Not a candidate and the home town boy dinner at Hudson
Discussion notes that no candidate has declared for the presidential nomination though rumors spread about Senator Wheeler and others. It cites Taft Bridges Van den Berg Dewey Garner and more as unlikely to refuse if offered. The piece concludes no one has declared yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Mass
Wheeler
Pioneer
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dewey
New York
Garner
Texas
CCC Indispensable? Fechner report touts CCC six year record
Collier's Weekly highlights a six year CCC report by director Robert Fechner. It cites 1.741 billion trees planted, 104000 miles of roads built, 71692 miles of telephone lines strung, 45000 buildings erected, 40000 bridges constructed, 5000000 flood control dams, 16000000 rods of fence, 20084 springs and wells developed, and soil conservation on 13000000 acres. The piece argues CCC is essential to national welfare and resource protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Collier’s Weekly
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Federal Soil Conservation Service
CDC
United States
High tension in Europe as world press war notes turn decisive
War situation highlights show Europe edging toward crisis. Germany lines troops along Poland, Slovakia mobilizes, British cabinet meets, and Poland’s fate over Danzig looms. Pope Pius XII pleads for peace as leaders weigh options and Britain and Hungary watch closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Pius XII
Germany
Slovakia
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Berlin
Pope Pius
Gandolfo' Swnmer
England
Great Britain
France
Chamberlain
Scotland
London
Danzig Quartel
Hungary
Farmers Offered Advance Payment For Wheat Crop
Secretary Wallace announced 1940 wheat payments of 18 to 22 cents a bushel for growers who meet acreage limits. The rate reflects a smaller 1940 share and higher participation, with 1939 allotment set at 55 million acres though actual planting exceeded 64 million. The 1940 crop is expected near 731 million bushels, well below 1938 output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Farm Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Hungarian Foreign Visit and Budapest Neutrality Cheer
Count Csaky, Hungarys foreign minister, visited German and Italian officials and remained in northern Italy until Monday while talks with Mussolini paused. In Budapest a crowd cheered for Hungarys firm stance of neutrality in potential war, shouting Long live Poland as the Japanes e blockade at Tientsin faded amid Hai River flood evacuations nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Csaky
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Budapest
Hungary
Poland
Tientsin
Hai River
President Roosevelt Moves Thanksgiving Date
President Roosevelt said at Campobello Island that Thanksgiving will be moved up a week this year. He noted complaints about the gap from Labor Day to Thanksgiving and the short interval between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campobello Island
New Brunswick
Roosevelt
Crops program spending nears half a billion overrun
Washington reports that accounting shows nearly all of the 500 million dollars provided for farm benefit payments under the 1938 crop control program has been spent or obligated. Administrative costs exceed 13.5 million, with state offices absorbing most expenses. Further funds covered surplus removal, labs, and preliminary 1939 program advances. State totals include Nebraska 13,540,182 and Montana 6,948,593.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Congress
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
War news jolts markets as world ties shift on Russo German pact
Stocks gain in New York while London bonds fall and Berlin bourse rises as traders weigh the Russo German nonaggression pact. Gains in U S stocks offset declines in British gilt edged issues with Italian and German bonds rallying and Polish loans dropping. Currency moves show pound steady, guilder and belga slip, franc weakens amid market tremors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Berlin
United States
Wall Street
Paris
Amsterdam
Europe
Chicago
Liverpool
House Warming for Haugan's New Home
Martinsdale notes a surprise house warming honoring Olaf Haugan and his wife on their twentieth wedding anniversary and new home. Guests included Nels Voldseth Orville Rostad John Lucas and many others. A clock was given amid a quirky trove of antiques followed by refreshments, games, cards and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsdale
Meagher County News
Olaf Haugan
Lennep
Harold
Morton Clausen
Helmer Berg
Annie Berg
Frank Shaw
Elmer Sondeno
Wright Ewan
Olov Engen
Oscar Berg
Mildred Grande
Eddie Voldseth
Olaf Hanean
Albert Bere
Marion Coates
Harold Halstead
Bozeman Man Charged With Knife Murder
Harold Brown 21 of Roundup was charged with first degree murder in district court for fatally wounding Carl Ernest Menzel 30 during an altercation at Gallatin Gateway on August 13. Brown lacking counsel. judge postponed arraignment and court to appoint representation. Menzel, a piano player at a local beer hall, died in Bozeman hospital five hours after the stabbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Harold Brown
Carl Ernest Menzel
Gallatin Gateway
Brown
Benjamin E. Berg
Menzel
PWA Slashes High Salary Positions in Public Works
Washington reports the Public Works Administration orders a 250 percent cut in field and office staff and the bituminous coal division trims 43 salaried positions. WPA plans to reduce total payroll from about 2.2 million to 1.5 million by next spring. John M. Carmody announces 5,208 of 10,417 employees to be dismissed starting September 1 with gradual reductions to reach half the staff. Secretary Ickes immediately dismisses coal division staff as a first step toward consolidation under the Roosevelt reorganization plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Works Administration
WPA
John M. Carmody
Federal Works Administrator
Ickes
Roosevelt
Carmody
Congress
Harvest activity and transfers noted around Bridger Creek
Lars Krone visits with uncle Anton and family near Bridger Creek while Clem Baily visits his brother George and wife. Harvest and threshing continue with Oscar Braaten and the Fraser-Johnson machine at the Sidney Fraser Jr. ranch harvesting wheat. Grainfield yields look lighter due to July drought. Presley Sanders, longtime Smart garage employee, accepts a pastorate with the Church of God in Billings, a move his community views courageously with support for his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars Krone
Anton
Clem Baily
George
Oscar Braaten
Fraser-Johnson
Sidney Fraser, Jr
Presley Sanders
Smart Garage
Church of God In
Billings
Nazi indoctrination details emerge at hearings
Miss Voores described lectures on sterilizing children born to German girls by Jewish fathers and propagated anti American and anti Catholic ideas in camps here and in Germany. She cited midnight rituals and all night marches by band youths at Camp Siegfried and Camp Nordland along with literature from William Dudley Pelley’s groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Miss Voores
Adolf Hitler
John C. Metcalf
Bund
Ministry of Propaganda and
Public Enlightenment
Siegfried
Long Island
Starnes
D. Ala
Camp Nordland
Camp
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Local Notes and Nearby Crime Report
Gusts of small town news include Mrs Leon Shaw visiting Glasston and Mrs Lucinda Prather returning from the Pacific coast. Senator McDonnell vows no reelection bid this fall. J L Scarlett leaves for Mayo Hospital Rochester after a Melville area home stay with C H Dugro. A washout near Wibaux disrupts NP service between Helena and Billings. Earl S Smith NP agent at Roberts dies by suicide with a shotgun. Robert Nichols in county jail charged with grand larceny stealing 55.75 cash and a 28 watch from John DeVries who suffers fits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Shaw
Glasston
Lucinda J. Prather
Pacific Coast
McDonnell
J. L. Scarlett
Melville
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Hospital
C. H. Dugro
New York
van Cleve Ranch
Wibaux
Northern Pacific
Helena
Billings
Earl S. Smith
Roberts
Red Lodge
Robert Nichols
John DeVries
DeVries
Nichols
Miss Ellen Hess to Teach First School at Fairview
Pioneer fil notes Ellen Hess, graduate of last spring, will teach her first school at the new Fairview school four miles south of the city. The report also covers Sweet Grass county wool shipments totaling 518 379 dollars, Albert Crest’s visit in Livingston, a lumber company robbery in Grey Cliff, a wrestling match at the Livingston carnival, and a relief request at the county clerk’s office for a stranded family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Hess
New Fairview
Sweet Grass County
Livingston
Albert Crest
Sweet Grass
Park Counties
California
Crest
F. E. Murray
Perkins-Savage Lumber Co
Grey Cliff
Roger Webb
Columbus
Waterloo
Livingson
Coughlin Publication Cited Amid Camp Allegations
A witness described staying three days at a camp run by Reverend Charles E. Coughlin’s organization. She said she could not endure the immorality she observed among boys and girls and heard band officials warn her not to discuss what she witnessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Coughlin
Notice to Creditors Estate of George B Long
In the District Court of Sweet Grass County Montana the executrix Mary Viola Long announces to creditors and claimants that all claims against George B Long deceased must be shown with vouchers within ten months after the first publication. Claims are to be presented at Citizens Bank & Trust Company Big Timber Montana. Dated August 4 1939. Attorneys listed include Rockwood Brown Horace Davis Melvin N Holness and Franklin S Longan Montana National Bank Bids Billings Montana Pub dates August 10 17 24 31 and September 7 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
George B. Long
G. B. Long
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Big Timber
Mary Viola Long
Rockwood Brown
Horace
Davis
Melvin N. Holness
Franklin S. Longan
Montana National Bank
Billings
Executrix
Notice to Creditors of Ferdinand Schulz Estate
Montana Sweet Grass County all persons having claims against Ferdinand Schulz deceased must present vouchers within four months after first publication to E. O. Overland administrator with the will annexed at his Big Timber Montana courthouse office. Date August 5 1939. Attorney for administrator Pub Aug 10 17 24 31 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
Ferdinand Schulz
Big Timber
E. O. Overland
State Board of Pardons sets hearing on Henry Hunt clemency
Montana officials announce Governor has commuted Henry Hunt sentence to twenty three years six months for first degree murder in Sweet Grass County. A hearing date is set for September 8, 1939 at 3 p.m. at the State Capitol with public attendance and a two week newspaper notice in the Pioneer of Big Timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
State Board of Pardons
Henry Hunt
Big Timber
Sweet Grass
Pioneer
County of Sweet Grass
State of
Harrison J. Freebourn
W. L. Fitzsimmons
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Jerome Williams
Sam
Stephen Chadwick
American Legion
America
Chadwick
Veteran’s Bureau
Uncle Sam
Earth
Financial World
Haugan
PWA
Bridger Creek
Professional Directory
E. D. Overland
Law County
L. W. Baskett
Montana Power Co
Black Big Timber
J. D. Herries
Masonic Block
Roy R. Frazier
D. Claiborn
San Francisco
Greyhound
Oy Mb
Ey Cout
J. A. Lowry & Son Funeral Home
Dean Lowry
J. A. Lowry
Addie D. Lowry
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