Ayers enters race for governor in Montana
Lewistown December 9. Congressman Roy E. Ayers of Montana's second district announces his candidacy for governor. Fergus County Democratic chairman J Z Ramsey presents the official statement praising Ayers record and public service in law, county attorney, judge roles, and Congress. The notice notes his support for farm relief, CCC, home loans, tax measures, and veterans programs. Continued on page 8 column 3.
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Lewistown
Mont
Roy E. Ayers
Montana
Ayers
J. Z. Ramsey
Democratic Central Committee
Fergus County
Ramsey
Brantly
Supreme Court
Congress
Roy E
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Rose Bowl Sold Out for New Year Game
Pasadena December 9 Stanford tacked the sold out sign on Rose Bowl gates for the New Year game against Southern Methodist. In one week 84600 seats were bought without a booth opening. The rush will cost the schools and Tournament of the Roses a pretty penny.
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Pasadena
Cal
Stanford
Southern Methodist
Judge Theodore Lentz Dies In Apparent Suicide
Missoula observers reported Judge Theodore Lentz a prominent western Montana jurist was found dead in his chambers on Friday morning. A .32 caliber pistol lay in his right hand and a note cited overwork and worry as factors. The dated note read December 5 at 10 a.m. He was born October 28 in Wilmen county Illinois.
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Missoula
Theodore Lentz
Montana
Durwood Washington
Luke Catlin
Missoula County Court House
Lentz
Wilemen County
Illinois
New Trial Sought After Hauptmann Conviction
The U S Supreme Court refused to review Bruno Richard Hauptmanns conviction in the Lindbergh kidnapping case leaving two options clemency from the New Jersey board of pardons or a new trial if fresh evidence can be found. Hauptmanns lawyers said they may seek a new trial based on undisclosed evidence.
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Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Tiny Charles Augustus Lindbergher
Bronx
New Jersey Board of Pardons
Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Stole Brothers Expand Hereford Herd in Big Timber Area
The Stole brothers Henry and Paul, with their mother, have purchased a 740 acre Ed Gibson ranch on Little Timber Creek, boosting the Keystone Hereford herd to 120 breeding cows. The deal adds to their 2,000 acres and water rights, supporting a large purebred operation with notable bulls from Randolph Domino and Milton Domino in use. Donald Stole, a freshman, begins his agriculture project with a purebred Hereford heifer.
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Billings Gazette
Henry
Paul Stole
Big Timber
Henry Stole
Ben Slanger
Keystone
Stoles
Ed Gibson
Little Timber Creek
Stole
Yellowstone River
Paul
Slanger
Randolph Domino
Great Falls
Ernest Monforton
Gallatin Gateway Ranch
Milton Domino
Stanway Domino
Bohlander Brothers
LaSalle
Colo
John E. Hill
Drummond
Donald Stole
Rain and Snow Boost Western Livestock Outlook
Rain and snow after a severe drought lift prospects for a winter livestock season across 17 western states. The USDA reports cattle, sheep and ranges above the 10-year average, with better condition than since 1932 and favorable lamb feeding in Wyoming as fat lambs move to market.
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Denver
United States Department of Agriculture
Dust Bowl
Southwest
Wyoming
Supreme Court hears vital AAA issue in crowded session
The high court met to probe the constitutionality of processing taxes funding farm aid under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Solicitor General Reed defended the law against claims of improper delegation of power and excess taxation as justices pressed for details over a lengthy exchange.
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Washington
New Deal
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Hoosac Mills
Massachusetts
Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
George Wharton Pepper
Reed
Livingston Merchant Robbed By Bandit
George Simon, a pioneer Livingston merchant, was held up at his dry goods store at about 7 10 Saturday morning by a young dark complexioned gunman in a short collar coat. The bandit fled on foot with about 50 or 60 dollars as officers searched nearby cities.
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Livingston Enterprise
George Simon
Livingston
Simon
Holdup
Stillwater County Ships Many Turkeys
Stillwater Poultry Growers' association ships 93,800 pounds of turkeys for eastern Christmas dinners. Manager F. H. Richardson announced the plan as three cars left early Thursday and a fourth was due at noon. Readies included 17,000 pounds from Laurel and 57,000 pounds from Columbus, with nearly 20,000 more from Columbus farmers on Wednesday.
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Columbus
Stillwater Poultry Growers’ Association
F. H. Richardson
Laurel
Farm Bureau Endorses Three A Program At Chicago Convention
The seventeenth annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation adjourned on Wednesday after approving resolutions for a balanced federal budget support for the AAA and a managed currency. Delegates backed the resolutions committee report with little opposition and minimal debate, while noting a cautious stance on the disputed reciprocal trade agreement with Canada.
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Chicago
AAA
American Farm Bureau Federation
Resolutions Committee
United States
Canada
Oil Embargo Postponed for Peace Discussion
Paris reports say Laval expects Mussolini to seek Ethiopian peace talks and to urge postponing the oil embargo against Italy at Geneva. Britain and France plan to have the League sanctions committee of 18 handle the procedure with Eden and Madariaga meeting Laval to refine plans.
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Paris
Laval
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Geneva
League of Nations Committee of Five
League
M. Laval
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Salvador de Madariaga
New Charge Filed in Clayton McLain Case
State of Montana brings new charge against Clayton H. McLain of Deer Creek for malicious killing of three horses owned by Cynthia Hartman. The horses were shot after an earlier disorderly conduct charge was dismissed. Hearing set for December 17 before Justice Sam G. Webster. Bail set at 750 dollars. Defense by Miles J. O Connor.
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Montana
Clayton H. McLain
Deer Creek
Cynthia Hartman
Sam G. Webster
E. O. Overland
Justice Webster
Sonny Magelssen
R. H. Cartwright
Jesse B. Scyphers
Miles J. O’connor
Livingston
Supreme Court warns on rights of states
Washington dispatch reports two emphatic Supreme Court opinions warning Congress and the administration against encroachment on states rights. Justice Cardozo, among the court’s liberals, joined the unanimous tribunal belief that the home owners loan act of 1933 cannot authorize state building and loan associations to acquire federal charters against a state’s wishes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Administration
Cardozo
Home Owners’ Loan
Langer Acquitted of Perjury Charges
A directed verdict acquitting former North Dakota Governor William Langer of perjury charges was returned in Bismarck, ending a legal saga since his 1934 federal conspiracy case. The ruling also cleared three co defendants. He had been removed from office after his prior conviction.
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Bismarck
N. D
William Langer
Langer
Silver question to loom as live Senate issue in opening
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma declares He will reconvene the unofficial silver bloc at the session's opening to review the 1934 silver purchase act. He signals possible requests to Morgenthau for explanations on London matters, and underscores ongoing Treasury policy scrutiny.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Thomas
Oklahoma
Treasury
Pittman
Morgenthau
London
Montana WPA feud erupts as Hart fires back at Murray
Ray Hart Montana Works Progress administrator wires Sen Murray rebutting his charges of WPA failures. Hart asserts Montana leads western states in WPA relief work and accuses Murray of grandstanding, exploiting projects for votes and undermining public confidence in the Roosevelt program. The exchange highlights funding gaps and political pressure shaping WPA projects across Montana.
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Helena
James E. Murray
Associated Press
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Montana
Ray Hart
Works Progress
Wired
Murray
United States
Wyoming
Hopkins
WPA
Monana
Hart
Montana Relief Commission
Kelsey
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Per Capita Relief In State Reaches $58.37
Montana relief expenditures from May 1933 to December 1935 totaled about 42 million dollars, yielding a per capita average of 58.37. From Oct 1934 to Sept 1935 there were 20,669 resident families with 88,887 people and 6,355 single persons, totaling 95,243. Average relief per family was about 1,490 dollars. Large projects and crop loans are excluded from relief figures.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Taxpayer
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Fort Peck
PWA
Drivers' license blanks go on sale Monday
Helena Montana December 6 state highway patrol headquarters dispatches 219000 fifty cent license blanks and 31000 twenty five cent blanks to county treasurers. Licenses go on sale December 16 and drivers must carry proper certificates by February 1.
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Helena
State Highway Patrol
Montana
Highway contracts to be let on December 20
Helena announces the largest Montana highway project letting yet, with 27 contracts planned for December 20 and an expected expenditure of 1.73 million dollars. Acting state highway engineer W. O. Whipps notes the scale of the road program.
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Helena
Montana
W. O. Whipps
State liquor profits go to the treasurer
Montana liquor profits totaling 100000 were handed over to State Treasurer James J. Brett by the Montana liquor control board. The year’s profits placed the board’s total remittance at 840000, to fund general, relief and water conservation accounts, with earlier transfers and projections noted.
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Brett
Helena
Montana Liquor Control Board
Martin Hoffman
The
Liquor Board
James J. Brett
Montana
FDR Endorsed by Farm Bureau at Chicago Convention
President Roosevelt spoke to about 19 000 at the American Farm Bureau federation seventeenth annual convention in the International Amphitheater Chicago pledging farm policy support. He noted a three billion dollar rise in farm income and argued AAA measures benefited farmers while criticizing critics as calamity howlers.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
New Deal
Federation
Edward A. O’neal
International Amphitheater
Stockyards
Corn Belt
Canada
AAA
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