Roosevelt touts common sense farm program in Amarillo
President Roosevelt spoke to a large agricultural audience in Amarillo on a program to aid farmers, prevent overproduction and low prices, and raise purchasing power for rural workers. He cited three program parts and named Representatives Marvin Jones Lyndon Johnson and Maury Maverick who seek reelection.
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Amarillo
Texas
Roosevelt
Administration
Marvin Jones
Lyndon Johnson
Maury Maverick
Senate Fight Likely Over Appointments Snubs
President Roosevelt faces a possible Senate clash as he appears to snub anti court bill senators Byrd Glass and McCarran with recent high office nominations. The nomination of Governor Alfred of Texas to a federal judgeship could intensify the dispute and provoke further opposition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Byrd and
Glass
Virginia
McCarran
Nevada
White House
Alfred
Texas
Montana State to Build Pharmacy Chemistry Facility at MSU
Montana state education board approves a 250000 project to construct a pharmacy chemistry building at Montana State University in Missoula funded by a 112000 PWA grant and a 138000 loan. The board also weighs a 250000 library museum project for the School of Mines at Butte if state share is secured.
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Helena
Montana State University
Missoula
State Board of Education
PWA
School of Mines At
Butte
Francis Thomson
Paul C. Phillips
Service Committee
Phillips
Warren H. Stillings
Missoula County
Officer Finds Name on Police Blotter by Mistake
Chief Jailer Charles Rodda sees his name on the police blotter with a disturbance entry. The arrest was made Sunday by Rodda’s son Officer Del Rodda. The defendant forfeited a $10 bond in police court.
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Charles Rodda
Rodda
del Rodda
Monopoly investigation aims to study causes of economic concentration
Senator O'Mahoney declared the monopoly investigation not a hunt for lawbreakers but a careful, objective study. He outlined questions on competition suppression, interlocking directorships, bank and business relations, and whether underwriters influence corporate policy.
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O'Mahoney
Federal loans to support wheat prices expected
Washington officials said federal loans to support the wheat price are certain as the crop reporting board pegs the 1938 wheat yield at 967,412,000 bushels the second largest on record. The 750,000,000 bushel threshold triggers mandatory loans to hold grain off the market at favorable rates near 5 to 85 cents per bushel.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Spring Wheat Production Near Record Forecast
The federal crop reporting board forecast spring wheat production at 251,987,000 bushels for 1939, above 188,891,000 last year and above the 1927-36 average. Officials noted acreage increases were resisted by Minnesota and North Dakota growers seeking higher eligibility for soil conservation payments.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Midwest
Agricultural Department
Accere
Minnesota
North Dakota
Soil Conservation Program
H. A. Tolley
AAA
More Play Is on King's Schedule
Windsor dispatch reports King George VI recovering from gastric influenza after a spell of illness blamed partly on royal duties. Queen Elizabeth will host a Buckingham Palace presentation party tomorrow night, while the king rests for days to preserve strength for a royal visit to Paris next week.
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Windsor
England
George VI
Duke of Windsor
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Paris
Van Nuys Nomination Seen as Formality for Indiana Democrats
Indiana Democrats gather in Indianapolis for a convention that analysts say will renominate Senator Frederick Van Nuys amid New Deal support. The meeting also signals Paul V. McNutt as Indiana’s choice for the 1940 presidential nomination with a plank endorsing his White House bid.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Hoosier
Frederick van Nuys
Roosevelt
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Paul V. McNutt
White House
van Nuys
Platform Advisory Committee
McNutt
United States
Philippines
City Accepts PWA Oiling Plan With $43,665 Federal Share
The city council voted to accept a PWA oiling project for streets, with city funds over $24,000 and a federal grant of $19,665. Work must start within eight weeks from June 28 and finish within four months. A planning report urged storm and sanitary sewer work, new machine shop space, drainage improvements, and street repairs around former streetcar tracks.
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PWA
John Lindquist
Jack Healy
Roy Beadle
Arthur Mehrens
Rebels Advance Toward Valencia in Spanish Civil War
Three Insurgent armies pushed toward Sagunto and Valencia as Francisco Franco aimed to enter Sagunto and collapse the Loyalist defense before July 17. Fierce fighting raged high in the Sierra Espadan with insurgents sweeping the heights toward Segorbe to seize key defense points.
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Hendaye
Sagunto
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Sierra Espadan
Segorbe
Don t Vote for Me Plea From Silver Bow Sheriff Candidate
Chief of Police W H Breen filed for the Republican sheriff nomination in May and was named head of the police department on June 1. He announced a wish to withdraw his candidacy but cannot remove his name from the ballot by law.
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Plea of Silver Bow
W. H. Breen
Hughes lands in Moscow completes second leg of world flight
Howard Hughes and four crew members reached Moscow at 4 13 A M EDT after a record 16 hour 38 minute flight from New York to Paris. Weather delays delayed takeoff from Le Bourget Paris but Hughes proceeded after studying charts. The pilot denied any damage to landing gear and aimed to beat Wiley Post's round the world record.
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Floyd Bennett Field
Howard Hughes
New York
Paris
U.P
Hughes
Moscow
Howard Hughes Globe
Richard Stoddard
LE Bourget
Wiley Post
Atlantic
Lockheed
Great Circle
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Russia
Folding gear on Hughes plane stirs safety fears
Paris observers unfamiliar with retractable landing gear feared for Howard Hughes round the world flight after the wheels failed to extend on takeoff for Moscow. Spectators gasped as the wheels disappeared into wing pockets and reporting radios declared all was okeh.
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Paris
France
Howard Hughes
Moscow
Okeh
Summer Band Concert Series Opens At Clark Park
The city council announces the summer band concert series beginning tonight at Clark Park. The Montana State band performs at 8 o'clock with plans for about 20 concerts, alternating with the Butte Mines band, schedule including Clark Park July 12 and other venues in July.
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Clark Park
City Council
Montana State Band
Fred Seubert
Butte Mines
Montana State
Cinders
Anselmo
Montana
Two Drownings Reported At Box Elder Creek Picnic
In EKALAKA Montana on Sunday two local youths died in Box Elder creek during a Webster community picnic. Carol Colbo 19 slipped into deep water and Chester Bailey 20 attempted a rescue but both drowned. bodies recovered. Carol was daughter of late Senator Colbo of Fallon county.
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Ekalaka
Box Elder Creek
Here
Carol Colbo
Chester Bailey
Webster
Colbo
Senator Colbo
Fallon County
Montana Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds and Showers
Partly cloudy conditions dominate western Montana while eastern areas face potential showers and thunderstorms Tuesday. Cooler air moves into the eastern regions Tuesday as conditions trend toward a cooler pattern statewide.
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Montana
New York by Thursday Aim of Aviators
Howard Hughes flight headquarters in New York announced a traveling itinerary suggesting a return by Thursday night or Friday morning. The plan includes long hops from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk Siberia Yakutsk Fairbanks and a final 3380 mile leg back to New York, aiming to beat Wiley Post's 1933 solo record by about three days.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Moscow
Hughes
Krasnoyarks
Siberia
Yakutsk
Fairbanks
Alaska
Wiley Post
Post
Montana boards cut state tax in educational bond levy
Montana state board of equalization ordered a tax cut of about 500 000 dollars per year to take effect in the November 30 payments. The reduction lowers the educational bond interest and sinking fund levy from 10 12 to 4 12 of a mill, affecting the assessed value levy only.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
F. A. Dye
Equalization Board
Roy E. Ayers
William Hosking
Lewistown
Ayers
Board of Equalization
Tragic Drowning Of Two D. A. Couch Girls
In Laredo on July 11 two sisters Drusilla Maxine 11 and June Ethel Couch 10 drowned in a reservoir 11 miles southeast following a flood that ruined their family home. Bernice 11 and cousin Rena May Sanquine 13 escaped. Sanquine rescued by Glen Couch. Drusilla leaped in to save her sister but could not swim.
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Glen Couch
Bernice
Drusilla
Golie
Young Couch
Wheeler Will Not Campaign In Montana Primary
Helena July 11 Sen Burton K Wheeler returned to Montana and announced he would take no part in the upcoming state primaries. He said he seeks only to see that clean and decent men are nominated. He cited four reasons for a hoped upturn in national business: good crops, low inventories, spend lead program, and closer gov ernment business ties. He warned railroads face distress but expect relief from administration actions.
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Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Wheeler
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House Agriculture Committee
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School of Mines
Senator O'Mahoney
Wyoming
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King
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Yank Aviators
Flyer
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