King George VI Proclaims Wider UK Military Registration
London January 1 King George VI signed a proclamation ordering registration of about 2 000 000 additional Britons for military service raising total under arms to 3 500 000 over the coming months. 23 year olds to be mobilized first with intensified warfare feared in 1940 while two German planes are reported shot down near Shetland and over the North Sea.
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London
George VI
Thomas Phillips
Labor Ministry
Shetland Islands
North Sea
Business Starts New Year With More Confidence
American business begins the new year with greater confidence as leaders and economists view the autumn buying surge as manageable. They note no major buildup of unsold merchandise and anticipate that maladjustments from the upturn have been avoided, though some industries show continued caution.
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Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
Great Northern President Sees 1940 Indicates Growth
Frank J. Gavin of St Paul, president of the Great Northern railway, forecasts better business in 1940 despite travel limits to Europe. He notes a strong 1939 with ore tonnage about 13% million tons and predicts iron ore and spring wheat prospects will be brighter. The company spent about 35 million dollars on maintenance and upgrades last year.
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Frank J. Gavin
Great Northern
ST. Paul
America
Europe
Great Northern Railway
Gavin
Northwest
Land Retirement Urged For 15 Million Acres In Great Plains
The Department of Agriculture report to President Roosevelt urges retiring fifteen million acres of semi arid Great Plains land from intensive cultivation. Wind eroded, dry area lands lacking protective cover have degraded after grasslands were plowed during and after World War I, with some portions bought under the Bankhead Jones farm tenant act to remove them from cultivation.
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Washington
Gerat Plains
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Wallace
Wool Growers to Meet in Helena January 15 17
Montana Wool Growers hold 39th annual convention in Helena January 15 16 17 with 750 to 1 000 attendees from across the state. Registration begins at 2 PM at Placer hotel. mayor A J Roberts welcomes attendees, G R Milburn speaks in reply, and W G Gilbert delivers the 10 30 AM address. Notable speaker H Clyde Moore of the Boston Wool Trade association provides key insights into the wool market.
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Montana ‘Wool Growers’ Association
Helena
Montana
Placer Hotel
General Executive Committee
A. J. Roberts
G. R. Milburn
Tyler
W. G. Gilbert
Rescue of 200 From Burning Ship Announced
Paris dispatch reports 200 passengers and crew rescued from the Spanish liner Cabo San Antonio after a fire 500 miles west of the Canary Islands. Five missing. Survivors include General Juan Vigo Suerodiaz and the ship’s captain as owners say 280 saved with no casualties.
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Paris
Cabo San Antonio
Canary Islands
Buenos Aires
Cadiz
Juan Vigo Suerodiaz
Seville
Four Children Die in Gas Tragedy at Perth Amboy Flat
Four children aged one to ten died when illuminating gas leaked through a second floor flat in Perth Amboy. Mr and Mrs John Guile and daughter Nancy were hospitalized. the Guile family includes two surviving teens. Thomas Markos, 13, found the bodies, while neighbor help opened windows and alerted police. Police said one kitchen gas jet was left open and Gale Guile collapsed before stopping the flow.
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Perth Amboy
WN. J
uPi
Perth Amboy General Hospitals
John Guile
Nancy
Guile
Perth Amboy Gas Light Company
Theresa
Joan
Frank
John
Thomas Markos
William
Frank Murray
Gale
Murray
Annual Boy Scout Council Meeting Slated January 9
The Silver Bow Area council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual dinner meeting at the Finlen hotel in Butte on January 9 at 6 30 PM. Fred W Strandberg, council president, will announce election of officers and review the past year with plans for the future. Paul Anderson, Dillon school superintendent and youth worker, will deliver the principal address to about 125 adult leaders and attendees.
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Silver Bow
Montana Weather: Partly Cloudy To Snow Western Wards
A Montana forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Tuesday and Wednesday with local snowfall in the western portion. Temperatures rise Tuesday making it warmer.
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Montana
Roosevelt to push budget choice on relief spending to Congress
Washington January 1 President Roosevelt will present Congress with a decision on whether federal relief and similar expenditures should be cut. An administration ally predicts Congress may not reduce appropriations for relief and farm benefits, leaving the debt limit at 45 billion dollars. Congress reconvenes Wednesday with Roosevelt delivering the state of the union address local timing IST. House to consider Gavagan anti lynching bill next week amid party support and Senate resistance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Union
Senate
House
Rep. Gavagan
Sunny New Year Hails 1940 In Butte City
Butte welcomed 1940 with bright sun and a festive mood as residents celebrated into the night. Firecrackers and mine whistles announced the new year while theaters and nightlife thrived despite the lack of a football game.
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Butte
America
Edsel Ford Forecasts Broad 1940 Business Strength For Ford
Edsel Ford reports a favorable 1940 outlook across the country based on 1939 sales gains and low used-car inventories. Ford plans to produce about 5 000 vehicles daily and begin volume output of a new tractor at 175 daily, with plans to double in 1940. He notes heavy investment at the Rouge plant since 1936 to expand capacity and steel production for cars.
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Ford
Rouge
Ford Motor Company
America
Ford Rouge
The
Wallace Warns Farmers Of New Farm Problems
Secretary Wallace warned that without preserving government crop adjustment machinery, peace in Europe could plunge American agriculture into a new downturn similar to postwar lows. He warned that war demand and prices could be treated as a solution to the farm problem, a folly if followed by a slump.
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Washington
Wallace
Europe
Agriculture Department
Old Man With Scythe Casualties Across Nation Holiday Weekend
A nationwide holiday toll tallies more than 280 deaths across 42 states and the District of Columbia. Traffic crashes account for 12 percent, with 22 suicides and 24 mass violence deaths. Fires, freezing, gas, falls, trains and other causes total 97, led by California with 32 deaths. State totals list Alabama through Wyoming with varied counts and percentages.
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Preece
States
District of Columbia
California
Father Time
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
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Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Nazi Freighter Tacoma Interned By Uruguay During War
The 8,268 ton German freighter Tacoma was ordered interned by Uruguay after failing a 24 hour port departure rule. Officials said the ship is a German naval auxiliary and will be held for the war, with gunboat La Valleja assisting the internment and further details discussed aboard and ashore.
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Montevideo
U.P
Tacoma
Graf Spee
Montana Retail Sales Rise 7.9 Percent in 11 Months
Montana business sales rose 7.9 percent for the first 11 months of the year versus 1938, with Wyoming and New Mexico also showing gains. November sales for Montana independent stores jumped 54 percent from 1938, though down 5.5 percent from October. City results varied, with Helena up 15.7 percent and Lewistown up 19.9 percent while Anaconda fell 4.6 percent. Political and regional context not provided.
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Washington
Montana
Bureau of the Census
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Apparel
Butte
Great Falls
Anaconda
Billings
Helena
Missoula
Bozeman
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Rumania vows to defend Bessarabia and Bucovina
Premier George Tatarescu told sailors and King Carol that Romania would fight to defend its border provinces Bessarabia and Bucovina beside Soviet Russia. He said the populations chose to unite with Romania and pledged readiness for defense.
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Constanza
Rumania
George Tatarescu
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Soviet Russia
Carol
Romania
Planes Drop Bombs Over Turku Amid Fire
Soviet bombers attacked Turku, Finland, causing extensive fires as incendiaries hit the heart of the port city. Finnish reports said the raid followed Soviet setbacks on the central and northern fronts while Kyosti Kallio urged world aid.
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Turku
Abo
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Red Army
Kyosti Kallo
High Command
Floods Cause 150 Casualties in West Turkey
Floods in western Turkey submerged villages and flooded rivers, forcing villagers to flee to mountains and leaving hundreds marooned. Collapsing dams near Ampalpasha released water into swollen streams as tremors hit the northwestern earthquake zone where death toll via last week quakes and blizzards exceeds 45 000.
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Ankara
Turkey
Ampalpasha
Smyrna
Brusa
Butte Pioneers Club Installs Officers Tonight
New officers elected December 19 to serve during 1949 will be inducted at 8 o clock this evening in the American Legion hall. Installations headline a business session with entertainment by Mary Lou Connors and Dennis Sullivan. Louise Lange and Wilfred L Davis on executive board.
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Butte Pioneers’ Club
American Legion Hall
al la Forest
M. D. O'Connell
Anna M. Quinn
W. J. Scott
Fred Scheuer
John L. Sullivan
M. G. Nidelcheff
M. G. O'Malley
John A. McMillan
Louise Lange
Wilfred L. Davis
Mary Lou Connors
Dennis Sullivan
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