Oil firms prepare legal fight after Mexico expropriation
American and British oil interests led by Standard Oil of New Jersey and the Sinclair group move to regain control of Mexican properties after expropriation. They plan briefs to Secretary Hull early in the week and seek U.S. diplomatic action to ease the crisis amid a $450 million stake.
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New York
Hull
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Consolidated Oil Corporation
Sinclair Group
Supreme Court of Mexico
Labor Board
United States
Mexico
Today and Tomorrow by Walter Lippmann
Secretary Hull argues against abandoning American rights to secure peace. The piece asserts the American public will not retreat and notes a shift in opinion after the Panay sinking. Foreign diplomats are urged to read the enduring temper of the American people.
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Hull
Panay
Washington
Record-Breaking Derby Draws 495 Racing Experts
A Chicago report notes a record total of 495 jockeys trainers and racing men awaiting the Y M C A Red Triangle Derby opening April 1. With 402 workers signed for the $22 000 campaign, the drive targets 49 workers more as the campaign unfolds through April 7. Funds support free play for children and the community center building. Alex Blewett heads racing as commissioner with G E Mill as judge.
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Tom J. Davis
Peter Potter
Malcolm Gillis
Alex Blewett
G. E. Mill
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
Unsettled Sunday with light rain or snow likely. Colder temperatures in the eastern portion. Monday expected to be partly cloudy.
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Montana
General Johnson Attacks Reorganization in Talks
General Hugh S. Johnson, ex NRA head and political commentator, denounces a government reorganization bill on two national radio addresses. He warns a two thirds congressional vote overruns the President, calls it an abdication and a breach of democracy, and objects to abolishing the comptroller general and Civil Service Commission.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
NRA
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Four Toronto Mothers Win Equal Share of Stork Derby Estate
Four Toronto mothers were awarded equal shares of the $500 000 stork derby estate left by Charles Vance Millar. Justice W E Middleton announced the four winners Annie Smith Kathleen Nagle Alice Timleck and Isabel MacLean, each tied with nine eligible babies born in the ten years after Millar's death.
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Toronto
Charles Vance Millar
Millar
W. E. Middleton
Ontario Supreme Court
Annie Smith
William
Kathleen Nagle
John
Spring floods strain Oregon coast traffic and homes
Spring rains and snows sweep western Oregon causing high water and road closures. Inundation reaches lower levels while drivers contend with flood stage conditions as storms move into Washington.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Snow and cold grip state as spring delays arrival
Snowstorms lingered, with Butte seeing nine inches the heaviest of the season and Burke Idaho reporting ten inches. Missoula Helena and Billings saw minimal snowfall while Billings endured record cold at 20 above. Roads iced over, gutters blocked, and drivers urged to use chains as crews cleared sewers and street slush.
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Winter
Butte
Burke
Idaho
Missoula
Helena
Billings
Jack Healy
Anaconda Highway
Poland Faces Riots After Lithuania Surrender
Warsaw reels from anti Jewish rioting after Lithuania's capitulation. Two dead and over 100 injured as Jewish shops are vandalized. Police guard the ghetto while President Moscicki condemns the violence and warns against totalitarian measures.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lithuania
Ignace Moscicki
Joseph Pilsudski
Peter J. Zannon Former Central Grid Star Dies at 18
Peter John Zannon a former Christian Brothers high school halfback and Montana State University attendee died yesterday at his family home in Butte after an illness last week. He starred for Christian Brothers in 1935 36 and earned all state honors in 1936. He was known as a powerfully built player and was 18 at his death.
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Peter John Zannon
Christian Brothers
South
Arizona
Butte
Young Zannon
Montana State University
Pete
Wise Guy Returns With More Puzzles For Butte Readers
A battered Wise Guy reappears after a 500 foot fall and presents nine questions about Butte Montana. Topics cover local clubs parades streets colleges theaters and population with a prompt to page 12 for the full message.
Anglo Italian Pact Near as Britain Seeks Med Bargain
Britain moves toward a Mediterranean accord with Mussolini as tensions ease across Europe. Optimism centers on talks in Rome between Lord Perth and Galeazzo Ciano and Italy’s plan to withdraw Libya troops, with a reduced risk of general war.
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London
U.P
Britain
Benito Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
All Europe
Europe
Lord Perth
Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Mediterranean
Italy
Libya
Spain
Lithuania Bows to Polish Ultimatum on Wilno Border Rift
In Kaunas on March 19 Lithuania’s government announced it accepted Poland’s terms to end an 18 year feud. Parliament endorsed a plan to swap ministers by March 31 and restore rail, air, and postal links, surrendering Wilno to Polish control amid bitter public reaction.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Poland
Wilno
Europe
Memel
Berlin
Lithunia
Wilmo
Joskubas Stanisauckis
Caging of C Ricola Brings Halt to Hitler Sweep
Berlin reports a lull in Hitler’s plan as Scandinavian and European powers watch the April 10 plebiscite for Germany and Austria. Goebbels pledges full campaign effort while Hitler coordinates operations and consolidates Austrian telegraph services and currency control in Vienna.
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Hitler
Berlin
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Reich
der Fuehrer
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Fuehrer
Vienna
Russia
Montana Youth Offers Eye to Save Minister
Robert Dorsey a 22 year old unemployed man from Montana offered to donate the cornea of his eye to save Rev. A. E. Harding a 54 year old pastor from Oregon facing blindness. He said he would part with the cornea if it would stop the pastor from going blind and cited plans by the pastor to seek healthy tissue from a condemned convict in San Quentin. Dorsey was born at Lacombe Alberta and studied in Spokane.
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Great Falls
Robert Dorsey
A. E. Harding
Portland
Ore
San Quentin
Dorsey
Lacombe
Alto
Spokane
Exodus from Barcelona sped as air raids halt civilians flee
Thousands of civilians fled Barcelona as Nationalist raids shifted to Tarragona. The war ministry reported 18 killed and 50 injured in Tarragona raids, with 40 buildings destroyed. In 48 hours ending earlier, about 1,200 people died. Some claimed a 48 hour truce, but residents fled to the hills.
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Lithuania
Madagascar
Barcelona
Tarragona
War Ministry
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Bob) Clark
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