Flood Devastation Expands Across Henan Province
Muddy Yellow River floods threaten 1 500 villages as rains widen streams. More than 2 000 communities evacuated and 700 000 Chinese refugees. Red Cross chief calls it the worst disaster of war and flood amid continues rain and perilous conditions.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Henan
Kaifeng
Chengchow-Kaifeng
Chowkiakow
International Red Cross
John Earl Baker
China
Tokyo
Butte Youth Scores Bull’s Eye in Parade
Butte youth Robert Little from 23614 South Idaho Street shines in Parade of Youth in the Montana Standard. He shares an interesting fact about Monida. Other local youth from the Butte area also score this week in the same feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Robert Little
South
Idaho Street
Montana Standard
Mother and son escape as car overturns east of here
Mrs. Gordon Kulbeck and her young son Jerry narrowly escaped serious injury when their car ran off the road and overturned several miles east of here. Mrs. Kulbeck treated at St James hospital for bruises and a cut to her left forearm. Jerry treated for a lacerated right ear and rested well last night.
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Gordon Kulbeck
Jerry
Here
Senator Copeland Dies at 69 in Washington Hotel
Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York Democrat died in his Shoreham Hotel suite from a general circulatory collapse amid a kidney ailment. He was 69 and surrounded by Mrs. Copeland, two physicians, and two nurses. The illness may have been aggravated by overwork as Congress closed, with Copeland known for health writings and broadcasts and active on maritime labor questions.
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Washington
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Copeland
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Allard H. Gasque
South Carolina
Blythe
All-Montana Horse Show Lights Up Butte Grounds Tonight
All roads lead to Butte tonight for the All Montana Horse Show at the Butte Rodeo grounds starting at 8 30. Six hundred dollars in prize money and 67 horses and ponies entered including gaited saddlers trotters jumpers polo ponies and heavy stock horses. A $50 Big Apple contest and 14 classes Varying entries including a herd class and children's pony class are featured with city buses running to the grounds.
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Buttte
Butte Rodeo Grounds
Butte
Silver Bow Post
American Legion
Butte Horse Show Committee
Butte Trap and Skeet Club
Finlen Hotel
John C. Ryan
Thomas J. Walker
James E. Woodard
Rocky Mountain Cafe
Dr. J. Thorkelson
Symons
Evan Kelly
Missoula
Bankers Optimistic Over Montana Economic Future
Montana bankers gathered in Helena for the state association convention with optimism for future growth in industry and agriculture. Federal Reserve official Chester Davis dedicated the new Helena Federal Reserve bank calling it a sign of faith in Montana’s prosperity. Sylvan Pauly and E. L. Johnson voiced confidence in Montana’s continued growth and solid banking prospects as about 350 bankers attended. The group approved a retirement insurance plan for bank employees not covered by Social Security.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Bankers’ Association
Chester Davis
Federal Reserve System of
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve System
Sylvan J. Pauly
Williams and Pauly Livestock Company
Deer Lodge
E. L. Johnson
Plains
Bankers’ Association
Association
Butte Weather Bet Versus Rainfall Tradition
The article notes a longtime bet by former Butte mayor on rain in June. Despite hail and snow on several days, the month shows considerable moisture, challenging the wager and reflecting Butte's historic weather lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Davey
Butte
Rainfall Wrecks Rail Line Near Helena
Northern Pacific officials reported a cloudburst washed out a short section of tracks near Birds Eye eight miles west of Helena. Repairs were swift. the June wet period recorded multiple showers totaling over an inch, with temperatures rising from 43 to 66 degrees and partly cloudy skies forecast for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Northern Pacific
Birdseye
Weather Bureau
Rain Eases Drought in Montana as June Forecast Calls for More
Rain fell across Montana easing crop moisture fears. Federal economist Jay G. Diamond urged continued June rainfall to protect spring moisture for a good harvest. Northern towns reported measurable amounts from .73 inch in Great Falls to trace in Poplar, with several eastern areas lighter.
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Helena
Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics Statistician
Great Falls
Conrad
Stanford
Malta
Cut Bank
Weather Bureau
Poplar
Fort Peck
Billings
Bozeman
Kalispell
Miles City
Senate probes warn agencies off campaigns in sharp rebuke
The Senate expenditures investigating committee led by Senator Morris Sheppard ordered all government agencies to stay out of primary and election campaigns. It warned that persons suspected of improper conduct would be exposed and cited for criminal prosecution.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Campaign Expenditures Investigating Committee
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Hundreds Battle New Mexico Fire Near Silver City
In Silver City New Mexico on June 17 volunteers and 450 COC enrollees fought a major blaze in the Gila National Forest. The fire, started Wednesday possibly by a campfire spark, surged under high winds through dry mature pine stands, threatening the southwest region.
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Silver City
N. M
COC
Southwest
Gila National Forest
New Mexico
First Family Celebrates Eve of Youngest Son's Marriage
The Roosevelt family hosts a dinner aboard the Potomac off Nahant Massachusetts to honor John Roosevelt and his fiancé Anne Lindsay Clark on the eve of their wedding. The couple, Harvard senior and Boston debutante, will wed tomorrow in Union church with Episcopal rites.
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Nahant
Mass
Tall John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Roosevelt
Potomac
John
Anne
Harvard
Boston
Union Church
Henry Knox Sherrill
Episcopal
Massachusetts
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy in Montana Saturday and Sunday with thundershowers and cooler air in the east Saturday. Warmth returns in the west Saturday and remains through west and central portions Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Federal spending plans speeded up power policy showdown
Corcoran and Cohen work to untangle a Senate power policy clash risking delay of 56.78 million dollars in PWA projects. Barkley promised no funds for municipal power unless private plants sold to public agencies, leaving PWA with broad latitude to fund public power parallel to private utilities. Privately, PWA officials seek expansive use of loans and grants amid GOP lawsuits by private companies.
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Washington
Corcoran
Cohen
PWA
Roosevelt
Thomas G. Corcoran
Benjamin V. Cohen
Senate Barkley
Barkley
Kentucky
Federal agencies ready to spend vast aid package
Public Works officials say they will allot projects totaling 500 million dollars quickly once President Roosevelt signs the 3.753 billion lending and spending bill. The Works Progress Administration plans to raise relief rolls from about 2.6 million to an estimated 3.1 million by winter.
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Washington
Congress
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Modification of Anglo Italian Accord Sought
Premier Mussolini sought to activate the Anglo Italian friendship pact without regard to Spain. British officials signaled difficulty in altering the accord while Italy maintains a military role in Spain. The pact was signed in Rome at Easter and linked to withdrawal of Blackshirt Legionnaires and British recognition of Ethiopia.
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London
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Spain
Great Britain
Rome
Neville Chamberlain
Duce
Italy
Mussolini
Britain
Ethiopia
Mining wage reduction goes into effect today
Anaconda Copper Mining company announces a wage cut of 50 cents per shift for contract miners and others in Montana mining and smelting operations. The reductions follow copper price drops below 9 cents per pound on May 19 and 30 days of stability at that level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana
Adjourning Congress denounced amid economic crisis
Republican leaders denounce adjournment as the nation faces severe economic crisis. Senate and House leaders say administration seeks to alter the American government through plans such as Supreme Court packing and reorganizations. They blame New Deal policies for unemployment rising past 13 million and plunging prices.
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Washington
Congress
Administration
Senate
MceNary
Oregon
Snell
New York
House
House of Cards
Forest Fire Basis for Suit in Montana Federal Court
Alleged careless fire starting caused 14970 dollars in damage and 21418.27 dollars to suppress, prompting a 36388.27 dollar government damage suit filed in federal court. Fry & Company of Seattle, a packing firm, leased thousands of acres near Glacier Park in 1933 and allegedly started and left the fire on July 21, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Forest Service
Fry & Company
Seattle Packers
Glacier Park
Berlin Jews in Panic Amid Anti-Semitic Crusade
German Jews panic in Berlin as thousands are arrested in a sweeping anti-Semitic campaign. Many are driven from homes and placed into prison vans, sending the city into a tense, unsettled night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.P
Big Great Plains conservation project faces halt due to cost cap
Washington June 17 The $5 million water conservation program for the Great Plains likely shrinks to small dams and ponds after Congress set a $50,000 limit per project. Reclamation Bureau officials say many planned works, including pumping plants and canal systems, become unworkable under the cap, though money comes from WPA funds.
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Washington
Great Plains
Congress
Reclamation Bureau
Bureau
Plains
North Dakota
Early Day Montana Matron Dies in Washington City
Mrs Mary Vinson 67 a longtime resident of Montana and sister of B L Foster of Butte died after a long illness at a Colfax Washington hospital. She lived in Palouse Washington and was known in Butte and Madison county. She came west in 1876 and resided in Red Bluff Madison county until 1904. Surviving are her son and daughter in law Earl Quaintance and wife and two grandsons Frank and Quinton Quaintance of Spokane three nephews Lee Dean Jackson Baker Oregon and Dave Foster Libby her brother B L Foster and niece Mrs I D Hatcher Butte Funeral services will be held Monday at Palouse and burial in Spokane.
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Mary Vinson
Montana
B. L. Foster
Butte
Colfax, Wash
Palouse
Wash
Madison County
Madison Valley
Washington
Vinson
Clarion
Iowa
Red Bluff
Earl Quaintance
Frank
Quinton Quaintance
Spokane
Lee
Dean Jackson
Baker, Ore
Dave Foster
Libby
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Yangtze
Sen. Copeland
New Deal
New Yorker
Old Massachusetts
WPA
Solons
Washington City
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