Port Town Blazes After Dynamite Blast Killing 150
SAN SALVADOR El Salvador March 14 Approximately 150 persons were killed when dynamite exploded in a dockside cellar unloading from a ship causing widespread fires. Officials fear the city may be lost as four blocks burned including the city hall and church. Many officials and customs agents died. Firefighters were dispatched from the capital and communications to La Libertad were disrupted.
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House Compromise on Independent Offices Bill Sparks Revolt
Washington March 14 The House reached a compromise with the Senate on the independent offices supply bill amid a noisy rebellion against administration leaders. The plan would raise federal salaries by about 215 million dollars yearly and restore two thirds of wage cuts by July 1, while cutting pension and retirement provisions. The session ended with leadership scrambling and a decisive vote against immediate conference.
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New York
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Virginia
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Roosevelt plans full reorganization of air units
Washington March 14 A 15 year fight to shift control of the army air corps from ground minded old line generals appears victorious as the administration outlines a complete reorganization of all non naval aviation units. President Roosevelt favors consolidating air operations under a single framework.
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Army Air Corps
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Roosevelt
White House
Nazi Experts to Take Over Cupid's Work
Nazi genetics experts may supervise marriages in Germany as Dr. Arthur Guett outlined at the public health council. Kinship offices would assess physical compatibility and study applicants' family trees to certify marriages, with aims to prevent racial extinction.
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Germany
Arthur Guett
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Public Health Council
Montana Forecast Warns of Unsettled Cold Thursday
A Montana weather outlook calls for unsettled conditions and a drop in temperatures on Thursday with a return to generally fair weather by Friday. Impacts include possible gusty winds and cooler nights across the state.
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Montana
Butte Leads Decline in Retail Food Costs Across Eight Cities
The 1932 two year price survey shows Butte is among eight cities with falling food costs, led with nearly nine percent drop the largest decline on the list. Other cities saw prices rise overall with Seattle up two tenths of a percent and Buffalo up 10.4 percent.
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United States
United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Seattle
Buffalo
Portland
Maine
Death Chants Blend With Church Rites at Chief's Funeral
The Blackfeet mourn at Browning as Chief Two-Guns-White-Calf, son of White Calf and last recognized chieftain of the federation, is buried. Distant wails of squaws mingle with church ceremony signaling the tribe's grief.
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U.P
Two
White-Calf
White Calf
Northwest to Welcome Surging Tourist Traffic
H M Sims of St Paul executive assistant of the Great Northern railway says the West will see a sizable tourist influx this summer due to foreign exchange dynamics. He notes favorable travel conditions on transcontinental routes and along the Pacific coast with new rates drawing interest in West vacation trips.
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H. M. Sims
St. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Butte
America
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Lewis Brown Named Deputy U S Attorney Chief Deputy
United States District Attorney James H. Baldwin appointed A Lewis Brown as chief deputy in his Helena office. Roy F. Allen of Billings and Donald J. Stocking of Great Falls named as assistants. The district attorney plans to move the Hel ena office to the Butte post office building.
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United States
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Billings
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Great Falls
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Butte
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Freebourn
Clarence Hanley
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Noted Flyer Opposes Use of U S Army
Col Charles A Lindbergh declines to join the Army Air Corps committee to study air mail return. He says cancellation of private contracts was unjust to airlines and unfair to air corps personnel and objects to executing the executive order. He telegraphed Secretary Dern explaining his position and disapproval of Roosevelt administration policy.
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Annual Spring Clinic For Crippled Children Opens In Butte
The Butte Auxiliary for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children sponsors its spring clinic at St James hospital with Dr Louis Allard of St Vincent's Billings conducting exams from 9 to 5 today and Friday. Free examinations for Butte children under 16 with skeletal deformities.
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Billings Hospital
Last Minute Rush as Tax Deadline Nears
Local revenue office reports a surge of taxpayers paying 1933 income taxes before midnight deadline. Long lines formed in the federal building as residents hurry to file to avoid penalties.
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Federal Building
Chicagoan Named Demo Treasury Chief to Cut Party Deficit
Walter J. Cummings, Chicago banker, named national treasurer of the Democratic Party to reduce a reported 500000 dollar deficit. Announcement by Postmaster General James A. Farley, new appointee to succeed Frank C. Walker. Cummings earlier led Continental Illinois and served in FDIC leadership roles.
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Walter J. Cummings
Chicago
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James A. Farley
Frank C. Walker
New York
National Emergency Counsel
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Farley
John 8. Cohen
Georgia
William H. Woodin
Secretary of the Treasury
Rooosevelt
Woodin
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company
Jury Hears Guilty Verdict In 14 Year Murder Sentence
Joseph H. Jennings, 34, was found guilty of second degree murder by a jury and sentenced to 14 years. He previously faced a prior conviction for the same crime tied to a knifing at the Silver City club on February 28, 1933. Jennings responded with a defiant remark as he left Downey’s courtroom.
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Joseph Henry Jennings
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T. E. Downey
Eugene Robinson
Silver City Club
Lake County Names Treasurer For Polson Board Appointment
J. R. Smock of St. Ignatius was appointed Lake county treasurer today by the board of county commissioners to succeed J. A. Lemire, who died recently.
Senators Deal Roosevelt Most Serious Defeat
President Roosevelt suffered the administration's sharpest setback as the Senate rejected the St. Lawrence waterway treaty 46 to 42, short of the two thirds. Despite defeat, Roosevelt signaled he would refile the issue with the Senate later, as Canada proceeds to link the Great Lakes to the sea.
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U.P
Roosevelt
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White House
Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Dickens Christ tale to be serialized by Montana Standard
The Montana Standard will print an unpublished manuscript of Dickens Christ story in serial installments beginning Sunday. Readers are urged to arrange early and preserve the chapters in a scrapbook form as a special first edition of this literary classic.
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Montana Standard
500 More CWA Workers to Be Laid Off Today
In Butte the Silver Bow county board announced that 500 more CWA workers will lose their jobs as shifts end today. The cuts come from Helena and Washington directives. The remaining singles without dependents already laid off. 150 one dependent workers were removed last week. About 2,515 CWA employees will remain in the county after today.
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Silver Bow
Helena
Washington
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