Senator Harrison backs flat 22 percent corporate tax idea
Senator Harrison of Mississippi said President Roosevelt tied to overhaul the business tax system and urged unity to avoid confusion in tax revisions. His aides framed the move as a bid to join with Treasury in proposing broader changes, with no firm details from the President yet.
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Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury
Memelland Reunion Sealed With German Lithuania Pact
Germany and Lithuania finalize a five point non aggression treaty allowing Lithuania to evacuate the Niemen fringe and confirm Memelland reunion with the Reich. Hitler sails aboard the Deutschland as Ribbentrop wires news of the annexation to the German leader.
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Berlin
Germany
Lithuania
Memelland
Adolf Hitler
Baltic
Niemen
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Memel
Baltic Sea
Ribbentrop
Hitler
Deutschland
Prison Break Foiled Near Montana Penitentiary
Uno Cahling, a life sentence murder convict, escaped from Deer Lodge prison for under four and a half hours before a guard posse captured him at 2 50 PM near an old brick yard half a mile southeast of Deer Lodge. He offered no resistance and was unarmed.
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State
Uno Cahling
Deer Lodge
Cahling
Tarzan slayer Durand fortifies Pyrenean fortress in Wyoming chase
Earl Durand entrenched in a rock citadel 400 feet up a ridge repelled a 65-strong posse pursuing him after kidnapping a ranch couple. Two possemen, believed to be Arthur Garto and Orville Lindbury, were shot during the gun battle. their status unknown as darkness fell.
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Powell Wyo
Mountain Rocks
Earl Durand
Wyoming
Tarzan
Montana
Durand
Rocks
Boyd Bennion
Arthur Garto
Meeteetse
Wyo
Orville Lindbury
Cody
Posse
Clarks Fork Canon
Bennion
Garto
Lindbury
Funeral Held for Airplane Victims
Funeral services for eight of the ten men killed when the first transport airplane built to fly in the sub stratosphere crashed were attended by over two thousand people. Nine representatives of the Royal Dutch Airlines attended after two of their men perished.
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Seattle
Royal Dutch Airlines
Romania Signs Trade Pact with Germany
Bucharest reports Romania and Germany reached a normal trade agreement that Romanian officials hailed as preserving political and economic independence. Premier Armand Calinescu claimed troop concentrations on borders could be dispersed in 15 days and anticipated clarification of the international situation. The pact eased tensions across the Balkan region as part of the ongoing Romanian crisis.
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Bucharest
Romania
Germany
Armand Calinescu
Balkan
Britain Fights to Preserve Stop Hitler Front Plans
In Philadelphia a murder verdict sends Herma Petrillo to the electric chair for poisoning Ferdinand Alfonsi, with the judge warning of a wider killer network seeking insurance money. Across the sea, Britain presses to keep a European anti Hitler front intact as Germany threatens Memel and Lithuania with force. London signals readiness for far reaching military commitments to lure Poland away from neutrality. In Parliament Sir Samuel Hoare reports that Germany aims to seize all of Lithuania if Memel fails.
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Philadelphia
Herma Petrillo
Ferdinand Alfonsi
Harry S. McDevitt
London
Great Britain
Hitler
Germany
Memel
Lithuania
Britain
Poland
House of Commons
Samuel Hoare
175 Foreign Born Residents Graduate From Naturalization Class
At the American Legion hall Silver Bow post honors 175 graduates of a three month naturalization course taught by WPA educators. Judge R E McHugh of Anaconda urged and encouraged new citizens and praised Grace Anstice for directing the program.
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American Legion Hall
Butte
Silver Bow Post
The
American Legion
WPA
R. E. McHugh
Anaconda
United States
Grace Anstice
Weather outlook for Montana shows cloudy days
A Montana forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions on Thursday and Friday with little change in temperatures. The report notes stable temperatures across the period, with no significant precipitation expected.
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Montana
Senate approves large rearmament and neutrality review
Congress clears a 358 million dollar rearmament bill to expand the Army Air Corps to 6000 aircraft and approves a 116.5 million dollar defense package for weapons and coast defenses. The Senate committee plans hearings next week on changes to the neutrality act including Pittman proposals.
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Senate
Army Air Corps
Washington
Congress
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State, War and Navy Departments
Pittman
Democrat
Nevada
Death in Stevensville Stuns Bitter Root Valley Family
Abraham Buck aged 67, longtime Bitter Root resident, died suddenly at his home in Stevensville. Born in Missouri he moved to the Bitter Root in 1884 and married Olive Nichols. He leaves a widow, son Earl Buck, a Stevensville brother William Buck, and sisters Mrs. Lucy Evans and Mrs. A T Porter. Funeral at Methodist church Friday morning conducted by Rev. Carl F. McConnell.
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Stevensville
Abraham Buck
Bitter Root Valley
Missouri
Bitter Root
Olive Nichols
Earl Buck
William Buck
Lucy Evans
Billings
A. T. Porter
Helena
State Supreme Court
Methodist Church
Carl F. McConnell
Wheeler Dulles oppose U S aid to Britain in war call
In New York a Economic club debate featured Senator Burton Wheeler and John Foster Dulles arguing against U S pledges of support to England and France in a war. James Warburg defended a hard neutrality stance and rearmament to keep peace, while Wheeler warned such promises threaten liberty and risk a world war.
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New York
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
John Foster Dulles
United States
England
France
James P. Warburg
Germany
Italy
Britain
Wheeler
Warburg
Senate
Hitler
Mussolini
Forest ranger wins first American Forest Fire Medal for bravery
Urban J. Post of Buffalo Wyoming received a medal for bravery after helping save 40 CCC boys during the 1937 Blackwater Creek fire in Big Horn National Forest. Bert Sullivan of Cody Wyoming and Paul E. Tyrrell of Oakland California shared the honor. Tyrrell died from burns while aiding the rescue.
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Washington
Wyoming
Urban J
Post
Buffalo
Wyo
Big Horn National Forest
Bert Sullivan
Cody
Bureau of Public Roads
Paul E. Tyrrell
Oakland
Calif
Ten Sleep
Wye
Tyrrell
Post and Sullivan
CCC
Sullivan
American Forest Foundation
Blackwater Creek
Woman to Bring Rain by Sitting Rainmaker in Florida
In Frostproof Florida a Mississippi woman with a basic rainmaking method is commissioned to end a drought. Florida Citrus Commission Chairman John Maxcy said growers have sent $25 to Lillie Stoate of Oxford Mississippi to sat by Crooked Lake or Lake Reedy and supposedly trigger rainfall within 24 hours, with rains extending 150 to 200 miles.
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Frostproof
Fla
Mississippi
John Maxcy
Florida Citrus Commission
Lillie Stoate
Oxford
Miss
Maxcy
Maxey
Crooked Lake
Lake Reedy
Florida Peninsula
Bomb Terrorism Breaks Out Again in Birmingham
Two explosions rocked a parked car and a nearby house in a Birmingham street. Police linked the blasts to renewed terrorism by the illegal Irish Republican Army, echoing earlier attacks in England and Ireland. Pedestrians were knocked down. windshields shattered as windows broke hundreds of yards away.
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Birmingham
Eng
Irish Republican Army
England
Ireland
Baby Drowns After Child Knocks Mother Unconscious
In Toronto three year old Aubrey Ellison drowned in the bath after leaping in the tub and striking his mother, Mrs. Harry Ellison, who fell unconscious. She recovered enough to lift him from the tub before fainting. police and firemen arrived as resuscitation failed.
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Toronto
Ont
Aubrey Ellison
Harry Ellison
Aubrey
City Primaries Approved as Council Certifies Results
The city council met as canvassing board and confirmed primary totals with nine thousand three hundred eighty nine of fifteen thousand nine hundred sixty five voters casting ballots. Mayor Hauswirth lost three votes and Stimatz gained ten. Fifth ward Dem aldermen nominees Sodja and West posted 400 and 289 votes respectively.
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Beryl Wilson
Charles A. Hauswirth
Thomas G. Stimatz
Peter J. Sodja
Ervin A. West
Japan to stay neutral if Europe fights
Tokyo reports the Japanese inner government of five cabinet ministers led by Premier Kiichiro Hiranuma informally agreed on neutrality in a European war. A formal decision was not made, but authorities indicate strong opposition to voluntary Japanese participation if Europe becomes involved.
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Tokyo
Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Farm Benefit Fund Asked To Double 500 Million
A group of House agriculture committee members led by Chairman Jones of Texas decided to ask Congress to double the 500 million dollars requested by the administration for farm benefit payments next year.
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Washington
House Agriculture
Trans Atlantic Yankee Clipper Flight Planned This Friday
Pan American Airways prepares the Yankee Clipper for a Friday trans Atlantic survey flight starting around 2 pm from New York. The route will pass through Horta Portugal Lisbon Marseilles and Southampton with Foynes Ireland the final leg. Diplomatic deals with Portugal France and Great Britain are in place for the service start.
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Washington
Pan-American Airways
New York
Horta
Azores
Lisbon
Portugal
Marseilles
France
Southampton
England
Foynes
Ireland
Great Britain
People's School Ticket Chooses Its Candidates
The People's party last night selected its school election candidates for April 1. O. R. Ashford Jr., a school board member, leads with Thomas Ryan and I. D. Hadzor as standard bearers. Ashford, independent merchant of 515 Henry Street, has longtime community involvement. Ryan, former baseball player and Silver Bow County legislator, lives at 1825 South Montana Street with his family. Hadzor, a 31-year Butte resident, resides at 1904 Howard Street.
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People’s Party
O. R.shford Jr
Thomas Ryan
I. D. Hadzor
Butte
Ashford
Henry Street
Ryan
Silver Bow County
Montana Street
Hadzor
Howard
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