House Passes Record Tax Bill to Senate Amid Controversy
The House approved the largest tax measure in U.S. history to raise about 3.206 billion dollars for defense, removing a joint return provision. The plan imposes steep surtaxes on individuals and corporations, with rates up to 75 percent for high incomes and 35 to 60 percent on excess profits, before deductions.
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HOUSE
Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Texas
California
Crowther
Republican
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Three Army Men Die After Planes Lock Wings
Two army observation planes collided above a Pacific beach near Monterey California killing Lieut. John C. Rounsfville and Private Marcus Owen. Lieut. Burt Myer and Private Earl Potter perished after going overboard with Potter dying upon impact and Myer injured but surviving.
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Monterey
Calif
Army
Pacific
Air Corps
Burt F. Myer
Rawlins
Wyo
John C. Rounfaville
Alto
Tex
Marcus W. Owen
Los Angeles
Lieut
Myer
Earl E. Potter
Westville
Okla
Potter
New Undersheriff Named for Yellowstone County
Sheriff Dan Stephenson named Albert Thomas undersheriff to succeed the late Ed O'Donnell who was killed in an airplane crash June 26 amid a manhunt south of Broadus. Yellowstone County commissioners unanimously approved the appointment after accepting Thomas resignation as Billings constable. Stephenson said more than 100 applications were received for the post.
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Billings
Dan Stephenson
Albert Thomas
Ed O'Donnell
Broadus
Thomas
Yellowstone County
Stephenson
Aki
O’donnell
Norwegian Farmers Resist Nazification
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard praised Norwegian farmers for bitter resistance to Nazi influence. He spoke via radio from WRUL Boston noting Nazi measures confiscated crops and horses, forced higher acreage, and diverted food to Germany while Norwegians sought to feed their nation.
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Washington
Wickard
Norway
WRUL
Boston
New Order
Germany
Five Thousand Attend Cooke City Fish Fry
In Cooke City Montana a record crowd estimated at 5000 swarmed the historic mining town for the twenty fifth fish fry. About 1600 rainbow trout weighing 700 pounds were cooked and served to roughly 1600 1700 attendees as the Cooke City Commercial club led the event.
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Cooke City
Beartooth Mountains
William W. Thayer
Yellowstone
Coole
Thayer
Milwaukee Freight Wreck Near Hibbard Suspects Burial
A west bound Milwaukee freight train with structural steel coal coke candy and beer derailed half a mile east of Hibbard at 10 15 am manday. Twenty two cars piled up with no injuries reported though a Negro transient was believed buried. Wrecking crews from Miles City and Harlowton were dispatched. The roster lists Engineer Heinie Lohr Fireman Glen Scharf and Conductor Carroll Neptune of Miles City.
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Melstone
Milwaukee
Hibbard
Miles City
Harlowton
Heinie Lohr
Glen Scharf
Carroll Neptune
Milesity
Funeral Services for Robert Clark Held Tomorrow Afternoon
Funeral services for Robert M. Clark former resident who died July 30 in Hollywood California will be held Friday at 2 PM from the Congregational church Rev J F Howlett will deliver the sermon Interment will be in Mountain View cemetery Lowrys have charge The deceased would have been 88 if he lived until August 15 He died at the home of his son Chester L Clark where he had been bedfast 19 months Born August 15 1853 in Shelby County Missouri he married Eudolia Reager in 1879 They had three children Chester L Robert A Clark and Livia Williams plus five grandchildren and three great grandchildren Surviving siblings and relatives attend the services including Archie Williams and Chester L Clark The Clark family lived in Montana and Washington before settling in California and the service marks the final farewell to a longtime ranching family member.
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Robert M. Clark
Hollywood
Calif
Congregational Church
J. F. Howlett
Mountain View Cemetery
Lowrys
Chester L. Clark
Spokane
Wash
Livia Clark Williams
Kellogg
Ida
Big Elk
Mont
Musselshell
Ole Crest
Sweet Grass
Howie Settlement
Chas. C. Nicholson
Josef Leitner
Big Timber
Death in Montana cabin linked to blow by Thomas C Cox
Frank Draving 64 died after a cerebral hemorrhage following a blow on the left side of the head struck by Thomas C. Cox at Blue Front saloon between 3 and 4 p m Aug 2 1941. Coroner's jury ruled death caused by that blow. Burial from Lowry chapel in Mountain View. Draving had moved from Peru Indiana to Ryegate then Big Timber Montana, lived with Floyd Rowland, and left a wife sister-in-law Mrs Chas Draving of Peru seeking county aid for burial.
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Frank Draving
S. P. Harvey
Draving
Floyd Rowland
Rowland
L. W. Baskett
J. D. Holly
Kenneth Sullivan
Edward W. Hower
Friend W. Curtis
Lewis E. Phipps
Ben A. Hereim
Frank Craving
Thomas C. Cox
Lowry Chapel
Mountain View
J. F. Howlett
Congregational Church
Harry Shipton
Arthur Beley
Hans Beley
Wm. H. Boyd
Milton Willard
Lee McCord
Chas. Draving
Peru
Ind
Ryegate
Mont
Andrew Sykes
Draviney
Court approves Miriam Bryan to settle 4200 from Churchill
In district court Miriam Bryan as administratrix of Grover C. Bryan estate and guardian of Shirley and Bernard Bryan was authorized to settle all claims against Will Churchill for 4200 dollars in connection with Grover Bryan’s death from an accidental gun discharge during hunting season. The report also notes multiple unrelated criminal and probate matters before the court.
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Miriam Bryan
Grover C. Bryan
Shirley
Bernard Bryan
Will Churchill
Bryan
Thomas C. Cox
Logansport
Ind
Frank Draving
Chas. W. Campbell
Cox
Louis Orange
J. F. McIntyre
Draving
Blue Front
Eugene R. Reynolds
Sam
Seattle Attorney Attacks Confession Without Corroboration
Elias E. Wright of Seattle told Montana bar delegates in Butte that confession of guilt without corroboration is dangerous and often punishes the innocent. The Montana convention opens Thursday and closes Saturday with a banquet headlined by A. F. Lamey of Billings, former association president. H. Leonard De Kalb of Lewistown urged bar members to lead for better government and to oppose shifts from government by law to government by men.
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Butte
Elias E. Wright
Seattle
Montana
Washington
A. F. Lamey
Billings
Addess
H. Leonard de Kalb
Lewistown
State Bar Association
Gunman Run Amuck in Seattle Saloon
A gunman robbed a basement Seattle saloon before daybreak killing three men and wounding seven. James Green, 28, confessed to the robbery. Dead include Gus Galmates, Monte Brown, and John Linder. critically wounded police officers L L Brown and others remained in danger.
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Seattle
James Green
Harlan Callahan
Gus Galmates
Monte Brown
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
John Linder
L. L. Brown
Carl] Johnson
Edgar Barr
Nick Galmatos
Eetano
Oubt
Roosevelt Praises Russian War Effort As Magnificent
President Roosevelt praised Russia's struggle as magnificent and said it surprised the Germans and disrupted their stride. He affirmed the Russian resistance as superior to German military expectations and authorized direct quotations for emphasis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Germany
Montana wool clip tops eleven million in 1941
Montana's 1941 wool clip reached 32,796,000 pounds, yielding growers over $11,151,000, up nearly $3,000,000 from 1940. The average fleece weighed 9.7 pounds, with an estimated 3,381,000 sheep shorn. Prices averaged about 35 cents per pound, and the clip surpassed the 10-year average in size.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Pioneer Samuel Hughes Dies at 88 in Great Falls
Great Falls reports the death of Samuel Hughes aged 88, a Montana pioneer born in 1853 in Iowa. He crossed the plains with his father in 1868, fought Indians near Cheyenne, prospected in Bannack, freighting between Utah and Montana, and later worked as a cowpuncher and bullwhacker on historic Montana cattle spreads.
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Great Falls
Samuel Hughes
Montana
Hughes
van Buren County
Iowa
Plains
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bannack
Utah
Montana bonds must be retired annually ruling
Helena Aug 1 Attorney General John W Bonner ruled that Montana school district bonds may not be sold in denominations under 100 dollars and must be retired each year. He said a Cascade County election was invalid after a county planned 1000 dollars in bonds over 20 years would require 50 dollar denominations and annual payoff.
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Helena
Montana
John W. Bonner
Cascade
Cleveland Hall
Hall
Bonner
Man Wins National Trout Derby With Five-Pound Rainbow
Lonnie H. Bryan 41, a Big Timber post office clerk, hooked a 5 pound 13.34 ounce rainbow trout at 8 10 a m on the Yellowstone River to take the $1000 first prize in Livingston s National Trout Derby. The fish measured 23 inches with a 13 34 inch girth and came from about 2000 anglers in a daylong event along the river from 8 a m to 5 p m.
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Livingston Enterprise
Lonnie H. Bryan
Big Timber
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Bryan
Marjorie Blake
Georgetown
United States
California
New York
Washington
Florida
Yellowstone
Derby
J. S. McFarland
Kenneth Roaden
Elmer Phillips
John Burke
Armstrong
Loch Leven
John Herries
Clarence Loftsgaarden
Cyril O'Leary
Art Ellison
Ben Olness
Floyd McAllister
Sam Johnson
River Force
Sweet Grass Post No. 19
American Legion
Donald Moore
A. W. Chadbourne
Shields Valley
Night service blackout at East coast gas stations
Washington July 31 1942 night blackout ordered for 100000 gasoline stations from Maine to Florida effective August 3 seven days a week 7 p m to 7 a m to curb petroleum shortage. Ickes warned of possible rationing and other curtailment measures if results not achieved.
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Washington
Maine
Florida
Interior Ickes
Atlantic Seaboard
Ickes
Defense Petroleum
Governor Ford Attends Ghost Town Party in Lewistown
Governor Sam Ford praised pioneers at the Kendall ghost camp century party near Lewistown as thousands gathered for the reunion. He honored Mrs. Nathalie Belanger, 97, longtime Montana resident, and lauded pioneer virtues of courage, persistence, self-reliance, honesty, and neighborliness.
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Lewistown
Montana
Sam Ford
Kendall
Here
Nathalie Belanger
Joe Montgomery
Ford
Belanger
More Men Needed in Aircraft Industry
The Consolidated Aircraft corporation, employing about 20 000 people, said on Monday it would need 40 000 additional workers in the next 12 months. Most new hires will be unskilled and semi skilled, with a portion of highly skilled workers also required.
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San Diego
Cal
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Notary Public Responsible for Signers Errors
Helena August 1 Attorney General John W Bonner ruled that a notary public who takes acknowledgments not presented by the makers can be sued on the official bond by anyone damaged. He also said the governor may revoke the notary's commission after reporting the activity, even if no damage occurred. Tex ton County Attorney Bert I Packer raised the issue over notarizing chattel mortgages without signers present.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
Bonner
Texton County
Bert I. Packer
Freight Derailment Delays Northern Pacific Traffic
A Northern Pacific fast freight derailed a mile and a half west of Fryberg North Dakota at 5 40 am Sunday tying up rail traffic for hours. The accident occurred in a landslide prone area. The double header engine cleared the break but 26 cars derailed. No injuries. Eastbound No 2 sections backed up to Terry and rerouted via Milwaukee tracks to St Paul.
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Glendive
Northern Pacific
Fryberg
N. D
Terry
Milwaukee Tracks
St. Paul
Relief Store to Close September First Under Stamp Plan
Relief store closure set for September first ends government free surplus distribution in the county. Montana adopts a food stamp system welcomed as highly satisfactory with about 25 merchants at the courthouse meeting, electing Clyde E. Davis to head a county committee.
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Montana
Court House
Bus Keeton
Surplus Marketing Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Clyde E. Davis
H. T. Brockway
Sawyers
Clarence Flattum
Greg Cliff
Stuart H. Nicholson
McLeod
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Churchill
Husband
Arnold
Harold Swanson
Deer Lodge
Jarrett Reynolds
Minnesota
John Bees
Harry Tart
Hazel Sleeveland Osburn
John Veasey Osburn
Rodes E. Yager
Lelia Yager
Rupert Neumayer
Fred Tucker
Emily Tucker
O. P. Terland
Arne Wasby
Wasby
F.W. Felenzer
Dora L. Felenzer
State Bar
Lear
East
Governor Ford
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