Party Platforms Near in 1940 As Conventions Approach
The piece argues Democratic and Republican platforms will converge in 1940 with Taft seeking the Senate and possibly the GOP nomination. It notes support for relief and pensions while criticizing new deal fallacies. It forecasts demands from cotton regions, farmers, soil programs, and labor for WPA PWA targets, shorter hours, and higher pay.
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Taft
Ohio
Senate
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
WPA
PWA
Republican Convention
New Deal Administration
Congress
WPA Workers Pay Schedule Boosts National Average
Commissioner F C Harrington announced a revised WPA wage schedule effective September 1 raising the national average by about 2.50 monthly from 53 to 55.50. Wages will rise substantially in southern states while northern rates stay largely the same. Region splits cover 45 states plus DC and Montana. The 130 hour monthly wage rule remains in effect despite past strikes.
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Washington
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Harrington
New York City
Birmingham
Ala
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Forest fires rage in Missoula territory Montana
Three fires burned out of control in western Montana. A man caused blaze covered 250 acres in the Bull Jake area of the Kootenai forest near Libby with 350 CCC workers unable to halt it. A 40 acre lightning fire in the Blackfoot valley of the Helena forest northeast of Helmville drew nearly 200 forest rangers to containment efforts.
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Missoula
Montana
Bull Jake
Kootenai Forest
Libby
CCC
Blackfoot Valley
Helena Forest
Helmville
Liquor Profits Up for Seven Months in Montana System
Helena report shows seven month net earnings of 1.59 million dollars for Montana liquor control. Administrator L M A Wass notes total net for the period up 9 506.10 from 1938. Revenue so far: liquor 1 194 431.80 and beer 397 745.58 with liquor profits higher than last year despite sales dips.
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Liquor Department
Beer Department
Appreciation dinner for Senator Wheeler in Great Falls
An appreciation dinner for Senator Burton K. Wheeler will be held at the Rainbow hotel in Great Falls on Monday evening August 21. The event is nonpartisan with no elected or appointed speakers and is backed by labor farm and business groups.
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Burton K. Wheeler
Rainbow Hotel
Great Falls
Montana
Sam C. Ford
Wheeler
Washington
D. C
Falls City
Lake McDonald
New Four-Power Talks Considered Over Danzig Crisis
Reports from Berlin and Rome indicate a proposed four power conference to resolve the Danzig dispute. Germany and Italy have not officially endorsed the idea, seen in London as a possible bid to steer Britain France and Poland toward appeasement. Unofficially in Berlin Carl J Burckhardt may have been given a mission by Adolf Hitler to mediate.
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Europe
Berlin
Rome
Danzig
London
Paris
Poland
Munich
Carl J. Burckhardt
League of Nations
Adolf Hitler
O Connor predicts Wheeler dark horse for Democratic ticket
Congressman James F. O Connor believes Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana stands as the Democratic dark horse. He says Roosevelt will not seek a third term unless a crisis arises and notes Roosevelt will influence the eventual nominee while endorsing no one. Wheeler is named as the likely dark horse amid talks in Washington.
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Livingston Enterprise
Roosevelt
James F. O’connor
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
O’connor
John N. Garner
Rayburn
Congress
Garner
O'Connor
Washington, D. C
Livingston
Regulars Initiate War Maneuvers at Plattsburgh
In Plattsburgh New York a unit of regulars began the first army war games as the Pittsburgh detachment joined. The 101st radio intelligence company expanded the mobilization to 53 000 troops including regular and national guard units. Troops moved from camp 25 miles west to scout farmland and hills mapping defensive positions against a simulated invader. General Hugh A Drum praised the execution at a press conference.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
First
Pittsburgh
101St Radio Intelligence Company
Plattsburgh Barracks
Here
Hugh A. Drum
Fourteen Die in Crash of Clipper
A Pan American baby clipper crashed near Rio de Janeiro as it approached landing from Miami. Fourteen people died, including six Americans, with 11 bodies in a morgue and divers still recovering the rest. Officials pledged a thorough investigation into the cause.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Guanabara Bay
Brazil
James Harvey Rogers
Yale University
Roosevelt
Miami
Fla
Maxwell J. Rice
Pan American de Brazil
New Evidence May End Communists Here
Washington Aug 12 Representative J Parnell Thomas predicted new evidence uncovered by the Dies committee would kill the communist party in the United States. A committee member said investigators had evidence of a financial link between Soviet Russia and communist activities in the United States.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Dies Committee
United States
Bozeman piano man dies after knife wound incident
Carl E. Menzel a Bozeman professional pianist died in a local hospital from a head wound after a quarrel with Harold Brown a Roundup farm hand. Brown is held in Gallatin county jail as witnesses recount the beer hall fight and attempted stabbing at Gallatin Gateway near Bozeman.
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Bozeman
Carl E
Boise) Menzel
Harold Brown
Gallatin County
Lovitt I. Westlake
Menzel
Brown
Gallatin Gateway
Oliver Chapman
Chapman
Walter Tulp
James Copenhaver
Westlake
Train Crash Survivor Details Destructive Wreck
Omaha attorney A. C. Munger survived a Saturday night derailment as his car was spared while others plunged into a creek bed. He described ghastly scenes of mangled bodies, shattered bridge steel, and passengers aiding the injured amid darkness and broken power.
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A. C. Munger
Omaha
Neb
Munger
Omaha World-Herald
Thelma Ristvedt
Chicago
Wreck of City of San Francisco trains sparks federal probe
Federal officers took charge of the investigation into the City of San Francisco wreck after a derailment killed 23 and injured 109. Officials seek a lone assailant, with clues guiding searches across Nevada, Utah and California. Sixty-seven injured remained in hospitals. 194 aboard the 17 car train.
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Reno
San Francisco
Nevada
A. D. McDonald
Southern Pacific Company
Utah
California
McDonald
C. A. Harper
Elko
Nev
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Rowberry
Elko Theatre
Rowberry
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Chicago
Northwestern
Humboldt River
Dusting Off The Old Ones
Dr R M Wolf married Ola Burch of Joplin Missouri in Billings this week. Mel Jowell escaping from Park county sheriff during transfer on a Butte mountain train. Jowell jumped from a moving train after a toilet stop handcuffed to another prisoner. Public schools delayed to the second Monday in September due to the county fair. Northern Pacific Agent Jay Loving left for a month’s vacation in Des Moines Iowa. J F Ogle of Manhattan acts as agent while George W Ricketts, tried in Livingston for Deputy Sheriff Joe Brannin murder, found guilty of manslaughter. Judge Smith of Helena imposed the maximum ten year sentence.
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R. M. Wolf
Billings
Ola Burch
Joplin
Mel Jowell
Livingston
Ricketts
Northern Pacific
Jay Loving
Des Moines
Iowa
J. F. Ogle
Manhattan
George W. Ricketts
Joe Brannin
Melville
Smith
Helena
Henry
Pioneer Fil Denounces Tax Cut and City News
The nation's tax bill will be cut 193,640,000 this year. Christy Bros wild animal shows visit this city Saturday. President Harding opposes a veterans bonus bill in a long senate debate. Jake L. De Hart, first Sweet Grass County sheriff, now state game warden, reports heavy weight loss. Tin Can hill work starts Monday at 5 pm with 3:30 pm store closings for a gala opening. Sons of Norway picnic set for next Sunday at Arneson grove. O H P Shelley named Montana prohibition director at 4000 dollars yearly. Perry Moore, elder Montana citizen, dies after operation in Lewistown hospital. White Sulphur Springs burial planned. Sweet Grass County Chamber notes cash tourist trade. 29 houses report 448 dollars in sales.
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Pioneer
Christy Bros
Harding
Senate
Jake L. de Hart
Sweet Grass County
Billings
Rockefeller
Tin Can Hill
Sons of Norway
Arneson Grove
O. H. P. Shelley
Prohibition
Montana
Perry Moore
Lewistown
White Sulphur Springs
Robert Bray
Army orders huge plane program for air defense
The army announced orders from 11 plants for bombers interceptor planes training craft and engines totaling 85 million dollars. Officials expect over 1 500 aircraft with costs surpassing 100 million dollars and aim to boost American industry capacity by spreading work. Major contracts include 15 815 000 to Glenn L Martin for two engine medium bombers and 11 771 000 to North American Aviation for the same type.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Consolidated
Boeing
Pacific Coast
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Baltimore
Va al Incorporated
Inglewood
Alif
Georgian certificate plan would tie cotton sales to certificates
Russell explains a proposed system where the secretary of agriculture issues certificates covering a farmer's domestic cotton allotment. Buyers pay market price but must also purchase certificates equal to the parity gap. Certificates pool managed by the Agriculture Department. Excess cotton faces world market risk. imports would require certificates. Senator Wheeler supports similar wheat certificates to reduce farm appropriations while preserving farmer prices.
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Russell
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Wheeler
Pardons Board schedules hearing on Henry Hunt commutation
Montana State Board of Pardons sets Friday September 8 1939 at 3 p m to hear appeals regarding Governor’s clemency for Henry Hunt sentenced to life in 1927 for first degree murder in Big Timber Sweet Grass County. Notice to publish in Pioneer Big Timber twice starting August 17 1939.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Pardons
Henry Hunt
Big Timber
Sweet Grass
Pioneer
County of Sweet Grass
State of
Harrison J. Preebourn
W. L. Fitzsimmons
Notice to Creditors In Estate of Ferdinand Schulz
In the District Court of Montana Sixth Judicial District Sweet Grass County the administrator with the will annexed of Ferdinand Schulz deceased notifies all creditors and claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication at the administrator's Big Timber Montana courthouse office. Dated August 5 1939 E O Overland administrator with the will annexed Pub Aug 10 17 24 31 1939.
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District Court
Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
Ferdinand Schulz
Big Timber
E. O. Overland
George B. Long
G. B Long
G. B. Long
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Notice to Creditors Estate of George B. Long
Mary Viola Long executrix invites creditors and claimants of George B. Long to present claims with vouchers within ten months of first publication. Claims should be shown at Citizens Bank & Trust Company Big Timber Montana, estate business location. Publication dates August 10 17 24 31 and September 7 1939.
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Mary Viola Long
George B. Long
G. B. Long
Rockwood Brown É
Horace S. Davis
Melvin N. Holness
Franklin S. Longan
Montana National Bank
Billings
Montana
Executrix
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Big, Timber, Montana
Jerome Williams
Sweet Grass Coun
Missoula Territory
Senator Wheeler
Congressman O'Connor
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