Southerners Win Battle on Labor bill
Washington report says administration forces tentatively caved to a Southern push for lower wage minima. Senate conferees approved a 25 cent first year and 30 cent second year minimum nationwide, with advisory industry boards setting later figures up to 40 cents when feasible. Borah dissented, and the action remains subject to reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dixie
North
House
Senate
Senate Labor Bloc
Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt asks Congress for 50000 to nab Florida kidnapers
President Roosevelt asked Congress to provide 50000 to pursue the kidnappers of five year old James Bailey Cash missing from Princeton Florida since May 28. Federal agents are chasing a 10000 ransom and tracing the bills as part of a deficiency bill before the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
James Bailey
Princeton
Fla
Glass
Virginia
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Policeman Kills Wife in Public Tragedy on Busy Chicago Corner
Patrolman John Lewe trailed his wife Phyllis 40 to a Randolph and Wabash intersection where she met Harry Johnson 45 of Bartlett Illinois. He opened fire killing his wife and wounding Johnson as pedestrians watched. The incident ends with ongoing investigation and continuation on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
John Lewe
Lewe
Phyllis
Harry O. Johnson
Bartlett, Ill
Diesel Motor Company
Randolph Street
Wabash Avenue
Commencement Honors Mrs Lucy Peck at State College
Mrs Lucy Stafford Peck featured as guest at the 42nd annual commencement exercises at Montana State College the last surviving member of the 1896 class. The Woman’s Day program and alumni banquet paid tribute to her during commencement week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Lucy Stafford Peck
State College
Peck
Mother and Daughter Earn Degrees at State College Commencement
At Montana State College Bozeman a mother Agnes B. Wiggenhorn and her daughter Mary Ellen Wiggenhorn both received bachelor of science degrees at the same commencement. The mother earned secretarial science and the daughter applied art. One hundred seventy one degrees were awarded. Agnes Wiggenhorn led the Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1928 and served as deputy state supervisor of public instruction at Helena. Mary Ellen is a Billings high school graduate active in Phi Beta Phi and Phi Kappa Phi with campus involvement.
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Bozeman
Montana State College
Agnes B. Wiggenhorn
Mary Ellen
Billings
Wiggenhorn
Montana Federation of Women's Clubs
National Federation
Helena
Billings High School
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honorary Fraternity
Dr Donovan Hosts Boy Scout Court of Honor Ceremony
Dr John A Donovan entertained Boy Scouts and families at a court of honor last night after rank awards. He presented color motion pictures of Scout camps and national park trips. Clark Veatch chaired with awards by P Frazier Ed Moyle and Veatch. Frank McKenzie gave Life Scout to Tom McKenzie. Mr Frazier opened with Wolf rank to Jack Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Donovan
Court of Honor
United States
Clark Veatch
P. Frazier
Ed Moyle
Frank McKenzie
Tom McKenzie
Mr. Frazier
Jack Burke
Iowa Vote Signals Conservative Swing in 1940 Outlook
Washington dispatch reports Iowa primaries showing voters backing the more conservative option in both parties. Democrats renominated Senator Gillette over Wearin, while Republicans chose Thurston over Dickinson, signaling party shifts shaping 1940 presidential strategies and ongoing debates over New Deal liberalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Iowa
Gillette
Wearin
New Deal
Dickinson
Thurston
Harry Hopkins
James Roosevelt
Butte Sets Double Holiday Weekend Parade
Butte declares a double holiday weekend with Sunday and Miners' Union day on Monday. All businesses and Anaconda operations halt while a citywide parade forms at 10 am, led by police and firemen, with numerous musical groups and fraternal corps. Afternoon events include Columbia Gardens sports program and a Gardens pavilion dance. Robert C. Brown presides. speakers include Walter Smethurst and Mayor Hauswirth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Anaconda Company
Washington Street
Park
Gaylord
Arizona
Broadway
Montana
Butte Mines
Central
Butte High
Eagles and Elks
American Legion
Columbia Gardens
Gardens
Robert C. Brown
Butte Miners’ Union
Walter Smethurst
Charles Hauswirth
Governor names board to work out division of Yellowstone River
Governor Roy E Ayers appointed a three member commission to assist Montana representative E B Donahue in equitable division of Yellowstone River waters with Wyoming. The panel includes Bert B Armstrong of Livingston and Rockwood.
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Governor Names Board
Yellowstone River
Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Montana
E. B. Donahue
Wyoming
Bert B. Armstrong
Livingston
Rockwood
Democrats Look to Gillette for Party Harmony
Iowa Democratic leaders turned to Senator Guy Gillette to heal party scars after a bitter senatorial primary ended with Gillette leading. Otha Wear concedes as tabulation nears completion. Republican primary saw Former Senator L. J. Dickinson defeating Lloyd Thurston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette
Des Moines
Iowa
Guy Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
Wearin
Montana Weather Outlook Warm East Mostly Cloudy West
Partly cloudy in Montana on Wednesday with unsettled conditions in the west and warmer temperatures in the far east. Thursday brings scattered showers and cooler weather across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Convicts Escape Arizona Prison In Severe Guard Attack
Five inmates overpowered guards at the Arizona state prison farm in Florence, seized a truck, and fled on foot after stabbing guard captain Joe Lazear who lay in critical condition at Pinal County hospital. Warden John G. Eager led the manhunt with bloodhounds tracking the fugitives toward Kevin, Arizona, as guards recovered Lazear’s injuries and seized a rifle and two shotguns from the escapes.
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Florence
Ariz
Arizona
Arizona State
John G. Eager
Here
Kevin, Ariz
Joe Lazear
Tain
Pinal County
J. P. van Winkle
Maricopa County
Warden Eager
Lazear
George Ruiz
Canton Struck by 12th Day of Japanese Bombardment
Canton and surrounding South China areas faced a twelfth straight day of air raids by Japanese planes. Power stations were hit causing lights to fail in Canton and Shameen. Casualties and damage tallies were not immediately known, as residents fled and authorities warned of further raids.
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Canton
China
Shameen Island
International Quarter
Maokuni Nomura
Navy Special Service Section
Shanghai
Tungshan
Saichuen
Shameen
Strain in Chiang Kai-shek Front as Li Tsung-jen Defects
Reports from Hankow say Li Tsung-jen opposes Chiang Kai-shek and may withdraw to Kwangsi. Diplomats fear a split in the popular front with the Communist-led Red Eighth Army likely to declare independence and rejoin the Chinese Soviet government. The quarrel centers on leadership and strategy as wartime unity frays.
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Shanghat
Chiang Kai-shek
Popular Front
China
Hankow
Li Tsung-jen
South China
Chiang
Kwangsi
Communist Party
Rebels Bomb Spaniards Hit British Ships Coast
Dissension between insurgent Spanish troops and Italian and German volunteers sparks reports of counter revolutionary fighting in Seville. Insurgent bombers strike coastal areas killing maiming and damaging ships in Valencia Barcelona and Alicante. Alicante suffers 53 dead and 170 injured with a seaplane attack on two British vessels.
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Gibraltar
U.P
Seville
Madrid
Valencia
Barcelona
Alicante
Segorbe
Thorpehaven
Parsons elected grand high priest of Montana Royal Arch Masons
Miles S. Parsons of Butte was elected grand high priest of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Montana at the forty-ninth annual Dillon convention. He succeeds Edwin Fredlund of Chinook as officers were named and installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles S. Parsons
Butte
Parsons
Jurisprudence
Lew L. Callaway
Walter R. Flachsenhar
Ray M. Armour
Edwin Fredlund
James M. Burlingame
Henry C. Smith
Luther T. Hauberg
Claude McAllister
Robert W. Getty
Alf Whitworth
Charles A. Rasmussen
John Scott Harrison IV
Herbert
Juvenile 13 Culprit Disrupts Court With Horn
A juvenile 13 provoked contempt of court by blowing a car horn through Judge J J Lynch's courtroom. Bailiff John Connolly arrested the culprit as the horn sounded, then the case was noted as a juvenile court matter with an infant culprit and his father driving away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Lynch
John Connolly
Montana Street
Fourth of July Fete Committees Appointed
Committees were appointed at city hall for a three day Fourth of July celebration on July 2 3 and 4. Treasurer Charles Gallagher plans to resign as balance stands at 1339.14 with materials bought. Estimated cost matches last year. 2311 from carnival funds to fund Clark park improvements. Mayor Hauswirth said committees will add to standing groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gallagher
Clark Park
C. A. Hauswirth
Montana to Receive 800 Bales of Cotton for Comforters
Helena June 7 Montana may obtain 800 bales of cotton for manufacturing 50 000 comforters for the needy under a tentative plan of the Federal Surplus Commodities corporation State welfare administrator I M Brandford said tonight He noted a communication from James E Brickett Washington DC distribution officer for the Commodities corporation stating the federal program for surplus purchases includes cotton and asking for estimates of usable quantities
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Helena
Montana
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
I. M. Brandford
Brandford
James E. Brickett
Washington, D. C
The
Commodities Corporation
Brickett
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F.D.R
L. 8S. Peck
DR. Donovan
BOY Scout Court OF Honor
Bertrand Snell
New York
Sen
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Inquirers
L. J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar
Dillon
U. S
Surplus Commodities Corporation
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