Germans Move to Protect Czechs as Occupation Expands
Berlin reports Hitler has taken the Czech lands under German protection after a rapid German and Hungarian advance. Prague cabinet resigns as parts of Czechoslovakia are occupied, with claims of future autonomy but likely permanent German control.
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Adolf Hitler
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Moravna
Britain
France
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Hitler
Russian Ukraine
Germany
Fuehrer
Emil Hacha
Republic
Czech
Czechoslovakia
New Welfare Regulations Enforced by Montana County Board
Silver Bow county adopts temporary welfare rules to reduce general relief old age assistance and dependent children support. The board cites insufficient state funding and warns further cuts next month while delaying WPA payments until counties complete reductions.
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Silver Bow
Board of County Commissioners
Montana Department of Public Welfare
Thomas J. Merkle
Dan D. Sullivan
Emmett P. O’brien
Harold M. O'Braun
State Welfare Department
Public Welfare
Roosevelt seeks 150 million for WPA amid relief fight
President Roosevelt asks Congress for an immediate 150 million dollar WPA appropriation to save about five million livelihoods. Woodrum, longtime House economy bloc leader, is ousted as acting relief subcommittee chair and replaced by Colorado Democrat Taylor as relief battle looms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Woodrum
Rep
Virginia
House
Taylor
Colorado
Appropriations Committee
Doctor J M Scanland Dies in California Former State Hospital Head
Dr J M Scanland aged 65 longtime superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at Warm Springs died yesterday in Napa California He had left Montana 15 years ago to hold a similar post in California Scanland rose to prominence in Montana medicine joining Warm Springs in 1899 later leading the Butte private practice with Dr M G Mac Nevin He returned to Warm Springs as superintendent in 1907 overseeing the institution through its transition from private to state control in 1913 Continue on Page 2 Col 5.
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Czechoslovakia
Munich
Slovakia
Carpatha- Ukraine
Augustin Volesin
Hungary
Bohemia and Moravia
Fuehrer
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Emil Hacha
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
J. M. Scanland
State Hospital
California
State Hospital For the Insane
Warm Springs
Napa
Calif
Montana
Associated Press
Scanland
Warm Springs Institution
Butte
M. G. MacNevin
Mitchell and Mussigbrod
State
Sam V.stewart
No Reduction in Present Revenue to Be Permitted
President Roosevelt said the government is studying merging five corporate levies into one tax but will not reduce existing revenues. Treasury notes indicate income, excess profits, undistributed profits, capital stock, and social security levies are under review while preserving revenue. The main issue is fair tax distribution between large and small businesses. individual income taxes are not involved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Bankhead
O Connell denies appointment to housing authority post
Jerry J. OConnell, a former congressman defeated for reelection, says he has not been offered nor appointed to any job with the United States Housing Authority. Senator Wheeler and A. W. Anderson report no appointment. Washington sources say the president’s secretary denied any such post. OConnell had announced a March 3 appointment as regional consultant with a $7,500 annual salary and planned to report March 15 in Butte.
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Jerry J. O'Connell
United States Housing Authority
Washington, D. C
A. W. Anderson
Butteman
B. K. Wheeler
O’connell
Jerry O’connell
Jerry O'Connell
Washington
O'Connell
Butte
Conferees Drop Labor Provision From Defense Bill
Senate House conferees yield to War Department and business leaders and remove from the national defense bill a Senate amendment barring remarmament contracts with firms accused of labor law violations. They also approve a 12 percent profit cap for aircraft makers with a four year revenue loss provision. President Roosevelt seeks 14.7 million for Panama canal defenses as part of the act.
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Senate House
War Department
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama Canal
Barkley
Kentucky
Department
The
National Associa
Montana Weather Outlook for Wednesday and Thursday
Montana forecasts a generally fair spell for Wednesday and Thursday with little change in temperatures. Dry conditions expected across the state with light breezes and no precipitation indicated in the outlook.
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Montana
Hungary Sees Czech Response Insufficient in Carpatho Ukraine
Hungary announced the Czech response to its 24 hour ultimatum over Carpatho Ukraine was unsatisfactory and that immediate measures would be taken. The Czech answer refused Hungary a right to form armed formations and a 12 hour demand remained unsatisfied as evacuation began. The ultimatum had German approval and Czech troops agreed to withdraw while protecting Hungarian lives.
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Carpatho-Ukraine
Hungary
Cechoslovak
Foreign Office
Czechslovakia
Carpatho- Ukraine
Final Filing Day for Federal Income Returns Threatens Delinquency
Federal officials remind all taxpayers in this district that today is the last day to file federal income tax returns to avoid delinquency. Returns must reach the collector of internal revenue by March 15. In Butte, five tax experts staff the deputy collector’s office in the Butte Federal Building to assist filers free of charge up to 4 PM in Room 206.
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Collector of Internal Revenue
Butte Federal Building
Pneumonia Declared Beaten by New Drug Cure
Dr Charles F McKhann of Boston told the Dallas Southern Clinical society that sulfapyridine cures a large share of pneumococcic pneumonias and has been licensed by the FDA. He said pneumonia may no longer kill and that measles influenza and whooping cough deaths are likely to decline as resistance rises.
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Dallas
America
Charles F. McKhann
Boston
Dallas Southern Clinical Society
Food and Drug Administration
Investigation Into Dam Break Near Jordan Causes
Engineers from the state water conservation board opened an inquiry into the earth-fill dam collapse on Big Dry creek near Jordan. A 75-foot gap released waters that flooded about 75 homes in eastern Montana, but minimal losses occurred as residents evacuated in time. A leak formed as the dam faced increased snow melt, and sandbags failed to stop the breach.
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Jordan
State Water Conservation Board
Big Dry Creek
Montana
Japan warns it will fight for fishing rights
In a parliamentary session Tokyo vowed to battle for northern Kamchatka fishing grounds amid a Soviet auction of 293 lots off the Siberian coast. Japan plans no bid while warning Moscow of a possible crisis as tensions rise over the disputed fisheries and troop movements near Manchukuo.
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Japan
Kamchatka
Siberian
Viscount Tadashiro Inouye
House of Peers
Russia
Moscow
Manchukuo
Great Britain and France keep aloof from latest troubles
London and Paris stayed strictly aloof as Czecho Slovakia factions crumbled under German pressure. Officials weighed Germany's eastward moves as a continuing European crisis loomed.
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Great Britain
France
London
Germany
Czecho- Slovakia
Little Republic
Paris
Frank C Walker to be guest of honor at Irish banquet
Frank C Walker longtime New York resident and former Butte attorney will serve as guest of honor at the Friendly Sons of St Patrick dinner. Judge J J Lynch announced arrangements for the Finlen hotel event on Thursday at 7 pm with reservations through Dr W J Sullivan. Walker is brother of Senator Thomas J Walker and a trusted Roosevelt confidant and Democratic figure.
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Frank C. Walker
Butte
New York City
New York
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
J. J. Lynch
Finlen Hotel
W. J. Sullivan
Friendly Sons Executive Committee
Walker
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