Tom J. Davis Elected Rotary International President
Tom J. Davis of Butte Montana was unanimously elected president of Rotary International a nd will deliver his inaugural address to convention delegates Friday. Rufus F. Chapin of Chicago was re elected unanimously for his twenty ninth term. The session featured leaders urging vigorous international action and warnings about extra constitutional power in wartime governments.
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Tom J. Davis
Butte
Mont
Rotary International Today
Weir City
Kan
University of Michigan Law School
Davis
International Service Club Organization
Rufus F. Chapin
Chicago
Rotary International
Armando de Arruda Pereira
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Kansas
Michigan
Rotary Club
Will R. Manier, Jr
Nashville
Manier
Paul P. Harris
Rotary
Europe
City
Tom A. Warden
Wolverhampton
England
Warden
Hitler
Chapin Re-elected International Treasurer in Rotary Denver
Rufus F. Chapin of Chicago was re-elected treasurer of Rotary International for the 28th consecutive time in Denver. The vote came after Tom J. Davis of Butte was elevated to International president, with Chapin’s long tenure continuing his 25 plus year service in the post.
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Rufus F. Chapin
Chicago
Rotary International
Denver
Tom J. Davis
Butte
Butte Rotarians Honor Davis New International President
Butte Rotarians launched plans to celebrate Thomas J. Davis mining city attorney after his unanimous election as Rotary International president. A large Butte delegation will outline arrangements at the Denver convention with state clubs invited to join, marking the first time a Buttean leads Rotary. Telegrams of congratulation poured in from Rotarians and Montana leaders.
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Rotary International
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Butte
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Butte Club
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International Service Organization
International Service Club
Old 20Th
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Wheeler Critics Warn Against Seizing Islands and War
Senator Wheeler accuses interventionist advisers of urging an invasion of the Azores Cape Verde Dakar and Martinique warning such action would amount to undeclared war and breach the Constitution He contrasts with denouncing Germany Italy Russia and Japan and urges the President not to be pulled into war.
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D-Mont
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
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Martinique
Germany
Italy
Russia
Japan
Hitler
Xow
Butte Montana Weather Forecast Weds Through Thursday
Mostly cloudy skies in Butte with possible showers and little temperature change. Montana outlook shows partly cloudy conditions with scattered mountain showers Wednesday and slightly warmer readings in the north-central region.
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Butte
Montana
Refunding Bond Issue Is Sold by School District
Bonds totaling 330000 were sold by School District No 1 trustees to 10 bonding houses to refund a 1936 issue. The bid included a 1900 premium and 2 percent interest. The proceeds retire 330000 of the 440000 issue dated January 1936 at 3 percent, following authorization by the 26th Legislative assembly.
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Board of Trustees of School District No. 1
Wesley Wertz
A. O. Taylor
26Th Legislative Assembly
Margaret Leary
Japanese Move In on Dutch East Indies
Tokyo states Japan will seek participation in aviation shipping and communications in the Netherlands East Indies on equal terms with the United States and Britain after negotiations with the Dutch government broke down. Cabinet spokesman Koh Ishii said Japan cannot remain indifferent to the European war’s spread to the South Seas and will pursue normal relations with the Dutch despite the stalemate.
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Netherlands East Indies
United States
Britain
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
Japan
South Seas
German Embassy Reports 24 Hour Telephonic Cut Across Europe
The German embassy announced that German communications with southern Europe were severed for 24 hours as a military measure. The outage began in Ankara and affected regional lines, signaling a planned disruption in allied coordination during June.
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Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Sout Europe
German Nationals Prevented From Leaving United States
U S and Axis relations darken as Washington orders customs and immigration to stop German nationals from departing without authorization. Britain fights to relieve Tobruk while British and Free French clash with French troops in Syria near Damascus amid a broader war escalation.
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Axis
Berlin
Rome
Washington
Roosevelt
Robin Moor
Italy
Reich
Germany
Middle East
Libya
Tobruk
Cyrenaica
Hillbilly Canary Judy Canova Weds in Honolulu
Hollywood star Judy Canova says she was hit on the head by a Hawaiian moon and married Corporal James H. Ripley of the U S Army in Honolulu. Ripley was later jailed for being AWOL the night of the wedding.
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San Francisco
U.P
Hollywood
Judy Canova
Honolulu
Moon
James H. Ripley
U. S. Army
Ripley
Miss Canova
State Groups Elect Their Officers
The 51st Montana State Pharmaceutical Association convention closed with officer elections. Montana State Druggists Association picks William C. Spater as president and reelects H. E. Rakeman as treasurer and J. A. Riedel as secretary. New director named is Carkeek, joined by Mrs. Losleben. Montana State Food Distributors Association names W. S. Christie as president and reelects Hans C. Hansen as treasurer. Directors elected are J. Otis Mudd and H. B. Markus. The Associated Merchants of Montana conducted only director elections. The next meetings will be in Great Falls and Missoula.
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Montana State Pharmaceutical Association
Montana State Food Distributors’ Association
Associated Merchants of Montana
Montana State Druggists Association
William C. Spater
Great Falls
R. J. Losleben
Malta
Elmer T. Carkeek
Butte
H. E. Rakeman
Ennis
J. A. Riedel
Boulder
Carkeek
Losleben
W. 8. Christie
William H. Bertsche, Jr
Hans C. Hansen
Worden
Canada’s King Links Freedom of North America to Britain
Canadian Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King told New York listeners that Canada entered World War to defend its own freedom tied to British freedom. He rebutted claims that Canada sought cash for aid, stressing Canada funded its war effort at its own expense and contributed lives and material without leasing or lending. He said Canada would act according to its own conviction and fought to maintain freedom globally.
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W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Canadian Organization of New York
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Dominion
Britain
MacKenzie King
United States
Copper and Zinc Chief in Butte
Alphonse A. Shelare of New York, president of the Butte Copper and Zinc company, says the manganese industry will be permanent in the Butte district due to a large ready supply and superior quality. He notes defense orders expanding output at the Anaconda plant and visits the Emma mine.
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Butte
Alphonse A. Shelare
New York
Butte Copper and Zinc Company
Comny
Shelare
New York Stock Exchange
Anaconda
Emma
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Louis Conn Fight Broadcast From Post Building
The Standard Post will wire a blow by blow description of the Joe Louis Billy Conn heavyweight title fight from the Polo Grounds to ringside at the Post building in Butte. A pre fight description will also be given from ringside. The event is expected to draw a large crowd at East Galena and Main streets with the main bout starting about 7 o'clock Butte time.
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New York City
Butte Fight
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Post
East Galena
Main Streets
Butte
Pickets Block Gates of Plane Plant in Lock Haven
Picket lines halted access to the Piper Aircraft plant in Lock Haven Pennsylvania as 1300 workers faced a strike led by A F L machinists demanding wage hikes. The dispute involves the A F L U A W and the CIO U A W amid mediation efforts.
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Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
A. F. L. Machinists
Victor 8
Gauthier
Detroit
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Douglas and Lomason Company
Plymouth
Briggs, Ford and
Dodge
Douglas and Lomason
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A. F. of L
Borders and Ports Ordered Closed for German Nationals
The United States orders border patrol and customs to stop 330,000 German nationals in the country from leaving pending further instructions. The move aims to enforce Roosevelt’s freezing order on German assets and may curb German movement into Mexico and South America amid perceived Axis subversive activity. Affected are German consuls and hip applicants for naturalization, with about 60 percent seeking U.S. citizenship. consuls may depart once assets are secured.
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Washington
United States Border Patrol
United States
Roosevelt
Mexico
South America
Germany
Customs and Immigration Services
Justice and
Treasury Departments
F. D. KR
Berlin
State Department
Butte Man Is Re elected Scribe of State Odd Fellows Lodge
George A. Schott of Helena was elected patriarch of the grand encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at the 57th annual session in Billings. W. H. Johns of Butte was re elected grand scribe and J. Lew Gracey of Bozeman re elected grand treasurer for the 15th consecutive year. More than 300 delegates attended a banquet and reception followed by the grand ball.
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State
Odd Fellows Lodge
Billings
George A. Schott
Helena
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
James Harris
W. C. Wells
Hamilton
John Raakjer
Bozeman
B. M. Crenshaw
W. H. Johns
J. Lew Gracey
Urer
Harris
J. H. Johnson
Earl L. Ferrell
Polson
Grand
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