Tax Bill Clears Congress Amid Bureaucratic Clash
The tax measure clears the House 242 to 89 after debate on spending and lending, sending the compromise bill to President Roosevelt for signature. It enacts a 5 billion annual revenue plan, exempts firms under 25 thousand dollars income, and taxes undistributed profits at 16 to 19 percent depending on distribution.
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Washington
House Republicans
Treadway
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Vinson
Kentucky
Administration
House
White House
Roosevelt
Annual Meet at Missoula Opens Today
Missoula hosts the 35th interscholastic gathering as hundreds visit for Montana's top high school competition. First events start tomorrow with four finals in track and field on Thursday and early golf and tennis rounds. Non athletic activities include editorials, principals and coaches meetings, play day, debate, declamation and singing on the steps.
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Missoula
Montana
Interscholastic Editorial Association
Montana University
Life Insurance Seen As Nation Building Force
Carl Marcusen of the Pacific National Insurance Co outlines life insurance impact at a civic meeting in Butte. He cites five billion in first mortgage bonds and over two billion returned annually to policyholders and affected families. The event, part of Life Insurance Week, was sponsored by the Butte Chamber of Commerce with civic clubs represented.
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Carl Marcusen
Pacific National Assurance Company
Salt Lake City
Life Insurance
Finlen Hotel
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Robert D. Corette
Montana State Association of Life
Montana Weather: Partly Cloudy With Showers Likely East
Partly cloudy forecast for Montana Thursday and Friday with possible showers in the western areas. Warmer conditions expected in the eastern portion on Thursday.
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Montana
Western lawmakers demand Pecos river flood project
Rocky Mountain congressmen denounce 100 percent neglect of their region in a 375 million flood control bill approved by the House flood control committee. Representative Dempsey of New Mexico vows an amendment to authorize Pecos river flood control and to include projects for the Pecos watershed.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain
House Flood Control Committee
Hell
Pecos River
New Mexico
Dempsey
Pecos
Germany Loses Helium Bid Amid Export Ban
Secretary Ickes refused to permit helium exports and President Roosevelt maintained a hands off stance. The six man Munitions Control Board must unanimously approve shipments, blocking Germany from inflating its new transatlantic Zeppelin.
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Washington
Germany
Ickes
Roosevelt
White House
Munitions Control Board
Reich
Outstanding Stellar Moon Eclipse Forecast Tomorrow Night
The United States and much of the Americas may glimpse a total lunar eclipse late tomorrow evening to early Saturday. Observers will see the Moon enter penumbra followed by the umbral phase as Earth obscures sunlight, with the event described in almanacs as the first in nearly three years.
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University of Oregon
North
South America
United States
Penumbra
Amoy Falls to Japanese Forces in South China Action
American reports say Japanese bluejackets captured the port of Amoy and forced Cantonese detachments to retreat to the mainland. US citizens on Kulangsu island remained safe as the gunboat Asheville stood by for evacuation if needed. Fifty thousand Chinese refugees fled to foreign settlements amid the fighting.
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Shanghai
Amoy
China
United States
Kulangsu Island
Asheville
Kilangsu
Japan
South China
Chinese armies strike on Lung Hai rail front
Reinforced Chinese forces based around Suchow Fu counter attacked Japanese lines across the eastern Lung Hai railway front. Reports say more than 1,000,000 men are engaged in multi sector battles forming arcs around Suchow Fu to the north, east and south.
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Shanghai
Lung-Hai
Council Accepts Clark Park Gift From Anaconda Copper
City officials in Butte accepted the deed of Clark Park from the Anaconda Copper Mining Company at a special meeting. The planning committee then met WPA representatives to explore project sponsorship and a committee was formed to study government aid. Thomas R. Morgan moved the acceptance, seconded by Alderman Bone, with a vote to thank the donor and acknowledge the gift.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Clark Park
Butte
WPA
Thomas R. Morgan
Seventh Ward
Bone
Happiness Comes the Hard Way Says Neurologist
Dr. Foster Kennedy told the 132nd annual Medical Society of New York meeting that parents should teach children emotional control and resilience. He argued happiness is not a guaranteed right and values come from facing life’s difficulties with laughter and self-reliance.
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New York
Foster Kennedy
Cornell University
Medical Society of the State of
Vargas says insufficient facts to confirm foreign role in Brazilian revolt
President Getulio Vargas told United Press he has no enough information to confirm or deny foreign participation in the failed revolt. He described the movement as integralist and limited to Brasilia with three centers, said the interior remained orderly, and stated the armed forces stayed loyal. He declined to answer on leaders, personal actions at the Pal ace, and government actions.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Buenos Aires
U.P
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
United Press
Vargas
Guanabara Palace
Earthquakes Recorded Across Several U.S. Stations
Seismographs at Montana School of Mines, Montana State College, Regis College, and local observatories report distinct temblors on May 11. Epicenters ranged from about 2,200 miles distant to 400 miles offshore, with durations from under a minute to roughly 15 minutes and intensities described as strong.
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George L. Shue
Montana School of Mines
Bozeman
Montana State College
Eric Therkelsen
Denver
Regis College
A. M. Forestall
Mexico City
Unp
Pacific Ocean
Abortive Brazilian uprising ends after palace siege
In Rio de Janeiro on May 11 the Vargas government crushed a Fascist revolt that seized the Marine Ministry and fired on the Guanabara palace. At least 20 people died, including loyalist troops and police. the president and family helped defend the palace as loyalists and rebels exchanged fire. The revolt collapsed by 6 a m with many marines and civilians jailed.
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Getulio Vargas
David J. Wilson
United Press
Rio DE Janeiro
New York
URP
Guanabara
Felicio Mueller
Navy
Integralist
Gaspar Dutra
Integralists
Vargas
Ministry of Marine
Revolt Held Proof Brazil Not Fascist
Brazilian officials hailed the swift suppression of an uprising in Rio de Janeiro as proof to world democracies that fascism is not tolerated. Ambassador Mario Pimentel Bran dao reiterated that Brazil is not fascist, quoting his government and Ambassador Oswaldo Aranha. Dispatches to Washington said the revolt was confined to Rio and quelled. Senator Key Pittman linked the revolt to German organizations resented by President Vargas.
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Washington
U.P
Mario Pimentel Brandao
Oswaldo Aranha
United Press
Jefferson Caffery
Brazil
State Department
Rio de Janeiro
Sen. Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Getulio Vargas
Navy Bill Put U S In Lead Of World Armament Race
The House approved a 1 157 000 000 naval expansion program to make the U S fleet about 60 percent larger than Japan and equal to Britain. The 67 to 31 vote comes as Senate action is expected soon to crown the largest rearmament drive in history. A parallel 28 751 000 authorization for naval shore stations expands facilities for the bigger fleet.
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Washington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Big Hole man buried alive in Wisdom well collapse
Bob Worcester, 47, a well known Wisdom resident from Gibsonsville Idaho, died when an old well on Jack Hurley’s property caved in. He was 40 feet down cleaning the sides when the curb gave way, trapping him under tons of gravel. two and a half hours passed before recovery. A coroner’s inquest will be held.
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Old Well
Bob Worcester
Jack Hurley
Wisdom
Worcester
Mr. Worcester
Gibbonsville
Idaho
Wisdom Country
Alaska
Becky Shook
Avery
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Chines
Salt Lake
Rocky Mountain Region
Rotary
John E. Corette JR
Butte Rotary Club
Civic Club
W. A. O'Kelly
Reuben H. Hobbs
John J. Burke
Rotarians
Port OF
South
Marine Ministry
U. S
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