New Wheat Law Framed In Mussolini Italy
Rome reports Italy formalized a plan to seize three Ethiopian states, add them to Eritrea and Somaliland, creating a Roman empire claim. The cabinet also approved a totalitarian wheat law restricting private ownership, fixing prices for nationwide distribution in case of war, broadening state control of key industries.
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Rome
U.P
League of Nations
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Today and Tomorrow on Political Platforms
The piece argues that party platforms are often unreal and cannot predict four years of government action. Writers try to craft all‑encompassing schedules, but such platforms become long, dull, and ambiguous due to competing interests.
Montana farm prices ease in May led by grain drops
Montana farm prices fell seasonally in May across commodities except potatoes and eggs. Federal statistician J. G. Diamond noted gains in planting conditions influenced values with winter wheat at 78 cents per bushel, durum 66, and spring wheat 87. Corn held at 70 and oats at 36. barley slipped.
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Helena
Montana
J. G. Diamond
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Mines Completes Plans for Commencement Friday Night
The Montana School of Mines finalizes plans for the thirty fourth commencement on Friday night with only 100 seats left. Tickets to hear C. F. Kelley of Anaconda Copper Mining Co address the audience are issued at the registrar. The gymnasium and running track will be used to accommodate a likely large crowd. Thirty three degrees will be awarded including 21 bachelor of science, nine master of science, and several professional degrees.
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Montana School of Mines
C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining
Townsend Plans Going to Jail Defiance Over Pension Fight
Dr. F. E. Townsend hovers on jail as a defiant act against the Bell Congressional Committee probing the Townsend old age pension movement. Sheridan Downey says Townsend may refuse to post bond when indicted for contempt, risking imprisonment as a monument to political oppression.
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Los Angeles
F. E. Townsend
Bell Congressional Committee
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Sheridan Downey
Townsend
Townsend Pact Aims to Defeat Roosevelt in 1936
Leaders of the Townsend pension and share-the-wealth groups announced a merger plan on June 1 to unite efforts against President Roosevelt. Dr. F E Townsend outlined how the alliance would push pension schemes and wealth redistribution to influence the election.
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New York
Townsend Pension and Share-The Wealth Movements
Roosevelt
F. E. Townsend
Montana Weather Outlook Unsettled Yet Mild
Unsettled conditions expected Tuesday and Wednesday across Montana with occasional showers. Temperatures remain mostly steady, offering little overall change from current levels.
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Montana
Senate approves record peace time relief bill
The Senate passed a 2.428 billion deficiency bill with large relief program funding for next year. The vote was 62 to 14 and amendments pushed the total beyond the stated amount. Debates continued late as lawmakers added further relief provisions and considered resuming relief funding to the states.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dinner reservations for C F Kelley in Butte
The joint civic club banquet at the Masonic temple honors Cornelius F Kelley president of Anaconda Copper. Reservations must be made by 5 pm today at the chamber of commerce to help caterer prepare for about six hundred guests. Kelley arrives from New York to deliver the commencement address at Montana School of Mines Friday night.
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Civic Club
Masonic Temple
Cornelius F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Kelley
Butte
New York
Montana School of Mines
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Treasury opens 1 billion dollar bond sale in peace-time record
Treasury closes cash offering books after one day showing strong demand. Morgenthau calls the sale a great success as subscription books for conversion stay open until next Wednesday. Total offering 2.0597 billion, adding to the public debt and setting new low rates for the period.
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Washington
Treasury Tonight
Morgenthau
Scouts in Billings honor Mrs Hoover
Girl Scouts and leaders from Billings and nearby towns entertained national president Mrs Herbert Hoover in Billings. She arrived from Duluth Minnesota and attended a breakfast tea and banquet during the day.
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Scouts
Billings
Mrs. Hoover
Girl Scouts
Herbert Hoover
Duluth
Minn
Livingston man burned aiding tourists in gas line incident
J. Y. Colvin of Livingston severely burned when a tourist vehicle backfired while refueling. He rolled on gravel to smother flames and was treated at Murray Hospital in Butte. Tourists arranged to pay his hospital costs.
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J. Y. Colvin
Livingston
Butte
Colvin
Murray Hospital
Troops Move Into North China Amid Rising Tensions
North China brews under Japanese military reach as 10 000 plus troops surge into garrisons near Peiping Shangh ai reports say Gen Sung Chen Yuan wary of Nippon expansion. Students strike in Peiping and Tientsin forcing school closures while barracks rise at Fengtai and rumors of new outposts grow.
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North China
Twenty-ninth Route Army
Great Wall Passes
Hopeh-Chahar
Nippon
Sung Chen-Yuan
Peiping
Tientsin
Japan
Fengtai
Chungsiatien
Missing Youth Sought in East Rosebud Mountains
Walter Arnott 16 of Laurel disappears from a fishing party near Slough Lake two miles from East Rosebud lake. Officers and local volunteers search the wild Montanan terrain with hopes of finding him as fear spreads of a possible drowning.
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Billings
East Rosebud Lake
Walter Arnott
Laurel
Mont
Slough Lake
Montana
J. R. McFall
Red Lodge
Arnott
Sloan Predicts Recovery Growth
Alfred P. Sloan Jr. of General Motors predicts the nation will be 85 percent toward full recovery by year end after reaching 70 percent last year. He spoke in Minneapolis on June 1.
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Minneapolis
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors Corporation
Roosevelt Kin Commit Suicide in Argentina Office
Robert B. Delano, second cousin of President Roosevelt, reportedly died by his own hand at Gar ranaveras in the Argentine Chaco. Critica says he shot himself in the mouth last night in his office and died at midnight in the hospital at Resistencia.
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Buenos Aires
Robert B. Delano
Roosevelt
Barranaveras
Argentine Chaco
Critica
Resistencia
White Capo of Diate to Take Over City Today
The white caps of Montana host a three day convention of Florence Nightingale disciples in Butte. District No. 2 of the Montana State Association of Graduate Nurses welcomes attendees at the Finlen hotel with registration at 9 this morning and an evening banquet with Miss Pauline Mailer as toast mistress. Noted speakers include Miss Elnora Thompson and Miss Ethel Swope. Luncheon series begin at the Silver Bow.
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White Caps
Montana
Florence Nightingale
Treasure State
Montana State Association of Graduate Nurses
Finlen Hotel
Pauline Mailer
Murray Hospital
Elnora Thompson
School of Nursing
University of Oregon
Ethel Swope
New York
American Nursing Association
Butte
Helena Curtis
Silver Bow
Austrian Chief to Visit Il Duce
Vienna June 1 Kurt Schuschnigg chancellor of Austria left by train tonight to spend the remainder of the week in Italy. Officially for a vacation unofficially to discuss international events with Premier Mussolini.
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Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Italy
Mussolini
Forest Benefit From Western Montana Rainfall
Western Montana received useful rainfall as storm clouds moved eastward tonight. Glasgow reported the heaviest near .90 inch, with other stations recording .10 to .40 inch. The rain aided the Deer Lodge national forest by easing fire danger and aiding farmers, with benefits expected to last. Supervisors Ferguson and Joy praised the relief and predicted ongoing benefits beyond this event.
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Helena
Montana
United States
Weather Bureau
Glasgow
Deer Lodge National Forest
R. T. Ferguson
Charles Joy
Continental Divide
Several Die In Fight Around Nicaragua Presidential Mansion
Civilians including women and children were killed in clashes around Managua's presidential mansion in Nicaragua. The revolt also saw fighting in Leon where General Anastacio Somoza led about 2000 troops against the Acolasco fortress as diplomats monitored the crisis.
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Nicaragua
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Juan B. Sacasa
Managua
Leon
Anastacio Somoza
National Guard
Acolasco
Fletcher Warren
United States Legation
Sacasa
la Loma
Grazing Land Menaced by Grasshoppers in Boulder Valley
Deer Lodge national forest and adjoining state lands face severe forage loss as grasshoppers threaten over 10 900 sheep and about 3 000 cattle. R. E. Dickinson reports eight hoppers per square foot, risking zero forage by July 1 and affecting more than 50 stock raisers.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
Boulder Valley
Charles Joy
Joy
R. E. Dickinson
Whitehall
Mr. Joy
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