Death on Our Streets and Highways in Butte
A warning on reckless driving and hit and run incidents in Butte, Montana. Officials urge youth drivers and all motorists to obey traffic rules, reduce speeding, and curb drunken driving to cut the rising highway fatality risk nationally and locally.
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Butte
Henry
American Automobile Association
America
Montana
Ford
National Safety Council
John Boardman
Anaconda Company
National
Stern
McLeod
Tempest in a Teapot Over Steel Shortage
Washington debates steel supply and production capacity as a 1.4 million ton shortage looms amid calls for government action. Gano Dunn warned of oversupply yet officials see 91 million ton capacity as sufficient, while political pressures mount.
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Washington
OPM
Gano Dunn
United States
Dunn
Mr. Dunn
Steel industry crisis blamed on delayed rationing and infighting
The piece argues current steel capacity outstrips normal needs. It blames delays in rationing and disputes between dollar-a-year men and New Dealers for the shortage, noting idle workers and plants as the result of missteps before the emergency.
The Strange Talents of Secretary Ickes
A provocative critique portrays Harold Ickes as a fierce defender of public lands and a force behind expanding national parks under a new economic order. It argues his policies erode states rights and threaten traditional American freedoms while centralizing power in federally run watershed commissions.
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Harold Ickes
Washington
America
Ickes
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Olympic Peninsula
New Park
Cascade Mountain
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
United States
Language of Mars: wartime slang and shifts in English
A humorous comparison shows how a World War II machine gun report turns into Mars talk. The piece notes evolving English words and phrases after a War department sample from a gunner. It highlights a translator’s view of slang for combat drills and vehicle speeds.
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War Department
Mars
Doctor Urges Congressmen to Golf and Cuss More
A doctor comments that congressmen should golf and voice harsher critique. the editorial hints that excessive cussing is already common and plays on the idea of dialing up lawmakers’ frankness.
Lou Gehrig remembered for simple character and duty
The column praises Lou Gehrig as a modest, frugal, unpretentious great who inspired others. It notes his honesty, lack of showmanship, and steady devotion from early training camps to his final illness, arguing such virtue should be standard in humanity.
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New York
Lou Gehrig
Lou
Gehrig
St. Petersburg
Yankees
Tanglefoot Gehrig
Larchmont
Tanglefoot
Miller
Bill Corum
The
New York Journal
New Orleans
Gehrig’s Quiet Virtue Elevates a Great Player
Westbrook Pegler notes Gehrig’s unmatched character, praising his fineness and simple virtues beyond size and achievements. The piece recalls admired integrity and enduring respect for a man few have rivals in bearing.
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Gehrig
Unchecked Power in War Emergency Seizure Bill
Raymond Clapper argues against broad authorizations for the President to requisition property during national defense emergencies. He contends the bill’s wording is all embracing, lacks proof of necessity, risks abuse, and echoes past wartime commandeering failures led by Baruch and others. He urges direct, limited measures instead of sweeping powers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Patterson
Bernard M. Baruch
Army
Navy
Shipping Board
Grosvenor B. Clarkson
Council of National Defense
War Department
Clarkston
William G. McAdoo
Clarkson
Wilson
Baruch
War Industries Board
Crete's Law, War and Survival Through Ages
Edwin C. Hill uses Crete as a mirror for modern conflict tracing ancient law making in the Dictaea Cave and the Palace of Knossos. He notes Crete’s early writing, isolated city-states and failed unification yet enduring ingenuity in arts and law.
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Daedalus
Icarus
Wright Brothers
Crete
Dictaen Cave
Zeus
Minos
Dictaen
Mt. Sinai
Israel
Aegean
Clarence Streit
Face V8. FACE From the Atlanta Constitution
An Odd aside on Asian beauty and the cost of personal care appears as a playful quip in the Atlanta Constitution. The piece notes a large sum spent in beauty parlors annually, contrasting it with a notion of saving face.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
Gemini Horoscope Forecast Signals Sharp Minds And Shifting Fortunes
Gemini individuals are described as brilliant, quick, witty and multi talented with a dual nature. Mercury rules them and Wednesday is lucky with yellow as a favored color. The forecast notes favorable naval prospects, gains in retail and crafts, and improving national unity amid geopolitical shifts. Envy could threaten friendships, and a year of advancement is foreseen for those born today.
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Mercury
No Champion Sons No champion athletes have produced sons who could match
A humorously biased look at athlete fathers and their sons across sports, noting many great dads see limited success by heirs. The feature contrasts Eddie Collins Sr and Jr with other dynasties, cites Ty Cobb and Johnny L Sullivan, and ends by hinting at a rising young player in the A's system.
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Boston Red Sox
Pegasus
Philadelphia Athletics
Eddie Collinses
Perc Et E
Trowbridge Collins
Old Ed
Red Sox
Ed, Jr
Athletics
Eddie Collins
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
John L
John
America
Ireland
Bob Fitzsimmons
Big Ed Walsh
Chicago
Young Ed
White Sox
Walter Johnson
Bagbys
Ol’ Sarge Jim
Indians
Brookin
Sarge
Cleveland
Ty Cobb
Yale
Connie Mack
Baltimore
A's
Butte Hosts Large Airmen Reception at Ryan Field
A huge crowd greeted 131 of Uncle Sam’s fliers in 56 planes landing at Ryan field en route from army maneuvers on the east coast to California. Also notes list Cogswell joining Montana State University School of Journalism, and local sports results in Intercity Soccer with A C M Thistles leading. minor items include Black Specs’ first Mines league win and a dynamite cache found during sidewalk work.
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Butte
Ryan Field
Uncle Sam
California
Andrew C. Cogswell
Montana State University School of Journalism
Charles A. Clapp
Cogswell
Montana Standard
Anaconda Standard
Centerville
A. C. M. Thistles
Anaconda
Thistles
David A. Dickson
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boveman
East Park Street
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Raymond Clapper
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Western Hemisphere
Europe
Canada
Hitler
Bill Cunningham
Black Specs
Frank Walker
Central High School
Broadway
John P. Carroll
Helena
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