Criticism and defense mark WPA relief funding debate
Washington workers faced a partisan clash over 150 million dollars in WPA relief through June with the House cutting the request to 100 million and Republicans urging waste elimination. Debate featured gag-rule charges as Democrats fought for a record vote before adjournment.
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Washington
WPA
House Appropriations Committee
Representative Tabor
R-Ny
Martin
R-Mass
Woodrum
D-Va
Economy Bloc
Taber
Voters to elect three trustees in district election
Voters in school district No. 1 will choose three new trustees for a three year term. Polls open 8 am–12 pm and 1 pm–8 pm in 32 precincts. Ninety six judges will staff voting places after instructions from district clerk Margaret A. Leary. Six candidates run: three from the People's party O R Ashford Jr., Thomas Ryan, I D Hadzor and three Independents Harold Haman Fred Rossett.
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Sevenman
Margaret A. Leary
People’s Party
Independents
People's Party
O. R. Ashford Jr
North
Henry Street
Thomas Ryan
Montana Street
I. D. Hadzor
Howard Avenue
Independent Party
Harold H. Haman
Phillips Street
Fred Rosselet
South
Ohio man seeks 60 year missing friend Wymer in Butte
C L Burgess of Luckey Ohio asks Postmaster Monaghan for help locating Charley W Wymer who may live in Butte He last heard from him when Wymer worked in a smelter and is believed to be about 80 or 81 Burgess requests any information even if Wymer has died to reconnect with a longtime friend.
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Ohio
Ohd
Frank X. Moneghan
C. L. Burgess
Luckey
Monaghan
Charley W. Wymer
Butte
Wymer
New York
Nevada
Citizenship hearings open at Silver Bow courthouse today
Butte naturalization sessions resume in Judge J. J. Lynch’s court as 74 candidates are examined by Edgar R. Bonsall. Yesterday 31 people received final papers in federal court, with 81 total papers granted over two days and eight applications continued or dismissed. Sessions start at 10 o clock. continued tomorrow morning. Names of those granted citizenship include Alice Sumner and Matias Einar Franti.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
United States
J. J. Lynch
Edgar R. Bonsall
Spokane
College Debate Tourney Opens With Fourteen Teams
Fourteen debaters from six Montana colleges opened the third annual Montana intercollegiate debate tournament at the Montana School of Mines. Twelve debates were held, with winners to be named after judges meet this afternoon to review five rounds, leading to finals Saturday.
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Montana
Montana School of Mines
United States
Montana State University
William Scott
Walter Coombs
Carter Williams
John Pearce
Northern Montana College
Helen Pearson
Ben Suga
Mary Jane Utter
Donald Hanson
Harold Barton
Elliott Coldwater
Frank Bowdish
Thomas Wilkinson
Montana State College
Bernard Haley
Kenneth Sire
George Clemon
Ralph Coldwater
Carroll College
Floyd Willey
James Cumming
James Graham
James Macken
Billings Polytechnic
Charles Chappell
Roy Lemmons
John Cross
Wayne Kerner
James N. Holm
Bert B. Hansen
Merrill Rassweiler
C. L. Wentworth
Arthur W. Seebart
Montana Weekend Weather With Light Rain Or Snow
Unsettled forecast for Montana through Friday and Saturday. Cooler temperatures on Friday with likely light rain or snow on Saturday.
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Montana
Trumpeter Swans Visit Smelter City
Anaconda welcomed four trumpeter swans at Heffner's dam on the city’s edge in the past five days. State official N. S. Donde says only a few dozen pairs remain and the birds are being protected as they migrate through the area.
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Anaconda
Heffner's Dam
N.S. Dondelinger
Montana Fish and Game Commission
United States
Montana
Red Rock Lake
Yellowstone Park
Spokane Chief Links Firebug To West Coast Fires
Spokane Fire Chief William Payne connects a single pyromaniac to the $155,000 warehouse blaze and prior fires in Oakland Portland Seattle and Spokane. He says the arsonist uses waste from railroad car journals and escaped traps while crews worked 24 hours a day for ten days.
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Oakland
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
William Payne
Payne
Associated Press
Chamber protests rail route tactics harming Butte visitors
The Butte chamber of commerce traffic committee announced objections to railroad routing that朋友discriminates against Butte. After meetings the committee sent a letter to H. W. Siddal of the Trans Continental Passenger Association seeking a prompt, satisfactory adjustment. The letter cites complaints from visitors about indirect routes, long layovers, and added costs when visiting or traveling through Butte, including examples with Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Milwaukee, and Union Pacific lines.
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Chamber of Commerce Traffic Committee
Butte
H. W. Siddal
Trans- Continental Passenger Association
Chicago
Siddal
Great Northern
Havre
Great Falls
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
California
Union Pacific
Cancer blamed for one of Montana’s 1938 deaths
Helena March 30 cancer caused 548 Montana deaths in 1938 accounting for about one in ten. Butte led with 60 cancer deaths followed by Great Falls 49 Billings 49 Missoula 41 and Helena 31. Heart disease, accidents, and apoplexy also accounted for half of 5,672 total Montana deaths.
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Helena
MontAna
L. L. Benepe
Butte
Great Falls
Billings
Missoula
Benepe
Roosevelt Grandchild Born to Mrs Boettiger in Seattle
A son was born today to Mrs. John Boettiger, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s granddaughter, at Swedish Hospital Seattle weighing nine pounds one ounce. The baby arrived at 12 43 p m and is the eighth grandchild of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Boettiger has two children from a previous marriage. The name was not yet chosen.
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Seattle
John Boettiger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Swedish Hospital
P.S
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Boettiger
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Anna Eleanor
Flood Washes Out Road Bridge in Mississippi Tragedy
Twelve bodies recovered from Clear Creek bayou after a spring flood toppled a 100 foot bridge on a busy highway in Vicksburg. Divers reported nine cars plunged in sequence. eight bodies found and five more recovered later from a sedan. Names include Norman Schlemmer and R. B. Jones of Vicksburg, nurses from Memphis and Mansfield, and locals from Jackson and Canton. Eight injured were hospitalized. Continued coverage on Page 7.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Clear Creek Bayou
Robert M. Schilling
Sam H. Campbell
Annette Campell
Tom Bradley
Oak Grove
Bayou
Anne Turner
Memphis
Tenn
Claude Cox
Jackson
Norman Schlemmer
R. B. Jones
Margaret Guice
Mary Schrack Murray
Mansfield
Ohio
M. Wilson
Marcus Meeks
Canton
M. W. Beaver
D. M. Schilling
H. S. Campbell
Britain ready to fight if Germany attacks Poland
London reports indicate Prime Minister Chamberlain will say Britain will fight Germany if it invades Poland though not opposed to Nazi moves in Danzig. Cabinet met long after Mussolini pressed Italy’s stance as Britain works to bolster Poland and raise territorial forces to 340,000.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Poland
Danzig
Associated Press
Germany
Berlin
Warsaw
Dominions
Thomas Inskip
Mussolini
Elk Dies Trapped by Flood on Rock Ledge
A big cow elk found dead today on a rock ledge where she had been trapped for a week by flood water in the Gunnison river’s Black Canyon. Foreman Sam Sangositi reported plans to ferry hay to the elk’s lodge prison.
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Montrose
Colo
Gunnison River
Black
Sam Sangositi
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Rocco Santeralli
Sapinero
Western Slope Federation of Game Protective Associations
Sangosti
American Czechs and Slovaks plan rebirth of country
Bohus Benes announced a meeting in New York or Chicago within a month to unite North and South American Czech and Slovak groups for a rebirth of the Czechoslovak republic. He said about 1,500,000 people would be represented.
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Chicago
North
South America
New York
Czechoslovakia
Bohus Benes
Eduard Benes
Wallace Seeks To Walt Thrusts At His Program
Secretary Wallace rushed to Capitol Hill after senators pressed the administration on farm policy. He met with Senator Bankhead and Senator Byrnes as debates ranged over a cotton subsidy substitute, a cost of production bill, and possible additional farm benefit payments.
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Washington
Wallace
Capitol Hill
Agriculture Department
Bankhead
Byrnes
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
House
Fortifications at Honolulu Praised by Col Stivers
Col D G Stivers, veteran officer, praises Honolulu’s defenses after a six week visit with Mrs Stivers and their daughter. He served as reviewing officer at the spring army maneuvers on Oahu. The review was led by Major General James A Woods.
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Honolulu
D. G. Stivers
Reserve Officers’ Corps
Hawaiian Islands
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Donald Reidel
Pittsburgh
Wiggles
Humane Society
Erie
E. R. Bonsall
College
Smelter City
Roosevelt Clan
Anna Boettiger
Abyss
Great Britain
Rainmaker
Lillie Steates
Oxford
Fla
Weather Bureau
Walt
Administration
Stivers
U. S. Army
Hawaiian
Col
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