The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-04-01
News
A Brief Summary of Today's State,
National and World
News

Wednesday the united States
senate gave its approval to the
big navy bill, not only passing 1t,
out ammendlng it ana adding a
net OF $32, 348 to the sun voted by
the house. The appropriation for
the next fiscal year is $549 ,227,-
o42, n largest peace-tlme budget
tor ornaments ever to be passed
in the United States. Rejecting
amendments which would have
taken from the secretary OF the
navy the authority TO contract for
private construction and repair
OF vessels, the senate sent the
bill back to the house for action
on amendments. Included in the
appropriation is S140, $4,000 Tor
WarShlp construction. OF this
amount S1l9,b41, O50 would go into
ships noW being built and S18,422,
into new construction.
In an address to the Italian
senate Wednesday, broadcast to
the entire world, Premier Benito
Mussollni gave the world a de-
tailed picture of Italy's great war
machine and declared it was
ready to take the offensive, if nee
essary, to defend the interests of
the empire.
II Duce described italy's SUBJ
marine-cfleet as the largest in ex-
istence, the nations air force as
among the best and pictured a
possible army Of 100000 men-al
under his own command.
He stated that by arming fur
ther, regardless of cost, he intend
ed to assure general peace, but
above all, our peace" The primary
purpose of the army, he declared,
was for defense. He added, how
ever, defense must not be taken
in its limited sense Often the best
defense is OffenSe."
Two men were frozen and a
third, who attempted to hike
acros the 10,8O5 foot snow-drifted
Wolf creek pass, in southeastern
rEolorado, was found alive and SUI
fesdag. only from frost-bitten
Misunderstanding the blizzard that
swept tht0ugh .the. Rocky noun
tains fromzCanadar down; into'New
Mexico. The bodies of those fro4e
en- were found only after the
storm had begun to subside. The,
dead were Pete Fernando, found
dying near his home at Rico, in
southwestern Colorado, after
fighting his way Is miles through
a binding snoWStorm, and Elmer
Erickson, so found frozen to death
at Fairfield in north central
Montana.
Twenty-Five motorist who had
spent two days and a night snow
bound four miles from the sum-
NIT of Wolf creek pass reached
Durango, Colorado, Wednesday.
At least 10 persons were killed
and 125 injured in roaring tor
nadoes which Wednesday swept
through parts of five states. The
winds struck first in the tri-State
corner of Kansas, Oklahoma and
Missouri. Arkansas and Illinois al
so were in the path of the twist
erS. Columbus, Kansas was the
hardest hit, with at least six dead
and many injured. Property dam
age of the wide area is extensive.
Secretary of State COrdell Hull
called upon Mexico Wednesday to
give fair, assured and effective"
compensation for American oil
properties appropriated by the
Mexican government. Hull ack-
nowledged Mexico's right to ex-
propriate the properties in the
statement, but insisted on full
compensation not only for the Oil
properties but also for some $780,
600. 600 worth of American farm
lands seized in recent years.
The value of the oil properties
has been estimated unofficially at
more than S4OO, O0O; 900. Thus Mex
leo may be called upon to pay
something like $500, 900 900 for all
the property seized.
In a mock battle for the control
of Hawaii during the war games
the navy is now engaged in, a
long-range naval bombing plane
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