NRA Replies to Darrow Board Amid Recovery Fight
Washington reports mark the second round in a three part confrontation between the NRA and Clarence Darrow over codes and alleged oppression of small business. Hugh S Johnson defends the NRA in a blistering letter to President Roosevelt while Donald Richberg counters specific charges with pointed examples from the asbestos code and bedding code disputes.
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Darrow Board
Washington
U.P
Darrow Review Board
Hugh S. Johnson
Clarence Darrow
Roosevelt
Darrow
Johnson
Donald Richberg
Club Peace Work Cited In Wake Of Sarajevo War Anniversary
Paul P Harris argues a second global war is highly unlikely despite current European fears. The rotary leader notes world peace remains a strong priority for nations though relations across Europe are tense.
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Sarajevo
Paul P. Harris
Rotary International
United Press
Rotary
Roosevelt signs over a hundred bills vetoes thirty one
President Roosevelt worked long hours to set the nation for the new fiscal year. He signed more than 120 bills and vetoed 31, examined labor conditions, and began selecting personnel for new government agencies to oversee stock exchanges and communications. He eyed Ferdinand Pecora as a potential chairman for the stock exchange commission and reserved decisions on major late Congress measures.
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Roosevelt
Washington
National House
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate
New Stock Exchange Commission
White House
Congress
Two Women and Boy Among Blast Victims
Ten people died and five were injured when two explosions hit the Dean Powder plant at Hawks Prairie eight miles northeast of Olympia. Victims include two women and a 12 year old boy. most were plant employees. The blast, sparked by dynamite in the mixing room, leveled the plant and caused brush fires. Police and firefighters aided search and containment as authorities identified bodies and treated the injured at St. Peter's hospital.
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Olympia
Wash
Dean Powder Company
Hawks Prairie
Here
John Claussen
Clarence Ulery
Pearl Ulery
Oliver Wilson
Henry Denn Jr
William Barto
Glen Moyer
Roscoe Deed
Scott Yarbor
George Dean
St. Peter's Hospital
Tacoma
Hanging Date Set in Montana Murder Case
W Cates will be hanged on July 28 for the murder of Paul A Read. Judge Theodore Lentz fixed the date after the state supreme court remittitur arrived. Only a few people attended the courtroom as the decision was announced.
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W. ©. Cates
Missoula
William Clarence Cates
Paul A. Read
Board of Pardons
Theodore Lentz
State Supreme Court
Helena
Unidentified Man Jumps Into River at Whitefish
A 25 year old man jumped from the Second Street bridge into the river in Whitefish. His body was recovered by the county coroner. He weighed about 170 pounds and stood 5 feet 6 inches with two gold crowned teeth as the only identifiable marks. No items were found in his pockets.
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Whitefish
Second Street
Killer's Wife Convicted as Accessory After Fact
Norma Brighton Millen, 19, minister's daughter and wife of a killer, was convicted on three counts as an accessory after the fact to two murders and a robbery. She faced up to 21 years in prison as the verdict was read by Judge Arthur J. Estes amid her mother’s tearful reactions.
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Dedham
Mass
Norma Brighton Millen
Margaret Smith Brighton
Norman Brighton
Arthur J. Estes
Secret Service Checks Glacier Park Route for Roosevelt Visit
Col. William Starling of the White House Secret Service detail examined the Going-to-the-Sun route and lodging from Belton to St. Marys to Many Glacier and Two Medicine Lodge plus the Glacier Park Hotel as potential sites for President Roosevelt’s summer visit.
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Glacier Park
Belton
Col
William Starling
White Hous
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Starling
St. Mary's
Many Glacier
Medicine Lodge
Robert E. Lee Hill Elected Rotary International President
In Detroit on June 27 Robert E Hill of Columbia Missouri was unanimously chosen president of Rotary International. Delegates at the 25th annual convention also re elected Rufus F P Chapin as treasurer, a post he has held since 1913. Hill succeeds John Nelson of Montreal.
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Robert E. Lee Hill
Detroit
Columbia
University of Missouri
Rotary International
Rufus FP. Chapin
Chicago
Hill
John Nelson
Montreal
Japs Clash With British Police in Shanghai Riot
In Shanghai's international settlement an angry crowd of about 300 Japanese attacked British police before dawn. Bricks bottles and clubs were hurled as authorities tried to arrest two Japanese sailors. Police insist on local jurisdiction while Japanese naval authorities contest it.
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Shanghai
Shanghai International Settlement
Dubie Batani Appeal Heard By State Supreme Court
The Montana supreme court will hear tomorrow the appeal in the Dubie Batani case over an unexpired Silver Bow county commissionership vacated by the death of Commissioner Merkie. Batani was declared elected in 1932, Dubie filed suit, and the district court upheld Batani. The appeal challenges Batani’s eligibility and the legality of votes in the canvass.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Arthur G. Dubie
Fred Batani
Silver Bow County
Thomas P. Merkie
Dubie
Batani
Frank I. Riley
Supreme Court
Irate neighbor shoots firework boy in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on June 27 a 10 year old boy Coy Ellis Jensen was critically wounded after a neighbor Mrs. Rosie Brush 63 fired a shotgun from her home while the boys tossed firecrackers. The family said the gun discharged accidentally as the boys fled.
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Los Angeles
Rosie Brush
Coy Ellis Jensen
Coy
Howard
No Developments Reported in Ongoing Strike Situation
No new developments in the strike were reported from any source yesterday. Federal and labor officials had no statements on efforts to end the strike. Serenading of strikers ceased, an acid attack on a watchman failed to injure him, and unions reportedly voted against the general strike proposal in ballots submitted to the trades and labor assembly.
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Messrs. Jacobson
Trade and Labor Organizations
Trades and Labor Assembly
War Germs and Poison Gas Foreseen in European Conflict
London dispatch cites Wickham Steed as author of a report stating Germany would use disease germs and poison gas against civilians in London and Paris in a new European war. The item, credited to a veteran international newspaperman and former editor of the London Times, is transmitted by United Press.
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London Times
The
United Press
Wickman Steed
London
U.P
Germany
Paris
Wickham Steed
Montana Forecast: Fair East, Unsettled West This Week
Montana weather expects fair skies in the eastern areas while the western portion remains unsettled on Thursday and Friday. Warmer conditions are forecast for Thursday across the state.
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Montana
Fanzier Leads Early In North Dakota Primary Returns
Early returns from North Dakota precincts show Senator Fanzier ahead in the governor race with Langer and Thoresen trailing. U S senator results list Frazier leading Buck and Mason with a wide margin as of 9 PM.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Langer
Thoresen
Cain
United States
Buck
Frazier
Mason
William Langer
England rejects war debt payment in kind offer
London declares payment in goods impractical and risks Anglo American trade. Britain cites economic effects similar to cash payments and backs the view with quotes attributed to former Vice President Dawes, head of the 1924 reparations committee.
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London
Great Britain
Hull
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Federal agents raid two Butte bootlegging operations
Federal agents held open houses at two Silver Bow county sites tied to bootlegging. They seized 10 gallons of unpaid whisky and found a 75 gallon still with 350 gallons of mash at a Colorado street location, arresting William J. Kennedy and Carl Tucker and releasing them on $1,000 bonds. A Meaderville residence revealed two 125 gallon stills, 2,500 gallons of mash and related gear. the owner was absent and a card was left.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Silver Bow County
William J. Kennedy
Carl Tucker
Colorado Street
Kennedy
Tucker
U. S
Howard
Harrison Street
Meaderville
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