Navy Aces Prepare Longest Overseas Mass Flight
San Diego reports prime for the longest overseas mass flight as six naval seaplanes race from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor. Lt. Cmdr Kneffler McGinnis leads 22 crew through 2 400 miles with emergency boats and rations aboard, reaching Hawaii after a 24 hour+ crossing.
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United States Naval Air Force
San Francisco
Calif
Fleet Air Base
Pearl Harbor
Oahu
Hawaii
Norfolk
Canal Zone
San Diego
Knefler McGinis
Filying
Comdr. McGinnis
Lieut
J. Perry
H. J. McRoberto
F. A. Davis
T. D. Guinn
J. L. Averill
Honolulu
Bay City
Kneffler McGinnis
San Francisco Bay
Panama
Roosevelt faces wartime style cuts and farm credit plan
Washington dispatch reports Congress to press veterans and farm policy as Roosevelt plans to send messages midweek on the St Lawrence waterway treaty and a government backed bond program. A $200 million government corporation would back $2 billion in agriculture bonds, with $150 million refinancing bonds recalled. The farm policy aims to raise milk prices for producers without fixing retail prices.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
Robinson
Indiana
Arkansas
American Legion
Reed
Pennsylvania
Farm Administration
Today and Tomorrow by Walter Lippmann
Opinion piece arguing over the presidents call for unity of powers and the risks and benefits of delegating authority. It weighs emergency powers under AAA and NRA, the economy act, and the dangers of patronage and pork in Congress. The author cautions permanent expansion of executive powers and urges careful review as emergencies pass.
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AAA
Congress
NRA
Montana Senate and Gov Clash Over Liquor Store Salaries
The Montana senate and Gov. Frank H. Cooney battled over a bill to place liquor store vendor salaries under legislative control. Sen. Thomas O. Larson pressed for the act setting top salaries at 175 and won passage 38 to 18 after a veto had previously been sustained. The measure moves to the house for ratification or rejection with a two-thirds vote needed to override the veto. The session included sharp charges over failed salary reductions and a plan to limit liquor store workers to three, along with debate on a cosmetics tax bill that faced political fire.
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Congress
Senate
Cooney
House
Helena
Montana State Senate
Frank H. Cooney
Thomas O. Larson
Teton County
Larson
John L. Campbell
Missoula
Taxation Committee
Montana
Sen. W. M. Ruffcorn
Glascow
Liquor Board
Essay Contest Promotes Need for New High School
Sam Parker announces a city campaign to build a new high school with an essay contest in 19 grade schools. Winners advance to a city final. 36 Butte High students will take the message to younger students and civic groups, with radio talks planned.
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Sam Parker
Parker
Butte High
Senate Signals Passage of National Liquor Tax Bill
Washington January 8 Senate passage of the house liquor tax bill without rate changes was forecast by Finance Committee Chairman Harrison after reporting the measure with minor wording changes. The finance panel rejected three amendments to lower levies on distilled spirits beer and wine and to bar a federal state liquor levy. it also rejected making buyers of illegal liquor equally guilty with sellers. Harrison sent the bill to the floor with passage postponed to Wednesday pending messages from President Roosevelt on farm bonds and the St Lawrence waterway treaty. House rates kept include 2 dollars per gallon for distilled spirits 10 to 80 cents per gallon for wine and 5 dollars per barrel for beer.
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Washington
Senate
Harrison
Finance Committee
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence Waterway
House
Heiress Interrupted on Honeymoon by a Process Server
Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, heiress to Woolworth millions, is in San Francisco planning an Orient voyage on the Tatsuta Maru. Prince Alexis Mdivani fled from a California subpoena to testify in Los Angeles trials of brothers David and Serge, facing grand theft charges tied to their oil company.
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Heiress
Prince
San Francisco
U.P
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Alexis Mdivani
Portland
Ore
Reno
California
Barbara
Orient
Harry Owens
Los Angeles
Prince Alexis
Princes David
Serge
Owens
Utah
Riverside
Salt Lake
Alexis
Mdivanis
Mdivani
Seattle
Hawaii
Supreme Court Lets Roosevelt Recovery Legislation Stand
The Supreme Court upholds the Minnesota foreclosure moratorium and warns emergencies do not expand constitutional powers. Justices split five to four on emergency measures while Hughes notes limits. Separately, the Senate approves Henry Morgenthau Jr. as treasury secretary with one dissent.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Co.~t
Hughes
Court
Capitol
House
Senate
Henry Morgenthau Jr
the Treasury
Treasury Post Under-Secretary Pick Under Study
President Roosevelt and Secretary Morgenthau are narrowing candidates for the under secretary of the treasury as the cabinet officer’s appointment is confirmed. Morgenthau says the treasury bought government bonds totaling 44.7 million dollars last week, more than double recent weeks' purchases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Treasury
Senate
Montana Forecast Shows Fair Weather With Stable Temps
The outlook calls for fair skies in Montana on Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. No precipitation is expected and seasonal conditions should persist across the two day period.
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Montana
Talvite Demiat Held Over Weak Heart After Widow's Death
Dr. Ungherini and Dr. Schwarts performed a post mortem on Mrs. John Talvite revealing a weakened heart possibly aggravated by stab wounds from an alleged December 28 attack. John Talvite, near death from tuberculosis, is hospitalized and charged in the case. The complete autopsy report is due for a coroner's jury.
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John Talvite
Vv. O. Ungherini
Angherini
Sam Schwarts
Talvite
Ungherini
Casey Jones loses and finds teeth on Oregon Short Line
A real Casey Jones, H B Jones, sneezed aboard an Oregon Short Line engine at Kidd near Armstead and blew out his false teeth. After a Salt Lake City layover he returned to Kidd and retrieved the teeth from weeds beside the tracks, declaring the incident a true tale.
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Casey Jones
Casey
H. B. Jones
Oregon
Kidd
Armstead
Scotland Yard
Salt Lake City
Hannah
Olson hails Supreme Court mortgage moratorium ruling
Governor Floyd B Olson called the U S Supreme Court decision upholding Minnesota's mortgage moratorium law a triumph of human rights over property rights, describing it as a milestone for the state and its residents.
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Minnesota
Paul
Minn
Floyd O. Olson
United States Supreme Court
Montana oil conservation board members named by governor
Gov. Frank H. Cooney announced the initial personnel for the Montana oil conservation board. E. B. Coolidge of Great Falls and O. M. Webb of Sunburst Toole County were named as members.
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Montana
Helena
Frank H. Cooney
Montana Oil Conservation Board
E. B. Coolidge
Great Falls
O. M. Webb
Sunburst
Toole County
Prosecution urged for motorists with one headlight
Chief of Police Jere Murphy ordered a drive against one eyed drivers. Automobiles must have proper lights as in traffic ordinances, and authorities will enforce the laws. Vehicles with only one headlight or without rear lights have caused several accidents recently, and warnings have failed. Court action will be used to obtain results.
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Jere Murphy
Soviet Ambassador Presents Credentials to Roosevelt
Alexander Troyanovsky the first Soviet ambassador to the United States presented his credentials in the White House to President Roosevelt. The ceremony marked the formal start of his post in Washington.
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Washington, Jan
Alexander Troyanovsky
Russia
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Erickson to Introduce Act Giving States Public Lands
Senator J. E. Erickson of Montana says he will introduce a bill to transfer all unappropriated and unreserved public lands including minerals to the 14 western states. He forecasts opposition from Secretary Ickes, noting the interior department supports grazing reserves but not broad state administration. The bill would let states accept lands only by action of their legislatures.
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Montana
Ickes
Washington
J. E. Erickson
Interior Department
Thomas J. Walsh
John B. Kendrie
Wyoming
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