Vatican efforts to ease European tension through diplomacy
The Vatican has begun negotiations via normal diplomatic channels in capitals including Berlin London Paris Rome and Warsaw to seek peace in Europe. Paris and Warsaw observers note Poland's cautious stance while Italy's government remains silent as Fascist press hints at the issue.
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Associated Press
Vatican
Pope Pius XII
Europe
Berlin
London
Paris
Rome
Warsaw
France
Britain
Poland
Italy
School District Faces State Fund Cut This Spring
School district No. 1 will lose about $24,000 from the state public school general fund on a classroom unit basis this spring. The State Department of Public Instruction says districts cannot fix any budgeted classroom unit income for next year and may have only uncertain future receipts. Reasons include a $75,000 transfer from the general fund to the equalization fund for needy districts and other session actions.
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State Department of Public Instruction
Dewey Seizes Bund Records in Probe of Activities
New York May nine. District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey announced a new inquiry into the German American Bund with seized records from the Bund and five affiliated groups. The action comes during an investigation of alleged grand larcenies prompted by a Kuhn complaint about missing documents upon his return from Los Angeles.
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New York
Bund
Thomas E. Dewey
Fritz Kuhn
Los Angeles
Lyden Search Expands to Spokane for Missing Montana Student
Montana School of Mines junior Charles Joseph Lyden remains missing after five days as authorities extend the search from Butte and Frenchtown toward Spokane. Father Joseph P. Lyden travels from Joplin to assist, while a Drummond sighting turned out to be Leroy English, not Lyden. Missoula and Spokane rumors surface as investigations continue.
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Montana
Charles Joseph Lyden
Montana School of Mines
Snekane Wash
Butte
Frenchtown
Joseph P. Lyden
Joplin
Spokane
Lyden
Missoula
Greg Weaver
Drummond
Weaver
George McKenzie
William Dalling
Leroy English
Weather forecast for Montana midweek
Generally fair in Montana on Wednesday and Thursday. Warmer conditions are expected Wednesday with extreme southeast portion turning warmer on Thursday.
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Montana
Tokyo blasts kill many as eight munitions factories burn
Wind driven explosions in a Tokyo suburb destroyed eight factories tied to Japan’s munitions industry. At least 11 died, 266 injured, 30 missing, and many hurt from toxic fumes as debris searches continued.
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Tokyo
Japan
Butte Merchants Plan Jubilee Bargain Spectacle
Butte merchants of the Chamber of Commerce announce a July 1 to 9 Bargain Spectacle in conjunction with the Treasure State Golden Jubilee. The event aims to display the greatest array of values for western Montana consumers and will be run by a merchant committee with cooperation from consumer groups.
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Montana
Butte
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
Butte Montana Rotary concert opens district sessions
A major Montana Rotary conference program unfolds next Sunday night at the Butte high school auditorium starting at 8 o clock. The event features the Butte Mines band under Sam H Treloar, soprano Courtney Proffit with Fisher Thompson, the Butte Male Chorus led by George W Stevens, and the Treble Clef club directed by Mrs Paul B Bailor. Rotary officials and guests will attend with John E Corette Jr presiding.
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Butte
Montana Rotary Conference
Butte High School
Butte Mines
Sam H. Treloar
Courtney Proffit
Fisher Thompson
George W. Stevens
Treble Clef Club
Paul B. Bailor
John E. Corette Jr
A. M. Gaudin
Charles W. Towne
George S. Martin
Robert Kreeze
Rotary Conference of
Montana
Revolt Plot In Ecuador Foiled Arrests Reported
Quito May 9 discovery of a left wing plot to overthrow President Aurelio Mosquera Narvaez announced with the arrest of Col. Louis Larrea Alba and several soldiers and civilians.
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Quito
Ecuador
U.P
Aurelio Mosquera Narvaez
Louis Larrea Alba
Surgeon's Infected Knife Fatally Wounds Daughter
Dr. Clifford O. McCreedy testified he unintentionally caused the death of his 22 month old daughter Nancy Irene with a streptococci infected surgical knife. He kept the blade in his coat pocket and later wounded the baby in the abdomen when he retrieved her from her crib. The infant’s fever and death followed despite treatment.
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Moline
Ill
Clifford O. McCreedy
Nancy Irene
Grasshopper Infestation Threatens Montana Wheat Belt
Bozeman reports a serious early infestation of migratory grasshoppers in northeastern Montana. Dr. Harlow B. Mills, state entomologist, warns thousands of acres of wheat face damage as hoppers hatch at high ratios from eggs on idle range. Funds are insufficient for a broad control program. a pending congressional bill could provide needed funds.
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Bozeman
Montana
Harlow B. Mills
Dakotas
Mills
Dawson
Richland
Roosevelt
McCone
Valley Garfield
Prairie
Congress
Dr. Mills
South Dakota
North Dakota
Roosevelt presses quick settlement of coal deadlock
President Roosevelt urged coal operators and United Mine Workers officials to reach an immediate settlement at a May 9 conference in Washington. He said the public good requires resumption of mining and that by tomorrow night a method to reopen the mines should be worked out.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Foreign Commerce Service
Commerce Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Agriculture Department
Department of State
National Biotuminous Coal Commission
Secretary of the Interior
National Emergency Council
White House
Office of Education
Federal Security Administration
United Mine Workers
Perkins
Treasure State Jubilee plans finalized at joint meeting
Arrangements for financing Butte's Treasure State Jubilee July 1 to 9 were completed at a joint executive and finance committee meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. The finance committee will select a group to solicit contributions. rehearsals may begin later this month for the Montana history spectacle "Bullion, Bandits and Builders, a Saga of Statehood."
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Butte
Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Victor Seydel
Jerome H. Cargill Company
Charles Thomas
West
Silver Street
R. J. Krabler
South
Washington Street
Seydel
Arrests in City Jail After Liquor Smuggling Attempt
Two visitors were arrested at the city jail after attempting to smuggle liquor to inmates. Earl Holman booked Eugene Casey for carrying whiskey to prisoners and Walter Duffy for the same offense. Casey hid a pint of whiskey in his stocking and Duffy wore a pint strapped to his neck.
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Earl Holman
Eugene Casey
Walter Duffy
Holman
Casey
Duffy
Roosevelt questions farm funding offset by taxes amid Senate boost
President Roosevelt urged Congress to weigh tax impacts as the Senate approved a $380 million farm appropriation and a record $1.218 billion Agriculture Department budget for next year. He said increased farm funds should factor into any tax revision and left open his stance on signing or vetoing the measure if boosts remain. A southern senator dispute over cotton export subsidies delayed final passage.
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Congress
Senate
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Chronopolous Denied Clemency by Montana Board
The Montana board of pardons denied clemency for Theodore Chronopolous, a life prisoner in the state penitentiary for the 18 year old murder of Sylvester J. Prewatt in Butte. Mrs. Delia O'Hara testified she saw Chronopolous fire into Prewatt's body. Gov. Ayers had recommended a commutation to 40 years and 9 months for possible release.
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Helena
Montana Board of Pardons
Theodore Chronopolous
State
Sylvester J. Prewatt
Butte
Delia O’hara
Alameda
Calif
Chronopolous
Roy E. Ayers
National VFW Auxiliary Head to Visit Butte
Mrs. Mae Lochner national president of the VFW Auxiliary will visit Butte over the weekend arriving Saturday evening at the Northern Pacific depot. Delegations from Butte Basin and Anaconda auxiliaries drill team and drum corps will greet her. She will be guest of honor at a 7 PM Butte hotel dinner then speak at Moose hall and the event will end with a dance.
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Mae Lochner
St. Petersburg
Fla
Women’s Auxiliary of
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Butte
Northern Pacific
Butte, Basin and Anaconda
Lillian Kerr
Lochner
Butte Hotel
Moose Hall
Sadie Belveal
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Marcella Charlotte Levine
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Ohio
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Merle M. Davis
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