White House tax revision conference eyed for Monday
Washington May 12 A White House conference on tax revision and potential changes was called for Monday afternoon. President Roosevelt may repeal undistributed profits tax if safeguards against evasion are enacted, with revenue offsets to cover budget gaps. Attendees include Doughton Cooper Harrison Morgenthau and other tax leaders.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congressional
Senate
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Cooper
D.-Tenn
Harrison
D.miss
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Soft Goal Conference Fails to Act on Plan to End Mining Tie-Up
The Appalachian conference adjourned until 7 a.m. tomorrow without approving a negotiators plan to end the coal mine tie-up across 26 states. The session focused on the union shop issue for CIO miners led by John L. Lewis, with Charles ONeill of New York pushing the adjournment.
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New York
Appalachian Conference
M.S. T
Union
John L. Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Turkey Joins Anti Aggression Blog of Power
The British French front gains a new ally in Turkey a crossroads between East and West as World War enemies pledge to aid each other in case of aggression. Continued on page 2 col 4.
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Turkey
ANT
Associated Press
Britain
Father Expects to Join Young Lyden in St. Paul Today
Joseph P. Lyden of Joplin Missouri arrives in St. Paul after a week long search for his son Charles a 21 year old Montana School of Mines honor student. Charles was reported to be in a St. Paul hospital after wandering the city for four days in a daze and sleeping in used car lots. The elder Lyden traveled from Spokane to pursue the case and will fly to St Paul again carrying clues such as clothes with a Joplin store label a slide rule and a fraternity pin.
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Joseph P. Lyden
Joplin
Charles
Montana School of Mines
St. Paul
Minnesota
Lyden
Spokane
Butte
St Paul
Northwest Airlines
Mining College
Associated Press
Travelers’ Aid Rep
School of Mines
Mr. Lyden
Rich Wheat Land Bared by Hoppers
Rich land county faces a grasshopper plague as millions of pests denude acres of wheat. County Agent Theodore Fosse notes rapid hatching with warm weather and urges more federal funds to sustain poison stations at Savage Lambert and Sidney with WPA workers and spreaders. Governor Ayers and entomologist Dr Harlow Mills seek added aid to curb spread from uncultivated lands.
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Sidney
Richland County
Theodore Fosse
Savage
Lambert
Fosse
Montana
Roy E. Ayers
Harlow B. Mills
Mills
Libby Teacher Fells Black Bear at Forty Yards
Libby May 12 Miss Doro Thy Towe Libby schoolteacher reported felling a black bear at 40 yards with one shot and showed the hide to prove it.
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Libby
U.P
Dorothy Towe
Mines School Junior Class Will Leave On Trip Sunday
Forty seven third year students from the Montana School of Mines, with two faculty members, depart Butte Sunday for a two week tour of Montana industrial sites. The itinerary covers lumbering, refining, electrical power, mining and dredging centers, returning May 28.
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Mines School
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Montana
Bonner
Missoula
Kalispell
Cut Bank
Glacier Park
Shelby
Misoula Spartans win 36th interscholastic meet in Missoula
Mis soula Spartans win the thirty sixth interscholastic meet with 51 points as Butte High trails with 32 14 and Helena gains 26 14 led by Earl Parsons with 16 points. Rangy B Hill guides Sheridan to the first Class B title with 15 points, narrowly beating Hot Springs 14 1/2. Park County 16 1/2 and White Sulphur also score.
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Missoula
Hot Springs
E. Pitts
Park County
Fires Spread in Coast Forests Across Northwest
Portland Oregon May 12 Spreading forest fires and season temperature records marked the 60th day of drought in the Pacific Northwest. State and national forest officials called the situation grave.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
National Forest
Montana Weekend Forecast Sees Warmer East
Temperatures rise through the weekend with generally fair conditions in Montana. Saturday will be warmer in the eastern portion while overall conditions stay tranquil for both days.
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Montana
Four proposed highway projects submitted to Montana Highway commission
A Butte committee submitted four highway and street projects to the Montana Highway Commission to be considered in the 1939 road program. The East Mercury street overpass would link with U S 91 beyond Meaderville, with two overpasses and a bridge. The group, including Jack Healy and Dan Sullivan, pressed for favorable action on the plan and other resurfacing proposals on Montana Street between Park and Mil.
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Mercury Street
Montana Highway Commission
Butte
Silver Bow
Walkerville
Frank Curran
Charles A. Hauswirth
John Sloan
Building and Trades Council
Paul Huddloff
Butte Chamber of Commerce
State
Meaderville
Bureau of Public Roads
Montana Street
Park Street
Mil
Surgeon uses cellophane as tissue substitute in operation
A Virginia surgeon reports success using cellophane to sheath a severed tendon, bridging a five inch gap with silk and wrapping the wound in cellophane. The patient, an 18 year old, regains near normal thumb movement with good extension and minimal tendon contraction.
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Boston
Virginia
Thomas Wheelon
Richmond
Wheeldon
Journal of
Bone and Joint Surgery
Senate Approves Record Farm Bill After House Controversy
The Senate approved a record $1.218 billion farm bill by 61 to 14, sending it to the House for a likely battle over increases. Economy-minded lawmakers failed in attempts to trim the measure, with lots of debate over added farm benefits and funding for agriculture and farm credit for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Washington
Senate
House
Woodrum
D.-Va
Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration
Glass
Senate Appropriations Committee
la Follette
Wis
Johnson
D.-Colo
Roosevelt
Farmer-Laborites
Butte Chamber Re-elects Huddloff President at Reorg Meeting
Directors of the Butte Chamber of Commerce held a noon reorganization at the Finlen hotel. Paul Huddloff was re-elected president, Ray J. MacDonald named first vice president, Kenneth Christie second vice president, and A. J. Davis Jr. treasurer. The nominating committee report passed with unanimous elections.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
Paul Huddloff
Chamber
Ray J. MacDonald
Kenneth Christie
A. J. Davis Jr
H. A. Gallwey
E. G. Leipheimer
Peter Potter
Dan J. Mooney
George A. Hill
Governor Ball at Columbia Gardens for Rotary Conclave
About 750 Rotarians and guests will attend the district governor banquet and ball at Columbia Gardens pavilion in the Rockies. Butte caterer Joe Beau will serve the dinner with W. B. Daly as toastmaster. Rotarians begin arriving Sunday. concerts at Butte high school precede the event.
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Columbia Gardens
Northwest
Butte Rotary Club
Gardens
Joe Beau
Butte
W. B. Daly
Butte Club
Rockies
Butte High School
Wyoming Senator Pushes Ban on Out-Of-Country Beef Purchases
Western lawmakers react to President Roosevelt ordering Navy to buy Argentine canned corned beef as senators O Mahoney and Scrugham move to add an amendment prohibiting foreign beef purchases. Adams quips about foreign sourcing and warship construction. Continued on page 2.
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Congress
Wyoming
Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Representative Scrugham
D.-Nev
Adams
D.-Colo
England
Belgium
Fleet Given Welcome in Home Ports
United States battle fleet returns from four months of Atlantic maneuvers to West Coast ports. At San Diego Long Beach and Los Angeles crowds line the harbors as the armada led by the flagship Pennsylvania anchors. Admiral Claude C. Bloch commands as 40 000 officers and men file ashore amid whistles and shore leave.
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Los Angeles
U.P
United States Battle Fleet
Atlantic
San Diego
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
U.S.S, Pennsylvania
Claude C. Bloch
St James Hospital School Graduates Class of Nurses
Twelve senior nurses from St. James hospital school of nursing received diplomas at a ceremony at St. Patrick church. Rev. Edmund C. Hanna presented the diplomas and Rev. John Delane delivered the address. Friends attended as a guard of honor escorted the graduates to the aisle.
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ST. James Hospital School
Delane
St. James Hospital School of
John Delane
Lauria
Guard of Honor
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Nancy Irene McCreedy
Clifford O. McReedy
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Aledo
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Mines
Minnesota City
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Mouula
Anthony Kesey
Wheatland
Veronica Kesey
East Mercury
Helena
Butte Board
Corita McGinley
Girls’ Central High School
Michael McGinley
Utah Avenue
Quill and Scroll
International Organization of High School Journalists
Butte C. 6
Rotary
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
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