Solons Eager to Quit Washington
Administration leaders plan rapid conferences to decide how much of Roosevelt's program to abandon for adjournment. Senator Barkley acknowledges growing adjournment sentiment and promises Senate action soon. Debate continues on minimum wage hours for industry and court reform, with adjournment as a backdrop.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Supreme Court
Senator McNary
LaFollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
McNary
Silver Bow budgets proposed for 1937 38 exceed previous year
A Silver Bow county budget of 726 847 64 for 1937 38 with anticipated revenue 787 566 95 was released by County Clerk Addis A McGrath. Budgets were reviewed by the county commissioners with final action due August 9 to set the tax levy. In the county general fund 395 818 88 was asked and 367 979 98 allowed. The school district budgets totaled 872 068 48 up from 824 671 20. A 5 per month raise for janitors in Butte schools was proposed.
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Silver Bow
Addis A. McGrath
City Free Public Library
Silver Bow County
Maybelle Hogan
Emmet O'Brien
Board of County Commissioners
Dan D. Sullivan
Miss Hogan
Fred Taylor
Margaret Leary
Butte
Thomas Ranch
Victoria Forsythe
George Russell
Ramsay
Jesse Swoford
Thomas Connor
Hilary D. Tate
Elmer H. Pond
Melrose
Hogan
Bombing Fears Rise as Sino Japanese Hostilities Surge
Renewed fighting at Peiping raises casualties on both sides and sparks wide chaos in north China. Japan demands evacuation of Chinese 37th division and 29th army from Peiping Loukouchiao and Papho shan barricades, threatening major armed action if not met by noon.
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Tokyo
Peiping
North China
Japan
Sung Chen-Yuan
29Th
Loukouchiao
Papaoshan
San Francisco Hotel Strike Ends After Workers Vote
The San Francisco hotel strike ends as 1,531 workers vote 1,531 to 614 to return to work. Hours and wage disputes will go to arbitration, ending 87 days of closures at 19 downtown hotels and costing over seven million dollars to hotels and workers.
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San Francisco
U.P
San
Withering barrage drives Loyalists from Brunete woods
In Brunete battle near Madrid insurgent artillery forced government troops to retreat from forested trenches. Heavy casualties on the north woods as the front along 30 miles west of Madrid held under continued offensive. Madrid militia faced hours of bombardment around Villanueva de la Cañada and Quijorna as insurgent infantry attacked with tanks.
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Madrid
Brunete
Spain
Chateau- Thierry
Villaneuva de la Canda
Quijorna
Villaneuva
New Deal Attack by Young Democratic Group
A coalition claiming 125,000 members in nine states drafted a declaration denouncing the New Deal and Roosevelt’s policies. Chairman W. E. Porter of Hopkinsville Kentucky announced plans to affiliate with a national group. The document criticizes Russian influence and silent cooperation with the administration, listing several regional organizers.
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Young Democratic Group
NEW Deal
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
W. E. Porter
Hopkinsville
Mr. Roosevelt
Committee For Industrial Organization
Kentucky
Jeffersonian Democrats
Joe Bailey Humphrey
Texas
Young Democratic Clubs
J. Ira Harrelson
Georgia
Hilda Gale Green
Illinois
Montana Legion and Auxiliary Open State Convention
Lewistown hosts the Montana American Legion and auxiliary meeting with more than a thousand visitors and delegates. National leaders address the joint session as Department Commander Clarence Olson presides. committee appointments and resolutions are announced, followed by a dinner dance.
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Lewistown
Montana American Legion and Auxiliary Convention
Legion
Auxiliary
Clarence Olson
William Dissly
Earle Genzhlinger
Butte
Paul G. Armstrong
Illinois
Leo Temmey
Huron
S. D
O. W. Hahn
Fred Lehn
Ed Shields
Great Falls
George Davis
Helena
G. D. Boiseilier
Anaconda
Ed Sadler
Cut Bank
Ben Daggett
Havre
Walter McManus
August
John Stagg
Sam Glick Glasgow
E. R. Blackstone
Chinook
W. T. Parker
Roundup
Fred Nissen
County Attorney to Quiz Pair in Hit and Run Death
Gildo Chiamulera and Sam Hoar, arrested after the fatal hit and run of Arthur Koski, 25, a WPA worker. They were to appear before County Attorney John K. Claxton as a car with possible blood evidence was found. Koski’s body lay near the Great Northern trestle west of Meaderville.
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Gildo Chiamulera
Sam Hoar
Arthur Koski
John K. Claxton
Chiamulera
Hoar
Arc Light
East Park Street
Koski
WPA
Great Northern
Meaderville
Mary Koski
East
Mercury Street
Elmer
Honolulu
Sherman & Reed Mortuary
77 Montanans Highway Crash Victims in 1937
Helena July 26 1937 Montana highway patrol supervisor Lou Boedecker announced 77 Montanans died in traffic accidents statewide during 1937. He noted the toll was 17 higher than the previous year and 17 more than the total on the same date last year.
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Helena
Lou Boedecker
Montana State Highway Patrol
Montana Board Approves Two New Irrigation Projects
The Montana state water conservation board authorized construction of two irrigation schemes in the northeast. The East Fork of the Poplar river project near Scobey will irrigate about 2,000 acres at an estimated 30,000 dollars with WPA labor and partial material funding. The Bainville project near Bainville will store 2 300 acre feet and supply about 4,000 acres at roughly 100,000 dollars with WPA support.
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Bainville
Poplar
Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Montana Water Conservation Board
Montana
Roosevelt County
Poplar River
Daniels County
The
Water Board
J. C. Corey
Works Progress Administration
Ayers
J. 8. James
Rockwood Brown
Billings
Warden
Great Falls
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
Corey
Scobey
Shotgun Creek
Steel Plant Violence Rocks Corrigan-McKinney Site
Civil unrest at Republic Steel Corrigan-McKinney plant in Cleveland leaves at least 40 injured and 15 arrested as clashes with strike pickets stretch from early evening into the night. Police clear a path for the morning shift amid 1,000 strikers and sympathizers. a striker dies after a car strikes him during the afternoon clash.
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Cleveland
Corrigan-McKinney
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic Steel
Corrigan - McKinney
Wroker
Republic
National Guard
John Creeny
Reclamation Bill Advances to President for Gila Project
Washington action completes approval of a 42 million dollar reclamation program for the current year. The House and Senate backed a 700 thousand dollar Gila project appropriation and other items, sending the Interior Department bill to the White House. Montana Sun River 300 thousand, South Dakota Belle Fourche 130 thousand, Grand Coulee Washington 13 million, Casper Alcora Wyoming 650 thousand, Riverton 200 thousand, Shoshone 710 thousand. Senate also passes McCarran bill to limit freight trains to 70 cars after a day of debate.
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Arizona
Gila
Interior Department
Clude
Montana
Sun River
South Dakota
Belle Fourche
Washington
Grand Coulee
Wyoming
Casper-Alcora
Riverton
Shoshone
House
Senate
McCarran
Illness confines Col. Edward M. House on 79th birthday
Manchester Mass July 26 Colonel Edward Mandell House wartime adviser to President Wilson is confined to bed tonight on his 79th birthday.
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Manchester
Mass
Col
Edward Mandell House
Wilson
Bunco Men Fleeced Sheep Herder in Butte
A 62 year old Swiss sheep herder, Frank Ercer, was swindled out of his life savings by two strangers in Butte. After meeting at Park and Arizona streets he handed over his money, leaving only about $2 as deputies hunted the con artists. He had been staying at the Southern hotel on East Broadway. The case follows a similar scam used on a previous sheepherder, Gongu, years ago.
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Butte
Gongu
Frank Ercer
Ercer
Martinsdale
Selway
Dillon
Larry Weir
Southern
East Broadway
Park and
Arizona Streets
Montana Weather Forecast Clarity
Partly cloudy in Montana for Tuesday and Wednesday. Cooler air expected in the northeast portion Tuesday.
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Montana
Lightning Ignites 37 Fires in Forests of Idaho
An electrical storm last night started 37 fires in Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forests in north Idaho. Smokers were blamed for two new fires in the Lolo forest, both of which were controlled.
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Spokane
Wash
Idaho
Nez Perce
Clearwater National
Forest Service
Lolo Forest
Marines Escort Americans As War Looms In Peiping
American marines were ordered to the gates of Peiping to escort citizens to the embassy amid clashes between Japanese and Chinese forces at the city gates. The tense scene suggested Japan and China were rushing toward war as ammunition supplies were distributed and squads formed.
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Peiping
U.P
Japan
China
Quake Death Toll Mounts as Mexico Sees Big Damage
A devastating earthquake last night devastated Vera Cruz and Pueblo states. At least 30 bodies were recovered with many injured as communications failed. A medical train was sent from Orizaba toward Maltrata where the hardest hit area shows half the town destroyed and ongoing search for survivors continues. The epicenter lay about 114 miles southeast of Mexico City near Maltrata.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Pueblo States
Orizaba
Maltrata
National Seismic Observatory
Middle West Cool Wave Edges Toward East
The midsummer cool wave from the Middle West moved eastward replacing heat beyond the Alleghanies. Forecaster J. R. Lloyd noted readings in the 90s in Montana, 72 in Minneapolis and Chicago, with 50s and 60s in parts of the Great Lakes region. Rain possible in eastern Great Lakes, New England, New York and Atlantic states.
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Middle West
Associated Press
Alleghanies
North Central States
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago
Montana
Minneapolis
Great Lakes
Lloyd
New England
New York
Atlantic States
Missouri Valley
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O'Brien
U.S
Hanoi
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State Conservation Board
Congress
Colonel House
Bunco
Banco
Weather Forecast
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