Wealth tax plan gains Senate panel unanimous approval
The Senate military affairs committee endorsed a bill by Senator Lee proposing a wealth census at war onset. High net worth individuals would allocate 5 to 5.5 percent of wealth to 50 year bonds, with adjustments based on Treasury needs and potential extra borrowing. A Dartmouth expert warned that broad presidential powers risk an Anglo American alliance.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Lee
D.-Okla
United States
Treasury
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
L. D. Stilwell
Dartmouth College
New Bishop Named by Episcopal Church Next Monday
In Helena a three day Montana Episcopal convention will name a successor to retiring Bishop H. H. H. Fox. Delegates from Butte include Rev Thomas Ashworth and others. The event runs through Tuesday with the women's auxiliary meeting held concurrently.
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Episcopal Church
H. H. H. Fox
Montana
Helena
Bishop Fox
Butte
Thomas Ashworth
St. John’s Church
Francis A. Thomson
R. S. Paulson
J. S. Carkeet
Charles Hewitt
H. L. Winchester
Women's Auxiliary
Utah Construction wins Montana dam contract near Townsend
The Utah Construction Co of Salt Lake City won the $642 210.85 general contract to build a concrete dam across the Missouri river near Townsend Montana the Public Works administration to approve. Douglas and Geniger of Fairfield got $138 439 for canal work. The project plans move tracks for the Northern Pacific and irrigate about 22 000 acres in Broadwater county. It ranks as the water conservation board second largest project after Tongue river.
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Helena
Missouri River
Townsend
Utah Construction Company
Salt Lake City
Public Works Administration
Montana Water Conservation Board
Douglas and Geniger
Fairfield
Mont
J. C. Boespflug
Miles City
Northern Pacific Railroad
Water Conservation Board
Federal Public Works Administration
State Board
Broadwater County
The
Tongue River
Monana Weekend Weather Forecast
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions on Saturday and Sunday with warmer temperatures on Sunday.
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Monana
Blethen predicts no war and Democratic stay in power
Seattle Times publisher General C. B. Blethen told reporters at Butte on a Milwaukee train there will be no war and the United States will retain its democracy. He urged keeping the Democrats in power to ease the country toward a stability that could allow another party to take charge later. He also called Hitler the world’s best poker player.
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General C. B. Blethen
Seattle Times
Germany
Hitler
C. B. Blethen
The
Butte
United States
Blethen
Seattle
New York City
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Britain Opens British French Russian Military Alliance
The British government reportedly agreed to form a British French Russian alliance with negotiations continuing on details. A counter proposal to Moscow aims at limited Baltic and Black Sea state guarantees and a Soviet pledge to back Romania and Poland if attacked. The plan, to bind the three powers to aid each other against European aggression, excludes aid for conflicts outside Europe.
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London
Moscow
Baltic
Black Sea
Soviet Union
Romania
Poland
Russia
Viscount Halifax
Samuel Hoare
John Simon
Britain
Far East
France
Negotiations Restart Between UAL Galab and CIO Miners
Dr. John R. Steelman of the U S Labor Department brokered a restart of labor talks between Appalachian coal operators and CIO miners. The move aims to avert a complete collapse of two months of fruitless talks while 5 000 CIO soft coal workers halt work and 460 000 in the industry face a nationwide walkout. Meetings at the steelman table resume next morning with U S Roosevelt administration representation at the head of the table.
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New York
Appalachian Coal
John R. Steelman
United States Labor Department
Steelman
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
King George and Queen Elizabeth Prepare Historic U S Visit
May 5 report from London details the royal departure for Canada and the United States aboard the Empress of Australia. The trip marks the first reigning British sovereigns visit to the United States, with stops at Quebec, Niagara Falls, Washington, New York, and Hyde Park over six weeks.
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London
Portsmouth
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
George
Buckingham Palace
Chamberlain
Australia
Quebec
Pacific Coast
Niagara Falls
Washington
New York City
Hyde Park
N. Y
England
German envoy leaves for London to resume duties
Herbert von Dirksen the German ambassador to Great Britain departed by train for London to resume his duties there. He left Berlin tonight for the trip, signaling a continuation of diplomatic service amid ongoing relations.
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Berlin
Herbert von Dirksen
Great Britain
London
Poland signals openness to negotiation despite German demands
Poland condemned Germany over Danzig and the Polish corridor while expressing willingness to talks. Foreign Minister Beck told parliament that Berlin’s 1934 non aggression pact was one sided and that Mussolini might act as mediator to ease the crisis, though Poland’s consent to mediation remained uncertain.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Danzig
Pomorze
Col
Joseph Beck
Leim Ower
Hitler
Reichstag
Mussolini
Italy
Rome
Berlin
Polish
Midshipmen Cruise to Europe Cancelled Amid World Crisis
The Navy cancelled the annual midshipmen practice cruise to Europe due to the European crisis. Fourteen hundred Naval Academy first and third classmen will instead complete three months of sea training on the U S side of the Atlantic. Officials offered no explanation and urged readers to draw their own conclusions.
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Washington
Navy
Europe
Naval Academy
Atlantic
Pacific
Baltic Sea
Barbers sue whisker contest promoters in Walsenburg
Walsenburg Colorado May 5 barbers petitioned the district court to halt a general whisker growing campaign by the Junior Chamber of Commerce claiming it acts as a boycott and pressures men to grow beards to boost the Black Diamond Jubilee Celebration. Attorney F K Parriott filed the $5 000 damage action while also growing a two month beard.
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Walsenburg
Colo
Parriott
Work progressing rapidly on new Montana Mines School building
Trial details unfold as Delaney Ford 35 of Bozeman faces attempted burglary charges. Officers identify tools and license plates found in Ford's car including a crowbar wire cutters and chisel. Night Chief Duggan testifies the items were located in the rear seat after Ford's arrest during the break in inquiry.
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Delaney Ford
Bozeman
Matt Korn
South Montana
Ford
J. J. Lynch
Jack Duggan
W. E. Coyle
Montana School of Mines to finish museum library building
Rapid progress on the $200,000 museum and library at the Montana School of Mines in Butte. Concrete work to finish Monday and brick laying to start. steel frame in place, granite steps set, terra cotta trim en route. completion expected by September for campus expansion.
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School OF Mines
Montana School of Mines
Butte
President of Nicaragua Attacked in House Speech
President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua was labeled a dictator in a House speech by Rep. Harold Knutson after being welcomed by President Roosevelt in Washington. The moment spurred a debate and adjournment as Somoza was greeted at Union Station before a White House parade display.
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Washington
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
House
Roosevelt
Harold Knutson
R-Minn
William B. Bankhead
D-Ala
Somoza
Union Station
White House
U. S
Refugees Flee Bombed City in Chungking
Frightened refugees streamed by the thousands from Chungking as Japanese bombers and fires ravaged the wartime Chinese capital. Casualties in the raids were estimated at 4 000 to 5 000 with fires started by incendiaries causing many deaths. the final toll may never be known.
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Chungking
China
Fight renewed for hopper fund
Western senators renewed their fight for funds to control grasshopper infestation. The Senate appropriations committee added 2,417,000 dollars for migratory insect pest control to the agricultural appropriations bill, available soon after enactment.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nye
R-Nd
Senate panels boost farm fund to record 1.22 billion
Senate appropriations committee approves Agriculture Department bill raising the farm fund to 1 216 528 572, adding 381 090 000 over the House amount and far above last year. Parity payments for cotton corn wheat and rice lead the increases while 113 000 000 more is set for surplus removal and possible domestic purchases relief or export bounties. Senator Russell predicts quick passage when the bill is taken up Monday as 11 to 3 votes favor the main increases.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
Roosevelt
Russell
D.-Ga
Senate Committee
Miles City Wind Storm Strikes City Damaging Property
A May 5 windstorm in Miles City caused extensive damage and sent one woman to the hospital with serious cuts from breaking glass. The storm toppled the south wall of the Empress theater, wrecking an automobile owned by Joseph Conway and injuring residents in an apartment house as windows shattered.
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Miles City
H. A. Beardsley
Empress Theater
Joseph Conway
G N Short Named to Post on Salvation Army Board
George N. Short, a veteran member, was elected vice chairman of the Salvation Army advisory board at a monthly meeting in the Chequamegon cafe. He was the unanimous choice to assist Chairman T. J. Davis, whose resignation was rejected. Col. James Dee and Maj. F. B. Stephens of Denver attended. Capt. G. E. Sather reported on Citadel operations over 60 days.
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George N. Short
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Chequamegon Cafe
T. J. Davis
Davis
James Dee
Denver
Short
Army
Butte
Dee
F. B. Stephens
G. E. Sather
Citadel
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BILL
U.S. Agriculture
Pendergast
Edward L. Schneider
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Schneider
UTA Company
Missouri
Coast Paper
Foreign Office
Litvinoff
Labor Department
Chamber
W. Gibson Carey Jr
United States Chamber of Commerce
Carey
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co
Beck
Barbers
Whisker
Montana Mines School
C. Ford
G. N. Short
Salvation Army
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