Administration wins test on neutrality act revision
Washington reports the House foreign affairs committee backed Hull's plan to drop the arms embargo in the neutrality act and adopt unrestricted cash and carry sales. Vorys offered an embargo clause amendment but failed 11 to 9. The measure follows Hull's proposals and aims to ease wartime arms sales restrictions.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cordell Hull
Sol Bloom
DN. Y
Hull
John M. Vorys
R-O
Roosevelt Deflects 1940 Nomination Question At Press Conference
President Roosevelt dodged a direct answer on the 1940 Democratic nomination after a Look magazine headline quoted Earl Ickes backing a third term. He noted he had met leaders from 48 states and dismissed the question as foolish, offering no further comment. In Anaconda, two killed and two wounded as Enoch Huckoveh ran amok, fatally shooting Assistant Chief Edwin E. Stuart and Albert Oldhaber. police wounded Huckoveh, who then surrendered. Over 1,000 people gathered as he was whisked to Deer Lodge penitentiary. The spree began around 4:30 p.m.
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Roosevelt
Iowa
Garner
Anaconda
Enoch Huckoveh
Edwin E. Stuart
Albert
al) Oldhaber
Bert Jones
Stuart
Huckeveh
Huckoveh
Jones
M. P. Mahoney
Nick Sladich
Sladich
Third
Birch Streets
E. FE. Stuart
AL Oldhaber
Oldhaber
Huchoveh
Paradise Bar
Fourth
Birch
Louis Matelich
Floyd Bissiere
William P. Halloran
Matelich
Halloran
Callon’s
Butte, Anaconda
Hukoveh
Paradise
Birch Street
Third Street
Bissiere
The
Hitler Welcomes German Troops From Spain War
German and Italian legionnaires who fought for Franco in Spain were greeted home. Hitler addressed 18,000 Germans in Berlin and praised Franco’s 1936 revolt. Naples hosted 20,000 Italian legionnaires with royal and official celebrations. Mussolini to review them in Rome.
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Hitler
Spain
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Lustgarten
Germany
Flict
Thefuehrer
Franco
Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Mussolini
France
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Edouard Daladier
July Jubilee in Butte Seeks Urgent Funds for Nine Day Celebration
Treasure State Jubilee campaign directors urge immediate contributions for July 1 to 9 festivities in Butte. Funds aim to ensure a successful event that will bring back thousands spent locally, attracting about 50,000 visitors. Donations welcome at the Chamber of Commerce or city hall.
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Campaign
Butte
Chamber of Commerce
City
Montana
Butte Doctors Plan State Medical Convention in June
Butte hosts the annual Montana Medical Association convention June 28 29 and 30 with Dr H H James reporting a strong program of entertainment and a notable speaker lineup including Dr Rock Sleyster president of the American Medical Association Delegates from Silver Bow include Dr A W Morse E S McMahon T J B Shanley H H James and Harold Schwartz Alternates are C R Canty D E Hale A R Sievers Lee W Smith Alfred Karsted Approximately 250 doctors are expected for the Montana gathering with Dr Sleyster as banquet speaker at Finlen hotel June 29 and Dr C E Emery as toastmaster Continued on Page 2 Col 7
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Medical Association of Montana
Silver Bow County Medical Association
Butte Town Club
H. H. James
Rock Sleyster
American Medical Association
St. Louis
Montana
Finlen Hotel
Sleyster
Wauwatosa
Wis
C. E. Emery
Montana Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy and Warmer
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Montana on Wednesday and Thursday with rising temperatures on Wednesday. No precipitation is expected and conditions should stay dry across the state.
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Montana
Memorial Rites by Butte Pioneer Club Honors 23 Fallen
Several hundred members of the Butte Pioneer club gathered in Legion hall for memorial services honoring 23 members who died in the past year. The program featured H F Pissot as chairman, James T Finlen Jr delivering the memorial address, and Dr W J Sullivan sounding taps. Over a dozen local artists contributed musically, with invocation by Rev L E Jones and the audience singing Nearer My God to Thee.
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Butte Pioneer Club
Legion Hall
H. F. Pissot
James T. Finlen Jr
W. J. Sullivan
J. Walter Keller
George Berryman
Martha Bowden Davies
Evelyn MaePherson
Ben Wright
Nan Tretheway
Viola Stanger
E. M. Gittens
E. B. Stanger
J. C. Kartchner
Hazel Kartchner
Fritz Lenz
Edward Lousen
James Cummins
Margaret McHale
Helen Davis
Sylvia Backholm
Frank Heffern
Wilfred Davis
L. E. Jones
God
Mr. Finlen
Man Quizzed In Onooting Wigh Managed Royalty
A 45-year-old welder Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor was brought to Westminster police court on a charge of illegal firearm possession with intent to endanger life or property after firing a sawed off shotgun near the Duchess of Kent in Belgrave Square. His case was adjourned for a week as investigators probe whether the shot targeted royal figures or was a random act. Scotland Yard opened a terrorism probe into Belgrave Square incident and a window damage at the Princess Royal’s home.
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London
Duchess of Kent
Ledwedge
Vincent Lawlor
George
Westminster
Belgrave Square
Lawlor
George Andrew McMahon
George VIII
McMahon
Scotland Yard
Princess Royal
Courage of Thetis Crew Described by Disaster Survivor
Stoker W. C. Arnold one of four survivors reports the Thetis disaster from the surface after the submarine sank. Ninety nine men died as the crew debated escape and tried to pump out water before Captains Cram and Woods made their fateful attempt to reach the escape chamber.
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Courage of Thetis
London
Stoker
W. C. Arnold
Thetis
Arnold
Davis
Cram
Bi partisan push to ease fed aid for aged faces GOP warning
In Washington a bipartisan House effort to simplify federal aid for the aged drew Republican cautions to proceed slowly. Rep Treadway warned that rushing could collapse the system and jeopardize Social Security. Rep Fish called lifting the maximum aid from 15 to 20 dollars a month a political trick without changing state matching rules.
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Washington
Representative Treadway
R.-Mass
Representative Fish
R.-N.y
Heat Expected in Washington for King and Queen Visit
City braces for a humid day with the royal procession and officials in heavy formal attire. Weather forecasts call for heat around 92 degrees and a possible afternoon thunderstorm, with rain chances remains uncertain.
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Washington
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Briggs Manufacturing Strike Settled With Auto Plants To Reopen
Federal Labor Conciliator James F. Dewey announced a settlement ending a two-week Briggs Manufacturing strike that idled about 70,000 workers. The agreement, endorsed by Briggs representatives and the CIO United Automobile Workers, will be put to a union mass meeting for ratification before the eight Briggs plants and seven suppliers resume production, likely by Thursday or soon after.
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Detroit
James F. Dewey
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Dewey
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers’ Union
Briggs
Shooting ends career of Anaconda police chief
Assistant Chief Edwin E. Stuart was fatally shot in Anaconda after earlier showing courage in a 3 year old confrontation. In February 1936 he confronted two would be burglars at the J. P. Stagg store on East Park, commanding them to surrender before taking cover at a rear window as shots rang out.
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Anaconda
Edwin E. Stuart
Stuart
J. P. Stagg
East Park Street
Steve Smollack
Flood legislation delayed in Congress this year
Washington dispatch reports no general flood control legislation this session. Leaders said the flood control committee would not consider broad measures before next January, citing existing authorizations and sufficient projects to absorb anticipated appropriations in coming years.
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Washngton
General Flood Control Committee
Sailor Vaughn Acquitted in Long Beach Murder Case
William D. Vaughn an 18 year old sailor tied to the U S Vincennes was cleared in a superior court verdict on charges of killing a Long Beach organist. The jury also acquitted him of two counts of robbery and automobile theft connected to a fatal assault on Clarence M McCann in the Palos Verdes hills on March 26.
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Los Angeles
William D. Vaughn
U.S. S. Vincennes
Long Beach
Clarence M. McCann
Palos Verdes Hills
Citizens Day Program Set At Legion Hall Tonight
Several hundred foreign born residents including new citizens gather for a Citizens day program at American Legion hall under Silver Bow post and A G T club. WPA teachers assist with citizenship education as the program opens at 8 o clock with songs dances and speeches led by local officials and groups.
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American Legion Hall
Silver Bow Post
The
American Legion
A. G. T. Club
WPA Adult Education Naturalization Division
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New Deal
Look
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Mining City Club
AGE Adultange Campaign
Stuart Hurt
Sailor
J. J. Lynch
Fred Lehn
America the Beautiful
Joseph H. Toole
American Legion Americanism Committee
Bishop’s School of Dancing
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Columbia
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Evan Roberts
Lowell W. Johnston
Cleg
James Murphy
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Fred Edwards
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