House Votes $4 Billion Warship Plan To Boost Navy
The House approved a $4,000,000,000 warship construction program to build the largest sea power in history. The vote came after two hours of debate alongside passage of a $1,000,000,000 tax defense bill and a $1,768,913,908 emergency Army Navy appropriation. The Senate naval committee discussed Colonel Frank Knox's nomination as secretary of the Navy amid signals of potential rejection depending on his stance on U.S. intervention in the European war. The committee scheduled Knox to testify, while a member noted a possible rejection in a poll if the vote were held today. The naval expansion bill passed the House by voice vote.
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House
Senate Naval Committee
Frank Knox
Navy
Naval Committee
Knox
United States
Rail Runaway From 75 MPH Wind Hits Main Line
A violent 75 mile per hour wind sent seven empty box cars racing 42 miles downgrade before a work train caught and halted them at Cold Springs near Forsyth. Rail workers reported the gate blew free, bending wheel flanges and forcing the main line switch before the cars rolled through Ingomar. The alert crew then overhauled the runaway on the main track.
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Galbraith
Cold Springs
Vananda
Forsyth
Ingomar
Armistice Terms Signed As France Accepts German Demands
Paris reports France signed Hitler's armistice terms in the Compiegne forest. French plenipotentiaries headed to Rome to learn Italy's price for peace, while Berlin announced a cease fire would follow after the Franco German accord. Huntziger issued a personal protest noting severity of the conditions.
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U.P
France
Adolf Hitler
Compiegne
Rome
Italy
Wagons Lits Company
Hitler
Ferdinand Foch
Germany
Charles Huntziger
Huntziger
Enrollee Io Hester Dies In Yellowstone Fire
James Hester 19 of Norwood Ohio died after being injured while fighting the Chipman creek forest fire in Yellowstone National Park. Two CCC enrollees were hurt seriously as the 400 man crew battled the blaze which had burned about 2 600 acres. Hester died en route to Mammoth Hot Springs hospital. mother Mrs Clara Fischer notified.
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Missoula
James Hester
CCC
Chipmonk Creek
Yellowstone National Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Fort Missoula
Hester
Clara Fishcer
Norwood
Ohio
Yellowstone Park
Chipman Creek
Clifford Otey
Windsors Plan to Return to England
London dispatch reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor plan to return to England from Madrid after last traveling from southern France into Spain. The move would mark another shift in the royal exile saga with no official confirmation yet.
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Windsors
England
London
U.P
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Madrid
France
Spain
Virginia Solon Marries Carter Glass in Amherst Ceremony
Sen Carter Glass of Virginia wed Mrs Mary Scott Meade of Amherst in a quiet afternoon ceremony at Amherst at 4 30 p m The bride is daughter of the late Charles Landon Scott and widow of Robert Ambler Meade The notice continues on page 12 column 5.
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Carter Glass
Washington
Virgin
Mary Scott Meade
Amherst
Extension of Air Service into Canada Urged by Group
The Chamber of Commerce aviation committee renewed its push for extending Western Air Express from Great Falls to Lethbridge via Butte to connect Montana with Alberta Canada. They urged Montana Senators to press for quick approval after a merger decision and to resume the extension plan.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Move
Alaska
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Montana
Aeronautics Authority
United Airlines
Western Air Express
Western
Great Falls
Lethbridge
Alberta
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United Air Lines
Western Air
Chamber
Butte
United States
Americas Agree to Principle on Emergency Consultative Meet
Washington reports that 20 western hemisphere nations accepted in principle the United States plan for an emergency consultative conference on the European crisis. Havana or Rio de Janeiro are possible sites, with talks highlighting President Roosevelt’s proposed 2 billion dollar cartel to counter totalitarian nations.
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Americas
Cordell Hull
Havana
Rio de Janeiro
Roosevelt
Hull
State Department
Hyde Park
James Forrestal
Dillon, Read & Co
New York
Forrestal
Panama
United States
Canada
Counties Receive Net Gain From State and Federal Welfare Funds
Montana public welfare administrator L M Brandford announced that counties received $4,215,239.50 in welfare payments during the year ending December 31 from state and federal funds. Reimbursements to the state would total $839,842.43, leaving a net county gain of $3,375,397.07. Silver Bow County totaled $459,484.40 with $80,926.01 to be reimbursed, yielding a net of $378,558.39. Deer Lodge County total was $78,978.14 with reimbursements to come. (Continued on Page 12 Col. 6.)
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L. M. Brandford
Public Welfare
State Department of Public Welfare
Montana
Brandford
State Department
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge County
Mother Bonino Celebrates 80th Birthday in Butte
The long lived Butte resident Mrs Giovanna Bonino known as Mother Bonino marks her eightieth birthday among her family and six children. Widow of Italian immigrant Ben Bonino she helped found a Meaderville home and played in local bands. Her son Peter oversees the Bonino store and household operations. Continued on page 2.
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Bonino
Butte
Ben Bonino
Mother Bonino
Peter
Stella
Pete
Convention 10 Opens With GOP Nominating Hopefuls In Philadelphia
Thousands of Republicans gather in Philadelphia to nominate a presidential ticket and challenge President Roosevelt in 1940. Dozens of candidates converge as bands play and bunting decorates the city while platform fights loom over labor and war aid.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
E. D.T
Countess Square
Quaker City
Churchill appeals to all Frenchmen to aid Britain
Prime Minister Winston Churchill expresses grief and amazement at France's armistice terms and calls on Frenchmen abroad to aid the British fight. He argues a free French government could not accept the armistice and urges liberation forces to prevail, promising Britain will cherish the French cause.
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London
Winston Churchill
France
Germany
Churchill
Petain
Bordeaux
Britain
Montana Forecast: Partly Cloudy to Open Week
Weather forecast for Montana shows partly cloudy conditions in the west and east portions on Sunday and Monday with little change in temperature.
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Montana
House Members Announce Support for Speaker William B
Thirty three House members from 21 states announced after a caucus that they would support the candidacy of Speaker William B for vice president. The report notes the continued coverage on page 12.
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Washington
House
William B
Montana Candidates Move Ahead As Primary Nears
Political activity heats up in Montana with July 16 primary approaching. Candidates seek seats in U S Senate, two Congressmen, governor and other statewide offices. Democratic and Republican fields are listed with nominees and counts.
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Butte
United States
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William B. Bankhead
Supreme Court
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John W. Bonner
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