Montana aims to draw record tourist flow this summer
William G. Ferguson of Montanans Inc and James H. Rowe of the State Chamber of Commerce foresee Montana surpassing last year’s $30,000,000 tourist trade with a target of $40,000,000. Plans include a statewide ad campaign, meetings in Great Falls and Helena, and ads in national sports magazines. The Montana exhibit at the San Francisco fair has drawn 100,000 visitors.
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Montana
William G. Ferguson
Montanans, Inc
James H. Rowe
State Chamber of Commerce
Ferguson
Helena
San Francisco
New York
Great Falls
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Rowe
Tom Stout
Lewistown
D. A. MceKinnon
Highway Commission
Czechoslovakia's Obituary
Czechoslovakia born October 18 1918 from unions of Czechs and Slovaks including Bohemia Moravia and Slovak lands. Underwent Versailles St Germain and Trianon treaties and Teschen conference in 1920. Peace time army growth and industrial progress amid racial tensions. Territorial surrender in late 1938 followed by invasion in 1938 39. Slovakia secedes March 14 1939 and occupation completes March 15. Died at age 21 years four months twenty five days.
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Versailles
St. Germain
Trianon
Teschen Conference of Ambassadors
Prague
Reich
Germany
Poland
Hungary
Slovakia
Carpatho- Ukrainia
Moravia
Bohemia
Congress completes $358 million emergency defense program
Congress rapidly finalizes President Roosevelt s 358 million dollar emergency national defense bill expanding the Army air corps to 6000 planes and strengthening sea coast defenses while conferees unify differences. Roosevelt to sign after both houses approve the report, with urgency on Latin American arming aid under continental solidarity.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
Roosevelt
Army Air Corps
Panama Canal
Senate
House
State, War and Navy Departments
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Key Pittman
United States
Remarkable Rise of Butte Boy to Lieutenant Commander
A Butte native rises from seaman to Lieutenant Commander McCarthy in a Horatio Alger style tale. Son of Patrick and Mrs. McCarthy, he left Central High during WWI to enlist, later worked for Johns Manville, then rejoined the Navy in 1921 as an able seaman. He worked up through the ranks, with the story continuing on Page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Alger
Butte
Thomas O. McCarthy
McCarthy
Patrick McCarthy
McCarthy Jr
Seattle
United States
Central High School
Navy
Johns Manville Company
Thirteen WPA Projects Approved in Treasure State
Thirteen works progress administration projects totaling 438282 were approved in Montana during the first two weeks of March. Joseph E Parker, Montana WPA administrator, said eight statewide units supervised by the U S Forest Service will develop forest recreation, fire prevention, rodent and plant control, range development, tree nurseries, erosion control, range management, and external studies. Additional funds cover soil and water conservation and fish culture studies.
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Montana
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Joseph E. Parker
U. S. Forest Service
Return to Gold Standard Predicted by NYU Economist
Washington authors discuss monetary policy as Prof. Walter E. Spahr of New York University, representing economists calling for repeal of gold and silver legislation, tells a Senate panel that world powers will return to the gold standard. He says stability is needed. critics argue devaluation persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Walter E. Spahr
New York University
Senate Banking and Currency
Wagner
New York
Spahr
Glass
Virginia
Economist
Compromise Talk Seen on Relief Funds in House
Arguments were heard in the House amid a quarrel with President Roosevelt over an immediate supplemental appropriation of 150 million dollars for work relief. Republican sources suggested a solution may be necessary, but offered no concrete proposal. Col. Harrington, relief administrator, testified to support the President’s request before the House subcommittee, presenting figures on relief rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Harrington
Subcommittee
Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Col. F. C. Harrington
Butterfly Appears in March After Snow Storm
A butterfly was spotted yesterday morning at the home of Mrs. R. J. Nelson at 532 West Galena street. Mrs. Nelson found the insect nesting on the storm door after opening her back porch door at 8 o clock.
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R. J. Nelson
West
Galena Street
Proposals for Fire Hose Opened at City Meeting
Nine bids for 850 feet of fire hose were opened at a city council session. An ordinance to appoint a machinist to the fire department was introduced and routine business was handled as Alderman Alex McDonald presided in Mayor Hauswirth’s absence.
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Alex McDonald
Fourth Ward
Charles A. Hauswirth
Fire and Water Committee
Flood Stricken Jordan Residents to Get Aid
Relief agencies sent detachments to Jordan Montana to aid about 200 people from 63 homes after a storage dam failure released 4 000 acre feet of irrigation water. A Red Cross relief kitchen served meals while officials planned 10 days of mop up and continued emergency orders.
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Jordan
Here
Montana
American Red Cross
Robert White
Great Falls
Thomas C. McCabe
State Department of Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Irish Banquets Open St Patrick Observance in Butte
Ladies of Irish birth and ancestry gather at Chequamegon cafe for the Irish Ladies and Friends banquet honoring St Patrick. Rev Frank Harrington leads as principal speaker on The Island and Its Patron Saint. Ruth Dwyer speaks on Grandpa's Story. Mary Burke oversees program. Vocal solos by four artists accompany the celebration.
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Chequamegon Cafe
Emerald Isle
Irish Ladies and Friends Society
St. Patrick
Ireland
Frank Harrington
Catholic Charities
Helena
Ruth Dwyer
Girls’ Central High School
Mary Burke
Butte
James Cummins
Kathleen Harris O'Keefe
Montana Moore
F. L. Harrington
Friendly Sons Banquet in Finlen Hotel Programs Noted
The Finlen hotel grand ballroom hosts the annual Friendly Sons of St Patrick banquet at 7 p m with a strong program headlined by Dr Emmet Riley president of Carroll College former Congressman Joseph P Monaghan and John L White of Anaconda P E Burke is toast master Judge J J Lynch chairs arrangements Reservations show large turnout The next day March 17 will mark St Patrick s Day observances with shamrock imagery noted and mass attendance by Ancient Order of Hibernians selected for Mass at 10 o clock Local Irish community attention remains high with mass plans and public observance outlined on the page.
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Finlen Hotel
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Emmet Riley
Carroll College
Joseph P. Monaghan
Butte
John L. White
Anaconda
P. E. Burke
J. J. Lynch
Boston
Order of Hibernians
the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Hungary Tightens Grip as Carpatho Ukraine Front Burns
Hungarian troops push north toward the Carpatho Ukraine border amid heavy artillery and machine gun fire. A Hungarian general warns a field campaign may be necessary as resistance remains fierce northeast of Munkacs despite Czech acceptance of the ultimatum. Trains and trucks rapidily move additional troops through deep snow while unofficial formations appear in action.
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Budapest
Carpatho-Ukraine
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Foreign Office
Munkacs
Decline in Tax Returns Anticipated
Washington reports Treasury officials expect March tax collections to fall well short of 1938 totals as about 6 million filers rush to meet the deadline. Early estimates projected as much as 425 million dollars in March, down from 723 million the previous year, due to the 1938 business downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Montana Forecast Shows Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Montana on Thursday and Friday with cooler air in the southern portion Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
American Legion Post of Butte Marks Anniversary
Harry Relf of Bozeman, department commander, spoke at the Silver Bow post of the American Legion 20th anniversary dinner. He urged Americanism amid global tensions, noting the Legion’s two-decade origin in Paris and calling for vigilance against foreign doctrines.
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American Legion
Butte
Department
Harry Relf
Bozeman
Horace Casey
The
Ner
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Silver Bow Post
United States
Paris
Europe
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Chemnitz
Leipzig
Dresden
Berlin
Vienna
Teschen
Tomaro
Lider
Warsaw
Miles
Rumania
Czecho-Slovakia
Munich
Bohemia and Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Central Europe
Carpathian Ruthenia
Woodrow Wilson
State
War
Butte Boy
Joseph Parker
Bill
Olen
MEET
Queen Elizabeth of England
King George
America
Paul Etchepare
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
F. R. Marshall
National Wool Growers’ Association
Will
Finlen
Patrick E. Burke
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