King George V Portrayed as Armament Salesman in Senate Probe
Washington report on the munitions inquiry portrays King George V and the U S War Department as competing sellers in the world armaments trade. Testimony cites the king intervening to halt gun sales to Poland and the Driggs Ordnance firm aiding Poland, with other disclosures about naval officers and arms brokers.
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Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
United States
Driggs
America
Washington
George V
England
United States War Department
Senate Munitions Committee
Poland
New York
War Department
Driggs Ordnance Engineering Company of
Raleigh
Driggs Company
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
United States Navy
Henry R. Carse
Henry Carse
Electric Boat Company
Groton, Conn
Senate Munitions Investigation Committee
Vickers Company
Basil Zaharoff
Carse
Relief plan for 16 million needy and relief roll cleanup drive
Federal Emergency Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins outlined winter feeding for nearly 16 million people and a drive to remove "chisellers" from relief rolls. He pledged steps to ensure adequate relief while not competing with private business, and announced 56,994,938 in new grants for September to 26 states Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as relief costs rise about 20 percent.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Hopkins
Mrs Pinchot Enters Pennsylvania Governor Race
Mrs Cornelia Bryce Pinchot wife of Governor Gifford Pinchot announced her candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania. Nominating petitions were filed with the state elections bureau just before the deadline using the independent party label.
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Harrisburg
Cornelia Bryce Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
State Elections Bureau
Mussolini Reverses Policy Toward Versailles Treaty
Premier Mussolini pledges to France that Italy will abandon revisionist aims at Versailles and back a pax romana against Nazi Germany. In Lecce he urged unity with France and signaled a bold program to deter Hitler, hinting he would lead a combine of nations to police Europe.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
France
Italy
Il Duce
Germany
Europe
Mussolini
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Lecce
1 Duce
Bari
Hitler
Reich
United Press
Roosevelt praised for recovery drive at Montana banquet
Montana Democrats gather at the Placer hotel in Helena to honor President Roosevelt's recovery program and discuss progress toward prosperity. Attendees include U S senators congressmen the governor ex governors state officials and party leaders. The event lauds Roosevelt’s administration with plans for a broader future.
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Helena
Montana
Placer Hotel
U.S
Roosevelt
Tentative Assignments Of 180 Elementary Teachers Announced
Douglas Gold district No. 1 superintendent announces 180 elementary teachers for the coming year with permanent posts awaiting enrollment data. No new staff. total 14 fewer than last year’s 194. Jefferson Monroe Webster and Whittier faculties continued.
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Douglas Gold
Jefferson, Monroe, Webster and Whittier
Waves Moderate After Threat to Homes on Corot
Huge breakers battered Southern California coast between Malibu and Newport for days, weakening after last week’s damage. High tides swept breakers across Roosevelt highway near Santa Monica and Malibu, while Malibu residents sheltered as waves reached film figures John Gilbert and Corrine Griffith amid renewed coastal concern.
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Los Angeles
California
Malibu Beach
Newport
Santa Monica
Long Beach
Roosevelt Highway
Malibu
John Gilbert
Corrine Griffith
Mike Leve
Lou Seiler
Signs of revival in retail trade say Dun and Bradstreet
Dun and Bradstreet’s weekly trade review reports definite signs of a strong revival in retail buying during autumn. It cites higher prices, government payments under reduction programs, and end of summer vacations as factors lifting urban and rural purchasing power, with wholesale orders 10 to 15 percent above 1933 figures.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Weather forecast for Montana shows unsettled Saturday
Unsettled conditions sweep Montana on Saturday with cooler readings in the eastern portion. Sunday then brings generally fair weather as the pattern shifts to more tranquil conditions.
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Montana
Green Orders Mobilization Of All Labor
A general mobilization of organized labor was ordered as the textile strike grew, with William Green of the AFL calling 108 international unions to meet early next week to discuss means to restore peace to mill towns.
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Associated Press
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Negotiations Continue On Butte Strike
Negotiations between the Mine Mill and Smeltermen’s union and Anaconda Company officials proceed today at 10 o'clock after two sessions arranged by federal mediators P. W. Chappell and R. C. Jacobson. The talks, now in their sixth day, aim to settle the strike affecting Butte Anaconda and Great Falls.
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Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Anaconda Company
P. W. Chappell
R. C. Jacobson
Death Knell Sounded for Straw Hats
Butte last night faced overcast skies and a drizzle that sent summer straw hats into hibernation. Thermometers fell to a 40 degree low after a 72 degree high, with a low barometer signaling cooler unsettled weather ahead.
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Butte
New York
Weather Bureau
Buitz
Sleeping Beauty Mother Pleads No More Home-Care Aid Requests
Mrs. Miley of Chicago asks well wishers to stop sending rousing formulas for Patricia Maguire a sleeping sickness victim. Patricia, 28, has been in a coma since February 15, 1932, cared for day and night by her mother amid multiple ill relatives.
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Sleeping Beauty
Chicago
Peter Miley
Patricia Maguire
Patricia
Miley
Sarah Isette
Charles Hansen
Grace Dugan
Youth Denies Killing His Sweetheart
Norman Oklahoma dispatch reports the trial of Neal Myers, 21, a pharmacy student, for the death of Marian Mills, 19, on campus. In dramatic testimony Myers denies killing his sweetheart as prosecutors urge jurors to weigh morals and law while defense counters blame and pities the young couple.
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Norman
Okla
Neal Myers
Marian Mills
Pharmacy
Oklahoma
Paul Updegraff
Myers
el Reno
Updegraff
Neal
Marian
Canadian River
Christ
Miss Mills
Democratic Convention Set for Helena Today
Montana Democrats gathered in Helena for a biennial convention to approve the New Deal agenda. President Roosevelt defended collective bargaining and NRA reforms while hinting at extensions to child labor and hours limits, amid party unity aims against Republican criticism.
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Helena
Hyde Park
N. Y
NRA
Roosevelt
Huey Long Declares Dictatorship as Guards Mobilize in New Orleans
Huey Long amid a tense show of force in New Orleans as 2000 national guardsmen from multiple Louisiana towns mobilize to back his primary. Mayor Walmsley counters with police strength while parents urge Roosevelt to exempt schoolboys from political duty. The city buzzes with soldiers, trains, and Cantonments as St. Amant threatens legal action.
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New Orleans
Huey Long
Louisiana
Citizens’ Committee
Monroe
Roosevelt
Louisiana College
Alexandria
Alfred O. St. Amant
Baton Rouge
Senator Long
Long
Walmsley
St. Amant
National Guard
Hope for Rise in Railway Jobs Driven by Tonnage Gain
Harry Lee of the Western Conference reports that higher railroad freight tonnage boosts employment and payrolls across western states. He cites 1934 second-quarter data from four transcontinental lines showing 10,479 more transportation workers and 4,020,050 more in pay. Continued on page 9.
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Harry Lee
Western Conference Committee
Standard Railroad Labor Organizations
Butte
Lee
San Francisco
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U. S
King George
Senate
Colombia
James H. Strong
Navy
American Armament Corporation of
Strong
Bone
Democrat
Thomas B. Morgan
Cooney
Judge Bourquin
Corot
DUN & Bradstreets
Weekly
Trade Review
GREEN
Hope
J. Bruce Kremer
Senator
T. Semmes Walmsley
Citizens Committee
Labor
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