Heat Wave Spurs Unrelenting Summer Heat Across Nation
The Associated Press reports the 1937 heat wave broadens east of the Rockies with 109 deaths. New York hits 95.1 at mid afternoon as Newark logs 99.3 and Philadelphia reaches 97. WPA halts 75,000 New York workers and several mills suspend operations. Chicago tops 89 as drought and humidity persist.
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Rockies
New York City
Newark
Philadephia
Wilmington
Del
Midwest
New England
WPA
Today and Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann
The article debates Amelia Earhart’s motivations for her flight suggesting many seek a practical aviation purpose. The writer argues Earhart needs no justification as the world benefits from her daring, noting the risks involved and the broader impact on air travel.
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Walter Lippmann
Miss Earhart
Merchants and Drugget Conventions Gather in Butte
Leaders from Associated Merchants of Montana and state pharmaceutical association converge in Butte for a two day convention at the Finlen hotel. Lambert Fliel presides with addresses by Barclay Craig and E H Newell among events and luncheons.
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Associated Merchants of Montana
Roy E. Ayres
Butte
Montana
State Pharmaceutical Association
Lambert Fliel
Dillon
Finlen Hotel
Peter Potter
Butte Chamber of Commerce
E. H. Newell
Livingston
Eugene Bond
C. G. Thex
Ashland
Barclay Craighead
Helena
Unemployment Compensation Commission of
Finlendo
Eliel
Montana State Pharmaceutical Association
Palestine Arabs appeal to Moslem potentates for aid
The Arab high committee urged kings princes and emirs of the Moslem world to save Palestine from Britain’s plan to divide the Holy Land into Jewish and Arab states. In Jerusalem Jaffa and Haifa police patrolled as 8000+ British troops stood ready amid rising tensions between Jews and Arabs.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Arab High Committee
Jaffa
Haifa
East
Royal Commission
Senator Wheeler Attacks Court Reorganization Bill
Senator Wheeler of Montana denounced the administration in the Senate for cheap tactics intolerance and stirring mass prejudices in pushing the Supreme Court reorganization bill. He called the measure morally troubling and charged partisan maneuvering.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Supreme Court
Refueled in Flight as Wheeler Speaks Against Court Bill
In Washington on July 9 Senator Wheeler received milk from paper cups during a long afternoon speech opposing the President's court bill. The Montanan, after two hours of debate, continued amid many colleagues skipping lunch to listen.
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Washington
Senate
Wheeler
Opposition senator decries slow motion court packing plan
The Montana liberal condemned the Senate compromise bill to appoint one new judge per year as a veiled subterfuge and a violation of the Constitution. He likened it to how courts were treated in Germany and Italy and called the proposal slow motion packing of the court.
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Germany
Italy
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Madrid Offensive Advances In Civil War Clash
Government defenders of Madrid formed an offensive and captured Quitorna 18 miles west, driving toward Brunete and opening a road junction 21 miles southeast. General Miaja said Madrid troops pressed insurgents on three fronts as insurgent claims conceded gains on the El Escorial front.
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Madrid
Quitorna
Brunete
Jose Miaja
Francisco Franco
el Escorial
Montana Weekend Forecast Partly Cloudy and Cooler
Partly cloudy conditions expected across Montana this Saturday and Sunday. A cooler spell will affect areas immediately east of the divide on Saturday with softer temperatures inland.
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Montana
Congress Mill at Otando Till Over Court Bill
Senate wrangling over Roosevelt court enlargement halted other business as lawmakers paused for seven three day recesses while the battle to enlarge the Supreme Court continues. House leaders forecast a do nothing period after appropriations are disposed of and Interior Department funding remains the only bill pending.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
House
Supreme Bench
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Rayburn
Interior Department
Chamber of Commerce Probes Butte Road Money Cut
Butte Chamber of Commerce reviews the state highway commission reduced allotment to district No 9 Silver Bow Deer Lodge Madison Beaverhead counties. A committee led by James H Rowe Judge Lyman Bennett Dr Peter Potter and Willard S Thompson reported after visiting the commission. The readjustments tie to Chapter 102 of recent legislative session laws and affect ten years of contraction work.
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Deer Lodge
Madison
Beaverhead
State Highway Commission For
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Highway Commission
James H. Rowe
Lyman Bennett
Virginia City
Peter Potter
Chamber of Commerce
Willard S. Thompson
Chamber
Legislative Assembly
Heat readings from unusual place names across the U S
A weather round up lists high temperatures at places with quirky names such as Frozen West Virginia Hot Coal Kentucky Torch Ohio and Frostproof Florida. Readings range from 82 to 123 unofficially with 103 official in Babylon Long Island.
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Hot Spot
Torch
Ohio
Hotcoal
West Va
Fla
Frozen
Coal Company
Coalville
Satan’s Kingdom
Conn
Hot Lake
Ore
Frostproof
Cooleemee
N. C
Coldiron
Babylon
Long Island
Re-Strike Call By Steel Workers Fails at Republic Plants
Youngstown Ohio July 9 A re strike call by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee for Republic Steel plants here apparently failed. Officials said no worker left the plants while Tom White head of the 8 W O C lodge claimed some did but had no report on numbers. A crowd of about 2000 gathered at the gates at 1130 a m as the strike deadline passed. Police and city officials monitored the scene.
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Ohio
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel
Tom White
W. O. C. Lodge
Republic
Carl Olsons
Hospital Patient Suffering From Tick Fever
Clarence O. Martin a 52 year old Milwaukee railroad signal man at Willow Creek is a patient at St James hospital with spotted fever. He was bitten June 21 and expected to recover with his wife at his bedside.
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Clarence O. Martin
Willow Creek
Milwaukee Railroad
St. James’ Hospital
Martin
Butte
Navy launches final search for Earhart in vast Pacific
The Navy presses a wide sweep to find Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan. The aircraft carrier Lexington with 62 planes heads toward the equator from Lahaina Roads after refueling in Hawaii. Accompanying destroyers Drayton Lamson and Cushing join the hunt as planes patrol Gardiner and McKean islands and other Phoenix group western outskirts.
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Navy
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Lexington
Equator
Hawaii
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Lahaina Roads
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Lamson
Cushing
Aviatrix
Frederick J. Noonan
Howland Island
Billings Man Dies in Navy Plane Crash
A Navy seaman from Billings Montana Seaman W H Myers was killed when a plane from the battleship Arizona plunged into Puget Sound near Three Tree Point. Bruce Harwood an aviation officer was injured after leaping clear and aided by local boys Lawrence Feetham and Thomas Donovan who pulled him from the water.
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W. H. Myers
Billings
Mont
Bruce Harwood
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Three- Tree Point
Here
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T. W. Metcalfe
Lawrence R. Feetham
Thomas Donovan
Young Feetham
Bremerton
Wash
Naval
Myers
Government predicts record wheat and corn crops this year
Washington experts forecast the grain harvest will fill bins with 882 million bushels of wheat and 2.57 billion bushels of corn, the largest wheat crop in six years and the biggest corn crop since 1932. The crop board says production will meet growing needs despite drought and rust damage in the winter wheat belt.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Crop Board
Dyer May Repudiate Confession
Albert Dyer a 39 year old laborer in Inglewood faced a possible change of stance after his jail cell breakdown. He reportedly cried that he did not commit the murder of three schoolgirls and showed mild resignation since his Sunday confession. The shift followed an examination by Dr. Edson H. Steele a psychiatrist.
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Los Angeles
Upi
Albert Dyer
Inglewood
Edson H. Steele
White House moves to block sugar legislation
Representative Cummings of Colorado said the administration seeks to kill the domestic sugar industry after a White House communication blocked consideration of Representative Jones Texas bill. Roosevelt letter argued the measure discriminates against Hawaii Puerto Rico and Cuba in refined sugar imports.
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White House
Representative Jones
Texas
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House
James Roosevelt
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