Gains seen in many industries say Roper
Washington May 31 assurance that conditions in many lines of industry have improved in recent weeks was received today by Secretary Roper. Reports from 127 affiliated bodies show generally slight but noticeable gains with employment rising in line with business and hopes for faster progress under Roosevelt’s partnership plan. Industries cited include leather wool cotton textile electrical appliances automobiles office equipment furniture paint steel dry goods and meat packing.
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Washington
Roper
T of Commerce
National Association of Credit Men
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Cotton-Textile Institute
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
National Electric Manufacturers Association
Robert P. Lamont
Hoover Cabinet
American Iron and Steel Institute
Will H. Hays
Harding
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
Butte Death Notice for Josiah D Richards
Neighbors of Woodcraft drill team 26 meet at 1629 North Main Street this Thursday at 8 pm to attend services for Josiah D Richards. The remains lie at the family home from which funeral is Friday at 1 30 pm, Mt Bethel church services at 2 pm by Rev W J Vigus, I O O F at Mount Moriah cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodcraft
North Main Street
Josiah D. Richards
Mary Schand
Murphy and Rickert Remains Held for Funeral Service
The remains of Dennis Murphy are at Sherman & Reed funeral home ready for 8:00 AM Thursday mass at St Ann's Church with 8:30 AM service and Holy Cross cemetery interment. The remains of Rebecca Rickert are at the designated place Thursday afternoon awaiting service.
Lions Meet Draws 900 In Butte Convention
Reservations pour in as Lions Club members prepare for a Montana Alberta gathering in Butte. Troy Evans, assistant convention manager, estimates about 900 visitors will attend the June 8 9 and 10 event in the mining city.
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Lions’ Club
Montana
Alberta
Troy Evans
Butte
Delegates Named for London Meeting Delegation
A Washington based delegation led by Hull prepares for the London conference on postwar security. The eight day Atlantic voyage includes experts in finance tariffs and trade to advise on settlement issues. Members include former Governor James M. Cox and Senator Couzens plus advisers such as James P. Warburg Herbert Feis and Henry Morgenthau Jr.
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Hull
London
State Department
Washington
Atlantic
James M. Cox
Ohio
Chirman Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
MacReynolds
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ralph W. Morrison
San Antonio
Tex
Couzens
Michigan
James P. Warburg
New York
Fred K. Nielsen
Herbert Feis
Agriculture
Tugwell
Frederick E. Murphy
Minneapolis
Henry Chalmers
Victor
Clark
A. E. A Frank
Delaney
Walter R. Gardner
George C. S
Harry C-Manekins
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Charles W. Taussig
Benjamin B. Wallace
Leslie A. Wheeler
James Wilson
Montanan Cheats Death in River
Morse N. Ives of Mineral county narrowly escaped drowning after his car plunged off the St. Regis bridge into the swollen Missoula river. The incident occurred yesterday as floodwaters swirled through the Montana town of Superior.
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Superior
Mont
Missoula River
St. Regis Bridge
Morse N. Ives
Mineral County
Rites Held For Wm Charles Wilson
In this city yesterday morning William Charles Wilson, age 50, died. The body is at Sherman Reed funeral home. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 pm from the family residence 1809 Phillips street with interment in Mt Moriah cemetery. Rev Edward Smith will officiate at 2 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edw. Smith
Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Francesconi Remains At Duggan Chapel
The remains of Alex Francesconi lie at the Duggan chapel with funeral time and place to be announced later. Sherman and Reed Funeral Directors are listed at 131 EB Broadway with phone 3221.
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Sherman & Reed Funeral Directors
Broadway
Funeral notices for Edna Kelly Jennet Collins and George Clark
The funeral for Mrs Edna Kelly will be held at 2 p m today at Richards funeral chapel conducted by Rev E J Groeneveld with burial at Mount. Jennet Collins wife of Dr Walter Collins died yesterday at 1215 West Copper Street The body is at Richards funeral home Time and place of the funeral will appear in later papers The body of George Clark will arrive from Oakland California tomorrow morning with time and place of funeral to be announced in later papers
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Clark
George Clark
Oakland
Cal
Orsatti Remains Viewable Before Meaderville Funeral
The remains of Jacqueline Theresa Orsatti may be viewed in Merrill mortuary Paradise room until Thursday afternoon before removal to 2 Noble Street Meaderville for a funeral at 9 o clock Saturday morning at St Helena's Church with Mass of the Angels at 9 30 Interment planned.
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Orsatti
Jacqueline Theresa Orsatti
Paradise
Merrill Mortuary
Noble Street
Meaderville
St. Helena’s Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Merrill Mortuaries Gateway Branch Receiver
Merrill Mortuaries Gateway Branch lists PAT R. GAGNER as Receiver with contact at 213 N. Montana and phone 3239.
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Merrill Mortuaries, Inc
Gateway
Pat R. Gagner
N. Montana
Montana Power chief warns on building more plants in Northwest
The Montana Power Co. manager Kerr says proceed slowly on new stations as Montana and neighbors face surplus. He cites 1.2 billion kWh yearly excess after Morony, $20 million in idle assets, and a moratorium request to the federal power commission for Flathead. He notes 900,000 kW surplus across Washington Oregon Montana. Kerr and his wife also toured Chicago and found the World's Fair worthwhile.
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Montana
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Flathead
Kerr
Morony
Montana Power Company
Power Company
Northwest
O'Sullivan
Columbia Basin Commission
Columbia
Grand Coulee
Mr. Kerr
Oregon
Northwest States
Montana Power
Chicago
Cross Word Puzzle Answer List From OCR Fragment
A compact listing puzzle clues and scrambled letters from a historical page. It merges across and down entries with partial answers and stray letters, including references to capitals, feminine names, abbreviations, and foreign terms.
Convicts From Lansing Prison Evade Capture Across Osage Hills
A deadly jailbreak chase grips Oklahoma with convicts from Lansing prison fleeing into the Ozark Osage hills. A warden and two guards were freed, a station agent robbed, and multiple victims reported as the posse hunts through rugged terrain aided by armed deputies and local citizens. The ringleader is linked to WilburUnderhill with other fugitives, while hope fades in a vast, hostile landscape.
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Ozark Badlands
Kansas State Prison
Lansing
Miami
Picher
Jess Weatherby
Triple Slayer
Wilbur Underhill
Life Termer
Weatherby
Underhill
Kirk Prather
Welch
Dee Watters
Harvey Bailey
Kansas
William New
Pleasanton
Kan
New Farm
Chotepa
Otto L. Durkee
Dennis Owens
Osage Hills
Frontier Us
Osage County
Okesa
Bartlesville
Watters
Henry Grammar
Here
Oklahoma
Osage
Nominations of Officers at Butte Lions Club Meeting
The Butte Lions Club nominated A A Dwight for president with Troy Evans as vice president Earl Bracken secretary treasurer Fritz Kontamer W B Frame tail twister Harold O Leary and Max Aptle as directors. If no other nominations are made, officers will be elected by acclamation next Tuesday.
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Butte Lions’ Club
Lockwood Cafe
A. A. Dwight
Troy Evans
Earl Bracken
Fritz Kontamer
W.B. Frame
Harold O'Leary
Max Apostle
Pat R. Gagner
Rotary, Exchange, Business and Professional Women
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis
Rotana
The
Legion
Masonic Temple
Charles H. Hatton
Winter Garden
Helena
Butte
Big Hole Basin
Wisdom
Louise Rubatto
Butte Club
Manager Won Probation In Assault Case
MADISON Wis UP Warren Bingham manager of a colored baseball team here admitted he did not want to try out for the Waupun prison nine and won probation from a sentence for assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Warren Bingham
Waupun
Notorious prison escape gang robs Katy train at Okesa
Al Spencer and Earl Thayer led a bloody Leavenworth escape and halted a Katy train at Okesa seizing 25000 dollars. The money was recovered. Thayer surrendered in a gaunt state and was sent to federal prison. Spencer died from wounds after a duel with a posse near Coffeyville Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Spencer
Earl Thayer
Leavenworth
Lansing
Okesa
Thayer
Coffeyville
Kan
Probers Face Threat Letters During Morgan List Hearing
The proceedings show Glass presenting letters threatening his life and planned others to be added to the investigation record. Senators hear about a 1929 Morgan United Corporation stock buyer list of nearly 300 names totaling about seven million dollars below market value. George Whitney defends the lists as risk distribution. Edgar Rickard is named but Whitney says he has no knowledge of him.
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Glass
Couzens
Michigan
Morgan
United Corporation
Utilities
George Whitney
Edgar Rickard
New York
Hoover
Whitney
Senate
Costigan
Colorado
Rickard
Hoover denies knowledge of Morgan company dealings
Paul Sexson, former Hoover secretary, reports from the Hoover home that the ex president had no knowledge or interest in transactions tied to the J. P. Morgan company. He stated Hoover refused any stock ownership or dealings during his terms as secretary of commerce and president.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Senate
J. P. Morgan Company
Paul Sexson
Hoover
Sexson
Commerce
Senator Costigan
Colorado
Mr. Hoover
Edgar Rickard
Morgan
Roosevelt Purd Rail Bill Action Returns To Plans
President Roosevelt aided in drafting the railroad bill with Senator Clarence Dill of Washington. With the rail issue clarified he shifts to general government reorganization and to drafting executive orders set for release later this week. Reorganization proceeds slowly due to controversial bureau transfers and eliminations. The forthcoming orders will not be drastic.
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Clarence Dill
Washington
Roosevelt
Wheat Parley Resumes After Geneva Review
London May 31 The international wheat conference resumed after a two hour session reviewing recent Geneva meetings. Delegates from the United States Canada Australia and Argentina spoke on the world acreage limitation to boost prices citing latest government advices.
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London
International Wheat Conference
Geneva
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
National Guard Inspection and Field Day Activities
Idaho Falls units A 116th engineers and F company Rigby head to Boise for summer encampment June 10 after inspection by Col. E. L. Shattuck. They will compete in rifle target shooting and other sports during annual field day events. A Nativity play was staged at Southwell cathedral, Nottingham, England, a 400 year first.
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National Guard
Idaho Falls
E. L. Shattuck
Boise
A, 116Th Engineers
F Company
Rigby
Southwell Cathedral
Nottingham
England
Montana Completes 1000 Man Emergency Conservation Corps Quota
Wolf Point and several western cities send 136 men to reforestation camps to finish Montana 1000 man EC corps quota. More than 200 recruits depart Great Falls for western camps. Thirteen hundred skilled woodsmen and 18 to 25 year olds join the effort, with 1100 tribal members involved on reservations.
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Wolf Point
Mont
Here
Montana
Emergency Conservation Corps
Great Falls
Daladier Government Voted Confidence In Parliament
In Paris on June 1 the Daladier government won a confidence vote in both houses. Premier Edouard Daladier retained support as the parliament sustained the government after the debate and roll call.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
California Banker Shot in Pasadena Duel
In Pasadena on May 31 a pistol duel over a business dispute left M. Vilas Hubbard bank vice president wounded three times in the right arm. Dr. H M Griffith, capitalist, was arreeted and uninjured.
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California
Pasadena
Cal
M. Vilas Hubbard
H. M. Griffith
Hubbard
Dr. Griffith
Montanans Visiting Montanans at Several Towns
A list of Montanans visiting from various towns including Billings Great Falls Helena Missoula and Livingston. Names linked to hosts and locations include Acoma Butte Finlen Arizona Leggat Grand and more. No further context provided.
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Acoma
Mr. and John Wilkerson
Hamilton
Ben Harwood
K. D. Moore
Billings
C. A. Browning
R. E. Brown
Helena
Arizona
C. E. van Horten
E. J. Goorahan
Livingston
C. H. Conley
Great Falls
Leggat
D. G. Ruffel
Missoula
William Rogers
Townsend
Grand
Loren L. Ware
Wise River
J. R. Harzan
Drummond
Large group of scouts examined for proficiency honors
A long list records several scouts gaining proficiency and merit badge honors. Names include Bersanti Jack Pachico Eugene Smith First class Charles Erb William Patterson Jack Shelton Junior assistant scoutmaster Cleveland Bishop Sea Scout ranks Kenneth Eisler Leo Maney Jr Apprentice John Prater Merit badges list many names with wood turning life saving pathfinding athletics electricity conservation woodwork zoology reptile study firemanship personal health carpentry bugu ling bird study and more with numerous individuals named across second and first class badges.
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Bersanti
Jack Pachico
Eugene Smith
Charles Erb
William Patterson
Jack Shelton
Cleveland Bishop
Kenneth Eisler
Leo Maney Jr
John Prater
Tom Barry
John F. Dougherty
Robert Hamilton
Aaron Marans
Herbert Mclean
Donald Anderson
Leonard Babcock
Charles Brennan
Truxton Connors
Edward Eva
Jack Carrolls
Jack Goggins
Jack Hoffman
Hugh Johnston
Jim Marcellis
Richard Robbins
Tony Mazzola
Russell Freeberg
Stanford press manager linked to unresolved cottage death
Lamson a Stanford press sales manager remained in jail with investigators unsure of the murder details. Blood stained clothing from multiple rooms and a 10 inch pipe found in a backyard bonfire fueled theories of a well planned murder. The case defied a definite suspect as officers weighed prowler and internal motives amid contradictions.
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Lamson
Stanford Press
San Jose
Earl Hamilton
Aford O. Brown
Stanford
Teachers Pay Cut in Madison County Virginia City Montana
Madison County districts plan seven to eight month terms next year prompting District No 1 to cut teachers salaries by 5 percent for the full nine month term. Indiana has been a member of the Union 117 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Virginia City
Mont
Indiana
Sherwood Back to Face Music in Walker Case
Sherwood prepares to answer authorities over Walker matter. He claims no salary or funds from Walker, says he acted for previous mayoral duties, and has lived mostly in the United States with his wife. He faces income tax claims exceeding 49000 dollars and a 50000 dollar contempt fine, with his home seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
State Supreme Court
George Walker
Sherwood
U. S
Russell T. Sherwood
Mexico City
Seabury
United States
Senate battles veterans cut echo across chamber
Illinois Democrat and Senate whip Lewis warned recalls would not yield results and reform lies in regulation. Borah and Johnson urged timely liberal amendments to aid veterans and address supposed wrongs. Byrons said July 1 cuts would be revised upward by presidential direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Illinois
Borah
Johnson
California
Independent Offices
Congress
Byrons
Idahow Girl Found Dead May Be Poison Victim
In Glenns Ferry Idaho on May 31 a 12 year old girl Georgia May Head was found near death and died after showing she hurt all over. Officials ordered an inquest to be held today as poison was found in the vital organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenns Ferry
Idaho
Georgia
King Hill
Kentucky Invests Average 82 Dollars Per Child in Schools
Kentucky reports an average expenditure of 82 dollars per enrolled child across school buildings. The figure highlights funding levels for student programs and facilities included in district budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
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