Public Works to Start as May Building Expenditures Soar
Washington reports a 128.6 percent surge in May building outlays versus April from 761 cities with populations above 10 000. The rise marks residential construction surpassing April for the first time in four years and signals imminent activity by Hugh S Johnson and Public Works chief Donald H Sawyer as federal recovery efforts accelerate.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
Labor Department
Johnson
Department
Prospects Hopeful for World Currency Stabilization Pact
At an international economic conference in London prospects for a quick agreement to stabilize leading currencies grew brighter as France and the United States moved toward a written plan. French Finance Minister Georges Bonnet said negotiations were not broken off and new proposals were being drafted. Oliver Sprague of the U.S. Treasury predicted an agreement in days and possible currency controls in under a week.
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London
Washington
Roosevelt
Georges Bonnet
France
Oliver M. W. Sprague
Secretary of the Treasury
Woodin
George Harrison
The
Man Wounded in Hall Gun Duel Recovering
Leslie McGowan a 28 year old rancher from the Hall section is recovering at his parents home with two bullet wounds from a pistol duel Saturday night with neighbor and former friend Harris Buchanan who died. McGowan remains under technical arrest pending inquest into Buchanan death to be held today in Philipsburg by Coroner Pat McGurk. No charges against McGowan and no officer guarding him, says Sheriff Angus McDonald. The physician advised against moving him for hospital care.
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Leslie McGowan
Hall Section
Harris Buchanan
McGowan
Buchanan
Philipsburg
Pat McGurk
Granite County
Hoover pledges citywide hunt for KC police killers
Chief J Edgar Hoover vows the murder of four Kansas City peace officers will spark a massive government search. He and agents take charge, refuse to reveal force size or clues, and promise to pursue the gunmen for days, weeks, or years.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Kansas City
Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
United Press
Raymond J. Caffrey
John Shanahan
Martin Durkin
Middle West
Durkin
Cummings
Justice Department
Department
Caffrey
Roosevelt Battles Ocean On Vacation Voyage Aboard Amberjack
President Roosevelt steered the schooner Amberjack from Woods Hole to Nantucket and sheltered in Edgartown Martha's Vineyard after a rough two hour trip. A northwest squall lashed Massachusetts coast as photographers trailed the voyage, with the president at the wheel and smiling despite fatigue.
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Martha’s Vineyard
New England
Edgartown
Mass
Roosevelt
Woods Hole
Wea
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America
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W. Cameron Forbes
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Cape Cod
Mr. Roosevelt
Ellis
Coast Guard
Veena
Isabella Daughters to Meet at Anaconda State Convention
Between 50 and 100 members of Our Lady of Victory circle Daughters of Isabella will attend the state convention in Anaconda opening Wednesday morning and running through Thursday Attendance is expected to surpass 300 with six circles statewide Miss Mary Burke regent of Butte circle will serve as official delegate Registration runs 11 to 12 Wednesday at the K C club Sight seeing trips bridge party and a free members supper are planned Initiation of a large class occurs at 8 30 Br Paul’s School hall Continued on Page 2 Col 1
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Our Lady of Victory Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Order
Anaconda
Butte
Helmville
Missoula
Helena
Great Falls
Mary Burke
K. C
Elks’ Club
Br. Paul's School
Flood menace persists in Pacific Northwest as floods rise
The flood threat remains high across the Pacific Northwest with the Columbia River near its 29 year high and the Willamette near record levels. Two lives were reported missing Herman Hermanson 19 of Tolt Washington and Harry Henderson of Bonners Ferry Idaho after floodwaters swept away vehicles and riders. Low lands along the Columbia are submerged with widespread damage anticipated.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Columbia
Cascades
British Columbia
Willamette
Oregon
Portland
Herman Hermanson
Tolt, Wash
Harry Henderson
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Hermanson
Tolt River
Henderson
Kootenai River
Missoula CCC member killed in hit and run on highway
Milard Bacon 23 of Smithtown Long Island a Civilian Conservation Corps member stationed at Fort Missoula was struck by a hit and run driver while walking from the city to the fort he died at the fort hospital. Two companions were uninjured and nearby motorists helped.
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Missoula
Millard Bacon
Smithtown
Long Island
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fort Missoula
Fort Hospital
Premier Fears Defeat as France Misses War Debt Payments
President Roosevelt refuses to discuss wartime debts until France pays two overdue annuities, a move seen as backing Edouard Herriot’s stance that France must meet obligations before broader terms. Daladier plans cabinet talks and may seek a parliamentary vote, risking defeat. Herriot, in Lyons, expects Washington talks after payments.
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Paris
Roosevelt
France
Edouard Herriot
Italy
Great Britain
Edouard Daladier
Albert Lebrun
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Lyons
Washington
Three Bandits Loot Times Square Beer Garden Killing Patron
Three men raided The Galaxy beer garden on West 46th Street near Broadway early today, stripping about twenty patrons and killing Thomas Heaney, 28, when he objected. A second victim, Joseph Reveille, 34, proprietor of a First Avenue beer garden, was also killed. Police estimated losses at a few hundred dollars as patrons fled.
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New York
Times Square
West 46Th Street
Joseph Reveille
First Avenue
State Department Prepares Policy On France Exclusion
Washington officials said on June 18 that with France largely blocked from consideration the state department prepared new policy steps. Details remained undisclosed as staff evaluated options and potential impacts on allied relations and upcoming diplomacy.
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Washington
France
State Department
Sudden Illness Fatal to Judge J. G. Huntoon at Home
Judge John C. Huntoon, 68, who served in the tenth judicial district for ten years, died at his Lewistown home today of a heart attack. Survived by widow and son Clarence of Boise Idaho, funeral plans await word from the son who was on a hunting trip.
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Lewistown
John C. Huntoon
Tenth Judicial District
Clarence
Boise
Idaho
Huntoon
Man
Son of Akron Crash Victim Among Navy Men Searching for Missing
Ensign William A. Moffett Jr son of the late Rear Admiral Moffett joins a naval search for Jimmie Mattern over Alaska. The Ar gonne with Lieut John West and Captain Harry Dact commands support from coast guard cutters as planes scour Aleutian routes after Mattern vanished four days earlier.
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Nome
Alaska
William A. Moffett Jr
Moffett
Jimmie Mattern
Navy
Alaskan
Mattern
Argonne
Pribiloff Islands
Far North
John West
Harry Dact
Aleutian
Dact
Coast Guard
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Aleutians
Pacific
Ransom Paid but Brewer Held by Abductors
Relatives and friends of William Hamm the missing brewer waited tonight for his release after part of a $100,000 ransom was paid. Attorneys for Theodore Hamm Brewing Co. said he would likely be freed, as police mobilized for a major manhunt once released.
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ST. Paul
William Hamm
H. J. Charles
Theodore Hamm
Hamm
William Hamm Jr
Charles
Burning airplane crashes into crowd at French aviation fete
A military aviation fete in Nancy France ended in tragedy when a burning airplane fell into a crowd after hitting a hangar roof. One person was killed and 25 others injured including four critically burned and a small girl. Pilot Poiret died in the incident.
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Nancy
France
Poiret
Montana Weather Forecast Shows Fair Days Ahead
The forecast calls for generally fair weather in Montana on Monday and Tuesday with cooler conditions in the far east and warmer temperatures in the northwest.
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Montana
Two Men Held in Recent Merldy Kidnapping Case
Kansas City police report two suspects arrested in Virginia towns linked to the kidnapping of Miss Mary McElroy, 25, daughter of city manager H. F. McElroy. George McGee is in Roanoke awaiting Kansas City authorities. Howard Elmer Wilson is detained in Lynchburg.
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Kansas City
Virginia
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
FE. C. Reppert
Roanoke
George McGee
Miss McElroy
Thomas J. Higgins
Lynchburg
Howard Elmer Wilson
Meriden
Kans
Chinese liberal leader slain by gunmen in Shanghai
Yang Chien a Harvard and Cornell graduate and leader in the Chinese league of civil rights and secretary of the Academia Sinica Research Institute was assassinated today in Shanghai as he stood before the institute building on the outskirts.
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Shanghai
Yang Chien
Harvard
Cornell
Chinese League of Civil Rights
Academia Sinica Research Institute
Pilot sacrifices life to save passenger in Kansas City crash
In Kansas City a 22 year old pilot Howard Cavanah sacrificed himself to save 16 year old Jewel Duncan when a two seater plane stalled at 200 feet and crashed at the airport. Cavanah was alive in the wreckage but died en route to hospital while Duncan suffered only bruises and cuts.
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Kansas City
Howard Cavanah
Jewel Duncan
Cavanah
Miss Duncan
Duncan
Argentine Delegates Seek Wheat Acreage Restriction
London dispatch reports Argentina aims to work with Australia Canada and the United States on a wheat acreage restriction scheme at the economic conference. Buenos Aires backs restricted acreage to counter US surplus dumping and stabilize prices, with Australia the main opponent.
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London
Economic Conference
Australia
Canada
United States
Buenos Aires
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