Roosevelt and Barkley Cruise Bay to Shape Congress
President Roosevelt and Senate Democratic leader Senator Barkley of Kentucky spent the weekend aboard the presidential yacht Potomac on Chesapeake Bay. They discussed goals for a possible legislative program including a wages and hours bill and low cost housing, with observers unsure whether Congress will remain in session or adjourn.
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Washingon
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Today and Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann
The failed bid for presidential control of the federal courts ends attempts to alter judicial independence. The five month conflict solidifies a constitutional tradition prohibiting impairment of judicial independence, making it a binding usage akin to the Electoral College rule.
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Walter Lippmann
Senate Committee
Freepeople of
America
Roosevelt
Fire Claims Mother and Three Daughters in Fredonia
In Fredonia New York a early morning fire killed Mrs William Logan 36 and daughters Gerty 15 Mary Ann 12 and Jean 2. The husband and three sons escaped by jumping from a second story window. Coroner George E Blood cited undetermined origin and the family’s efforts to reach a window as the bodies were found nearby.
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Fredonia
N. Y
George E. Blood
William Logan
Gerty
Mary Ann
Jean
Logan
William Jr
Edward
Jack
Montana State Band to Offer Summer Concert in Butte
The Montana State band under veteran director Martin Cesare will perform the second summer concert in front of Washington Junior High School tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. Sponsored by the city, the series alternates between the Butte Mines and Montana State bands. Cesare, a longtime leader, studied in Italy after starting as a pianist and losing three fingers.
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Washington School
Montana State
Martin Cesare
Butte
Washington Junior High
Butte Mines
Cesare
Montana
Italy
Northwest
Boys’ Central High School
Legionaires
Fighting shatters North China truce amid renewed war fears
Fighting between Japanese and Chinese troops at Lanfang midway between Tientsin and Peiping shattered the North China truce and revived fears of wider conflict. Japanese claim Chinese fire sparked the clash with heavy casualties on both sides and bombing of Chinese barracks. Shanghai reports note martial law and Japanese bluejackets hunting a missing seaman, while tensions rise over the North China crisis as Japanese forces move inland.
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Tientsin
Lanfang
Peiping
China
Shanghai
U.P
Chapei
Pao Shan Road
Chapel
International Settlement
North China
LaGuardia weighs independent bid amid mayoral turmoil
The New York Times reports Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia may reject a Republican nomination and run as an independent in November. He doubts Republican leaders’ good faith and considers a Copeland bid in a GOP primary potentially harmful to his re election chances.
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New York
New York Times
Fiorello H. Laguardia
Laguardia
Royal
Copeland
N. Y
Tammany
Early action on reorganizing plan doubtful
Washington report says swift action on President Roosevelt's executive reorganization plan is unlikely due to a split among legislators. The joint congressional committee released a record of three months of secret hearings showing no agreement on major points such as civil service expansion, GAO reorganization, and subordination of independent agencies like the ICC. The commission had urged stripping the accounting office of veto power over agency expenditures.
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Washington
Rosevelt
Joint Congressional Committee On
Deny
Congress
Civil Service
General Accounting Office
Interstate Commerce Commission
President's Commission
The
Accounting Office
Two Held in Connection With Death
Two men, Gildo Chiamulera and Sam Horn, were jailed in separate facilities as police probed the hit and run death of Arthur Koski a WPA worker about 25. Koski’s body was found on East Park Street with extensive injuries and possible dragging. Coroner Duff announced an inquest.
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Butte
Arthur Koski
WPA
Gildo Chiamulera
Sam Horn
Koski
East Park Street
Great Northern
Jack Duggan
Horn
Chiamulera
Arc Light
Duggan
Sherman & Reed
Elmer Koski
Honolulu
South Pacific
Mary Koski
Zimmerman Grocery
East Mercury Street
Mike Duff
Four Montanans die in separate accidents
Anaconda reports Arthur Slavatis a 35 year old Porter's Corner rancher died after his car left the road and plunged down a 300 foot embankment on Flint Creek hill near Philipsburg. Patrick FE O'Brien 65 a watchman at the Anaconda Copper Mining reduction plant died after falling 18 feet from a stair at a rooming house. James Edward Purdue 20 drowned in an irrigation reservoir on Blacktail creek eleven miles south of Dillon.
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Anaconda
Arthur Slavatis
Porter’s Corner
Slavatis
Flint Creek
Philipsburg
Flint Creek Hill
Patrick FE. O’brien
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
O'Brien
Dillon
James Edward Purdue
Blacktail Creek
Network of Spies Along French Borders Revealed
Paris reports reveal a spy network along France frontiers following the arrest of French aviator Jean Sellier on charges of divulging military secrets to Germany. Counter-espionage questioned Sellier in Chaumont after a home search uncovered German aviator names, correspondence with the German consul at Brussels, aerial photos, frontier maps, eight pricey photo units, and German origin development apparatus valued in the thousands.
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Paris
France
Mediterrean
Jean Sellier
Germany
Pially
Chaumont
Sellier
Brussels
Montana’s Golf Champions Uncrowns Two-Time Champ Jones
Jones defeats George Sarsfield of Butte by 7 and 6 to win the 21st annual Montana amateur golf title at Anaconda. Mrs Tucker defends her title by winning at the 19th over Mrs Ross of Kalispell to become state links queen for a fourth time.
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Jones
George Sarsfield
Butte
Montana
Anaconda
Tucker
F. B. Ross
Kalispell
Brunete Battle in Spain Ends with Insurgent Victory
The Brunete engagement near Madrid becomes the deadliest clash of the civil war with heavy losses on both sides as government forces lose the village and mount renewed counterattacks. Rival air forces clash in extensive operations amid night fighting and shelling under a full moon.
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Madrid
Brunete
Navalcarnero
Weather forecast for Montena region
Partly cloudy with a warm trend continues through today and Tuesday. Highs remain warm and pleasant with mild evenings, and no significant precipitation expected in the period.
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Montena
Father Held as Child Burned in Los Angeles
Police jailed 33 year old Leonard Jeffcoat on suspicion of murder after a fire killed four year old Mildred Jeffcoat who was asleep in the living room. Capt J C Cutting said Jeffcoat admitted he slept on a sofa with a lighted cigarette as his wife and brother went to a store for groceries.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Leonard Jeffcoat
J. C. Cutting
South Gate
Jeffcoat
Davenport
Mildred
Butte Golfer Jones Captures 1937 Montana Title On 30th Hole
Eugene Jones, age 211 years by local humor, wrested the Montana golf crown from defending champ George Sarsfield at the 30th hole 7 and 6. Mrs Frank Tucker of Anaconda won the women’s championship one up on the 19th against Mrs F B Ross of Kalispell. Dick Hughes 16 won the junior title and W C Capron with Henry Shaw of Anaconda took the senior event at the 21st annual Montana Golf Association tourney.
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Eugene Jones
Butte Country Club
Montana Golfdam
George Sarsfield
Butte
Jones
Sarsfield
Tucker
Frank Tucker
Anaconda
F. B. Ross
Kalispell
Ross
Dick Hughes
Billings
W. C. Capron
Henry Shaw
Montana Golf Association
Thomas Mulholland
Steve Seman
Charles
Woods Fire Controlled by CCC Boys
Fifty CCC boys from Thundere bolt camp controlled a five acre forest fire in Nez Perce canyon near Elk Park. Windfall and green timber mixed in the area as ranchers alerted officials at 10 am Sunday. A heavy shower at six last evening halted further spread.
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CCC
Thunderebolt Camp
Nez Perce Canyon
Elk Park
Butte
Boy Scouts Earn Awards At Camp Court Of Honor
Butte Boy Scouts received advances in rank and merit badges at a court of honor ceremony Saturday night at Camp Lowlands. Recipients include Rich ard Robbins for first class and Billy Booth and others for second class. Merit badges conferred span pathfinding to life saving with names like Kenneth Beal Elmo Beal Or ville Beal Duncan Campbell Walter Campbell John Castleton Harold Haman and Thomas Dee among others.
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BOY Scouts
Butte Boy Scouts
Camp Lowlands
Frank L. Riley
Clark Veatch
Don Pearson
R. E. Paulson
Ed Moyle
Richard Robbins
Billy Booth
John Canty
Ralph Cole
Bill Morrison
James Mountjoy
Bill Rae
James Reardon
Donald Savage
Bob Stanbury
Leslie Waddell
Kenneth Beal
Elmo Beal
Orville Beal
Lewis Burdick
Duncan Campbell
Walter Campbell
John Castleton
Bill Collins
Thomas Dee
Harold Haman
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Guy Shearman Peterkin Jr
Seattle
Montana State Band
Janet L. Wohlsen
Lancaster, Pa
North East River
Elkton
Gene Jones
Weather Forecast
CCC Boys
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