Montana highway commission awards 19 road projects
The Montana highway commission awarded 19 road projects totaling about 914000 and disposed of 1934 state gasoline tax debentures selling to several firms with a 680 premium. Bids on two Gallatin and Flathead projects were rejected and will be readvertised.
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Uncle Sam Highway Commissio Commission
Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Gallatin
Flathead
Miles City
PWA
John Nuveen & Company
Chicago
Kalman & Company
St. Paul
First National Bank
Wells- Dickey Company
Thrall, West & Company
Piper, Jaffrey and Hopwood
Murphy, Favor & Company
Spokane
Noted Butte Businessman John Harrington Hospitalized
John Harrington, 318 North Alabama Street, longtime Butte business figure and manager of the Butte Brewing Company, lies in a critical condition at St. James hospital due to an abdominal ailment. Mrs Harrington, visiting in Los Angeles, is en route to join him and expected to arrive this morning.
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John Harrington
North Alabama Street
Butte
Butte Brewing Company
St. James’ Hospital
Harrington
Los Angeles
Quick end forecast for brain trust probe by leaders
Washington March 30. Democratic congressional leaders forecast a speedy end to the investigation of Dr. William A. Wirt's charges of brain trust communists. They argued a long inquiry could create unjustified uncertainty about the recovery program and deny its progress. Rainey said fears of broad communism are unwarranted and emphasized careful selection of a five man committee with three Democrats and two Republicans.
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Washington
William A. Wirt
Rainey
Wiri
Gary, Ind
Montana Weekend Forecast Sees Fair Weather
Montana remains generally fair Saturday and Sunday with little change in temperatures. No precipitation is expected and conditions should stay mild across the state.
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Montana
Civil Works program ends workers under new status
Washington march 30 a million and a half persons laid down picks and shovels to end the civil works administration. About 300000 will be employed in winding up activities through May 1 while remaining staff handle clerical auditing and research tasks. Hopkins says the program released about 1 billion dollars in cash with roughly 600 million from the federal government and the rest from state and local entities.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
U S Army flyer killed in mail plane crash
Helena March 30 Civilian conservation camps in Montana will work 498 youths plus 502 reenrolled and 689 experienced men with 1000 youth quota same as last year. Youths aged 18 to 25 report to Fort Missoula by April 10. applications and county quotas listed by forest service offices.
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Helena
Montana
T. C. Spaulding
Fort Missoula
Spaulding
United States Forest Service Office
Missoula
Nioe
Forest Service
Foleeammad
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Carbon
Carter
Cascade
Chouteau
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Wheatland
Wibaux
Yellowstone
Mail plane crash claims Twelfth Army flyer in storm
Lieut. Thomas A. Woods of San Antonio Texas is killed when his single seated pursuit craft crashes in a rain storm near Dewitt Iowa. He was en route from Chicago to Des Moines with 23 pouches of mail. The nose of the plane buried in a farmer’s field. no witnesses. Woods took off at 7 15 p m and was bound for Omaha.
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Iowa Farmer's Field
Dewitt
Thomas A. Woods
San Antonio
Tex
Chicago
Woods
Omaha
William Thurman
Leonard McGuire
Des Moines
Army
Roosevelt to lead nation wide drive against gangsters
Washington March 30 United Press reports President Roosevelt will direct a nationwide assault on gangsters and racketeers once Congress passes pending anti crime bills. Louis Howe met with Speaker Rainey and Majority Leader Burns to push swift action. Hoover warned the Justice Department will move quickly with a staffed network in 25 cities once enacted.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
United Press
Louis McHenry Howe
House
Henry T. Rainey
Majority House
Joseph Burns
White House
Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
Florida
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Hoover
Man from Butte dies at Fort Peck dam
Neil F. McNeil 52 a former Butte miner was fatally struck by a rock at Fort Peck dam He died minutes after the rock fell from a tunnel storage chamber as he prepared to set a roof prop The Nova Scotia native had lived in Butte 16 years and leaves two daughters Florence Spank Roxbury Mass and Evelyn Kelly Butte with his wife dead Funeral planned for Sunday
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Glasgow
Fort Peck
Neil F. McNeil
Butte
McNeil
Kilberton Island
Nova Scotia
Florence Spank
Roxbury
Mass
Evelyn Kelly
Wyoming
Young People’s Church Group Plans Easter Sunrise Service
The city youth church group announces an Easter Sunrise service tomorrow at 6 o’clock. The committee in charge said details will continue on Page 2 Column 4.
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Young People's Church
Wil
Fugitive Admits Escape From Leavenworth 24 Years Ago
Ed monton Bulletin reports James Fahey signed a statement admitting an escape from Leavenworth penitentiary 24 years ago and maintaining innocence of mail robbery charges for which he was sentenced to life. The document says his real name was Frank Grigware and notes he hid his past from his wife and three children. He was arrested on a poaching charge and is jailed at Jasper Park.
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Edmonton
Alta
James Fahey
The
Edmonton Bulletin
Leavenworth
Fahey
Frank Grigware
Jasper Park
Bulletin
Rush Lake
Mich
United States of America
Michigan
Spokane
Wash
Lawrence Golden
Golden
Omaha
Congress weighs preferential path for taxes and tariffs
Washington reports work worn leaders mark taxes and tariffs for preferential consideration as they press unfinished business of a productive session. Senate and House move toward passing a $300 million revenue bill and reciprocal tariff measures while tracking stock market regulation, bankruptcy relief, communications scope, sugar allotment, and air mail legislation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
The
Communications Commission
Cabel
Interstate Commerce and Radio Commissions
Federal Reserve
Pope Pius Leads Devout Through Holy Year End
Pope Pius led Catholics worldwide in Good Friday rites as the 1933 34 holy year neared its close. He attended the mass of the pre sanctified in the Sistine Chapel with cardinals bishops and papal officials. Sacred relics of Christ and the crucifixion were shown in cathedrals and churches as Rome marked the year’s end.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Holy Father
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Christ
St. Peter’s
St. John Lateran
South Pole Hermit Byrd Sees Seven Leave For Long Isolation
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, famed hermit of Little America Antarctica, bids farewell to seven crewmen as they depart to return to the base. He will live alone in a snowbound shack for seven months to continue meteorological experiments near the pole using his small radio to report progress.
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Little America
Antarctica
MacKay Radio
United Press
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Insull Extradition Drama Near Turkey Finales
In Istanbul authorities press a legal route to hand Samuel Insull to U S authorities after a long extradition battle. The 74 year old financier, ill and jailed aboard the Maiotis, faced checks by the Istanbul penal court to confirm the case is not political or military. He was offered a choice of hotel or hospital ashore as the ship remained under heavy guard.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Samuel Insull
United States
Insull
Greece
Black Sea
Bosporus
Chicago
Maiotis
Oficers
Malatis
Istanbul Harbor
Weather forecast hints at fog and precipitation for March end
The forecast predicts fog rain and snow and sleet for today with overcast skies. Snow squalls are expected in the mountains between Salt Lake City and Great Falls. Yesterday recorded rainfall was 0.14 inches with a high of 50 and a low of 28 degrees.
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Salt Lake City
Great Falls
First Citizenship Papers Issued To 13 Butte Residents
The report by Harold Allen, deputy clerk of the U S district court, shows 13 Butte residents received first citizenship papers last month and 12 others filed petitions for final papers. Over 100 more have obtained declaration forms at a regional naturalization office in Spokane and will file later here. For the year’s first quarter, 30 final papers petitions and 20 declarations to become citizens have been received, the largest such count in years.
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Butte
Harold Allen
United States District Court
Allen
Reegional Naturalization
Spokane
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Red Lodge
Absarokee
Kansas City
Frank FP. Fisher Jr
U.S. Army Flyer
CCC
Silver Bow County
UAIVE
Fort Peck Dam
Mountain View
Lowell Avenue Methodist
U. S
Cowgirl
Nellie Madison
Sheriff's
Eric D. Madison
Pope Pig
South Pole
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