Industry Responds to NRA Shorter Week and Pay Plea
Washington reports the administration will lift all liquor importation quotas for a temporary period to improve supply and lower prices. The move excludes the $5 per gallon tariff. new distilleries, especially in Kentucky and Tennessee, will receive permits as reformers address high prices and poor liquor quality impacting common citizens.
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NRA
Washington
U.P
White House
Kentucky
Tennessee
Refractories code approves 36 hour week and higher pay
Washington March 9. The refractories code authority voted a 10 percent decrease in maximum hours to 36 per week and a 10 percent rise in hourly pay, the first industry to respond to Roosevelt and Johnson. The move should create about 2,000 jobs and give 20,000 more more leisure without cutting work. A government survey of business gains and favorable car loadings supported arguments for further hours reduction, though employers were lukewarm and wary of blanket cuts as they weigh load impacts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Code Authority
Refractories Code Authority
Johnson
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Recovery Administrator
Between Two Fires as House Debates Federal Pay Bill
Conservative House Democrats held a late caucus to press for unity on a 15 percent federal salary reduction and most veterans pay cuts. They warned a veto if Senate amendments pass. A Monday caucus aims to bind recalcitrant members as effort to avert a split continues.
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Washington
House Democrats
House
Senate
Congress
Soviet Plot Charged in Cuba Amid Labor Strikes
Havana March 9 President Carlos Mendieta charged that well paid agents are trying to establish a soviet in Cuba and blamed communist agitators for island labor troubles. The government moved to smash strikes with troop protected strikebreakers and partial telephone service already restored.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Cuba
Mendieta
Ten Killed Since Troops Started Job
Four army mail flyers were killed Friday bringing to ten the total deaths since the army began carrying the air mail. Lieuts F L Howard and A R Kerwin burned to death when their night flight struck a power line at Cheyenne airport. Private Ernest B Sell was killed in a bomber crash after takeoff from Daytona Beach carrying mail. Lieut W M Reid and Private Floyd Marshall injured. Lieut Otto Wienecke died near Chardon Ohio in a snowstorm. Repercussions followed in the Senate and House.
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Army
F. L. Howard
A. R. Kerwin
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ernest B. Sell
Daytona Beach
Fla
W. M. Reid
Floyd Marshall
Otto Wienecke
Chardon
Ohio
Senate
House of Representatives
Simeon Fess
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Jean D. Grenier
Edwin D. White
Weber Canyon
Utah
James ¥. Eastham
Jerome
Idaho
Durward O. Lowry
Deshler
Fred I. Patrick
Denison
Tex
George F. McDermott
Long Island
Montana Praised for Definite Plan at Planning Conference
The Montana PWA planning board was urged to submit its $5 million land revision program quickly after presenting it at the Pacific Northwest planning commission. Regional Adviser Marshall N. Dana praised Montana as the only state with a definite outline, though adoption was not guaranteed.
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Portland
Ore
Montana Pwa Planning Board
Pacific Northwest Planning Commission
Marshall N
Dana
Col
H. M. Waite
PWA
Montana
Daily rise in highway jobs boosts Montana road work
Helena March 9 reports from contractors show a daily increase in employment on state road projects. R D Rader Montana highway commission chief engineer says operations will expand as weather warms. Some projects halted by a cold spell. complete figures pending. The commission will let more than a score projects March 30 and open bids for 1.5 million dollars of state gasoline tax debentures to enlarge the road program.
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Helena
R. D. Rader
Montana Highway Commission
Montana Weekend Forecast Promises Fair, Warmer East
A weather forecast for Montana calls for fair conditions on Saturday and Sunday. The eastern portion should see warmer temperatures Saturday.
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Montana
School Trustees Set April 7 Site Election and Banquet Plans
District No. 1 trustees formalized an April 7 site election from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. to choose a high school site. The same day features the Friendly Sons of St Patrick banquet at Finlen hotel with speakers John Corette Oscar Provost James Murray and Arthur Corry.
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John E. Corrette
Oscar Provost
J. E. Murray
Arthur W. Corry
the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Finlen Hotel
Harry Gallwey
Butte
Friendly Sons Organization
Turkey
James T. Finlen Jr
John E. Corette
Anaconda
James E. Murray
Arthur V. Corry
Board of School Trustees
Silver Bow County
Montana
Board of Trustees
State of
Roosevelt plans short fishing trip from Washington for sun
President Roosevelt, weary of Washington winters, plans a five to six day fishing jaunt off the Florida coast late this month. The trip hinges on a favorable Congress, and he told reporters he and the nation could use sunshine after months of busy days.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
Congress
Farmers Fight for State Rights Over Basic Commodities
Washington dispatch reports farmers demand decentralization as spinach and dandelion greens risk being left off the basic commodities list under the agricultural adjustment act. Secretary Wallace would pay farmers to curb overproduction, while Huey P. Long signals action on sassafrass.
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Harry Ferguson
Washington
United States
Huey P. Long
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Basic
Dr Thomson Returns From Far East Trip To North West
Dr F E Thomson president of the Montana School of Mines returns from a business trip to New York Washington and Portland Ore pleased with the trip. He notes favorable attitude toward School of Mines betterment plans by federal recovery agencies and meetings with engineers and others across the country. He says the trip shows the nation evaluating a year of the New Deal.
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F. E. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
New York
Washington
Portland
Ore
School of Mines
Federal Recovery Organizations
Butté
Dillinger Involved In North Side Kidnaping And Car Theft
John Dillinger identified by chauffeur James Gaskin as one of four men who kidnapped a driver and stole an expensive car on the Chicago north side. Police in Schiller Park exchanged shots with the group before the suspects fled, with Gaskin confirming Dillinger’s identity at a city station.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Desperado
James Gaskin
Schiller Park
Gaskin
Dillinger
Government purchase plan aims to buy ten percent of new non ferrous metals
A bipartisan group from 15 western states forms to back legislation for government purchase of 10 percent of newly mined non ferrous metals, excluding iron, as a national defense measure. The plan proposes delivery to the army for storage and use only in emergencies, with a 1918-based cap, while supporting tariffs and coordination through the Bureau of Mines.
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Sam
U. S. Purchase
Washington
Isabella Greenway
Arizona
Scrugham
Nevada
Hayden
King
Utah
McCarran
House Committee
Montana
Greenway
Bureau of Mines
Clear Weather Forecast for Butte
A clear weather outlook for Butte is reported with yesterday’s high of 44 and low of 25 degrees. No precipitation expected, and sunshine is likely to continue through the period.
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Butte
Bimetallism as Lasting Policy Urged by Solon
Rep Martin of Colorado urged bimetallism as a permanent monetary policy in a radio talk titled Mythical Mountains of Silver. He argued remonetization of silver would widen its use as primary money nationwide, dispelling fears of inflation from abundant cheap silver.
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Solon
Washington
Martin
Democrat
Colorado
Coloradoan
House
Dick Bland
Bryan
F. H. Brownell
Seattle
The
American Smelting
Potter sees benefit from Northwest planning conference
Dr. Peter Potter, president of the Butte Chamber of Commerce, says Montana will gain from the Northwest planning conference in Portland under the Public Works Board. Four hundred delegates from Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and British Columbia attended. The meeting focused on intelligent regional planning rather than bidding for funds.
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Montana
Portland
Ore
Public Works Board
Peter Potter
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Marshal A. Dana
PWA
Northwest
Dr. Potter
Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee
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Wyoming
Associated Press
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Henry B. Clagett
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Orville Wright
Ocker
Amelia Earhart
Eddie Rickenbacker
Air Fame
Major Ocker
Dr. Thomson
Mines School
Murdock
Monaghan
Butte Chamber
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