Roosevelt to Toss Labor Recommendations Into Quarreling Congress
President Roosevelt plans to submit labor reform proposals to Congress next Monday as Congress remains divided over the court-reorganization bill. The plan calls for a three member board to set a 35 to 40 hour week, a minimum $16 weekly wage, and a ban on interstate shipments of child labor made goods. He met with Senate and House leaders, and with AFL leaders, to discuss the program.
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Capitol
Roosevelt
Congress
Congressional
Board
Rep
Connery
Rayburn
House
White House
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Labor Movement
Black
Senate Labor Committee
Robinson
Senate
Johnson Denounces Admin Efforts on Court Reorganization
Senator Hiram Johnson accuses the administration of trying to save face by pushing a judiciary reorganization compromise. He demands a fight to finish on the President’s court plan, calling any compromise disgraceful. Senate groups await Supreme Court ruling on the social security act before deciding course.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Senate
Johnson
Supreme Court
Fire crews halt major forest blaze near Philipsburg
A crew of forty men confined a roaring fire on the east fork of Rock creek to nine acres in the Deer Lodge National forest. Ranger E B Redman directed the fighting with George M Fisher on standby. The blaze burned along Rainbow mountain ridge about 19 miles south of Philipsburg as brush removal work moved near Flink Creek valley dam.
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Philipsburg
Rock Creek
Deer Lodge
Flink Creek
E. B. Redman
Philipsburg District
George M. Fisher
Anaconda
Rainbow Mountain
Here
Montana School of Mines Prepares Commencement Gala
Butte hosts the thirty-fifth annual commencement on June 4 with a record turnout of alumni and friends. Senator Burton K. Wheeler will deliver the address titled The Court and the Constitution, announced by Dr. Francis A. Thomson. The speech draws national attention amid Senate court packing debates and Wheeler’s opposition to the administration bill.
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Montana School OF Mines
Butte
Burton K. Wheeler
Wheeler
Francis A. Thomson
Mines School
Court
Montana
Congress
Pack
Supreme Court
Three in Butte Sought in Robbery and Forgery
Three persons wanted in Butte were reported captured yesterday. A man using the name Thomas J. Mashburn admitted holding up an all night garage for more than 40 dollars. Mr and Mrs Arthur L Rice alias Mr and Mrs H M Berry were captured in Twin Falls Idaho on forgery charges. A bandit robbed R M Evans at Sherman and Reed garage taking 44 50. Complainants were signed with Murray Finance Co C 9 D laundry and Citizens finance.
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Butte
Larry Weir
Thomas J. Mashburn
Theo Hedstrom
Valley City
N. D
Arthur L. Rice
H. M. Berry
Weir
Twin Falls
Idaho
R. M. Evans
Sherman & Reed
Evans
Rices
Berrys
Murray Finance Co. C. 9. D. Laundry
Citizens’ Finance Company
J. J. McNamara
Arbitration Offered in San Francisco Hotel Strike
San Francisco hotel operators offered to submit all strike issues to arbitration as workers demand general wage hikes and a closed shop. Violence flared when Carl Hudgens of the Sir Francis Drake hotel was beaten leaving the hotel and taken to hospital with possible spine fracture. 16 major hotels are idle since May 1. In Gillespie Illinois, 360 miners entombed underground near Wilsonville authorized their strike committee to begin negotiations while remaining underground during talks.
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San Francisco
Carl Hudgens
Sir Francis Drake
Hudgens
Gillespie, Ill
Wilsonville
John Fisher
Gillespie
Progressive Miners of America
Escaped Prisoner Extradition Set From Nebraska Return
Ger ing Neb May 22 Scotts Bluff County will relinquish its claims to George Proxwell 40 fugitive sought by Montana state prison authorities Proxwell whose real name is George Williams escaped from the Montana prison March 10 1935 after serving four years of a 20 year term for burglary Today he waived extradition Proxwell was arrested at Guernsey Wyoming two weeks ago and returned here on charges of forging the name of his wife Virginia Forbes Proxwell to several checks
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Gering
Neb
Scotts Bluff County
George Proxwell
Montana
Rush Clarke
Proxwell
George Williams
Guernsey
Wyo
Virginia Forbes Proxwell
Warden to Return Fugitive George Williams to Montana Prison
Warden Theodore R. Bergstrom of the Montana state penitentiary plans to travel to Gering Nebraska to bring back George Williams 40 alias George Proxwell to serve the remaining 16 years of a 20 year burglary term. Williams faces ar raignment before Judge R E McHugh in Powell county on prison breaking charges.
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Powell County District Court
Supreme Court Denies Stay in Idaho Hanging Case
Justice George Sutherland refused to issue a stay for Douglas Van Vlack, convicted of murdering his former wife in Idaho. Van Vlack, a Tacoma, Washington resident, faces execution by hanging in Idaho.
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Washington
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Douglas van Vlack
van Vlack
Tacoma
Wash
Idaho
Britain Wins Support for Spanish Armistice Discussion Plan
London reports Germany backs a plan to discuss an armistice in the Spanish Civil War with foreign troops withdrawn. France Belgium and the Holy See approve the truce proposal ahead of a Monday meeting of the 27 nation non intervention committee.
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Great Britain
Germany
Neville Henderson
Berlin
Italy
Spain
France
Belgium
Holy See
Marshal Werner von Blomberg
Rome
Juan March
Benito Mussolini
Yvon Delbos
Bilbao
Madrid Bombarded as Rebel Artillery Strikes City
Rebel artillery pounded Madrid for hours, killing six and wounding about seventy. The Gran Via and Puerto del Sol areas bore the brunt as shells damaged buildings and the United States embassy windows. About 120 shells landed across the city.
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Madrid
U.P
Gran Via
Puerto del Sol
United States
Livingston sliding hill gains speed near Mount Livingston
Large earth and rock slides have moved more than 40 feet since Thursday from Mount Livingston foothills into the Yellowstone river. Clouds of dust rose as thousands of tons tumbled toward the stream, raising flood fears for adjacent lands despite snowmelt keeping the river three feet higher than normal. Local geologist Dr. James E. Stuart notes this slide is one of several in the Abasoroka range over the past fifty years.
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Livingston
Yellowstone River
Mount Livingston
Absaroka Range
James E. Stuart
Baptists Oppose Compulsory Military Training
The Northern Baptist association voted unanimously in Philadelphia on May 22 against compulsory military training in all schools, signaling strong church opposition to mandatory wartime education policies.
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Philadelphia
The
Northern Baptist Association
Oren D Clement Named Acting Livingston Postmaster
Representative James F. O Connor of Livingston Montana recommended Oren D Clement for acting postmaster at Livingston to succeed Joseph E Swindlehurst Jr who resigned.
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Washington
James F. O'Connor
Livingston, Mont
Oren D. Clement
Livingston
Joseph E. Swindlehurst Jr
Mighty Yukon Flood Causes Broad Inundation Along Banks
Reports from Dawson Yukon say the mighty river flooded miles of land after an ice jam dammed its waters two days earlier. The event follows the river’s gold rush fame and confirms widespread inundation along riverside areas.
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Yukon
Twin Buffalo Calves Born to Doting Mother on Ranch
DILLON May 22 Special Twin buffalo calves born to a mother in Frank A Hazelbakers game herd near Wisdom attract attention. The dam devotes nearly all her time to the twins as the herd grows to 12 mature buffaloes five calves elk and one year old moose rescued from a river. The herd grazes on about 80 acres along the Big Hole river and remains fairly domesticated though visitors avoid the herd on foot.
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Big Hole Basin
Dillon
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Wisdom
Mr. Hazelbaker
Hazelbaker
Hazelbaker Ranch
Big Hole River
Aged Policeman Convicted of Five Murders
Martin J Sullivan a 73 year old former Duquesne policeman was found guilty of the Dec 17 murder spree that claimed five victims. He received the death penalty by electric chair after a nine woman and three man jury refused insanity pleas and heard testimony of prison psychosis.
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Pittsburgh
Martin J Sullivan
Duquesne
Laura Bacon
John Englert
Sullivan
Edward G. Coll
Coll
Commonwealth
Weather Outlook Montana Unsettled Sunday Cooler East of Divide
The forecast calls for unsettled conditions Sunday across Montana with cooler air east of the divide. Monday trends toward generally fair weather as high pressure builds.
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Weater
Montana
Divide
Chicago youths face murder charges in South Dakota teacher slaying
Norman Westberg aged 17 and Howard Christensen 16, accused of beating and shooting Ada Carey in Blunt, South Dakota, after a ride invitation. Officials expected charges to be filed next week with a possible guilty plea leading to life sentence. both youths denied by their fathers, while mothers fainted on notice.
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Onida
Chicago
South Dakota
Frances Ryan
Norman Westberg
Howard Christensen
Ada Carey
Westberg
Jack Reedy
Miss Carey
Christensen
Reedy
Anton Westberg
Theodore Christensen
Ryan
Pierre
Child of Ouk Unhurt When Hit By Auto
Delia Mae Nevers six year old was seriously hurt when struck by a car on East Park street near the C O D laundry at 4 15 yesterday. Police arrested a man named H I McKinley of Colorado on reckless driving charges. Leonard and Lillian Hoar took the girl to Murray hospital. Her condition was critical with a broken collar bone head injuries and probable internal injuries. The accident occurred as the child was returning from her home on East Galena street. McKinley said he was going to the hospital and did not know how the crash happened.
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Delia Mae Nevers
East Park Street
Ed O'Connor
William Gouin
H. l. McKinley
Colorado
Leonard
Lillian Hoar
Cottonwood Street
Murray Hospital
F. H. Malee
East Galena Street
McKinley
Bagdad and Algeria Shrines hold annual joint ceremonial in Butte
Hundreds of Shriner visitors from across the state joined Bagdad Algeria and Al Bedoo temples in Butte for a parade from the Finlen hotel to the Masonic temple. Hugo C. Heinsch presided at initiation with Carlisle S. Kenyon and William T. Griffiths assisting. An entertainment followed the banquet for Shriners, with local officials leading the event.
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Algeria
Butte
Finlen
Masonic Temple
al Bedoo
Hugo C. Heinsch
Deer Lodge
Bagdad Temple
Carlisle S. Kenyon
Bozeman
William T. Griffiths
Meaderville
Charles A. Hauswirth
L. G. Dunlap
Anaconda
Louis H. Rosenberg
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