Insurance Renewed As Floods Hit Northwest Schools
The board of district No. 1 renewed $250000 in school property insurance for 30 days amid floods and slides that isolated communities from British Columbia to Washington. Dissenting votes occurred on the motion to reinsure with bids rejected for school bus transportation. A labor change order for the new high school was approved not to exceed $4500.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Weather Bureau
West Kootenay
British Columbia
Vancouver
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Crow's Nest Pass
Fernie
Concrete
Wash
Skagit River
Dash Point
Brown's Point
Tacoma
Fort Lewis
Lake District
Chambers Creek
Steilacoom City
Columbia River
Oregon
Washington
Board of Trustees
Fred I. Root
Arthur Lehwalder
Frank Murray
Fred B. Taylor
O. R. Ashford Jr
Renouard
L. B. Anderson
Berger
Chalkley Insurance Agency
Graham Insurance Agency
Heilbronner & Co
A. T. Morgan
Winger Insurance Agency
Wilson & Steele
John H. Curtis Co
Shields
Anita Gruell
Miller Insurance
James Sullivan
W. M. Daniels
Siege of Teruel Deepens as Seminary and Bank Are Destroyed
Government forces bombed Teruel seminary and Bank of Spain in a bid to crush insurgents trapped inside the provincial capital. Hundreds feared buried amid debris as outside forces clash along a 25 mile front with Nationalists led by Italian volunteers driving toward the city.
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Teruel
Concud
Campillo
Santa Clara
Sierras Palomera
Guadalagnier
San Blas
Teruel-Bezas
Celadas
Cuncud
Trio Saved From Fumes by Orderly
Sacramento hospital orderly Dave Sullivan entered a fume filled underground septic tank to rescue three workmen overcome by fumes. He lifted each man to safety and then, exhausted, was pulled out by the rope he used. Pulmotor squads revived the rescued men upon reaching the surface.
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Sacramento
Calif
Dave Sullivan
Sullivan
Butte Welcomes New Year With Citywide Celebrations
Butte plans a lively New Year’s Eve as mine whistles signal 1938. Public events include gatherings at the Eagles Knights of Columbus Butte Country Club and the Elks with dancing and turkey suppers. Silver Bow Post hosts a watch party and dance over the library.
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Eagles
Knights of Columbus
Butte Country Club
The
Elks
Eagles and Elks
Country Club
Elks’ Club
Silver Bow Post
Blizzard Paralyses Butte Traffic After Snowstorm
Butte endured a sharp blizzard as heavy snow and high winds hit yesterday noon. Streets froze and crews worked on steep streets to clear drifts while reporting mostly minor collisions and no serious injuries. Temperatures ranged 19 to 42 degrees with 0.1 inch precipitation. unsettled weather was forecast today as the storm moved east from western Montana.
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Butte
Weather Bureau
Montana
Worst labor strike year in U S history 1937 ends noted hope
The National Labor Relations Board reports 4017 strikes in the first ten months of 1937, the most in any year, with 56 percent driven by employee efforts to organize for collective bargaining. It cites improving business conditions and new organizing courage, while noting a marked drop after July following a Supreme Court decision.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
United States
Supreme Court
Unsettled Montana Weekend Forecast Likely Snow Flurries
Montana weather outlook shows unsettled conditions Friday and Saturday with possible snow flurries. Eastern areas may experience colder temperatures Friday as systems pass through.
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Montana
Butte forms 100 member advisory council for 1938 plan
Dr. Peter Potter announces a 100 member advisory council of business and professional leaders to guide the Butte Better Business Builders' campaign. The group aims to make Butte healthier wealthier and happier by fostering cooperative team play to improve business and living conditions in 1938.
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Peter Potter
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Butte Better Business Builders
Butte
Chamber of Commerce
Better Business Builders
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Intelli
Murder on yacht ends in duel and disappearances
In San Pedro a man is killed aboard the disabled yacht Aaffe after a duel with another man who then jumps overboard. Owner Dwight Faulding’s body is missing, and passenger James Morgan is also unaccounted for as FBI agents question two men, three women, and a child aboard.
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San Pedro
Cal
Dwight Faulding
Coast Guard
Perseus
James
Jack Morgan
Faulding
Ecpart Guard Dock
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Los Angeles
California hopes loom over Roosevelt irrigation budget
Western reclamationists expect the president to request about 36 million dollars for next year’s irrigation projects, with California’s Central Valleys facing cuts from 13 million to around 7.5 million. Some fear the 44 million Big Thompson project in Colorado may be dropped.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
California
Central Valleys
Central
Colorado
Navy plans record ferry of patrol bombers to Pearl Harbor
Navy officials announced a 18 long range flying boats will fly non-stop 2400 miles from San Diego to Pearl Harbor next month, larger than prior plans. One squadron of 12 planes plus six spares, with 90 crewmen, could begin January 19 pending weather.
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Washington
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
San Diego
President seeks laws to curb Japanese fishing in U S waters
President Roosevelt urges new legislation to end Japanese and other alien fishing operations in American waters. A bill to tighten vessel documentation would allow seizure of undocumented ships over five tons and require American build ownership and operation. Negotiations with Japan over salmon rights in Alaska near completion.
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United States
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Copeland
New York
Senate Commerce Committee
Japan
Alaskan
State Department
Ickes Continues Administration Business Attack
Secretary Harold Ickes challenged concentrated wealth and urged Congress to curb big business. He warned of an irreconcilable clash between money power and democracy, calling for action until plutocracy yields to the democratic will. The radio address followed two prior anti big business speeches and foreshadowed Roosevelt’s forthcoming anti monopoly push.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
America
Secretary of the Interior
Robert H. Jackson
Roosevelt
Congress
Jackson
Ickes
Policy on foreign silver buying to hold
The United States will continue to buy foreign silver and support the world price at least part of the next year. Secretary Morgenthau announced that the July 9 1937 understanding for Chinese silver has been extended to July 1 1938, with month to month purchases from Canada and Mexico planned in January. A Treasury spokesman said 1938 offers from Peru and others will be considered individually. The U.S. has long been the largest buyer and has effectively controlled the world price.
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Washington
United States
Morgenthau
Canada
Mexico
Treasury
Peru
Tsingtao Ablaze As Japanese Advance Escalates
Air raids have reduced Tsingtao to ruins as Chinese forces dynamite the city in a scorched earth retreat. Japanese columns press from the northwest while 50 miles of front hold desperate resistance toward the sea. Foreigners and 150 Americans await evacuation as Marblehead and Pope stay in harbor for possible aid.
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Tsingtao
U.7
Hankow
Marblehead
Pope
North Montana storm closes main highway and cut-off
Helena dispatch reports snowstorms closing U S Highway 2 between Browning and Glacier Park Station and the Browning Glacier Park cut-off. No. 2 also reported dangerous between Glacier Park Station and Belton. Highway 191 closed by snow south of West Yellowstone, Idaho.
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Helena
Montana Highway Department
U. S
Ickes Talks Indicate FDR Attitude Unchanged
Secretary Ickes and Assistant Attorney General Jackson signaled that President Roosevelt plans a tough approach to big business in the upcoming Congress session. They traced the recession to a sit-down strike by capital controlled by the 60 families and vowed action now. The remarks, made during the Florida fishing trip, reinforce a hard line despite prior discord within the administration.
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Kirkel, Simpson
Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Congress
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Florida
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Ingurange
Toingtaq
Auing
NLRB
Chamber
Names Unit
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U. 3
China
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