House in Helena Kills Bills and Sets New Spending Paths
In Helena on January 13, the Montana House rejected Reed’s bill rules for preparing measures and a public warehouse rule. approved bills on primary election changes, liquor sale to minors, veterans rehabilitation, and more, while advancing a major appropriations plan for the judiciary and state departments. The floor also set schedules for future printing and committee actions ahead of a two week action window.
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Helena
House
Reed
Committee On Rules
Senate
House Gill
Rogalien
Cheadle
Fergus
Burns
Ryder
Judiciary Committee
Appropriations Committee
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Supreme Court May Clarify Laws on County Officer Posts
Lincoln county seeks supreme court action to fix a statute on the qualification time for county officers. W A Wallace failed to qualify by the deadline. Judge Pomeroy appointed a successor, and arguments set for Jan 24 to decide if the complaint can proceed. The case aims to clarify eligibility timing affecting the office of county treasurer.
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Supreme Court
Associated Press
Helena
State Supreme Court
Lincoln County
W. A. Wallace
CC. E. Pomeroy
Pomeroy
T. B B. Callow
Wallace
Uster
Fur
Thermore
Foot
Plan 10 District Montana Counties Could Reshape Governance
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena reports senators Wuerthner Gilbo and Porter propose a constitutional amendment to create three commissioner districts per county to balance taxpayer counts and curb local domination. Other notices include mothers pension law changes and measures on real estate hearing notices and indemnitor liability. A bill by Ruffcorn to cut state warrant interest to 4 percent with redemption terms advances.
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Jameson
Cavanaugh
Cheadle
Standard
Helena
Wuerthner
Gilbo
Walker
Silver Bow
United States
Donovan
McCabe
Sunfish Strands On Rail Of Atlantic Liner After Wave
A sunfish weighing 00 pounds stranded on the rail of an Atlantic liner after a huge wave washed over the vessel during a iorua.
Montana legislators push work in Helena session
Memorials will be presented for John W. Walton and Harry Schoening by committee named by Speaker Davis. A conference with a senate panel was set to arrange for former Iowa Governor William Harding to speak January 17 on the Great Lakes waterway. Bills reach 14 in the senate and 39 in the house with a tractor parts stock proposal by Bricker of Judith Basin among items noticed. The house also disapproved changing the arm of printed measures to curb printing costs.
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Committee On Appropriations
House
Grant Reed
Appropriations Committee
Bricker
Harding
Iowa
Joint Assembly
Tana
John W. Walton
Gallatin County
Harry Schoening
Roosevelt County
Davis
Senate
William Harding
Great Lakes
Judith Basin
State College
Railroad Commission
12 Married Men to Sit in Judgment
Tarrant county challenged Moses to produce a witness to deny Dr. Norris being a Klansman and asked Moses to swear Norris was not a Klan member. Judge Hamilton overruled defense on Klan questions. The jury includes two former Klansmen, Tumey and Caldwell, who said they had quit.
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Tarrant County
Moses
Dr. Norris
Mr. Moses
Martin
Norris
Hamilton
Tumey
Caldwell
Japan Police Arm Pistols in Major Cities?
Rising violence in Japan prompts major city police to arm with pistols while most officers still carry short swords. Authorities weigh risks and public safety as security policies shift nationwide.
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Japan
Birchwood Officials Trek 21 Miles to Anchorage for Ballots
Charles E. Kartak mayor and Jim Lewis postmaster led Birchwood Alaska to Anchorage trudging 21 miles to cast the two qualified votes of their district in the last general election.
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Charles E. Kartak
Jim Lewis
Birchwood
Alaska
Anchorage
Taylor to Hold Senate Seat After Hearing
The Montana Senate committee on elections and privileges found Charles K. Taylor of Sheridan County entitled to his seat after a hearing on November election contests. Taylor presented sworn affidavits. opponent August Tarsen failed to appear. Taylor won by 96 votes, and the committee unanimously rejected the contestant's claim.
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Standard
Helena
Committee On Elections and Privileges of the Senate
Charles K. Taylor
Sheridan County
August Tarsen
Taylor
Tarsen
Senator Taylor
Minneapolis
Plentywood
Montana
Minnesota
Larsen
Greenup
Pomeroy
Campbell
Missoula
Donovan
Toole
Deerlodge County Men Seek Tuberculosis Ward Reform
Representatives Murphy Knight and Burke of Deer Lodge county introduced a measure at the request of Dr C F Vidal to allow filling vacancies in the tuberculosis hospital wards by the first eligible person of the appropriate sex or age group regardless of the waiting list order. The amendment would let the first woman occupy a women's ward vacancy, the first child a vacant slot for children, and the first man fill a men's ward vacancy.
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Associated Press
Helena
Jan
Murphy, Knight
Burke
Deer Lodge County
C. FE. K. Vidal
Galen
Four Republicans and two Democrats sponsor state Bar measure
The bill to incorporate the State Bar Association is backed by the American Bar Association and leaders in law. Sponsors include Walter Aitken Walter Hartman Harold Hoover and W. J. Jameson Jr. If enacted it would require every lawyer in the state to join and would regulate admission ethics and professional conduct under Supreme Court rules.
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Associated Press
Helena
Jan
State Par Association
Erickson
American Bar Association
American Judiciators’ Society
Walter Aitken
Walter Hartman
Bozeman
Harold Hoover
Great Falls
State Bar Association
W. J. Jameson Jr
Billings
State Association
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Rating Carnival Program Three Fixed Opener and Rules
A detailed schedule lists 17 racing events and one figure skating event for a school carnival. Events include boys and girls races from under 10 to under 17, a special mile race, and two relays. Medals awarded to top three in each race, with relay medals for winning team, five entrants per school per event, finals Sunday, entries due January 24.
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Dan Graham
Tom Venaluna
Karling Olson
International Skating Union
Ben Hardin
Larry Manion
Knights of Columbus
Gurlu
Tom Penaluna
Marling Wilson
Woman Slays Youth and Ends Own Life at Farm
Plymouth Ind Jan 13 Mrs Emma Werner 48 killed herself with a shotgun after Russell West 20 died earlier following an early morning struggle at their Culver area farm home. Elmer Warner 14, her son, alleges in a deposition to Coroner R B Johnson that she caused West’s death. Werner had taken insurance on West and his brother Ralph, who died in September. the guardian collected. Earlier years saw the deaths of Werner’s husband John and her father under mysterious circumstances.
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Plymouth
Ind
Emma Werner
Russell West
Culver
Elmer Warner
R. BE. Johnson
Ralph
Werner
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Law Kisken
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Jean Jordan
W. B P. Coughlin
William Walsh
Ray Giroux
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