Morgenthau faces Senate demand for silver hoarder list
The Senate pushes to obtain a treasury compiled list of speculative silver holders via its subpoenas. Morgenthau’s aides may forward names, while senators weigh Dies silver bill as a fallback. Silver remonetization remains the goal of advocates.
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Farley Defends Air Mail Cancellations Amid Recovery Debate
Democratic National Committee Chairman James Farley argues at a Jackson Day dinner that canceling private air mail contracts curbs fraud and monopoly. He labels recovery critiques as driven by special interests seeking to halt progress and warn against returning to prior misery while stressing normal conditions, not extreme fortunes or poverty.
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School Bond Issue Fails to Pass in Los Angeles
First returns show the $20,411,497 school bond measure defeated by not reaching a two thirds majority. Funds would have been used to earthquake proof schools.
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Los Angeles
Actress Mary Astor Sued by Parents for Support
Mary Astor faces a lawsuit filed by her parents Otto and Helen Langhanke to compel support. They claim Langhanke, a 62 year old former music teacher turned manager, relied on her earnings as she rose to stardom earning up to 2750 dollars weekly, while she now makes 1500 weekly and owns 150000 in property. The suit cites their reduced finances and request for Astor to contribute. The case was set for April 5 to show cause.
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International spy ring uncovered by confessions
Paris dispatch reports an international spy ring targeting United States, Britain, and France was revealed through the confessions of American couple Robert G. Switz of East Orange New Jersey and his wife Marjorie Tilley a Vassar graduate. Switz headed the ring's French division and described spying on France army navy and defense plans around Paris.
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State Planning Conference appoints section chairmen
Helena March 20 The State planning conference to be held March 26 to 28 announced its section chairmen. Dr Peter Potter of Butte will be general chairman. Land resources J L Humphreys Great Falls minerals Dr Francis A Thomson Butte municipalities Mayor Martin C Grinde Great Falls highways Sid J Coffee Mis soula welfare and education T C Spaulding State Relief CWA Agnes Pauline director of women CWA relief work Elizabeth Ireland state superintendent of public instruction.
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L. A. Campbell
Montanans, Inc
Peter Potter
Butte
J. L. Humphreys
Great Falls
Francis A. Thomson
Martin C. Grinde
Sid J. Coffee
Missoula
CWA
T. C. Spaulding
Agnes Pauline
Elizabeth Ireland
Jury to determine fate of Richard Barry in fatal East Park Street shooting
Richard Barry a 64 year old school janitor charged with murder faces a six to ten jurors panel in Judge T E Downeys court after closing arguments. The trial began Friday and ended yesterday after Barry testified he fired his gun when three men approached him on East Park Street claiming he feared an attack. Barry described being confront ed by Richard Barry Frank Murphy and an unknown man and said he was scared and would not back up. The dead man Richard Barry and wounded Frank Murphy were named in the Oct 22 incident. The state witnesses portrayed Barry as an innocent bystander. The defense and state prepared to read nearly 50 instructions before further arguments today.
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Dick) Barry
T. E. Downey
Barry
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Frank Murphy
East Park Street
Montana Forecast Into Midweek Shows Fair, Cooler North
Montana weather outlook calls for generally fair conditions Wednesday and Thursday with a slight dip in temperatures on Wednesday. Expect light winds and dry skies as the pattern holds across the state, with a modest cool down shaping daytime highs and evening lows.
One Air Mail Flyer Keeps Northwest Route Open
Pete Klimek flies the mail from Baudette Minnesota to Penasse Minnesota the northernmost U S post office. He holds a rare nuncancelled commercial air mail contract earning 5000 a year. The 75 mile route takes 35 to 40 minutes by plane versus two days by dog sled in winter.
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100 Per Cent Clubs Launch First Day Campaign
The Butte Auxiliary for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children starts its first drive since 1931 with 41 business houses displaying cards. Volunteers begin canvassing today aiming to reach a $7,500 goal by Saturday. Contributions may be made at Montana Power headquarters, with Widow Larry Weir as campaign chairman. The women’s division and the Butte Junior Service League present a three performance Little Revue at the Fox theater to benefit the drive.
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Songbirds and Green Grass Mark First Day of Spring
Leaves bud and gardens show life as Butte marks the vernal equinox at 12 28 this morning. Day and night are nearly equal today and for most of the week, and days will grow longer until June increasing time for outdoor recreation.
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Copper code near approval after stormy NRA session
Washington March 20 The copper industry moved toward consensus on a modified administration copper code after a heated session with NRA officials. The plan sets 20 500 tons monthly total and 9 500 tons for secondary copper, allocated by capacity. Anaconda Copper Mining Co opposes the fixed sales control, while Arizona independents Hoval A Smith and C M Van Dyke push for an Arizona embargo proposal.
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H. O. King
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Hoval A. Smith
C. M. van Dyke
Arizona
Lenwalder and Reardon Named At Mass Meeting
Arthur Lehwalder a Butte tailor and Frank D. Reardon a Butte plumber were nominated at a mass meeting in Carpenters hall as candidates for school trustees to be elected April 7. Paul J. Erler presided. more than 300 attended. platform resolutions were adopted. a 40 member campaign committee was named with permanent officers.
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Arthur Lehwalder
Butte
Frank D. Reardon
Carpenters’ Hall
Independent School Party
Paul J. Erler
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council
Railway Pay Extended and Labor Tensions Rise
President Roosevelt secured a wage extension for rail workers to January 1, 1935, averting a broad strike threatened by 50,000 laborers while auto industry talks with the AFL continued. The government pursued action against Weirton Steel, and smaller labor actions occurred in Detroit St Louis and Des Moines amid broader industrial unrest.
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Delaware
Weirton Steel Company
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Bower Roller Bearing Company
Detroit
St. Louis
Moratorium on Debts Expands in North Dakota
North Dakota Governor William A. Langer expands debt protection with moratoriums for business debt and farm foreclosures. Debtors may refinance before asset seizure, with business debt moratorium ending July 15 and farm ousters continuing indefinitely. Existing orders halt foreclosures and tax deeds on farm homes and shield homes and property of those unable to pay.
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Appeal Filed in Case of Man Doomed in Day Slaying
Counsel for William Clarence Cates of Mississippi filed an appeal brief with the Montana Supreme Court seeking a new trial for the slaying of Paul Read a prohibition agent. The brief argues the prior verdict showed passion and prejudice influenced by gruesome exhibits Read’s widow sympathy and Read’s federal officer status while Cates was a bootlegger.
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