Senate Aide Urges Industry Revival To Aid Workers
Senator Tydings criticizes Roosevelt policies as disaster and urges an educational campaign to inform 50,000,000 workers that revival of industry offers prosperity. He proposes an eight point plan including federal reorganization and consolidation of borrowing in Treasury with a purge of relief rolls.
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New York
Tydings
D.-Md
Roosevelt
Maryland
American Iron and Steel Institute
Treasury
King George II hailed as rainmaker in wheat country
Regina crowds greet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as rain pours during their Dominion tour. Farmers, who feared drought, nicknamed the king the rainmaker after heavy showers accompanied the royal visit to Regina and Winnipeg, signaling hope for a bountiful wheat crop.
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Regina
Sask
U.P
George
George VI
Canada
Elizabeth
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Legislative
Britain Moves Toward British French Soviet Pact
Britain seeks a three power mutual assistance pact with France and the Soviet Union. London announces a 40.885 billion ruble defense budget, a 50 percent rise, and speeds talks on a pact basis while withholding full details.
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Associated Press
Soviet
Russia
Britain
France
London
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Man Thought Shotting Suspect Sought At Speedway Bar
Fragments of a shattered windshield and a blood trail marked an attempted burglary at Speedway bar on East Front Street. Authorities sought two men, one believed wounded by a shotgun blast to the face. No hospital treatment was reported. Peter J. Grogan, the bar owner, had fired two shots.
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Speedway
East Front Street
Peter J. Grogan
Residents urged to pay second 1938 taxes within four days
Silver Bow county taxpayers face a four day window to pay the second installments on 1938 property taxes before delinquency on June 1. Officials report only about 55,000 collected so far this month, far short of the 450,000 due, with the deadline at 5 p.m. May 31 and the treasurer’s office closed Sunday.
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Silver Bow County
George O'Brien Jr
Japanese Claim Right to Search Foreign Ships Near China
In Shanghai May 25 a Japanese naval spokesman said ships flying foreign flags near Chinese waters may be halted and searched to curb supplies to Chiang Kai-shek forces. Two foreign liners were boarded in Kongkong waters recently, Britain’s Ranpura and France’s Aramis, drawing protests from Britain and attention from the United States regarding potential scope of the policy. The President Coolidge, from Shanghai to Hongkong, is due in the zone tomorrow.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
Kongkong
United States
Coolidge
Hongkong
Four in family burn in trailer fire at Grand Coulee
A family of four sustained critical burns with a 3 year old near death after a trailer home fire in Grand Coulee Washington. The blaze started when a gasoline jug exploded while grease from a stove was burning. The injured include A C Anderson his wife and two sons James eight and Dick three. Mason City hospital officials said the child faced grave prognosis and the others faced major injuries with potential fatal outcomes.
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Grand Coulee
Wash
U.P
A. C. Anderson
James
Mason City
Montana Weekend Weather Check
Partly cloudy in Montana Friday and Saturday with showers in the western part Friday night or Saturday. Warmer conditions in the eastern portion Friday. Cooler temperatures expected Saturday.
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Montana
Fritz Kuhn Arrested as Pro Nazi Band Leader Is Taken
New York detectives arrested Fritz Kuhn the pro Nazi band leader in Krumsville Pennsylvania to answer a hastily returned indictment charging forgery grand larceny totaling fifteen thousand five hundred eighty nine dollars and fifty nine cents. District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey called him a common thief as three detectives shadowed Kuhn all day and a 12 count indictment was filed. The indictment cites theft from a bond fund and misappropriation of Madison Square Garden rally funds from February twenty. Top charges include theft of four thousand four hundred twenty four dollars and funds used to defend band members convicted at Riverhead. Evidence notes Burg’s car stopped for fuel in Krumsville. Dewey said bags were found in transit.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Krumsville
Thomas E. Dewey
Bundsfuehrer
Dewey
New York County
Kuhn
General Sessions
Cornelius F. Collins
Madison Square Garden
Riverhead
N. Y
Squalus salvage halted as 26 men remain unaccounted
Salvage operations on the sunken submarine Squalus were suspended after a late briefing by Admiral C. W. Cole. Officials said no rescue plan would be announced tonight and any future action must be approved in Washington. Divers had worked into darkness under searchlights before the pause.
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Portsmouth
N. H
C. W. Cole
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy
Bureau of Operations
Washington
Candidates for Priesthood Diana and Gallagher to be ordained
Two young men will be ordained to the Catholic priesthood in Helena on June 3. Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore will confer holy orders. Father Gallagher, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gallagher, 640, will be assigned to a diocese post.
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Helena
Joseph M. Gilmore
Father Gallagher
W. C. Gallagher
Stores Open Monday As Norway Royals Visit Butte
Government proclaims Monday May 29 a legal holiday in honor of Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway. Businesses, banks, and city offices will stay open Monday. Memorial Day services suspend most activity Tuesday. Schools will hold classes Monday, with Memorial Day off next day.
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Butte
Gov
Helena
Roy FE. Ayers
Prince Olav
Martha
Norway
Crown Prince
Olav
Crown Princess
Misodula Man Named President of Montana Liquor Dealers
J. H. Mahoney of Missoula elected president of the Montana Retail Licensed Liquor Dealers Association at the closing session of the convention. Missoula named for the 1940 meeting. About 50 members attended as state organization bonding grows.
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Misodula
Liquor Dealers OF
Montana
J. H. Mahoney
Missoula
Montana Retail Licensed Liquor Dealers’ Association
Mahoney
Butte
W. S. Endress
Helena
Joel B. St. Clair
Great Falls
Dick Flood
Jack Higgins
H. R. Lloyd
William Steinbrenner
R. M. Fries
H. A. Kimball
Chinook
Curtis Beede
Glasgow
Paul Hagan
Glendive
Thomas Hanrahan
Miles City
W. C. Endress
Frank J. Rogers
Billings
Henry Toohey
Bozeman
G. J. Zook
Kalispell
H. C. Belcher
Lewistown
L. M. A. Wass
Montana Liquor Control Board
Undistributed Profits Tax Levy To Be Stricken
Roosevelt approval signals end of the undustributed profits tax as part of a broader revenue plan to aid business recovery. Treasury officials say agreement exists to eliminate the tax, with Congress expected to pass the program swiftly despite some dissent.
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Administration
Treasury
Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Exciting Hunt Lands Man in Suspect Cell
Highway patrolmen and sheriffs questioned a young man after he driven off the main road in Nine Mile canyon yesterday. He abandoned his car and fled into the hills triggering a general alarm as officers pursued with a bloodhound. Motorists were warned not to pick up hitchhikers while the search continued.
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Nine-Mile Canyon
Joe C. McKenzie
Hardingway
McKenzie
Senate approves Wheeler Reed bill expanding inland waterways power
The Senate approved by 70 to 6 a measure giving the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to regulate inland waterway carriers along with railroads and other interstate shippers. A late clash saw Sen Wheeler accuse a maritime panel of subsidized dinners. a rider to curb water carrier monopolies was rejected 51 to 21.
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Washington
Senate
Wheeler - Reed
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
United States Maritime Commission
Dollar Steamship Line
Henrik Shipstead
Fl-Minn
Hopkins Plans Import Trade Exploration
Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins announced plans to assign specialists to intensively explore increasing the United States import trade. Speaking at a world trade dinner he criticized last year’s billion-dollar export surplus as unhealthy and said support for the Hull trade agreements program remains essential.
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New York
Harry L. Hopkins
Hull
A. M. Lowney Elected Head of Bankers Group Six
A. M. Lowney assistant cashier of the First National bank of Butte was elected president of Group Six of the Montana Bankers association at Whitehall on May 25. A. M. Jones assistant cashier of the First National bank at Dillon was elected secretary. Dillon was chosen for the 1940 meeting. About 50 bankers and wives attended a banquet at the Borden hotel marking the closing of the day. The district includes Silver Bow Beaverhead Jefferson Madison Powell and Deer Lodge counties. Talks were made.
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Whitehall
A. M. Lowney
First National Bank of
Butte
Montana Bankers’ Association
A. M. Jones
First National Bank
Dillon
Tary Dillon
Borden Hotel
A. W. Robert
Whitehall State Bank
Robert
Silver Bow
Beaverhead
Jefferson
Madison
Powell
Deer Lodge
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Lilml
Solon
Coast Guard
Harriet Lane
Speaker
George II
John A. Gallagher
James P. Dowdall
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Congress
Ways and Means Committee
McNary
R.-Ore
Wheeler
Maritime Commission
Hopkins Plan
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