Montana Aims to Lure Tourists with Welcome Stations
Plans engineer Robert H. Fletcher promotes a 20000 dollar advertising push to invite travelers to Montana. Visitors entering from other states receive a Non-resident permit sticker while Montana borders greet guests with a Montana guest sticker. Last year nine entry stations offered help, with no sales.
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Montana
Robert H. Fletcher
Montana Highway Commission
Fletcher
Butte
Mr. Fletcher
Highway Commission
Montana Ad Budget Set to Boost Vacation Land Appeal
Montanans Inc. delegates from across the state meet at Finlen hotel to approve a 1937 marketing plan with a $15,000 national advertising goal and a $9,860 allotment for newspaper and magazine ads. Silver Bow County receives $1,500 via advertising memberships, with funds restricted to tourism promotion. Glacier National Park saw a surge of visitors last year, totaling about 250,000.
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America
Montana
Finlen Hotel
Montanans Inc
Glasgow
Grantland Rice
Paramount Pictures
Silver Bow County
W. G. Ferguson
E. T. Scoven
Glacier National Park
Eccles proposes tax hikes if needed to balance the budget
Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, urged in a public statement that income and profit taxes could be raised if necessary to balance the budget promptly and curb monetary inflation. The remark stirred Congress as lawmakers warned against enabling major tax legislation this session.
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Washington
Norris Suggestion Spurs Court Reform Debate
Senator Robinson of Arkansas released a compromise idea during the Roosevelt court reorganization debate. He predicted passage of the measure and floated a possible constitutional amendment. Senator Norris of Nebraska proposed nine year terms for federal judges, potentially broadening support for the White House plan.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Norris
Nebraska
Supreme Court
White House
Senate
Death at Sixteen Ends Butte Student’s Brief Illness
Louis Petroni youth of Butte dies after a brief illness at a local hospital. A 16 year old Walkerville native lived at 110 West Daly. Survived by parents Joseph and Mrs Petroni, two sisters Sylvia and Inez, uncles Armando Leon Dante and Peter Pacini, aunt Anette Pingzaza, cousins Charles Hugo Julio Petroni. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Louis Petroni
Butte High School
Mr. Petroni
Walkerville
West Daly Street
Joseph Petroni
Sylvia
Inez Petroni
Armando Petroni
Army air base planned for Tacoma Washington
The War Department announced plans to establish an Army air base at Tacoma as the first of Wilcox act 1935 bases. It will likely host units of the first wing of the G H Q air force and serve as a stepping off point for future Alaska operations and Pacific aerial defense. Gov Roy Ayers vetoed a measure to boost state income tax and create a separate state insurance department.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air
Tacoma Wash
Army High Command
Pacific Northwest
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Puget Sound
G. H. Q. Air Force
North Pacific
Alaskan
Hawaii
Helena
State Department of Insurance
Roy E. Ayers
25Th Legislative Assembly
St Patrick Dinner At Finlen Hotel In Butte
More than two hundred reservations were booked for the Friendly Sons of St Patrick dinner at the Finlen hotel in Butte. The event starts at seven with toastmaster Dr T J B Shanley, featuring Judge J W Dwyer, Rev Daniel B Harrington, and William B Jones, plus music and entertainment.
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Butte
St. Patrick
Finlen
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
T. J. B. Shanley
Helena
Boulder
Basin
Anaconda
Warm Springs
Deer Lodge
Elks
J. W. Dwyer
Daniel B. Harrington
William B. Jones
Dwyer
Father Harrington
Butte School District Bond Vote To Fund Stadium Plan
Officials posted notices for a bond election on April 3 to fund land purchase near the new high school for a stadium and athletic field, plus beautification. If approved, trustees may issue $150,000 in bonds and voters in 32 precincts will decide.
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Board of School Trustees
Butte High School
Board of
Pink Elephant in Litter Report Baffles Vets
Laura Bedford, owner of a Miami roadside restaurant, claims her maltese cat birthed three kittens and two puppies. Veterinarians, baffled, say they have never encountered a similar case.
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Miami
Fla
Laura Bedford
Dillon Trio Hurt In Drunken Driving Crash
Former State Senator Pearl I. Smith of Dillon was critically injured when his car collided with a Butte driven vehicle near Melrose. His wife and son suffered injuries. the Butte occupants were uninjured. Tony Panion was arrested for drunken driving. passengers held as witnesses.
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Butte
Tony Panion
Joe Kasum
Bess Bonevad
Panion
Paul H. Temple
Charles Nelson
Dillon
Robert Wright
John Flanigan
Snow isolates towns in Ireland as severe March weather hits Britain
Snow isolated many towns and villages in northern Ireland tonight as the most severe March weather since 1917 swept Britain. Rain and sleet pounded east and southwest England.
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London
Northern
Ireland
Britain
England
Montana Weather: Unsettled Tuesday and Wednesday
A Montana forecast shows unsettled conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday with little change in temperatures. The report notes variable skies and possible showers across the region.
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Montana
Second-hand dealer in Helena postpones jail stay
Ed Guthrie, a Helena second-hand dealer, was allowed a 24 hour postponement of a Wday jail term after being fined 100 dollars in a justice court for failing to keep purchase records. Montana law credits two dollars per day for time served. Constable Ray Higgins escorted Guthrie to county jail before he remembered the income tax deadline. Continued on page 2.
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Helena
Ed Guthrie
Justice of the Peace Court
Guthrie
Montana
Ray Higgins
Justice of the Peace
J. P
Dr Allard Brings Free Clinic For Crippled Children
Crowds fill St James hospital in Butte as Dr Allard opens a semi annual free clinic for crippled children. Lads and lasses with irons and crutches crowd the corridors while hopeful mothers watch and the famed physician prepares to exam as his work draws international recognition.
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St. James Hospital
Night air raids and heavy artillery shake Madrid fronts
Madrid endured a night of explosions as rebel planes dropped bombs in the city center. An allied counteroffensive near Guadalajara reported repelling a Fascist thrust and driving Italian troops back, with thousands of international brigade troops counterattacking near Trijueque.
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Madrid
Guadalajara
International Brigade
Castilla Libre
Trijueque
Spanish Ambassador appeals to US over foreign troops invasion
Spanish Ambassador Fernando de Los Rios delivered to the State Department a note urging the United States to note the invasion of Spain by troops of other nations. He called the foreign forces public enemies of universal peace.
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United States
Washington
U.S
Fernando de Los Rios
State Department
Spain
Twelve Die in Mexican Clash Near Ixtahuaca
In Toluca, March 15, twelve people including four women and two soldiers were killed in a clash near Ixtahuaca between peasants opposing land distribution and federal troops. The violence followed an attack on government surveyors who sought protection.
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Toluca
Mexico
Ixtahuaca
Earhart awaits storm for 27000 mile globe flight
Amelia Earhart Putnam prepared to depart Oakland for Honolulu on the first leg of a world circumnavigation. She and George Putnam reviewed weather charts as a storm about 500 miles west of San Francisco delayed the start.
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Oakland
Calif
Amelia Earhart Putnam
San Francisco
Honolulu
Miss Earhart
George Putnam
Pan-American Airways
Hugh Johnson Attacks Hitlerism at Madison Square Garden
Hugh S Johnson denounces Adolf Hitler and Nazism in a Madison Square Garden rally. He compares the Nazi leadership to Stalin and his followers, claiming both regimes threaten world peace. The vast crowd boos Hitler as John L Lewis and Mayor La Guardia receive applause.
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New York
Hugh S. Johnson
Madison Square Garden
Adolf Hitler
NRA
Stalin
Hitler
John L. Lewis
la Guardia
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