Britain to Drill Civilians as Air Raid Defense Expands
In the House of Commons, Stanley Baldwin outlined Britain’s plan to boost air power from 844 to 1,304 planes over four years and drill 47 million civilians for air raid defense. He said the Rhine, not the Dover cliffs, is the first line of defense and signaled tolerance of Germany rearming due to air threat.
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London
U.S
Great Britain
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Council
Baldwin
England
Dover
Rhine River
British Isles
U. S
United States
Britain
Navy
Continent
Britannia
Al Smith Moves to Silk Stocking District in New York
Former presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith, longtime downtown Manhattan resident near his East Side birth area, has leased a floor in an upscale apartment on upper Fifth Avenue. The unit is in the famed silk stocking district overlooking Central Park.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Upper Fifth Avenue
Silkstocking District
Central Park
East Side Residents Seek Volunteer Fire District in Butte
A petition filed with the county commissioners requests creation of a Fast Side volunteer fire district in Butte. It lists 129 property owners and signatures certified by the county assessor. The proposal, sent to the county attorney for opinion, would authorize a special tax levy to fund the department.
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Butte
Fast Side
Board of County Commissioners
East Side
Hundreds of Fighters Tackle Forest Fires in District 1
Rain arrives easing tense forest service operations in Missoula district 1 as crews battle multiple blazes across Idaho and Montana fronts. TheWatch-tower blaze near Darby expanded to 2 500 acres on the Idaho side. Carmine Creek, Fire Mountain, Indian Creek and Copper Creek fires show varied progress with thousands deployed. A 600 CCC crew aided a large blaze along Lolo Creek, while Indian Ridge fire near Selway remains quiet after burning 209 acres.
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Missoula
Darby
Idaho
Mountain Divide
West Fork Ranger Station
Carmine Creek
Sula
East
Bitter Root
Beaverhead
Fire Mountain
Salmon
Selway River
Indian Creek
Copper Creek
Lolo Creek
Orofino
Forest Service
Clearwater Protective Association
CCC
Indian Ridge
Selway Forest
Selway
Moose Creek
Robert Johnson
Mrs Roosevelt Goes Incognito on San Francisco Visit
In a rare quiet moment Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt packs her own luggage, buys road maps, pays a hotel bill, and sets off toward Portland to join F D R. She declines interviews, yet autograph seekers mob her as she explores a modest hotel and shares space with Lorena Hickok.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Portland
Lorena Hickok
No Funds Approved for State Repeal Convention
Helena. July 30. No appropriation was made to fund a state convention to ratify the amendment repealing national prohibition. Delegates’ expenses may be approved by the state board of examiners and sent to the next legislature. Delinquent tax money may pay retired high school warrants or fund county high schools, with distributions adjusted to avoid inequity.
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Helena
Raymond T. Nagle
State Board of Examiners
Vernon Haven
Plentywood
Nagle
Cool Showers Bring Relief to Butte After Hot Day
The western air brought a 7:30 p m shower that eased Butte’s heat after a sultry spell. The day’s high reached 91, with a drop to 81 at one point, and more showers were forecast.
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Butte
Mercury
Mother jailed for torturing 8 year old daughter
Los Angeles July 30 Consuela Aceledo admitted holding the 8 year old daughter’s arm over a gas flame as a warning to obey and was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail on a battery plea.
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Los Angeles
Consuela Aceledo
NRA Claims 30 Percent Job Gain in Can Makers
The National Recovery Administration cited a 30 percent employment rise in the can manufacturing industry over the past year as proof that blue eagle codes are aiding recovery. Washington reports the figures as NRA evidence of progress.
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Washington
NRA
Morgenthau Seeks Silver Policy Clarification On Visit
Secretary Morgenthau faces questions about the federal silver buying program as he returns from a Montana ranch. He notes the policy did not significantly ease Western drought conditions, saying it didn’t do much for the drought.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Montana
Bootlegger arrests rise after repeal, federal drive on
Washington reports a surge in bootleggers and liquor law violators facing federal prisons. If current monthly commitments hold, 3,656 offenders would be jailed in a year, compared with 3,337 in the prior year. Morgenthau notes Treasury enforcement increased with repeal to capture internal revenue taxes.
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Washington
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Pacific coast longshoremen settle strike end
The Pacific coast longshoremen and other maritime unions moved to end the labor walkout. Seamen voted 4305 to 509 to submit grievances to arbitration and 12 000 longshoremen plan to return to work at 8 am tomorrow. Masters mates pilots and Marine Engineers also said they would end their strikes.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
International Longshoremen’s Association
Roosevelt
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
William J. Lewis
Hamilton Multiple Birth Sets New Record at Lab
Hamilton reports a public health lab record birth of 11 toadlets from a Yakima valley horned toad named Joe E Brown later renamed Josie Empress Josephine. Nine survive, two died. the brood dines on houseflies as scientists observe.
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Hamilton
Dionne
Yakima Valley
Joe E. Brown
Josie
Empress Josephine
Martial law seizes New Orleans voter registry
National guardsmen entered the city registration office under cover of darkness and took control of the voter list for the September congressional primary. Gov. O K Allen cited irregularities and ordered partial martial law to shield registrars, while Mayor Walmsley dismissed the move as an opera bouffe performance.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
O. K. Allen
Walmsley
City Hall
Montana Weather: Partly Cloudy and Warmer West Tuesday
Partly cloudy in Montana on Tuesday and Wednesday with warmer temperatures in the western portion.
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Associated Press
Montana
Livingston
Fred House
Northern Pacific Railway
Great Falls
Miles City
Billings
Hamilton
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Butte
FDR Daughter Anna Roosevelt Dall Granted Divorce
Anna Roosevelt Dall, daughter of the president, won a divorce from Curtis B. Dall in a 10 minute hearing before District Judge Clark J. Guild. The court doors were closed out of deference to President Roosevelt. Custody terms were approved but not released. The couple married in Hyde Park eight years ago amid society circles.
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Anna Roosevelt Dall
Minden
Roosevelt
Curtis B. Dall
New York
Clark J. Guild
Noah M. Apple of Lewistown Dies
Noah M. Apple 58 a federal land loan agent for the central Montana district died in Lewistown after suffering a stroke at work last week his death announced today.
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Lewistown
Noah M. Apple
Montana
Threshing Engine Blast Kills Eight in France
Eight wheat harvesters were killed and several injured when a threshing engine exploded today in Mort France. The blast set fire to grain and a farmhouse, authorities said.
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Mort
France
Nazi Rebellion Tests Austria After Dollfuss Death
Vienna reports a growing Nazi challenge to the reorganized Austrian regime amid the Dollfuss murder trial. Emil Fey testified that Dollfuss asked Dr Anton Rintelen to seek peace, while defendants Otto Planetta and Franz Holzweber faced trial for the chancellery raid and the assault on the chancellor.
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Vienna
U.P
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Anton Rintelen
Emil Fey
Dollfuss
Rintelen
Italy
Dolluss
Fey
Otto Planetta
Franz Holzweber
Helena Man Appointed Assistant Relief Director
Dr. W. J. Butler, state relief administrator, announced the appointment of Dr. D. M. Warren of Helena as administrator's assistant. Warren has served five years on the state veterinarian staff and will take leave of absence from the livestock sanitary board. He has toured Montana counties and dealt with the state's needy in recent years.
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D. M. Warren
W. J. Butler
Helena
Warren
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Dean T. C. Spaulding
Missoula
Montana
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