Ice Floe Drifts Near Pole Hinders Russian Expedition
Thirteen Russian explorers on a compact ice floe near the North Pole report they are drifting at half a mile per hour as fierce winds and heavy snow blot out the sun for six months. Three supply planes, stationed 560 miles away at Rudolf Island, cannot reach the group due to low visibility and worsening weather.
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Moscow
U.P
North Pole
Pole
Rudolf Island
Otto J. Schmidt
Otto Schmidt
Basque Loyalists Misfortune Amid 100 Rebel Planes
On May 24 at Hendaye Franco-Spanish frontier Gen Emilio Mola deployed 100 rebel aircraft to strike five Basque Loyalist battalions trapped in the hills southeast of Bilbao. About 800 Loyalists were killed with 2,500 men trapped between the Arroitia and Durango rivers, while 200 others surrendered after escaping avenues were cut off.
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Hendaye
Bilbao
Emilio Mola
Arroitia
Durango
Mola
Lemona
Balbao
Hitch-Hiker Killers in Candid Jail Photo
Two Chicago youths Howard Christensen age 16 and Norman Westberg age 17 are shown in jail at Onida South Dakota where they allegedly confessed to the hitchhiking murder of Ada Carey 28 after giving them a ride in her car.
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Chicago
Howard Christensen
Norman Westberg
Onida
Ada Carey
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Pensions and Unemployment Laws
The Supreme Court rules federal old-age pensions and unemployment insurance constitutional. State unemployment laws upheld. The decision comes as President Roosevelt calls Congress to set a minimum wage and maximum hours standard. He also seeks limits on interstate shipments of goods made with labor spies or by strikebreakers and to curb child labor.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Congress
Dam Money for Drought Area Planned in Montana
Rep. James F. O'Connor asks President Roosevelt to provide federal funds for building numerous small earthen dams and for artesian wells to alleviate an unprecedented eastern Montana drought. He argues such projects would create jobs and offer lasting national benefit while aiding suffering ranchers in Garfield County.
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Washington
James F. O’connor
Livingston
Roosevelt
Montana
O’connor
The
Montanan
Garfield County
Motorists crowd court as judge hands out sentences
Monday police court session saw crowding as motorists faced driving charges and testimonies. Ray Castle of Butte paid 25 dollars and lost driving permit for 60 days. Elmer Powell testified about a near miss at Washington Junior high school. Fred George appealed after a 5 dollar speeding fine. Charles McCarthy forfeited a 10 dollar bond for speeding. S H Vogel paid 10 dollars for speeding.
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Ray Castle
Butte
Elmer Powell
Washington
Gouin
Fred George
Charles McCarthy
S. H. Vogel
Rockefeller Jr Body Carried North for Burial
The body of John D. Rockefeller Jr. was escorted from Ormand Beach Florida to Pocantico Hills New York after devotionals. Eight caregivers accompanied the casket in a special car as the procession began the journey back to the family estate.
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Ormand Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Florida
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Fannie Evans
Livingston Bank Chairman J C Vilas Dies at 83
J C Vilas 83 chairman of National Park bank Livingston died suddenly of a heart attack at his home. Funeral services will be Thursday with body sent to Bellows Falls Vermont for burial. A New Hampshire native, he moved to Montana in 1881 and ran a hardware tent in Billings before entering banking in 1893 and serving as president of the Old National Park Bank of Livingston from 1908 to 1929.
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Livingston
J. C. Vilas
National Park Bank
Bellows Falls
New Hampshire
Vilas
Montana
Billings
Old National Park Bank of
Trial opens in Sidney murder case
Pedro Casaras stands trial in district court on a charge of murdering his son in law Pedro Gonzales. The jury was completed late today and testimony is set to begin tomorrow morning.
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Sidney
Pedro Casaras
Pedro Gonzales
Montana Weather Outlook Unsettled Tuesday and Wednesday
A Montana forecast shows unsettled conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with slightly warmer temperatures on Tuesday. The pattern suggests variable skies and possible showers as the week progresses.
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Montana
Red charges hurled at CIO by graft chiefs
Cincinnati May 24 Accusations of Communist party involvement in promoting the CIO surfaced at a AFL general conference John Frey head of the AFL Metal Trades department charged the Moscow and Paris Communist factions discussed CIO policies in advance Charles P Howard denied affiliation with Moscow or un American groups and cited his record Frey claimed a list of 60 names and proposed a special assessment on members to fund the four fold plan for action continued on page 2 col 5
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Cincinnati
Communist Party
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
John Frey
Washington
A. F. of
L. Metal Trades Department
Charles P. Howard
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
Frey
Moscow
Howard
A. F of L
Paris
Boosters Plan Meeting With County Officials on Wisdom Divide Road
Big Hole Boosters formed at Wisdom mass meeting to sponsor Wisdom Divide highway will meet in Butte with Silver Bow County commissioners and surveyor at 4 p m Tomorrow. Delegates from Silver Bow Deer Lodge and Beaverhead will also meet Helena state highway officials the next day. The arterial link would connect highways 91 and 93 amid calls for cooperation. under the 7 per cent system no new work starts until existing projects reach 90 percent completion.
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Big Hole Boosters’ Association
Wisdom
Butte
Commissioners’ Office
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Beaverhead
State Highway Commission
Helena
Rambling Hill a Hoax Says Butte Visitors View
Butte residents who traveled to Livingston on Sunday to see the publicized runaway mountain report the hill remains still and quiet. They describe watching for an apparent threat for half an hour with no movement beyond slight soil wash into the river. Several hundred visitors from various parts of the state notes the hill’s docile behavior and questions the experts’ claims.
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Butte
Livingston
Four Thousand Basque Refugee Children Housed in Tent City
Four thousand Basque child refugees from Bilbao arrived in England and were placed in a tented city in North Stoneham near Southampton. They traveled aboard the Spanish liner Habana and were cared for by nurses and interpreters after fleeing bombardment in northern Spain.
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Stoneham
England
Bilbao
Southampton
Habana
Guernica
Ancier
Pioneers Plan Annual Get-Together Tonight
The Butte Pioneers club hosts an annual spring gathering at Gregson Springs this evening. Two buses depart the library at 7 30 and a program of swimming dancing and entertainment is planned for a large crowd of Pioneers and friends.
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Butte Pioneers’ Club
Gregson Springs
Bank Ownership Bill Pushed By House Members
Representative Patman said 155 House members back legislation for government ownership of the 12 federal reserve banks. The bill aims to curb credit and currency swings, maintain a dollar with uniform purchasing power, and encourage sound local banks.
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Washington
Patman
Texas
House
Federal Reserve
Victim Keeps Cool During Deli Robbery
New York report says Joseph Goldman delicatessen proprietor stayed calm as a thief locked him in the icebox and stole 25 dollars. Goldman was safely unharmed, scene described as a bold daytime robbery at the shop.
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New York
Joseph Goldman
Roosevelt Urges New Wage and Hour Legislation
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass a broad wage and hour statute to extend social progress. A new bill would set up a labor standards board to fix maximum hours and minimum wages, bar interstate commerce from violators, and apply four months after enactment with no price fixing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
NRA
Labor Standards Board
Last Minute Rush to Pay County Second Tax Installment
Lines formed at all windows as payments continued on the county second installment tax bill. Deputies reported about 100000 dollars collected so far and warned taxpayers that they have until Saturday to pay. The five days remain for nearly all of the 400000 dollars due to be received in a last minute rush.
Supreme Court backs Social Security Act in 1936 37 term
The Supreme Court upholds the Social Security Act in the 1936 37 term, a string of victories for the Roosevelt administration. Secretary Morgenthau says a decision invalidating the act would unsettle finances, with tax receipts slated to add 324.6 million this year and 774.8 million next year. The act is tied to bond market stability as receipts fund federal obligations and a rising public debt in the years ahead.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Treasury
Social Security Reserve
Graduation Preparations at Three Butte High Schools
Teachers and students at Butte High, Boys Central, and Girls Central rush plans for commencement before week end. About 360 seniors graduate at Butte High while Boys Central and Girls Central will be near that total. Girls Central holds graduation Thursday night, Butte High Friday morning, and Boys Central Friday night at the Fox theater.
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Three Butte High
Butte High
Central
Boys’ Central
Fox Theater
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