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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
1
Rebel air raid by six bombers hits Barcelona and Valencia in broad daylight. Loyalist ministry reports 520 dead in Barcelona and widespread casualties across coastal towns as 95 seconds of bombing devastates streets and promenades.
Friday the President received a delegation of symbolic figures in public life including Thomas Lamont John Lewis Berle Taussig and Tugwell. The piece notes how these men had become legendary forces shaping the American soul in contemporary myth.
Hawaii defense boosted as 18 long range patrol bombers arrive at Pearl Harbor from San Diego in 20 hours 12 minutes setting a new distance and time record. The two squadrons bring 127 officers and men to 42 big naval planes transferred in a year, with 75 total naval aircraft in Hawaii. Weather disrupted the early leg, three surface vessels monitoring the route.
Authoritative sources report the American tanker Nantucket Chief captured by two Spanish insurgent gunboats off Barcelona on Tuesday. The incident was confirmed from Paris dated dispatches.
Great Falls Montana Woolgrowers Association adoption of a resolution against enlarging game preserves to limit livestock range. They urged no tariff cuts while supporting federal land use plans and insect control. Speakers included Dr A L Strand and Dr W J Butler. Next convention site to be decided by the executive committee.
Dr W W Mattson says FBI agents moved William Mattson Jr 16 and Muriel Mattson 14 from their Tacoma home and would not confirm their destination or purpose. He notes the children often travel with agents and may have been taken to view Charles kidnapping suspect Peter Anders in San Francisco or elsewhere. The Call Bulletin reports the kids and Virginia Chatfield flew to San Francisco to see Anders, who denies kidnapping Charles Mattson.
Shanghai dispatch reports a near clash between British and Japanese authorities at Tientsin after Japanese officers demanded Chinese in the British concession be turned over. British sources say they would resist if forced. Chinese forces claim gains at Hangchow and Wuhu fronts, occupying hills south of Wuhu and advancing toward Hangchow.
Federal agents, led by the FBI, moved covertly from St Paul seeking bodies of Ross and James Atwood Gray and a $50,000 ransom in a Chicago clubman family case. Peter Anders is held for the Charles Ross kidnapping slaying while Hoover denies involvement in the investigation.
Joseph M. Fabian, 61, former Silver Bow county commissioner and manager of Mountain View Cemetery, died after a two day illness at Murray hospital. His family was with him. two sons and a daughter flew in from Chicago. An immigrant from Austria Hungary, he worked in coal mines before building a business, later hit by the 1893 panic.
Cairo dispatch reports 190m thousands of Egyptians in tent cities on Cairo’s outskirts feasting on 10 tons of mutton from the royal palace. They await tomorrow’s royal wedding of Farouk, who turns 18 in two weeks, to Samaz Zulficar, 17, in a Muhammadan ceremony that bars women from the ritual even the bride.
Robert Button was sentenced by Judge T E Downey to three years at hard labor in Deer Lodge for robbing Sam White Jr in Silver Bow county on May 11 1937. A jury found him guilty after a brief trial. Button did not testify and was described as lucky with the light sentence.
Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday with snow in the extreme northwest. Temperatures largely unchanged across the state with only minor variation expected.
Washington A. Boyer, 92, from Fromberg, Montana, one of two surviving Civil War veterans, marries Dolly E. Trottet, 71, of Fromberg. The couple plans a Gettysburg wedding trip for G A R reunions and a tour before settling down. Boyer, a former Wyoming cattle rancher, moved to Fromberg 19 years ago after fighting as a Union private in Ohio.
Eyewitness testimony at the federal investigation into the January 10 Northwest Airlines crash 14 miles northeast of Bozeman cites possible loss of tail parts before the airliner struck the ground. The company offers a $50 reward for return of missing stabilizers and rudders as witnesses describe the plane’s turns and descent.
Prosecution of those who led a Dec. 11 raid on the state welfare department commodity office will proceed despite Attorney General Freebourn’s reluctance to prosecute. Casade County Attorney Greenan says 45 to 60 participants signed supply orders and about 400 clothing items were taken. Charges will be filed soon against raid leaders, with evidence of sales to secondhand dealers.
Fifty members of the Department of Commerce business advisory council met President Roosevelt to pledge cooperation in fighting the trade slump. They demanded a limited wages hours bill a truce with public utilities no general purge of holding companies and no further tinkering with the currency. Averill Harriman chaired the group and read a statement outlining endorsed measures aimed at boosting private industry re employment.
The city council ordered 1405 dollars in fire department gear in a regular session. An ordinance raising bail bonds in traffic cases was approved. A 4000 dollar down payment on a new pumper truck was set, with total cost around 10000 dollars including equip. Purchases included fire hose from Montana Hardware and Butte Bottlers Supply and Amer supplier.
Washington dispatch reports Southern senators plan to sidetrack the anti lynching bill next week to clear time for other legislation. The filibuster has lasted 12 days with opponents gaining strength. Senate leaders consider night sessions to wear down opposition as author Van Nuys predicts action.
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