Montana sees lift as federal recovery funds flood in
A United Press survey shows nearly 30,000 of Montana's 50,000 unemployed found federal payroll work. About 75 million is expected to be spent this summer on PWA projects, Fort Peck dam alone drawing 25 million and thousands more jobs from related programs and rail and road projects across multiple counties.
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Helena
Montana
United Press
PWA
United Press Survey
Fort Peck
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
AAA
Fort Peckham
Beaverhead County
Billings
Bozeman
Butte
Deer Lodge
Fort Benton
Hamilton
Sidney
Missoula
Circle
Miles City
Shelby
Libby
NRA
Federal Relief Administration
Civil Works Administration
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Montana Senate Near End of Twenty Third Special Relief Session
The Montana senate on its forty fourth day passed seven major enactments including two revenue bills and rejected H. R. 48 which would raise corporate net earnings tax. With three bills left the body planned to adjourn soon after deliberating H B 42 H B 65 and H B 28 addressing a Deaf hospital NRA project standards and natural gas tax.
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Helena
Montana Senate
Senate
W. E. Keeley
Deer Lodge
Boulder
Great Falls
Roosevelt keeps 15 percent pay cut for six months
President Roosevelt extends the federal 15 per cent pay reduction for six months to curb the bulging budget. He seeks swift Senate action on the St. Lawrence waterways pact and a government guarantee for farm credit bonds while House leaders pledge support as far as possible. Senate hearings heard testimony on post office purge actions by Walter Brown and the Hoover era.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Senate
St. Lawrence
Capitol Hill
James Maher
Post Office Department
Walter F. Brown
Paul Henderson
School District Votes Bond Election Under NRA Rules
Trustees pass a formal resolution to hold a February 3 election to authorize issuing 800000 dollars in twenty year bonds at four percent for high school construction. The vote window is 8 am to noon and 1 pm to 8 pm with 15 day prior registration and no notices posted.
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Trustees of School District No. 1
Silver Co-ordination Committee Eyes Unity in Remonetization Drive
Representative Martin of Colorado leads a plan to convene all silver interests in Congress. The committee seeks unified action to push remonetization of silver and push for free coinage of gold and silver at a legal ratio as discussed by Monaghan of Montana.
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Washington
Congress
Martin
Colorado
House
William Jennings Bryan
Monaghan
Montana
Annual Meeting Honors Scout Leader in Butte
In Butte the fourteenth annual Silver Bow council Boy Scouts of America meeting honored William A. O Kelly as president for the third straight term. 67 attendees from Butte, Deer Lodge, Anaconda and Dillon heard Dr. Sheldon E. Davis of Montana Normal College speak on Scouting Lasts.
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William A. O'Kelly
Boy Scout Council
Silver Bow
Beaverhead
Deer Lodge
Powell Counties
William A. O’kelly
Boy Scouts of America
Butte
Anaconda
Dillon
Sheldon E. Davis
Montana Normal College
William J. McMahon
O'Kelly
McMahon
Process Server Ruins Honeymoon for 40 Million Bride
Seattle report says Prince Alexis Mdivani and his $40,000,000 wife Barbara Hutton will sail separately toward Yokohama to resume their interrupted honeymoon. Alexis plans to sail tomorrow to avoid a California process server in a Los Angeles oil case involving his brothers. Barbara will sail from San Francisco as scheduled on the Tatsuta Maru.
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Seattle
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Barbara Hutton
Orient
Yokohama
Prince Alexis
California
Los Angeles
Princess Barbara
San Francisco
Mass Navy Flight Aims for Nonstop Honolulu Run
Lieut Commander McGinnis leads 30 Navy flyers planning a noon start from San Francisco for a non stop flight to Honolulu. Weather calm is key with a 24 hour ETA possible. six huge planes sit at Paradise Cove ready for the takeoff as forecasts forecast clear conditions despite a west Honolulu storm.
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San Francisco
Knefler McGinnis
Navy
Honolulu
McGinnis
San Francisco Bay
Islands
Paradise Cove
Marin
Sandiazo
RFC seeks five billion loans to aid business life line
Washington Jan 9 RFC in its request to Congress seeks a longer life and greater lending power to extend 5 billion in government credit for business. Chairman Jesse Jones says no expansion in lending scope. RFC reports 1932 1933 activity including 4.96 billion in authorizations and 4.06 billion spent with 1.03 billion repaid and 39 million in earnings.
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Washington
Jan
Reconstruction Corporation Today
Congress
Eee Ao Dean
Jesse Jones
Senate Banking Committee
RFC
Federal Reserve Banks
Glass
Democrat
Virginia
Steagall
Grant Financing Agency
Jones
Roose
Yank Missionaries Missing in China
Six American Methodist Episcopal missionaries stranded in the Kutien district along the Min river area have not been heard from for ten days, officials said after learning of their fate on Wednesday.
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China
Foochow
American Methodist Episcopal
Min River
Kutien
Old Beastie Seen in Loch Ness Sparks Frantic Flee
New York reports a sea serpent sighting in Loch Ness described as a vestigial creature by Fortean standards. The piece notes Charles Fort’s stance on sea serpents and the pattern of disappearing after brief sightings.
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New York
Loch Ness
Charles Fort
Fort
Re-Employment Office Reserves Mornings for Registrations
Beginning today the national re-employment service in the courthouse will take morning registrations only. Rene Rouleau, the manager, said afternoon hours are now reserved for other business and the office will be closed Saturdays until further notice. State director W. T. Bridges provided the new instructions.
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National Re-Employment Service
Rene Rouleau
Mr. Rouleau
W. T. Bridges
Handsome Cowboy in Ouija Board Slaying Faces Charges
Apache county prosecutor J. Smith Gibbons said a warrant would be issued for the arrest of the “handsome cowboy” tied to the ouija board slaying of Ernest J. Turley. Turley died December 26 from gunshot wounds while Mattie Turley, 15, pleaded guilty in juvenile court to attempted murder. Mrs. Dorothea Irene Turley remains jailed on a $5,000 bond on a murder intent charge.
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EGAR
Ariz
J. Smith Gibbons
Apache County
Ernest J. Turley
U. S. Navy
Turley
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Mattie
St. Johns
Montana Forecast Peaks With Fair Days and Snow NW
Weather outlook for Montana shows fair conditions on Wednesday and Thursday with possible rain or snow in the northwest. Colder air is expected in the north central area on Wednesday.
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Montana
252 Grade School Graduates Set for January 19
January 19 marks the end of grade school for 252 Butte pupils as the first semester closes. The second semester starts January 22 and 252 eighth graders will move into high school with a list of candidates including Blaine Bartlett Vera Davidson Raymond Eustice and several others.
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Butte
Blaine
Juanita Bartlett
Beryl
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Gooney
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U. S
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Boy Scout Movement
Hawaii
Old Beastie
Sissie Sea Serpent
Cowboy
Will Fage
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