Repeal of Tax Killed in House Vote
In Washington the House defeated a Republican amendment to repeal the undistributed profits tax by 78 to 33. The measure would have shifted to a phased corporate tax, sparing no company from tax based on income but removing the surtax on undistributed profits. Debate centered on revenue loss and budget balance.
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Washington
House
Vinson
Kentucky
Representative Knutson
Minnesota
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
United States
Several Spy Arrests Reported Across the United States
Justice Department agents secretly questioned several persons suspected of being spies. An official said multiple people were taken into custody in widely separated areas as investigations proceed. Authorities guard details to prevent leaks and Attorney General Cummings restricts further disclosures.
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Washington
Justice Department
State
Justice Departments
Cummings
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Department
Weather forecast for Montana on Tuesday and Wednesday
Generally fair conditions across Montana with a cooler Tuesday especially in the southeast portion. Highs and lows not specified but winds and precipitation are not expected to be a factor for the main area. A modest drop in temperature is noted for Tuesday in the southeast.
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Montana
Rescuers Aid 172 Marooned Men After San Antonio Canyon Flood
In Los Angeles on March 7, rescue teams carried supplies to 172 men trapped in a federal transient camp after last week's flood in San Antonio canyon. Food was scarce, with only broth, 96 cans of candy, and peanuts available initially. Airdropped provisions arrived late, and some men fainted or were injured trying to escape.
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Los Angeles
San Antonio Canyon
Francis Clark
Clark
Japs Close in on Chinese Strongholds in Shanxi
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan's North China armies moving to attack Communist forces and the Shanghai railway corridor. Japanese claims say they control nearly all of Shansi province as of March 8.
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Shanghai
Japan
North China
Sunghai
Shansi
Bath shipyard employee defeats boss in mayoral race
Bath Maine March 7 A shipyard employee beat his boss for mayor Donald N Small Republican won 1 874 votes to Archibald N Main Democrat 1 366 Main is vice president of Bath Iron Works Small is a hull draughtsman for the firm
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Bath
Donald N. Small
Archibald N. Main
Small
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Main
Thawing Weather Slush Roils Butte Streets
Early spring thaw harassed Mining city residents as slush and melting snow water filled streets with silt. City crews kept gutters clear while outlying districts faced oozy conditions. Thermometers rose to 39 degrees and officials warned motorists to avoid secondary roads until drying begins. County surveyor Jack Healy said little can be done now. equipment to repair roads will be deployed once drying starts.
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Silver Bow
Jack Healy
Wise Guy Misreads Local Mine Depths
The colorful local figure claimed the Steward mine was deepest at 3,633 feet, but W A O Kelly of Anaconda says Badger reaches 4,172 feet and Mountain Con 4,139 feet. He concedes 539 feet would be a large fall on that question.
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W. A. O'Kelly
Anaconda Company
Welfare funds may revert to state treasury in Montana
Approximately 431,714.42 of the 643,717 dollars held by the State Public Welfare department may revert to the state general fund this month, state treasurer Ray N. Shannon said. Figures, verified by the Public Welfare department, include 18065.41 from Miles City tannery product sales and 17885.97 due counties for administrative costs.
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Helena
State Public Welfare Department
State General Fund
Ray N. Shannon
Shannon
Public Welfare Department
Miles City
Plane fate sealed as snowbound Sierra searches continue
Treacherous weather hampered rescue efforts for a passenger plane with nine aboard missing six days after a rainstorm. Search planes fanned the widening area before fog halted operations and ground crews withdrew. TWA president Jack Frye urged continuing the search despite conditions.
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Fresno
Calif
Sierra Nevada Range
Jack Frye
TWA
Rescue Efforts Continue After Sierra Flood Toll Tops 140
In Los Angeles on March 7 rescuers braved landslides and swollen creeks to reach vacationists and workers stranded in mountain camps. The death toll rose to 141 with a Japanese boy and man found in the mud. About 50 missing and $50 million in damage reported as hundreds remain marooned and aid planes await better conditions.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Sierra Madre
San Bernardino Mountains
Gambling heat hits Butte as gambling joints quiet
In Meaderville and Butte yesterday the gambling scene vanished from sight with keno, faro, dice, roulette and slot machines removed. Police denied knowledge of any closure and no complaints or informations were filed, leaving officials puzzled as to the cause.
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Reno
Butte
Meaderville
Hunt for hit and run driver in fatal Montana city crash
Police intensified the search for the driver who struck Carl Johanson 69 near his 2228 Harrison avenue home Saturday night. Johanson died Sunday from shock internal injuries and a broken leg, identified by Daly- Shea mortuary staff. Coroner Duff weighed an inquest.
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Carl Johanson
Harrison Avenue
Johanson
Daly- Shea
Clara Lamar
Montana Standard
Nelson
Joan McCauley
Montana
Lamar
Butte
A. Grover
Seattle
M. F. Duff
Mystery Disease Strikes 300 Coast Nurses in 1934 35
A report to the Los Angeles board describes an unnamed illness at Los Angeles General Hospital in 1934 35, initially seen as polio like. Dr. E T Remmer calls it a medical mystery with over 300 hospital staff affected, some remaining on duty despite illness and costly care for treatment.
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Los Angeles
E. T. Remmer
Glendale
Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles General Hospital
Remmen
Los Angeles County
Emergency call for veterinary on flight to Texas
A Washington–Newark plane diverted to Bolling Field after the passenger dog So What of Milford Haven, a fox terrier owned by J N Austin of Old Westbury, Long Island, appeared ready to pup. A veterinary at Bolling Field advised continuing to Orange Texas to place the dog with a top fox terrier expert.
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Washington
J. N. Austin
Old Westbury
Long Island
Milfordhaven
Bollingfield
Washington Airport
Austin
Orange
Texas
Montana Supreme Court Bars Welfare Funds Transfer
Montana Supreme Court grants a temporary injunction blocking a $150000 transfer from the Montana Public Welfare board funds to the WPA. Gallatin county taxpayer Fred Browning filed suit arguing illegality. Court sets Saturday for arguments on permanent injunction. I M Brandford and welfare board named defendants.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Montana Public Welfare Board
Works Progress Administration
Fred Browning
Gallatin County
I. M. Brandford
Welfare Board
Welfare Department
Britain Approves Chamberlain Rearmament Plan in Commons
The House of Commons backed Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain 351 to 134 to endorse his rearmament program amid a peace talks backdrop. A second vote 347 to 133 approved the government's empire defense plans as Chamberlain warned of possible large increases in five year allocations and pressed democracy against a peace at any price.
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London
House of Commons Tonight
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Chamberlain
Commons
Germany
Italy
House of Commons
League of Nations
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Winston Churchill
Europe
TVA Expenditure Challenged by Auditing Office
The Comptroller General's office questions nearly five million dollars of TVA disbursements from 1933 to 1936 in a probe tied to audits for Congress and the President. Only about $128,635 has been recovered. Contested items include unauthorized hires, transport payments to nonemployees, high priced livestock purchases, and alleged illegal contract assignments amid TVA board tensions.
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Washington
Usp
Comptroller General's Office
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Comptroller's Office
New Deal Yardstick Power Agency
TVA
Arthur A. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Harcourt A. Morgan
Spanish Cruiser Baleares Sinks. 600 Sailors Missing
British naval sources report about 600 Spanish insurgent seamen drowned when the 10,000 ton cruiser Baleares was torpedoed and sunk by government warships off Cape Palos. 200 survivors were saved, many leaping into lifebelts as the ship stayed afloat for two and a half hours.
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Gibraltar
Baleares
Cape Palos
Spain
Mediterranean
Kempenfelt
Boreas
London
Francisco Franco
Cartagena
Pair Sentenced In Labor Terrorism Case
Matt Klein and Roy Hardin were sentenced to two year terms in the penitentiary by Circuit Judge Louis P. Hewitt in Portland. They were convicted in the first of a series of trials involving acts of alleged labor terrorism.
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Portland
Ore
Matt Klein
Roy Hardin
Louis P. Hewitt
Officials refuse pause on TVA power aid in Tennessee valley
Washington officials of the Public Works Administration refuse to delay financial assistance for municipal power projects in the Tennessee valley while the Tennessee Valley Authority is negotiating. The notice appears in a domestic dispatch with a later continuation referenced.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Legion Auxiliary Plans Anniversary Fete At Assembly
The American Legion auxiliary of Silver Bow post No. 1 will hold an 8 o'clock meeting tonight to plan a pot luck dinner for the post's nineteenth birthday on March 16. The activities committee led by Mrs. Vivian Rand will arrange the event with a musical program and discussion of the Helena district meeting Saturday and other matters.
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American Legion Auxiliary of
Silver Bow Post No. 1
Vivian Rand
Helena
Yale Professor Thurman Arnold Nominated to Enforce Antitrust Laws
President Roosevelt names Yale economist Thurman Arnold to head the anti trust division enforcement. Arnold has written The Folklore of Capitalism arguing the laws foster monopoly and expresses views echoing former assistant attorney general Robert H. Jackson. Senate opposition was limited as confirmation passed 62 to 4 with lawmakers planning to study his book.
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Prof
T. W. Arnold
Yale
Jackson
Washington
Thurman W. Arnold
America
Roosevelt
Arnold
Yale University Press
Robert H. Jackson
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