12 Jan 1940
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
1
Berlin faced a coal shortage and frigid winter, causing one death and widespread discomfort. Official weekly ration is 50 small bricks per household, but many residents struggled to obtain fuel.
The American Farm Bureau Federation asked President Roosevelt for a 634 million dollar rise in next fiscal year’s agriculture budget. Edward A. O Neal said Congress should provide the funds to restore farmers buying power to prewar levels, favoring income taxes over processing taxes. The federation’s request would lift agriculture outlay to about 1.542 billion, compared with Roosevelt’s 908 million projection and this year’s roughly 1.24 billion.
AdKo fight lines up cattle and sheep industry leaders led by Hubbard Russell of ANLA at the 43rd annual convention in Denver. Russell called for restoring tariff making power to Congress to protect basic industries as extension of reciprocal trade programs faces expiration in June. He warned bigger trade deals erode tariff protection and urged members to lobby Washington to oppose extension.
War time necessity curtails bathing to Saturdays and Sundays in Berlin. An official gazette order shuts off hot water in apartment houses with central heating on weeknights to save coal.
Coal supplies fall as temperatures plunge to 21 below zero C with canal boats iced in. A 65 year old man is found frozen to death on the street, the first fatality of the cold wave. Suburbs report 24 below zero F while workers clear heavy snowfall.
Clearing skies left Butte downtown under a cold wave as temperatures sank to 13 degrees below zero with a 22 degree high. Snow dusted the area as readings slid after dusk and a high pressure ridge brought partly cloudy skies and a forecast of warmer southeast and colder north central weather.
Britain and France anticipate acquiring as many as 12 000 American warplanes in the next two years to fuel a long war. Allied officials expect to outpace German output by midsummer as they survey US plants and coordinate purchases on engines and accessories.
Senate confirmations move forward despite a setback when Charles Edison faces opposition from Senator Borah who denounces his emergency powers proposal as unconstitutional. Edison suggested granting the President authority to commandeer factories ships and supplies during emergencies, a notion Borah calls arbitrary and a threat to constitutional government.
The Butte Anti Tuberculosis Society re elected its full board for 1940 at the first meeting of the year in the courthouse headquarters. Presiding was Dr Curtis L Wilson. Re elected directors include Matt J Christy Fred Rosselet Mrs Pat Whalen O R Ashford Rev Rowland Davenport Mrs Scott Fries Mrs James T Finlen Jr Harry Grimes Rev F L Harrington A H Heilbronner Dr Alfred Karsted James Leary W J McMahon Thomas J Merkle Dr J L Mondiloch Dr J X Newman Emmett P O'Brien W E Pierce Andrew Pettet Rev J A Rooney Mrs H J Rahilly Dan D Sullivan Mrs Harry L Yager Thomas L Greenfield. Directors will elect officers at the February meeting. Fred Rosselet reported Christmas seal receipts total 4065 50 including December contributions and ongoing January returns. Continued on Page 9 Col 4.
Montana highway department schedules bid opening January 25 for eleven construction projects. Read details include regrading gravel surfacing oiling on the Billings Pompeys Pillar road, a five panel timber trestle over Fig Creek, stock passes timber bridges and a large combined steel concrete timber bridge over Shields River on Livingston Wilsall road, with drainage work and widening on stock passes and related structures.
Germany seized the air initiative and sent reconnaissance planes along the British coast from the Firth of Forth to the Thames estuary, challenging British defenses as Britain faced renewed aerial pressure. A Japanese naval and press offensive targeted U.S. naval expansion proposals and Guam development while Russian army shakeups in Finland were reported in Scandinavia.
Grim faced rescue teams crawled through a gas filled debris strewn corridor toward 87 miners trapped 600 feet underground after a Bartley No. 1 mine explosion. Four bodies had been recovered earlier and 47 men were confirmed to have escaped as G J Stollins of Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal expressed cautious hope that 50 to 60 might still be found alive.
Organization of 22 teams nearly completes with more than 100 men volunteering under head coach Charles H Gallagher. Roster filling continues today and tomorrow as volunteers meet next Monday at Finlen hotel for talks by Dr. Francis A Thomson and to receive campaign assignments. All-Stars will include six top fundraisers earning automobile robes with copper-hued B, formed from Better Business Finance team.
Washington reports a warming in U S Italy relations with potential removal of countervailing duties on Italian silk and a cordial exchange between President Roosevelt and Italian ambassador Prince Colonna. Both nations now share neutral stance concerns and aim to prevent spread of war.
Admiral Harold R. Stark told the House naval affairs committee the United States must plan a navy 25 percent larger to deter any combination of enemies if Britain and France are defeated. He argued for the Vinson expansion bill of 1.3 billion dollars, detailing how the target size was calculated.
London reports C G Grey says British plants are working night and day on a new and secret warplane for 1940. He praises British aircraft engines as unsurpassed, noting wartime proof since the war began. Grey also calls Russian planes unreliable and prone to disintegration on dives.
Pertinent weather outlook for Montana notes partly cloudy conditions Friday and Saturday. Extreme southeast counties will see warmer temperatures while the north central region turns colder on Friday.
Secretary Hull pressed Congress to extend the life of the trade agreements act and opposed giving the Senate power to ratify or kill negotiated agreements. He argued the program helps the U S economy and markets, while warning Senate ratification could invite filibusters and undermine the program. He criticized critics for misusing material in a debate that centers on tariff levels.
Speaker William B. Bankhead announced that the rules committee will meet next week to consider a resolution to extend the Dies investigation of un American activities for another year.
In Buenos Aires on January 11, during a blistering heat wave, police protected ice plants as the death toll rose to eight and 17 others remained in serious condition. Rioters attacked an ice plant protesting a price hike from 20 cents to 1.25 dollars for 50 pounds of ice, but no arrests were made amid frayed tempers and injuries from the melee.
The Montana Methodist church plans to participate in a nationwide campaign named the Methodist Advance. Rev A C Caton of Mountain View Church announced after a conference with C G Cole district superintendent and four Butte pastors. The movement follows Methodism unification last summer in Kansas City.
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