DeKalb Elected Montana Bar President at 54th Meet
Helena July 27 H Leonard DeKalb of Lewistown a veteran Montana lawyer was elected president of the Montana State Bar association at the concluding session of the fifty fourth convention Delegates chose 17 vice presidents representing the 17 judicial districts with ward from Helena elected as first district vice president and others from Butte Anaconda Hamilton Virginia City Bozeman Circle Great Falls Shelby Lewis town Kalispell Havre Columbus Roundup Plentywood Broadus Malta and more Also elected were Wesley Wertz secretary treasurer and Julius Wuerthner Great Falls mayor as a delegate The banquet address urged lawyers to lead in public life and oppose communism and nazism The association tabled a proposal to appoint district judges and supreme court justices and discussed bar integration and unification plans.
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Helena
H. Leonard DeKalb
Lewistown
Montana
Montana State Bar Association
Robert L. Ward, Jr
Earle Genzberger
Butte
Charles E. Avery
Anaconda
Clyde Hayden
Hamilton
Robert Allen
Virginia City
Edmund Burke
Bozeman
Homer Hoover
Circle
Leo C. Graybill
Great Falls
Cedar B. Aronow
Shelby
Aaron Shull
Gordon Ragnlein
Kalispell
E V. Ahern
Havre
E. A. Blenckner
Columbus
F. W
Alta
H. H. DeArmond
Bend
Orégon State Bar Association
Montana Association
Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Bar
Annarie Clark Weds Berent A Fredrickson at Pig Timber Lutheran
The Sunday wedding of Annarie Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Clark of Duckcreek and Berent A Fredrickson son of Mrs Carl Fredrickson of this city took place at Pig Timber Lutheran church. Rev Axel Anderson officiated. A reception followed in Parish Hall with 50 guests. The bride wore a floor length white lace dress and fingertip veil. Ruby Fredrickson was bridesmaid. Tope Strobel was best man. The couple will reside in the city. Fredrickson works at Davis grocery.
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Pig Timber Lutheran Church
Annarie Clark
Ben Clark
Duckcreek
Berent A. Fredrickson
Carl Fredrickson
Axel Anderson
Frank Chase
Clyde Fredrickson
Ruby Fredrickson
Tope Strobel
Shirley McKenzie
Virginia Potter
Fredrickson
Davis Grocery
Postmasters to Begin Fingerprinting Aliens in Four Months
Washington dispatch reports postmasters will begin fingerprinting America’s 3.6 million aliens within four months. The Smith bill requires action by August 27 with a four month window. Preliminary instructions reach post offices, and a supervisor will guide each postmaster through initial fingerprinting steps.
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Washington
America
Congress
Aualifvine
Senate Approves $25 Million TVA Expansion
Washington July 30 The Senate approved a $25,000,000 appropriation to expand Tennessee Valley Authority power for national defense. The measure passed by voice vote and was sent to the president after the House approved it 265 to 94.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
Dr I Q Adopted by Crow Indian Tribe
Billings Gazette reports Dr I Q also known as Man From Mars Knows Answers was inducted into the Crow Indian tribe during a coast to coast ceremonial broadcast from KGHL studios. The ceremony featured Big Man John and Donald Deer Nose Otto Bearground John Adams Bearground and Frank Shane of the Crow tribe. Indians presented Dr I Q with a pair of buckskin gloves at the end.
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Billings Gazette
Lew Valentine
Dr. I. Q
Buckskin
Wool Prices Hit New High at Denver Wool Auction
Denver July 25 Prices for wool auctioned Thursday by Merrion and Wilkins the Denver wool commission firm were the highest yet in the annual sale opened Monday The firm reported sales of 634250 pounds of wool Thursday The top price was 134 cents for a 3900 pound clip of graded Wyoming half blood wool The Thursday range ranged from 22 to 3014 cents for original bag wool 24 to 29 graded fine 27 to 31 for graded half blood 28 for three eighths blood and 2934 to 2 for graded quarter blood Total sales to date 932850 pounds including 269150 original bag 264330 graded half blood 77050 graded three eighths blood 10600 graded quarter blood and 172800 off grade About 6500000 pounds are offered and the sale runs through Saturday.
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Denver
Merrion & Wilkins
Denver Wool Commission
Wyoming
Shields Seeks Independent Run for Lieutenant Governor
Great Falls July 26 Ed Shields a Great Northern railway conductor and former Cascade county sheriff announces plans to run as an independent candidate for lieutenant governor. Shields also served four years as a Cascade county legislative representative.
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Great Falls
Ed Shields
Great Northern Railway
Cascade County
Park County rancher W P Hamilton killed in runaway
W P Hamilton long time Park county rancher 43 years resident near Chadbourn was killed when a hay rack tied with fencing gear was struck by frightened horses. The accident occurred near his ranch home and coroner and deputy sheriff investigated. He was born in 1877 in Ontario and survived by wife May Mecpraneel five brothers one sister and several grandchildren. Services set Friday at St Marys church.
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Livingston
W. P. Hamilton
Park County
Chadbourn
Pemberton Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Church
Hamilton
Pat Hamilton
Robert Franzen
Albert Nicholson
Franzen
William Peter Hamilton
Holland Center
Ontario
Canada
Oliver H. Bowell
Red Boot
E. M. Grigsby and Harris
Dabney
Mr. Hamilton
May Mecpraneel
St. Louis
Thomas M Hamilton
Robert Hardie
Russell Hamilton
Patrick Hamilton
James
Dennis Hamilton
Wilsall
Charles
John Hamilton
Chatsworth
Ann Donion
Ayers Leads Lamey by 1,258 in Democratic Nomination
Official canvass shows Gov Roy E Ayers with 40,268 votes to Arthur F Lamey 39,010 for the Democratic nomination. Also notes Secretary Mitchell and Treasurer Shannon tied in separate canvass with Mitchell 51,204 to Shannon 42,571 and other race tallies in western district for congress.
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Roy E. Ayers
Lamey
Helena
Arthur F. Lamey
Havre
Ayers
Harre Atamas BE. Eathan
Brady
Sam W. Mitchell
Ray N. Shannon
Mitchell
Shannon
Jerry O'Connell
Hugh R. Adair
Mike Mansfield
Missoula
Ruth Reardon
Public Instruction
Heat Wave Grips Eastern U S Triggers Record Death Toll
Heat wave across the eastern half of the United States drives a rising death toll with 680 fatalities over 11 days including 338 heat deaths and 342 drownings. Forecasters predict limited relief as a cool air mass moves southeast from the Dakotas, while scattered showers temper conditions in parts of the Midwest.
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Chicago
United States
Upper Michigan
Arizona
Dakotas
Montana's Last G A R Member Dies in Bozeman
John Shipp Edwards aged 97 died in Bozeman believed to be Montana's last G A R member. A former pony express rider from St Joseph Missouri, he rode west on the Santa Fe trail at 16, served in the Union Fourth Cavalry in the Civil War, and was rumored to be the oldest Odd Fellows member. Funeral services set for Friday with burial in Olathe Colorado.
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Bozeman
John Shipp Edwards
Montana
Pony Express
Edwards
St. Joseph
Fourth Cavalry
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Olathe, Colo
Cloudburst Floods Foothills West of Fountain
A cloudburst Monday night in the foothills west of Fountain turned the Colorado Springs Pueblo highway into a river dam aging crops and washing out railroad tracks. Traffic was halted for an hour between Midway and Fountain as flood waters crossed the road. Fountain creek ran near flood stage but did not overflow.
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Colorado Springs
Fountain
Colorado Springs- Pueblo
Santa Fe
Midway
Fountain Creek
Pueblo
Great Britain Takes Over French Plane Order
Boeing announced Britain had seized a 300 aircraft attack bomber order with a French government $3 million expansion aid, under an Anglo French purchase mission contract. The move allows minor alterations for Royal Air Force use as a separate $31.87 million War Department contract for planes is also reported.
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Great Britain
Seattle
Boeing Aircraft Company
Paris
France
United States
Royal Airorce
War Department
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Senators declare South will remain solid in election
Three Democratic senators told reporters that Republicans would not break the solid South in November. Senator Pepper of Florida said not a single southern state will deviate, Senator Ellender of Louisiana called dissenters Republicans in Democratic clothing, and Senator Harrison of Mississippi voiced optimism about the national ticket's prospects.
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Washington
Pepper
Florida
Ellender
Louisiana
Harrison
Mississippi
Federal Court Opens in Helena August 5
Federal Judge James H. Baldwin ordered a federal term of court to begin in Helena on August 5 with the case of Larry Weir former sheriff of Silver Bow county first on the docket. Weir faces income tax evasion charges from an indictment issued over a year ago and remains free on $5 000 bond. A 60 member jury panel was drawn from the Helena division for the opening session. All criminal pleas and arraignments will be heard that day according to Lewis M. Brown assistant U S district attorney.
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Butte
James H. Baldwin
Helena
Larry Weir
Silver Bow County
Weir
Liberty
Baldwin
Lewis M. Brown
U. S
Mother of Montana's First Lady Dies in Lewistown
Scores of central Montana residents paid respects to Mrs. Jennie Simpson 77 mother of Mrs. Roy E. Ayers wife of the governor. Funeral services were in the Methodist church Rev W S Traf wek officiating. Burial followed in city cemetery. Governor Ayers and relatives attended along with state officials and staff. Mrs Simpson came to Montana 68 years ago.
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Lewistown
Montana
Jennie Simpson
Roy E. Ayers
Simpson
W. S. Traweek
Ayers
Montana Territory
Butte Slayer Chronopolous Freed After Pardon
Theodore Chronopolous, once convicted for the 1919 Butte slaying of Sylvester Prenat, was released from the Montana state penitentiary after a pardon board commutation. His sentence was reduced to 40 years and nine months, making him eligible for discharge. he has left the state following the decision. Three co defendants received life terms for the liquor raid attempt during the shooting at Prenat's home.
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Butte
Theodore Chronopolous
Montana State Penitentiary
Helena
State Board of Pardons
Chronopolous
Sylvester Prenat
Prenat
Earthquakes Hit Antolia Killing Hundreds Across Central Plateau
Reuters reports from Ankara that about 300 people died and hundreds more injured as violent earthquakes struck the central Anatolian plateau. Twelve villages were destroyed, with Yozgad near the epicenter about 200 miles east of Ankara.
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London
Reuters
Ankara
Antolia
Yozgad
Anatolian
Turkish Asia
Armenia
Warplane production to speed up at five shipyards
William S. Knudsen disclosed plans to activate five dormant shipyards and accelerate warplane and munitions production. He cited $1.73 billion in army and navy contracts cleared in eight weeks and projected 3,000 planes monthly by mid-1942 with a 25,000 annual output by July 1, 1942. A $92 million RFC loan will boost Wright engines, with new plants near Cincinnati and shipyards on the Pacific and Gulf coasts.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
Defense Commission
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Congress
Knudsen
General Motors
Great Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Jesse Jones
RFC
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Wright
Cincinnati
Pacific
Gulf
Seattle
Los Angeles
United States
Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit
Allison Engine Company
Indianapolis
New Heat Wave Puts Montana Cities Near 100 Degrees
A heat wave moved into central and eastern Montana pushing temperatures toward 100. Glendive hit 98, Billings 98, Fort Peck 95, Havre 92, Helena 93, Miles City 95, Livingston 91, Malta 92, and Poplar 93. Western Montana stayed cooler with Kalispell at 79 and Missoula at 88.
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Helena
Montana
Glendive
Billings
Broadus
Fort Peck
Havre
Poplar
Lewistown
Livingston
Malta
Miles City
Kalispell
Missoula
National income in first half of 1940 matches 1937 peak
The commerce department reports six months of 1940 income within 1 percent of 1937’s peak recovery year. June payments reach 6.202 billion, up 551 million from May, with first-half total payments at 35.338 billion, up 1.657 billion or five percent from 1939. Real income is said to be somewhat above 1937 levels despite higher living costs.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Texas Renominates Governor O'Daniels
Texas election bulletin shows Governor W. Lee O'Daniels leading with 583,607 votes from 162 of 252 counties reported, about 53.6 percent, as 1,088,057 total votes and 252 counties tallied, leaving a few thousand votes remaining.
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Dallas
Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas Election Bureau
Fort Worth
Ohio Railroad Wreck Kills 43 Passengers in Akron
A head on collision with a freight train crushed a Pennsylvania railroad gasoline electric coach near Akron Ohio killing 43 people Wednesday night. The coach failed to sidetrack for the 73 car freight train. The gasoline tanks burst turning the car into a fiery trap. The engineman and conductor survived with injuries. One other trainman survived as a deadhead.
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Akron
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hudson
Cemetery Lot Swindle Returns Are Big
Nineteen people face federal grand jury indictments for a scheme to defraud investors of $300,000 in cemetery lots over 15 months. Benjamin M. Klar, dubbed the promoter behind the plan, is named as the mastermind. Bond amounts were set at $10,000 for Klar and Richard Simon, with $5,000 for the remaining seventeen.
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Chicago
A. Bradley Eben
United States District Attorney
Benjamin M. Klar
New York
Kenneth B. Martin
William H. Holly
Klar
Richard Simon
Coyote bounty payouts drop by eight thousand in two months
Montana's coyote bounty payments show about 8 000 animals removed in May and June. State Auditor John J. Holmes reports two dollar payments totaling 16 112 with possible small revision from late reports.
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Helena
Montana
John J. Holmes
Holmes
Miss Ella Bryant Brought Here For Interment Sunday
Funeral services were held for Miss Ella Bryant at Patterson Graff chapel after her body arrived from Compton California where she died July 23 1940. Rev Claire L Harris led the service with organist Mrs F W Chase violinist Victoria O Leary and singer Mrs Ted C Busha. Interment followed in Mountain View family plot while out of town relatives attended from Montana Idaho Ohio and California. Miss Bryant a former teacher and stenographer born June 3 1860 in Cadiz Ohio spent much of her life in Montana including Big Timber Lewistown Three Forks and Belgrade. She joined the International Bible Benevolents in 1908 and was affectionately called Aunt Ella by friends. Condolences are offered to surviving brothers and sisters and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Patterson & Graff Chapel
Ella Bryant
Compton
Calif
Claire L. Harris
F. W. Chase
Victoria O'Leary
Ted C. Busha
S. A. Perrine
Leon C. Olmstead
Herman Utermohle
Frank S. Webber
Norman E. Hale
John W. Davis
Mountain View
George Forsythe
Helen Combs
Gregson Springs
Mont
O. L. Bryant
Betty
Three Forks
E. C. Bryant
Belgrade
W. L. Irvine
Dillon
Myron Bryant
Orofino
Idaho
Ella S. Bryant
Cadiz
Ohio
Miss Bryant
Big Timber
Lewistown
Montana
California
Chas. L
Wm. C. Bryant
Columbus
May King
Orson L. Bryant
Ella
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