Parachute Jumping Highlight 4th of July Events
Butte readies a one day air show as part of the citys Fourth of July celebration with George Hopkins parachuting from 6000 feet and other stunts including a Ford tri-motor display. Western Air Express will award trips to Salt Lake City and Great Falls winners amid twelve events and free admission. Police patrols will secure the airport and parking will surround the field.
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Butte
George Hopkins
Dick Rana
Missoula
Western Air Express
Salt Lake City
Great Falls
Tom Greenfield
Greenfield
John W. Fox, Jr
City Lines
Chinese erect defense lines at Kiukiang
Chinese forces rush to fortify Kiukiang as Japanese push up the Yangtze toward Hankow. The Matowchen boom defense holds in places while major Chinese troops pull back to higher ground between the river and Pengtseh. Reports say Japanese have effectively breached outer lines and threaten the river barrier.
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Shanghai
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Yangtze
Pengtseh
Anking
Scout Camp Opening Delayed By Flooded Road
Heavy rains have damaged the road to Boy Scout Camp Lowlands making the annual summer encampment start impossible. Cub Scouts will go July 10 and regular Scouts July 17 with notices sent to enrollees. The flooded creek, submerged bridge, and muddy road blocked access, threatening delivery of supplies if rain persists.
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Cub
Percy Frazier
Frazier
Hands Across Hemisphere Extended at Butte Rotary Lunch
Francisco Marseillan of Argentina spoke at the New Finlen luncheon, delivering English while his Spanish address was translated. He presented the Argentine flag and Buenos Aires Rotary badge, as W B Daly praised Butte copper wealth and the Anaconda smelter’s size.
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John E. Corette JR
Francisco Marseillan
R. M. Hobbs
South America
Butte
Rotary
Senor Marseillan
Rotary Club
Maurice Duperry
Paris
France
Mme. Duperry
Rotary International
San Francisco
John E. Corette ,Jr
Butte Rotary
Hemisphere
North
Argentine Republic
Rotary Club of
Marseillan
New Finlen
Butte Club
Buenos Aires
James R. Thomas
W. B. Daly
Butte Metals
Anaconda Company
Butte Hill
Daly
Anaconda
Republicans Meet Setback in Convention
Washington dispatch reports Indiana Republicans rejected calls to back a coalition ticket with anti New Deal Democrats. They nominated Raymond E. Willis for Senate, tilting toward a three way race involving Van Nuys and a Democratic organization candidate. The move signals tougher anti coalition sentiment amid Roosevelt’s campaigning.
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Washington
Indiana
Senate
van Nuys
Raymond E. Willis
Angola
Ind
Willis
Illinois
Roosevelt
British Army Court Defended in Heated Commons Debate
In London on June 30 members of the House of Commons clashed with the Army over the Official Secrets Act. Churchill condemned the government and Army for using the act to cover defense deficiencies as Parliament pressed for full privileges after a House privileges committee rebuked an Army court of inquiry.
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London
England
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
House Privileges Committee
Neville Chamberlain
Vets urged to take it easy at Gettysburg reunion
Two thousand veterans of the Civil War era gathered in Gettysburg Pennsylvania for a reunion. Doctors reported overexertion among attendees and limited hospital capacity with beds reserved in 11 nearby towns. Four veterans were moved to Little Gettysburg hospital for surgical care as others were treated locally.
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Gettysburg
Paul R. Hawley
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Army Base
Little Gettysburg Hospital
Montana Forecast Sees Scattered Showers Friday
Montana weather outlook calls for scattered showers on Friday and partly cloudy conditions on Saturday with little temperature change. The brief pattern suggests a cool weekend ahead with variable skies.
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Montana
Senator Wheeler Visits Hollywood Studio Talk With Gary Cooper
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana and his children Marian and Edward toured the Goldwyn studio in Hollywood. The group discussed movies and other topics with film actor Gary Cooper, a former Montanan, during the visit.
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Hollywood
Cal
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Marian
Edward
Gary Cooper
Goldwyn Studio
Cooper
Butte Posts Montana June Rainfall Record at 4.52 Inches
Within Montana, Butte leads the state in June precipitation with 4.52 inches, while Great Falls trails with about 4.20 inches. Lewistown neared the top with three and a half inches as the state braces for a possibly bumper crop.
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Montana
Butte
Great Falls
Montana Power Company
Lewistown
Japan Prepares to Meet Naval Building Plans
Asahi Shimbun reports Japan views Britain United States and France escalator clause use as a measure to expand naval tonnage. U.S. Britain and France lift 35 000 ton limits enabling 40 000 to 45 000 ton ships with 16 inch guns by pact.
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Tokyo
U.P
Asahi Shimbun
Great Britain
United States
France
U. S
Japan
Britain
Washington
London
North Carolina
House of Commons
Alfred Duff Cooper
The
Admiralty
Pacific
Atlantic
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
Navy
Congress
Cvangeloy
Embassy
Herschel V. Johnson
Russell Willson
Women draw straws to choose executioner in insurance killing
Waycross Georgia June 30 The Solicitor General said a father's confession reveals an insurance killing of his 10 year old son. Har vel Nelson roadhouse operator named two employees Verna Mae Fowler and Mary Kent as conspirators to collect 900 dollars from the life policy. The boy was shot on the porch of the father s business May 26 with Fowler firing the shot.
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Waycross
John
Gibson
Harvey Nelson
Verna Mae Fowler
Mary Kent
J. C. Nelson
Here
Nelson
Fowler
Dictatorships Are Denounced by F D R in New York Talks
Albuquerque dispatch reports a body found on a cliff north of Sandia Peak believed to be Medill McCormick, missing Chicago publishing heir. Forest official Pooler confirms identification with practical certainty though not yet formal.
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F.D.R
New York
Albuquerque
N. M
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Sandia Peak
Frank C. W. Pooler
U. S
Family of Bluebirds Raised Under the Protection of United States Government
Mrs. Webking discovers a mailbox bluebird nest amid busy Montgomery Avenue. After wary neighbors deter cats and a temporary roadside box is used, three eggs hatch and three eagled young chicks emerge with Papa bluebird assisting a grateful mother. The family seeks a peaceful return next year.
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United States
Fred Webking
Montgomery Avenue
Papa Bluebird
Mamma
President Roosevelts Good Neighbor pledge at dedication
President Roosevelt urged defense of free press and education as he spoke to the National Education Association at the fair site. He condemned book burning and censorship, called for state and local school control with federal aid to poorer areas, and reaffirmed good neighbor policy as the cornerstone of the world fair project.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
New York
Roosevelt
National Education Association
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow Surrenders in London Warrant
Danish noble Count Haugwitz-Reventlow, husband of heiress Barbara Hutton, sails to London to face a British police war warrant charging threats. He travels by boat train at 9 50 PM, instead of the planned flight, to submit to surrender.
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Paris
Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
London
Barbara Hutton
Woods resigns from state liquor control board
Governor Roy Ayers announced the resignation of R Dale Woods of Hobson from the Montana state liquor control board. Woods is seeking the Democratic nomination to the state Senate from Judith Basin County and submitted his resignation in a letter to Ayers and fellow board members. Ayers had appointed Woods to the board 11 months earlier.
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Helena
U.P
Roy E. Aye
Rg Today
R. Dale Woods
Hobson
State Liquor Control Board
Wood
State Senate
Judith Basin
Ayers
Woods
Butte Visitor Describes Japanese Occupation of Home
William A. Hale of Shanghai, visiting Butte, recounts how Japanese soldiers seized his home in China for ten days during November. He fled to the American consulate as Chinese forces were driven from Shanghai and describes debris and mud left behind when the occupiers departed.
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China
William A. Hale
Shanghai
Butte
Hale
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