Food crisis nears peak as U S feed shortages loom
Montana Congressman Wesley A D Ewart warns the national food shortage link to flour mill shutdowns and Europe demand He cites low reserves for feed concentrates and potential government subsidies that may boost livestock output while restricting numbers, risking meat eggs and milk shortages.
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United States
Montana
Wesley A. D’ewart
Montana Wool Grower
Europe
America
D’ewart
Montana Wool Growers
Carl Hansen
Washington
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Ralph Fields
American Feed Manufacturers Association
O’ewart
Why Communists Fear Free Elections
In France recent elections show Europeans favor free ballots, as Communists lose when choices are real. The piece argues postwar Europe largely lacked true pluralism, cites Maurice Thorez’s wartime escape, and urges the State Department to push for genuine elections in Balkan and central European nations.
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France
Europe
Soviet Union
Hitler
Stalin
Maurice Thorez
Russia
Constituent Assembly
Department of State
Iraq Floods Recall Ancient Calamity Amid Broad Deluge
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers overflow in Iraq renewing memories of a historic flood era. Across the region floods threaten the fertile plains while nearby areas recover from border floods in Idaho. The story notes archaeologist Harold Peake linking floods to biblical flood cycles.
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Kootenai River
Idaho
Tigris
Euphrates
Iraq
Harold Peake
Question of Limiting President Term Up Again
The article traces historic and current debates on restricting presidential terms, noting past proposals for a single seven year term and a four year limit with unlimited re elections. It discusses arguments against restricting leadership to prevent monopolies and ensure qualified continuity versus the risk of entrenchment and bureaucratic capture.
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House
Grant
Taft
Coolidge
Senate
Democrats
White House
Believer Credits Bat For Run of Hits
A baseball player argues certain bats produce more hits and prizes his bat above all others. He claims his success comes from an 15 bat that he trusts to deliver hits.
Franklin D Roosevelt and Patterson Rivalry in New York Press
The piece recalls Joseph Medill Patterson of the Daily News as a combative editor who initially backed Roosevelt but later opposed him. It notes Patterson’s rough character, lavish staff gifts, and willingness to fight boycotts, while detailing allied figures like Fiorello La Guardia and Raymond Hood, plus staffers such as Imogene Stanley and Paul Gallico in Patterson’s turbulent New York newsroom.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Medill Patterson
Roosevelt
Patterson
New York
Daily News
Hitler
Fiorello LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Charlie MacArthur
Pavl Gallico
Jomp’s
Mark Hellinger
Tex Guinan’s
Salvin
Jack Kirkland
Tobacco Road
Reginald Marsh
Imogene Stanley
Canada
Jomp
Prince of Wales
Raymond Hood
Ray
Uptown
Obituary Tribute to Westbrook Pegler and Fellow Patriot
The piece lauds Patterson and Hood for their architectural decisions in Ossining noting a janitor's taste seen in furnishing and exposed pipes turned to glassed portholes after compromise. It portrays Hood as a generous patriot whose motto was My country, right or wrong, and contrasts loyal friendship with public vilification.
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Patterson
Hood
Ossining
Jomp
Russia speeds timbering with new saw models and power plants
Russia accelerates timber operations with two new saw models weighing 28 and 44 pounds and larger numbers of operating power plants. Tests continue on a smaller electric motor cutting branches as Moscow reports expand felling efficiency and branch stripping.
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Russia
Moscow
Gemini Horoscope for June Fifth Highlights Love and Prosperity
The Gemini forecast notes lovers may accept engagements that could lead to marriage this afternoon. Business fears ease as current problems resolve and prosperity begins. Government control of services is seen as inevitable if labor and management settle terms. Latin America gains interest for the year, with a constructive financial outlook for the birthdate group. Children born today are sensitive but mature with high ideals.
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Latin America
Parks says Hollywood role mirrors real life marriage
Larry Parks jokes that his real wife Betty Garrett and costar Evelyn Keyes stage a sham romance while filming The Story of Jolson. He notes off screen his marriage to Garrett remains distant, as Keyes plays his Jolson love interest in the musical drama.
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Hollywood
U.P
Larry Parks
Evelyn Keyes
Parks
Betty Garrett
Miss Keyes
Miss
al Jolson
Columbia
Jolson
Evelyn
New York
Betty
Coal Industry in Decline Across Nations
The piece argues coal's central role fades as railways switch to diesel or electric, ships use oil, and homes rely on oil gas or electricity. It notes rising production costs, labor shortages, and wage pressures while plastics, substitutes, and atomic power reshape demand. The outlook stresses uncertainty for miners and lingering debate among scientists.
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United States
Great Britain
TVA
John L. Lewis
John Lewis’ Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis’ Union
Europe
The Coal Industry Faces Transition to Non coal Era
The piece discusses a projected shift from coal to new energy uses. It cites John L. Lewis and miners’ wage pressures, nationalization in Britain, slave labor and Stakhanovism in Russia, and argues coal remains a dying yet disruptive commodity as society adjusts to a non coal future.
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John L. Lewis
Great Britain
Russia
Secrets in the Family Closet and Financial Truths
The passage urges open discussion of family finances and plans with children. It argues secrets create limitations, advise early training toward truth, and warn that overindulgence breeds lack of boundaries and future entitlement. It emphasizes transparency to foster healthy growth.
Make Children Partners of the Household
Angelo Patri argues for early family lessons on money limits religion and behavior to prevent costly upheavals. He urges teaching traditions by daily example and inviting children into daily life as partners so they mature with responsibility and safeguard family secrets.
Labor settlement details raise questions about control and aims
Washington reports on the Krug Truman coal settlement with John Lewis. The government seized mines and brokered a tax funded trust for miners. Critics say the deal favored Lewis and bypassed operators, with unclear value and potential legal issues.
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Washington
Krug
Interior Department
Lewis
Congress
Union
Truman
Local youth milestones and business changes across Centerville and Butte
Martin Gilmore returns from University of St Louis to Centerville after medical training in St Louis. Catherine McCoy and Margaret ODonnell win scholarships at St Mary College Leavenworth. Bud Mitchell tours Butte after Creighton dental studies. Mudro brothers buy half the Atlantic Café in Butte. Mount Bethel Epworth League elects officers for 1936-37. Mary Creeland and Pearl Matthews finish Normal School in Dillon and return home.
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Martin Gilmore
M. F. Gilmore
West Center Street
Centerville
St. Louis
University of St. Louis
Christian Brothers High School
Carroll College
Helena
Girls Central High School
Catherine McCoy
Margaret O’donnell
St. Mary College
Leavenworth
Kan
Miss McCoy
Bud Mitchell
Mary Mitchell
North Jackson Street
Dental College
Creighton University
Butte
Joe
Charlie Mudro
The
Atlantic
West Park Street
Paul Reichle
Jack Dever
Mudro Brother
West Broadway
Mount Bethel Epworth League
Elmer Nichols
E. J. Saunders
William Kitt
Archibald Chapman
Elsie Nichols
Myrtle Oates
William Bowden
Irene Oates
Great Falls
Mary Creeland
Pearl Matthews
Walkerville
Dillon
Landlord Question Provokes Roof Repair Warning
A Glasgow report recalls a man who asked an official, Who is my landlord, and to whom do you pay rent. He said he had lived in the house nine years without paying rent, but warned that unless the roof is repaired soon there will be a row.
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Glasgow
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