Wheeler Name Looms Up Big in Presidential Timber Predictions
Two members emerge as potential compromise nominees for 1940. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana is linked to a possible Democratic compromise, with Roosevelt’s hints of support. Representative Joseph W. Martin Jr. tops Republican hopes if a deadlock among Taft, Vandenberg, and Dewey delegates occurs. Both lack active campaigns or strong organizations.
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Wheeler
William K. Hutchinson
Washington Herald
Congress
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House
Friends of
John Nance Garner
James A. Farley
Garner
Farley
Martin
John L. Lewis
Arthur Vandenberg
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Thomas J. Walsh
Chicago
Jouett Shouse
Shouse
Unusual Accident In California Causes Sudden Deaths
In San Bernardino an 1100 foot section of four inch gas pipe tore loose from a mountain and shot through an automobile at nearly a mile per minute. Two killed Mrs Bess Arnold Ross and Grant Allison both died on sight and other survivors were critically injured or fatally harmed. Housekeeper Ann McDonald leg amputated and Henry Dutton thrown fifty to one hundred feet with broken back. J W Smith also suffered a broken leg.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Bess Arnold Ross
Long Beach
Grant Allison
Wool Moves Briskly at Ogden Auction
Ogden Utah August 5 Sales at the Ogden wool auction moved briskly with Nichols and Company buying 11 000 pounds of original bag Montana wool at 24 cents per pound. Other transactions included 2300 pounds original bag Montana at 22 3 4 cents to Nichols and Company 1050 pounds graded fine Wyoming at 24 3 4 cents Nichols 1850 pounds graded 14 blood Wyoming at 27 14 cents Winterbottom and Brown 1125 pounds graded 3 8 blood Wyoming at 28 14 cents Winterbottom and Brown 650 pounds 14 blood Wyoming at 31 cents Draper and Company.
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Ogden
Utah
Montana
Nichols and Company
Wyoming
Nichols
Winterbottom and
Brown
Winterbottom and Brown
Draper and Company
State Board Sets Levies on Montana Property for 1939
Helena August 3 The state board of equalization set a five and one half mill state levy on all Montana property for 1939. The board also set four mills on livestock with two mills for the state general fund and three for the university millage fund. A half mill was levied for capitol building bonding. Livestock levies detail sheep and other livestock shares across several funds.
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Helena
State Board of Equalization
Montana
E. A. Dye
University
Capitol
Livestock Commission Fund
Livestock Bounty Fund
State Livestock Sanitary Board Fund
Joseph D Scanlan Dies at Miles City
Joseph D. Scanlan editor and publisher of the Miles City Daily Star died at home in Miles City after months of illness. Born March 9, 1876 in Scranton Pennsylvania he began in newspapers as a carrier boy and remained in the trade. A Montana resident since 1905 he will be honored with a requiem mass at Sacred Heart church with Msgr Hennessy officiating.
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Miles City
Joseph D. Scanlan
Sacred Heart Church
Msgr
Thomas Hennessy
Home town to honor Sen Wheeler in Montana
Washington dispatch reports Husen, Massachusetts plans a hometown boy celebration for Senator Wheeler of Montana on October 12. A parade will feature a band and picnic lunches. Wheeler says the event will be completely nonpartisan.
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Sen
B. K. Wheeler
Washington
Husen
Mass
Senator Wheeler
D., Mont
Wheeler
Hans W. Hansen Found Dead In Deer Creek Mining Camp
Hans William Hansen is found dead in his bed at Deer Creek mining camp near Placer Gulch about 25 miles east of the city. Sheriff Jarrett and coroner officials report he died in sleep, with funeral services held at Patterson Graff funeral home and burial beside his wife, who died in 1936. Survivors include several local women and a Portland, Oregon resident.
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Hans W. Hansen
Deer Creek
Jarrett
C. D. Graff
Herman Graff
L. W. Baskett
Mickey Hatterschied
Placer Gulch
Hans William Hansen
Robert H. Cartwright
Baskett
Patterson & Graff Funeral Home
Claire L. Harris
Mountain
P. J. Deegan
E. H. Ellingson
Guy L. Hart
B. F. Henry
W. J Hannah
Clinton Carter
Copenhagen
Denmark
Grey Cliff
Litening
Cartwright
Friend W. Curtis
Ed R. Thompson
J. P. Jerome
C. L. Thoreson
T. P. Thoreson
Thornton Carter
Portland
Ore
Olive Satre Weds Fort Peck Man at Church Ceremony
Beatrice Satre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Satre, married Donald R. Montgomery of Fort Peck at the Lutheran church Sunday at 5 p.m. Rev. Hesteness officiated. Music by Mrs. Frank Chase and a prelude by Mrs. Floyd L. Bailey preceded the vows. Out-of-town guests included Lloyd Anderson of Billings and H. M. Montgomery and family of Fort Peck. The couple plans a brief honeymoon at Flathead Lake before residing in Fort Peck.
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Olive Satre
Fort Peck
Olive Beatrice Satre
John Satre
Donald R. Montgomery
Hesteness
Bozeman
Lucille Ferris
James Wininger
Benson Dies After Fall in Elko Nevada Pneumonia Follows
Fred N. Benson 52 died in an Elko Nevada hospital from pneumonia after a fall from an oil derrick that caused a broken back. Mrs. Benson and sons Kenneth and Freddie left for Elko, learned of his death at Twin Falls, Idaho, and arranged burial in Big Timber. Nevada industrial insurance will cover medical and burial costs. Funeral set for 2:30 Saturday at Lowry chapel. Benson formerly lived in Montana. He leaves wife Anna Thalie and four children Jesse Murphy of Fort Peck, Kenneth, Floyd, and Freddie.
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Fred N. Benson
Elko, Nevada
Elko, Nev
Benson
Kenneth
Freddie
Twin Falls
Ida
Big Timber
Nevada
Big
Lowry Chapel
Moulton
Iowa
Montana
Ellendale
N. D
Anna Thalie
L. C. Bade Place
Fair Grounds
G. O. Schulz
Tin Can Hill
Briggs & Ellis
Harvey Cort
Jesse Murphy
Fort Peck
Floyd
Freddie Benson
Crash With Train Fatal to Rancher Near Whitehall
Aug 7 Butte Montana Ben Fayle 43 of Whitehall was killed instantly and his 76 year old companion W R Merk of Whitehall was seriously injured when their car struck a westbound Milwaukee freight train a mile south of Whitehall. Train crew did not learn of the collision until the train stopped in the Butte yards.
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Butte
Ben Fayle
Whitehall
W. W. Merk
Merk
Milwaukee
Butte Yards
Heat Damaged Crops Hit Eastern Montana Wheat
Helena Aug 3 The state hail commissioner E K Bowman said July heat waves burned out many eastern Montana wheat fields during an inspection trip. He warned of substantial shrinkage in yields though hail damage remains relatively slight.
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Helena
MontAna
E. K. Bowman
Bowman
Taft signals bid for GOP nomination in tentative speech
Sen Robert A Taft of Ohio declared his willingness to seek the Republican presidential nomination in a letter to Hamilton County GOP leader Eyrich. He denounced new deal fallacies and endorsed relief measures for the less fortunate, while noting he would not run unless Republicans of Ohio support him.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
George F. Eyrich
Cincinnati
Eyrich
Hamilton County
Republican Executive Committee
United States
Senate
Paper Seized For Unpaid Social Security Taxes
Jersey City August 3. The Greenville Home News, a neighborhood weekly, was padlocked today for failure to pay 227 in Social Security taxes. Treasury agents said seizure of the plant and padlock are the usual procedure for tax delinquencies.
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Jersey City
N. J
Greenville Home News
Department of the United States Treasury
Counties May Hold Tax Acquired Land
Helena August 5 Attorney General Freebourn states counties may retain tax deed lands if needed for county business. Ruling follows a request by State Examiner W A Brown on using tax deed land for a fire hall site or storage of county equipment.
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Helena
Freebourn
W. A. Brown
Navy May Remain Headless Until Fall
President Roosevelt may not appoint a successor to the late Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. Senate Naval Affairs Committee Chairman David S. Walsh said the president should have time to consider a suitable candidate. Walsh urged allowing Assistant Secretary Charles Edison to act as secretary until a new appointee is chosen, a plan his colleagues accepted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Claude A. Swanson
David S. Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
Walsh
Charles Edison
Swanson
Swanson Confesses Murderer Later Committed to Hospital
Raymond A. Swanson 38 confessed murderer who tried death by own action. He shot John L Holzheimer 32 proprietor of a Neihart beer parlor after a saloon fight. Swanson slashed his throat with a razor June 24 but guards stopped him. Affidavit of insanity filed. he was sent to Warm Springs state sanitarium awaiting potential trial if sanity returns.
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Great Falls
Aue
Raymond A. Swanson
Warm Springs
Swanson
John L Holzheimer
Neihart
Holzheimer
Cascade County
Phil G. Greenan
H. H. Ewing
Greenan
Townsend Sees Roosevelt Third Term as Major Mistake
Boston, Aug. 5. Dr. Francis E. Townsend, backer of the old age pension plan, says a Roosevelt third term would be the biggest fool mistake ever made. He doubts Roosevelt will run again and asserts people will not tolerate a third term.
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Boston
Francis E. Townsend
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Townsend
Bitter words mark final hours of seventy sixth Congress
Washington Aug 5 The seventy six congress adjourned after a fierce clash within the democratic ranks as Senator Pepper of Florida and critics sparred over Roosevelt, accusing allies of special privilege. The day saw parliamentary maneuvering, resignations to cloak rooms, and calls for tolerance amid a social security conference compromise and a third deficiency bill packed with brinkmanship.
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Washington
House
Senate
Pepper
Florida
Roosevelt
Congress
United States Chamber of Commerce
Manufacturer's Association
Chamber
Downey
California
Connally
Texas
la Follette
Wisconsin
Vandenbere
Michigan
Pittman
Mondell Dies at 79 Former Wyoming Leader
Washington reports Frank W. Mondell 79 long time Wyoming House member and Republican floor leader behind Speaker Cannon has died at his home. Survived by widow three sons and two daughters. Funeral Tuesday with burial in Washington. Mondell’s early life began in 1866 after losing parents at six. he drifted from St Louis to northern Iowa, then Chicago, Colorado railroading and frontier camps that forged his sturdy frame and love of hunting.
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Washington
Frank W. Mondell
Joe Cannon
House
Mondell
Theodore Roosevelt
Wyoming
Washingon
St. Louis
Iowa
Chicago
Colorado
House deals final blow to housing bill in Roosevelt program
Washington August 3 the House rejected the 800 million slum clearance and housing bill by 191 to 170 vote. A Republican Democrat coalition of 137 Republicans and 54 Democrats moved the measure down as they did with the works financing bill. Administration support came from 159 Democrats eight Republicans and three minor party members.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Thorkelson Votes Against Housing Bill
Washington August 3 The roll on housing bill consideration shows O Connor Democrati Mont for and Curtis Neb Republican Horton Wyoming Democrat Thorkelson Mont Republican voting against. Forty one lawmakers did not vote.
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Thorkelson
Washington
Rocky Mountain
O'Connor
Mont
Curtis
Neb
Horton
Wyo
Rep O Connor Makes Excellent Record in Congress
Washington Aug 5 Of 45 measures from Representative O Connor nine passed the house. One bill adding property to Glacier National Park for a fish hatchery was signed by the president. Other proposals covered a public museum at Custer Battlefield Cemetery and expanding Montana forests. O Connor cited sugar act 1937 quota amendments and noted focus on reclamation Indian affairs minerals and farming policy.
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Washington
O'Connor
House
Montanan
Glacier National Park
Custer Battlefield National Cemetery
Montana National Forests
Secretary of the Interior
Montana State Water Conservation Board
Tongue River Water Users Association
Farm Security Administration
President Roosevelt Signs Nearly 100 Bills in One Day
Nearly 100 bills, mostly minor measures, were signed by President Roosevelt. The acts include making it a crime to file false claims for insured mail matters simplifying patent procedures and allowing physically unfit federal judges to retire on full pay after ten years of service.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Funeral Services for Fred A Webb Held at Lutheran Church
Funeral services for Fred Aldo Webb who died Thursday in Billings were held Sunday afternoon at the Lutheran church with Rev. Claire L. Harris officiating. Pallbearers included E R Patterson Floyd McAllister Dick Armstrong and Ralph C Jarrett. Webb’s wife Lena Berg Webb survived with a large family including children F H Webb Mrs W E Woodward Mrs J R Heebner Mrs Pat Bryan Mrs Gordon Adams Mrs Carl Gates Mrs Jerry Erickson and 19 grandchildren. Webb was born in Unity Missouri on September 9 1868 and moved to Montana at 18 then to Sweet Grass county 44 years ago where he worked in sheep ranching and later served as janitor at the courthouse. He was active in local Townsend and Pioneer circles.
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Fred Aldo Webb
Billings
Lutheran Church
Claire L. Harris
The
Evangelical Church
Signa C. Bailey
Margaret Busha
Frank Chase
Mountain View
Lena Berg Webb
Melville
E. R. Patterson
Floyd McAllister
Dick Armstrong
Ralph
Heebner
Laurel
Pat Bryan
Kalispell
Gordon Adams
Carl Gates
Denver
Jerry Erickson
Broadview
Mont
Maine
Lew
Leroy J. Webb
Unity
Montana
Perry & Webster
Winnecook
Harlowton
Sweet Grass County
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State Board
Sen. Taft
Burke
Nebraska
New Deal
Minton
Indiana
Bailey
North Carolina
Fred A. Webb
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