Tornado Killings Reach Clyde Texas as Residents Mourn
A Clyde Texas tornado killed seven people and injured many as it ravaged the west edge of town, demolishing at least six structures including the schoolhouse. Ambulances and doctors rushed to help. three killed and around forty injured were reported earlier with missing persons feared. Names of the dead include Mrs. J. B. Easterling and Emmet Graham.
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Clyde
Texas
Abilene
J. B. Easterling
Emmet Graham
Grandma” Bonner
Short
Berlin Press Attacks Czechoslovakia Warily
Berlin morning papers publish front page denunciations of Czechoslovakia. Headlines describe Czech brutality against Sudeten Germans and accuse Prague of savage repression as Hitler’s warning tone dominates coverage.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Greater
Germany
Army plane crash leaves eight dead in Indiana farmland
Investigators probe the wreckage of a giant bomber that plunged through dark storm clouds and crashed on a farm near Delavan. Three officers and five enlisted men died, as a five man board from Rantoul examined debris while a coroner's jury convened for an inquest at a local mortuary.
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Delavan
Rantoul
Denver
Wage-Hour Bill Faces Doubt as Conference Fails to Agree
Washington June 10 The wage hour bill encounter a deep impasse as House Senate conference abandons the minimum wage issue for now and presses lesser provisions. Southern resistance to uniform northern and southern minima shapes talks with a proposed 25 cent wage first year rising to 40 cents later, decided by industry boards considering costs and rates.
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Washington
Senate House
James Roosevelt declines Massachusetts lieutenant governor bid
James Roosevelt son of the President and secretary to the President rejects a citizens' committee request to run for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. He cites obligations in Washington and a desire to study governmental affairs before seeking elective office. He wrote the message to Democratic state committeeman Charles Maliotis who led the movement.
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Boston
James Roosevelt
Citizens’ Committee
Massachusetts
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Maliotis
Four Butte seniors win Montana University scholarships
Four Butte high school graduates from the 1938 class named scholarship recipients for their freshman year in higher education. John Adams ranked first and will enter Montana State College Bozeman. John Beel second goes to Montana School of Mines. Vivian Medlin third enters Montana State University Missoula. Philip Yovetich fourth attends Montana State University and previously excelled in track and basketball.
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Butte High School
University of Montana
John Adams
John Beel
Vivian Medlin
Philip Yovetich
Scott Fries
W. J. Adams
Whitman Avenue
Montana State College
Bozeman
Montana School of Mines
John A. Beel
Warren Avenue
Miss Medlin
Montana State University
Missoula
William Medlin
West Park Street
Mitar Yovetich
Colorado Street
Proclaimed Spokane Killer Wounded in Jail Escape Try
Three condemned slayers at Spokane county jail attacked a guard with cans of condensed milk and soap slugs in a failed attempt to escape. Leroy Knapp was shot in the stomach by Deputy William Deeter. Allen and Stanley Knapp surrendered after the exchange.
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Spokane
Wash
Leroy Knapp
Stanley
Herbert Allen
William E. Walker
Knapp
William Deeter
Knapps
Allen
al Coldeen
Coldeen
Deeter
Stanley Knapp
Walker
California
North Dakota
Japanese Air Strikes Hit Canton Suburb Power Waterworks
Four Japanese squadrons flew over Canton at night dropping bombs on an electric powerhouse and waterworks in Saichuen suburb, with no Chinese anti aircraft or fighter response reported.
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Canton
China
Saichuen
Montana Weekend Forecast Brings Warmth and Change
Fair and warmer conditions Saturday across Montana. Sunday shows unsettled weather in the west and fair skies in the east with warmer readings in the extreme east.
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Montana
Confession Ties McCall to Cash Jr. Kidnapping and Slaying
J Edgar Hoover announced Franklin Pierce McCall signed an eight page confession admitting he kidnapped and killed James Bailey Cash Jr. in Miami Florida. The case is to be turned over to state prosecutors with Worley seeking murder and kidnapping indictments and a rapid trial possibly within weeks.
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Miami
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash Jr
Hoover
FBI
George Worley
Princeton
Florida
Worley
McCall
Five Playgrounds for Butte Children to Open Soon
Five city summer playgrounds will open Tuesday in Butte under WPA recreation programs. Sites include Zarelda street St Marys North Main Blaine Centerville East Galena and Clark Park with facilities for under and over 10 year olds. Trained WPA leaders will run activities while Gladys Mayo and Kenneth Mullholland organized the program.
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Ray Enyart
Butte
WPA
Zarelda Street
St. Mary’s School
North Main Street
Blaine School
Centerville
Clark Park
Grant School
East Galena Street
Gladys Mayo
Kenneth Mulholland
Miss Mayo
Mr. Mulholland
Enyart
Huge Wheat Crop Forecast Sparks Federal Control Prep
Washington forecast the 1938 U S wheat harvest will top 1 026623 000 bushels the largest on record raising fears of a major farm surplus. If confirmed total U S wheat supplies would exceed 1 22 billion bushels with last year’s excess added.
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Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
United States
Conservative Democrats Back Garner For 1940 Presidential Run
In a push by some New Dealers and conservatives, 28 senators reportedly pledged support for Vice President John N Garner for the Democratic nomination. The effort surfaces amid private estimates of 35 to 40 senators who might back Garner or a candidate he would choose. Names linked include Jesse Jones James A Farley Cordell Hull and Bennett Clark as possibilities.
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Washington
U.R
John N. Garner
New York
Roosevelt
Senate Democrats
Garner
White House
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
James A. Farley
Cordell Hull
Bennett C. Clark
Missouri
Insurgent air raids hit four Mediterranean ports
In relentless bombardment by German or Italian aircraft, raids targeted Gandia Alicante Denia and Castellon de la Plana as British freighter Thorpehaven and French Brisbane were damaged or sunk. The British Isadora sank at Castellon de la Plana after a midday strike, compounding port congestion from sunken vessels. Two people were reported aboard the Isadora at noon.
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Madrid
Mediterranean
Thorpehaven
Alicante
Brisbane
Denia
Spain
Gandia
Castellon de la Plana
Isadora
Chief Justice W B Sands Injured in Bus Collision
Montana Chief Justice W B Sands, 68, was struck by a Service Transit Co bus in Helena while backing up at a busy intersection. He suffered an impacted fracture of the left hip and shock, described as fair. Sands, elected to the Montana Supreme Court in 1934, had just returned to duty June 7 after a month at home.
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Helena
W. B. Sands
Montana Supreme Court
Service Transit Co
George P. Phillips
Milton Middlebrooks
Justice Sands
Supreme Court
Chinook
Roosevelt to Tour for Leadership in 1940 Campaign
President Roosevelt plans a transcontinental summer tour signaling a sharp stand to defend his New Deal policies as Democratic leadership in 1940. He aims to mobilize his personal popularity and wage a vigorous campaign across congressional primaries and elections.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Party
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Home Owners Loan Corporation
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Shanghai
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