Garner Breaks Senate Tie to Slash Civil Aeronautics Funds
Vice President Garner cast his first Senate vote in nearly six years to strip 1,178,739 from the Civil Aeronautics Authority appropriation. The tie was broken 34 to 34, with subsequent trims totaling 50,000 and broader defense and tax refund measures advancing. The Senate sent a 57,541,300 deficiency bill to the White House, while House committee proposed further cuts across State Justice and related offices.
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CAA
Washington
Garner
Senate
House
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Senate Appropriations Committee
White House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
New York Elects Democrat Edelstein in Browder Contest
In a special election for New York’s 14th District, M Michael Edelstein edged Republican Louis Lefkowitz and jailed Communist leader Earl Browder who could not vote. Browder, jailed for passport fraud, was disqualified both by domicile and felon disenfranchisement under New York law. Edelstein won 12 962 votes to 6 665 and 3 080 respectively.
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New York
Earl Browder
Congress
M. Michael Edelstein
Roosevelt
Louis Lefkowitz
Thomas E. Dewey
Edelstein
Lefkowitz
Browder
Fourteenth
William I. Sirovich
American Communist Party
Yonkers
N. Y
John J. Bennett Jr
Red Attacks Look Power Seek Escape
Webb Miller reports a scene of red attacks as a group seeks escape amid rising power clashes. The piece centers on conflict dynamics and the scramble for safety.
Finns Repulse Major Red Offensive on Mannerheim Line
Finnish high command announced a fierce Russian assault against the Mannerheim line was repulsed. The Red army used over 100 tanks in five waves along the Karelian isthmus between Summa and Lake Hatjanlahdin, with 22 Russian tanks destroyed. Reports from Lake Ladoga noted heavy fighting as the 18th division sought escape and entrapment, though Finnish advances were not complete.
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Helsinki
U.P
Mannerheim
Lake Ladoga
Red Army
Scandinavia
Mannerheim Line
Karelian
Summa
Lake Hatjanlahdin
Italian Planes Routed to Finland via France
Fifty car loads of Italian warplanes bound for Finland will reach the Finns by way of France after being rerouted from Germany. Nazi and French sources confirm Germany refused transit to avoid widening the war. Daladier’s Radical Socialists urge full French aid to Finland to fight Russia as Allied support grows.
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Paris
Finland
Germany
France
Italy
Berlin
Russia
Daladier
Radical
Socialist Party
Naturalization Hearing Slated Friday in Butte
Fifteen residents of Butte and vicinity will seek United States citizenship at a special naturalization hearing in District Judge J. J. Lynch's court Friday. The event, requested by the Spokane naturalization division, eases the load on the regular April 1 session.
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Butte
Vicinity
United States
J. J. Lynch
Department of Court
Elmer Shea
District Court
James Freebourn
U. S. Naturalization Division
Spokane
Pelley Denies Plot With Dies as Letters Labeled Forgeries
William Dudley Pelley of the Silver Shirt Legion testified on Capitol Hill denying any pact with Representative Dies of Texas. He branded the letters signed with his name as forgeries and said none of those letters were written.
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Washington
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt Legion
Dies
Texas
Committee On un-American Activities
Pelley
Capitol Hill
Montana Weather: Snow Flurries Wednesday and Thursday
Montana forecast calls for snow flurries on Wednesday and Thursday with little temperature change. No significant precipitation otherwise and skies remain mostly cloudy across the state.
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Montana
Sharply Lower Failures In Butte Public Schools
Public grade schools in Butte show only 38 failures among 1,713 pupils eligible for promotion at semester end, a 2.21 percent rate. Schools Grant Jefferson Lincoln Longfellow Monroe Sherman Washington had no failures. promotions vary by school, with mid-year promotions ending as annual spring promotions approach.
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Lowell W. Johnson
Grant
Jefferson
Lincoln
Longfellow
Monroe
Sherman
Washington
Dismissal forecast in water suit by Wyoming official
Torrington Wyoming February 6 Attorney General Ewing Kerr predicts Nebraska will drop its suit against Wyoming and Colorado over North Platte river water priorities after federal testimony. He argues the case favors Wyoming noting Nebraska's runoff share and reservoir shortfalls while opposing federal interevenor claims to unappropriated waters.
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Torrington
Wyo
Ewing T. Kerr
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
North Platte River
Goshen
North Platte
Denver
Kerr
Green
Snake
Yellowstone
Two Die in Louviers Dynamite Blast at DuPont Plant
Two men, Arnold Berg aged 31 and Ernest W. Smith aged 32, were killed when dynamite exploded at the DuPont plant in Louviers Colorado, about 20 miles south of Denver, while they tamped explosive into paper cartridges in a small frame building separate from other structures.
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Louviers
Colo
E. I. Dupont de Nemours Company
Denver
Arnold Berg
Ernest W. Smith
Drive for Finnish Relief Meets Fine Response in Butte
Butte residents and institutions push Finnish relief drive with several hundred dollars raised through banks, the Chamber of Commerce and local Finns. Total local efforts reach about $1,500 plus $600 in clothing and $100 in woolen socks as the campaign nears its end. Donations are sent to New York campaign headquarters.
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Chamber of Commerce
Butte Finns
Finland
New York
West Virginia Professor Expected As Mines Bureau Chief
Local mining men expect Charles F. Lawall of Morgantown to be named director of the U S Bureau of Mines succeeding John W. Finch. A Business Week item predicted the Interior Department will announce Lawall, president of the University of West Virginia, as head of the bureau next week.
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Charles F. Lawall
Morgantown
W. Va
United States Bureau of Mines
John W. Finch
Business Week
Interior Department
Charles E. Lawall
University of West Virginia
Bureau of Mines
Lawall
Senator Neely
West Virginia
John W. Lewis
Method of Maintaining Two Homes Aided by WPA Worker
GREELEY Colo Feb 6 A 50 year old WPA worker is jailed on bigamy charges after outlining a budget of 61 10 a month to support two wives in two households He said he gave wife No 1 about 34 a month and 12 50 rent for their home The rest covered groceries fuel and clothing for himself and wife No 2 whom he married October 30 at Altus Okla They lived in a trailer at Evans and he visited wife No 1 about every two weeks notes Sheriff Gus G Anderson
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Greeley
Colo
WPA
Thomas J. Wilson
Fay Wilson
Osie Wilson
Wilson
Gus G. Anderson
Altus
Okla
Evans
Sheriff Anderson
Britain Denies Clemeny Appeals as IRA Executions Proceed
London reports a new wave of bombings as authorities prepare to hang two imprisoned IRA members, Peter Barnes and James Richards, in Birmingham at 9 a.m. The blasts hit London Birmingham and Manchester targeting postal services while Britain braces for potential further violence amid wartime security.
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London
England
Irish Republican Army
Germany
Home
John Anderson
Birmingham
Manchester
Dewey Decries Roosevelt Debt Report as Error
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey challenged Roosevelt's debt claims as misreported, saying the President was nine billion dollars wrong. He cited figures showing state and local debt fell from 19.33 to 19.2 billion while federal direct debt rose about 21 billion, arguing overall debt moved contrary to Roosevelt's statement.
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New York
Thomas FE. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
Oldest Montana mining engineer N C Ringeling dead at ninety one
Nicholas Berthoud Ringeling, 91, longtime Montana mining engineer and former Butte resident, died at his Georgetown lake district home on his birthday. Funeral arrangements were set by W F Flynn of Anaconda. Born 1849 in St Louis, he helped found Ringeling and Kellogg in Butte in 1875, later moved to Philipsburg and built a respected mining career with firms and properties across the state. He was known for his stature, fencing, and boxing skills.
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Nicholas Berthoud Ringeling
Montana
Butte
Georgetown Lake District
W. F. Flynn
Anaconda
A. J. Davis Jr
Davis
Mr. Ringeling
Audubon
St. Louis
Washington University
Freiberg
Germany
Germaine A. Kellogg
Ringeling and Kellogg
John Gillie
Anaconda Company
Philipsburg
Ringeling
Police Warn 1940 License Plates Must Be On Cars
Butte police set February 15 as the final deadline for 1940 license plates and city driving permits. Chief William Breen warned arrests for noncompliance after the date. County Treasurer George O'Brien Jr. urged early applications to avoid last minute rush and delays.
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Butte
William Breen
George O’brien Jr
Lent observances begin as churches crowd today
Catholic and Episcopal churches mark the start of Lent with ashes at morning masses and a 10 o'clock Holy Communion and sermon at St John Episcopal Church by Rev. Thomas H. Ashworth. Catholics fast on Wednesdays and Fridays and limit pleasures through Holy Week ending with Easter Sunday.
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St. John Episcopal Church
Thomas H. Ashworth
St. the Episcopal Church
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