Coronation Day in London as George VI is Crowned
In Westminster Abbey amid historic splendor George VI is crowned king emperor of Britain. Outside, mass crowds cheer along a six mile route from Buckingham Palace while Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose observe the ceremony with Queen Mary nearby.
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Frank H. King
London
George
Britain
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
Margaret Rose
Elizabeth
Canterbury
Margaret
Queen Mary
Princess Royal
Edward
Edward VII
George V
Wallis Warfield
Abbey
New York
Air Express
Standard
George VI
King George Fights For His Brother In Royal Woes
London reports King George VI seeks a solution to the Edward Warfield marriage feud. Royal aides consider a French envoy for Edward’s wedding, while government critics oppose. Edward, Duke of Windsor, hears the coronation news from Monts and defers his marriage to June.
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London
George VI
Canterbury
Edward VIII
Edward
Wallis Warfield
Westminster Abbey
France
Duke of Kent
Monts
Duke of Windsor
King
Chateau de Cande
School beautifying work to start at once in Butte
WPA funded project totaling sixty six thousand dollars will begin at Sherman Mackey Lincoln and Franklin schools in Butte. A prior seventeen thousand dollar effort continues at Washington Junior High and Grant Webster Emerson. Landscape architect Herman Krogman arrives to supervise and inspect campus landscaping at the Montana School of Mines.
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Sherman
McKinley
Lincoln
Franklin
Washington
Grant
Webster
Emerson
Herman Krogman
WPA
Butte
Montana School of Mines
Irish Republic Army Burns Union Jack in Coronation Protest
In Dublin 400 members of the Irish Republican Army burned the British flag in Cathal Brugha Street to protest King George VI’s coronation and demand total independence for all of Ireland. The Free State faced sporadic clashes and street disorder, with police in tension and no British flags visible as coronation souvenirs were driven from vendors.
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Dublin
U.P
Irish Republican Army
George VI
Ireland
Free State
Cathal Brugha Street
Sinn Fein
Montana Artists Named for National Art Exhibition
Six Montana artists were selected by a committee to send canvases or models to the second national exhibition of American art at the American Fine Arts Galleries in New York City. Named are Catherine Goodrich Roy L. Greene Olga Ross Hannon Leah Dewey John Clarke and Jessie Brandy Lincoln.
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Great Falls
Montana
American Fine Arts Galleries
New York City
Catherine Goodrich
Anaconda
Roy L. Greene
Billings
Olga Ross Hannon
Montana State College
Leah Dewey
John Clarke
Glacier Park Station
Jessie Brandy Lincoln
Butte Debating Team Reaches Montana Finals
Butte public high school team led by Charles Root and Tom Wilkinson advances to the Montana State Debate League final against Great Falls represented by Bill Scott and Helen Beth Sever ance. Both sides won eliminations today as debate proceeds toward Friday evening final.
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Missoula
Butte Public High School
Charles Root
Tom Wilkinson
Great Falls
Bill Scott
Helen Beth Severance
Montana Tate
Missoula Woman Nominated For Montana PTA President
Mrs. rs. R. H. Jesse of Missoula led nominations at the Montana Parent-Teacher association fifth biennial state convention opening session. Mrs. W. G. Phelps Hobson was named secretary and Mrs. Clare Kern Missoula treasurer.
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Missoula
Montana
P.T. A
Rs. R. H. Jesse
Parent-Teacher Association
W. G. Phelps
Hobson
Clare Kern
William Scott
Great Falls
H. C., Johnson
Butte
W. W. Jones
Havre
H. R. Richards
Libby
James Scott
Helena
B. Hyde
Scobey
Walter Bishop
R. H. Keister
H. B. Pison
Union
Judiciary Committee Prepares Vote to Unfavorable on Roosevelt Court Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee is set for a 10 to 8 vote reporting unfavorably on Roosevelt’s Supreme Court reorganization plan. Senator McAdoo outlined a 15 member court for 25 years, and the panel adjourned to resume voting Monday.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
William Gibbs McAdoo
Alabama
Joan Bennett Files for Divorce From Gene Markey
Los Angeles May 12 Joan Bennett a blonde screen actress filed suit for divorce from Scenario writer Gene Markey charging mental cruelty.
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Los Angeles
Upjoan Bennett
Gene Markey
Crop conditions vary across Montana with western ease
Crop growing conditions in Montana are good to excellent west of the continental divide and poor to the east. April rainfall matched normal in western counties while eastern areas faced increasing dryness. Seeding of spring grain is nearly complete, corn and potato planting has begun, irrigation water shortages loom, and summer fallowing progressed in several north central counties.
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Helena
Montana
Continental Divide
Federal Weather and Agricultural Economics Bureau
Gallatin
Police hunt man who cracked safe at Snell's Auto Repair
Police searched for bandits who cracked the Snell's Auto Repair safe at 201 South Montana overnight. The safe was emptied. nothing was taken and the room was strewn with papers. Separate robberies led to the arrest of Robert Button, 29, of Wisconsin, after a chase and shots in the air. Button confessed to robbing White Funeral home and tying its staff.
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Snell
South
Montana Street
White
Park and
Alabama
Robert
Button
Wisconsin
Jack Duggan
Ed Huhtanen
Broadway
Park Streets
Joe Williams
Sam White Jr
West Park Street
Robert Messner
Waukesha Street
Messner
Duggan
Mountain Top Again Taken by Loyalists
Loyalist Basque forces drive insurgent artillery from Mount Biscargi northeast of Bilbao. The front near Solluve and Biscargi shifts mark the fiercest Basque campaign engagements as government forces attempt to defend Bilbao and the 600 year old capital. In Toledo, heavy government assaults escalate into a massive offensive with thousands killed or wounded reported on both sides.
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Hendaye
U.P
Mount
Biscargi
Emilio Mola
Bilbao
Solluve Heights
Biscargo-Solluve
Mount Biscargi
Mola
Toledo
Spain
George VI Crowned Under Candid Cameras and Reporters
The coronation marks the first time George VI is shown to the public through candid cameras and reporters revealing behind the scenes prep and rehearsals. The article recalls earlier coronations when observers saw only stage images and notes how modern coverage exposes the unseen preparations and angels behind the scenes.
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George VI
Bagehot
Hoover Hat Stolen at Kentucky Derby
Louisville dispatch reports the nation’s top G man John Edgar Hoover reportedly lost a hat during the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on a hot Saturday. Police suspect the hat was stolen amid the Derby excitement.
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Louisville
John Edgar Hoover
Churchill Downs
Montana Weather Outlook Thursday Friday
Weather forecast shows generally fair conditions in the eastern region with unsettled weather in the western portion on Thursday and Friday. Temperatures are expected to rise in the east on Thursday.
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Montana
Senate Fails Extend CCC as House Blocks Two Year Plan
The Senate backed Roosevelt by voting to allow a two year extension for the CCC while the House kept the program temporary. House action followed a 385 to 7 vote. The Senate also approved $112 million for a TVA dam at Gilbertsville and cut millions from soil conservation and forest funds. Polls show pressure to curb federal spending continues as House leaders weigh relief requests for next year.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Labor Committee
Congress
CCC
Gilbertsville
Senate Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Missoula County Libby Win In Meet
Mis soula county and Libby high schools won top places in Class A and Class B divisions of the little theater contest at the Montana State University interscholastic week activities today in Missoula.
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Missoula
Missoula County
Libby
Montana State University
Youth saved from burning airplane crash in Los Angeles
Howard Dones, 23, was pulled from a burning plane after it nose dived from 75 feet and crashed in Los Angeles. He was in serious condition today.
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Los Angeles
Howard Dones
Salvation Army to Launch 1937 Campaign at Dinner
More than 250 volunteers will attend a kick off dinner at the Salvation Army citadel to start the 1937 financial drive. Captain C L Day announces plans while James W Uncles chairs the campaign. Funds support the Army relief program and civic club volunteers assist. No goal set yet but a substantial sum is needed to continue past levels.
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Salvation Army
Army Citadel
C. L. Day
James W. Uncles
Butte
Army
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