Roosevelt proposes Caribbean Army Department to defend canal
President Roosevelt, en route to Washington, calls for an Army Department of the Caribbean to bolster Panama Canal defense as aviation grows. Brig. Gen. Edmund L. Daley to command from San Juan after two years of observing regional needs. He cites fleet maneuvers and air threat in outlining the plan. He declines comment on Hitler’s Reichstag speech and discusses potential tax changes only in broad terms.
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Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Army Department of the Caribbean
Hyde Park
N. Y
Edmund L. Daley
San Juan
Caribbean
Hitler
Reichstag
State Department
Treasury
Treasure State Golden Jubilee Air Show Invite
Montana flyers will receive invitations to participate in Butte's air show on July 8 and 9 as part of the Treasure State Golden Jubilee. Over 100 licensed pilots are expected to attend with more than 60 planes. An aerial parade on July 8 will feature about 70 aircraft.
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Montana
Butte
Aviation Committee
De Valera Declares Conscription Move in Ulster
Irish Premier Eamon de Valera called British plans to apply peacetime conscription to six Ulster counties an act of aggression. He spoke before the Dail Eireann after canceling a U S voyage due to the grave event of conscription.
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DE Valera
Ulsted
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Man Killed in Airplane Crash Near San Jose
Lieut. Frederick Wall, 26, of Los Angeles, was killed when his plane crashed into a hill near San Jose. Officials at a CCC camp said Wall, a junior officer, appeared to be signaling friends on the ground when the ship wandered off control. he was alone aboard.
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San Jose
Cal
Frederick Wall
Los Angeles
Here
CCC
Wall
Eastern Montana Fire Controlled Near Miles City
Fires burned several hundred acres near Miles City before being brought under control as winds eased. About 300 ranchers and volunteers joined the effort despite hot dry conditions hindering containment.
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Miles City
U.P
Here
Dynamite Blasts Open M Day at Montana School of Mines
Morning dynamite blasts mark the opening of M day activities on the Montana School of Mines campus. The event features the annual whitewash of the Big Butte M, a 1 PM lunch hosted by the co eds, and a gymnasium dance led by the Copper Guards. George Johnston chairs the day with Don Archibald as marshal and oversees enforcement of participation. A kangaroo court will judge those avoiding duties.
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Montana School of Mines
Nasium
Copper Guards
George Johnston
Don Archibald
Archibald
Italy pledges support to Egyptian ruler Farouk
Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel sent a message to King Farouk promising to respect Egypt’s frontiers and territorial integrity. The note aims to reassure Egypt and counter anti Italian propaganda while signaling Italy’s stance in the Mediterranean and its bid over Suez canal influence. Also, Politiken says Hitler invited Scandinavian states to reciprocal non aggression pacts with Germany.
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Egypt
Farouk
Cairo
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Mediterranean
France
Suez Canal
Copenhagen
Politken
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Planes may reach 500 miles an hour in air
Langley Field Virginia May 2. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics officials report speeds of 500 mph in fast transports and war planes are nearing reality as shock waves in the atmosphere are being controlled. Engineers credit extreme streamlining and removal of protuberances for breaking 420 mph records and suggest speeds near 710 mph may be possible.
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Langley Field
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Auto accident toll rises in four months 1939 Montana
Helena May 2. Montana's auto accident death toll for the first four months of 1939 totaled 36 two more than during the same period last year the Montana highway patrol said. Ten persons died in highway accidents during April 1939 compared with nine in April 1938.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Highway Patrol
Compromise Offered In Goal Strike Parley
Four Appalachian soft coal operators offered exclusive bargaining rights to the United Mine Workers and a checkoff system for dues from union and non union workers to prevent incursions by rival groups. The move came as the conference with John L. Lewis and UMWA officials adjourned with a request for a 11 a m adjournment to continue talks.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
Businessmen to emerge from doghouse as Barton speaks
Bruce Barton told the Chamber of Commerce convention that social gains from the New Deal and sound government business principles will drive post 1940 prosperity. He said public sentiment favors a GOP return and that businessmen must be allowed to participate in national management.
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R.-Calif
Congress
Senate
United States
Senator Connally
Texas
Europe
Congress of the
Chamber
Barton
Washington
U.P
Bruce Barton
Chamber of Commerce of the
Old-Time Rally By School of Mines Students On Election Eve
Montana School of Mines students staged an old-time parade with bands torches cigars and banners through the business district on the eve of student body elections. The procession included a police escort and Girls Central high drum corps as candidates urged votes with old-fashioned signs and cigars. Balloting was set for this afternoon on campus with candidates for president vice president secretary-treasurer and student manager.
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School of Mines
Montana School of Mines
Beef Neck
Barnes
Bob
Winter
Frank
Carr
Square Deal
Buchanan
Mines
Frank Archibald
Ed Barnes
Helena
Jim Kelly
Dillon
Bob Hunter
Anaconda
Francis Hadzer
Frank Carr
Butte
Frank Casey
Joe Wiend
Los Angeles
Jim King
Ed Buchanan
Old Mexico
Wes Hanson
Minot
N. C
National Chamber Nominates Oliver S. Warden for Director Post
Washington May 2 The National Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States nominates Oliver S. Warden of Great Falls Montana for director of the chamber.
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Washington
National Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States Today
Oliver S. Warden
Great Falls
Mont
Chamber
Bumper Apple Crop Predicted For Montana This Year
Helena May 2 George L Knight Missoula horticulturist predicts a bumper Montana apple crop this year with excellent prospects in the Bitter Root valley He notes overall crop prospects are bright and shipments of produce especially potatoes are heavy existing farm price gains offset by declines in other commodities such as wheat corn oats and beans
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Helena
George L. Knight
Missoula
Montana
James T. Sparling
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Britain Moves to Expel Nazi Supporters
London May 2 The British government ordered the expulsion of nearly 40 German residents to stamp out subversive Nazi activities. Berlin warned of sharp retaliation over what it called piteous treatment of Germans.
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London
U.P
Berlin
Montana water pact would secure Senate backing
The Senate Indian affairs committee approved a measure to authorize Montana North Dakota and Wyoming to enter into a Yellowstone river water distribution agreement subject to congressional ratification. A companion bill was also introduced in the House. The committee also advanced bills to allow Indians to sue for erroneously paid income taxes and to modify rules on white government employees trading with Indians. A new mines finance commission proposal seeks $150 million in silver certificates to fund material production.
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Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Yellowstone River
Senate
Indian Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Horton
R-Wye
Wheeler
D-Mont
Congress
Shugham
D-Nev
Mines Finance Commission
Montana Weather Outlook for Wednesday and Thursday
A weather forecast for Montana calls for partly cloudy skies with thunderstorms and showers in the west portion. Temperatures remain nearly steady with little change expected.
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Montana
Poland and Germany edge toward peaceful Danzig settlement
London reports growing official belief that Poland may accept joint Polish German control of Danzig with Poland preserving independence and a Baltic outlet while Germany recoils from a major war to reclaim the free city. German leaders fear a two front conflict and reject unqualified return to the Reich.
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Baltic
Danzig
Poland
Baltic Sea
Germany
Newark
N. J
Britain
Romania
France
Soviet
Russia
League of Nations
Hitler
Reich
Eskimo Family Journey To New York World’s Fair
An Eskimo family traveling from Alaska to the New York world’s fair stopped in Butte amid illness aboard a Milwaukee sleeper. A child’s throat swelling worsened after Seattle, and a Deer Lodge doctor boarded the train to lance the throat, easing breathing as the party continues toward the Eskimo village attraction linked to explorer Dave Irwin.
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Alaska
Butte
Milwaukee Railroad
Seattle
Deer Lodge
Dave Irwin
Montana Boards Approve 26 Projects Worth Large Sum
Presidential approval of 26 Montana projects totaling 927,273 in April was announced by WPA Administrator Joseph E. Parker. The plan covers rural school improvements in Big Horn Madison and Sanders counties and the Carbon county high school at Red Lodge, plus infrastructure works in Lewistown Scobey Broadus Miles City and more.
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WPA
Joseph E. Parker
Big Horn
Madison
Sanders
Carbon County
Red Lodge
Lewistown
Scobey
Broadus
Custer County
Miles City
Dodson
Billings
Fergus
Sweet Grass
Richland
Fallon
Flathead
Lake
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Salt Lake City
Front Row
Margaret Kelly
Virginia City
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Margaret White
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Lucy Roe
Ruth Hempstead
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