Cabinet Anger Over Patronage Stirs Roosevelt Aides
Washington May 14 U P Patronage and policy disputes stirred discontent among Roosevelt aides led by Vice President Garner and Secretaries Morgenthau and Farley. Reports of a threatened resignation by Daniel Roper were denied as debate over transferring functions of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and moving toward closer State Department coordination continued.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
James A. Farley
Roper
White House
Bureau
State Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Friends of
Commerce Department
New Clews in Levine Kidnap Mystery Found
Federal officers probing the Peter Levine kidnaping uncovered an abandoned shack along the Rockaway river containing signs of occupancy by a man a woman and a boy. The discovery followed a note in a river bottle reading Help Held prisoner by bandits P Levine and fresh auto tracks near the site. The May 6 New York newspaper photo of Murray Levine was found inside.
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Rockaway
N. J
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
Rockaway River
P. Levine
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Morris County
Here
New York
Murray Levine
The
League council ends with bloc behind China in far eastern war
The one hundred and first League of Nations council session ends with a France Great Britain Soviet bloc backing China in the far eastern war. Chile quits the league amid covenant reform debates. Switzerland gains refugee office autonomy and US world conference praise. Poland abstains as council urges follow up on China recommendations.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
France
Great Britain
Soviet
Russia
China
Far
Chile
League
Switzerland
United States
Poland
Republicans Are Called to Action at Wisconsin Rally
OsHkoSh Wisconsin May 14 Col Frank Knox urged Republicans to rebuild the party to serve the small business man. The former GOP vice presidential candidate spoke at the Wisconsin Young Republicans annual convention and said platform ideas lie in the February Washington declarations of small business men.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Frank Knox
Republican Party
Chicago
Wisconsin
Police Chief Walter Shay to resign June 1 in Butte
Walter I. Shay, chief of the Butte police since October 1935, will resign his post effective June 1 due to ill health and need for rest. Mayor Charles Hauswirth will consider candidates and submit a recommendation to the aldermen, who will vote. Shay plans a California and New Mexico trip before returning to Montana later in summer.
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Walter I. Shay
Butte
Shay
Charles Hauswirth
Hauswirth
California
New Mexico
Montana
Jere J. Murphy
William Henry Knight
Knight
New French Flyer Sets Long Distance Record
Basra Iraq May 14 Elizabeth Lion a French flyer landed at Abadan after a roughly 2800 mile flight from Istres France. She beat Amelia Earhart with a distance about 300 miles farther than Earhart's long distance record.
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Basra
Iraq
Elizabeth Lion
Abadan
Persia
Istres
France
Amelia Earhart
Senate sentiment grows for presidential control of public works
Fire destroyed the five room frame house of Mr and Mrs Peter Shea at 113 Ruby Street last night. Mrs Shea was asleep when the fire started and was unharmed. Centerville and Walkerville volunteer fire departments prevented spread and neighboring home of Jeffry Cullinan was threatened.
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Peter Shea
Ruby Street
Senate debates how relief funds should be allotted to Roosevelt
In Washington on May 14 the Senate appropriations sub committee weighed giving President Roosevelt unrestricted control over 3.154 billion dollars for relief works. The House plan would send funds to lending and spending agencies, while the President could approve or veto projects. Chair Adams argued for direct presidential allocation to ensure accountable spending.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
House
Adams
Colorado
Senate
Former Butte Man Named No 1 Long Beach Citizen
Charles Henderson a longtime Butte native and Montanan was named the outstanding leader of civic activities in Long Beach California for 19 years at a May 11 ceremony reported by the Long Beach Press Telegram. Although living in California since 1918 he returns to Montana every summer as one of the Four Horsemen of the Madison, a group of fishermen who meet at Will Thornton's cabin near West Yellowstone.
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Butte
Charles Henderson
Long Beach
Cal
Orient Stench Plays Role in Dark Mystery
In Butte a three act drama unravels from a Chinese laundry find. Sarsfield O Sullivan and Joe Maher carry an Oriental stench bottle to the Federal building. FBI agents accept the item as the boys pose as juvenile detectives.
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Orient Stench
Federal Building
Place
Butte
Sarsfield O'Sullivan
Joe Maher
Federal
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Science Wins Golf Match for Veteran Senator
Senator Harry Gallwey used scientific study to captain a team at the 1938 opening dinner match at Butte Country Club. Gallwey lost his personal match to rival captain Bill McMahon, yet his team won overall as McMahon led Tom Walker’s squad to defeat. After the match, captains served as co toastmasters at a banquet with aims to take over the Lakeshore club.
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Harry Gallwey
Butte
Butte Country Club
Montana
Gallwey
Tom J. Walker
Tom
Bill McMahon
McMahon
Lakeshore
Colorado School of Mines Students Arrive in Butte
A group of 75 Colorado School of Mines students arrives in Butte this evening by Milwaukee railway at 7 05 with Professors Read and Signer directing. They travel from Kimberly British Columbia to Denver and will stay 48 hours, departing Tuesday night at 6 30. The group travels in special cars with W A Murphy of Milwaukee in Denver accompanying.
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Colorado School of Mines
Butte
Milwaukee Railway
Bob Fields
J. Burns Read
M. J. Signer
Kimberly
B. C
Denver
U. P
W. A. Murphy
Milwaukee
Man Hunt in Montana Based on Virginia Letter
A Richmond Virginia widow sent a search letter to Butte police listing Black Soil and Irish Potatoes as clues to locating Jenning Seay who came to Montana after the Civil War. She believes he may be dead but his offspring could remain, noting his farm with dark soil and Irish potatoes. The letter, received by Officer James E. Mooney, seeks relatives who might know his whereabouts.
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Butte
Montana
James E. Mooney
Identification Bureau
Effie Ford
W. Cary Street
Richmond
Jenning Seay
Virginia
Czechs Seek to Satisfy Henlein Demand
Prague reports that Czechoslovakia will concede on minority rights to please Konrad Henlein. Foreign Minister Krofta briefed British and French envoys on a new minority statute granting Sudeten Germans educational cultural autonomy. Government warns further concessions could risk territorial autonomy and secession.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Great Britain
France
Konrad Henlein
Kamil Krofta
Basil Cochrane-Newton
Victor Leopold de Lacroix
Henlein
Krofta
London
Fire Sweeps Chinatown Buildings in Butte
An elderly man lighting a coal oil lamp ignited a blaze destroying interiors of three frame buildings in Butte's Chinatown. The fire drew hundreds as smoke and flames filled the 200 block of China alley and West Mercury street. An elderly bystander, Joseph Brindley, fell and was taken to St James hospital with possible fractured hip. Ham Lee, 78, suffered singed hair and beard. The incident continued on page 12.
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Butte
Chinatown
China Alley
West Mercury Street
Joseph Brindley
St. James Hospital
Ham Lee
Empty Grave Reported In Marjory West Search
Bradford Pennsylvania May 14 Mayor Hugh J Ryan directing a vast search for four year old Marjory West announced the discovery of an apparently newly dug but empty grave seven miles from the disappearance site. A torn auto seat cover and tire tracks were found at the pit which lay beside a fallen tree. The girl vanished last Sunday during a family picnic and about 5000 people have aided in the week long search.
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Bradford
Hugh J. Ryan
Marjory West
Ryan
Marjory
Two Plans For Rating Highway Funds Approved
Montana approved two funding plans to match federal highway aid over three years. One would submit a $3,000,000 debenture issue to voters, repayable after 1941, with five year callable and 10 year maturity. The other would divert $500,000 annually from liquor profits for two years via an initiated measure.
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Helena
Montana
Committee On
State Highway Department
L. J. Onstad
Broadus
Highway Department
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
The forecast calls for fair conditions in Montana on Sunday with warmer temperatures in the eastern portion. Monday will be mostly cloudy across the state.
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Montana
Japanese claim Lunghai rail cut near Suchow in China
Shanghai dispatches report Japanese forces under Gen Tan Twanaka say they have severed the Lunghai railway and expect Chinese forces to abandon Suchow defense. Tokyo asserts control of routes around Suchow as Chinese deny losses and vow resistance amid looming offensive.
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Suchow
Shanghai
U.P
Lunghai
Tan Twanaka
Wangchi
Lung-Hai
Tientsin-Pukow
Nanking
Hankow
Yellow River
Suhsi
Anhwei
China
Montana Draws Tourists From Many States and Nations
Montana welcomed 1,333,721 visitors in 1937 driving 417,776 cars. Average spend was 5.72 dollars per person per day totaling 27,677,152.49 dollars. California led with 13.36 percent, followed by Washington and Minnesota, with Illinois and Canada also contributing sizable shares.
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Montana
District of Columbia
State Highway Department
California
Washington
Minnesota
Illinois
Canada
Junior Class Mines Tour Planned by Montana School of Mines
Thirty four juniors at Montana School of Mines will tour Montana mines and industrial plants starting May 21 for ten days. Dr. Eugene Perry and Dr. Ettore Peretti will accompany the group by chartered bus visiting Three Forks Jardine Gardiner Yellowstone Shoshone dam Lewistown Griffin Great Falls and more.
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Montana School of Mines
Butte
Montana
Eugene 8. Perry
Department of Geology
Ettore A. Peretti
Three Forks
Trident
Jardine
Gardiner
Yellowstone Park
Shoshone Dam
Byron
Garland
Colstrip
Republic
Klein
Roundup
Lewistown
Lewistown Brick and Tile Company
Griffin
Cottonwool Coal Company
Great Falls
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