Economy Ax Swung on Legislation to Aid Share Croppers
President Roosevelt rejects a compromise on reforming the Supreme Court and presses for action as Senate leaders forecast a close vote and potential defeat. A separate report notes his push to limit farm tenancy aid and new farm bill plans shaping agricultural policy with loans and penalties to cap production.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Gulf of Mexico
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bankhead
Congress
TVA
Garner
Rayburn
Texas
Capitol
Sam
Texan
Executive Council
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
National Grange
Farmers’ Union
National Co-operative Council
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Edward A. O'Neal
Farm Bureau
Wallace
Steel Labor Strife Expands To Independent Plants
After brief settlements ending two strikes, steel unions push for exclusive bargaining rights at independent producers. Philip Murray plans a drive, targeting Jones and Laughlin and Pittsburgh Steel, while UAW explores a parallel move in the auto sector as Ford counters with voter cards to workers.
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Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Ford
United Automobile Workers of America
Vatican mediation offered to end Bilbao fighting
Diplomats reported Vatican interest in mediating between rebel and loyalist Catholics as fighting rages near Bilbao. Basque officials noted foreign intermediaries proposed peace or a possible armistice while Franco demanded Basques withdraw west of the Nervion river and Bilbao with 340,000 refugees be removed as a war city.
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Paris
U.P
Vatican
Bilbao
Pius XI
Britain
Francisco Franco
Nervion River
Lyons Urges Pacifist Pact At Empire Conference
Prime Minister Joseph Lyons of Australia opened the imperial conference with a plea for a non aggression pact among nations bordering the Pacific. Britain’s Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin chaired the session warning that the international situation is difficult and even threatening.
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London
Pacific Ocean
Joseph A. Lyons
Australia
Britain
Lyons
Japan
Nippon
Stanley Baldwin
Camp Fire Girls Summer Outing At Georgetown
Camp Fire Girls announce the camp L. O. Evans session runs July 11 through July 31. The program uses three one week periods and serves about 90 girls. Guardians receive camp folders. Board officers installed include President Mrs Kilvanick and Vice Presidents Mrs Kelly Moser Floyd, with C. S. Darlington as treasurer and Katie McMullen as secretary.
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Camp Fire
Camp
L. O. Evans
Board of
Mike Kilvanick
Dan Kelly
George Moser
Robert Floyd
Sanitarium Head To Address Meet In Helena
Dr Frank Terrill newly named superintendent of the Galen tuberculosis sanitarium will speak at the Montana Tuberculosis Association annual meeting in Helena tomorrow May 14 4 notes.
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Helena
Frank Terrill
Galen
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Postmaster Swindlehurst Quits Livingston Office
Livingston notices the resignation of Joseph E. Swindlehurst from the postmaster post at Livingston announced today.
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Livingston
Joseph E. Swindlehurst
Mine theory in British ship explosion accepted
Gibraltar May 14 British naval authorities tentatively accepted the floating mine explanation for the destruction of the destroyer Hunter off Spain's southern coast. Eight sailors were killed and 14 injured as two British inquiries press to determine responsibility amid the blast near Almeria.
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Gibraltar
Hunter
Spain
Almeria
Fire destroys Speculator mine superstructure in blaze
Fire swept the ore loading platform and wooden air shaft of the Speculator mine, causing about 150000 dollars in damage. The North Butte Mining company owns the idle mine since 1931. Superintendent J J O Keefe blamed a short circuit in old wiring for the blaze and a watchman raised the alarm just after seven. Continued on Page 7 Col 1.
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Speculator
North Butte Mining Company
J. J. O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Death takes no holidays meet speaker warns MTPTA
L. H. Boedecker of the Montana State Highway Patrol told Montana Parent-Teacher Association members that speeders become tomorrow's statistics. He cited 1934 Montana road deaths at 214, 1935 at 163, 1936 at 165, with 28 fatalities so far this year, urging driving as a full time job through education, engineering, and enforcement.
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L. H. Boedecker
Montana State Highway Patrol
Montana
Parent- Teacher Association
Boedecker
State liquor profits in April hit 428 356 dollars
Helena May 14 State liquor operations in April returned profits of 428 356 39 dollars. L M A Wass administrator for the state liquor control board said the profits came from liquor store sales 141 642 67 dollars retail license fees 192 000 excise tax 33 407 30 beer tax receipts 27 406 02 and beer license fees 33 600
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Helena
L. M. A. Wass
State Liquor Control Board
King Victor ia Squabble on Windsor
London report notes a royal victory in the feud with the government over the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Warfield. The Windsor circle allegedly plans a Europe trip en route to the couple’s wedding, with a supposed pension settlement kept as a family matter.
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London
Mmn
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Buckingham Palace
Duke
Duchess of Kent
Europe
Paul of Juguaglavia
Edward
George VI
Bessey Named Acting Consultant to Montana Board
R F Bessey, consultant to the northwest regional planning board and acting chairman for 10 months, is named acting consultant to the Montana state planning board by the national resources committee. The appointment is temporary to fill the vacancy caused by L A Campbell’s resignation a month ago. The national resources board will make a permanent Montana appointment.
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Portland
Ore
R. F. Bessey
Northwest Regional Planning Board
Montana State Planning Board
National Resources Committee
L. A. Campbell
Montana
National Resources Board
Montana Post
Ayers Declines Comment on Bessey Appointment
Helena May 14 Governor Roy S Ayers said he had not known of the Bessey appointment and declined further comment.
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Ayers
Helena
Roy FE. Ayers
Bessey
Desperate Men Escape Gregg County Jail
Four heavily armed criminals escaped from Gregg county jail in Longview Texas. One fugitive Leval Stevens age 25 held a life sentence and awaiting transfer to Huntsville state penitentiary.
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Longview
Texas
Gregg County
Leval Stevens
Huntsville
Ice jam floods Fairbanks threaten city as rivers surge
Fairbanks Alaska with 3000 residents waited for an ice jam at the confluence of the Tanana and Chena rivers to recede after the Chena rose 13 feet in 24 hours. Hundreds displaced found shelter on higher ground as communications, roads, and rail lines suffered widespread damage.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Betty Co ed Wears Nightie to Formal Dance
Rochester student Phillis Probst explains a frugal fashion hack at the University of Rochester. She outfits a formal using a nightgown or silk house coat with pins and a buckle, costing about five dollars and passing as an evening gown.
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Betty
Phillis Probst
University of Rochester
Butte High Keeps State Track Title With 44 38 Victory
Butte public high built a 44 to 38 win over Missoula to defend the state interscholastic track title. Nick Vovetich starred in hurdles as Butte gained its fourteenth meet triumph, while Missoula county high finished runner-up with 38 points. Final standings list Great Falls 16 and others chasing the top two.
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Butte High
Missoula
Butte
Nick Vovetich
Purple and White
Harry Dahlberg
Missoula County
Great Falls
Fergus County
Billings
Havre
Laurel
Virginia City
Belt
Corvallis
Whitefish
Teton County
Hamilton
Broadwater County
Dawson County
Ennis
Gallatin County
Plentywood
Helena
Hysham
Columbia Falls
Anaconda
Carbon County
Drummond
Granite County
Lonepine
Hot Springs
Nashua
Park County
F. Stafford
Phil Yovetich
Yovetich
Stafford
Moorlight mine mill destroyed by fire near Philipsburg
Fire at the Moorlight manganese mill two miles east of Philipsburg destroyed the facility, causing about 100000 in loss and leaving sixty workers idle. The blaze began around 6 pm and burned into the night, with investigators citing an oil explosion in the roaster as a possible cause and the fire department facing hose shortages.
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Moorlight
Philipsburg
John Hickey
Montana Weekend Forecast Calls for Fair, Cooler in East
A pattern of generally fair weather grips Montana this weekend with pleasant Saturday conditions statewide. Overnight and Saturday morning will be cooler in the eastern half, with milder readings expected elsewhere.
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Montana
Government Mobilizes 100000 Men to Quell Catalan Anarchists
In Perpignan on May 14, the Franco Spanish frontier reported 100000 troops mobilized to quell a new anarchist revolt in Catalonia. About 800 anarchists held Puigcerda awaiting the loyalist Valencia forces sent to suppress the uprising.
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Perpignan
U.P
Catalonia
Puigcerda
Valencia
Amelia Earhart Plans To Pilot New World Flight
Amelia Earhart announced in Los Angeles that she will begin a second attempt to fly around the world before June 1. She will depart Oakland with navigator Fred Noonan, stopping first in Honolulu, and her Lockheed plane has been repaired after the Honolulu incident.
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Los Angeles
Amelia Farhart
Honolulu
Oakland
Fred Noonan
Lockheed
Howland Island
Activities of Chamber for Year Reviewed at Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce in Butte reviewed its annual activities and leadership during a year in which it promoted conventions sports contests and events. Officers re elected include Dr Peter Potter president Paul Huddloff first vice president Ray J MacDonald second vice president and A J Davis Jr treasurer. A nominations committee led by Harry A Gallwey reported with seven members. Of 32 directors all but four were present.
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Floyd Bennet Field
New York
U.P
Henry T. (Dick) Merrill
Atlantic
Daily Express
London
Merrill
Squantum
Quincy
Mass
New England
Newark
N. J
Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Treasure State
Peter Potter
Paul Huddloff
Ray J. MacDonald
A. J. Davis Jr
Harry A. Gallwey
James H. Rowe
O. R. Ashford Jr
A. J. Knievel
F. A. Thomson
E. G. Leipheimer
Dan J. Mooney
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