State Highway Commission Lets Many Oiling Projects
The Montana highway commission awarded contracts for 130 miles of road oiling work totaling about 250000 dollars with bids far lower than previously rejected. Projects include 20 miles Kalispell to Whitefish and Kalispell to Kiln in Flathead. 12 miles Moore-Moccassin in Fergus and Judith Basin. 36 miles Bearmouth Canyon in Granite and Deer Lodge-Kohrs and Elliston-Garrison in Powell. 24 miles Philipsburg north and south in Granite. 36 miles Victor-Hamilton, Missoula-Evaro Hill, and Missoula-Huson in Missoula. O S Warden noted a 1500000-dollar allotment request for state highway debentures pending advisory board reply. list of feeder and municipal projects awaiting federal approval expected before August 23 setting.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Commission
Kalispell-Whitefish
Kalispell-Kiln Road
Flathead County
J. A. Gudgel & Sons
Kalispell
Moore-Moccasin
Lewistown- Armington
Fergus
Judith Basin
Granite County
J. C. Maguire
Butte
Victor- Hamilton
Missoula- Evaro Hill
Missoula- Huson
Missoula County
J. L. McLaughlin
Great Falls
O. S. Warden
Montana Advisory Board
Public Works Administration
Warden
Montana
Public Works
Tear Gas Bombs Close Stock Exchange Day
New York city Aug. 4 two tear gas bombs disrupted the New York Stock Exchange forcing an early close after teargas filled the building. Brokers clerks and others fled choking and weeping to the street with police hunting the perpetrators of a historic incident.
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Stock Exchange
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Wall Street
Morgan
Arizona weathers repeal vote with strong margin
Arizona Tuesday moved toward repealing the eighteenth amendment as results from over half of its 442 precincts showed 16,023 for repeal and 5,480 against. The tally also indicated Isabella Greenway of Tucson would win the Democratic nomination for the state's lone congressional seat, a result seen as effectively decisive.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Isabella Greenway
Tucson
National Democratic
Wyoming Wool Pool Sells At 30 Cents A Pound
Wyoming wool reached a multi year high as the Jackson Hole pool of 15 000 fleeces sold to Draper and Son of Boston for 30 cents a pound State Treasurer Harry R Weston announced the sale in Jackson.
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Jackson
Wyo
Wyoming
Jackson Hole
Draper and Son
Boston
Harry R. Weston
Grasshopper Causes Automobile Upset
Nineteen thirty superintendent John R. Dyer, dean at the University of Idaho southern branch, died from crash injuries near Marmarth and Rhame, North Dakota. Mrs. Dyer and two sons were hospitalized with injuries after a grasshopper struck the driver in the eye causing the accident.
Labor leader critiques Montana merchants code
James D. Graham, president of the Montana Federation of Labor, says the Associated Merchants of Montana code is unsatisfactory to labor. He cites a 48 hour work week and pending child labor and hours issues. The federation may call a special convention on wages and hours for building trades, public works workers, and general merchants.
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Great Falls
James D. Graham
Montana Federation of Labor
Associated Merchants of Montana
National Recovery Administration
Graham
Federation
N.R. A
Electric Utilities
Roosevelt
Eastman
Johnson Declares War on Drones and Chiselers
Washington dispatch reports Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, national recovery administrator, declares war on workers who refuse cooperation with Roosevelt and on those resisting signed agreements. He launches a nationwide buy now spend for reemployment campaign and urges boycott of NR A noncompliant firms while backing a strike moratorium and arbitration. Pennsylvania coal strike: John L. Lewis orders 65,000 miners back to work amid warnings to holdouts.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewistown Realtor’s Wife Dies From Street Collision Injuries
Mrs Harriet Covell aged 55, wife of Charles L. Covell a prominent Lewistown realtor, died from injuries after a car she rode in collided with a delivery truck at a street intersection last Thursday evening.
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Lewistown
Harriet Covell
Charles L. Covell
Program to Prevent Price Hop From Bacon to Sleeping Shirts
The Roosevelt administration launches a price stabilization program to curb consumer costs from bacon to night shirts. A weekly price list for consumers and farmers, plus wage changes, will be issued next week under Dr. Fred C. Howe. Surveys cover 50 cities and about 40 essential goods to inform the public. Investigations may follow if local price increases after transport and other costs are not uniform, to check for possible anti trust violations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fred C. Howe
Leo J Cremer Revered Bucking Boss Of Billings Rodeo
Leo J Cremer of Shawmut drives Billings rodeo success by supplying bucking horses roping and bulldogging stock. The longtime western rancher born in Wisconsin trains and charters top mounts imports 100 new wild steers and adds Highland Scotch cattle to his remuda while championing rodeo showmanship.
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Billings
Roper
Leo J. Cremer
Shawmut
Cremer
New York
Chicago
Leo J
Wisconsin
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Bertha Stokes
Leo J. Cremer, Jr
Arenas
Noted Soldier-Barber of A. E. F. is Dead
MANITOWOC Wis August 4 Richard Belinske 45 died last night He smuggled a barber chair into France with the A E F and kept the chair parts hidden in officers baggage The chair carried a service stripe said to have been authorized by General John J Pershing The general marveled at the plan which allowed him to carry a bulky object into battle
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Manitowoc
Wis
Richard Belinske
France
Belinske
John J. Pershing
Laguardia Favored As New York Mayor
The Republican mayoralty committee backs Fiorello H. Laguardia the independent Republican and former congressman chosen by a bi partisan panel to replace John F. O'Ryan as Fusion candidate to oust Tammany Hall. Samuel Seabury influential in the selection. Laguardia has had a varied career as attorney diplomat aviator and politician. at 20 he joined diplomatic service in Budapest and later served as consul in Fiume Italy.
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New York
Fiorello H. Laguardia
John F. O’ryan
Laguardia
Tammany Hall
John P. O’brien
Samuel Seabury
Despondent Rancher Ends Life With Gun
Lewistown August 4 Peter M Larson a bachelor rancher shot himself at his ranch home near Suffolk. He had sought hospital treatment last week fearing he was losing his mind. The body was found outside the door by Mrs Emma Shaw and her two sons. Despondency over crop conditions and finances blamed by Coronor Wildre.
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Lewistown
Peter M. Larson
Suffolk
Emma Shaw
Larson
Coronr
C. W. Wildre
Wallace Seeks Inquiry Into Grain Price Collapse
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace ordered a sweeping probe into speculative trading after a sharp break in grain markets ten days earlier. Chicago Board of Trade president Peter B. Carey said a detailed market-operations investigation has begun, with reports sought from brokers about traders holding 200000 bushels or more from June 14 to July 31.
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Chicago
Wallace
Peter B. Carey
Chicago Board of Trade
Grain Exchange
J Frank Cone Buried In Hamilton Montana
J Frank Cone former Montana state legislator and senate secretary was buried at Riverview cemetery beside his mother. Monsignor Victor Day presided at St Francis Church and called him a faithful servant of the people. Gov Frank H Cooney and Mrs Cooney attended the service with many Bitter Root valley residents.
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Hamilton
J. Frank Cone
Montana Senate
Riverview Cemetery
Victor Day
Helena
Cone
St. Francis Catholic
Dowling Chapel
Bitter Root Valley
Frank H. Cooney
Burglar Surprises State House With Cash Haul
HELENA Aug. 3 A burglar pried open a desk at the capitol building in the department of agriculture and stole about 250 dollars in silver and currency. Accountant Mark C. Bowen said the money came from fees collected in the past two days for fruit inspections and registrations. Edith L. Brown, secretary of the Nurse's Examining board, reported her desk also rifled with about 5 dollars missing.
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Helena
Department of Agriculture
Capitol
Mark C. Bowen
Edith L. Brown
Industrial program ramps up to cover railroads and coal mines
Washington reports the recovery administration pushes to extend wage hour codes to railroads and coal mines. Transportation Chief Eastman and Administrator Johnson urge big railroads to reinstate workers, while a stocktaking division tracks progress and needs.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Joseph B. Eastman
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Food Stores Retain Earlier Closing Hours Citywide
A business meeting last Thursday decided to keep stores open 8 am to 5 pm, an hour earlier than Bozeman Livingston Harlowe and other nearby towns. On Tuesday the deputy national administrator ordered Indiana retailers to operate 8 am to 6 pm or risk loss of their cards. Local grocers and meat markets will follow 8 am to 6 pm with 9 pm Saturday hours.
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Bozeman
Livingston
Harlowton
Indiana
Denver Flood Devastates Castlewood Dam Path
Denver faces a billion-gallon flood after Castlewood dam gave way under a mountain cloudburst. The 35 mile path of destruction hits Franktown and reaches suburban Denver with casualties and about 1 million dollars in property losses. Rescue teams evacuate residents as evacuations and ambulances rush to aid the injured.
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Denver
Castlewood
Franktown
Cherry Creek
Country Club
Commission Limits Weight for Trucks
Helena authorities join highway commission and agriculture to curb overloads on Montana highways. Seven agricultural ports of entry will function as truck weighing stations with patrols from both divisions enforcing limits. Four wheel vehicles face 24000 pound limits and vehicles with more than four wheels 34000 pounds.
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Helena
State Highway, Commission
Department of Agriculture
Monana
Agricultural Department
Youth Fakes Crime to Seek Vaudeville Contract
Phillip Charles Edwards, 19, of San Diego, pretended he mutilated and killed 7 year old Calbert Aposhian. He confessed after friends verified his alibi, admitting the hoax aimed at securing a vaudeville contract.
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San Diego
Calif
Phillip Charles Edwards
Calbert Aposhian
Aposhian
Helen Graham
W. S. Staley
Billings First Rodeo Ends In Blaze Of Glory
The Billings rodeo closes on a historic note with a world record in bulldogging. Everett Bowman shaved a fifth of a second off the previous mark, while Floyd Stillings of Marshfield rides Will James for the bronc title. Pete Knight and Turk Greenough finish second and third.
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Billings
Waddy
Everett Bowman
Fairgrounds
Fort Thomas
Arizwaddy
Floyd Stilling
Marshfield
Ore
Will James
Pete Knight
Calgary
Turk Greenough
Red Lodge
Cheyenne
Knight
Greenough
Mr. Stillings
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Culbertson-Sidney Road
Roossvelt
Richland
Big Sandy
Loma
Chouteau County
Plains
Elmo
Sanders
Lake County
Paradise Bridge
Sanders County
Madison County
Miles City-Baker Road
Custer
Fallon
St. Ignatius- Pablo Road
Grasshopper
Administrator Johnson
Hamilton, Mont
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