House Passes 3 Billion Relief Bill In Roosevelt Drive
Washington May 12 The House approved a 3 billion relief bill backing President Roosevelt's spending push. The measure funds work relief public works Farm Security youth and WPA programs with 328 to 70 votes. The bill moves to the Senate where GOP and conservative Democrats may seek cuts.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Senate
President’s control of district spending sparks pork barrel dispute
The debate over the new spending bill centers on whether the President should have final say in each district's allocations. Critics foresee extravagance and deficits, while supporters argue the political power of allocating large sums. The issue hinges on district level control and potential pork-barrel politics.
Farmers Halt Dam Repairs in Flood Area
Nearly 300 farmers guard a 40 foot dam at Mud Lake wildfowl refuge to block a break dynamited earlier. Sheriff Toftner says the plan to repair with CCC workers is abandoned temporarily and no action will be taken against the saboteur due to federal ownership.
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Thief River Falls
Minn
Oscar Tofter
Warren
Toftner
L. Madson
Federal
CCC
Marshall
A. A. Trost
Jesse Jones Suggested as 1940 Democratic Presidential Nominee
At John Brown University in Siloam Springs Arkansas May 12 Carl Bailey proposed Jesse Jones chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as the Democratic candidate for president in 1940. Jones received an honorary doctor of laws at the commencement and made no immediate comment.
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Siloam Springs
Ark
Gary
Carl Bailey
Arkansas
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Bailey
John Brown University
Jones
Missing youngster found unharmed near San Bernardino foothills
Two year old David Baumgarten vanished in the San Bernardino mountains about 30 hours earlier and was found alive four miles from the disappearance site. He lay face down in mud and melting snow but appeared uninjured apart from exhaustion. His mother Mrs Leon Baumgarten awaited at a Big Bear store.
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Pine Knot
Cal
David Baumgarten
San Bernardino Mountain
Big Bear Store
Leon Baumgarten
Nurses Graduate From St James Hospital School
Twenty one women received diplomas as graduate nurses after three years of training at St James hospital school of nursing. The ceremony at St Patrick's church featured a Florence Nightingale pledge, remarks by Father John Deane, benediction, and a choir from St Patrick school.
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St. James Hospital School of Nursing
St. Patrick’s Church
E. C. Hanna
John De‘ane
Laurin
Uates
St. Patrick School
Virginia Buckwardt
Nashua Leads Early at Montana Interscholastic Meet
Montana high school athletes open the interscholastic meet amid a south wind. Eddie Burke of Laurel set a 50.7 second quarter mile trials record, while Harrell of Helena and Cody Rinke of Missoula posted strong throws. Nashua leads with 11 points as Friday promises more track action and finalists emerge.
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Missoula
Montana
Eddie Burke
Laurel
Cody Rinke
Harrell
Helena
Earl Parsons
B. Boyington
Great Falls
Frank Stafford
Nashua
Glasgow
Butte
Evan Roberts
Turner
Phil Yovetich
Gill
Spartan
Larry Frawley
Carlson
Japanese Massing Troops for Invasion of South China
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan massing 60,000 troops in Formosa ready to ship to South China. Japanese forces aim to sever the Lung Hai railway defending Hankow as part of a broader campaign to control Amoy Swatow and Foochow and press toward central China.
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Shanghai
U.P
China
Lung-Hai
Keetk
Amoy
Fukien
Formosa
South China
Shunroku Hata
Hankow
United Press
Ma Hungkwei
Ninghsia
Kansu
Suiyuan
Swatow
Foochow
Noted Indian Authority of Montana Dies
Frank Bird Linderman a leading authority on Indian life and history died in Santa Barbara California at 69 from a heart attack He was born in Cleveland spent much of his life in Montana where he served as secretary of the state mining association sat in the Montana legislature and ran for Congress in 1918 and the Senate in 1924 His home was Kalispell He authored many books on Indians and by adoption belonged to the Chippewa and Creek tribes
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Frank Bird Linderman
Cleveland
Ohio
Linderman
Montana
Montana State Mining Association
Congress
Senate
Kalispell
City vandal targets new police car and fire truck
Livingston officials condemn an act of vandalism after emery dust was placed in the new police car and the motor of the city’s $1,000 fire truck was also contaminated though damage was avoided.
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Livingston
Butte Plans $150000 Playground Improvements
Washington authorities approved a city wide playground improvement project for Butte at nearly $150 000. City engineer R Curran will supervise the work with Clark Park among the sites. WPA labor will be used and work may begin within days as 360 workers are assigned.
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Butte
Washington
Washington, D. C
WPA
R. Curran
Clark Park
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte Wpa
Curran
James Combe
Montana Weather Forecast Indicates Showers Friday
Montana forecast shows showers likely Friday with generally fair and cooler conditions east of the divide Friday and in the extreme southeast Saturday.
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Montana
Stolen Butte Cab Crashes injuring Blair Holland
A stolen taxicab crashed on the Butte Missoula highway near Nimrod injuring Blair Holland seriously and Buck Halin received minor injuries. John McDermot fled the scene and was held by Missoula authorities while McDermot faced possible manslaughter charges pending Holland's condition.
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Butte
Butte-Missoula
Nimrod
Blair Holland
John McDermot
Missoula County
Larry Weir
Central Cab Company
East Granite
Buck Halin
Halin
Holland
Missoula
McDermot
San Francisco
Brazilian Revolt Leaders Used German Arms Says Inquiry
Police disclose German make arms used by Fascist leaders in yesterday's abortive revolt. Lieutenant Severo Fournier, Brazil's representative for a German arms maker, linked to palace attack. Over 100 greenshirt fascists arrested. total jailed stands at 500. Judge Barros Barreto warns death penalty possible.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Severo Fournier
Man Bank
Barros Barreto
National Security Tribunal
Sudeten Leader Henlein Arrives in London Amid Tense Europe
Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German party, lands at Croydon Airport in London after a secretive visit arranged to present demands for autonomy for 3.5 million Sudeten Germans. British officials say they were surprised and deny any semi official invitation.
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London
U.R
Konrad Henlein
Hitler
England
Czechoslovakia
Henlein
Croydon
Germany
Britain
Reich
Berlin
Neville Henderson
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Foreign Office
Prague
Europe
McCrone Bail Bond Approved by Federal Judge
Bail bond of 7500 dollars for William McCrone is approved and he is released pending further court orders. McCrone remains in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions from internal revenue agents. Appeal to the ninth circuit in San Francisco not yet set. hearing likely this summer.
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William McCrone
McCrone
Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S
James H. Baldwin
Baldwin
Internal Revenue
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
R. Lewis Brown
Brown
Circuit Court
District Court
MecCrone
Murder charges filed against Mayer mother and son
Seattle May 12 Murder charges in a 10 year old killing were filed against Mrs Mary Eleanor Smith 72 and her son De Casto Earl Mayer 43. Prosecutor B Gray Warner said he would seek the death penalty for both in the Bassett slaying of Sept 5 1928. Warner said letters from Mrs Smith reveal their involvement in nine other slayings and that she was the moving force. The pair were previously convicted of stealing Bassett items.
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Seattle
Mary Eleanor Smith
de Casto Earl Mayer
B. Gray Warner
Here
James Eugene Bassett
Warner
Great Falls Reports Slight Earth Tremor After 6:30 PM
For Great Falls residents a slight tremor was felt around 6:30 PM followed by related Western Union wire trouble at 6:33. Bozeman seismologist Dr. Eric Therkelsen said a firm determination on an earthquake would wait until tomorrow morning after a 4:45 PM day reading.
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Great Falls
Tonight
Western Union
Bozeman
Eric Therkelsen
Montana State College
Prospects Favorable for Record Winter Wheat Harvest in Montana
Montana's May 1 crop report from Jay G. Diamond cites 980000 acres of winter wheat left for harvest, forecasting a 1938 yield of 15.19 million bushels, about 138 percent above 1937 and 64 percent above the 10-year average. Weather improved since May, with moisture aiding prospects though seeding faced wet delays and insect damage persists.
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Helena
Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau Statistician
Diamond
Thousands Search Woods for Missing Bradford Girl
More than 3000 volunteers, aged 18 to 70, comb the frost-nipped Chappel Fork area south of Bradford seeking four year old Marjory West. Mayor Hugh J. Ryan reports the tally as the search continues, while Shirley West endures near collapse at the camp headquarters.
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Bradford
Pennsylvania
Marjory West
Hugh J. Ryan
Chappel Fork Vall
Shirley M. West
Bozeman Joplin Entrants Win State Speech Contest
Rose mary Gatineau of Gallatin county high school and Donald Wolf of Joplin win the girls and boys declamatory finals at the 35th annual inter scholastic. Gatineau performs A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich and Wolf presents I Am a Jew by S R Davenport.
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Missoula
Rosemary Gatineau
Gallatin County High School
Donald Wolf
Joplin
Miss Gatineau
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Wolf
S. R. Davenport
Genevieve McDonald
Anaconda
Virginia Campbell
Custer County
Anna Helding
Missoula County
Dorothy Rock
Powell County
Arthur Christensen
Beaverhead County
Eldon Whitesitt
Stevensville
Montana
Flathead
Butte Public
Great Falls
Sidney
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Earl de Casto Mayer
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James Bassett
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Mayer
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