Irregular Course Seen In Polar Flight From Moscow
Three Russian aviators aiming for a non stop flight from Moscow to San Francisco faced uncertain progress as radio reports tracked their route over polar wastes. Army experts suggested they remained near the pole or were flying an irregular course, covering under 250 miles in three hours at about 100 mph in a plane rated for 150 mph.
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San Francisco
U.P
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic
Polar
Moscow
North Pole
Question of Readings Estimated Position by Coast Guard
Coast Guard officials estimate the position given at 6 10 p m as latitude 85 longitude 58 to be about 800. The note appears in a continuation on page 2 column 7.
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Coast Guard
Copper wage cut hits 11 000 Anaconda workers in Montana
The price of copper has fallen below the 14 1 4 cent level for over 30 days, forcing a 25 cent per shift wage reduction for Anaconda company miners, smelters, and refinery workers in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls. Miners now earn 5 75 a day while craftsmen and contract workers see adjusted rates. The change affects about 11 000 employees and continues a 30 day sliding scale tied to copper prices.
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Anaconda Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Judiciary bill rejected to set strong Senate precedent
The Senate committee report argues against the judiciary bill with moral passion and calls for a precedent to deter future attempts to subordinate the judiciary to Congress or the executive. It urges emphatic rejection to prevent a parallel from ever arising.
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Senate Committee
Senate
Congress
Executive
Treasury lists six men using foreign companies to avoid taxes
The Treasury named six individuals who used foreign corporations to reduce or evade U S income taxes. The list includes Charles Laughton and Jacob Schick along with Jules S Bache Wallace Groves and Percy K Hudson. Philip De Ronde was charged with a direct legal violation and George Westinghouse Jr. was mentioned as an illustrative case.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Elmer L. Ivey
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Joint Congressional Committee On
Charles Laughton
Jacob Schick
Bahamas
George Westinghouse Jr
County Dealers Enforce State Rum Laws Begin Late Closings
County dealers must close by 2 a.m. starting Saturday per Mayor Charles Hauswirth and Montana Liquor Control Board Regulation No. 22. The rule bans liquor or beer sales from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. except on election days when polls are open, with cities able to set stricter hours.
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Charles Hauswirth
The
Montana Liquor Control Board
Montara Liquor Control Board
Montana water board adopts departmentalized plan
Helena June 18 The Montana water conservation board announced it has departmentalized its activities at Gov Roy E Ayers suggestion. Commissioners O S Warden Rockwood Brown and D P Fabrick attended. R H Fifield named construction engineer and E B Donohue field engineer to oversee projects from contract to completion. J S James state engineer will outline the program and supervise projects up to construction and arrange federal aid applications.
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Helena
Montana Water Conservation Board
Roy E. Ayers
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
Rockwood Brown
Billings
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
R. H. Fifield
E. B. Donohue
Highway Department
J. S. James
Mr. James
Mining Claim Bill Heads to House Floor for June 21 Vote
The bill to suspend annual assessment work on mining claims after Senate passage moves to the House for a vote around June 21. Information comes from Montana congressmen via Carl J. Trauerman, Butte.
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Senate
House Committee On Mines and Mining
House
Carl J. Trauerman
Butte
Montana
Ousted Grand Jury Presents Partial Report in Court
The Silver Bow county grand jury, discharged by Judge J. J. Lynch on May 15 after over two months, delivered a partial report to the district court clerk at 4:58 PM. Foreman Frank Lohman and member Frank Hayes filed a receipt, while Judge Lynch called the filing waste paper. Clerk Elmer Shea said filing requires an Attorney General opinion.
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Grand Jury
Frank Lohman
Frank Hayes
Silver Bow County
J. J. Lynch
District Court
Fort Benton Hosts Missouri River Boat Race Finish
Fort Benton readies for the largest crowd in town as four motorboats finish a 2300 mile Missouri River race from St Louis. They dock near the Big Muddy under the bridge at noon with Mayor Roy V Bewker to present the winner’s trophy to the winning captain after the contest ends.
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Fort Benton
Missouri River
St. Louis
Missouri
Roy V. Bewker
Banquet Feature of Tate Daly at DAV Annual Meet
More than 100 delegates and guests attended the sixteenth annual convention of the Montana Disabled American Veterans of the World War in Anaconda. Dr. L. G. Dunlap acted as toastmaster at the banquet in the Montana hotel. Speakers included Dr. H. C. Watts from Helena Veterans Hospital, Claude W. Merritt legal counsel for the Veterans’ bureau, and E. J. Callaghan Helena service officer. John Gormley of Great Falls presided over today’s business sessions.
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Anaconda
Montana
L. G. Dunlap
H. C. Watts
Veterans’ Hospital
Helena
Claude W. Merritt
Veterans’ Bureau
E. J. Callaghan
John Gormley
Great Falls
Montana Weekend Forecast Shows Warmer West
Montana forecast calls for generally fair weather Saturday and Sunday with warmer readings in the western portion on Saturday.
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Montana
Steel labor clash sparks mediation amid calls for action
Cleveland June 18 The Republic Steel Corp denounces the proposed maintenance of the strike status while federal mediation proceeds asserting a reign of anarchy has overtaken civil authority. Senator Vandenberg also attacks Roosevelt's three man steel mediation board as it prepares to begin fact finding in Cleveland with headquarters in Washington.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Frances Perkins
Federal Mediation Board
Washington, D. C
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Roosevelt
Steel Mediation Board
Vandenberg
Miss Perkins
Witness Links Defendant’s Mental State to Homicide
Testimony in the Martinovich trial portrays Trija Martinovich as mentally unsound with persecutory delusions. Three doctors testified the inmate suffered from paranoid dementia praecox and could not distinguish right from wrong when he killed his cousin Nicholas Aleksich on East Park Street on February 28.
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Edward Lieurance
Montana State Hospital
Warm Springs
Tlija Martinovich
Nicholas Aleksich
Lieurance
Trija Martinovich
Martinovich
Aleksich
East Park Street
Jelleffee and White
Mayo Clinic
Forest Fire Threatens Anchorage City in Alaska
Mayor H. H. Romig urged all able residents to fight a fast moving forest fire two miles southeast of Anchorage. The blaze shifted toward the city with a wind change, with Lake Spenard eyed as a water landing site for planes. Air reconnaissance and planes were deployed to help control the fire.
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Anchorage
Alaska
H. H. Romig
Romig
Hugh Brewsters
Lake Spenard
Basque volunteers blow up Guecho munitions plant at Bilbao
Basque volunteers destroy the Guecho arms factory near Bilbao as rebels threaten the city. Gen Davila warned he would leave no man alive in Bilbao if destruction is carried out. Rebels pound the city with heavy shelling, targeting civilians.
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Hendaye
U.F
Bilbao
Guecho
Spain
Jose Fidel Davila
Madrid
Some of Greatest Science Inventions Due to Mistake
Dr Phillips Thomas of Westinghouse Pittsburg spoke at the Montana section meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Butte. He discussed talking movies and noted tricks behind on screen fist fights, outlining future engineer prospects and Northwest scenery.
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Phillips Thomas
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Montana
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Mr. Thomas
Butte
Seattle
Northwest
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Davila
Mnounday
Governo
Walter Lippmann
U. S
Water Conservation Board
Key Pittman
United States
Nevada
Mining Association of Montana
Virginia City
Tate Daly
Rike Waits
Santander
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