Churchill Urges Neutrals to Join Allied War Effort
Britain rejects U S protest against mail censorship and rights under law. Churchill urges neutral nations to align with the Allies as England again declines acceptance of American objections in a week marked by censorship and civil liberties questions.
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Britain
United States
Atlantic
London
Americas
Panama
Hull
Washington
Bermuda
British press condemns contraband mail traffic aiding Reich
London reports clear evidence of organized contraband traffic between German sympathizers in the United States and Germany via mail. The note cites an aide memoire and a German language newspaper article as proof and asserts belligerents may inspect oceanic mail for contraband.
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London
United States
Germany
Canadian Salon Would Close Up Winnipeg Market
Winnipeg report cites Hon. W. R. Motherwell MP Melville Saskatchewan arguing that halting wheat sales to Soviet Russia could be achieved by closing the Winnipeg grain exchange as a measure against aiding an enemy.
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Manitoba
U.P
Soviet Russia
W. R. Motherwell
Melville
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Ice Carnival Chief Lindquist Seen as Weather Prophet
Butte’s veteran skater and alderman John Lindquist, longtime organizer of the Municipal Skating Carnival at Clark park, is celebrated for picking the January dates and a weather record of 21 years. The article notes his Olympic appearances and his role as starter and organizer, with the carnival drawing 355 entrants and offering free public skating after finals.
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Butte
Clark Park
Lindquist
Stockholm
Paris
Sweden
Athens
Greece
London
United States
Lyons
Madison
Glen Rice
City Parks and Playgrounds Committee
Frank Curran
Parents and Baby Perish in Flames
Fire swept through a frame dwelling near Waterford, Pontiac, killing a mother and father and their 14 month old son. The victims were Louis Stegner, 34, his wife Alice, 24, and their son Philip.
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Pontiac, Mich
Waterford
Louis Stegner
Alice
Philip
Salmon to Have a New City Hall
Salmon Idaho January 20 A new eighteen thousand dollar city hall will be dedicated at ceremonies Monday replacing a log and slab building erected in 1872 believed to be the oldest city hall in use in the state.
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Salmon
Idaho
U.P
Sharp patrol fighting on western front report
Berlin reports sharp patrol actions on the western front with five French colonial regiment prisoners taken in a grenade battle. One German plane lost amid air clashes. French artillery bombarded upper Perl s Hammerisberg and Schneeberg as German forces replied at Apach.
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Berlin
High Command
Upper Perl
Hammerisberg
Schneeberg
Apach
Obergailsberg
Moselle
Palatinate Forest
Rhine
Senate plans state funeral for Borah
The Senate arranged a 10:30 a.m. Monday state funeral for William E. Borah after a four day illness from cerebral hemorrhage. President Roosevelt, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, House members and foreign diplomats were invited. Vice President Garner presided as Borah, 74, died last night in his thirty third year of Senate service.
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Washington
Senate
William E. Borah
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
House
Ze Barney Phillips
Garner
Borah
Clark
Didaho
Chamber
Butte Temperatures Hit Subzero Marks
Montana State University inquiry into faculty dissension extends into a second week as the state board recesses the hearing to 2 p m Monday. 64 witnesses testified in the first week and Dr. George Finlay Simmons faced prolonged questioning as governors consider next steps.
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Missoula
State Board of Education
Montana State University
George Finlay Simmons
Roy
Butte Better Business Drive Heads to Home Stretch
Butte Chamber of Commerce finance drive nears goal with 23000 dollars target. By 5 pm yesterday the fund total stood at 20046 dollars. Tomorrow coaches and players meet at Finlen hotel for a progress lunch chaired by head coach Charles H. Gallagher. About 50 reports yet to be received will be reassigned to new teams for further solicitation. The drive closes Thursday with a banquet.
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Chamber of Commerce Better Business Drive
Finlen Hotel
Charles H. Gallagher
Kalispell Man Claims Hitler Was His Prisoner in WWI
Kalispell veteran Private George A. Troxel asserts he captured an Austrian machine gun nest on the Italian front in World War I and held a prisoner whom he identified as Adolf Hitler. Troxel says he visited Hitler in an Italian prison camp and exchanged cigarettes while discussing the war. He recalls Hitler's bitterness over the destruction of his mother’s picture. Troxel wears Italian bravery medals and a service bar.
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Kalispell
Adolf Hitler
Germany
George A. Troxel
Troxel
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Vittorio Veneto
Adolph Hitler
Traxel
Hitler
Partly cloudy to cloudy forecast for Montana
Montana forecast shows Sunday and Monday mostly cloudy with occasional snow flurries. Little change in temperatures expected across both days.
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Montana
Montana Receives 127 Million Relief Funds
Montana received 127,037,023 in federal emergency relief funds over five years, from April 4, 1935 to December 31, 1939, per a Roosevelt led Congress report. WPA accounted for the largest share with 45,921,738 directed to state work programs. other WPA funds supported nationwide projects.
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Washington
Montana
Congress
Roosevelt
Work Projects Administration
Reds Threaten to Declare War on Finn Nation
An announcer on the Moscow wavelength warned Finns to return weapons seized from Red Army units at Suomussalmi or Russia would declare war. The weapons were reportedly guns and tanks Finns captured after destroying divisions 163 and 44. The invasion proceeded without a formal declaration, while the Soviet government claims it is not at war with Finland, recognizing only the Terijoki People’s government.
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Copenhagen
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Suomussalmi
Finland
Terijoki “People's
Cold night in Butte as residents rise for another frosty morning
Temperatures sagged in Butte again last night as residents stoked up their fires a little higher in preparation for another cold morning. High reading for the day was not yet available.
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Butte
Hourly Readings at Butte Report Weather Shifts
Butte records show a sequence of hourly readings ranging from a low of minus 19 to a high of 15 with multiple intervals at minus values and late afternoon readings dipping to single digits. The list includes times from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and a 1:20 p.m. reading of minus 9.30 p.m. ends the sequence.
Bitter Montana Cold Continues With Snow Flurries Expected
The report notes subzero readings across Montana with nine above in mid afternoon and 19 below at 8 30 yesterday morning. Trask proves the coldest spot at 34 below. Forecasters warn little relief soon though some areas saw brief rises before last night’s drop to new lows.
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Trask
Montana
Britain Not Daunted by Churchill Urges Neutral Fight
Winston Churchill radio broadcast urged Europe's fear-ridden neutral nations to join Britain and France in united action against Nazi Germany. He warned that without solidarity the small states would fall to Hitler's hate as the war expands, and warned that a peace by France and Britain would doom them to division.
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London
Europe
Winston Churchill
Britain
France
Germany
Livestock Leader Sees Cattlemen Back Pact Endings
J. E. Mollin, secretary of the American National Livestock Association, told the House Ways and Means Committee that cattlemen prefer expiration of the trade agreements program but support Senate ratification as a necessary check. He argued ratification is not nullification and that Congress committees are not pushover targets for industry representatives.
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Washington
American National Livestock Association
Senate
J. E. Mollin
Association
Denver
Colo
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mollin
House of Congress
Pope Pius XII Hails Roosevelt Peace Efforts
In a message from Washington the Pope says peace supporters have little chance while opposing forces stay unchanged. He welcomes a personal representative for Vatican talks and plans to receive Myron Taylor, peace ambassador, in Florence after his Florida visit.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Pius XII
Friends of Peace
Vatican
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