Butte Chamber Service Praised Amid Roosevelt Budget Clash
Washington respondents cite the United States Chamber of Commerce's critique of President Roosevelt's budget, forecasting a $3 billion deficit and $1.5 billion in interest charges next year. The piece notes calls for budget discipline, possible debt limit changes, and a Chamber campaign highlighting civic work in Butte, including tourism promotion and local business support.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Congress
Chamber
Rich
Pennsylvania
Byrd
Virginia
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Speeder Gets Suspended Sentence Over Goldfish Rescue
Wesley Budziszewski, 23, faced a district court after pleading guilty to speeding with three gasping goldfish in a bowl on the seat beside him. He said the fish were dying when the bowl broke and he sped to save them, claiming the fish survived and were being cared for at Isolation hospital.
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Milwaukee
Wesley Budziszewski
Harvey L. Neelen
Budziszewski
Isolation Hospital
Outbreak at Hungarian Slovak border sparks clashes
Hungarian gendarmes wounded three persons in Komaromosehi during a border disturbance inferred to involve Slovak sympathizers. Reports conflict over casualties as confrontations follow a previous clash at Munkacs with both sides claiming deaths and hostages amid arrests for insulting Hungary's regent.
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Budapest
Munkacs
Prague
Komaromosehi
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Wilson Pratoed Crop Program At Jackson Dinner
M L Wilson under secretary of Agriculture warned that the 1936 Supreme Court decision hurt the AAA wheat program and caused a setback that the 1938 act began to ease. He spoke to 300 at Jackson day dinner in Great Falls noting farmers would cooperate with a sound program and NEW deal broadcast from Washington by President Roosevelt.
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Great Falls
Supreme Court
AAA
M. L. Wilson
Montana State College
Jackson Day
Democratic Party
Roy E. Ayers
Wilson
Washington
Roosevelt
Funeral Rites for Noted Mining Attorney John P GrAy
Funeral services for John P. Gray noted mining attorney who died Friday at his Coeur d Alene home will be held Monday afternoon at the family residence with last rites set for 2 o clock. Gray had long appeared as counsel for Anaconda Copper Mining Clark interests Butte and Superior Mining and other firms. Friends in Butte include leaders in mining and law. D M Kelly among attendees.
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John P. Gray
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Mr. Gray
Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Clark
Butte and Superior Mining Company
D. M. Kelly
Vice Press
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies in Montana Sunday and Monday. Rain or snow is possible in the western portion with little change in temperatures.
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Montana
New Deal Aids Snow Relief With Ski Suits for Arizona
Officials of the Maricopa County relief administration faced an unusual distribution problem as Surplus Commodities shipped ski suits to a region that has seen snow only twice in 20 years. The article notes the oddity of snowwear in Arizona's climate.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Britain and France Take Ham oT And Stop Munich Signs
Fortified by Transatlantic Courage, democracies prop up signals knocked down at Munich. The piece frames Allied resolve in defense of France and Britain amid tense negotiations and public alarm over appeasement and the Munich crisis.
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Britain
France
Munich
Britain and France Stand Firm After Munich Setbacks
Britain and France, buoyed by President Roosevelt's warning to aggressors, plan a Paris meeting Tuesday to draw a line beyond which they will not retreat from appeasement. Chamberlain then heads to Rome to pursue peace with Mussolini.
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London
Britain
France
Munich
Roosevelt
Chamberlain
Prem Daladier
Paris
Hitler
Mussolini
Rome
Europe
Il Duce
America
Race Pilot Has Wife as Stowaway
Mrs. Dorothy Holderman of Rochester New York secretly rode in her husband Russell Holderman’s Lockheed during a New York to Miami race. The plane finished second with an average speed of 204.069 mph while Max Constant of Hollywood California won and earned $1 000. Arthur Bussy of Royersford Pennsylvania took third and $500. Constant’s speed led by a narrow margin of 38 15 seconds.
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Miami
Fia
Dorothy Holderman
Rochester
N. Y
New York
Russell Holderman
Floyd Bennett Airport
Holderman
Max Constant
Hollywood
Calif
Arthur Bussy
Royersford
Constant
Bussy
Gray Bombers On the Run in Butte Pigeon Roosts Blocked
Pigeons that haunted Butte’s busiest streets have been driven from their roosts atop the Butte Free Public Library ledges and the First National Bank building at Broadway and Main. Pedestrians were once targeted by the birds’ aerial raids, but efforts to trap and deter the flock succeeded.
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Butte
Butte Free Public Library
First National Bank
Broadway
Main Street
Governors and Legislators to Meet on Wheat Acreage
Gov Roy E Ayers and Montana lawmakers will join the wheat acreage restriction committee and the reclamation committee of Montanans Inc in Helena for a 2 30 pm joint session at the Placer hotel. Earlier meetings at 10 am will precede the afternoon talks on eliminating the acreage quota for hard red spring wheat with support from Montana North and South Dakota Minnesota and Congress.
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Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Montana Legislative Assembly
Reclamation Committee of
Montanans, Inc
R. S. Nutt
Sidney
R.C. Bricker
Great Falls
Placer Hotel
Nutt
Montana
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
National Congress
Bricker
Legislature seeks new revenue sources in Montana
Montana Legislature hunts for extra funding as state government needs rise. Lawmakers oppose a sales tax, blaming voters and House members, while Gov Ayers rejects raising property taxes. Only gambling legalization proposed, with potential revenue of about 1 million annually. Leaders warn budget cuts to align with appropriations and hope to boost water conservation funding in coming years.
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Helena
Montana
Leonard Plank
Liberty County
Senate
House
Dave Manning
Roy E. Ayers
Siegling
Cascade County
Manning
Plank
Assembly
State Budget Commission
Roosevelt urges Democratic unity at massive Washington rally
President Roosevelt called for party unity and warned that nominal Democrats should settle differences within the party. He argued Republican opposition exaggerates intra party battles and claimed GOP gains threaten democracy as he addressed a large Washington rally.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Californias Rodeo Group Elects McNutt Leader at Houston
Judge Maxwell McNutt of Redwood City California was reelected president of the Rodeo Association of America. Officers named include L B Sylvester Monte Vista Charles Sadlier Reno Elton Hebbron Salinas and Fred S McCargar Salinas. Directors listed are J C Howe Sidney Iowa J Kinney Tucson Ariz Robert Hanesworth Cheyenne Wyo E L Richardson Calgary Can Roy Ritner Pendleton Ore Harmon continued to page 8 column 1
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Livingston
Maxwell McNutt
Redwood City
Cal
Houston
Texas
Rodeo Association of America
L. B. Sylvester
Monte Vista
Colo
Charles Sadlier
Reno
Nev
Elton Hebbron
Salinas
Fred S. McCargar
J. C. Howe
Sidney
Iowa
J. ©. Kinney
Tucson
Ariz
Robert Hanesworth
Cheyenne
Wyo
E. L. Richardson
Calgary
Can
Roy Ritner
Pendleton
Ore
Harmon
Pennsylvania Democratic leader indicted for blackmail and election law violations
Grand jury in Harrisburg indicted Davis L. Lawrence, longtime secretary of the commonwealth and head of the state Democratic organization, on blackmail and election law charges and conspiracy. The panel also approved continuing its probe of Governor George H. Earle and Pennsylvania highway officials. Lawrence allegedly intimidated Spurgeon Bosser of Pioneer Materials to obtain 5000 for election expenses, not turning the funds to the state committee.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
State Highway Department
Davis L. Lawrence
Commonwealth
Democratic Organization
Lawrence
Spurgeon Bowser
Pioneer Materials Company
Kittanning
State Committee
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U. S. Chamber
Butte’s Chamber
Mulilie Ivor
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
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S T. Louis
Ill
Clifford Floor
David
Speeder
Magyar
Jackson
Agriculture
Daladier
Philadelphia
Helen Harper
A. Watkins
Bell Telephone
Solons
Republican Party
California
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Rodeo Association
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