PERSISTS AT WEST TULSA REFINERY STRIKE
In Tulsa on December 28 the West Tulsa refinery of Mid-Continent Petroleum faced ongoing picketing by the International Oil Workers' Union while National Guardsmen maintained lines within a designated military zone on the sixth day of the strike.
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Tulsa
Okla
West Tulsa
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Helena Sees Three-Second Earthquake Across City
A three second quake struck Helena at 3 53 p m today felt city wide and as far as East Helena six miles away. The Federal Weather Bureau reported no damage and noted this was quake number 2526 in the October 1935 series.
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Helena
Federal Weather Bureau
East Helena
Battle in caucus over House committee control
A bloc of conservative southern Democrats led by Rep. Martin Dies and Rep. E. Eugene Cox seeks to win anti New Deal posts in the Seventy sixth Congress. They aim to leverage Republican gains and press the party toward a more conservative course to retain majority support. They have been lobbying southern colleagues in the Capitol corridors.
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Washington
URPX
Martin Dies
Texas
E. Eugene Cox
Georgia
Dies
Cox
Roosevelt
Poison potion fatal to Florence Lawrence star of silent film
Florence Lawrence, 52, a noted silent film star, died after swallowing poison at her Beverly Hills home. She had worked at MGM for three years and previously co starred with Mary Pickford and Clara Kimball Young. Police offered no immediate motive for the suicide.
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Florence Lawrence
Beverly Hills
Cal
M.G.M. Lot
Mary Pickford
Maurice Costello
Clara Kimball Young
Miss Lawrence
Universal
Vitagraph
Matt Moore
Moore
Butte Prepares for New Year Celebrations and Lid Blowing Off
Butte residents recover from Yale celebrations and plan a grand New Year Eve and New Year Day festivities. Mine whistles will signal the turn of 1938 to 1939 as lodges clubs and venues schedule dances watch parties and late night revelry while students return to class after vacation.
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Butte
Yale
Montana
Tree that led to shooting not on farmer's tract
Surveyors determined the Christmas tree Rousseau reportedly planned for his children when shot by 84-year-old William Case was not on Case's farm. The tree stood in the right of way of a township road, eight feet from Case's property.
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Farmer’s Tract
Elyria
Ohio
William Rousseau
William Case
Case
Harry L. Dunham
TVA Power Rate Yardstick Brazen Fraud on Taxpayer
New Hampshire Senator Bridges declares TVA power rate yardstick a brazen fraud on the taxpayer consumer and investor. In Investor America he criticizes the TVA inquiry as whitewashed and cites lax bookkeeping deceptive fiscal claims and covert government collusion with PWA.
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TVA
New England
Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire
Tennessee Valley Authority
Investor America
Congressional
PWA
Japanese Claim Shansi Victory From Shanghai Report
Four Japanese columns were reported advancing to mop up southwestern Shansi province and routing an army led by General Yen Hsi-Shan, whom Chinese regard as governor of the area.
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Shanghai
Shansi
Yen Hsi-Shan
Hughes Named Outstanding US Aviator of 1938
Washington story reports the National Aeronautics Association selecting Howard Hughes as the United States outstanding aviator for 1938. The announcement, dated December 28, credits Hughes as a wealthy sportsman and pilot for his achievements.
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Washington
National Aeronautics Association
Howard Hughes
United States
Campaign findings due on relief administration changes
Senator Byrnes says the Senate unemployment committee will meet next week to discuss immediate changes in relief. The committee seeks details on remaining WPA funds and reports that funds may run out by February 7. Aubrey Williams says last session’s 1.425 billion dollar relief appropriation would exhaust early February, with Hopkins now secretary of commerce and Williams heading the National Youth Administration.
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Washington
Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate Unemployment Committee
Aubrey Williams
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce
WPA
Col. F. C. Harrington
Williams
National Youth Administration
Congress
Senate Committee On
Sheppard
Texas
Lack of Snow Worries Deer Lodge Forest Officials
Local forest officers in the Deer Lodge National Forest fear the mild winter as only 70 percent of normal snowfall has arrived. Assistant Supervisor L. M. Stewart says January and February must bring substantial snow to prevent late spring and increased fire risk, with warm days melting existing coverage.
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Butte
Deer Lodge National Forest
L. M. Stewart
Deer Lodge
Forest Service
Stewart
New WPA Head Names Army Officer Chief Assistant
Col. F C Harrington, Works Progress administrator, assigns Maj. B M Harlee as assistant and chief engineer. Capt. G E Textor named Harlee’s executive assistant. Dal las Dort becomes temporary executive assistant to Harrington. Harlee, Brooklyn native, served as World War I captain and worked on fortifications in the Philippines and canal survey in Nicaragua. He was WPA chief regional engineer in 11 western states until 1937 then attended Fort Leavenworth.
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Washington
Col. F. GC. Harrington
Works Progress Administrator
Maj
B. M. Harlee
Capt
G. E. Textor
Harlee
Dallas Dort
Civil Works Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Adminis
Tration
WPA
Harrington
Brooklyn
N. Y
Engineer Corps
Philippines
Nicaragua
Command General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
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Hughes
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