Roosevelt questions neutrality act amid calls for bigger fleet
President Roosevelt said the neutrality act may have encouraged war threats and noted no repeal today. Admiral Leahy signaled Navy readiness to seek a bigger fleet after Tokyo reports. The Senate advanced the administration rearmament program amid the debate.
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Army
Washington
William D. Leahy
Tokyo
Japan
Adolf Hitler
America
March Lion in Sheep's Clothing Lights a Butte Day
Cold start with seven below zero at 8 am as snow flurries pelted the area. The day warmed to a high of 36 above with sun breaking through in a cloudless sky. Montana forecast calls for more snow flurries and little temperature change.
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United States Weather Bureau
Montana
Montana Weather Forecast Snow Flurries and Colder Temps
In Montana, for Wednesday and Thursday expect snow flurries with the east portion turning colder on Wednesday. Temperatures are forecast to drop statewide, with the coldest conditions toward the east.
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Montana
Southern lawmakers vow to block rail relief over rate discrimination
Prominent southern legislators warned they would oppose any rail relief legislation unless freight rate discrimination against the South and Southwest ends. The Senate subcommittee on interstate commerce heard measures to revise rates seen as favoring the North. Chair Hill warned against rapid legislation amid Senate filibuster risks. C. E. Childe of Omaha opposed federal rate regulation of inland waterways.
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South
Southwest
Senate
Interstate Commerce
North
Northeast
Hill
Alabama
United States Senate
C. E. Childe
Omaha
Neb
Mississippi Valley Association
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Rail reform bill status shocks industry leaders
New York March 7 leading rail executives reacted with pleasure or astonishment as Washington signaled that a remedial bill based on President Roosevelt's six-man committee's recommendations had been dropped. House leaders warned the bill may not pass this session and indicated a substitute with limited changes favoring carriers could be introduced.
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New York
Washington
Roosevelt
Committee of Six
House
Congress
Special Committee On
Byrd
Virginia
Senate Committee On Reorganization
Dirksen
Illinois
Rotary milk fund drive raises over two thousand dollars
Rotary club thanks supporters for the four thousand dollar milk fund drive that ended last night. More than two thousand two hundred dollars was raised toward the goal and final tallies will be announced at a St Patrick day party. The money funds free milk for undernourished children in Butter’s schools and the program has operated for fifteen years.
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Rotary Club
Geraldine Kessell
Mooney
Morgenthau warns gold return would destabilize recovery
Secretary Morgenthau told the House coinage committee that putting gold back into circulation could destabilize the economy and delay recovery. He spoke while urging extension of the stabilization fund and the U.S. ability to adjust the dollar’s gold value, noting risks if gold resumes circulation amid global instability.
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Washington
United States
Morgenthau
House Coinage Committee
Treasury
Roosevelt May Cut Aid Demand
President Roosevelt indicated a possible downward revision of his request for a 150 million dollar relief appropriation. He said new Work Progress Administration information could lead him to recommend any amount from zero to 150 million to fund relief through June, with a special message to Congress likely Monday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Work Progress Administration
Party lines form on reorganization bill in Congress
Washington March 7 House debate drew clear party lines as Democrats backed the revised government reorganization bill while Republicans supported a Democratic senator's substitute.
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Washington
House
Representative Keller
Illinois
Man Charged in Union Fund Looting Held
Walter R. Smith aged 43 former financial secretary of the Butte Miners union was arrested in Los Angeles on a telegraphic warrant charging embezzlement of seven thousand dollars. Sheriff McLeod of Silver Bow county seeks extradition as Smith allegedly confessed and blamed gambling.
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Montana
Walter R. Smith
Butte
L. W. Lyons
E. C. Halstrom
Smith
al McLeod
Silver Bow County
Butte Miners’ Union
D. A. Davidson
McLeod
Helena
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tri-State
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Texas
Roosevelt Battle Cruiser Sunk by Sub in War Games
Admiral Leahy disclosed that the cruiser Houston carrying President Roosevelt aboard was theoretically sunk by an enemy submarine during Caribbean war games. The ship, entering Charlotte Amalie harbor to take mail, was attacked just outside the harbor, but the umpire allowed a return to play.
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Washington
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Houston
President Roosevelt
Caribbean
Leahy
Charlotte Amalie
Virgin Islands
Killer Whale Pack Battles Sperm Whale Off California Coast
PESCADERO Cal March 7 A school of killer whales fought a massive sperm whale for an hour off Ano Nuevo Point. Lighthouse keeper Fred Kreth and his wife watched as the 60 ton whale died and washed ashore near the lighthouse marked by a 50 foot body. The attackers ranged 25 to 30 feet and under 30 tons each.
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California
Fred Kreth
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Kreth
Juries Deadlocked in Branter Gage Manslaughter Trial
The Branter manslaughter trial for 18 year old Melvin Branter ended the day with jurors unable to reach a verdict after almost ten hours of deliberation. Prosecutors argued Branter’s car was speeding, while defense sought acquittal, and the case began Friday February 24.
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Melvin T. Branter
Butte
Rose Melvin
Branter
W. E. Coyle
Jack Emigh
Burke
Patrick E. Geagan
John McLennan
Farmer Tries to Stretch Spine and Dies in Oklahoma
DACOMA Okla March 7 P Fred Leeper 48 died of a broken neck in a so called stretching device intended to “straighten” a twisted vertebra. Sheriff Lloyd Ruley said the death was accidental and Ozra Oliver 25 helped build the harness attached to the ceiling. Oliver left briefly and returned to find Leeper unconscious by his neck. He died before a physician arrived.
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Dacoma
Okla
Fred Leeper
Lloyd Ruley
Sheriff Ruley
Leeper
Ozra Oliver
Madrid fights to quell Communists in Miaja regime
Madrid reports gunfire as Communists resist General Jose Miaja forces. Night clashes center in northern and eastern districts with tanks, planes, and barricaded units. Miaja defense council says control is restored while reports of broader outbreaks persist in Cartagena Murcia Guadalajara and Cuenca.
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Jose Miaja
WEA Sree
National Defense Council
Miaja
Paris
Cartagena
Burgos
Murcia
Guadalajara
Cuenca
Pope Pius XII Blesses United States In Vatican Audiences
Pope Pius XII imparted a benediction on the people of the United States during two half hour audiences with Cardinals William O Connell of Boston and George Mundelein of Chicago. The visits followed the election of the new pontiff on March 2 with both cardinals participating. The pope noted pleasure in visiting the United States before his pontificate as Eugenio Pacelli.
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United States
Pius XII
William Cardinal O’connell
George Cardinal Mundelein
Boston
Chicago
Holy Father
O'Connell
Mundelein
Pontifical Palace
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Labor leaders reject Lewis plan for national union
Washington March 7. Labor peace negotiators sharply rejected John L. Lewis proposed American Congress of Labor intended to unify C I O A F L and four big railroad brotherhoods. Plan called for June 1 conventions and a jointly run executive board. AFL leaders deemed it no solution to long labor warfare.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Roosevelt
White House
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
A. F
D. A
Legion Birthday Observed with Banquet in Paris
Silver Bow Post No 1 will mark the American Legion’s 20th anniversary in Paris with a banquet and program on March 15. Harry Reif of Bozeman will speak, Horace Casey toasts, and Pearl Lenz leads dinner arrangements. A plaque unveiling on the Cirque de Paris site is set for March 17 with French and English inscriptions and an American eagle emblem.
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Paris
American Legion
Silver Bow Post No. 1
Legion Hall
Bozeman
Montana
Horace Casey
Pearl Lenz
Auxiliary
Legion
Cirque de Paris
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