Senators propose federal rate power for all transport
Washington lawmakers Wheeler and Truman unveiled a draft bill to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to set rates under a uniform rule for all transportation forms. The plan, part of a broader railroad rehabilitation program, follows discussions with President Roosevelt and signals administration backing. Further railroad measures are expected as proposals continue.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Truman
Missouri
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Gable and Lombard Wed in Surprise Kingman Service
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married at the Kingman Arizona Methodist church. The ceremony, performed by Rev Kenneth Engle, followed a court license application at the county courthouse with witnesses including principal Howard Cate. The couple planned a Boulder City Nevada overnight stay before returning to Hollywood.
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Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Hollywood
Gable
Lombard
Kingman, Ariz
U.P
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Tonight
Kenneth Engle
Methodist Church
Howard Cate
Kingman
Miss Lombard
Viola Olsen
Engle
Rhea Gable
Las Vegas
Nev
Boulder City
Britain doubles territorial army to 340000 for overseas duty
In London on March 29 Prime Minister Chamberlain announced the war time strength of Britain's territorial army would rise to 340000 through voluntary enlistment. The move aims to double forces available for overseas duty, mainly in France, if war breaks out.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Territorial Army
National Guard
France
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Montana Intercollegiate Debate Opens Tonight
The third annual Montana intercollegiate debate tournament begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Montana School of Mines with six Montana colleges represented. It runs to Saturday when the state oratorical contest is also held. Final eliminations at Butte yesterday named Edmund Fern of Bombay first, Elliott Coldwater Bozeman second, Harold Barton Eugene third. Colleges represented include Montana State University Montana State College Billings Polytechnic Northern Montana College Carroll College and Montana School of Mines.
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Montana
Montana School of Mines
Butte School
Edmund Fern
Bombay
India
Elliott Coldwater
Bozeman
Harold Barton
Eugene
Ore
Montana State University
Montanatate College
Billings Polytechnic
Northern
Norman and Carroll College
Woman Holds Temporary Job for 64 Years
Grace Tompson was hired as a temporary clerk by Newton Massachusetts 64 years ago at age 16. Now 80 she remains in the same post and is still listed as a temporary employee discovered during a finance committee account review.
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Newton
Mass
Grace Tompson
Daladier Pledges Firm Talks With Italy On France Rights
Premier Daladier in a 27 minute address to France and the world said Paris is ready to negotiate France's difficulties with Italy but warned Rome must clarify its demands. He asserted France will not cede land or rights and noted Germany’s actions harmed peace efforts. Continued on Page 6.
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Paris
Daladier
France
Italy
Rome
Mussolini
Tunisia
Djibouti
Suez Canal
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Changes in wage hour act proposed to ease hardships
Washington March 29 Chairman Norton Democrat of New Jersey urged Congress to revise the wage hour law to reduce hardships for employers and workers. Following Elmer F Andrews suggestions the amendments include exempting workers earning 200 dollars a month or more. Senator Thomas Democrat of Utah said he would offer similar amendments in the Senate tomorrow.
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Washington
Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Congress
Elmer F. Andrews
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
End of Spanich War Proclaimed as Provinces Fall
Madrid announced the end of Spain's civil war as Franco's Nationalists seized the final provincial capitals. Valencia Alicante Murcia Cuenca Almeria Jaen Ciudad Real Albacete Guadalajara Cartagena fell, Madrid surrender sealed the total victory. Gen Jose Miaja and staff escaped to Alberta by plane amid republican reprisals fears.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Alicante
Murcia
Cuenca
Almeria
Jaen
Ciudad Real
Albacete
Guadalajara
Cartagena
Montana Weather Outlook This Thursday and Friday
The forecast for Montana calls for generally fair skies on Thursday and Friday with continued mild temperatures. Sunshine dominates the period, offering pleasant conditions across the state.
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Montana
Coast Guard rescues five Swan survivors from Alaskan wreck
Coast guardsmen braved a gale to rescue five near-starved men from a rock-bound Alaskan island aboard the cutter Morris. The Swan wrecked off Kodiak island in February. a surviving crewmember rowed to Tugidak for help. Nine days later, rescue succeeded despite near freezing temperatures.
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Coast Guard
Seattle
Coast
Morris
Mike Kerr
Hans Gedrum
Alf Tongramsen
Kodiak
Alaska
Robert Craig
Denver
Dan Taylor
Swan
Jack McCord
Atiak
Kodiak Island
Tugidak Island
Juneau
8 900 Lives Preserved by Safer Driving
Chicago report from the National Safety Council cites 8 900 lives saved by safer driving during 16 months of traffic improvement begun in November 1937. February deaths totaled 1 810, 250 fewer than February 1938, with January and February the lowest pair since 1933.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
United States
Council
Pacific Coast
South Central
North Central
Atlantic
Fifty Butte Residents Granted U S Citizenship in Federal Hearing
Fifty residents of Butte and vicinity were granted United States citizenship yesterday in federal court during an all day naturalization hearing conducted by Edgar R. Bonsall. Thirty one candidates remained to be examined today with eight petitions continued or dismissed. Candidates from more than a dozen nations renounced their homelands and swore allegiance to the United States as the examination proceeded in Judge James H. Baldwin's court.
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Butte
Vicinity
United States
Edgar R. Bonsall
Spokane
James H. Baldwin
J. J. Lynch
Department of District Court
Silver Bow
Federal
Elizabeth Jane Barker
East
Galena Street
John Arthur Coll
Copper Street
Arvid Ojanpera
Broadway
Mijo Sertic
Jaakko Erland Rantamaki
Aino Tyyne Kallijarvi
Vittorio Cumer
Jaunt in Skiff Triggers Memphis Musician Search
Dark haired Memphis violinist Hope Brewster identified herself in a Helena Arkansas hotel after a Mississippi River jaunt in a $2 skiff sparked a wide search by speedboats and aircraft. The 22 year old musician initially refused to return to Memphis but later agreed to go back with Captain Frank Gilsson and banker Frank Sturm.
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Helena
Ark
Hope Brewster
Memphis
Mississippi River
Frank Gilsson
Memphis Police
Frank Sturm
WPA funds trimmed as Roosevelt request cut to 100 million
Washington March 29 The House appropriations committee reduced the proposed $150 million additional WPA relief to $100 million for the current year. The panel said its choice favors economy yet recognizes urgency to set administrative procedures for the remainder of the fiscal year. It notes total WPA outlay would reach about $2.164 billion this year, versus $1.428 billion last year and $1.833 billion the year before. Farm parity fund of $250 million was struck down 204 to 191.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Poland and Germany Discuss Danzig Status Amid Talks
Poland seeks to secure access to the Baltic port while preserving economic interests in Danzig as Nazi influence grows. Warsaw and Berlin reportedly aim to resolve the city’s future under pressures from the League of Nations framework.
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Poland
Germany
Danzig
Warsaw
France
Britain
Free City of
Berlin
Free City
Baltic
League of Nations
League of Nations Danzig Commission
League
League High Commissioner
Drug Shows Promise In Infantile Paralysis Case
In Ponca City Oklahoma a local physician credited sulfapyridine with a breakthrough in an infantile paralysis case involving nine year old Mary Elizabeth Maddox. The girl was treated with regulated doses, temperature fluctuations occurred then normalized, and she was sent home after 48 hours with her partly paralyzed leg in a cast. The physician spoke on ethical grounds without revealing his name.
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Ponca City
Okla
Mary Elizabeth Maddox
G. C. Maddox
Welfare Conference in Butte Set for April 13
Representatives of butte welfare groups invited to a conference April 13 at 8 pm in Judge Downey’s third floor courtroom of the Silver Bow county courthouse. W. A. Burr of the Montana Department of Public Welfare announced letters are going out this week to participating organizations to coordinate welfare efforts.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
W. A. Burr
Montana Department of Public Welfare
T. B. Downey
Burr
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