Britain Moves Toward War Time Footing In Defense Push
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain must mobilize toward a full war time footing to deter Hitler and defend Austria and central Europe. He rejected claims Britain had no right to Austrian independence but gave no pledge on Czechoslovakia.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Chamberlain
Ltd Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
The
House
Commons
Germany
Austria
House of Lords
Viscount Halifax
France
Czechoslovakia
Million Called to Air Raid Duty
Sir Samuel Hoare broadcasts to enlist one million British men and women for air raid patrol duty. He warns of disquieting events in Austria and urges public help to prepare against modern warfare, asking volunteers to report to local councils for air raid alarms, crowd policing, first aid, and firefighting.
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London
U.P
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Hoare
Austria
Britain
Europe
Norris Drops His Plan For TVA Inquiry
Congress debates a resolution to probe the Tennessee Valley Authority. Senator Norris withdraws his demand for a trade commission inquiry while critics push to examine how lawsuits and board actions affected TVA. Debate delays action as other senators press for broader questions and cost allocation review.
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Washington
TVA
Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Trade Commission
Dorothy Thompson On the Record column debut weekly
Dorothy Thompson writer and lecturer debuting on the Montana Standard page 10. The columnist, wife of Sinclair Lewis, will appear three times weekly and is internationally noted for foreign correspondence and authoring several books.
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The
Montana Standard
Dorothy Thompson
Sinclair Lewis
Western Colonies Oppose Gut in Tariff on Wool
Washington dispatch reports western wool growers and eastern industry leaders resisting tariff cuts as hearings begin on a proposed reciprocal trade pact with Great Britain. Representative Pierce of Oregon backs continued barriers. Secretary Hull defends trade agreements as peacetime policy and rejects a suspension proposal from New England Republicans.
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Washington
Administration
Great Britain
West
Pierce
Oregon
Hull
New England
Roosevelt urges federal action to save forests and reclaim cut lands
President Roosevelt asks Congress to set up a joint committee to study the forest crisis and draft legislation to halt denuding and rehabilitate no man’s land. He cites limited progress by states and private capital and proposes public regulation, expanded public ownership, and potential new jobs on forest lands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Congressional Committee
Exiled Austrians Form Global National Committee
A group of Austrian residents in Paris including resigned Consul General Hirsch Montmartin announced a national committee to pursue a free and independent Austria. Montmartin quit in defiance of Nazi leaders and said branches would be organized worldwide.
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Paris
Hirsch Montmartin
Austria
Montmartin
Mrs Roosevelt declines to drive tractor at Golden Gate Exposition event
In San Francisco on March 14 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt refused to operate a tractor at Treasure Island ground breaking ceremonies for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition federal building. An experienced operator drove the bull dozer as Mrs Roosevelt watched from the adjoining seat. George Creel introduced her to about 2 000 spectators before a tour of the man made island.
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San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Treasure Island
Wild Life week planning meeting in Anaconda
Sportsmen from six counties gather in Anaconda at the Montana hotel for Wild Life week planning. State officials attend including J E Carney and N B Dondelinger with Joe Hendricks and Dr Charles Belk presiding. New officers and picnic committee to be named. last year drew over 5 000 sportsmen at Echo Lake.
Navy war games begin in secrecy off California coast
The U S fleet starts secret war games on a war time basis from San Pedro with 105 ships and hundreds of planes. Admiral Blocn enforces strict censorship as forces depart San Diego aboard the Utah to join others near Hawaii for a six week exercise unseen by news reporters.
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San Pedro
Calif
United States
California
Fleet Marine Expeditionary Force
San Diego
Utah
C. C. Blocn
Hawaiian
Whitney Enters Guilty Plea To Larceny Charge
Richard Whitney former five term NYSE president pleaded guilty to first degree grand larceny for stealing 105000 dollars in securities from a trust fund benefiting his wife and her sister. A second indictment was announced for misappropriating 109384 dollars of Yacht Club securities. Bail set at 35000. sentence scheduled March 28.
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New York
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Whitney
Thomas E. Dewey
John J. Bennett Jr
Richard Whitney & Co
New York Yacht Club
Dewey
George R. Sheldon
Gertrude Sheldon
Mary Sheldon Murphy
Owen Bohan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Hitler Returns to Vienna as New Reich Asserted
Adolf Hitler entered Vienna amid a fanatical welcome in a crowd likely exceeding one million. He proclaimed the Reich inviolable from the Imperial hotel balcony and vowed no force could shake it as he begins a tour through Linz and Vienna with high Nazi officials following.
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Vienna
Province
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Imperial Hotel
Ringstrasse
der Fuehrer
Reich
Hapsburgs
Germany
Baltic Sea
Adriatic
Linz
Constable Lahood faces neglect charge over gambling devices
Namen Lahood alias Dixie Lahood, longtime opponent of gambling, was charged with neglect of duty for failing to seize gambling devices at the Arena bar on Feb 13. He is to answer before Justice of the Peace Rudolph Klune at 2 PM with Angela Petrovich as complainant.
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Dixie Lahood
Arena
East Mercury Street
God
Silver Bow Township
South Butte
Rudolph Klune
Angela Petrovich
East Mercury
Justice Klune
Lahood
Arena Bar
Phil O'Donnell
Silver City Club
Rocky Mountain
Butte
United States weighs Germany to assume Austria debts
Washington reports that the United States might ask Germany to assume Austria's obligations and to guarantee American rights in Austria. Officials await official notice that Germany has accepted the Austrian plebiscite ordered by Nazis. Austria owes the U S about 24 million dollars for wartime relief. Crowds protested outside German and Austrian missions. about 40 arrests.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Austria
State Department
Legation
Hitler
Vladimir Hurban
Czechoslovakia
Welles
Hull
Tax collectors bent hours for final tax filing day
Federal income tax collectors will work from 9 a m to 11 p m on the last filing day. Deputies were sent from Helena to help the Butte division as ten men in three offices handled a steady stream of taxpayers yesterday.
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Federal
Helena
Butte
Montana Weather Outlook Unsettled Through Tuesday
Montana faces unsettled conditions through Tuesday with colder air east of the Divide. By Wednesday a mix of rain and snow is expected across the region, bringing cautious temperatures and potential travel impacts.
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Montana
Divide
Schuschnigg Detained in Belvedere Palace Residence
Vienna report says former Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg is under close arrest at his Belvedere Palace apartment. President Wilhelm Miklas is confined at home while many of Schuschnigg's followers, possibly over two thousand, are jailed or under close arrest.
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Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
Belvedere Palace
Schuschnigg
Wilhelm Miklas
Austria
Miklas
France backs Czechoslovakia as Nazi threat grows
Premier and Foreign Minister Boncourt assure Czech minister Stefan Osusky that France will take military action under the Franco Czech treaty if Nazis advance. France readies its army for any emergency as political upheaval continues and Austria is dissolved into the German fold.
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Lum
Blum
Joseph Paul Boncour
Stefan Osusky
France
Czechoslovakia
People’s Front
Austria
Osusky
Brussels
Praha
Vienna
Paris
Small tornado strikes Okmulgee amid odd weather mix
A small tornado hit Okmulgee late today damaging an outbuilding in a residential area. The event comes with hail storms, dust storms, thundershowers and heat in the eighties. James Lewis, 25, was killed by lightning while riding a horse.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Oklahoma
James Lewis
Lyle and Healy Named as School Trustee Candidates
Lyle and Al J Healy were chosen by the Peoples party to run as school trustees in the annual election on April 2. The nominating meeting in Judge Lynch's courtroom adopted a platform stressing economy union labor and nonpartisanship and appointed a campaign committee. Lyle, a three year trustee, Walkerville alderman, Steward mine foreman, is mayor William Lyle’s brother.
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al J. Healy
Peoples’ Party
J. J. Lynch
Candi
Butte
Steward
Walkerville
William Lyle
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