County and City Tax Levies Show Notable Increase
County and city tax levies rise from last year with a county shortfall in taxable property and a city loss. The county adds 12.25 mills and the city 1.5 mills, with all counties reporting higher levies due to same factors and added old age pension costs. Budget items detail county salaries and services amid the levy changes.
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District Court
Serhan
Board of Health
Industrial Accident Board
Ladlaty U
Senate Agriculture Committee Advances General Farm Bill Plan
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to report a general farm bill within a week after the next Congress convenes. Chairman Smith of South Carolina said the bill would be ready for the Senate whether a special session is called or Congress meets in January. President Roosevelt linked crop control to renewing commodity loan programs, with southern lawmakers seeking a 12 cent cotton loan.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Weekend auto wrecks plague Melville area rides
A string of weekend accidents near Melville left several injured but none seriously. Ben Slanger and Orville Noe were treated for minor injuries after a collision, while Kendall Lewis Jesse Scyphers hit Louis Thomas's Ford truck injuring Orvin Flare. Bob Jarrett veered into a ditch at Otter Creek bridge.
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Melville
Ben Slanger
Orville Noe
Bert Mack
Noe
Kendall Lewis
Jesse B Scyphers
Louis ‘Thomas
Orvin Flare
Bob Jarrett
Otter Creek Bridge
Post Mortem Baby Dies After Caesarean At Philadelphia General
Frances Mary Boccassini, delivered by post mortem Caesarean at Philadelphia General Hospital, died at 12:05 a.m. after a fifth fatal choking attack. Doctors failed to revive the premature infant despite suction, artificial respiration, and heart stimulants. Dr. John Corbit administered a heart stimulant and attempted resuscitation one minute after the death of the mother.
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Philadelphia
Frances Mary Boccassini
Philadelphia General Hospital
John Corbit
Mary Boccassini
Separation ends in murder and suicide in Montana city
Unemployed Robert A. Marshall, 29, of Great Falls, after pleading to drop a divorce, shot his wife Mona Lowney Marshall at 701 Arizona Avenue then killed himself in St. James hospital. The couple argued in front of the Mid Central Produce warehouse, the wife pleading against divorce as Marshall fired.
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Anaconda Standard
Robert A. Marshall
Great Falls
Mona Lowney Marshall
Adams _ street
St. James Hospital
Mid-Central Produce Company
Arizona Avenue
Marshall
Copeland proposes constitutional limit on presidential terms
Senator Copeland of New York introduced a constitutional amendment to bar any person from serving more than two four year terms as president. The measure counts any term gained by succession as full and limits a first term shortened by the twentieth amendment to one reelection. Roosevelt’s stance and various political figures’ remarks are noted.
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Washington
Copeland
N. Y
Senate
Roosevelt
New York City
Earle
Pennsylvania
Sweet Grass Woolmen Shine at Billings Fair
Sweet Grass County woolmen excel at the Billings fair as noted in the Gazette. Corriedale ewe fleece winners include Rudolf Hauge. Shropshire ram and ewe fleece winners are named, with F A Banderob and Sigurd Lavold among top placers. Commercial divisions crown Langhus and Lavold in multiple categories.
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Sweet Grass County
Billings
Corriedale
Rudolf Hauge
Shropshire
F. A. Banderob
Sigurd Lavold
Percy Lavold
Ole J. Lang- Hart
Sigurd T. la
Braid
Sigurd T. Lavold
New Montana law targets careless drivers on highways
The Montana legislature enacted a rule barring any car owner or operator judged responsible for an accident from the highways if the judgment is not settled within 30 days. Drivers must stay off the roads until the judgment is paid and financial responsibility for future accidents is provided, aiming to curb reckless driving.
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Harlowton Times
Montana
Price likely next Virginia governor as votes favor him
Lieutenant Governor James H. Price led Virginia Democratic preconvention tallies with a massive margin over State Senator Vivian L. Page. Page conceded Price the nomination, signaling broad party support and making Price the likely governor given the strong precinct showing.
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Richmond
James H. Price
Virginia
Vivian L. Page
Norfolk
Page
Price
Virpia
Murphy Sees Support for Roosevelt Third Term
Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan said in Bridgeport that there is considerable national backing for a third term for President Roosevelt. He declined to estimate the strength of renomination support and called the court bill defeat not a serious setback while noting the president remains strong despite some wishful thinking on waning popularity.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Roosevelt
Murphy
Supreme Court
Havre Minister Nominee Norem Won't Face Opposition
Senator Wheeler said he would not oppose the confirmation of Rev. Owen J. C. Norem of Havre Montana as minister to Lithuania. Wheeler noted he was not consulted and has no knowledge of Norem's qualifications while Borah urged the foreign relations committee to postpone a report for further inquiry.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Owen J. C. Norem
Havre
Mont
Lithuania
Norem
Murray
Wheeler
Borah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
One Arm Paper Hanger Found at Last in Omaha
Joseph F. Manderville of Omaha, age 72, is identified as the one armed paper hanger. He lost his left arm in a threshing machine, then took up paper hanging four years later and says he can work as fast as anyone in his prime.
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Omaha, Neb
Joseph F. Manderville
Omaha
Manderville
Food poisoning kills father and daughter in St Paul
A St Paul man Frederick Degler aged 41 and his five year old daughter Lore Degler died after eating home canned beans at noon. The mother Mrs Ursula Lorch was hospitalized in not serious condition and the child's mother Mrs Degler remained in critical condition.
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ST. Paul
Lore Degler
Frederick Degler
Hoover fishing trip dampens peace conference talk
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke little about a rumored republican peace conference planned with ex governors Alfred M London and Frank O Lowden. He said he had heard nothing of a meeting and would discuss fishing rather than public affairs after returning from Yellowstone Lake.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Herbert Hoover
Alfred M. London
Kansas
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Lowden
Oregon
Ill
Hoover
Lake Junction
Yellowstone Lake
Higher Price Increases Hit Motor Car Industry
Detroit August 7 The motor car industry faces widespread price hikes next week as Ford and GM divisions announce raises from 15 to 100 dollars. Observers say these reflect only part of higher material costs and wages and predict further increases before year end or after 1938 models debut.
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Detroit
Ford
General Motors
Polish Woman 107 Seeks Fourth Marriage to 97-Year-Old Groom
In Aieshow Poland Magdalena Nielalena Niedzialica 107 applied for a marriage certificate to wed for the fourth time Her proclamation that her 97 year old suitor was too old halted plans for a town celebration as officials expected a tourist draw from the nuptials
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Aieshow
Poland
Magdalena Nielalena Niedzialica
Magistrar
Magdalena
Pardon Granted for Long-Serving Slayer of Patrick Largey
Thomas J. Riley, sentenced to life for the 1898 murder of Patrick Largey in Butte, is pardoned by Governor Ayers pending the pardon board. He is 70, hospitalized by years of imprisonment, and seeks a life outside Deer Lodge prison walls.
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Anaconda Standard
Thomas J. Riley
Patrick A. Largey
Roy E. Ayers
State Pardon Board
Helena
Associated Press
Riley
Silver Bow County
Largey
Butte
State Savings Bank of
Pointblank
Butte Hardware Company
Deer Lodge
Ayers
Pardon Board
Justice Van Orsdel Dies in Massachusetts
Joseph Alexander Van Orsdel longtime associate justice of the circuit court of appeals in Washington died in Great Barrington Massachusetts at age with services planned at the home of Mrs Margaret Zimerele He began law practice in Blue Springs where he ran a milling plant and married Kate Barnum in 1891 He later served as assistant attorney general of the United States in 1906 Burial is at Blue Springs.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Joseph Alexander van Orsdel
Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
D. C
Margaret Zimerele
van Orsdel
Blue Springs
Federal Court of Appeals
Kate Barnum
The
United States
Ten Men Drafting Final Form of Court Bill
Washington August 9 The senate and house appoint a 10 man committee to draft the final form of the Roosevelt court bill after a six month controversy. A conference committee will reconcile differences in the lower court reform bill. Senate conferees are McCarran O Mahoney Van Nuys Borah and Austin all judiciary members and opponents of enlarging the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
McCarran
Nevada
O’mahoney
Wyoming
van Nuys
Indiana
Borah
Idaho
Austin
Vermont
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Summers
Texas
State Electrical Workers Push New Safety Office
Montana electrical workers urge creation of a state electrical inspector post for inside wiring overseen by the fire marshal’s office. Fourteen locals attend the Montana State Council convention as Neal McDonald of Butte, L. E B. McLaughlin of Fort Peck, and J. A. Kierstead of Great Falls lead the group. C. G. Johnson of Butte reports progress as state overhead line inspector under the railroad commission.
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Livingston Enterprise
Montana State Council of Electrical Workers
Montana
C. G. Johnson
Butte
Montana Railroad Commission
Neal McDonald
L. E B. McLaughlin
Fort Peck
J. A. Kierstead
Great Falls
McDonald
Idaho
McLaughlin
Forteck
Compromise Judiciary Bill Passes Senate by Unanimous Consent
Washington August 7 The historic court controversy in the senate ended with passage of a compromise judiciary reform bill covering lower federal tribunals. Vice President Garner gavelled the measure through after a brief, perfunctory debate with no roll call.
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Washington
Senate
Garner
Drought War Seen Won by Canadian Government
Regina dispatch reports Agricultural Minister Gardiner declaring victory in Canada three way drought fight. Prairie rehab program builds community pastures, water projects, and improved farming methods while emergency relief and cattle movements to feeding lots or the United States continue. Government notes hundreds of dugouts and dams built since June 1935 to secure water for farm families and curb relief dependence. Saskatchewan and Manitoba farms expect to recover wheat yields despite some abandonments, with crop outlook pegged near 175 million bushels for wheat nationwide and 156 million from the prairie region.
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Regina
Sask
Gardiner
Canada
United States
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Taggart
General Operation
Prairie
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