Roosevelt seeks to pass 4.88 billion work relief bill this week
Roosevelt forces in the Senate plan strenuous efforts to push the 4 880 000 000 work and relief bill through next week amid Democratic dissent. Senator Vandenberg assails the measure on the floor proposing a substitute and warning it would retard recovery. White House aides say the President will not authorize projects that compete with private industry while seeking a security wage for relief workers to be about 50 dollars monthly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
White House
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
American Federation of Labor
Senate Appropriations Committee
Montana House Rejects Car Safety Glass and Wage Measures
The Montana House declined to require safety glass in new cars, buses, and taxicabs, cutting H. R. 258 amid industry concerns. A proposed police wage bill H. B. 181, granting $160 monthly to first class city officers, moved to first reading but was pared back. A commodity price stabilization bill H. R. 71 was also defeated.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
Brennan
Richland
Lasby
Padbury
Townsend Heard On Pension Plan By Senate Group
In Washington on February 16 Dr. F E Townsend urged the Senate finance committee to adopt a $200 monthly pension for all residents over 60 as a simple expedient. The panel challenged him with sarcasm and humor but Townsend insisted the plan would boost business and create prosperity. He described each pensioner spending the money monthly on goods and services, as Chairman Harrison pressed for details.
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Washington
California
Senate Finance Committee
F. E. Townsend
Townsend
Harrison
Royce Bages Air Law in Helena
Major Ralph Royce commands the United States army winter patrol flight in Helena as pilots address a joint session of Montana's house and senate. Five planes from Great Falls traveled to the capitol, with a luncheon hosted by military affairs committees.
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Helena
United States Army
House
Senate
Montana
Ralph Royce
Michigan
Wisconsin
Great Falls
Billings
Fred B. Sheriff
Major Royce
Capitol
John B. Ritch
Roosevelt to seek NRA extension and permanency
President Roosevelt plans to send recommendations to Congress on Monday proposing a one year extension of the National Recovery Administration with possible two year duration. He aims to preserve core NIRA principles including child labor abolition, collective bargaining rights, and minimum wages. A Senate judiciary subcommittee begins probe into NRA monopoly charges as Finance Committee inquiry looms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Congress
National Recovery Administration
White House
Senate Judiciary
Senate Finance Committee
Rome debates Ethiopia policy as Italian expedition sails
Mussolini avoided public stance after Haile Selassie sent a third note amid Italian troop mobilization. A fourth Ethiopian memorandum circulated while Selassie denied Ethiopians were aggressors and said no Ethiopian forces were near the frontier.
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Rome
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
White House aide linked to arms probe letter
Senate munitions investigators studied a New York engineer's letter suggesting a White House social secretariat member could expedite navy bid actions. The letter mentions Mrs. Mary Eben, a Democratic campaign worker in 1932 now in the White House social bureau.
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Washington
Senate
New York
White House Social Secretariat
Mary Eben
Democratic
White House Social Bureau
Montana Society Dinner Dances in Washington Honoring Delegation
The Montana State Society of Washington hosts its annual dinner dance in the capital tonight honoring the state's congressional delegation. Senators Wheeler and Murray and Representatives Ayers and Monaghan deliver talks, with a reception and dance to follow. Officers include President William H. Harrison and secretaries Margaret Patten and Jeanette Rotering.
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Washington
Montana State Society of Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
James E. Murray
Roy Ayers
Joseph Monaghan
William H. Harrison
Marie Regan
Ruth Lachlan
Emmett Rogers
Troy Carmichael
Frank Clinton
Margaret C. Patten
Jeanette Rotering
James W. Bertoglio
Berlin Society Beauty to Be Beheaded in Spy Case
Berlin court sentenced two women to be beheaded for espionage in the Sosnowsky case. Baroness Benita von Berg and an unnamed army secretary were among those condemned as Nazi officers preside over a dreaded People’s Court. Families wept as the sentences were announced. Hitler alone could grant pardons.
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Berlin
Reichswehr
People's” Court
Baroness Benita von Berg
Joseph von Berg
Richard von Falenhayn
Adolf Hitler
Sosnowsky
Baron George von Sosnowsky
Sun Brings Bright February Doldrums To Butte
Sunbeams cut through February gloom in Butte lifting hopes of spring. The weatherman forecast similar warmth tomorrow as the temperature rose to 27 degrees above zero at 1 45 pm from a morning low of six above. Yesterday’s high reached 28 with a steady high barometer encouraging travel plans.
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Butte
Mercury
Army planes begin winter test flight to Great Falls Montana
Ten planes left Minot North Dakota on February 16 delayed by bad weather to join seven others already in Great Falls for a winter flight test.
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Minot
N. D
Great Falls
Mont
Montana City
Kennamer Insane Defense Blocked in Tulsa Killing Case
Dr. Karl A. Menninger of Topeka was not allowed to testify that Phil Kennamer was insane when he killed John F. Gorrell Jr. last Thanksgiving night in Tulsa. The trial adjourned for the weekend at 1 15 p m in Pawnee Oklahoma.
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Pawnee
Okla
Karl A. Menninger
Topeka
Kas
Phil Kennamer
John F. Gorrell, Jr
Tulsa
Groeneveld couple to be honored on 50th wedding anniversary
Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Groeneveld, longtime Butte residents, will be honored at a reception by the Silver Bow club on Monday night after a First Presbyterian church guild dinner. The couple, married in 1879 after college years at Lenox and Lake Forest, later served in Cedar Rapids and western church work.
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First Presbyterian Church Guild
Silver Bow Club
E. J. Groeneveld
Princeton Seminary
Lake Forest
Illinois
Loretta Vaughn
Princeton
Five Planes Join Search For Missing Alaska Aviators
Five airplanes with veteran crewmen assembled in Anchorage to pursue a last search for an aircraft missing since Saturday. Pilot Donald Goodman, Bob Lowery, and Paul Keating faced slim odds after departure from McGrath, with only a small food supply and one sleeping bag. Heavy snow hindered any trace of the trio.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Donald Goodman
Bob Lowery
Paul Keating
McGrath
Rancher May Lose Toes After Snoozing With Wet Socks
Ernest Harris a 62 year old rancher from near Pony woke to a frozen right foot after sleeping with wet socks near an open window. After failed home treatments the man was moved to Murray hospital and doctors warned amputation may be necessary.
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Murray Hospital
Ernest Harris
Pony
Silver Bow County Hospital
Hauptmann Sent To Death Row In New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was moved to the state penitentiary death row in Trenton awaiting final court action on his fate for the Lindbergh baby murder. He declared his innocence and showed calm composure as guards escorted him from Flemington to the prison death house.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
State Penitentiary
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hauptmann
Flemington
New Jersey
John H. Curtiss
Hun
Macon Dirigible Forward Fin Seemed to Fail
Signalman Charles Wilkie testified at the naval court of inquiry that the forward part of the Macon’s upper fin appeared carried away before the airship crashed into the Pacific Ocean last Tuesday evening. He was aboard the U S Houston about five miles away when he observed something go wrong with the dirigible.
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San Francisco
Macon
Pacific Ocean
Charles Wilkie
U. S
Houston
Naval Court of Inquiry
Wilkie
Rich Gold Hoard Found by Two Boys in Baltimore Cellar
Two 16 year olds, Theodore Jones and Henry Grob, unearthed a trove of 3558 ancient gold coins in a Baltimore cellar. The court awarded they keep the coins valued by face at 11427 with an estimated worth around 28000 due to antiquity. The boys, from families on relief, were hiding club clues when the discovery occurred.
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Baltimore
Eugene O'Dunne
Theodore Jones
Henry Grob
Health Society Heads to Hold Annual Meet
The Butte Anti-Tuberculosis Society board will meet Monday at 4 PM in the county courthouse headquarters. Dr. John X. Newman, acting president, will preside and officers up for election. Reports from Dr. J. L. Mondloch and Mrs. Mary Boyle will review past activities and seal sale results.
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Butte Anti-Tuberculosis Society
John X. Newman
J. L. Mondloch
Mary Boyle
Boy Hanged on a Picket Fence in San Diego Yard
Murray Fisher, 24, son of Luther and Mrs. Fisher, died in a bizarre accident when he slipped while playing in his San Diego backyard. He became ensnared by the neck between two four foot pickets and hung from the fence as his sister Marian, 4, watched. Authorities reported no foul play.
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San Diego
Cal
Murray Fisher
Luther Fisher
Marian
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