Plan Industrial Loans Committee Calls for Clear Capital Flows
The Plan Industrial Loans Committee warns Congress that new recovery capital will not appear without legislative certainty. They link uncertainty to potential Wagner labor board, Connery 30 hour week, and stock market control bills. Labor warns of strikes if Wagner bill fails. The administration supports Wagner and market bills but opposes Connery. It proposes lending plans to aid small businesses.
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Wagner Labor Board
Connery
Washington
U.P
Congress
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner bills outlaw company unions amid labor disputes
The article discusses Senator Wagner proposing a bill to outlaw company unions and indict unions controlled by employers. It questions his support for government fostered unions to fix employer dominated unions and accuses him of naive confidence in administration union sympathy. Continued on page 2.
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Aving
Wagner
Junior Service League Little Revue and Tag Day Drive
Two events mark the Butte Auxiliary fund drive for crippled children. The Junior Service League presents a Little Revue and Fox theater screenings at 4 PM and 7 15 PM and 9 15 PM, while a tag-day sale begins at 1 30 PM with high school girls collecting 25 cent donations. Proceeds support the $7,500 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Service League
Mark Cripple
Butte
Fox Theater
A. E. Wilkinson
Dick Barry Acquitted In Murder Trial By Jury
Dick Barry a 64 year old school janitor was found not guilty of murdering Richard Barry age 31 in Judge Downey’s court after nearly 24 hours of deliberation. Barry showed nervousness in court and thanked the jurors after the verdict. He said he was grateful and asked that the incident not linger in memory.
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Richard
Dick) Barry
Richard Barry
T. E. Downey
Barry
Sen
T. J
Western Loan and Building plans approved for reorganization
Helena March 22 Stockholders of the Western Loan and Building Company of Salt Lake City approved the reorganization plan. The plan provides stockholders receipts for 70 percent of their claims with 4 percent interest paid semi annually. Helena residents hold over a million dollars of the investment, with more than 4,000 Montanans overall backing the firm.
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Helena
Western Loan and Building Company of
Salt Lake City
Frank H. Johnson
Utah
Roosevelt Pushes Peaceful Settlement in Auto Dispute
Workers urged local unions to hold in abeyance any strike action pending President Roosevelt's final word on a peaceful settlement. The March 22 meeting at AFL headquarters included key officials as leaders discussed a potential extension of the strike truce and wires were sent to Michigan and Indiana centers. Willam Green did not attend the White House session.
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White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
West Indies
Roosevelt
Michigan
Indiana
American Federation of Labor
Northern Pacific Roundhouse at Logan Destroyed by Fire
Fire of undetermined origin today destroyed Northern Pacific railways roundhouse at Logan. Two locomotives and a car load of coal were damaged while Manhatten fire crews and 19 railway workers aided the blaze. The Logan roundhouse was the sole one between Bozeman and Townsend on the main line. The loss may exceed $15,000 per Assistant Superintendent Dan Healy.
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N. P
Logan
Northern Pacific Railway
Manhattan
Bozeman
Townsend
Livingston
Northern Pacifi Railway
Dan Healy
Navy Bill Heads to Roosevelt for Approval of Massive Build Program
Washington reports that President Roosevelt is expected to sign a sweeping Vinson-Tramwell bill authorizing about 100 new destroyers and submarines, an aircraft carrier, and over 1,000 planes. Senate and House action completed, amid protests by some lawmakers of a naval arms race and profit concerns. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Vinson-Tramwell
Senate
House
White House
Father and Son Elks Night in Butte Lodge No 240
More than 200 boys attended with their dads as Butte Elks Lodge No 240 opened an annual father and son gathering. Dr W J Sullivan chaired the event with Dolph Welch as speaker praising the Boy Scout troop sponsored by the lodge and calling for parental cooperation. Participants included Bobbie Doran Kenneth Koll Tommy Bracey Teddy Bracey Audrey Hauswirth Jack Cogan Hugh Patten and others with a German band and various performances.
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Butte Elks
Butte Lodge No. 240
W. J. Sullivan
Dolph Welch
Bobbie Doran
Kenneth Koll
Tommy
Teddy Bracey
Audrey
Charles Hauswirth
Jack Cogan
Hugh Patten
Harry Merrifield
George Crumby
Butte High School
Kathleen Harris O'Keefe
System Similar to Railway Mail Setup Being Considered
Washington March 22 The administration weighs private air mail use before permanent legislation. Attorney General Cummings says government action before a final bill is possible while hearings continue in both houses. Senator O Mahoney proposes private planes under a railway mail style system with a postmaster general authorized to act.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Post Office and Commerce Departments
Cummings
White House
Senate
House
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Thompson Falls Plans $67000 Water System Bond Issue
Helena March 22 A bond issue of 67000 dollars is planned by the city of Thompson Falls for installation of a new water supply system, announced by I M Brandford commissioner of State lands and investments.
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Helena
Thompson Falls
I. M. Brandford
State Lands and Investments
Man and wives swap roles in a rapid divorce and remarriage
The case centers on William J. Guthrie who, within ten minutes, had two wives, was divorced from one and remarried the other. Attorney W. B. Frame handled both the divorce proceedings and the subsequent marriage ceremony as witnesses looked on. The tangled family episode began with Guthrie’s underage marriage in April 1927 and the ensuing annulment attempts by the bride’s parents.
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Philadelphia
W. B
Scottie) Frame
Butte
William J. Guthrie
Missouri Avenue
Guthrie
Frame
Beadle Named Counsel for NRA by Montana Council
Helena March 22 Miles Romney state director announces M Kerr Beadle state representative from Silver Bow county will serve as legal adviser and labor compliance officer in Montana for the National Emergency council and the NRA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
M. Kerr Beadle
Silver Bow County
Montana
National Emergency Council
NRA
Miles Romney
Council
Two Injured In Dillon Butte Highway Crash
A head on collision on the Dillon Butte highway near Melrose killed Pat Walsh 55 of Minneapolis and seriously injured O W Miller and Sheriff W C Orr of Dillon. Miller and Orr were hospitalized in critical condition with internal injuries, scalp wounds, and chest injuries.
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Pat Walsh
Minneapolis
Sheriff Orr
Dillon
O. W. Miller
Melrose
Butte-Dillon
W. C. Orr
Miller
Orr
Butte
Walsh
Violet McCauly
Salt Lake City
W. S. Kearns
Oregon Short Line Railway
Kenneth Mclivor
Kearns and Mcliver
Murray Hospital
St. James
Montana Weekend Forecast Sees Snow East of Divide
Friday brings unsettled, colder weather with snow east of the divide in Montana. Saturday looks generally fair with improving conditions and lighter winds across the state.
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Montana
Divide
Warden Maps Longtime Road Development Plan
Helena March 22. O B Warden Great Falls chairman of the state highway commission and R D Rader chief engineer will present phases of a long time highway development plan at the Montana planning conference March 26 to 28. They will discuss road funds available and anticipated traffic regulation maintenance costs grade crossing eliminations and possible landscaping. Feeder and farm to market roads and their relation to state transportation will be discussed by the highway and transportation group. Round table discussions aim to develop feeder road recommendations with representatives from across the state. Engineers from the state highway department will be on hand for technical advice.
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Helena
Montana
Warden of
Great Falls
State Highway Commission
R. D. Rader
Highway and Transportation Group
State Highway Department
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Walter Lippmann
Des Moines
Wilkinson
Dick Barry
Green
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Bill
Administration
UNG OF Elks
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Beadle
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Capital
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