United States and Britain Move Toward Trade Talks
Secretary Hull announced formal intention to negotiate a trade agreement including the British colonial empire and Newfoundland. Excluded are the dominions Ireland and India with public hearings set for March 14 and a February 19 closing date for briefs and hearing applications. A British trade delegation will sail early February to begin discussions.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Hull
Newfoundland
Dominions
Ireland
India
Britain
Mussolini outlines new Italian naval buildup to dominate Mediterranean
Premier Mussolini announced a surprise naval program to seek Mediterranean supremacy over Britain and France. Construction would start immediately on two 35,000 ton battleships, 12 destroyers, and submarines. By 1941 Italy would surpass all but Russia in submarines, signaling a broader Rome Tokyo axis shift.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mediterranean
Ilduce
Russia
Virginio Gayda
Rome-Tokyo
Open House For New Butte High School Attracts Thousands
The public is invited to view the new high school building today from 1 to 9 pm. Trustees, staff, and student guides will present modern facilities and demonstrated devices. Tours start at the Wyoming and Porphyry streets entrance with groups and club visits welcome.
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Butte
Board of School Trustees
Wyoming and
Porphyry Streets
Washington Junior High School
Postmaster Faces Embezzlement Charge in Medicine Lake
Leo Z. Francis, Medicine Lake postmaster for five years, appeared before U S Commissioner Belanski on embezzlement charges. Postal Inspector Young says he converted 2415.47 of postal funds to his use. he is jailed for lack of a 5000 dollar bond. Nels P. Miller named acting postmaster at Medicine Lake.
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Plentywood
Leo Z. Francis
Medicine Lake
United States
Belanski
Francis
H. E. Young
Nels P. Miller
Democrats Gather in Five Counties to Honor Andrew Jackson
Democrats from five counties convene here to honor Andrew Jackson, former president and war hero, with nationwide gatherings. Tickets sold out. dinner at the Finien hotel begins at 7 pm with toastmaster Dr. T J B Shanley and speaker Arthur F Lamey, Havre attorney. Roosevelt and Farley to be heard in a 7:30 pm nationwide broadcast.
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Andrew Jackson
United States
Finien Hotel
T. J. B. Shanley
Arthur F. Lamey
Havre
Roosevelt
Farley
Copper and lead rise on New York metal market
Domestic spot copper climbed to 1014 cents a pound a 4% gain with another cent increase this week. Lead rose $2 per ton to about 4.85–4.90 cents a pound in New York quotes from American Smelting and St Louis Lead company. Scrap copper also jumped to 9 cents a pound reflecting tighter secondary supply.
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New York
American Smelting and Refining Company
American Smelting and
St. Louis Lead Company
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Frosty and Foggy Morning After Clear Days in Butte
Butte woke to a frosty foggy morning after several clear days. Thermometers ranged from two degrees below zero to twenty seven above. Cloudy skies and little temperature change forecast for today.
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Butte
Weekend Montanan forecast: Partly cloudy to cloudy
A Montana forecast shows Saturday and Sunday mainly cloudy with little temperature change. No precipitation is indicated and conditions remain dry across the state.
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Montan
Funeral held for John C. Kelley Honolulu prosecutor
Public prosecutor John C. Kelley died of a heart ailment. A private funeral was held with Gov. Poindexter calling him an able prosecutor and a longtime friend. His body was on public view and burial is planned at Diamond Head Memorial Park. His brother is C. F. Kelley of Anaconda.
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Honolulu
John C. Kelley
Kelley
C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Company
al Perry
Bruno
Massie
St. Patrick’s Church
Diamond Head Memorial Park
Kelsey
Joseph B. Poindexter
Jack
NLRB Moves to Enforce Ford Ruling in Ky Court
The National Labor Relations Board filed a petition in Federal District Court at Covington seeking to enforce a Detroit board ruling against Ford Motor Co for alleged discrimination against United Automobile Workers members.
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Covington
National Labor Relations Board
Federal District Court
Detroit Labor Board
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers
Borah Defends Self-Government View in Lynching Bill Debate
Southern senators stall anti lynching legislation while Senator Borah defends local self-government, arguing the bill undermines state sovereignty. Barkley warns of longer sessions to block progress as opposition aims to force shelving or delay behind other business.
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Idaho
Washington
Borah
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Steel industry lenders call back workers as production rises
Lead ing steel companies have recalled some workers laid off last fall as the industry bolsters output after a 15 week decline. In the Pittsburgh district 6,000 furloughed workers were rehired last week as post holiday production rose to 25.6 percent of capacity, up 64 points.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Observers Await Jackson Day Speech on Roosevelt Attitude
Washington observers and many Democrats anticipate the Jackson day dinners tonight for clues to how President Roosevelt will shape New Deal policy toward business. The event features Mr Ickes and other cabinet members, plus James Roosevelt, offering insight into the administration’s stance on the recession.
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Jackson Day
F.D.R
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Ickes-Jackson
Ickes
James Roosevelt
Insurgents in Teruel surrender after 17 days
Madrid reports the 2000 exhausted insurgents barricaded in the Hospital of Asuncion in Teruel surrendered under International Red Cross arrangements. About 1500 defenders led by Lieut. Col. Rev D'Harcourt left under amnesty terms after a 17 day siege amid bitter cold and starvation.
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Madrid
Asuncion
Teruel
International Red Cross
Rev D'Harcourt
Muela de Teruel
D’harcourt
National Defense
Indalecio Prieto
Barcelona
Butte Builders Top Schedule in Fund Campaign
Butte promoters in the Better Business Builders campaign of the Chamber of Commerce reached their $15,000 goal a week ahead of schedule. Over 100 workers will meet Tuesday to plan, with final instructions and assignments. A Jan 17 luncheon at the Finlen hotel features Dr Curtis L Wilson. Subscriptions total $15,010 with early plans to add a few more.
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Butte Better Business Builders
Chamber of Commerce
Peter Potter
Finlen Hotel
Civic Club
Curtis L. Wilson
A. F. Rice
Chamber
Rice
J. H. Dickey Jr
J. Fred Gamer
J. L. Carroll
Alex Remneas
J. L. Markham
Ray J. MacDonald
Kenneth Christie
Jack Nemeck
Dan Mooney
J. H. Rowe
W. 8
Great Falls Girl Missing on Coast
Jeanne Walters a 20 year old from Great Falls was reported missing from Sacramento California by her father J M Walters. He said she sent a postal card reading Bend somebody to find me I am in an awful mixup and gave a return address listing a Calender hotel Sacramento police doubt the address exists. He said she hitch hiked to the West coast several months ago against his wishes.
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Great Falls
Jeanne Walters
Sacramento
Calif
J. M. Walters
Walters
California
Calender
West Coast
New Move Reported in Defense of Robideau
In Billings Montana a death watch was placed over Frank Robideau 54 a confessed dual slayer and escaped New York convict Attorneys E A Blenkner and M L Parcells of Columbus conferred with him for hours They requested Robideaus gun and bullets for ballistic tests in Washington and his wife and three children visited him in the death cell as she recently gave birth to another child authorities said she wished to attend the hanging.
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Billings
U.P
Frank Robideau
New York
E. A. Blenkner
M. L. Parcells
Columbus
Robideau
Fort Peck Dam completion recommended for 1938 39
Washington reports the chief of Army engineers recommends expending 10.8 million dollars to finish all major construction at the Fort Peck dam in Montana by the end of the 1938 39 fiscal year.
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Washington
Chief of Army Engineers
Fort Peck Dam
Montana
Senate and House near deal on farm bill parity payments
Senate and House conferees near an agreement to strike parity payments from the farm bill and limit benefits to soil conservation payments. The plan would follow the House program and cap federal outlays at 440 million dollars, driven by economy goals of President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Sino Japanese peace moved declared out of question
Shanghai dispatch reports that Japan states peace negotiations are out of the question for the present as a Japanese army tightens on China's lifeline railway. The scene shifts 400 miles northwest of Shanghai along the Sunghai line, while tension rises in the international settlement. Maj. Gen. Telfer-Smollett protests Japanese assaults on British police in the Shanghai defense zone, warning of grave consequences if repeated.
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Shanghai
China
Sunghai Railway
A. P. D. Telfer-Smollett
International Settlement
Telfer-Smollett
WPA to remove unemployment relief workers on insurance
Between 25 000 and 30 000 WPA workers will leave relief jobs this month as they qualify for unemployment insurance checks. Aubrey Williams announced the policy allowing dismissal while benefits are paid, with possible reemployment when funds permit. State laws cover 14 to 16 weeks of insured unemployment.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Ance
Fama
the _ Security Board
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