World economic conference faces showdown on stabilizing the dollar
London June 27 The world economic conference moves toward a clash over whether major European powers will join the American dollar stabilization plan or let the United States pursue its policy alone. Four continental gold countries press the Bank of England while Wheat talks recess until July to size up the 1933 crop. Raymond Moley arrives to urge bold experiments and says the conference is on the road to results for the nation and world.
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World Economic Conference
United States
France
Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
Raymond Moley
America
Roosevelt
Moley
Cordell
Washington
School Board Votes Coal Bids and Bonding Plan
The school board authorized coal bids due by July 12 and scheduled a special meeting on July 6 at 7 30 p m to discuss bonding the high school debt, estimated around 20000 dollars. The session was brief, focusing on committee reports with City Superintendent Ragsdale noting last year attendance totals.
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Ragsdale
Officers Re-Elected by Butte Council of Knights of Columbus
All present officers of Butte Council No. 668 Knights of Columbus were re elected at a regular meeting last night Retiring treasurer and trustee were replaced Grand Knight Thomas A Jovick received thanks for service and pledged continued support during his second term
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Butte
Knights of Columbus
Thomas A. Jovick
U S Job-Finding Machine To Aid States
Secretary Frances Perkins announced that the United States employment service will establish regional clearing houses with field supervision to aid states through the new job finding machine. She noted the service will begin function next Saturday and urged immediate use for public works in the emergency program under General Hugh Johnson while stressing continued effort to reduce unemployment.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
United States Employment Service
Public Works Proam
Federal Employment Service
Hugh) Johnson
Roosevelt fishes as fog delays Bay of Fundy plans
President Roosevelt, amused by dense fog in Maine, fishes with no bites as Norman H. Davis delivers Geneva conference notes. Delays hinder plans to sail to Nova Scotia while interest in the parley remains muted.
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Lakemans Bay
Rogue Island
Maine
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Geneva
Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
Mr. Roosevelt
Pay and Hours of Work on Public Projects Set for Discussion
Washington June 27 The cabinet board overseeing the 3 3 billion public works fund schedules a discussion tomorrow on hours and pay for workers on large construction projects. A 32 hour week and 45 cent per hour rate are proposed by Hugh S Johnson. Decisions include whether reforestation workers join construction efforts and how to handle 500 million in projects from the Reconstruction Corporation. 550 applications from states cities and counties are awaiting processing. The Southern California Metropolitan Water District seeks 59 million for the Los Angeles aqueduct. Textile industry codes claim to create over 100 000 jobs as the policy unfolds.
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Roosevelt
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Hugh S. Johnson
Reconstruction Corporation
Metropolitan Water District
California
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Colorado River
Industrial Recovery Law
George A. Sloan
The
Cotton Textile Institute
Governor is the Victim of Highwaymen
Livingston dispatch reports Governor Frank H. Cooney was accosted by a group described as highwaymen on the outskirts of Livingston as he headed home from the East. The men, though marked by whiskers, were in fact Livingston citizens inviting him to attend the annual roundup. The governor departed to keep a Bozeman appointment and planned to reach Helena later that night.
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Livingston
Frank H. Cooney
Bozeman
Helena
Hoax Report Of Flyers Deaths Was Spread In Mexico
Government officials said rumors of the Spanish flyers Capt. Mariano Barberan and Lieut. Joaquin Collar dying in Tabasco were a hoax. Dispatches from Minatitlan near Lake La Madhona said the bodies found in tall trees were not true after more than a day of credence.
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Mexico City
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Tabasco
Minatitlan
Lake la Madhona
Rotary receives Byrd South Pole flag at convention
Rotary International today became the permanent custodian of a flag carried to the South Pole by Richard E. Byrd. Byrd spoke to the 24th annual Rotary convention as Thomas C. List formally committed the silken banner to Clinton P. Anderson of Albuquerque, president of Rotary.
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Rotary International Today
South Pole
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Rotary Clubs
Thomas C. List
New Zealand
Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
N. M
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Pneumonia Reported Improving
New York June 27 Douglas Fairbanks Jr film star with pneumonia was "doing nicely" today, according to Doctors Hospital.
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New York
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Doctors Hospital
Wheat Tax Sets 30 Cent Per Bushel Levy July 8
Washington June 27 A 30 cent a bushel wheat processing tax will take effect midnight July 8 on mills and wheat converters for human food. The measure aims to raise about 150 million dollars to fund cash benefits to farmers agreeing to cut wheat acreage 20 percent in 1934 and 1935. Import duties of 30 cents per bushel on imported wheat also kick in, alongside the existing 42 cent duty. The plan was sent to President Roosevelt as he traveled along the New England coast.
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R. G. Tugwell
Roosevelt
Graham
New England
White House
Murder trial opens for man charged in negro club knife attack
Eye witness testifies at the Silver City negro club following a February 28 altercation in which E R Robinson 50 died. Joseph Henry Jennings 33 faces first degree murder charges as four witnesses describe the fracas and injuries.
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Joseph Henry Jennings
T. E. Downey
Jennings
Robinson
N. A. Rotering
Roy Leahy
Montana Weather Brief Forecast
Montana forecast calls for unsettled conditions Wednesday and Thursday. Expect scattered thundershowers in the western portion with cooler temperatures on Wednesday and in the east on Thursday.
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Montana
Placer Mining Students Pan for Gold Under Butte Mentor
More than 500 persons enrolled in two placer mining courses led by Prof. O. A. Dingman at Montana School of Mines. He taught 210 in Lewistown and 300 plus in Great Falls, with students from Cutbank Scobey Belton Stanford Dutton Stockett Galata Geyser Eden Power Shonkin and Conrad.
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Montana School of Mines
Dingman
Lewistown
Roy Bardwell
Great Falls
Cosmopolitan Club
Cutbank
Scobey
Belton
Stanford
Dutton
Stockett
Galata
Geyser
Eden
Power
Shonkin
Conrad
Average worker weekly pay up 8.6 percent in May
The National Industrial Conference Board reports May's average weekly earnings in manufacturing rose 8.6 percent from April as employment up 4.1 percent and hours up 10.7 percent. Combined hours and workers drove a 15.1 percent rise in total hours. earnings averaged 17.65 dollars for men wage earners.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Montana Woolclip Climb to 32 Million Pounds in 1933
Secretary Murray Stebbings of the Montana Woolgrowers association says Montana's 1933 wool clip will total about 32,000,000 pounds, 3 to 5 percent above 1932, due to cleaner lighter wool from snow and early rains. The clip comes from roughly 4,000,000 sheep, with pelts prices rising from 25 cents to one dollar. Montana had about 4,200,000 sheep on January 1.
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Helena
Montana
Murray Stebbings
Montana Woolgrowers Association
Stebbing
States vote on repeal across West Virginia and California
California and West Virginia latest returns show strong move toward repealing the Prohibition amendment with California leading anti prohibition strength by nearly three to one. Other states already backing repeal include Michigan Wisconsin Rhode Island Wyoming New Jersey New York Delaware Nevada Illinois Indiana Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut and Iowa.
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Priest Joyce to mark 25 years in priesthood at sacred heart
More than sixty priests from across the state and Midwest will attend as Rev. William P. Joyce observes his silver jubilee at Sacred Heart church Butte. A solemn high mass at 10:30 a.m. will be followed by a noon banquet at the Silver Bow club with local laymen and parish members joining the celebration.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Charles C. Thompson
Seattle
Association of Life Underwriters
Silver Bow Club
Middle West
William P. Joyce
Sacred Heart Church
Father Joyce
Butte
East Park Street
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