Official Canvass Shows Roosevelt Leading by Near Hundred Thousand
Montana's official tabulation for the November 3 election lists President Franklin D. Roosevelt with 159,690 votes and Alf M. Landon with 63,598, a Roosevelt plurality of 96,092. Sam W. Mitchell leads state tickets with 127,614 votes, while Albert H. Angstman narrowly defeats John A. Matthews for associate justice by 3,520 votes.
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Helena
Montana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf M Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
London
Sam W. Mitchell
H. J. Freebourn
John J. Holmes
The
Supreme Court
Albert H. Angstman
John A. Matthews
Alf M. Landon
William Lemke
Union
Norman Thomas
Earl Browder
D. Leigh Colvin
United States
U. S
James E. Murray
T. O. Larson
Joseph P. Monaghan
Congress
J. J. O'Connell
H. L. Hart
Charles R. Schneider
James F. O'Connor
T. S. Stockdal
Bert Chesner
Roy E. Ayers
Frank A Hazelbaker
J. P. Cavanaugh
David J. Ryan
Oo Arvo Fredrickson
Hugh R. Adair
Howard A. Johnson
Charles Pyatt
Harrison J. Freebourn
S. R. Foot
Leonard Co
Young
Ray N. Shannon
F. L. Sorenson
Geo. P. Porter
Ruth Reardon
Elizabeth Ireland
Horace F. Casey
Chas. L. Sheridan
James Cox
Hamilton to resign as Republican national chair
John Hamilton announced he would resign as chairman at the December 17 meeting in Chicago. He stated he could not continue without an expression of confidence and pledged full effort until the party’s $1,300,000 deficit is substantially liquidated.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
John Hamilton
Hamilton
Representative Fish
New York
Alf M. Landon
North Dakota Opens Legal Liquor Sales For First Time
North Dakota began legal liquor sales for the first time in 47 years with initial sales in Minot after tax stamps were issued. State Treasurer John Gray started selling stamps to wholesalers while the attorney general's office said the action does not conflict with a pending supreme court challenge. Many areas delayed licenses pending local ordinances and Fargo planned sales on Monday. No large demonstrations occurred.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Minot
John Gray
Supreme Court
Fargo
Eight Pillars of Peace Outlined by Hull at Conference
United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull presented an eight point program to sustain peace and avert war, urging international cooperation and swift pact ratification. The Dominican delegation floated a plan for an American league of nations while Brazil pledged support for Roosevelt’s good neighbor policy.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Cooperative Organization For Peace
Brazil
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Sheep and Cattlemen Move to Brake 15 Year Decline
Salt Lake City dispatch reports 1,000 stockmen from 10 western states attend a three day grazing conference. F R Carpenter, Grazing Director, says the industry must curb declines and range use can restore growth with eventual license increases. Talks include T A Walters and debates on priority rights for grazing licenses across districts.
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Salt Lake City
F. R. Carpenter
United States Division of Grazing
Grazing District
Carpenter
T. A. Walters
Stranger Works New Eastern Game On Prominent Undertaker
J A Lowry undertaker is swindled by a stranger using the alias Carl Wallis in a rural Montana town. The fraud involves a supposed death of a 5 year old child from Mrs Johnson’s family and a request for a casket. The man cashed a $10 check at Coit Drug Co and disappeared after a planned meeting at Voges bridge six miles west.
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Stranger
J. A. Lowry
Montana
Carl Wallis
Lowry
Johnson
Coit Drug Co
Voges Bridge
Wallis
Raymond G Flanagan dies in Missoula auto crash
Raymond G. Flanagan of Springdale died in a Missoula hospital from a broken neck after an auto accident on icy terrain near Missoula. He was 19, born May 24 1906 in Richwood Missouri and had lived in Springdale since age 15. The funeral was held at the Evangelical church with burial in the local cemetery. He is survived by three brothers and a cousin, with several relatives from Absarokee attending.
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Raymond G. Flanagan
Mike Flanagan
Absarokee
Stillwater Valley
Missoula
Lowry
John
William
Evangelical Church
C. L. Harris
Ward
George Bruffey
George
Olaf Hauge
Hal Perrine
Russell Wright
Springdale
Richwood
Primus A. Bruffey
Boulder
Plains
Tom Miller
Auto
Montana Power Co
Flanagan
John Flanagan
William Flanagan
Martinsdale
Arthur Flanagan
Chicago
Second famed Siamese twin Simplicio Godino dies
Simplicio Godino, 28, a Siamese twin severed from his dead brother Lucio, died at York hospital Saturday night from complications after the operation ten days earlier. He had shown brief signs of improvement before a spinal puncture revealed cerebral spinal meningitis and he died shortly before 10:30 p.m.
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New York
Simplicio Godino
York Hospital
Simplicio
Lucio
Insect Electrocution Touted For Pest Control
Chicago December 3 Electric screens in fields at night lure crop destroying insects with electric lamps behind them destroying large numbers of pests, described before the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. J P Schaenzer notes the method as cheaper and superior for pest elimination.
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Chicago
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
J. P. Schaenzer
Society
Rae
Ugs
Townsend Indicted On Contempt Charge
Dr. Francis E Townsend, author of the $200 a month pension plan, and two Townsend aides were indicted by a federal grand jury for contempt of a House committee investigating the movement. Rev. Clinton Wunder of New York and John B Keifer of Chicago were regional directors named in the charges. They faced potential fines up to 1000 dollars and up to one year in jail if convicted.
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Washington
Francis E. Townsend
House of Representatives
California
House
Clinton Wunder
New York
John B. Keifer
Chicago
Townsend
House Committee
Wunder
Keifer
Representative Bell
Underwood
Butler urges national meat inspection plan at meeting
Dr W J Butler of Helena Montana calls for a cooperative nationwide meat inspection system funded by Congress and supported by federal money. He heads Montana Livestock Sanitary Board and argues state departments deserve funding similar to federal highway allocations.
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Chicago
Congress
W. J. Butler
Helena
Mont
United States Livestock Sanitary Association
Butler
Montana Livestock Sanitary Board
Montana
Livestock Sanitary Departments
Doc Blevins, Early Montana Cattleman, Dies at 76
Shelby mourns the death of Charles Alexander Doc Blevins 76 a Whitlash Montana cattleman who roamed herds from Fort Benton to Edmonton. He retired from cattle life years ago and turned to farming and mining after relocating from Missouri to Sweet Grass country over five decades ago.
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Shelby
Charles Alexander
Father and Son Die in Flaming Home Near Belgrade
Belgrade reports a rancher Chester Ternan age 31 and his three year old son perished in a house fire while attempting to rescue both sons. He saved the younger child then reentered the blaze to save the older boy but was overcome by smoke. The mother was uninjured. The blaze started as fuel was poured from a five gallon can into a burning stove. Neighbors and Belgrade fire crews could not save the home. The two bodies were found together in a corner near a room door. The younger boy survived with burns. doctors expect recovery.
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Belgrade
Here
Chester Ternan
Charles
Hennes
Ternan
Congress Likely to Aid States Missing Social Security Law
Washington reports indicate Congress will aid the 32 states without social security statutes by extending the December 31 deadline. Senator Joseph T. Robinson plans to introduce an amendment to retroactively modify the act to prevent penalties on states like Arkansas and Montana that have not held regular sessions.
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Washington
Congress
National Congress
Little Rock
Joseph T. Robinson
Robinson
Bailey
Arkansas
Futrelle
Montana
Security Board
Winant
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Insurance refund urged for districts under old act
Helena December 4 Attorney General Enor K Matson said the state has a moral obligation to return unearned premiums to counties and school districts from the defunct self-insurance act. Districts owe arrears for protection, but refunds require legislative appropriation. state officers lack authority to issue them directly.
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Helena
Enor K. Matson
Bethlehem Steel Declares $1.50 Dividend in Boosted Payout
Bethlehem Steel resumes dividends on its common stock with a 1.50 per share payout, the first since February 1932. The move adds $4,787,000 to year end corporate cash flow as major firms lift dividends and wages in a broad industry trend.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
United States Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
General Electric
Vermont Governor Arraigned in Bank Embezzlement Case
Rutland Vermont December 34 a rapid sequence of events in the Rutland Marble Savings bank case led to the re arrest of Governor Charles M Smith president of the bank and the weeping judge ordered a suspended sentence for Lathrop H Baldwin bank treasurer on perjury charges linked to embezzlement of funds by bookkeeper John C Cocklin who was convicted in November for 124 000 stolen from the bank Baldwin allegedly issued false statements when the shortage surfaced in 1932
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Rutland
Rutland Marble Savings Bank
Vermont
Charles M. Smith
Lathrop H. Baldwin
John S. Butler
Baldwin
John C. Cocklin
Cocklin
Deadline Extended for Pension Applications Nationwide
Washington reports extension of the pension application deadline to December 15 after a day of heavy form returns and unemployment insurance activity. The Social Security Board cited numerous inquiries and urged employers and workers to obtain forms from employers or post offices to avoid penalties.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Treasury
King Edward VIII Abdicates And Leaves England In 48 Hours
London reports a swift sequence of moves stirring fear that King Edward VIII will abdicate to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson. A royal departure from Fort Belvedere was followed by rushes to Downing Street as Prime Minister Baldwin, Sir John Simon, and others huddled to assess the crisis and possible abdication.
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Edward VIII
England
Edward VIII of
London
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Fort Belvedere
Riviera
Herman Rogers
No. 10
Downing Street
John Simon
Walter Monckton
Dominion
Malcolm MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Baldwin
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DR. Butler
Doc Blevins
Shelby Hospital
Flaming
Bethlehem Steel
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