Melville Amateur Rodeo Draws 1000 Fans in Sunshine
About 1,000 spectators watched the Melville rodeo beneath a hot sun, then joined a big dance. Governor Roy Ayers and Highway Patrol head Lou Boedecker spoke to cowhands and recruits before Ayers opened a fair in Billings the following day. Buck Ahern led in Bareback and Saddle bronc wins, with multiple riders earning top times and prizes in events like calf roping, team roping, wild cow milking, and relay races. Ninety-some contestants rode, roped, or ran, with notable injuries and distance guests from San Diego and Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville
Roy 5. Ayers
Lou Boedecker
Highway Patrol
Billings
Stanley Hanson
Buck Ahern
White Sulphur Springs
Homer Cook
Livingston
Ken Blackwell
McLeod
Hugh Stewart
Rod Kaufman
Mabry McDowell
Paul van Cleve, Jr
Leif Anderson
Don Slade
Duff Crabtree
Dot
Bob Langston
Joe Morstein
Big Timber
Don Sturgeon
Milton Freeman
Bob Nick
Erie
Jim Flynn
Detroit
Mich
Connolly Saddlery
John Donaldson
New York City
Dale Gottlob
Thorvald Anderson
Bob Hart
Birch Ault
Henry Hill
Minneapolis
Minn
Peggy Walsh
Miss Hill
J. S. Solberg
Paul van Cleve
Hart
Johnson Store
Levi-Strauss
Slade and Crabtree
Heiser Saddlery
Woman killed by overturning tractor near Chinook
Mrs. Willard Murphy, 24, died after a tractor she used to plow overturned on the Roy Cox farm five miles north of Chinook. The machine caught fire causing a crushed chest and severe burns. Murphy had gone to the field to help while her husband chopped wood. He arrived too late to aid her. Surviving are her husband, a seven month old child, and a sister, Mrs. Carmichael of Zurich.
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Avlow
Willard Murphy
Roy Cox
Here
Carmichael
Zurich
Leon J Cross Rites Held Yesterday
Leon J. Cross longtime Montana resident died Monday after last week surgery. Burial from Lowry funeral home with Rev. Max Brandt officiating at Mountain View. Pallbearers named Churchill Roe Osen Larson Feldt Strand. Cross born February 23 1869 in Bethe Vermont.
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Leon J. Cross
Sweet Grass County
Lowry
Max Brandt
Church of God
Mountain View
Will Churchill
Harold Roe
Tobias Osen
Lewis Larson
Carl Feldt
Anton A. Strand
Bethe
Vermont
Montana
Glasston Country
Frank Cross
Christensen
Hattie Cummings
Glasston Territory
Dan Cross
Lewistown
Mont
Glasston
Glass - Lindsay Co
Carl Feidt
Gibson
Harry Cross
Billings
Robert Cummings
Helena
Anshelm Olin
Pie Cross
Helena Yesteray
Smiling Jim Farley Resigns from Roosevelt Cabinet
Hyde Park, Aug 8. Postmaster General James A. Farley handed in his portfolio ending the long alliance with President Roosevelt. Roosevelt sent a friendly letter accepting the resignation effective Aug 31. Farley was linked to plans to head a syndicate to buy the New York Yankees.
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Hyde Park
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Big Jim
F. D
White House
Farley
New York Yankee
Willys- Overland Motors, Inc
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Forger Named Dougherty Sought After in Park County Heist
Sheriff and FBI search for Michael M. Dougherty 34 who forged bank drafts and misused Mrs. Laybourne’s mail to steal 1233 in cash and hold a 647 draft. He checked into Gardiner cabins around June and used a forged note to obtain a 1000 draft payable to American Express.
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Livingston
Sheriff's
FBI
Michael M. Dougherty
Dougherty
Gardiner
Jennie Laybourne
Laybourne
National Park Bank
American Express Company
Gardiner Railway Express Agency
C. W. Lofgren
Mrs. Laybourne
Attorney Joe Byrnes Dies After Cliff Fall at Lazy K Bar Ranch
Joe Byrnes, a young attorney from a Philadelphia suburb, died en route to a Billings hospital after a cliff fall during a Lazy K Bar Ranch outing in the Crazy Mountains. He was found at the foot of a 60 foot cliff with serious injuries and died in transit after a wreck while returning to Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Byrnes
Philadelphia
Billings
van Cleve
Crazy Mountains
Big Timber Creek
Byrnes
Angels
Yester
L. W. Baskett
Spike van Cleve
Roman Boische
Spike
Here
Longtime Billings Gazette chief Leon Shaw dies at 68
Leon Shaw 68 longtime general manager of The Billings Gazette died of coronary thrombosis at a local hospital after Friday hospitalization with oxygen. Born in Kansas, Shaw moved to Montana in 1892 and held roles from telegraph operator to editor before becoming Gazette general manager in 1920. Survived by wife Carrie L. Gill and family at 315 Lewis Ave.
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Billings Gazette
Leon Shaw
Shaw
Montana
Western Union
Associated Press
Helena
Record-Herald
Old
Billings
J. M. Kennedy
Journal
The
Gazette
Billings Commercial Club
American Red Cross
al Bedoo Shrine Temple
Mr. Shaw
Olathe
Kan
Arch Shaw
Illinois
Anamosa
Iowa
Carrie L. Gill
Lewis Avenue
Helena Records Shattered As Montana Sweats At 103
The Helena heat record, 103.2 at 5:30 p m, breaks a 54 year old high of 103.1 set July 12, 1886 at the airport. Great Falls and Havre hit 105, Billings 104, with Kalispell at 94 and no rainfall reported. Other Montana towns topped the century mark amid the hot wave.
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Helena
Weather Bureau
Montana
Great Falls
Havre
Billings
Fort Peck
Malta
Glendive
Lewistown
Miles City
Missoula
Kalispell
Headon Collision Kills Three Near Roundup
A headon crash 24 miles north of Roundup left three dead and seven injured. Victims: Thomas H. Smith 46 and Mrs. Smith 37 of Klein. Louis Ablonczy 64 of Roundup. Survivors include John Kozlakter 32 and Mrs. Kozlakter 31 with two children. Henry Brown 34. Leslie Abloneyz 1, all of Roundup. The Smith car carried Dale Smith 12 and Arthur Quinnell 12, Miles City residents.
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Here
Thomas H. Smith
Dale Smith
Arthur Quinnell
Fred Quinnell, Jr
Miles City
Smith
Dean Smith Supports Willkie in New York Letter
Dean Young B. Smith of Columbia Law School, a self described lifelong democrat, pledged aid Friday to Wendell Willkie. In a letter released by the Republican National Committee he criticized the current administration for ruthless methods and said unity and efficiency are needed to face national issues.
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New York
Dean Young B. Smith
Columbia University Law School
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Republican National Committee
Six Die In Crossing Crash Near Bowling Green
Six people en route to Indiana from a religious convention were killed when a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck their car at a grade crossing near Bowling Green Ohio. Victims include Rev. Oliver I. Forrester and his wife Bessie of Logansport Indiana, Lucille Reed of Logansport, Ethel Minglin of Wolcott Indiana, an unidentified 30 year old man, and a 10 year old boy.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Indiana
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
H. E. Whitacre
Oliver I. Forester
Alliance Gospel Tabernacle
Logansport
Ind
Bessie
Lucille Reed
Ethel Minglin
Wolcott
Floods Devastate Rivista Area Near Elizabethton
In Rivesta near Elizabethton Tennessee floodwaters reached at least 50 feet and continued rising. Sergeant Claude Buckles reported many residents missing or drowned as boats could not reach the area. About 250 to 300 people live in Rivesta and some clung to trees to escape the waters.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Rivesta
Claude Buckles
Sae Highway Patrol
Buckles
Wautauga
Flood Recedes as Louisiana Faces Vast Livestock Loss
Crowley Louisiana August 13 flood waters receded leaving about 75,000 cattle killed amid mud and widespread stock losses. Millions in crop and property damage and up to 25,000 people homeless. Rescue workers burn carcasses and save surviving cattle on high ground.
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Crowley
Louisiana
Adkins Leads Bailey in Arkansas Gubernatorial Race
Reports from 1,238 of 2,002 precincts show Homer M. Adkins leading Gov. Carl E. Bailey in the Democratic gubernatorial race. Unofficial tallies place Adkins at 62,848 to Bailey’s 46,912 as results come in.
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Adkins
Bailey
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Homer M. Adkins
Internal Revenue Collector
Carl E. Bailey
House Okehs Bill To Call Out Guards
In a unanimous vote the house military committee approved a senate bill authorizing the president to call out the national guard and reserve forces for one year in the Western Hemisphere and U S possessions. The panel removed a provision barring employers from blocking reinstatement and kept requirements that guardsmen be returned to their jobs or an equivalent position. They also rewrote Pittman’s amendment allowing resignation within 20 days if dependents exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
United States
Philippine Islands
May
Pittman
Nev
Nazi Aerial Attack On England Signals War's End
Britain endures a third straight day of massive Nazi bombing with hundreds of planes striking from multiple directions. Reports say the onslaught may include cannon fire from the continent and possible Italian air support, while British defenses counter with fighters antiaircraft and searchlights.
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England
London
Adolf Hitler
Dorothy Nicholson and Duane Hooper Wed at St Mark's Church
The Episcopal wedding of Dorothy Nicholson and Duane Hooper was held at St Mark's Church with Rev W Roy Bennett officiating. Mrs Arthur Scobey organist and Victoria O'Leary violinist accompanied the ceremony followed by a reception at the town home. The couple plans to live in McLeod after a motor trip to Minnesota and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
W. Roy Bennett
Dorothy Nicholson
Stuart H. Nicholson
McLeod
Duane Hooper
St. Mark's Church
Arthur Scobey
Victoria O’leary
Ted Do. Busha
God
Butte Mines To Deliver Manganese For National Defense
Aug 9. Butte's manganese mines to enter the national defense program via a government Anaconda Copper contract for 240000 long tons of nodulized rhodochsite manganese ore over three years. Production to start as arrangements finish. $1.5 million to be spent on nodalizing plants and plant conversions.
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Butte
Congress
National Defense Act
Anaconda Copper Company
Anaconda Company
Anaconda
Fmma
Strategic Metals Agency
Anaconda Reduction Works
Roumania Balks Over Baltic Salistra in Dobruja Talks
Berlin reports preliminary talks between Roumania and Bulgaria on ceding southern Dobruja stalled as Roumania seeks to keep the Black Sea port of Baltic and the Danube city Salistra. Bulgaria rejects the demand and says negotiations cannot begin on that basis.
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Berlin
Roumania
Bulgaria
Dobruja
Black Sea
Baltic
Danube
Salistra
Sofia
Green SOS vapor used by Nazi flyers forced down at sea
A British pilot described a green vapor SOS used by German flyers that forced down at sea. The signal was visible for five miles and helped other German airmen locate the downed crew.
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London
Times endorses postwar relief plan with United States
The Times of London urged a cooperative postwar relief plan for Europe with the United States and other nations. It argued Hoover’s food aid to German occupied lands would aid Nazi aims, while a British spokesman said the blockade remains and relief must come through fair German distribution.
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London
The
Times of London
Europe
United States
Britain
Herbert Hoover
the Times
Germany
Aircraft Factories to Be Financed by RFC
Jesse Jones told the House Banking Committee the Reconstruction Finance Corporation has agreed to finance construction of about six new aircraft factories costing 150 to 200 million dollars. He spoke during consideration of a bill to expand the Export-Import Bank lending capacity by 500 million dollars to support loans to Central and South American nations. Jones cited roughly 700 million dollars in RFC loan commitments under the defense program.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Federal
House Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
RFC
Sweet Grass County Schedules One Day Upland Bird Hunt
State officials announced a one day upland bird hunting season for Sweet Grass county on September 1 with a bag limit of three birds. Phasing includes a broader open season for sixteen eastern Montana counties and a 22 day Chinese pheasant cock season statewide, with various county schedules and hunting rules detailed by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County
Joe Hendricks
Warm Springs
Billings
Montana
Blaine
Phillips
Valley
Roosevelt
Sheridan
Daniels
Garfield
McCone
Richland
Dawson
Prairie
Custer
Fallon
Powder River
Carter
Rosebud
Lincoln County
Pheasant Valley
Flathead County
Judith Mountains
Fergus County
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Jim Farley
Cabinet
Park County
Headon
Dean Smith
Okehs Bill
Portsmouth
Southampton
Dover
Eng
Channel
LA Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
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