Roosevelt and Congress push five point reform before adjournment
Washington reports President Roosevelt and leaders agree on pursuing five policy goals before adjournment. They seek a maximum hour and minimum wage, judiciary reorganization, low cost housing, revenue loophole closure, and a sugar bill. A two week timeline is seen, with talks of possible October recess for agricultural legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Judiciary
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Barkley
Congress
Winter wheat harvest under way statewide with uneven yields
Helena July 28. Harvesting of winter wheat is in progress across Montana with yields varying and generally poor. The Weather Bureau reports hot, dry conditions favored irrigated crops but hurt dryland crops. Last week was the hottest since July began and rain was scarce in most farming areas.
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Helena
Weather Bureau
Tientsin Battleground as Japan Declares War in North China
Foreigners seek shelter in basements as artillery rains on Tientsin amid street fighting between Chinese and Japanese forces. Tokyo dispatches report Chinese raids on three Japanese rail stations, with Japanese air and naval actions targeting Tangku and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
Japan
China
Tokyo
North China
Peiping
Tangku
Naval Office
Appendicitis Strikes Scout After Washington Trip
A second Boy Scout from the Silver Bow area who attended the national jamboree in Washington D C has fallen ill with appendicitis. George Kennedy of Anaconda, Eagle Scout honoree at the jamboree, had an emergency appendectomy at St. Ann's Hospital in Anaconda Monday night. William Argall of 909 South Main Street returned from Minneapolis where he had appendicitis surgery on July 12 while en route home from the jamboree.
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Washington, D. C
Silver Bow
George Kennedy
Anaconda
St. Ann’s Hospital
William Argall
South Main Street
Minneapolis
Rock Creek rancher badly injured in truck crash
George Stephens a 65 year old Rock Creek district rancher near Philipsburg was struck by a lumber truck on the Skalkaho road and taken to St. Ann's hospital. He suffered fractured ribs broken arms crushed knees and near scalping while walking with Clyde Daniels. The truck driver Hoyt Stevens said he sounded the horn and Stephens moved into the center then was hit.
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George Stephens
Rock Creek
Philipsburg
Skalkaho
St. Ann’s Hospital
Stephens
Clyde Daniels
Hoyt Stevens
Angus McDonald
Daniels
Edison associate John White Howell dies at 79
John White Howell, close associate of Thomas A. Edison and 1924 Edison medal winner for incandescent lamp work, died of pneumonia at 79. He lived in Newark, New Jersey, and began working for Edison in 1881 after studies at Rutgers and Stevens Institute of Technology.
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New York
John White Howell
Thomas A. Edison
Newark
N. J
Mowell
Edison
Rutgers
Stevens Institute of Technology
Buffalo Ends Eight Day Food Embargo After Driver Strike
Buffalo New York drivers vote to accept a compromise contract with wholesale grocery merchants ending eight day food embargo. They will return to work and expedite supplies to shelves lacking staples. San Francisco also reports a 89 day hotel strike called off with reopenings and four year peace agreements.
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San Francisco
Buffalo
N. Y
Ms.t
Police Radio Transmitter Planned for Butte Cars
Butte to upgrade police comms with short wave transmitter at the station and receivers in patrol cars. Mayor Hauswirth said the council budget committee approved the 1937 38 plan, contingent on tax levies set August 9, with installation as soon as possible.
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Butte
C. A. Hauswirth
Montana Weather Outlook Thundershowers East
Unsettled conditions in Montana Thursday and Friday with likely local thundershowers in the eastern portion and cooler air moving in from the east on Thursday.
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Montana
House approves amendment to wage hour bill extending limits
Labor leader Representative Wood wins House approval for a provision allowing a board to set minimum wages up to 70 cents an hour and a maximum 35 hour week. The change, opposed by Senate supporters, prompted predictions of defeat. Vandenberg warned the measure risks the American system of industry.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Representative Wood
Missouri
Missouri State Federation of Labor
Senate
House Committee
Norton
New Jersey
Vandenberg
Michigan
Deposits Rise in Montana State Banks
Montana state banks saw deposits grow by 3.399 million dollars in the last fiscal year. At year end June 30 1937 deposits in 74 banks totaled 57.359 million dollars, up from 54.960 million the previous year. Resources also increased by 2.583 million dollars over the prior year.
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Helena
W. A. Brown
Brown
Porcupine Monarch Quietly Reigns Over West Side Dogs
A porcupine arrived on West Broadway and settled at the A B Christie home. Local dogs approached the animal, pulling quills from its mouth with pliers after the porcupine defense failed. By yesterday the creature had lost most of its quills and sought a quiet hiding place.
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Laurels
West Side
West Side Dogtown
Christie
West Broadway
Efforts to curb Court Power Spark New Senate Row
Washington July 28 Senator Minton Democrat Indiana pressed to curb Supreme Court power to invalidate acts of Congress. Wheeler Democrat Montana warned the move could revive the court fight just as a settlement seemed near.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Minton
Indiana
Congress
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Montana
Bomb strikes during royal parade in Belfast
Police said a mine planted in Belfast caused the explosion during King George and Queen Elizabeth's coronation visit to Ulster. An additional plot to wreck trains was uncovered, tied to extremist Irish Republicans amid escalating violence along the northern border.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
George
Queen Elizabeth
Ulster
Londonderry
Temple Patrick
Antrim
Irish Free State
King
Third Soviet Polar Flight Starts Today
FAIRBANKS Alaska July 28 A source reports a third transpolar Russian air flight planned from Moscow at 6 am MST tomorrow The four motor plane would carry four or five persons and be piloted by Segismund Levaneffsky nicknamed the Lindbergh of Russia
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Moscow
Segismund Levaneffsky
Lindbergh
Russia
Lions Club Sunshine Camp to Expand After Summer
L. H. Graham president announces extensive improvements at the Lions Sunshine camp in California. Plans include enlarging the main building to accommodate more children after the camp closes for the season.
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Lions’ Club
L. H. Graham
Evacuation Planned for About 675 Americans in Peiping
The U S government may move roughly 675 American citizens from Peiping amid Chinese Japanese fighting. Secretary Hull announced the possibility after an American marine was wounded, signaling dangers to foreigners. Anxiety rose as 10 to 15 Americans reportedly stayed in a fire and bombardment zone. President Roosevelt hinted he could forgo his weekend yacht cruise if the Far East crisis persists. During the day Welles.
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United States
Heiping
Hull
Peiping
Roosevelt
Welles
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