Wagner Bill Doubtful
Washington in mid June 1935 Congress faced a last week of session with a disrupted steel labor dispute and uncertain agenda. The Senate carried a crowded calendar while the House pressed ahead, planning adjournment as leaders allowed. The Senate considered the silver purchase bill, Tugwell nomination for undersecretary of agriculture, the second deficiency bill, the housing bill and the Wagner labor disputes bill amid doubts about final passage.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Rexford G. Tugwell
Plane crash in Mongaup park kills fourteen
Debrue, N Y June 11 six men and one woman were found dead in a wrecked giant airliner on a isolated mountainside in Mongaup park. The aircraft had vanished earlier and the fate of others remains unclear.
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Debruce
N. Y
Mongaup Park
Marriage Planned for Flight Victim Ada Huckeby
Ada Huckeby, who died in the Chicago bound airliner wreck in the Catskills, was planning to wed H. W. Lonsdale of Chicago, an official with National Sugar Refining, and intended the Chicago trip as her last before marriage.
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Newark
N. J
Ada Huckeby
Chicago
H. W. Lonsdale
National Sugar Refining Company
Miss Huckeby
Catskill Mountains
Observation Plane Spots Treacherous Catskills Route
An observation plane piloted by W. H. Halleck reported sighting treacherous conditions over the Catskills late Saturday, with continuation noted on page 10.
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Catskills
W. H
Ted) Halleck
Driver Cleared in Coffin Auto Accident
A coroner's jury exonerated Morris Brayefsky the driver of the car that struck and killed Idaho Representative Thomas C. Coffin near the capitol last Tuesday. Edward C. Kelly a Public Works Administration attorney and his wife testified Coffin walked into the side of the automobile.
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Washington
Thomas C. Coffin
Idaho
Capitol
Morris Brayefsky
Edward C. Kelly
Public Works Administration
Coffin
State Drought Problem Discussed At Helena Meet
More than 100 Montanans joined a Helena conference to gather data for federal drought relief. John Carmody of FERA warned against expecting large funds while Gov. Cooney stressed water as Montana’s greatest asset and future planning.
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Helena
FERA
Montana
John Carmody
Carmody
Frank H. Cooney
Roosevelt Fiscal Year Expenditures Lag Behind Estimates
Washington reports three weeks left in the 1934 fiscal year show actual government expenditures lagging Roosevelt's January projections. Revised totals for the year plus early 1933 and 1934 show about 6.155 billion spent with 3.665 billion in emergency outlays of a projected 7.523 billion. Roosevelt had forecast a year end deficit of 7.309 billion. Continued on page 10.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Coi
Effort to Clear Up High School Project Halted By Court Action
A move to settle alleged irregularities in the Butte school district No. 1 high school project sought a writ of injunction from the Montana Supreme Court. Filed as a friendly action by H. E. Fisher of Butte, the move aims to halt further proceedings and avoid delays.
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Butte
Supreme Court of Montana
H. E. Fisher
Washington Junior High
Butte High School
Board of Trustees
Serenades in Butte Strike Terror at Homes
In Butte the strike ushers in a new tactic described as serenading. Automobiles bring groups to intimidate homes of mine workers, shouting epithets and flooding streets with disorder. Women and children suffer as families are harassed and abused during evenings.
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Butte
Granite Street
Butte Hill
Baby Trampled to Death by Mules in Arizona
In Yuma Arizona June 11 James Patrick Hayes nineteen months old died in a hospital after wandering into a corral from his Winterhaven California parents. He was found in the corral with two mules pawing him and one mule still pawing and rolling the child.
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Yuma
Ariz
James Patrick Hayes
M. C. Hayes
Wintershaven
Montana Weather: Fair Tuesday Then Unsettled Cooler
The forecast shows generally fair conditions in Montana on Tuesday with cooler air in the northwest portion. By Wednesday the weather turns unsettled and cooler across the state.
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Montana
New Tariff Law Lowers Duties by Penalty Repeal
The Roosevelt-Hull tariff bill automatically reduces U S duties on many foreign products by repealing penalty sections of the 1930 act. Auto, truck, motorcycle, wood, paper and books, and casings gain relief as penalties disappear. President Roosevelt plans to sign the bill tomorrow.
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Washington
U.P
U.S
United States
Roosevelt
Montana County Commissioners Convention Opens
Speakers at the twenty-fifth Montana Association of County Commissioners session urge further economy in government. Sixty-nine commissioners from 40 counties and 40 machinery dealers hear calls for downward revision of the tax levy.
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Billings
Montana Association of County Commissioners
Quintuplets in Good Condition Reported by Doctor
Corbeil Ontario June 11 all of the Dionne quintuplets except Marie the smallest gained weight since Sunday and doctors described their condition as good. The girls were two weeks old at 4 a m today.
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Corbeil. Oontario
Marie
A. R. Dafoe
Mother of Quintuplets Revisits Baby Deaths in Mayfield
KEVIL Ky June 11 The mother of quintuplet boys born 38 years ago in Mayfield, Elizabeth Lyon now 78, recalls the time of the births and the deaths blamed on crowds at her home. She says four of her 13 children survived and that the quintuplets died after five days, with John living 14 days. She plans to write about the tragedy.
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Dionne
Kevil
Mayfield
Elizabeth Lyon
Marion Lyon
John
Tugwell Faces Senate Exam On Agriculture Post
Rexford G Tugwell testified before the senate agriculture committee about his promotion from assistant secretary to under secretary of agriculture. He defended his planned economy views and long term planning while officials argued over his remarks and the session grew tumultuous. The committee voted to meet in executive session the next day with confirmation seen as likely.
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Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellison PD. Smith
South Carolina
Tugwell
Senate
Smith
Sen
Louis Murphy
Capitol Hill
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Sharpshooters halt work at Boulder Dam power line
Sharpshooters fired on power line cables between San Bernardino and Las Vegas causing a four hour shutdown of the Boulder dam project. Damage was set at 5000 dollars and six men in a cable car were marooned 500 feet above the canyon floor. Cement buckets and pumps were affected as operations paused until power returned.
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Las Vegas
San Bernardino
Hugh Boulder Dam
Colorado River
Senate approves silver purchase plan amid payee certificate dispute
The Senate rejected immediate payment of soldiers' certificates and backed the administration silver purchase plan. The bill would let the Treasury buy about 1.4 billion ounces of silver and issue silver certificates up to a quarter of the money supply. It heads to the House with broad support and President Roosevelt expected to sign.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Shistead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
Shipstead
Friends of the Silver
Treasury
Actor Slim Summerville Named Defendant in Maintenance Suit
Los Angeles June 11. George J. Somerville known as Slim Summerville was made defendant in a suit for separate maintenance filed today by Gertrude M. Somerville. The actor was charged with visiting women in Mexican and mountain resorts and recently gave a $2,000 cash gift to an unnamed Hollywood woman.
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Los Angeles
George J. Somerville
Slim
Summerville
Gertrude M. Somerville
Hollywood
Tropical Storm Aims for Coast of Mexico Today
A tropical storm expected to strike inland north of Tampico Mexico after passing near the Tamaulipas coast late tomorrow. The system was centered about 200 miles east of Tampico and moving west northwest at about eight and a half miles per hour. Panic reportedly spread in Tampico and nearby areas.
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Mexico
Brownsville
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
Washington
Tamaulipas
Hurricane devastates Central America killing thousands
The hurricane crossing Central America triggered floods and landslides killing at least 2,500 people with likely higher tolls. Continued coverage awaits on page 3.
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Associated Press
Central America
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Ke Haar
Wagner Bill Doubtful
New York
American Airways
Clyde Holbrook
Margaret Huckeby
John Barron Jr
New Butte
Supreme Court
Washington Age
Weather Forecast
Great Britain
State Department
J. FE. Erickson
Erickson
Cooney
Ingthy
Secretary of State
Arthur F. Lamey
Havre
J. W. Speer
Great Falls
H. R. Eickemeyer
Butte High
Boulder Dam
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