Public debt per person tops 285 dollars in year
Washington reports the national public debt rose to 37.1647 billion dollars for the fiscal year ending Thursday. The debt per person reached 285.70 dollars, up 4.07 from last year, while interest payments totaled 926.28 million dollars. Contingent liabilities stood at 4.925 billion, up 182 million, tied to guarantees for Reconstruction, Home Owners' Loan and other federal corporations.
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Washington
Treasury
Reconstruction Corporation
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Butte WPA Plan Pledges 7000 Jobs and Major Street Works
Agreements among WPA officials county and city leaders and Anaconda aim to hire 7000 unemployed men under the Works Progress Administration. Immediate funds 93000 for equipment to begin projects, starting after the Fourth of July. First project covers city streets and alleys costing over 800000, followed by a 1400000 county program for roads and sewers, plus a 250000 county project for outer streets.
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WPA
Anaconda Company
Butte
Works Progress Administration
Washington
County Surveyor’s Office
Six Die in Train Auto Crash Near Quakertown
Six people including five family members die when their auto is demolished by a fast electric trolley near Quakertown Pennsylvania. Lieut F C Minor identifies the deceased as John B Johnson 47 and Grace Johnson his wife with daughters Aileen 13 Mary Johnson 22 and cousin Mary Brennan 20 also among the victims plus Aileen Gallagher 22 from Philadelphia. The car was carried about 500 yards by the trolley witnesses said.
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Quakertown
Here
F. C. Minor
State Police
John B. Johnson
Freeland
Grace Johnson
Aileen Johnson
Mary Johnson
Mary Brennan
Johnsons
Aileen Gallagher
Philadelphia
Royalty Enjoys Hot Dogs at F D R Picnic
Hyde Park July 2 Royalty dined on American hot dogs with Mr and Mrs Roosevelt in a rough field above the Hudson. Crown Princess Louise of Sweden attended as guest of honor. Mrs Roosevelt insisted on hot dogs alongside a Swedish smorgasbord and rolls with small sausages. Eleanor Roosevelt pressed for real hot dogs despite the first lady’s objection. The menu included a Swedish salad with herring and hard boiled eggs.
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Hyde Park
N. YY
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hudson River
Crown Princess Louise of
Sweden
Dutchess Hill
Val-Kill Cottage
Field Crowds for Moscow Ambassadorship Succeeder
San Jose reports police probing a possible murder of Clarence Blauer 51 executive of California Packing Co. found shot in hotel tub. Meanwhile a large field of candidates forms to replace J E Davies as Moscow ambassador, with President Roosevelt to review picks Monday. Names include Mrs. Bray, Charles E. Stuart, Pierrepont Noyes, and Curtis Bok.
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J. E. Davies
Moscow
San Jose
Calif
U.P
Clarence Blauer
California Packing Corporation
William Blauer
San Francisco
George Blauer
Washington
Joseph E. Davis
Brussels
Roosevelt
State Department
Charles C. Bray
Charles E. Stuart
Alexandria
Langer to stand for Senate as Independent
Governor William M. Langer of North Dakota, defeated in the Republican primary by Senator Gerald P. Nye, announced he will run for the senate as an independent in the fall. A Non-Partisan League meeting was scheduled to draft his campaign.
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Bismarck
N. D
William M. Langer
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
Langer
Jamestown
John Hagan
League
Friends of
William Lemke
Hagan
T. H. H. Thoresen
Nye
Comic Parade Reaches Climax During Butte Fourth
The Fourth of July celebration in Butte surged into high gear as the much anticipated comic parade rolled through the streets. The event capped a day of fun and frolic, despite a weather report that refused to cooperate.
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Butte
Fourth Program Sunday Events Plan City Festivities
The listing outlines a jam packed Sunday with a Jallopy jamboree on Park Street at 11, a 1:30 Kiddies parade, a 3:30 Air show at the airport and a 9:00 Street dance. Monday features a 10:00 Grand parade a 1:30 Queen Woodmen baseball at Clark Park and 3:30 sports contests there followed by a 7:00 drill team contest at Cinders and 9:45 fireworks on Big Butte.
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Park Street
Airport
Ile Queen Woodmen
Clark Park
Cinders
Big Butte
Marchers Face Sloppy Parade Of Pranks And Dares
Marchers slogged through rain slick streets as hundreds in eccentric costumes staged hoaxes and risky stunts. A group hurled a blood soaked dummy from rooftops into a fireman's net, the faux victim repeatedly rushed to hospital then reappearing for the next plunge.
Parade Ends In Moonshine As Rainy Fourth Of July Parade
Thousands turned out in Butte for a Fourth of July parade that mixed retro horse and buggy motifs with steamy contraptions. Signs proclaimed quests to Helena, Silver Bow Creek fishing, and wild life slogans. Weather dampened the event but did not dull the spectacle featuring cowboys, pioneers, a bucking auto, and a WPA presence.
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Butte
Hell
City County Have Chance to Cut Taxes and Gain Revenue
A study of Silver Bow county and Butte shows both can lower total tax levies yet secure more revenue than last year. Taxable values rose sharply this year, allowing five mill emergency levies under 1937 rules while keeping total levies below 1937. County and city expect bigger emergency funds with smaller levies.
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Silver Bow
Butte
City of
Ie County
Four Proposals Set For Montana Ballots This Fall
Secretary of State Sam Mitchell announced Montana voters will see at least four measures in November. Two constitutional amendments, one referred law and one initiative will appear on the ballot, with petitions circulating for two more potential questions.
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Montana
Helena
Sam Mitchell
Robins Learn to Fly After Nest Was Jolted by Lineman
A power lineman bumped two robin nestlings from a East Lake street nest. Mrs. Minnie Davidson rescued them and released them after the parent robins returned with food. The birds learned to fly and were set free as the grateful family watched their young regain strength.
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Ed Olds
East Lake Street
Minnie Davidson
Mamma
Pappa
Robin
Davidson
Robin Young
Montana Weather: Unsettled Sunday and Monday
The Montana forecast calls for unsettled conditions Sunday and Monday with probable local thunder showers and little change in temperatures.
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Montana
Butte Floods Mark Record Rainfall and Fatal Collapse
Heavy rain drenched Butte with a 21 day total of 6.58 inches and caused a deadly cave-in as a sewer ditch digger was crushed by water slicked walls. Paraders braved the downpour at a city event despite the deluge.
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Butte
Fishermen Blocked by Flooded Butte Divide Road
County Surveyor Jack Healy reported a cloudburst yesterday floodwaters covered the road from the Butte to Divide, isolating the Divide hotel. Crews were sent to the scene and it was feared the road would remain closed to travelers this morning.
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Big Hole
Butte-Dillon
Divide
Jack Healy
Healy
Rescue Efforts After Cave-In At Home Site
The incident near 148 Cherry Street left a man trapped in a nine foot ditch cave-in. Rescuers worked for about an hour to free the man, while rain continued to cause heavy damage and threaten hay crops in agricultural areas.
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Dep
Ditch Cave-In Kills J A Mihelich During Weekend Visit
Joseph A. Mihelich, 34, a bookkeeper for Portland Cement, was buried by a wet weather collapse in a sewer ditch he was digging near his mother's home at 148 Cherry Street. He had come from Trident for a weekend visit with his sister Mrs. Frank Goodsell and her three children. The accident occurred about 7 30 PM as WPA workers prepared to connect the house to a main sewer line.
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Joseph A. Mihelich
Mihelich
Trident
Portland Cement Company
Frank Goodsell
Seattle
Frank
Billy
Neil
Mary Mihelich
Cherry Street
Rich Gold Strike Found by Former Butte Woman
San Diego reports a rich mother lode found on a ranch near Lakeside by Miss Alice Kimball, wife of WWI veteran Guy Kimball. Assays show ore valued between 20 and 75 dollars per ton. two parallel veins run through the site. The couple bought 540 acres in 1931. offers of 20 or 30 thousand were refused as the miner widow eyes larger potential.
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San Diego
Cal
U.P
Homestake
North Dakota
Lakeside
Guy Kimball
Alice
Montana
Powder River
Kimballs
Kimball
Roosevelt's granddaughter Boettiger pauses in Milwaukee
Mrs Anna Boettiger and her husband John Boettiger publisher of the Seattle Post Intelligencer paused briefly at the Milwaukee depot on their way back to Seattle after attending the marriage of Mrs Roosevelts son in Nahant Massachusetts They described the trip as delightful and said the President is feeling well for a change.
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Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Seattle
Roosevelt
John Boettiger
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Milwaukee
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