Germany Ready to Accept Five Year Plan for Disarmament
The piece discusses Germany’s demand for equality in armaments and the stalled disarmament talks. It notes Britain France and Italy oppose German rearmament while Geneva negotiations continue. Roosevelt’s intervention aims to adopt MacDonald plan principles as a basis for ongoing talks. The German chancellor accepts this approach, delaying a clear crisis outcome.
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Germany
Geneva
France
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Britain
Germany Accepts British Disarmament Plan Amid Global Talks
Germany signals readiness to adopt a five year plan transforming the reich wehr into a conscript army and to halt rearmament if France cuts offensive weapons, while supporting Britain’s basis for a world disarmament treaty. Rudolph Nadolny cites Germany’s new conciliatory stance at the Geneva talks.
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Geneva
U.P
Germany
Reichwehr
France
United Press
Rudolph Nadolny
Berlin
Nadolny
Youngsters Top Old Records in Grade Contests
Butte grade school boys opened the twenty second annual track meet at Clark park with five records broken in six finals. Garfield High led after prelims with Webster Second close behind as the day featured sprint and hurdle heats and field events.
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Garfield School
Webster
St. Patrick
Grant
Monroe
St. Joseph
Butte
Clark Park
Montana
Peiping Terrified by Jap Airplanes Invasion Risk
Peiping residents panicked at 9 30 a m as 11 Japanese war planes F pushed by two advancing armies circled the city. The planes previously appeared in recent days, though now novelty and threat rise.
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Peiping
China
300 Trucks to Be Used in Montana Forest Projects
Three hundred trucks will be assigned to Region 1 of the national forests under the emergency conservation program with 1,000 trucks possible for western forests. Bids from Ford and General Motors were expected for the initial order as forestry officials anticipate a boost to the automotive industry. Major Root commands the unit.
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Montana
Missoula
U.P
West
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Region 1
Idaho
Washington
South Dakota
Root
Nebraska Panhandle
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Neb
Colorado
Panhandle
Wyoming
Italian Debt Gap Seals June War Payment Risk
Rome May 19 Italy faces a probable default of its June 15 war debt to the United States as the finance ministry omits payment provisions in its budget report. The ways and means committee says payment is impossible and hints Mussolini’s “clean slate” policy may prevail.
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Rome
Italy
United States
Finance Ministry
Finance
Guido Jung
Ways and
Chamber of Deputies
Il Duce
Benito Mussolini
Montana Forecast Unsettled Weekend With Little Temperature Change
The forecast calls for unsettled conditions Saturday and Sunday with only minor changes in temperature. Widespread cloudiness and possible light showers are expected across the region, affecting outdoor plans and travel.
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Montana
Dozen Montana Laws Tested in Court
Dozens of acts from the 1933 Montana legislature faced challenges in seven cases already before the Montana supreme court. An additional district court test concerns allowing state employees to receive CPA certificates without exam. Tomorrow the court hears arguments on regulating gasoline prices as public utilities and the PSC oversight.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Certified Public Accountants
Supreme Court
State Public Service Commission
Shrine moved to upper church at St Marys for solemn ceremony
St Marys new church hosts a solemn rite as the shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help is moved from basement to the upper auditorium. Parishioners form a procession headed by altar boys with a cross, followed by children and elders as priests lead the way.
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ST. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s New Church
Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Navy Star Stunt Pilot Visits Butte Airport Forflyers Capers
Navy's famed Tommy Tomlinson of the Sea Hawks visited Butte yesterday as fledgling pilots ran through spirals banks and stalls. The group paused for an hour long luncheon before continuing practice under inspection by Frank Knight, department of commerce official.
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Butte
Navy
D. W
Tommy) Tomlinson
Sea Hawks
Frank Knight
Department of Commerce
France Reaffirms Armament Stance After Hitler Speech
In Paris on May 19, Premier Daladier told the senate France will keep a strong army and resist further defense budget cuts. The senate exempted defense funds from a 5 percent reduction as Daladier warned against complacency, while noting Hitler’s recent disarmament rhetoric. The government hopes disarmament talks may yield progress, but stresses continued military readiness.
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Geneva
Paris
Hitler
Reichstag
Rome
Hermann Goering
Mussolini
Duce
Grand Council
London
John Simon
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Daladier
Senate
France
Postoffice Sub-station Robbed in Butte Nighttime Theft
A Butte post office substation at Park and Wyoming streets was robbed of 406 dollars just before 6 pm by a lone bandit who fled with cash after forcing Cecil Lomas to assist. Lomas identified the suspect as the man responsible for several prior robberies in four months. The thief waved a pistol and directed Lomas and a passing woman customer, then escaped with the money.
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Butte
Paxon ~ Rockefeller
Park and
Wyoming Street
Cecil Lomas
Lomas
Post Office
Paxon - Rockefeller
Ex Montana Official Named as Farm Bill Expert
Chester Davis former Montana commissioner of agriculture will be production administrator in charge of farmer relations under the farm adjustment act. He will organize farmers by state and county to reduce basic crop areas and align with allotment plans to lift prices. Davis, allied with Wallace and Peck, shifted from Republican to support for Alfred E. Smith in 1928 and aided Roosevelt campaigns last fall.
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Washington
Chester Davis
MontAna
Davis
Wallace
Peck
Alfred E. Smith
Middle West
Roosevelt
Revival of Industry Gains Backing From Labor and Business
Labor leader William Green and Chamber of Commerce head Henry Harriman urged the Ways and Means Committee to back the administration’s reemployment and industry control bill and a $3.3 billion public works bond. They endorsed a manufacturers sales tax with provisions to end it when revenue is unnecessary, and Harriman urged repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to unlock liquor revenue.
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Washington
Labor and Business Today
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Henry S. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Harriman
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Lewis W. Douglas
Douglas
Former U S Envoy to Japan Dies in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, Mich May 19. U S envoy to Japan Denmark and Italy T J O Brien died at his home tonight at age 90 after several years of illness.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
T. J. O’brien
Japan
Denmark
Italy
O’brien
Class of 64 to graduate at Girls' Central School
A class of 64 graduates was announced at Girls Central High School. Commencement will be June 6 at the Fox Theater with Rt. Rev. Edwin O'Hara as speaker. Diplomas will be presented by Rev. M. J. Leonard. The class is the largest in Central history.
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Girls’ Central High School
Fox Theater
Edwin O'Hara
Great Falls
M. J. Leonard
Central
St. Patrick’s
Hazel Crosby
Mary Gallivan
Helen Keller
Audrey Mulholland
Montana Moore
Teresa O'Neill
Dorothy Roll
Isabel Shoylin
Mary Margaret Byrne
Mary Coyne
Lois Dezell Dezell
Pauline Doonan
Mary Foley
Harriet Freebourn
Helen Leary
Madeleine
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Doug Brown
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