23 Jan 1939
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1939
Page
1
President Roosevelt is expected to urge Congress in a special message to enact a long-range health-improvement program. The plan would authorize up to 850 million dollars annually from state and federal funds by 1949, a proposal debated amid WPA funding tensions and a tight budget environment in Congress.
President Roosevelt tacitly approves a compromise anti-lynching proposal aimed at ending filibusters and reopening Senate business. The plan, reportedly from Vice President Garner, would have the FBI investigate all lynchings and report findings to Congress. Southern senators may oppose the measure.
Carl Schumacher reports at the Montana federation banquet that the National Wildlife Federation asks Congress to appropriate 2,250,000 to states under Pittman Robertson while the national budget allocates 1,000,000 for the program.
Dr. E J Groeneveld veteran Damon lodge No 1 Knights of Pythias will be guest at 8 oclock meeting in the Pythian castle announced by D R Griswold chancellor commander Sam R White another veteran will give the main address Calanthe lodge No 40 and Damon lodge No 1 urged to attend the session in Butte.
The National Grange executive committee urged Congress to limit annual farm benefit payments to individuals or corporations to 5000 dollars, lowering the current 10000 dollar cap. They defend family sized farms and note debates over waiving limits when payments reach tenants or sharecroppers. The plan follows farm group pressure and crop control concerns.
Wildlife conservationists from across Montana gathered in Butte for a fourteenth annual banquet and informal events before today’s business sessions. More than 250 delegates and guests attended at the Finlen hotel with National Wildlife Federation secretary Carl Schmuck as the principal speaker. Discussion focused on Montana endorsing the Pittman Robertson act to aid wildlife restoration projects.
Partly cloudy in Montana on Monday and Tuesday with snow west of the divide and cooler temperatures east of the divide.
Five men and five women were rescued eleven hours after being pitched into the North Atlantic by the Cavalier. The rescue was described by Captain Frank H. Spurr in a wireless report to Standard Oil of New Jersey. Two passengers and a steward were lost. eight Coast Guard ships searched.
Thomas L. Cullen, longtime Anaconda police chief and Montana’s oldest city officer, died at St. Ann hospital after a year and a half of illness. He was 61. Survived by wife Mary, daughter Martha, son Daniel, daughter Mrs. James Moriarity, four grandchildren, and siblings in Ireland. Funeral planned at St. Paul church with services by Elks, AOH, and Foresters. Burial in Mount Olivet.
Gales batter the North Atlantic and the northeastern United States as a blizzard cripples parts of New York New England and upstate New York. Three storm deaths reported in New England and northern New York with widespread damage including a fire in Green Bay and a burst water main in Washington.
Old Forge New York January 22 Charles Jennette a Civil War veteran aged 101 walks a mile and a half daily then skis down an Adirondack slope to amazement he recalls past trails and rejects youth as the youth stuff claiming he still tackles cliffs and returns to ski again highlighting his vigor and pride.
The American Mining congress urged Congress to legalize private ownership of gold coins and bars in the United States to absorb newly mined and imported gold and ease Treasury purchases. It cites Roosevelt’s request to extend authority over gold content of the dollar and the stabilization fund, expiring June 30 without renewal.
Three people are in Great Falls hospitals with serious injuries after Sunday auto accidents. Fred Karkanan of Missoula, 46, was brought in after his car overturned on the highway between Cascade and Wolf Creek. he is semi conscious and unable to talk. In Great Falls, Mr and Mrs Frank Evans suffered a broken hip and broken collar bone in a collision with a car driven by George Kavulla of Sand Coulee at a south edge city intersection. Kavulla was uninjured.
The Dutch freighter Parkmaan with a 21 man crew and scrap metal cargo sent a distress call 1,300 miles out in the Atlantic. Two nearby ships headed to assist as the vessel drifted toward the Azores at seven miles an hour with radio out of commission.
Police said a would be burglar confessed to setting a hotel blaze that killed an 80 year old paralyzed news vendor and injured 10 others. William Mattravers, 24, a hotel patrolman, admitted starting the fire to loot the till. the clerk's timely action prevented the theft. Mattravers to be charged with murder.
The Spanish government decreed a one week halt on all non military work, drafting able bodied men under 55 and women 14 to 40 for trench building around Barcelona. Insurgent air raids wounded and damaged many districts as residents sought shelter amid dogfights overhead.
In Rome Premier Mussolini told 150 prize winning wheat farmers that fascism’s enemies are too stupid to threaten Italy. He warned France not to block Italy and reaffirmed the September 1938 stance amid the Sudeten crisis, citing past remarks and a belluno address.
Washington dispatch notes two high impact Senate actions this week: the expected confirmation of Harry L. Hopkins as commerce secretary and debate on the emergency relief bill. Democratic support appears steady with limited opposition, while Roosevelt administration allies brace for careful but restrained votes. Felix Frankfurter and Frank Murphy confirmations previously passed without significant GOP resistance.
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