Allies In a Wartime Pact Bid To Counter Nazi Moves
Britain and France seek a triple front against Hitler by approaching Soviet Russia while denouncing Germany's seizure of Czechoslovakia. Daladier gains powers to strengthen defenses as Paris and London recall ambassadors. the US imposes higher tariffs on German goods. Romania reportedly rejected a German ultimatum over access to oil and grain.
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Romania
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London
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Soviet Union
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Nevada
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State Department
Great Britain
Foreign Relations Committee
U S War Department Pushes Mass Production and Training
The government speeds up war time aviation efforts with a nationwide recruit drive to double Army pilot output and speeded tests for mass production of attack bombers. Officials target 20 000 primary trainees yearly and 4 000 cadets in two years plus course cuts and civilian schooling expansion.
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U. S. War Department
Washington
Air Corps
Army
War Department
Senate
House
Works Progress Administration
Spell of Spring Fever Hits This City
Butte residents enjoyed the warmest day of 1939 with a high of 52 degrees above zero and a low of nine, marking a 41 degree daily range. No precipitation was recorded and forecasters predicted partly cloudy skies with little temperature change.
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Butte
Federal Weather Bureau
Plane crash in Alder kills Dutch mission and Boeing staff
A four engine airliner crashed near Alder Washington during a test flight killing at least 10 people including two Royal Dutch Airlines officials and several Boeing aviation experts. The collapsed craft broke in three with passengers aboard in flight positions. pilot Barr remained at the controls.
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Alder
Wash
Dutch Airlines
Royal Dutch Airlines
Peter Guilonard
United States
A. C. von Baumhauer
Netherlands State Airworthiness Board
Julius Barr
Boeing
Madame Chiang-Kai-Shek
Earl A. Ferguson
Ralph L. Cram
John Kylstra
William Doyle
Harry C. West Jr
Harlan Hull
Western Air
Boeing Company
Seattle
Barr
Tacoma-Mount Rainier
New Yorker Dies in Freak Bath Accident
John Sobeshuk a 47 year old New Yorker died after slipping on soap while bathing and falling through a fifth floor apartment window. His nude body landed in a courtyard below.
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NEW Yorker
New York
John Sobeshuk
Wider appeal to tourists to be made by Montanans
Montanans Inc joins with agencies to mount a broader national tourist drive for 1939. The plan emphasizes educating Montanans about the state’s resources and recreational advantages. William G. Ferguson, manager, says the effort includes boosting the tourist bureau and establishing a presence at the U S travel bureau in New York.
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Great Falls
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Commonwealth
William G. Ferguson
Helena
United States Travel Bureau
New York City
Pans
Loyalists Broadcast Peace Plea in Spain Civil War
The Spanish republican government urged immediate talks for an honorable peace via Union Radio with the Nationalists. Foreign Minister Julian Besteiro said the moment has come to negotiate. In Valencia Adelante said Casado left Madrid for Paris on a peace mission amid quiet fronts and a Nationalist pact with Portugal at Lisabon.
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Spain
Julian Besteiro
Union
Valencia
Adelante
Segismundo Casado
Paris
Montana Weekend Forecast Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy conditions expected Sunday and Monday in Montana with little change in temperature. Local forecasters predict stable warmth and scattered clouds across the region.
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Montana
Extra Duty Placed Upon Nazi Imports
The Treasury ordered a 25 percent countervailing tariff on many German goods imported to the United States, effective April 23, with Treasury and State Department involvement noted. Officials said the move targets subsidized German exports and signals U S displeasure at Germany’s seizure of Czechoslovakia.
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Czechoslovakia
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Czecho-Slovakia
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Congress
Murphy
Blind Flower Grower Is Injured in Fall
Bob Brimson, a noted blind flower grower known for bringing bouquets to hospital patients, was admitted last night with a fractured left leg. He trains his own dogs, prefers Airedales over traditional seeing-eye breeds. Continued on page 42.
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Bob Brimson
Butte City Nominees Set in Biennial Primary Tomorrow
Butte voters will choose Democratic and Republican candidates for three city offices and 16 alderman posts in tomorrow’s municipal primary. Polls open 12 noon to 7 pm with 51 hopefuls and 15,695 eligible voters. Mayor Hauswirth and challenger Mulholland are unopposed in their races.
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Butte
Cit
Beryl Wilson
Charles A. Hauswirth
M. D. Mulholland
Condition of State Sheep Cattle Good
Helena March 18 Montana cattle and sheep wintered well with fewer losses to date. Federal statistician Jay G. Diamond said good feed and stock water were available in all districts. Ranges stood at 86 per cent of normal, versus 75 per cent ten year average. Cattle 91 per cent and sheep 90 per cent of normal. March 1, 1938, averages for both were 7.4 per cent.
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Helena
Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Walkerville to hold first municipal primary since 1933
Walkerville will hold its first municipal primary since 1933 tomorrow with 12 candidates seeking nominations for mayor treasurer police judge and aldermen Polls will run from noon to 7 pm in three wards at Sherman school city hall and 1504 North Main Street 877 voters are eligible Norman Scott Lyle William J Lyle Chester Helman and Miss Danny Lou Daniels vie for mayor with Annie Hill unopposed for treasurer and George Johns unopposed for police judge Aldermen candidates include Peter J Vidack Sidney Odgers Charles Brunnell Harold ONeill Stephen Rule and others in three wards.
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Walkerville
Henry Sullivan
Sherman School
City Hall
Third Ward
North Main Street
Norman Scott Lyle
William J. Lyle
Chester Helman
Citizens
William Cook
Danny Lou Daniels
Annie Hill
Citizens’ Party
George Johns
Peter J. Vidack
Sidney Odgers
First Ward
Charles Brunnell
Citizens' Ticket
Harold O'Neill
Stephen Rule
Nazis Meet Cold Czech Welcome in Occupied Bohemia
In Prague on March 18 German troops entering Bohemia and Moravia were met with an icy reception from Czechs. The young German soldiers, ages 18 to 20, mostly disciplined, expected a revolution quell but encountered a cool, muted greeting.
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Prague
Bohemia
Moravia
State Livestock Holdings Show Big Increase for '38
Montana farmers in the Farm Security administration program boosted 1938 livestock holdings significantly. The survey shows range stock and dairy cattle up sharply, hogs rising from 197 to about 4,500, and overall wild animals up 14 percent as farmers planned livestock based on practical agriculture.
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Bozeman
Montana
Farm Security Administration
Thomas Horsford
FSA
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