British explore Anglo Russian alliance amid Danzig tensions
London reports revived appeasement debate as Britain nears a potential military link with Soviet Russia. Halifax and Maisky discussed proposals to join the Franco Soviet pact while Britain weighs guarantees to Poland over Danzig and Pomorze.
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Pomorze
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Ivan Maisky
Russia
France
Chiang plans inland move of capital to Chengtu
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek reportedly plans to move the Chinese capital from Chungking to Chengtu, 175 miles northwest in Sichuan. Chungking suffered renewed air raids with 4 000 to 5 000 casualties, prompting evacuation of foreign diplomats and locals as China’s un declared war nears two years.
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German Quiet Sounds of Plebiscite in Danzig Rumor
Berlin reports indicate German strategy toward Danzig may push a plebiscite on return to Germany as observers note discussions with Mussolini allies. Von Ribbentrop and Hitler held six hours of talks, with Forster Greiser and Orsenigo present, shaping diplomacy amid hopes for a possible Stalin Hitler thaw.
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Poland
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Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt to address West Point class June 12
President Roosevelt plans a major speech at the United States Military Academy West Point on June 12. Observers see the address as a potential reply to Hitler's aggression and a reaffirmation of democratic resolve. The timing follows controversy over Hitler's broadcast not routed through normal channels.
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Roosevelt
White House
United States Military Academy
West Point
Hitler
Grade School Declamation Contest Scheduled Tuesday
Pupils from 13 public elementary schools will compete in the annual declamation contest at the McKinley school auditorium Tuesday afternoon. Musical selections include the Sherman school harmonica band and Grant school boys with Rudy Autio as soloist. Entrants and selections announced by Superintendent Lowell W. Johnson include Betty Facchi Ellen Studies English Philip Magee Cn I Have a Dog Kay Rasmussen I Am an American Edmund Ludendorff Little Johnny Visits.
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McKinley
Sheryman School
Lowell W. Johnson
Betty Marie Facchi
Franklin
Ellen
Philip Magee
Garfield
Kay Rasmussen
Grant
Edmund Ludendorff
Greeley
Little Johnny
Butte Jubilee Seeks Pageant Participants This Summer
Victor Seydel of the Chamber of Commerce asks interested individuals or organizations to register for Butte’s Treasure State Jubilee. Jerome H. Cargill Co. will produce Bullion Bandits and Builders a Saga of Statehood at Butte High Stadium on July 1 through 4, with Cargill praising local civic spirit.
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Victor Seydel
Chamber of Commerce
Seydel
Chamber
Jerome H. Cargill Company
New York
Cargill
Kansas City
West Coast
Montana
Butte High Stadium
Dentists Elect Montana Association Leaders for 1940
Dr W W Cloyd of Livingston will be president of the Montana State Dental association in 1940. Dr J J Hall of Helena was re affirmed as president and will be succeeded by Dr Cloyd. Dr T T Rider of Missoula was re elected secretary treasurer with Billings named as next convention city.
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Livingston
W. W. Cloyd
Montana State Dental Association
J. J. Hall
Helena
Cloyd
T. T. Rider
Missoula
Billings
Montana Weekend Weather Forecast
Generally fair conditions in Montana for Sunday and Monday with cooler in the extreme east on Sunday and warmer conditions expected on Monday.
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Montana
Business Aid Drive To Be Started At UN Conference
Commerce Secretary Harry L. Hopkins plans a Monday conference with his small business advisory group after returning from illness. The session will review the recovery program outlined in Des Moines and focus on domestic business issues with Edward J. Noble William Thorp Robert E. Wood Richard Patterson and J Monroe Johnson attending.
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Commerce Department
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Des Moines
Edward J. Noble
William Thorp
Dun & Bradstreet
Robert E. Wood
Sears Roebuck & Co
Richard Patterson
J. Monroe Johnson
Spotted Fever Fatal for Hamilton War Veteran
Hamilton May 6. Richard W Smith 53 a World War II veteran died of spotted fever at a local hospital today. He had arrived from a Washington state veterans camp two months ago and was not inoculated with fever vaccine. Smith served with American forces in France during the war, enlisting from Baker Montana.
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Hamilton
Richard W Smith
Washington State
Smith
France
Baker, Mont
St James Nursing School Graduation Week Opens with May Program
Impressive ceremonies at 3 30 this afternoon in the courtyard of St James hospital School of Nursing will open graduation week at one of Montana's leading hospitals. The crowning of Miss Mary Murphy Anaconda senior as May Queen will headline the event. Activities will close Friday with further page coverage.
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Nurses’ Home
National Hospital Day
Margaret Kelly
Virginia City
Nev
Rose Pognano
Twin Bridges
Josephine Carey
Whitehall
May Queen
Mary Murphy
Anaconda
Lucy Roe
Butte
Helen Howe
Margaret Holland
Montana
Granite County Boy Claims World Buffalo Kill Title
Granite County resident Charles Carpp, age 7, asserts a world record with a sensational claim of 20 000 buffalo killed in a year. He recounts travels from Miles City in 1879 and says he personally killed as many as 200 buffalo in one day and about 20 000 in the year.
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Granite County
Charles Carpp
Carpp
Philipsburg
Montana Standard
Buffalo Bill
Scott Bowman
Yellowstone Park
Bowman
Missoula
Henry J. Helgeson
Miles City
Mr. Carpp
President Roosevelt Proposes Second Government Reorganization Plan
House administration leaders after a Roosevelt briefing expect a second plan to streamline federal government to reach Congress by Wednesday. They anticipate large savings and a final plan for this session, with interdepartmental changes the focus and details to follow in later orders.
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Washington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Lindsay Warren
D-N.c
Warren
John Taber
Rn.y
Taber
Mines Junior Missing After Class Departure
Charles Lyden a 21 year old Montana School of Mines junior from Joplin Missouri vanished after leaving a structural geology lab Friday morning. Authorities pursued several leads including a Basin Montana mine tied to his father but found no trace. Lyden is described as six feet tall, 160 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes and was last seen in a dark suit hatless.
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Butte
Charles Lyden
Montana School of Mines
Joplin
Lyden
Mabel Lyden
Argyle
Joseph P. Lyden
School of Mines
Basin
Spokane
Wash
Determination grows for extended Congress amid neutrality clash
Washington observers see a likely late summer or fall adjournment as Congress struggles over neutrality legislation. Even optimistic voices doubt a June finish, with May debates extending into July or August this year. Senator Johnson argues Congress must stay to avert looming war, amid factional battles and usual January-to-July grind.
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Congress
Johnson
California
Senate
Congress of the
United States
Senate of the
Clergyman and Civil War Veteran Dies in Great Falls
The Rev John Norton Chestnutt D D 89 year old Episcopal clergyman and last Civil War veteran in Cascade county died at his Great Falls home. He was Montana department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic and had served in the ministry 67 years. He was a 64 year Mason. funeral plans pending.
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Great Falls
John Norton Chestnutt
Cascade County
Montana
Grand Army of the Republic
Masonic Order
Chestnutt
President Roosevelt pushes break in coal strike deadlock
President Roosevelt intervened in soft coal talks urging prompt wage agreement. Dr. Steelman reported no progress after today's session and planned individual meetings with operators and unions at 11 am and a 2 pm joint meeting tomorrow. The Appalachian conference group signaled hope for an eventual agreement in a telegram signed by W L Robison and Thomas Kennedy.
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Roosevelt
Steelman
W. L. Robison
Thomas Kennedy
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