Wallace Lets Farmers Lock Wheat Loans At Low Rates
Secretary Wallace announced price supporting loans on 1938 wheat to cooperating farmers at 59 to 60 cents a bushel at farms and local elevators. Cash returns to borrowers range from 50 to 81 cents per bushel based on grade and distance to markets, using a base rate system from 67 to 81 cents for principal terminal markets. Only producers cooperating with the wheat control program qualify for these loans.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Fugitives Captured After Gun Battle In Montana
A dawn gun battle in the Crazy Mountains south of Livingston ended the flight of 130 teenage runaways from a South Dakota reformatory. A girl and a boy, Virgil Britton and Loretta Masahek both 17, were wounded. William Morrison, 17, suffered two bullet wounds. All injured were taken to a hospital in Big Timber.
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Livingston
Crazy Mountains
Montana
South Dakota
Taylor M. Darroch
Virgil Britton
Loretta Masahek
William Morrison
Ed Bartels
Big Timber
Russians Occupy Manchukuo Forward Position
Tokyo reports the foreign office spokesman says 40 Soviet troops occupy a key hill near Possiet Bay in Manchukuoan territory. Japan’s Kwantung Army fears complications if the Soviets do not withdraw and contemplates potential action to expel them.
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Tokyo
U.P
Foreign Office
Possiet Bayana
Japan
Kwantung Army
Arthur F. Mullen Dies Noted Attorney and Politician
Arthur F. Mullen, 65, a leading Midwest lawyer and Nebraska Democratic boss, died after a long illness. He served as national committeeman from 1912 to 1933 and influenced state party politics, resigning his post in 1933 at President Roosevelt’s urging. He remained a dominant figure in Democ ratic circles until recent months.
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Arthur F. Mullen
Nebraska
Mullen
Roosevelt
Omaha
Nebr
Midwest
Accidents Mark Roosevelt Coast Visit in July News
At Crockett California a state patrolman rode beside President Roosevelt and tore his trousers when a drop of a dropped item forced him to bend. In San Francisco sixty year old Tom Dolan fell into a fountain while seeking a better view of the president and was dried out at a hospital.
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San Francisco
U.P
Tom Dolan
President Roosevelt
Instructions to Judges for Silver Bow Primaries
County clerk Addis A. McGrath mailed instructions to 303 judges for the Silver Bow primary election next Tuesday. The letters outline voting rules and note a large ballot and expected high turnout. The official register will be split into two books from A to M and Mc to Z to speed voting. Judges are urged to ensure accurate counts and fair treatment for all candidates.
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Silver Bow
Addis A. McGrath
McGrath
Roosevelt calls for world armament reduction in San Francisco
President Roosevelt told a crowd at the San Francisco Exposition grounds that the United States stands ready to join with other nations in reducing world armament. He urged disarmament while reviewing ships in San Francisco Bay and inspecting Mare Island Navy Yard, signaling a proactive stance on international disarmament. He called the fleet a potent, ever ready fact in national defense and received a big ovation from spectators along the parade route.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
San Francisco Exposition
United States
San Francisco Bay
Mare Island Navy Yard
Fort Mason
North Beach
Youth Hurt in Fall From Utah Peak
A 24 year old Roger Carney of Salt Lake City is stranded near the summit of Mt Olympus after a fall. Deputy sheriffs and forest rangers launched a dangerous ascent to rescue him with a broken leg. Brayton White and Harold Rapp aided Carney and reported the incident prompting the search.
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Salt Lake City
Uwp
Forest Rangers
Mt. Olympus
Wasatch Range
Roger Carney
Brayton White
White
Forestry Service
Harold Rapp
Carney
Final testimony closes in Northwest crash inquiry at Billings
Final testimony and exhibits are to be presented Friday morning by a Commerce Department board investigating the Northwest Airlines transport crash near Billings airport. Chairman Robert T. Hoyt said findings will not be announced for two months or more. Charles Thomas of Lockheed testified the Zephyr series has a wing tip stall characteristic, with no evidence of structural failure found.
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Billings
Department of Commerce
Northwest Airlines
Washington
Robert T. Hoyt
Bureau of Air Commerce
Charles Thomas
Pasadena
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Four Northern States push changes in U S wheat control laws
Montana Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota agricultural interests urged a joint committee to work with western lawmakers for reform of the federal crop control program. They argued a blanket wheat acreage cut harms hard red spring wheat states and called for fair but not special treatment.
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U. S
Montana
Minnesota
Dakotas
Billings
North
South Dakota
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Department
Henry Sheffels
Great Falls
Montana Grain Producers’ Association
Shefield
South
Montana Veterinarians Open Two Day Convention
Montana Veterinary Medical association members began a two day meeting in Helena with talks on technical and historical aspects. Dr A C Morrow urged parallels with the Middle West as stock and land expand. Lieutenant Governor Hugh Adair praised the work saving millions and noted sheep scab absence for 21 years. Other speakers included Dr B K Kilbourne and Federal officials from animal husbandry.
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Helena
Montana Veterinary Medical Association
A. C. Morrow
Dillon
Morrow
Montana
Middle West
Hugh Adair
B. K. Kilbourne
Flathead County
H. F. Wilkins
W. G. Gilbert
L. M. Marshall
Federal Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Mercury Rises In Butte As Heat Reaches 86 Degrees
Butte records the warmest day of the year with 86 degrees and a four day dry spell. Residents complain and seek shade while Buster Leggat the hotel mascot laments the heat. Farmers welcome warm spell for crops as Montana crops near harvest. Homes glow with lawns and gardens thriving under sunny skies.
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Butte
Buster Leggat
Leggat
Buster
Montana
Flight of Hughes Shutters Records
Butte man Ivan Robertson longtime friend of Kalispell native Edward Lund followed Howard Hughes round the world flight with keen interest. Lund, now Hughes engineer, met Robertson in Kalispell childhood days and later moved to California to pursue aviation before joining Hughes in 1932.
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Howard Hughes
Edward Lund
Kalispell
Butte
Ivan Robertson
Western Union
Utah Street
Lund
Hughes
Robertson
Engineer Lund
Flathead
California
Mughes
Hughes Complete World Flight In 91 Hours 17 Minutes
Howard Hughes and four companions wrapped a 14 824 mile world circle in 91 hours 17 minutes to set an official record. Spectators cheered as the silver monoplane landed at Floyd Bennett Field at 11 37 p m M T. The official time used for the record was 11 34 10 p m M 8 S T.
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Floyd Bennett
N. Y
Howard Hughes
Texas
Hughes
American Aeronautical Union
Wiley Post
Post
Siberia
Paris
Yakutsk
Katharine Hepburn
New York
49Th Street
Chinese claim new victories in campaign to halt Japan offensive
Shanghai dispatch reports Embattled Chinese claim successes in defense of Wuhan Hankow and HanYang. They say Chinese planes sank 21 Japanese warships and disabled 19 vessels, with fighting along the Yangtze south shore, while noting rising doubts of holding the Wuhan area and possible armistice talks.
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Japan
Shanghai
U.P
Hankow
South China
Canton
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wuhan
Wuchang
Hanyang
Chinese War Office
Yangtse River
Hukow
Kiukiang
Sir Archibald Kerr
Oregon Faces Grave Fire Danger After Heat Wave
Portland reports forest fires threaten timber stands across Oregon as heat wave peaks and electrical storms loom, risking more blazes tonight and into the weekend.
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Oregon
Portland
Arizona Prison in Difficulties
Florence Arizona July 14 A crisis at the Arizona state prison climaxed by the escape of 18 convicts in six weeks caused Warden John C Eager to appeal to Gov. R C Stanford for help in preventing further escapes.
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Florence, Ariz
Arizona State Prison
John C. Eager
R. C. Stanford
Montana Weekend Forecast Looks For Fair Weather
The Montana forecast calls for generally fair conditions on Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. No precipitation expected and modest winds noted across the region.
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Montana
Boys Hurt In Explosion Of Dynamite Cap
Two Butte youths Marvin Maki ten and Eual Baker eighteen found a dynamite cap on Big Butte and lit it in a tin can. The blast caused deep cuts to Maki head arm leg and fingers while Baker suffered cuts to his leg arm chest and neck. They were treated at St James hospital and the danger of eye injury noted.
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Butte
Marvin Maki
Eual Baker
Big Butte
Colorado Street
Marvin
Eual
Warren Baker
South
Colorado
Chicago
Baker
John Maki
St. James Hospital
George Tregonning
Jack Treglown
Noted scientist Millikan in serious condition after operation
Rochester Minn July 14 Dr Robert A Millikan noted physicist of California Institute of Technology is reported in serious condition at Mayo clinic after gall bladder operation The surgeon said the condition is serious
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Rochester
Minn
Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Mayo Clinic
Millikan
Parley Adopts Refugee Plans From Big Three
At Evian on July 14 the international refugee conference of 32 nations formally adopted the plan from the United States Britain and France to find homes overseas for Europe's racial religious and political outcasts. The resolution creates a permanent refugee committee to negotiate with governments for orderly emigration of involuntary refugees making tomorrow's final meeting largely ceremonial.
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Evian
France
International Refugee Conference of 32 Nations
United States
Britain
Europe
Italian Fascist professors declare Italian race Aryan origin
In Rome on July 14 fascist professors declared the Italian people a race of Aryan origin, stating Jews do not belong to the Italian race. The report urged an Italian Nordic direction while denying German racial theory, though Il Giornale D Italia pushed Italy toward Nordic concepts.
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Rome
Italy
Il Giornale D'Italia
Virginio Gayda
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