Williams Cited for Political Speech by Senate Panel
The Senate campaign funds committee reprimanded Aubrey Williams deputy relief administrator for urging unemployed workers to back friends in office. It labeled his June 27 speech unfortunate and warned all federal fund disasers to avoid politics, while considering transcript review.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Aubrey Williams
Williams
Workers’ Alliance
Sheppard
Democrat
Texas
Alliance
Harrison
Mississippi
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Works Progress Administration
Senate
Roosevelt says U S unemployment solution not armament driven
President Roosevelt states the nation aims to curb unemployment with a 3.75 billion dollar lending and spending push by July 1. He notes arms costs are 12 to 16 percent of government outlays and that armament programs do not provide a permanent solution to unemployment.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States
Jimmy Roosevelt wealth claim shocks readers in Post profile
The Saturday Evening Post article by Alva Johnson claims James Roosevelt earns from 250000 to 2000000 dollars yearly from insurance sales and will become one of America's richest men in six years. It cites clients including American Tobacco, Columbia Broadcasting, and First National Bank of Boston, and recounts a $2 million policy on George Washington Hill sparked by a long distance call to Franklin D Roosevelt in Warm Springs.
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Philadelphia
James Roosevelt
America
Saturday Evening Post
Alva Johnson
Jimmy
Mr. Roosevelt
George Washington Hill
The
American Tobacco Company
Port of New York Authority
National Distillers
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Consolidated Oil
Transcontinental and Western Air
Esquire Magazine
First National Bank of Boston
Johnson
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Hill
Theodore M. Riehle
New York
Young Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Time of their lives promised for civil war vets in Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pennsylvania hosts 2000 veterans for their final reunion, eight days of ceremonies and reminiscences. Tom Bainbridge of Butte cannot attend due to ill health, while 15 veterans have already arrived. The town of 8000 and visiting guests prepare to welcome the old soldiers who fought in 1861 to 1865.
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Tom Bainbridge
Butte
Gettysburg
States
Pennsylvania
98-Pound Mother Bears Quadruplets In Arkansas
A 98-pound mother gave birth to quadruplets at a farm home near DeQueen Arkansas. One baby died early today while the other three survived and were kept in heat control units at a DeQueen hospital with oxygen support. The children belong to Mr and Mrs H T Valentine. Doctors fought to save the three survivors with intensive care.
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Dequeen
Ark
Here
H. T. Valentine
DeQueen Hospital
Anaconda Chosen For Elks Meeting
About 2,000 Elks from 16 Montana chapters will attend the state convention in Anaconda on July 21 22 and 23 announced by C J Carroll of Billings Montana Elks association president.
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Billings
The
Elks’ Lodge
Montana
Anaconda
C. J. Carroll
Montana State Elks’ Association
Hope for Medill McCormick Alive After Sandia Peak Disappearance
Medill McCormick heir to a Chicago publishing family vanished after a climb at Sandia Peak near Albuquerque. His companion Richard Whitmer was found dead, while searchers, aided by mountain climbers from Denver, hold hope he remains alive wandering the rugged New Mexico terrain.
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Albuquerque
N. M
U.P
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Sandia Peak
Richard Whitmer
McCormick
Denver
Rockies
Colorado
Alps
Madrid raid kills ten in Alicante bombardment
Madrid reports eight nationalist war planes bombed Alicante outskirts killing ten and wounding twenty, with 100 bombs dropped and 13 houses destroyed. Britain faces a cabinet clash over anti air defenses as a parliamentary leak case widens.
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London
Madrid
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Alicante
Valentia
Lightning Kills Roberts Bank Cashier in Carbon County
Oscar Pentilla, 32, a Roberts bank cashier, was killed by a lightning strike on Main Street while walking with bandmates to practice. Martin Patterson and Eugene Stein were knocked back but escaped serious injury. Pentilla, a 10-year bank employee and Montana State College alum, is survived by his wife and two brothers.
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Pentilla
Roberts State Bank
Montana Sate College
Bozeman
William Pentilla
Nye Leads Langer in North Dakota Voting
U S Senator Gerald P Nye held a two to one edge over Governor William Langer in the North Dakota Republican primary as first returns came in Nye led 14 943 to 7 995 with 189 of 2200 precincts reporting In the gubernatorial race Thoresen led Hagen with 6 021 to 4 404 at 123 precincts Nye and Langer head a bitter Senate fight while Nye’s Progressive Republican group opposed Langer who heads the Non Partisan League slate Other Republican House candidates trailed with Lemke leading Burdick and several others listed by precincts across the state Cloudy skies and a smaller vote were reported than the 222 245 cast in the 194? governor primary.
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Fargo
N. D
U. S
Gerald P. Nye
William Langer
Nye
T. H. H. Thoresen
John N. Hagen
Langer League
Thoresen
Fagan
House of Representatives
William Lemke
Langer
Asher L. Burdick
John Field
C. F. Kelsch
Sivert W. Thompson
Henry G. Owen
Senate
J. J. Nygaard
Oliver Rosenberg
Halvor Halvorson
Nger
North Dakota
Hagan
Union Party
Nygaard
John Moses
Hazen
Men Fight Under Blazing Sun for Road to Valencia
From Hendaye France near the Spanish frontier on June 28 the Sarrion sector near La Muela de Sarrion hosted a grueling stalemate as thousands of troops battled for a main highway to Valencia. The fortifications around Sarrion’s Tooth overlook the Teruel road and remained heavily shelled and barren at dusk.
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Valencia
Hendaye
France
Sarrion War
Sarrion
Teruel
la Muela de Sarrion
Sarrion’s Tooth
Auto Death Toll Drops as Travel Increases
The National Safety Council reports a 27 percent drop in May traffic fatalities, the seventh straight month of decline. May deaths were 2 280 vs 3 120 in 1937, with 11 100 lives saved in the first five months of 1938 despite a 3 percent rise in travel. Vermont led with a 41 percent decline and Pennsylvania with 38 percent.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Father in law of millionaire awaits relief grant
Francis Ormand French, father in law of John Jacob Astor III, waits in a Middletown apartment for a relief post that could aid him. He says he would take a laborer’s task if needed, and defends his social writings which have unsettled wealthy relatives who refuse further support.
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Middletown
R. I
Francis Ormand French
John Jacob Astor
Jack” Astor
French
Newport
Board names new high school teachers and approves calendar
The board of trustees for school district No 1 appoints four high school teachers Alton Bloom Margaret Murphy Helen Riley and Margaret Small and approves the next year’s calendar. They also accept the resignation of superintendent Douglas Gold effective June 30 due to ill health. Building site improvements for the new high school proceed as residents resist relocation.
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Board of Trustees
Douglas Gold
Gold
O. R. Ashford
Love strike keeps Hedi Heusser holed up at Blanchard home
In Irvington New York on June 28 1934 Mrs Hedi Heusser the red haired divorcee and mother of two sits in at the home of wealthy Rolly Blanchard after moving in a week ago demanding marriage. Attorneys say Blanchard has not proposed and will not marry her.
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Irvington
N. Y
Hedi Heusser
Rolly K. Blanchard
Mrs. Heusser
Blanchard
William D. Cunningham
Montana Weather Forecast Wednesday Thursday
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Montana on Wednesday and Thursday with little temperature change. No precipitation indicated and skies remain largely unsettled.
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Montana
Indiana GOP Senate Ballot Narrowed To Five Candidates
Indianapolis June 28 Five candidates for the Republican nomination for U S senator from Indiana gathered at the eve of the state convention to seek delegates. Veterans James Eli Watson Raymond F Willis Walter Bossert Oliver Starr and Clarence Wills are named with Watson and Bossert favored for first ballot lead. A 881 delegate majority is needed. Democrats may present a three way race in November with Sen Frederick Van Nuys possible independent bid.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
James Eli Watson
State Fairgrounds
Jim” Watson
Raymond F. Willis
Angola
Walter Bossert
Liberty
Oliver Starr
Gary
Clarence Wills
Kokomo
Watson
Bossert
Ku Klux Klan
Willis
Starr
Wills
Bruce Barton
New York
Frederick van Nuys
Roosevelt
Chinese Troops Battle for Yangtze Fortification
Chinese forces fought fiercely to retake a Matowchen fort along the Yangtze barrier guarding Hankow. Hankow reports a Japanese assault that captured one fort, but officials insist the Matowchen boom remains intact and a counterattack was launched.
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Shanghat
Matowchen
Yangtze River
Hankow
Wool fleeces sale announced at 20 cents a pound in Billings
About 30 000 fleeces totaling 300 000 pounds of wool go at 20 to 21 4 cents a pound. Rob ert R. Jones buys for Dewey Gould and Company of Boston. Fleece sources include Crow Indian reservation and nearby pools. Other recent sales include Antler Sheep company fleeces at 21 4 cents and Butcher Creek pool at 20 cents.
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Billings
Snyder Sheep Company
Robert R. Jones
Dewey Gould and Company
Boston
Crow Indian Reservation
Here
Antler
Draper and Company
Silberman and Sons of
Chicago
Butcher Creek
Columbus
Silberman and Sons
Midland Empire
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