Roosevelt Returns to White House Sets Cuba Recovery Course
President Roosevelt, after returning from sea, immediately met with State and Navy officials to review Cuba and the national recovery program. He planned further talks with the recovery council as Henry Ford weighs NRA code cooperation. Admiral Standley’s White House appearance suggested more warships for Cuba, while other officials reported on post office construction plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Naval
Cuba
White House
Recovery Council
Henry Ford
William H. Standley
Roosevelt Returns to Command as NRA Codes Loom
Hugh S. Johnson speeds back to Washington from Chicago amid drafting of master codes for retailers and construction. Public hearings begin on a nine division construction code while Ford remains noncommittal on the automotive code, with Johnson warning enforcement if Ford violates current provisions.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Chicago
Henry Ford
NRA
Arthur Whiteside
Johnson
Ford
Detroit
Gulf hurricane devastates Brownsville region in Texas
Surviving residents face aid needs after a devastating gulf hurricane struck Brownsville and Harlingen with two severe waves. In Willacy and Cameron counties and nearby towns, the death toll reaches at least twenty with extensive injuries and widespread destruction including flooded streets and ruined buildings. Local reports describe hospitals overwhelmed in Mercedes and Harlingen as rescue efforts continue.
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Brownsville
Tex
Willacy
Cameron
Harlingen
Rio Hondo
Mercedes
Will E
Edinburg
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Public works speeded up as Roosevelt orders faster allocations
Washington officials push rapid funding of the 3.3 billion public works fund and 400 million road program. A new tentative allocation method shortens delays by non federal entities with a 30 day deadline. L W Roberts recommends 702 post office buildings at 62 million. Ickes notes half the fund allotted and urges quicker project advances.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
L. W. Roberts
Ickes
Special Board For Public Works
Lincoln school to use lower floor for primary grades
Trustees in district No 1 approved partial full time tenure for several teachers and moving part time staff to full time. District voices reported 44 Butte high admissions from nearby districts and a range of salary adjustments for elementary teachers. A library repair rate and new hires for four engineers were also noted as part of district plans.
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Lincoln School
Springs
Wedin
George S. Forsythe
George Russell
Silver Bow Rocker
Ramsay
Gregson Springs
Divide
Brown's Gulch
Butte High
Marielouise Leipheimer
Columbia University
Mary Quigley
Washington Junior High
Agnes Wall
Adele Place
Katherine McPherson
Lucille McQuaig
Dorothy Cohen
Agnes Murphy
Emily Wellcome
Mary Michelotti
Mary Mullins
Mary Thomas
Florence Evatt
Ruby Gill
Ella Parker
Ed Ladendorf
Martin Dee
Conrad Eberle
Dennis Ambrosett
Wilne Burg
Body of Butte Man Recovered From Big Hole
Clifford Redfern fashioned an underwater glass from a stovepipe to locate the body of his father John Redfern 66 at the Big Hole river bottom. He drowned after slipping during fishing Monday afternoon as authorities toiled with grappling hooks before the improvised device revealed the body. The elder man was entangled in his fishing line during the struggle.
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Clifford Redfern
John Redfern
Big Hole
Redfern
Mr. Redfern
James Peoples
Army Experts Arrive to Fight Encephalitis Outbreak
Army Medical College bacteriologist Major James S. Simmons leads a team to Jefferson Barracks St Louis to study sleeping sickness also known as encephalitis. They set up a lab and aid in expanding research on potential insect transmission and carrier factors amid rising deaths.
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Margaret G. Smith
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis
St. Louis Medical Society
Upp
United States Army
James S. Simmons
Army Medical College
Washington
Simmons
Jefferson Barracks
Washington University
Helena Smelter Announces Gold Purchase Plan
J. D. Mackenzie of the East Helena plant of the American Smelting and Refining Company says the firm will buy gold at the US mint price and sell it in the open market under Roosevelt treasury provisions. The final settlement with producers should total about 9 dollars per ounce more than they have received since 1873, based on London prices.
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Mackenzie
United States
Roosevelt
Treasury
London
Grass Fire Consumes Large Area Near Mining City
A grass fire burned a large tract near Little Blacktail Canyon eight miles south of Butte yesterday. Smoke spread for miles attracting motorists who mistook it for a forest fire. The Deer Lodge National Forest office and the Montana Standard logged numerous inquiries throughout the day.
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Little Blacktail Canyon
Butte
Deer Lodge National Forest
Forestry Office
Montana Standard
Montana Weather Forecast Local Showers Midweek
The Montana forecast calls for local showers on Wednesday and Thursday with cooler conditions on Wednesday and a warmer trend in the western portion on Thursday.
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Montana
Kentucky House approves repeal vote plan in November
PRANKFORT Kentucky minutes show the house concurred in senate amendments by 81 to 10 to set a statewide vote at the November 7 election on repealing the Eighteenth amendment.
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Prankfort
Kentucky
House
Senate
Roosevelt urges bankers to loosen credit at ABA meet
President Roosevelt told American bankers he expects them to unleash credit to aid recovery. He spoke to the American Bankers Association convention in Chicago, with 5,000 bankers present, urging banks to meet industry needs. Officials QR two aides reiterated the demand for looser terms to bolster commerce and recovery.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Bankers of America
American Bankers Association
Eugene R. Black
Federal Reserve Board
Searching Party Set To Battle Snowstorm
Portland, September 5. A seven member search party set out to find three mountaineers reported missing on Mount Jefferson. The trio Davis McCamant Don Burkhart and John Thomas believed lost after driving to Allale Lake and hiking the final ten miles to the mountain as a snowstorm raged on the slopes.
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Portland
Ore
Mount Jefferson
Davis McCamant
Don Burkhart
John Thomas
Allale Lake
Flare of a Match Triggers Burglary Arrest in Butte
Harold Whitney, merchant police official, saw a match glow from the Butte Carriage Works on East Silver street and alerted officers. Alex Diggins, 19, was captured inside the building with a briefcase of desk items after ransacked desks and admitted intending to rob the safe. He had been paroled from Monroe Reformatory in Washington a month earlier after a five-year burglary sentence.
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Harold Whitney
Merchant Police
Alex Diggins
Butte Carriage Works
East Silver Street
Whitney
Emmett Sullivan
Nick Aleksick
Tom Calpin
Diggins
Jere Murphy
Monroe Reformatory
Washington
Butte
Milk train crashes into the Flyer near Binghamton
A slow milk train collided with Erie No. 8 near Binghamton on September 5 killing fourteen and injuring more than one hundred. Victims largely hailed from Susquehanna Pennsylvania as rescue teams and national guardsmen searched wreckage outside the Binghamton State hospital for the insane.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Erie Railroad
National Guardsmen
Susquehanna
New York
Binghamton State Hospital For the
Relatives Aid Lamson in Murder Trial at San Jose
Relatives and friends came to the aid of David A. Lamson in his murder trial over the May 30 death of his wife Allene at their Stanford campus home. Witnesses including Dr. Margaret Lamson testified against the state’s claim that Lamson lamented his marriage.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Allene
Stanford University
Margaret Lamson
Lamson
William Slack Early Bitter Root Settler Dies
Hamilton Sept 5 William Slack about 75 one of the valley s earliest settlers died suddenly today in the woods east of Corvallis. He came to the Bitter Root 68 years ago from Kansas with his parents and farmed near Corvallis most of his life. He is survived by a brother John and a sister Margaret both of Corvallis.
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Hamilton
William Slack
Bitter Root
Corvallis
Slack
Kansas
Missouri
John
Margaret
Mad Inmates Seize Guards At Mattewan Hospital
In Mattewan New York an incident at the state hospital for the criminally insane left two guards seized by 68 inmates during an attempted mass escape. John Diamond and Wellington Wolfe struggled with attackers while Francis Connelly was trapped as dormitory doors were locked. Dr. Raymond F. C. Kieb organized a rapid response with guards state troopers and sheriff's deputies to retake the ward.
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Mattewan
N. Y
State Hospital
John Diamond
Wellington Wolfe
Diamond
Francis Connelly
Raymond F. C. Kieb
Public Works Plan Promises Drought Relief for Montana Farmers
James E. Murray, head of Montana's Public Works Administration advisory board, urged farmers in Butte to form or join a state irrigation district to access federal funds for large dam projects. He said the government supports a public works program and that organized districts could fund dams to stabilize water supply and prices.
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Montana
James E. Murray
Public Works Administration
Federal
Murray
Butte
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Steve Webber
Huey P. Long
Sands Point
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Son
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U. S&s. Mint
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Eastern Flyer
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