Montana ready to draft social security bill early next week
In Helena on January 13 the Montana Legislature advances plans for a state statute framework to share federal social security benefits. The House and Senate discuss a chain store tax and Governor removal powers while four federal representatives brief lawmakers on the Social Security Act.
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Helena
U.P
Montana
R. B. Stortz
House
Social Security Committee
Senate
Roy F. Ayers
Montana proposes governor removal power for state officers
Senator Robert Pauline plans a bill to empower the Governor to oust appointed state officers and county officials after charges and a defense opportunity. The measure defines removal for cause as inefficiency neglect of duty misconduct or malfeasance, with charges filed by a taxpaying resident of the unit.
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Helena
Montana
Robert Pauline
Wallace urges revival of half cent sugar tax
Secretary Wallace said sugar manufacturers have been unduly enriched and urged Congress to revive the former 14 cent per pound tax or a higher rate. He noted department counsel found it constitutional despite the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated a previous levy. Wallace linked the proposal to possible separate legislation on producer benefit payments and warned the quota system continues to limit supply.
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Congress
Agriculture
Levy
AAA
Washington
Agriculture Department
Supreme Court
Forgotten Man Defined By Actions Not Charity
Silas H. Strawn Chicago lawyer and former U S Chamber president spoke to a Northwestern University group defining the forgotten man as the worker who earns his living supports his family and bears rising taxes. He rejected ideas blaming the prosperous and urged responsibility over welfare as a duty of all who work.
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Chicago
Silas H. Strawn
The
United States Chamber of Commerce
Strawn
Northwestern University Group
Motors Strike Rift Deepens As Talks Open
Michigan Governor invites Homer Martin of UAW and William Knudsen of General Motors to Lansing for peace talks as Roosevelt and labor officials seek to avert a nationwide car strike. Flint National Guard units deployed after 27 injured in clashes. GM idle totals exceed 114000 as plants suspend operations.
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Associated Press
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Lansing
Mich
Roosevelt
Perkins
F. McGrady
McGrady
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
General Motors
United Automobile Workers’ Union
National
General Motors Army of Idle
Pontiac
Four Plans for Flying Safety Advance in U S
Washington Jan 13 The federal government offered four safety proposals seen by aviation experts as boosting airliner safety The moves accompany the rising death toll from air accidents which reached 69 for the year Assistant Secretary J Monroe Johnson said tougher regulations will be drafted and distributed to airlines Weather Bureau will add 100 new off the airway stations to provide six hour observations aiding more accurate takeoff or landing decisions Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Royal S Copeland gave a continuing note on the measures
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Washington
Martin Johnson
J. Monroe Johnson
The
Weather Bureau
Royal
Copeland
Senate Commerce Committee
German Minister Seeks Mussolini View On Armaments Aid
London dated report says a German minister visited Mussolini to discuss Italy’s armament plans and colonial aid. In the Straits of Gibraltar last night a British destroyer Sussex forced a Spanish Fascist trawler to free the British steamer Bramhill after it stopped for assistance. The trawler sailed off. Bramhill proceeded to Bilbao once officials confirmed no arms shipments.
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London
Bramhill
Straits of Gibraltar
Sussex
Bilbao
Spain
Mussolini Armament Line Discussed in Rome Visit
Air Minister Goering met in Rome to hear Mussolini's stance on armaments and aid to German colonial aims. Officials say the Reich seeks to know how far Mussolini would go if Hitler pushes the colonial issue in talks with France. Dialogue on military strength continues from Valle's earlier visit.
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Berlin
Mussolini
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Rome
Reich
Hitler
France
Giuseppe Valle
Krupps' Factory Declares Dividend in War Armaments Rise
Berlin January 13 Krupps steel works announces a 4 percent dividend, first in 14 years, reflecting higher arms production for the reich.
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Krupps’ Factory
Berlin
Krupps’ Steel Works
Wool prices to stay high in coming months
Department of Agriculture reports signals from foreign rearmament programs showing wool prices will remain elevated for the next several months. The Washington bulletin notes sustained demand and policy factors supporting price levels.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Cold Waves Help Count Wildlife in Deer Lodge Forest
Forest crews led by Charles A. Joy count deer elk and moose across Butte Anaconda Deer Lodge and Boulder areas during record cold and heavy snow. Workers trek on snowshoes from daylight to dark, surveying forage conditions signs of poachers and predators and animal welfare while shelter needs push herds to lower elevations. Ranger L L Lake notes shelters may be subpar and crews sometimes sleep in abandoned cabins amid frigid nights.
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Uncle Sam
Deer Lodge National Forest
Charles A. Joy
Butte
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Boulder
Joy
L. L. Lake
Boulder District
Ranger Lake
Winter Snow and Cold Hit Butte Amid Extreme Montana Freeze
Snow and bitter winds swept Butte as temperatures plunged from 20 above to 8 below zero overnight. Statewide readings ranged from 19 above to 20 below in Chester, with subzero lows logged across communities. Snowplows and sanding crews worked while trains and buses ran normally. colder weather and more snow forecast.
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Cold Butte
Montana
Rocky Mountain
Chester
Montana Power Company
East Helena
Marysville
Neihart
Martinsdale
Harlowton
Roundup
Cascade
Belt
Stanford
Havre
Harlem
Helena
State
Glacier Park Station
Shelby
Sweet Grass
Cooper Refuses Scene Punch on Francis Dee in Boats at Sea
Hollywood gossip reports Gary Cooper declined to strike Francis Dee in a ship disaster sequence for Boats at Sea. After the Madeline Carroll jaw punch in The General Died at Dawn fans protested and called it brutal. Director Henry Hathaway said the scene will be rewritten to avoid a punch.
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Hollywood
Calif
Gary Cooper
Madeline Carroll
Francis Dee
Cooper
Henry Hathway
Miss Dee
Auto Fatalities Decline in 1936
Census Bureau reports 9,599 highway deaths in 131 cities for 1936, a drop of 178 from 1935 totals. Early 1936 was lower than 1935, but deaths rose later, ending the year above the prior year.
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Washington
Jan
Census Bureau
Bureau
Brookings Differs With Roosevelt on Federal Reorganization
The Brookings Institution prepared a report on government reorganization that diverges from President Roosevelt. The study, funded in part by Brookings and chaired by Byrd, covers two dozen ending agencies. A partial section on these agencies will be presented to the Byrd committee tomorrow.
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Brookings Institute
Roosevelt
Organization For Economic Research
Senate Committee On
Byrd
Virginia
House
Buchanan
Texas
Byrd Committee
Wounded Bandit Hunted on Coast
A wounded bandit who robbed the Lincoln branch of the Puget Sound National Bank in Tacoma fled with $1,000 and is believed to be hiding in the wooded area south of Tacoma as FBI agents pursue the suspect. The escape followed a bold daytime robbery through Tacoma streets.
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Tacoma
Wash
Lincoln
Puget Sound National Bank of
Here
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Suspect Questioned in Charles Mattson Slaying
Everett investigators report a suspect being questioned by G men in connection with the brutal attack slaying of 10 year old Charles Mattson. A blood stained car was found nearby and a hammer possibly used in the death was located on an Everett street.
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Everett
Wash
U.R
Charles Mattson
Everett Woods
G-men
Charles
United Press
Simple funeral for kidnap victim Charles Mattson
In Tacoma a gardenia covered steel coffin marked by a Presbyterian service, the Mattson family and about 200 mourners attended the brief ceremony for Charles Mattson, four days after the boy’s death. Siblings William, 16, and Muriel, 14, observed with restrained calm as parents faced the outcome.
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Tacoma
Charles Mattson
W. W. Mattson
Muriel
Montana Snow Brief Forecast for Thursday and Friday
A Montana forecast calls for snow Thursday and likely Friday with continued cold temperatures. Snow accumulations are expected to vary by location, with lighter amounts in the plains and heavier totals in the mountains. Wind may add to chill values across affected regions.
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Montana
Missionary recounts kidnapping by rebels in China mountains
Oscar Anderson, former Butte pastor, recalls being kidnapped by Chinese rebels for 10 weeks in interior mountains. He says captors threatened torture and demanded medicine as ransom while national army pursuers closed in. Anderson, who began mission work in 1921, was rescued when an army needed quinine and bandages.
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Oscar Anderson
Butte
Covenant Mission Church
Anderson
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