Roosevelt Stakes Out Relief Funding Fight Fallout
President Roosevelt personally seeks to quell a House revolt over relief policy. Administration seeks 1.5 billion dollars for next year’s relief, mostly via WPA. House members propose 505 million for specific projects, with possible compromise to free 131 million for targeted WPA uses. Guarded talks with Rayburn and revolt leaders continue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
PWA
Works Progress Administration
President of Carroll Speaks at Boys High Graduation
Sixty five students receiving diplomas were honored at Fox theater with Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore of Helena presenting diplomas. Very Rev Emmet Riley urged extended education and cited a college income edge and Who's Who trends. The event featured music, dance, gymnastics, scepter swinging, a play and notable performances by O Connell Binney and Moran.
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Boys’ Central High School
Fox Theater
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Emmet Riley
Carroll College
Father Riley
Catacombs
Mother Church
William O’connell
Joseph Binney
Joseph Moran
Glee Club
Topsy Turvy World Theme At Butte High Graduation
Prof. R. E. Albright told Butte high school graduates that rapid changes will continue and trained minds are needed now more than ever in a commencement address titled A Modern Challenge. The 353 graduates comprised one of the largest classes in the school’s history, with 6,236 total since 1886 and 2,339 since 1930, as exercises at the Fox theater began at 10 o'clock.
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R. E. Albright
Montana Normal College
Butte High School
Park and
Idaho Streets
Butte High
Wyoming and
Gold Streets
Albright
Scott Fries
Fox Theater
League council approves withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain
Geneva May 28. The League of Nations secretly backed the international non intervention committee plan to pull foreign volunteers from Spain after charges that Italy violated the neutrality pact. Spanish loyalist government representatives who brought the charges were absent.
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Geneva
U.R
League of Nations’ Council
International Non-Intervention Committee
Spain
Italy
Dust Storm Darkens Lewistown and North Montana
A severe dust storm plunges Lewistown into near total darkness for about 30 minutes with 50 mph winds. Traffic halts, crops suffer, and buildings are mud covered after a heavy shower. electric shock incident is reported as a resident fears blindness. Storms bring rainfall across north central Montana, including Shelby Havre and areas east of Glacier National Park.
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Great Falls
Montana
Great Northern Railway
Shelby
Havre
Glacier National Park
Glacier and Toole
Chester
Richard Messier
Today and Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann
The piece notes the heavy burden on newspaper commentators who must read vast official texts. It cites 80,000 words from the Supreme Court and 2,000 from the President, plus 10,000 from labor bills, amid several complex reform measures.
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Walter Lippmann
Supreme Court
Re registration act under fire halted by wind
Fire rips through Barnett Iron and Machinery area in Helena destroying offices and a warehouse. High winds cause estimated $2,000 in damage as Silver Bow officials await start of re registration work.
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Silver Bow
Helena
Barnett Iron and Machinery Company
Prime Minister reshapes British cabinet in landmark shake-up
Neville Chamberlain, just installed as prime minister, reorganizes 16 of 28 major posts. Alfred Duff Cooper moves from war secretary to first lord of the admiralty, Sir Samuel Hoare becomes home secretary, and Leslie Hore-Belisha takes over as secretary of war.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Chamberlain
Baldwin
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Samuel Hoare
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Transport
County prepares to destroy voter records and re register in 1960
Silver Bow county clerk Addis McGrath moves to destroy over 25 000 registry cards and election records within five days after June 1 and begin re registering more than 20 000 voters on June 5 under a new law. A temporary restraining order delays destruction in Lewis County.
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Lewis and Clark
Silver Bow
Addis McGrath
Lewis
Second Half Taxes Near 200000 With Deadline Today
Tax receipts for the second half of 1936 37 reached about 175000 yesterday with today the final day to avoid delinquency. The county treasurer expects the week s total to exceed 200000 as payments close at 5 pm. Second installment taxes due total about 400000 and Monday is a holiday with offices closed. Taxpayers should bring statements of first half payments to speed processing.
Forest Service mobilizes transport for coming fire season
MISSOULA May 28 Every known method of transportation is mobilized for instant action in the northern Rocky mountains as smoke chasers prepare for a dangerous fire season. Theodore Shoemaker head of fire control warns that minutes count in answering a fire call and cites airplanes trains trucks pack stock and foot response as essential.
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Missoula
Rocky Mountains
Theodore
Shoemaker
Forest Service
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Franco's dawn air raid hits Valencia harbor
Insurgent General Francisco Franco’s warplanes launched a surprise dawn attack on Valencia killing about 200 people and damaging ships and at least 50 buildings. The British freighter Pinzon was struck but suffered no casualties. the Red Cross hospital was damaged and Milton K. Wells, the American consul, escaped injury.
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Red Cross Hospital
Valencia
Spain
Francisco Franco
Red Cross
Milton K. Wells
Roosevelt calls for laws to close tax loopholes
President Roosevelt, citing Treasury findings of large tax evasion by wealthy individuals, urged Congress to tighten federal revenue laws. Treasury officials said civil and criminal actions against evaders are being prepared as March income tax collections lagged estimates. Roosevelt also vetoed a bill extending veterans war risk insurance renewal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Mr. Roosevelt
House
Montana Weekend Weather Forecast
Parts of Montana see partly cloudy skies on Saturday with warmer conditions in the west and central regions and cooler readings in the far east. Sunday trends toward generally fair weather across the state.
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Montana
Record windstorm hits Billings with 6 mph gusts
A 6 mile per hour wind, billed as Billings strongest on record, rocked the city Friday afternoon. The gust snapped trees and downed power and telephone lines while dust filled the air and visibility dropped. Mercury fell 19 degrees in thirty minutes as airlines reported grounded ships. Damage estimates were not available.
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Billings
Mercury
Solons Seek Aid for Montana Drought Areas
Washington reports of spreading drought damage in Montana spur state lawmakers in Congress to push for federal help for farms and ranges. Senators Wheeler and Murray said they would confer with Undersecretary Wilson, head of Agriculture's drought relief committee.
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Solons
Washington
Montana
Treasure State
Congress
Burton K. Wheeler
James E. Murray
M. L. Wilson
Department
Wyoming Boy Dies of Spotted Fever
OGDEN Utah May 28 Spotted fever from a tick bite caused the death today of Clarence Elmer Arthur 16 of Fort Bridger Wyoming in a hospital here.
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Ogden
Utah
Clarence Elmer Arthur
Fort Bridger
Wyo
Violence Marks Steel Strike as Probe Demanded
In Youngstown Ohio crowds clashed with police as a strike spread. An airplane dropped food to besieged workers at Republic Steel in Niles while union leaders pressed for a federal probe into coercion. In Illinois miners ended an underground sit down after hours of tense confrontation with police. Five were reported wounded and authorities opened investigations into Republic’s actions amid the nationwide steel strike.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Republic Steel Corporation
Chicago
CIO Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
SWOC
Republic
Inland Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Republic Corporation
Niles
Regional Labor Relations Board
Cleveland
Cummings
Three-Year CCC Extension Ends Heat in Congress
A conference committee forged a compromise to extend the Civilian Conservation Corps for three years to June 30, 1940. The Senate favored permanence while the House sought a two-year extension, tying the fate of the program to Roosevelt’s goals and congressional oversight. The agency has provided jobs and citizenship training to nearly 2 million youths since 1933.
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CCC
Congress
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Senate
House
Chambers
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Butte High Officers
Jack Thompson
Mildred Babich
Elva Alecksich
Jean Townsend
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