Congressmen Burst Forth With Oratory
Congressional leaders wrap up six months of sparring with heated speeches as the New Deal public debate heats up. Representative Snell accuses the New Deal of triggering the recession while Senator Barkley defends it and cites a smaller debt increase. Committees plan summer inquiries into phosphate resources and campaign finance.
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Washington
Representative Snell
New York
House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Agriculture Wallace
Harcourt A. Morgan
TVA
Six Floaters Freed After Vagrancy Hold
Chief of Police William Breen released six men held on vagrancy charges and ordered officers to move transients along. Police link the floating population to several local break-ins, including a break-in at Standard Oil wholesale plant on Holland Street with Friday receipts of 180 dollars and 16 cases of oil stolen. A separate Divide area cabin owned by the Mount Fleecer club was entered, with lamps and tableware taken. Investigations continue into other thefts.
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William Breen
Butte
Standard Oil Company
Holland Street
Yeggs
Divide
Mount Fleecer Club
Montana Forecast Calls for Fair Weekend
Montana weather outlook shows generally fair conditions for Sunday and Monday. Cooler in the extreme southeast, with warmer conditions in the west on both days.
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Montana
Roosevelt Couple Weds In Quick Epworth Ceremony
John Roosevelt and Anne Clark Roosevelt were married in a six minute Episcopal ceremony at Union Church in Nahant Massachusetts. The event drew a large crowd including President and Mrs Roosevelt who applauded as the couple emerged.
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Nahant
Mass
John Roosevelt
Union Church
John
Endicott Peabody
Groton
Roosevelt
Anne
Hilo Fire Devastates Main Business Section
A massive blaze in Hilo Hawaii raged through the business district causing an estimated half a million dollars in damage. The flames destroyed the Hilo Dry Goods company Singer Sewing Machine Rialto and threatened the Palace theater as firefighters battled to control the spread. Residents called it the worst fire in 20 years for the island's main seaport and second largest city.
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Hilo
Hawaii
T. H
U.P
Hilo Dry Goods Company
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Rialt
Palace Theater
Honolulu
Bankers urge Congress to provide more FBI funds
The Montana Bankers' Association at Helena urged Congress to increase FBI appropriations for the bureau and praised its work in protecting American banks. Delegates elected Axel Neilson as president, with O M Jorgenson, R D Mountain, and Mrs. Ethel Walker named to key posts. The group also opposed proposed government takeover of the Federal Reserve and called for withdrawal of agencies from private business.
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Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Means Business
Sheppard
Texas
United States Senate
Barkley
Congress
Snell
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
FBI
Axel Nelson
Sidney
Montana
Helena
Montana Bankers’ Association
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Association
Federal Reserve
Axel Neilson
Richland National Bank
E. L. Johnson
First National Bank
Plains
O. M. Jorgenson
Billings
R. D. Mountain
Shelby
Ethel W. Walker
130 Silver Bow residents file petitions for July primary
One hundred thirty Silver Bow county residents filed nominating petitions for the July 19 primary election. The county clerk Addis A McGrath reported 30 petitions filed yesterday and estimates show about 200 residents seeking committee positions. Leaders include 36 legislators and 21 incumbents. 115 Democrats and 15 Republicans, with nine women among nominees. Continued on page 2.
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Silver Bow County
Addis
Constable
Rising Grain Price Trend Cheers Montana Farmers
Helena June 18 State Commissioner of Agriculture James T. Sparling says ample forage and a fair average grain crop suggest a rising price trend will benefit farmers. He notes that a good price makes a ordinary crop preferable to a bumper crop at low prices and that farming costs must be met with dollars, not bushels. If this year’s crop brings a fair price, even skeptics may see Montana's prosperity lies in its farms.
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Helena
Montana
James T. Sparling
Sparling
Printing Plant Seized in $14,000 Bogus Check Ring
Portland detectives seized a warehouse printing setup tied to forged checks alleged to total $14,000 in Northwest circulation. Edmond A. Romine, 40, an ex safe cracker, is jailed in Seattle on forgery charges with bail set at $25,000. Equipment included two presses five protectograph machines inks dyes and banking institution data.
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Portland
Ore
Northwest
Edmond A. Romine
Seattle
Romine
United States
Body of missing CCC youth sighted near Sappington bridge
An object thought to be Floyd Brownlee 17 CCC youth missing from Camp Cavern Jefferson Island was seen floating in the Jefferson river near Sappington bridge last night. County authorities and a searching party worked to locate and recover the body.
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Floyd Brownlee
CCC
Camp Cavern
Jefferson Island
Jefferson River
Sappington Bridge
Innocent Plea Filed in Murder Case
Walter J. Cowling pleaded not guilty at arraignment on first degree murder charges in the death of Carmel Winkler who was shot at a carnival in Missoula a week earlier and died Monday Bond set at $20000 by Justice Ward H. Jones Preliminary hearing scheduled for June 27
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Missoula
Walter J. Cowling
Carmel Winkler
Cowling
Justice of the Peace
H. Jones
Two Hoagland Youths Die in Plane Crash
In Hoagland Indiana a small passenger plane crashed in a field killing 18 year old John Kraft and 17 year old William Keeneman both Hoagland residents. Pilot Ralph Davis from Fort Wayne was injured and hospitalized in critical condition at Method Hospital Fort Wayne.
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Hoagland
Ind
John Kraft
William Keeneman
Ralph Davis
Fort Wayne
Methodist Hospital
Fort Waye
Native Women and Children Killed in Aerial Raid
Reliable reports say two Japanese planes bombed the American southern Baptist mission at Pingtu Shantung last Friday, killing an undetermined number of Chinese women and children. Seven Americans at the mission reportedly escaped unharmed. A ton of bombs fell on a site near Pingtu, marked by six American flags.
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Peiping
China
Southern Baptist
Pingtu
Shantung Province
Swatow
South China
Cadets Land Disabled Bomber After Transcontinental Flight
Two naval cadets landed a crippled bomber at Fairfax airport in Kansas City with no injuries. Cadet Robert Slye of Washington DC piloted down a locked gear craft watched by 6000 spectators who feared a crash as the plane circled for 3.5 hours before a near intact landing. Cadet James Plant of Long Beach California assisted. the craft sustained only minor damage.
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Kansas City
Kans
W.P
Fairfax Airport
Robert Slye
Washington
Nazi Jews on Drive to purge Germany
Berlin reports reveal a merciless official campaign against Jews extended by secret police orders. Raids claim hundreds of arrests in Berlin and provinces with many labeled social or criminal elements while some Jews seek safety and exit routes.
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Berlin
Germany
Worms
Martin Luther
Frankfurt
Reinhard Heydrich
Heinrich Himmler
Montana Garden Clubs Hold State Meeting in Butte
About 100 Montana women from cities across the state gather in Butte for the first Montana Federation of Garden Clubs meeting at the Finlen hotel. The event includes a banquet with toastmaster Timothy Nolan and a Mountain View church luncheon with talks on Montana beauty and city parks.
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Montana
Montana Federation of Garden Clubs
Finlen Hotel
Timothy Nolan
Butte
Mountain View Church
Rocky Mountain Garden Club
Gus A. Meyers
Dan J. Mooney
State Federation
Charles Hauswirth
Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Frank Curran
W. A. Boyer
George Berryman
Richard C. Treloar
O. L. Lenz
Clyde Potter
Frank McHugh
Congress Accents Change in Attitude of Country
Washington reports a shift in American foreign policy toward a strong navy and nonpartisan budget support. The 75th Congress approves a billion plus for Army and Navy plus over a billion to enlarge the Navy, while denouncing bombing of civilians. Hull signals aim to reduce armaments and rally like minded nations to uphold international law. Capitals in London Rome Berlin and Tokyo take notice of the evolving policy.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Senate
Congress
AM S
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
China
Hull
Italy
Germany
Japan
London
Bonneville Fishways Fully Successful For Salmon
Administrator James D. Ross reported to Harold L. Ickes that the Bonneville dam fishways are entirely successful. Chinook salmon move upstream easily through the ladders, with over 30,000 fish counted using the escalators last month, boosting confidence in the fishing industry.
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Washington
James D. Ross
Bonneville Dam
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ross
Dust Bowl Recedes as Crops Excel Across Plains
A United Press cross section finds the Dust Bowl memory fading in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. Rains return, drought belt crops improve with bumper yields, and many migrants head back as dust storms lessen though some areas remain exposed to windblown dust and loose topsoil.
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Kansas City
Great Plains
United Press
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Department of Agriculture
F D R Champagne Bothers Church Issue At Nahant Reception
In Russellville Arkansas June 15 the Cumberland Presbyterian Church committee on prohibition and law enforcement debated moderator D D Dowells demand for a definite stand on serving champagne at a reception following the Roosevelt Clark wedding in Nahant Massachusetts. The committee planned to report when the general assembly resumes sessions Monday.
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Russellville
Ark
Committee On Prohibition and Law Enforcement
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
D. D. Dowell
Roosevelt- Clark
Nahant
Mass
General Assembly of
Lions elect Bergan district president at Montana convention
At Great Falls on June 18 the Lions district convention chose K W Bergan of Browning as district president and will hold its 1939 convention in Billings. About 800 members attended as picnic guests of Anaconda Copper and Montana Power, with resolutions urging irrigation, an international director, and improved facilities for the deaf and blind school.
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Great Falls
K. W. Bergan
Browning
Billings
Lions District
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana Power Company
Frank W. Birch
Milwaukee
Lions Roar
Montana
Alberta
Tom Robinson
Helena
Robinson
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Solons
Auogenest
House of Representatives
William Bankhead
Sappington
Shanghai
North China
Yellow River
International Famine Relief Commission
Reich
Montana Garden Clubs
Hotel Finlen
Bonneville
Midwest
F. D. R. Champagne
District Lions Clubs
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