All Roads Lead To Butte For Rotary Convention Today
Montana Rotarians travel from Whitefish to Terry in a 500 strong motor cavalcade as Butte hosts the Montana district Rotary conference opening tomorrow. George N. Short chairs the event with William E. Rae overseeing sessions at Park theater. Kalispell band and multiple contingents add to the arrival schedule.
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Butte
Rotary
Montana
Whitefish
Terry
Dillon
Glasgow
World-Wide Service Club
House of Friendship
Finlen Hotel
Butte-Missoula
Manhattan
Miles City
Great Falls-Havre-Glasgow
George N. Short
William E. Rae
Havre
Park Theater
Rotary International
Edward F. McFaddin
Hope, Ark
Curtis L. Wilson
Montana School of Mines
New York City
Butte Rotary Club
Conference
Montana Rotary
Red Lodge road delay and a stalled federal spending drive
The Red Lodge-Cooke City highway to Yellowstone will stay closed until Wednesday due to unresolved snow drifts at the 11 000 foot summit. In Washington the stalled economy drive prompts observers to estimate total appropriations may reach nine to ten billion dollars, with existing approved or pending totals already at six point four four billion and further large additions expected.
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Billings
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Red Lodge
Cooke City
Yellowstone Park
Washington
Roosevelt
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Senate
Culture Department
House
Montana dam project completes Tongue River irrigation work
Montana's largest irrigation project, the Tongue River Dam, is fully completed and ready to operate, with doors kept closed awaiting official openings. The report notes economic factors shaping wartime air travel and references ongoing transatlantic airline accords involving Britain and France, while Germany is excluded from regular U S services pending profitability and broader diplomacy.
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Montana
Tongue River
Washington
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Britain
Atlantic
Vast Lake Created by Conservation Board Near Decker
Tongue river dam, Montana's largest water conservation project, was completed, creating a five square mile lake in Tongue River valley near Decker. It stores spring run-off to provide supplementary irrigation for crops along 200 miles of Tongue River bottoms and reduces flood risk from excess flow.
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Great Tongue River
Montana State Water Conservation Board
Tongue River
Crete
Montana
Conservation Board
State Water Conservation Board
Roy E. Ayers
Tongue River Valley
Decker
Butte Plans Nine Day Treasure State Jubilee Show
Butte readies a nine day festival July 1 to 9 marking Montana statehood’s 50th anniversary and gold discovery 75th year headline acts include Bullion Bandits and Builders air show Miss Montana contest and an American Legion rodeo with committees in final planning stages.
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Butte
Northwest
Montana
Atlantic City
American Legion
Helena man elected district American Legion commander
Martin Hoffman of Helena was elected commander of the mining district of the American Legion at its quarterly meeting in Whitehall. Mrs. H Warner of Dillon was named auxiliary president. Other officers include Charles Semmens Ana diénda vice commander Guy Coombs Jo seph Burns Sam Harris. More than 150 people registered for the convention with a banquet program and dance to follow.
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Whitehall
Martin Hoffman
Helena
The
American Legion
H Warner
Dillon
Auxiliary of the
Leee
Charles Semmens
Anadiénda
Guy
Coombs
Joseph Burns
Butte
Sam Harris
Deer Lodge
Warner
Mildred Whalen
Percy Gaw
Gus Wallin
Boulder
Hoffman
Bion Hall
Peter McBride
Anaconda
Queen Elizabeth Dress to Include Montana Wool Dress
Pierce M Reeves of Chinook reports that 18 pounds of his 1938 select wool, grown in Montana, has been placed with Northwest lots by a Boston commission house to be manufactured into a woolen dress for Queen Elizabeth during the royal visit to the United States.
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Chinook
Pierce M. Reeves
Boston
Northwest
Elizabeth of England
United States
Whetstone Elected Republican Committeeman in Montana
Dan Whetstone of Cut Bank was chosen as national committeeman for the Montana Republican Party at a meeting of the state Republican executive committee. The body then adopted a nine point policy resolution urging trade treaty revisions and denouncing Argentine beef purchases while pledging to restore private employment and reform fiscal policy.
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Denver
Roosevelt
F. E. Mollin
American National Livestock Association
Mollin
Nels H. Smith
Wyoming
Joe Sneed
Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
E. A. Phillips
Montana Livestock Association
Smith
Payne H. Ratner
Kansas
Western States
United States
Great Falls
Dan Whetstone
Cut Bank
Montana
Republican Party
State
Republican Executive Committee
Joseph D. Scanlan
Miles City
Whetstone
Central Committee
Montana Weather: Partly Cloudy to Cloudy Weekend
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions expected in Montana on Sunday and Monday. Temperatures rise Sunday then cool notably in the extreme west Monday.
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Montana
Butte Honors Mothers As Nation Observes Mother's Day
Butte residents join millions nationwide in Mother s Day observance with civic and religious programs and family reunions. Local schools conducted themed programs and shops showcased flowers while gifts and cards moved through mail to mothers near and far.
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Butte
France and Axis militaries on high alert across borders
Reports say France mobilizes its forces in the Maginot zone as Mussolini plans a Turin speech and Hitler tours eastern fortifications. A French fleet moves toward Tunisian waters amid anticipated anti French outburst.
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France
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Tunisian
Paris
Mussolini
Turin
Italy
Maginot
Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Poland
Piedmont
National VFW Leader Visits City for Southern District Meet
In Butte last night members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary honored Mrs. Anna Mae Lochner of St. Petersburg Florida national president of the auxiliary. Lochner will stay in Butte through Monday evening and attended a banquet as the guest of honor.
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Butte
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Anna Mae Lochner
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lochner
Business recovery indicated amid mixed optimism in markets
New York reports some industrial and financial leaders see groundwork for recovery. Optimism is limited but notable as Wall Street leaders show first hopeful outlook in over two months. Rally hopes rest on Morgenthau and Harrison push to remove tax deterrents to business recovery.
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New York
Wall Street
Morgenthau
Harrison
Dmiss
Roosevelt
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Kalispell
Cooke City Road
William EF. Rae
John E. Corette, JR
Butte Views
NEW District Legion Head
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Soviet Union
V. FW
Veterans and Auxiliary
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