Ten survivors found from Cavalier crash off New Jersey
The tanker Esso Baytown reported 10 survivors from 13 aboard the British flying boat Cavalier, forced down by icing 322 miles southeast of Cape May. Three crewmen are missing, feared drowned, as searchers with Champlain and other vessels scour the sea for the missing.
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New York
Esso Baytown
Coast Guard
Bermuda
Champlain
Esso
Baytown
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Port Washington
Long Island
Hamilton
Cape May
N. J
Senate backs WPA relief at 725 million in setback for Roosevelt
Washington reports that the Senate appropriations committee voted 17 to 7 to keep relief at 725 million dollars, denying a 150 million expansion. Administration leaders planned a floor fight to restore the higher allotment, warning that a cut could remove about one million people from relief rolls.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House and Appropriations Subcommittee
Roosevelt
Senate
Montana Senator Protests Reciprocal Trade Pacts
Senator Burton K. Wheeler in Washington filed a protest against reciprocal trade agreements. He argued zinc production in Montana is harmed and that labor, farmers, and livestock growers see little reciprocity. He urged swift steps to address the issues.
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Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Washington
Cordell Hull
Hull
State meet draws 200 sportsmen to Butte conference
About 200 fish and game enthusiasts and companions arrive in Butte for the Montana Wildlife Federation fourth annual conference. The program includes an elk sandwich lunch at the Butte Trap and Skeet club, a tour of Maiden Rock hatchery, a Montana Fish and Game commission meeting, and a Finlen hotel banquet with National Wildlife Federation secretary Carl Schumacher as principal speaker.
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Butte
Montana Wildlife Federation
Butte Trap and Skeet Club
Butte Anglers’ Club
Maiden Rock
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Finlen Hotel
Great Falls
Carl Schumacher
National Wildlife Federation
Washington, D. C
Ben Hardin
Butte Trap
W. T. Ballard
Butte and
Anaconda
Yellowstone Park
Butte-Anaconda
Anglers Club
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Association
Butte Chamber of Commerce Convention Committee
Butte Enjoys Mild Weather After Blizzard Slips By
Butte basked in comfortable winter weather yesterday after escaping a mid winter blizzard that blanketed Great Falls and Helena with snow. The Banana Belt area saw only a light fall while temperatures ranged around the 20s with a high of 26 degrees and a low of seven above zero. The western region recorded below freezing while gales and heavy snow affected other parts of the state.
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Butte
Great Falls
Helena
Mercury
Wheeler pushes long range rail rehabilitation plan
Senator Wheeler Democrat of Montana, chairing the Senate interstate commerce committee, urged a long term program to aid railroads. He favors reform of the interstate commerce commission and is drafting legislation after discussions with President Roosevelt on railroads struggling to meet fixed charges.
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Wheeler
Washington
Jan
Montana
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
United States
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Small Business Protest on Montana Wage Hour Bills
Small businessmen in Montana protest proposed wage hour legislation. About 400 telegrams flood Montana House members urging defeat of House Bills 28 and 18 setting wage hour limits. Public hearing planned Monday. partisan House debate continues.
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Helena
Montana
Montana House of Representatives
House
Congress
Stevens
Cascade
Montana Weather Forecast Warm Weekend Outlook
The forecast notes fair conditions in Montana on Sunday with rising temperatures in the western portion. Monday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures across the state.
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Montana
Insurgents Capture Villanueva y Geltru in Catalan Defense
Span ish insurgents report capture of Villanueva y Geltru the important communications hub southwest of Barcelona. The loss follows advances at Villafranca de Panades and Igualada as government defense yields key points near the capital.
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Hendaye
France
Barcelona
Villanueva Y Geltru
Mediterranean
Ofal Yeelona
Villafranca de] Panades
Igualada
Wild West Heists Meet Modern Women in Fresno
In Fresno on January 21, Mrs. Herman Wenig watched a man steal a purse from her parked car. She chased him in her car as three women ran after on foot. The pursuer stopped after Mrs. Wenig shouted and police were summoned. A.J. Barbee, 32, pleaded guilty and received 30 days in jail.
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Fresno
Calif
Herman Wenig
Nazis Move to Increase War Power
Berlin reports the regime acts to put Germany on a broad wartime footing via a shadow army for males over 17 except Jews and criminals. Dismissal of Hjalmar Schacht prompts Reichsbank reshuffle and ties to rearmament while Goering and Hitler push for Jews abroad and expanded defense formations. Captain Fritz Weidemann named consul general in San Francisco.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichfuehrer
Hitler
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Schacht
Walther Funk
George Rublee
Intergovernmental Refugee Committee
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Rublee
National Socialist Storm
NSKK
Motor Corps
NSPK
Flying Corps
Frederick W. Dreyse
Ernst Huelse
Reichsbank Directorate
Dreyse
Rudolph Brinkmann
Funk
Huelse
Brinkmann
Fritz Weidemann
San Francisco
Legion Rallies 250 Delegates at Mining District Convention
The American Legion Mining district No. 2 held a two session meeting with 250 to 300 delegates and visitors. Department Commander Harry Reif urged a powerful active organization to carry out the program and reported Montana Legion membership at 6 100 for the past year. The turkey banquet and dance drew over 300 attendees.
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American Legion
Mining District No. 2
Montana
American Legion Hall
Harry Reif
Bozeman
Leggat Hotel
Legion
Auto Workers union squabble threatens industry turmoil
Detroit January 21 reports looming battles in courts and union ranks over control of the Automobile Workers' union. The dispute threatens the automotive industry with its most serious labor problem since the 1937 sit-down strikes.
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Detroit
Young Automobile Workers’ Union
Automotive Industry
Senator Burke accuses NLRB of stirring industrial unrest
Senator Edward R. Burke a Democrat from Nebraska charges the National Labor Relations Board has increased labor strife and produced a condition nearing industrial anarchy. He cites decisions from the nine circuit courts and says no prior administrative tribunal shows such broad condemnation.
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Washington
U.P
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
National Labor Relations Board
J. Warren Madden
Burke
United States Circuit Courts of Appeals
Landon Warns on Economic War Threat to Democracies
Kansas press meeting reports Alf Landon drawing a stark contrast between democratic and totalitarian regimes in an economic clash. He says nations deeply in debt cannot defend themselves and that the battle may be fought with finances rather than weapons. He stresses the need for sound fiscal policy to support military and economic defense.
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
The
Kansas Press Association
Night club blast injures nearly a dozen in Niagara Falls
An explosion at a Niagara Falls night club injures about a dozen people. Early reports of twenty injuries were corrected after hospital checks. Memorial hospital treated four victims and St. Marys received two or three. none in critical condition.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
U.P
Memorial Hospital
St. Mary's
WPA completes 231 conservation projects in Montana
Montana Works Progress Administration reports 231 water conservation projects finished under a $4,000,000 program initiated over two years ago. By Dec 31, 1938, storage for stock and irrigation reached 106,748 acre feet, with $3,275,856.19 spent by WPA and $695,350.96 by state and county sponsors. The effort includes 71 stock water reservoirs, 84 storage reservoirs for irrigation, and 45 flood diversions.
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Montana Works Progress Administration
Joseph E
Parker
WPA
State Water Conservation Board
Boards of
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