davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Hatch Act Chance
Proposed TO Outlaw
Campaign Books
House Judiciary Unit
Votes Restriction on
Political Contributions

Campaign books such as that put
out by the Democratic National
Committee in 1896 will not be best
sellers this year-if a House
Judiciary Committee amendment to
the Hatch Act becomes law.
The committee yesterday approved
a provision making it criminal Of
tense for anyone to buy any goods.
commodities, advertising or articles
OF any kind or description" when the
proceeds are going to political can
didate or organization. The penalty
would be maximum fine of 5000,
and imprisonment up to five years.
The 1896 campaign book has been
condemned by the Republicans as
a "shakedown" from those who
bought it and those who advertised
in it, but Democratic leaders have
defended it as legitimate.
The literary curb was suggested
by Representative Vreeland, Repub-
lican, of New Jersey, but 1t would
not be operative until after this
years conventions because the new
Hatch Act legislation is not de-
signed to be effective until Octo-
Der /.
The committee, which recessed
yesterday until tomorrow, approved
an amendment by q subcommittee
which would limit campaign ex-
penditures of national campaign
committees to 100000, compared
to $8,865,524 spent by Republicans
and IS ,030, ,848 by Democrats in 1896
It also approved an amendment
limiting individual contributions to
5000 and providing maximum
fine Of 5000 and imprisonment
up to five years for violation, voted
by the Senate in passing the bill.
Evening star., 1940-05-15

c. exhausted, while the outside
wave has spread over an ever-in-
creasing space.
But what has this to do with the
particle originally inclosed in G? To
answer we must imagine some ar
rangement which will enable us to
carry out measurements on the
particle. For instance, let us i'm
agine somewhere in the surround
ing space a screen so made that
the particle sticks to it on coming
in contact with it. Then from the
intensity of the waves hitting the
screen at some point we draw con-
clusions as to the probability of the
particle hitting the screen there at
some time. AS soon as the particle
has hit any particular point of
the screen the whole wave field
loses all its physical meaning. Its
only purpose was to make probable
ity predictions as to the place and
time Of the particle hitting the
screen.
All other cases are analogous.
The aim Of the theory is to deter
mine the probability of the results
of measurement upon a system at a
given time. On the other hand it
makes no attempt to give a matl1e-
matical representation of what is
actually present or goes on in space
and time"
In other words, Prof. Einstein in
dicated, the fundamental events of
nature can be compared to a cosmic
crap game. One can develop rules
of chance by which will tell pretty
accurately how often seven will come
up in certain number Of throws of
the dice. But no gambler playing a
straight game can predict on which
particular throw it will appear.
This conclusion, Prof. Einstein
said. is no flight Of fancy but has
been forced by the results of expert
ment.
. AT present." he said, I'VE are
quite without any deterministic
theory directly describing the events
themselves and in consonance with
the facts. For the time being we
have to admit that we do not pos
sess any general theoretical basis for
physics which can be regarded as its
logical foundation"
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Berqdo|| Asks to Tell President
About Nuzis' Secret Weapon

who became Bergdoll's wife during
the years he was q fugitive in Ger
many, said she talked with him yes
terday in the Governors Island,
N. Y, Army Prison where he Is
serving sentence for draft evasion.
HE told me he knows something
important about the secret cannon
the Germans used in Belgium" she
said in her letter to the President.
He wants to tell this to you 80 you
will know he knows what he Is talk
ing about, especially = new gun the
Germans have"
Bergdoll ended his self-imposed
exile last year and returned to the
Omitted States to stand trial
Evening star., 1940-05-15
showers tonight.

Pressure continues high ofY the 8outh
Atlantic coast Cape Hatteras, /. OIL q milli-
bars t30.17 inches), while 1t has zisen over
1.O23O millibars I3O.2I inches). A dis
turbance of considerable intensity Is NOV
ing slowly eastward over the Great Lakes
1.OO1.7 millibars t2958 inches). Pressure
is high from the Dakotas south southeast
ward over the west Gulf States. Bismarck.
N. Oak. 1,023.7 millibars (3O.23 incnes),
while it is relatively low in the Rocky
Mountain rexion and the Far southwest.
Phoenix. Ariz.. 1.008.1 millibars (29.77
have been scattered showers in the North
Atlantic States and rather general showers
in the Great Lakes rexion. the Central
Valleys and the Lower Mississippi Valley
Temperatures have fallen considerably in
the Middle and Upper Mississippi and Mid.
die and Lower Missouri Valleys
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Two Nuzi Generals
Receive Iron Crosses
Nv the Aseocietad pr...

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, May 15.-Adolf Hitler
today bestowed the Knights Cross
OF the Iron Cross, highest military
honor of the Third Reich, on 1t.
Gen. Student and 1t. Gen. Count
Sponek.
The officers commanded, re-
spectively, the parachute-troop and
air infantry divisions whose opera
t1ons were 80 effective In the Neither
lands,
Evening star., 1940-05-15

with daily excursions and moonlight
cruises to Mt. Vernon. The steamer
will touch at Marshall Hall and
Amusement Park after May 30.
The 225-foot Mt. Vernon has four
decks, including sun deck and an
air-conditioned deck for dancing, re-
freshment stands, tiled floors, etc.
Nobody knew how many girls
would turn out for the Christening
tomorrow at Mt. Vernon.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Report
FURNISHED by

FURNISHED BY the United States Weather
District CoumbiaShowers
beginning late tonight fresh southwest shifting westerly
Maryland-Showe tonight
portion morning; beginning
Vrgina-Cloudy
night
West VrginiaCloudy and cooler tonight tomorrow
shower tonpht -eN'
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Editorial and Comment
Miscellany

Music while you work" Is m In
ducement offered girl workers by .
Barnstaple, England. arm that has
arranged to relay musical programs
% Ill workro6m4 -
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Rivers Report.

Rivers Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today
Tide Tables.
(Furnished BY United States Coast ana
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Summary Of
Todoy's Star

FOREIGN
British report successes in air attacks
behind Nazi lines. Page Al
100000 Dutch slain battling Ger
mans, Holland says. Page Al
Little Maginot Line pierced along
Meuse, Berlin claims. Page Al
Germans drive into France south of
Sedan. Page Al
Allies mass In Belgium for last stand
in lowlands. Page Al
French attack on Maastricht pre-
dicted by Maj. Eliot. Page A-4
Rome police check anti-allied feeling
by dispensing 10000. Page AS
Swedes take Nazi lesson and tighten
armor. Page Az
$975 $780, 600 for w. p. A. approved;
relief ABUSES" cited. Page Al
President may cancel West Coast trip
due to war crisis. Page Al
President to submit defense plans to
Congress tomorrow. Page Al
Senate vote clears way for transfer
OF g. A. A. Page Az
Submarine Squalus returns to service
as the Sailf1sh. Page AT
Pershing urges speed in U. s. mill
tary expansion. Page ALA
Washington and Vicinity
Senate passes $49, ,397 800 District
supply bill. Page B-1
Anacostia company Is winner in high
school cadet drill. Page B-1
New ordinance permits operation Of
-Four Mile Run dump. Page B-1
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Report fer Last "a Hsurs.

Record fer Last - AsuYs.
rrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. o.. Q pm. yesterday. Year aso.
Lowest. "a. Q am. today. Year aso. 20.
Record Tsnperatures This Year.
Highest. %. on May H.
Lowest 4. on January 20.
Humidity fer Last - 0surs.
Ufom noon yestsrday to noon todayJ
Hishest, 66 per cent, at $50 Am. today.
Lowest. "a per cent, at ESQ Pm. yes-
terday.
he Sun ana Mssu.
Rises. Sets.
Bun. tomorrow - z:bb 7::ii2
Moon. today ------ 12:42 pm. 1:Ol am,
Automobile lights must b turned eu
one-hAH hour after sunset
ereciDitstjen.
3 Monthly precipitation In inehes IN ths
CAPITAL (current month 70 datsl:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
JOHN W. BONNER
FILES FOR
ATTY. GENERAL

John w. Bonner of Helena, ma
tive of Montana, graduate of the law
school of the University of Montana,
a former president of the Montana
Bar Association and former secretary
treasurer of the democratic state cen
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15

Fellows, Eagles and Kiwanis club. He
was formerly superintendent OF
schools at Big Sandy for eight years,
after which he was named assistant
to the state superintendent of public
instruction in charge of high schools
and vocational education, which office
he held for five years. For the past
few years he has been executive Sec
rotary of the Montana Education Asso-
citation.
If nominated and elected to the Of
flee, he has promised to fight racket
eering, inefficiency and waste; to
build agriculture, industry and trade;
to protect the aged and the unfortun-
ate; to guarantee fair treatment to
the working man and woman; and to
battle for the building of Montana.
He has also promised to work for
the removal of "Hitlerism" from the
Montana government by recommend
ing the repeal of the so-called Hitler
act and by providing plan for demo-
cratic non-partisan selection of the
membership of the welfare, liquor,
highway and other important state
boards and commissions.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
Erickson Says

Continued From Page One)
the aged, contending the aged should
have adequate pensions.
Unemployment, according to Erick-
son, is the most difficult problem be-
fore the country and one not easily
solved. He said that long-range pro-
gram was necessary as records
showed that business had improved
vastly, with values of stocks being
doubled and trebled This, he as
serted, demonstrated that prosperity
for capital does not mean prosperity
for labor.
Unemployment was termed con-
tinuing problem that went into the
future and one now effecting one
fourth of the employables of the ma
ton. archaeological improvements
were partially responsible, he said,
but destruction of machines is not
advisable.
Erickson advocated shorter working
hours, possibly through national legis-
lation, extension of the provisions of
the wage-hour act to all persons,
longer vacations with pay, long-term
programs with workmen being en-
ployed full-time and at full pay and
extension of social security benefits
earlier in life as steps towards cor
rection of the problem.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
FOUR YOUNG
MONT. MUSICIANS
lin final TESTS

BUTTE.-Four young Montana mu-
sicians will participate in the final
additions which Leopold Stokowski
will hold in II cities during May in
his nationwide search for 100 Of the
country's most outstanding young mu-
sicians to form his All-American youth
orchestra, ]. B. Love, head of the Ma
tional Youth Administration in Mon
tana, announced today.
Madelyn Bell of Helena and Gordon
Vallandigham of Glasgow will attend
the regional addition in Seattle, May
10 and 20. Dale Leonard of Fort Peck
and Harold Stauffer of Red Lodge will
go to Denver for their addition May
81 and %.
While the National Youth Admin
istration has co-operated with Mr..
Stokowski in arranging preliminary
additions throughout the United
States, it will have no part in the
selection or management of the or
chestra, Mr.. Love said. All arrange
ments for the orchestra's tour and
concerts will be handled by Mr. Sto-
kowskfs own staff
Mr.. Stokowski has already heard
the final additions in Philadelphia,
Louisville, Atlanta, Dallas, and Los
Angeles. After the Seattle finals on
May 20, Mr.. Stokowski will conduct
daily consecutive additions in Denver,
Kansas City, st. Louis, Minneapolis,
Chicago, Indianapolis, Cleveland,
Washington, D. c., Boston, and New
York. He expects to make public the
personnel list of his All-American
youth orchestra on June 5.
The 100 young musical ambassa-
dors,' representing every state in the
union, will begin their goodwill cruise
to Central and South American cities
in July. They will be young men and
women between the approximate ages
of Is and 25, with no restriction as
to race. Mr. Stokowski has promised
that their musical talent will measure
up to that of the major symphony
orchestras. "Only those will be en-
gagged who have the same technical
mastery of their instrument and the
same understanding of music that
would enable them to hold their own
in such orchestras as the Boston
Symphony, the New York Philhar-
monte, or the Philadelphia Orchestra"
Mr.. Stokowski said The young mu-
sicians will receive union wages.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
r. w. RICHARDSON.

Leslie, Joe Mihalik, Andrew Stamp
and Elmer Crosmer
Great Falls M. M. & S. W., No. 16
Mike Rebar, Robert Hood and Mike
Shanahan.
East Helena M. M. G. S. W., No. "
Anton Smole, Claude Baker and
Nick Pavlinich.
Great Falls Newspaper guild -
Eleanor Doty.
Jardine Miners M. M. & S. W., No.
33-A. r. Palmer.
Great Falls Typographical union
Joseph Hajek.
Anaconda M. M. & S. W., No. III
Pat Mcdonald and Walter Dooley.
Great Falls S. C. NJ W., local No.
178-Ernest R. Cox.
,Havre S. c. M. W., local No. 1870
A. P Huntsberger.
Butte Quarry Workers, local No.
Byrnes
U. G. A. p A. W., local No. 155,
Billings-Arthur Costello.
United Office-Professional Workers,
local No. 80, Butte-Lee Metcalf and
Reece Cory.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
Political Machine
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least was not Immediately going to file
an information directly in district
court, the attorney for the complain
ing witness, and the complaining wit
ness went before Justice of the Peace
A. J. White and presented complaint
which was sworn to, but the justice
stated that he was too busy to issue
the warrant for the arrest of Clements.
The following day, the justice of the
peace, making it fairly clear that he
intended to take no action, the petit
ton for a writ of mandamus was ap-
piled for, as related above.
AS sidelights on the manner in
which politicians work, it is interest
ing to note that Wellington D. Rankin,
attorney for Clements, called person
ally on several people, and called 9TH
ers over the telephone, before any &C
ton had been filed, Rankin's plea be-
ing one for delay, and at the same
time stressing Clements important
standing in the state, theoretically
pleading that his client was not, or
should not be subject to the same pro-
visions of the existing law that less
important personages are.
Others in the state, who were pre-
sumed to be able to exert influence
in connection with actions against
Clements, were contacted by certain
interests in the nations capital, Wash
ington, and asked to use their influ-
ence in behalf of Clements.
The question might occur to the
average layman, if Clements feels in
nocent of any violation of the law,
why make so great an effort to avoid
the open issue?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
PAUL I. SMITH
FILES FOR R.R.
Commissioner

Paul T. Smith, democratic candidate
for railroad and public service COM
missioner, was born on ranch in
Boulder Valley in 1904, the son of
Montana Pioneers. His father, the
late Con Smith, was one Of Montana
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
Capitol Corridor
Continued From Page one)

About this campaign money, I'm
going to make some inquiries the next
meeting of the AABF. Some of those
guys might have run into something
about it. But like said, don't think
he needs to pass the hat much this
campaign. If he needs it, they tell
me that some of the big outfits will
pungle up.
/ was just looking over this report
again of the mortgages, and it looks
like some of the land they sold to the
highway outfit was mortgaged too but
got released for one buck 1t doesn't
tell how many acres this was, but
the governor sure made a profit on
what it was.
Now l think those guys over in the
part of the country where they think
maybe the governor is budgeter of
the balance should all be eligible to
the AABF, along with the governor.
l get twisted that way too.
JAKE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15

CONTINUED From Page One)

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country but were eventually forced
into Canada in their effort to make a
living by trapping and hunting. Be-
cause of existing game laws they are
no longer able to make a living by
those means. When asked why they
had come to this country they replied
that their fore-fathers had owned this
country and lived here, their relations
all lived here today and that they
had come home where they belonged.
They have no friends nor places to
live in Canada. The leader of the
group to which these four belong has
| in his possession an old American
Flag bearing the thirteen stars over
an American Eagle. They claim this
to be treaty flag given their fore
fathers by the Great White Chief as
a token of peace and good will.
None of the four arrested are able
to read or write English and do not
understand the immigration laws IN
| til 1924 all the Indians were permitted
to go back and forth across the bor-
der as they desired and these four
were accustomed to doing so when
they were children with their par
ents. When entering this country the
last time they were all passed by
| immigration officers without any OBJ
jections and therefore had no reason
to believe that their entrance was not
in order or that they could not reside
here. They have been in this country
now for several years. The young
mother, mentioned before, having
come here in 1929 when she was 16
years old and the other three came
in 1886.
The Alliance members are of the
opinion that the activities of public
welfare caseworker is responsible to
a great extent for the arrests being
made at this time. The caseworker,
Perry Jones, a lieutenant in the Ma
tional Guards, spent practically an en-
tire day at one of the hearings. Jones
has charge of all Indian relief cases fir
the Public Welfare Department and
his insolence and disrespect for them
is notorious.
When the arrests were made the
local Alliance Immediately went into
action and secured the services of a
prominent young attorney, E. c. Ang-
land. On numerous occasions, Ang-
land, has volunteered his services in
behalf of the unemployed and was one
of the defense attorneys who repre-
scented the five Alliance leaders ar
rested here two years ago. Commit
tees were Immediately set up and
preparations made for a strenuous
protest campaign against the deporta-
tions.
r. w. RICHARDSON.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
State Industrial

Continued From Page One)
Govern, Andrew Pettitt, Kent McFar
land and James Byrnes.
U. M. w. A, district No. 27-Henry
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
FINGERPRINTS INDICTED
EX-MAYOR READING

DETROIT OPP = What the high
brows call poetic justice came to pass
in the Detroit sheriff's office when ex-
Mayor Richard w. Reading, indicted
as a gambling crook, was finger
printed by a CLIO deputy. Reading
is the guy that was going to run the
CLIO out of town when he became
mayor early in 1888.
The fingerprinter was Floyd Scott,
member of UAW-CIO Local 155 and
of the State County & Municipal
Workers (CIO).
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15

pioneer stockmen. Paul Smith was
educated in Montana schools. He has
been miner and for many years has
been operating a stock ranch in Boul-
der valley, Jefferson county, Montana.
He served two terms as county treas
urer of Jefferson county, receiving the
nomination of both the democratic and
republican parties for his second term.
Mr.. Smith was a candidate for state
treasurer four years ago and the con-
test was so close that the winner
could not be determined until the Of
fetal count. Mr.. Smith received in
that campaign 1,068 votes while his
opponent received "a votes. This was
the largest majority ever given a can
didate in Jefferson county.
In 1888 Paul Smith was elected by a
majority of over $4,000 votes to the
office of railroad and public service
commissioner to fill an unexpired
term. Since taking office January l.,
1899, rate reductions in gas, electric
and telephone rates have saved the
people of Montana over $500, 100000
per year.
Representing the state board, Smith
appeared before the Interstate Com
merce Commission at hearing at
Washington, d. c., for the purpose
of procuring feeder rates beneficial to
the stockmen of Montana.
In the fifteen months Smith has
hean railroad and nubIic service COM
missioner he has heard more than two
hundred cases throughout the state,
with his expense account totalling
only $265.75.
He is a member of the Montana
Stockgrowers Association, the Frater-
nal Order of Eagles and the Sons and
Daughters of Montana Pioneers. He
is married and makes his home in
Boulder
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
Kathan Visits

CONTINUED From Page One)
ditions, are leaving with the people
a recognition that he is able, honest
and forceful enough to accomplish the
reforms needed for the betterment of
economic conditions for all of the peo-
pie of the state.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
MARTIN P. MOE
TO file FOR
GOVERNOR

Martin p Moe of Helena has an
nounced his intention of filing for the
republican nomination for governor.
Mr.. Moe was born on a farm in
North Dakota, is a member of the
Lutheran church, the Masons, Odd
Evening star., 1940-12-15

ally inscribed to Mr.. Qualen. He is proud of it.
Mr.. Qualen also is proud of gold medal
he won in an oratory contest held at North
western University.
This came to him when he was in his teens
and it got him into number of things, in
Cluding Chautauqua, the theater and motion
pictures. 1t was won in the finals of high
school contest, following Qualen's graduation
at Elgin, Illinois, at which period in his life
he went in heavily for oratory, no doubt
drawing inspiration from his pastor fathers
sermons (the elder Qualen is still preaching
today, in his native Norwegian tongue).
He still has the medal - or thinks he has.
He hunted all over the house for it the day
l was there, and had few words with his
wife about it, wondering where the devil she
always kept tucking it away.
Anyway, the young man put the medal
into his pocket after winning it and carried
it faithfully, feeling it was bound to come
in handy in the end. He was right He got
job with Chautauqua company not long
after that, holding down the position of stake
driver for the tent, until one memorable night
in Ripon, Wisconsin, when the man scheduled
to give the principal lecture failed to show up.
Qualen, having finished pounding his stakes
for the evening, was hanging around the
entrance watching the customers arrive He
noticed that the manager was agitated and
asked why. When the manager explained the