Madrid siege nears end as peace talks advance
Reports from Madrid indicate the siege of the capital is nearing collapse with repairs along rail lines and signs of life returning. Dispatches say unconditional surrender may be arranged and a Nationalist occupation entry could occur soon, while negotiators weigh Miaja's control to hand over Madrid to Franco.
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Spain
Rome
Giornale D'Italia
Madrid
Jose Miaja
Republican Defense Council
Miaja
Burgos
Franco
Two leaks seal dike at Glasgow as Milk River floods rise
Saco Center reports emergency crews sealing two dike leaks to protect Glasgow from the Milk River flood. By 5 PM the river stood five feet below the top and rose three inches hourly but was falling in rate. Officials expected no drop before Sunday morning. Sheriff McPherson said boats checked isolated farms for marooned residents. no deaths reported. Saco described as a slow-moving lake with widespread inundation. Beaver Creek dammed by ice jam. Little damage beyond flooded basements reported.
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Glasgow
Vandalia
E. L. McPherson
Saco
Here
Beaver Creek
W. D. Miller
Saco Independent
Hull Authored Most of Germany Condemnation Statement
Secretary of State Hull dictated much of the condemnation of Germany's seizure of Czechoslovakia issued by Acting Secretary Welles. Hull, in Florida recovering from grippe, telephoned to urge action and suggested phrases like wanton lawlessness and arbitrary force. He decided Hitler's action should not go unchallenged.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Welles
Florida
Grippe
Hitler
Durand Hideout Found Near Powell After Flight
Powell Wyoming March 25 Officers found a hideout within three miles of Powell where Earl Durand stayed five days during his nine day flight from the law. Durand was killed by his own bullet after a bank holdup in which teller John Gawthrop was slain and a funeral for Durand arranged by his parents.
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Powell
Wyo
Earl Durand
Wyoming
Tarzan
Frank Blackburn
Durand
Ray Easton
W. W. Durand
Easton
John Gawthrop
Gawthrop
Blackburn
Bitter Creek
Peace oratorical contest set at Montana Mines school
Six Montana colleges enter the fourth annual state peace oratorical contest at Montana School of Mines in Convocation Hall after the Intercollegiate debate tournament. Prof James N Holm of Montana State University will direct. Each college must hold a preliminary with at least three entrants.
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Mines School
Montana School of Mines
Montana
James N. Holm
Montana State Univer
Sity
Missoula
School of Mines
Montana State University
Montana State College
Northern Montana College
Billings Polytechnic-Intermountain Union
Carroll College
Walter T. Scott
Pay-As-You-Go Plan for Social Security Urged
A U S Chamber of Commerce committee urged replacing the current system with a pay-as-you-go plan and revising the tax schedule. The report aligns with Morgenthau's ideas for a contingent reserve and earlier payments to widows, with a broad study of tax changes before adoption.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Morgenthau
Treasury
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chamber
Federal Reserve System
Twenty Die After France Avalanche Traps 50 Workers
Toulouse March 25. A death toll of 20 was reported tonight among 50 workmen trapped Friday in an avalanche in the Pyrenees foothills near Lake Isour. Rescue squads held little hope of finding the others alive.
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Toulouse
France
Pyrenees
Lake Isour
Japan Nazi Pact Talk Shifts Policy in Tokyo
An authoritative source reports Japan may seek a defensive pact with Germany against Soviet Russia. Tokyo reportedly refused full unconditional alliance but could back Germany if Russia attacks. Diet minority push favors converting the anti Comintern pact into a tripartite alliance with Germany and Italy against Britain and France.
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Tokyo
Russia
Germany
Italy
Japan
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Britain
France
China
War Profits Tax Bill Introduced In House
Representative O'Connor of Montana introduced a bill to tax war profits with steeply graduated income and other levies. The measure mirrors bills from several other members presented recently.
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Washington
O'Connor
Montana
Wreck Survivors Reported Safe From Swan Sinking
Unconfirmed radio reports indicate six survivors of the Swan wreck, missing over a month, are alive on a bleak island but suffered exposure and hunger. Located near Kodiak Alaska, the men were rescued after a long ordeal.
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Kodiak
Alaska
U.P
Smith Sentenced to Eight-Year Term After Guilty Plea
Walter R. Smith former financial secretary of the Butte Miners union is sent to Deer Lodge state penitentiary to serve an eight year sentence after pleading guilty to grand larceny in the theft of 7168.27 from the local union around December 10, 1938. Sheriff Al McLeod will transport him Monday. The case drew a packed courtroom as Judge J J Lynch accepted the plea and set sentencing.
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Walter R. Smith
Butte Miners’ Union
Deer Lodge
J. J. Lynch
Smith
al McLeod
Los Angeles
Calif
Montana
McLeod
Lynch
George McKenzie
Huge Mirror Devised to Stop Hill-Top Collisions
New York reports a 13 by 4 foot convex mirror mounted on a hill top bridge to give motorists up to 2000 feet of visibility over the crest. The Greater New York Safety council describes the device at a three day meeting, claiming it makes the hill appear flat and warning of reduced collision risk.
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New York
Greater New York Safety Council
NOASE WRANGLES UN FARM BILL THEN ADJOURNS
Washington March 25. The House wrangled over the 1 067 000 000 Agriculture department bill in a five hour session and adjourned for the weekend without finalizing major farmer payments. Democratic Missouri Rep Anderson argued for adjournment to save the bill for farmers as Republicans clashed with Democrats over parity funds and WPA funding.
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Noase
Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Anderson
Missouri
Rep
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Ill child given chance for life in New Rochelle report
Harold Holt Jr. two and a half years old in Monongahela Pennsylvania home after doctors gave ten days to live. Hospital authorities say X-ray treatments removed the tumor from his liver and lungs, boosting parents' confidence in his recovery.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Harold Holt Jr
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Flow of gold to U.S. at new top
Gold shipments to the United States during Europe’s latest war scare have topped the late September crisis totals. The flow began in the last days and reached £28,800,000, about $144,000,000, surpassing the $143,000,000 sent in September.
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U.S
London
United States
Europe
Atlantic
Septem- T
Montana Weekend Forecast Cloudy and Colder
Partly cloudy weather extends across Montana for Sunday and Monday with a cooler spell in the southern portion. Weak high pressure brings slightly dry conditions while temperatures trend lower than today.
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Montana
Borah Attacks England Over Aiding Germany and Czechs
Senator Borah charges Great Britain with encouraging Germany to absorb Austria and condoning Czechoslovakia’s dismemberment. In a radio address he says the democracies seek imperialistic aims, not Nazi destruction, and questions U.S. steps to aid them. He notes neutrality debates and a cash and carry munitions plan to help England and France.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Borah
Idaho
Hitler
England
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Nevada
France
Phantom burglar confesses to film-star home theft spree
In a voluble confession Ralph Graham a 40 year old Bel Air resident known as the phantom burglar said he committed about 60 burglaries at film stars and other prominent residents over the past five years. Police estimate five year losses in the area around $1 000 000 but Graham claims victims exaggerated losses. He was arrested in San Francisco with eighty dollars.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Graham
Bel-Air
Graham
San Francisco
Mussolini's Rome on Edge for France Concessions Speech
On the Rome-Berlin axis Mussolini faces scrutiny as fascists mark the 20th anniversary of Rome's jubilee. Il Duce is expected to outline demands for France amid a fresh pledge of Axis unity from Hitler, with some expecting a conciliatory talk and others calling for momentum on territorial aims.
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Benito Mussolini
Rome-Berlin
Rome
Il Duce
France
Italy
Adolph Hitler
Hitler
Mussolini
Tl Duce
Flood Stricken Malta Shivers in Cold Wind
In Malta a cold northwest wind worsened conditions for residents in the flooded Milk River valley. Fifty plus homes lacked heat as basements flooded and furnaces damaged or gas shutoffs occurred. River fell about six inches by nightfall though it stood 18 feet above normal at the crest. Emergency repairs were underway to irrigation ditches west of Malta to prevent further flooding of farms and isolation of Farm Security Administration families.
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Malta
Milk River
Montana
Farm Security Administration
Associated Merchants to Hold Meeting in Meaderville
More than 300 Montana business men are expected at the quarterly Associated Merchants of Montana gathering Monday night in Meaderville. W S Christie of Butte will chair the dinner as Stanley J Stephenson of Salt Lake City leads the program with talks by Otis Mudd George Shepherd and others. Musical entertainment will follow the talks.
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Line
Montana
Associated Merchants of Montana
Meaderville
al Trafford
Associated Merchants
W.S. Christie
Butte
Trafford
Emmett Harrington
Joe Secum
Christie
Robert C. Line
Missoula
University of Montana
Stanley J. Stephenson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Otis Mudd
George Shepherd
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