France Considers Bigger Capital Ships Amid Naval Tensions
Washington reports that the United States Great Britain may ignore London treaty limits if Japan builds larger dreadnoughts. President Roosevelt drafts a naval expansion message while France contemplates capital ship construction beyond agreed tonnage. The 1936 London agreement set a 36000 ton limit. Japan had renounced earlier caps.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Roosevelt
Congress
France
Italy
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Anaconda Group Insurance Benefits Montana Workers
The Anaconda company group life plan paid 375 250 to beneficiaries of Montana deceased employees from July 6 1936 to December 31 1937. All but one payment of 1 250 was to Montana relatives or beneficiaries. About 13 000 employees participated and the plan now covers nearly 20 000 000 in force in Montana.
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Group
Montana
Anaconda Company
Idaho
Bonnet’s bid for cabinet collapses under party desertions
Paris reports Georges Bonnet faces collapse as half of his Radical Socialist deputies desert him. Socialists and Communists oppose his anti labor stance, blocking a "salvation" cabinet. Bonnet plans a showdown before President LeBrun and may back Sarraut as alternative.
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Paris
Georges Bonnet
Washington
People’s Front
Albert LeBrun
Bonnet
France
People's Front
Chamber of Deputies
Camille Chautemps
Elysee Palace
Albert Sarraut
Japan Withdraws Recognition of Chiang Regime
Tokyo on Sunday announced the withdrawal of recognition of the Chinese government. The note said Japan looked forward to establishing new diplomatic ties and indicated shifts in policy amid wartime developments.
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Tokyo
Japan
U S Cruiser Marblehead Moves Toward Chefoo
The Marblehead prepared to leave Tsingtao for Chefoo to protect American lives and property amid disorder in Shanghai as reported by U S Consul Stuart Allen.
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U. S
Shanghai
United States
Marblehead
Tsingtao
Chefoo
Stuart Allen
Japan Accelerates Plan for Eastern Asia Pacification
In a statement following last Tuesday’s fifth imperial conference, Emperor Hirohito led top army navy and political leaders to pledge full accord with the cabinet to pursue the Chinese conflict. The regime declares its intent to cooperate and pursue pacification of eastern Asia.
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Hirohito
Japan
Eastern
Asia
China Claims Victory in Shanghai Report
Shanghai dispatch reports a Chinese claim of victory dated January 16 with reference to continued coverage on page 10. The item notes Sunday timing and mentions ongoing updates.
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China
Shanghai
Automobile Workers Organizer Beaten by Gang in Kansas City
Carl Stevens regional organizer for the United Automobile Workers and a Ford plant strike leader was beaten by armed men who forced his car into a filling station. A station attendant was threatened with a shotgun while Stevens received head wounds requiring 30 stitches. his condition was listed as serious.
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Kansas City
Carl Stevens
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
Stevens
Willkie urges government purchase of Tennessee Valley utilities
Wendell L. Willkie of Commonwealth & Southern urged the federal government buy the companys utility operating firms in the Tennessee Valley as a last resort in a desperate situation. He proposed price by negotiation or by three arbitrators named by the President the Supreme Court and the utilities. The note responded to President Roosevelts plan to eliminate holding companies and municipal buyouts.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Tennessee Valley
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Willkie
Soviet halts commercial payments to fascist Italy
Moscow says it suspended all payments to Italy over a dispute on oil deliveries to the Italian navy. Italy denies default while Russian ships under construction andRussian firms face halted payments. Affected funds are held in a Russian state bank special account.
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Soviet
Italy
Mussolini
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Japan
Rome
Soviet Union
State Bank of
Better Business Workers to Report Results Tomorrow
Workers in the Butte Better Business Builders campaign will report at noon tomorrow and push toward a $22,000 goal, with $17,137 already raised by advance promoters led by Chief Promoter A. F. Rice. The general campaign has enlisted about 450 firms and individuals while 137 contacted offered no refusals.
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Butte
Better Business Builders
Chamber of Commerce
H. H. Bretherton
Frank Hughes
C. H. Gallagher
Fay Cannon
Tom Kelly
Leo McMullen
Butte Better Business Builders
Ing
A. F. Rice
Rice
Further Change in Taxes May Follow Later
Washington dispatch reports Treasury under secretary Roswell Magill telling the House Ways and Means Committee that further revisions to the tax system might be proposed at some later date. He endorsed subcommittee plans to modify undistributed profits and capital gains levies and cautioned the panel to focus on the most inequitable items for now.
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Washington
Treasury
Roswell Magill
House
Ways and Means
Magill
Weather Lifts Ice Rush After Light Rain
A light drizzling rain began yesterday afternoon and continued into morning, keeping above freezing. The thaw washed away much of the recent ice and snow, aided by good drainage as temperatures ranged from a high around 45 to a low near 17 degrees.
Storm forecast along the coast from Oregon to Washington
The U S Weather Bureau forecast increasing southerly winds reaching gale force tonight or Sunday. Storm warnings were posted along all Oregon and Washington coast stations. Moderate temperatures and occasional rain were forecast for Oregon and Washington.
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Portland
Ore
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oregon
Washington
Reed Nomination Signals Potential Supreme Court Support
President Roosevelt nominates Stanley Reed to replace Justice Sutherland, aiming to secure a Court leaning favorable to New Deal policies. Senators request public hearings amid concerns raised by Hugo Black’s Ku Klux Klan past, with Reed praised as a defender of New Deal measures and constitutional flexibility.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Stanley Reed
George Sutherland
Kentucky
High Tribunal
Senate
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klux Klan
Reed
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Brandeis
Cardozo
Stone
Black
Hughes
Roberts
Sutherland
No Change Seen in Cardozo Condition
Washington January 15 Justice Benjamin N Cardozo heart ailment condition unchanged tonight according to his physician Dr J P Earnest Jr as reported by U P.
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Cardozo
Justice Cardozo
Washington
U.P
Benjamin N. Cardozo
J. P. Earnest Jr
Roosevelt nominates Reed to Supreme Court draws mixed praise
President Roosevelt’s nomination of Solicitor General Stanley Reed to the Supreme Court drew praise from leaders across parties. Senators Barkley, McNary, Capper, Vanderberg, Bridges, Copeland, Schnellenbach, Norris and Borah voiced support or cautious optimism, citing qualifications and potential impact.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stanley Reed
Supreme Court
Barkley
Kentucky
Reed
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Capper
Kansas
Vanderberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Bridges
New Hampshire
Copeland
New York
Schnellenbach
Hugo L. Black
Norris
Nebraska
Judiciary
Borah
Idaho
Wilkins Makes Most Daring Arctic Flight in Search for Russians
In Alaska aviator Sir George Hubert Wilkins and Air Commodore Herbert Hollick Kenyon completed a 9.5 hour flight from Aklavik in 50 below zero conditions. They estimated 1800 miles covered as part of a search for six long lost Russian trans polar flyers.
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Wilkins
Arctic
Fairbanks
Alaska
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Aklavik
Herbert Hollick-Kenyon
Ceived
Hollick-Kenyon
Montana ranges in better condition than a year ago
Jay G. Diamond of the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports the January 1 range condition in Montana was 74 percent of normal, 11 points higher than a year earlier. Cattle and sheep conditions improved with cattle at 85 percent of normal and sheep at 86 percent, while range feed remained fair to good except in drought areas.
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Helena
Jay G. Diamond
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana
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