Compromise Bargain On Cotton And Wheat Plan
A special committee drafted a compromise plan for farm relief tying benefits to debt payments. It allows deductions from farmer payments for partial debt settlements, with goals to stabilize wheat and cotton prices and set minimum futures prices. About 200 million dollars expected for 1934 1935 production cut incentives to growers. Morgenthau warns against full waivers to avoid bad precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Farm Adjustment Administration
Morgenthau
Federal Land
Riddick Sums Up Summer Resort On Chesapeake
Former Congressman Carl W. Riddick is conducting a summer resort on Chesapeake Bay near Lewistown. His daughter in law Mrs. Vivian Riddick now of Washington says he ran a republican national organ in Washington after retiring from Congress to contest the 1924 Senate race against B I Wheeler, who won and has held the seat since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Carl W. Riddick
Chesapeake Bay
Inlaw
Vivian Riddick
Washington, D. C
Riddick
Montana
Washington
Congress
B. I. Wheeler
Senate
Indian lands protected from sale under new interior order
Washington reports that Secretary Ickes and Indian Bureau Commissioner Collier ordered an immediate halt to sales of allotment lands. The 1887 law created trust parcels for every Indian. sales reduced national holdings from 133 million to about 47 million acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Interior Department
John Collier
Indian Bureau
Governor Demands Resignation in Kansas Bond Forgery Scandal
Gov. Alf M. Landon ordered the prosecution of Kansas state treasurer Tom B. Boyd and called for his immediate resignation amid state and federal probes into a $1,000,000 bond forgery scandal in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Tom B. Boyd
Kansas
Boyd
Social Lights Caught in Gambling Club Raid
A raid led by Assistant Attorney General George B. Laurie disrupted a social gathering of about 350 people in Yarmouth at Casa Madrid operated by the Yarmouth Beach club. Officers arrested 34 employees and seized gambling gear valued at 25 000 dollars along with liquor. three long bars were confiscated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Mass
George B. Laurie
Casa Madrid
Prairie Fire Sweeps Range Near Billings
A prairie fire with a front of about five miles burned south from the Hardin Billings road about 16 miles east of here. A large crew including the Crow reservation fire corps fought the flames on Crow land leased by Snyder Sheep, with heavy range damage but no stock losses. The lease covers 250000 acres extending to the Pryor mountains, 35 miles from the Hardin road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings Gazette
Hardin- Billings
Crow Reservation Fire Corps
Crow Reservation
Snyder Sheep Company
Pryor Mountains
Hardin Road
Wallace holds line on wheat sales policy
Secretary Wallace said the administration would keep hands off wheat sales and allow open market operations while seeking other measures to aid wheat farmers amid reports the Chicago board of trade planned to pull the peg in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Chicago Board of Trade
Rockefeller Jr Lands Squabble Over Jackson Hole Land
Senator Nye concluded the Jackson Hole land probe clearing John D Rockefeller Jr of charges by Senator Carey that the Snake River Land Co evicted settlers for park expansion. Nye found few against Rockefeller plans and urged waiting for a final Washington hearing. Some peers called the inquiry costly and pointless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller, JR
Jackson Hole
Jackson, Wyo
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
United States Senate
Robert D. Carey
Wyoming
Snake River Land Company
Carey
Senate
Teapot Dome
Rockefeller
Nye
Rose Brown
Washington, D. C
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Highway Across Flat East Of City Set For Immediate Construction
State highway engineers surveyed a 10 mile D Y trail link from the city to Harlowton starting near First avenue and crossing land at the Pravda and Horlan properties. The route will form an L around Bray hill and eliminate an underpass at the railway. A second survey considered a direct east route to improve access to the Boulder bridge and remove a dangerous curve near the Stokes camp ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Gerhart
Harlowton
First Avenue
Charles Pravda
Henry Horlan
Bray Hill
Camp Ground
Stenberg
Ullman Lumber Yard
Fence
Stokes Camp Ground
Boulder Bridge
Pete Knight Captures First at Butte Rodeo In Montana
Butte Montana August 13 Pete Knight of Calgary world champion bronco rider won first honors as the Butte rodeo sponsored by the local American Legion post concluded. Harry Knight also of Calgary took second with Jack Cooper third. Tom Hogan of Tulsa Oklahoma won the bulldogging contest with a rodeo record of 4 635 seconds. Breezy Cox of Pinetop Arizona was second and Lloyd Saunders of Sonora California third. Cox won calf roping with 76 45 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Pete Knight
Calgary
American Legion Post
Harry Knight
Jack Cooper
Tom Hogan
Tulsa
Okla
Breezy Cox
Pinetop
Ariz
Lloyd Saunders
Sonora
Cal
Hogan
Cox
E. Pardee
la Junta
Floyd Peters
Wolf Creek
Northern Pacific Lands Value Protest Overruled in Great Falls
The N P Railway protested the assessed values on 17 447.56 acres of reserved rights of entry but the county board of equalization overruled it. The protest argued the rights should be taxed at 25 cents per acre instead of 50 cents and claimed the rights hold only nominal value as an interest in land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
Northern Pacific Railway Company
County Board of Equalization
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Bread prices to be watched as price study expands
Washington reports the farm administration will investigate bread prices in several cities after noting overall satisfactory figures in 16 locations. The first study shows white bread per pound rose 1.4 cents from Feb 15 to Aug 2, while consumer costs rose 7.8 cents in 18 cities. Differences such as Mobile 9 cents and San Francisco 9.3 cents vs Dallas 6.5 cents invite inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Adjustment Administration
Fred J. Howe
Howe
Mobile
San Francisco
Dallas
North Dakota Teacher Dies After Auto Crash in Montana
Helena August 13 The Rev N E Elsworth arrived from James Town N D with the body of Cecelia Clare Elsworth 24 a school teacher who died following an automobile accident on MacDonald pass near here Saturday The car overturned on a curve near the continental divide leaving two companions injured
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
N. E. Elsworth
Jamestown
N. D
Cecelia Clare Elsworth
MacDonald Pass
Battey of Billings Named NRA State Leader
Mrs. R. C. Battey of Billings is appointed lieutenant-general in charge of NRA activities among women in Montana. She joins 29 other state appointees and will organize women by counties to support the recovery drive. The position carries no salary. appointment announced at the general advisory committee meeting. Early nationwide leadership for Montana NRA efforts expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
R. C. Battey
Billings Club
NRA
Montana
Associated Press
Washington
Dispatch
Mary A. Hughes
Battey
Treasure State
W E Harmon Dies at Home in Bozeman
W E Harmon 77 prominent Montana educator and Republican leader died in Bozeman after pneumonia and two heart strokes following a December illness. He served as state superintendent of public instruction 1905 1913 and as secretary of state from 1929 to 1932, also holding roles as state treasurer and senator. survived by wife, daughter Ella Cushman of Portland, granddaughter Helen Bolton, and two other daughters.
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Bozeman
W. E. Harmon
Montana
Helena
Harmon
Gallatin County
James
Ella May) Cushman
Portland
Ore
Helen Louise Bolton
Lewistown
David Bolton
Cora Alice Harmon
Three students escape injury after Missoula collision
Mary Hanegi 26 of Valley City and Kathleen Ashburner of Mandan North Dakota were not seriously injured. The trio was returning home after completing the summer school session at the state university in Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ions
Mary Hanegi
Valley City
N. D
Kathleen Ashburner
Mandan
State University
Missoula
Johnson Says Blue Eagle Is a High Pressure Bird
Washington august press conference reveals the blue eagle of the NRA as a high pressure symbol to push wage and hour agreements beyond federal law. Johnson notes intra state utilities may escape federal reach but public opinion could enforce compliance. He announces four additional industries now allowed to sign blanket agreements and prepares broader enforcement through local committees. Economic stakes loom as coal and other sectors face slow progress and open shop disputes persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
Fire Drives Canadian Residents Into Sea
Strong westerly winds fanned a wall of fire along Newfoundland's northern coast forcing evacuations. Hundreds of small boats ferried residents from Burlington and nearby settlements to refuges at Nipper's Harbor as Middle Arm and Harbor Deep were abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Johns
Newfoundland
Burlington
Nipper’s Harbor
Three Forest Fires Burning in Snowy Mountains Near Lewistown
Three forest fires raged in the Snowy mountains near Lewistown on Tuesday. Officials attributed the blazes to lightning with the worst fire burning in heavy timber near Crystal Lake where crews held the flames in check through cooperative efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snowy
Lewistown
Snowy Mountains
Here
Crystal Lake
Horse Jump From Trailer Injures Child In Car Crash
In Boulder Colorado a horse in a trailer behind a Kremling Wyoming family vehicle became frightened and leaped onto the car injuring a two year old boy and scarring another passenger. The incident underscores concerns that horses may be a traffic menace in canyon driving areas.
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Boulder
Colo
A. J. Campbell
Greeley
Boulder Canyon
Kremling
Wyo
Campbell
John
Masons and Eastern Star at Grand Lodge Sessions
About 600 local and out of town Masons registered for Montana's sixty ninth Grand Lodge A F and A M meeting at the Babcock theater opening Wednesday. Officials expect higher turnout Thursday as more visitors arrive. Eastern Star delegates also registered at the Northern Hotel with nearly 100 listed by Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of
Montana
Babcock Theater
Eastern Star Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Cuban President Goes Into Political Exile
Nassau Bahamas August 13 A twin motored amphibian plane bearing Gerardo Machado into political exile came down on the waters of Nassau harbor soon after dawn Sunday. The ousted Cuban president fled Havana with a small group of close friends describing his escape as a last resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
Bahamas
Gerardo Machado
Nassau Harbor
Cuba
Havana
Car loadings show increase for six months
Montana car loadings totaled 40 890 in the first six months of this year, up from 37 119 in the same period of 1932. June loadings rose by 1 300 to 8 252 from the previous month, with gains in wheat wool lime rock lumber copper horses and mules and other products. Coal crude oil refined oil and cattle shipments fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Renewed push for enforcement as dry law stays in force
Washington reports say the Justice Department reorganized prohibition and enforcement units and that dry law enforcement will continue while the Eighteenth Amendment remains. 800 prohibition staffers were laid off, with about 600 miscount cited. Hoover heads new division, Hurley named assistant director. consolidation follows Roosevelt order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Prohibition Bureau
Farley
Bureau of Investigation
United States
Cummings
Greenwich, Conn
Enforcement Bureau
Roosevelt
Division of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
John S. Hurley
Prohibition Enforcement
Bureau of Prohibition
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Henry Morgenthau
Farm Credit Administration
Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Chesapeake
N. P
Mrs. Battey OF
John Turn
Masons and
Eastern Star
Grand Lodge
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