04 May 1934
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1934
Page
1
Postmaster General Farley announces 15 temporary air mail contracts awarded to private operators while three route bids are rejected and three more held in abeyance. Total mileage expected about 28,548, with projected costs under 9 million dollars versus prior fiscal years. He says bids will be sought for 10 new routes.
Britain delivers a formal commercial memorandum to Japan, warning of a trade ultimatum to curb Japanese inroads on world commerce. Walter Runciman, head of the Board of Trade, furnishes the document to Ambassador Matsudaira with S Matsuyama, the commercial attache, as part of plans potentially imposing import quotas.
President Roosevelt urged the Chamber of Commerce to cooperate in recovery efforts and stop voicing false fears. Read by Henry Harriman at the annual banquet, the message praised cooperation and warned critics against bureaucratic regulation and hysterical legislation during the economic revival.
In Fostoria Ohio on May 3 bank robbers fired on officers as they fled the First National Bank after a $15,000 heist. Victim identifications named John Dillinger, red hair with no mustache, as one of the gunmen after Chief Frank P. Culp and several others were wounded.
Anton Rapolo and Charles De Marco, longtime neighbors and coworkers of the Walkerville mining community, died within hours of each other. Rapolo, ill with tuberculosis, was found dead at 1 PM. De Marco, unaware until evening, was found dead in the cabin at 204 West Daly Street.
Washington May 3 The house backed the stock exchange control bill with determination to enact it as is and keep the 45 percent minimum margin requirement for normal times. Debate ended with charges from Chairman Rayburn of the commerce committee over the bill’s handling.
Tokyo says Japan will not exclude other powers from the Far East nor encroach on treaty interests of other nations. Foreign Minister Koki Hirota stated the position publicly, the first since Britain and the United States challenged Japan's Monroe doctrine in Asia.
William J. Whelan was elected exalted ruler of Butte lodge No. 240, Elks, by acclamation last night. He will represent the lodge at the grand lodge convention in Kansas City in August as the first ruler to make this journey upon entering office. The lodge announced plans for a dance Saturday night and observance of Mother's Day on Thursday night with Floyd Fluent as speaker. The meeting started at 7:30 to finish in time for a benefit show for Tom McDonald, a stricken member. Additional officers elected were W. J. Nicolls, leading knight, Gus E. Ott, loyal knight, J. T. Finlen Jr., secretary.
By unanimous vote the Butte Clerks union approved terms in a special session at the Butte high school auditorium. About 550 attended as the contract sets 40 hour weeks for textile clerks on a six hour forty minute day, with July August shifts adjusted. Wages start at 28.75 weekly for men and 20 for women in the textile division, with grocery clerks at 30.20 for men and 21 for women on a 48 hour week. Wholesale and retail food clerks follow the grocery wage scale. The agreement, reached by employers and union representatives, is to take effect Monday for one year through May 1, 1935, under NRA code, Montana eight hour law, and federal tax rules.
In Tucson on May 3 a source close to the family of six year old June Robles disclosed secret talks aimed at returning her within 24 hours Al Aguirre, a close family associate, was named as the emissary. The report hints at direct family involvement and ongoing diplomacy.
New York May 3 British historian H G Wells arrived from England and said he still expects a devastating world war in 1940. He noted no current situation changing his date and discussed future human suffering and possible bloodless outcomes.
President Roosevelt mourns the death of William H. Woodin the first U S Treasury secretary. He praises Woodin for duty to country above self and notes his role in stabilizing the 1933 banking crisis. Morgenthau calls Woodin's work life a service to the nation.
About 200 guinea pigs were stopped in Butte en route to Hamilton where they will be used by the United States Public Health Service to produce anti spotted fever serum. The piece portrays the animals as unaware of their fate and frames the outbreak as driven by the tick carrier.
Des Moines Iowa May 3 The National Farmers Holiday association gathering estimated at 2000 demanded the resignation of Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace at the convention today.
William H. Woodin, longtime ally of Franklin D. Roosevelt and former Secretary of the Treasury, died in a New York hospital from a throat infection. The frail industrialist and composer would have turned 66 later this month, leaving a legacy from the early New Deal era and the bank holiday period.
In April 524 arrests were recorded on the police blotter up from 312 in March. Minor traffic violations led with 350 arrests. drunkenness 85. city vagrancy 31. state vagrancy 18. disturbances 16. reckless driving 8. four held for federal government. three each for robbery maintaining nuisances and other offenses. fines and forfeited bonds totaled 984 dollars.
Chicago May 3. Local crop experts warn continued high midsummer temperatures raise risk of disaster as spring drought worsens the worst on record across several Midwest states. Rain in Iowa South Dakota and Minnesota offered limited relief while B W Snow cautions crops are regressing at a critical stage and government crop reduction actions may cause shortages nearing famine. Nat Murray calls this spring most damaging on record for corn and small grains.
Montana residents can expect generally fair weather Friday and Saturday with little change in temperatures. Highs in the 60s to 70s, lows in the 40s to 50s, light winds, and no precipitation anticipated.
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