Japanese Cabinet Resigns as Konoye Refuses Premiership
Tokyo Japan January 14 the cabinet of General Nobuyuki Abe resigns after Abe submits resignation to Emperor Hirohito. Prince Fumimaro Konoye declines to form a new government citing lack of confidence and knowledge to handle current political and economic issues. The cabinet leaves without arranging trade relations with the United States ahead of the January 26 expiration of the commercial treaty.
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Helsinki
Nobuyuki Abe
H. C. Thompson
Tokyo
U.P
Abe
Emperor Hirohito
Royal Palace
Fuminaro Konoye
Konoye
Sunroku Hata
Japan
United States
Soviet Air Raids Hit Helsinki Area In 1940 Start
Russian bombs fell near the U S legation in Grankulla as Red Army planes opened 1940 raids on Helsinki. Twelve 300 pound bombs struck Espoo near Grankulla though deaths were reported in Helsinki with 13 killed and 71 wounded. Over 500 bombs dropped as at least 400 Soviet planes took part in raids across Finland.
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Wade Werner
Helsinki
United States
Legation
Grankulla
Espoo
Reuters
Finland
Hyvinkaa
Russia denies reports of Red Army losses in Finland
Moscow issued an official statement denying fatalities by the Soviet army and blaming fear of a German Soviet bloc for abroad lies. It claimed Soviet troops penetrated about 75 miles into Finland near Rovaniemi, with Finnish reports placing activity nearer the Kemi sector.
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Moscow
Germany
Russia
Finland
Viiaborsk
Rovaniemi
Sues Economy Forces Plan for Vigorous Fight in Congress
Washington January 13 supporters of the Harrison plan to create a joint budget making committee conceded it was dead for this session yet Senate economy advocates vowed to wage a vigorous fight to block any increase in President Roosevelt's budget The plan would form 12 senators and 12 representatives to study spending and tax estimates and advise Congress House leaders oppose contending regular committees already study appropriation needs House appropriations subcommittees were told to keep expenditures within the President's budget estimates If the plan fails Harrison may push for Senate action elsewhere during the session
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Harrison
Congressional
Senate
Roosevelt
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
House
House Appropriations Committee
Great Britain conducts largest war survey flight of the war
Britain reports the greatest survey flight of the war with mass scouting over Austria Bohemia and eastern Germany and German planes along England's east coast for a fifth day. British bases in France enabled the overflight amid rising signs of planned aerial offensives.
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London
Britain
England
Air Ministry
Austria
Bohemia
Vienna
Prague
Germany
France
Greater
All County Roads Open for Travel
Snow in western Montana eased, with county roads open for travel this weekend. County Surveyor Jack Healy reported crews cleared routes to key sites including the Butte Trap and Skeet club for an annual meet, the Butte Gun club near Rocker for rifle and pistol events, and the Butte Ski club on Beef Trail where novices train as stars attend state tryouts in Anaconda.
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Silver Bow
Jack Healy
Butte Trap and Skeet Club
Finnish Women Knit To Aid War Refugees In Homeland
Butte's Finnish women meet tonight at the home of Mr and Mrs Ivar Hakala to knit socks and collect funds for Finland. They seek warm clothing donations at Gun nary drug store and support local and national relief drives, with over $1,000 raised locally and national contributions approaching $500,000, plus an additional $100,000 sent recently.
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Butte
Finland
Gunnary
East Park Street
Herbert Hoover
Investigation of Montana University faculty row to open Monday
Missoula, Jan. 13. The state board of education will launch an inquiry into internal dissension within the University of Montana faculty. A resolution from a recent board meeting calls for a hearing on all complaints and protests about the faculty. The issue follows longstanding discord linked to President George Finlay Simmons and the Keeney case from 1937.
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Missoula
University of Montana
State Board of Education
George Finlay Simmons
Philip O. Keeney
Statehouse
Helena
University
Montana
Keeney
Butte Woman, 60, Struck by Auto
Mrs. William A. Roberta, about 60, of 1911 Sampson, was admitted in fair condition to the county hospital after being struck by a motor vehicle on Dewey Boulevard. The driver, Carl Kraus, 18, of 1431 Sampson, was booked on reckless driving and released. the car carried his father and a companion.
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William A. Roberta
Sampson
St. James Hospital
Carl Kraus
Dewey Boulevard
Montana Weekend Outlook: Partly Cloudy, Snow West and Central
Partly cloudy Sunday with snow in western and central Montana. Monday will be generally fair but colder with a continuing cold wave in the eastern portion.
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Montana
Mother's Cry Rings Out In Murder Trial Of Policeman
A jury began deliberations in the Nesquehoning case charging Corporal Benjamin Franklin with the 14 year old Joan Stevens slaying. The state seeks second degree murder while the defense says conviction on that charge or none is possible. Franklin pleads self defense claiming the girl and Trooper Swatts had a toy gun. The witness stood accused of bank holdup questioning when the shooting occurred in a slow moving police car. A mother screamed in court after the verdict near, intensifying the tension before trial adjournment.
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Mauch Chunk
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
Joan Stevens
Franklin
Samuel F. Shull
Mayme Stevens
Butte Great Explosion Anniversary Remembered
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of Butte s great explosion that killed 58 on January 15 1895 Seven of the victims were members of the paid fire department and many more were volunteers Survivors meet each January to honor the fallen though no gathering is planned this year with Harry Kinney and others among the living witnesses.
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Butte
Harry Kinney
Fred Dugdale
Jack Flannery
Great Falls
Mr. Kinney
Stock Association Opposes Trade Treaties and Supports States’ Rights
The American National Livestock association voted firmly against extending the reciprocal trade act beyond June. Fort Worth was named 1941 convention site, J Elmer Brock elected president, with Frank Boice and others as officers. They endorsed the McCarran theft bill with caveats and urged state legislative approval for any new national parks while opposing forest service consolidation and park expansions. They also pressed for agricultural price parity protections and restoration of the Farm Credit Administration as independent.
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Fort Worth
Texas
J. Elmer Brock
Kaycee
Wyo
Hubbard Russell
Los Angeles
Frank Boice
Tucson
Ariz
Ezra Baer
Meeker
Colo
Jay Taylor
Amarillo
C. J. Abbott
Hyannis, Neb
A. D. Brownfield
Florida
N. M
W. H. Donald
Melville, Mont
Hull
Senate
McCarran National
Ivestock
Arizona
California
Fred Bixby
Long Beach
Calif
Harry Simpson
Wilcox, Ariz
McCarran
Roosevelt
Forest Service
Department of Grazing
Farm Credit Administration
Anti Aircraft Shell Turns to Nylon Parachute Tape Weapon
Ord nance experts report a new three inch anti aircraft shell that releases a parachute and long steel tape to ensnare planes. The device, tested in the United States, was sold to France and could alter fixed air defenses such as balloon barrages.
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Washington
France
War Department
London
Chamber of Commerce finance drive aims for 23000 goal
About 120 finance team members of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Finlen hotel to receive assignments and begin work toward a 23000 fundraising goal. Dr. Francis A. Thomson of Montana School of Mines will speak on local commerce value and campaign benefits. Assistant coaches will hand out prospect cards and supplies after the address.
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Chamber of Commerce
Finlen
Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Finlen Hotel
Roosevelt to discuss Finland loan with congressional leaders
White House says the Finnish aid question will be debated Monday as President Roosevelt meets Democratic congressional leaders. Treasury may back a loan from a purely fiscal view, with Morgenthau and Jesse Jones’ opinions sought by the Senate banking committee.
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Washington
White House
Finland
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Morgenthau
Jesse Jones
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Chamber of Commerce urges NLRB limits and new safeguards
The U S Chamber of Commerce proposed four changes to restrain the National Labor Relations Board. It would require bargaining only with authorized labor groups, suspend protections for employees violating agreements, cover employer unfair practices, and set clear interstate commerce thresholds for board jurisdiction.
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Fred Bailey
Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Chamber
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American National Livestock Association
NLRB
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