Gov Ayers pledges full probe of Montana State University crisis
Gov Roy E Ayers acting as ex officio state board of education chair vows a broad thorough investigation into the Montana State University Missoula dispute between Dr George Finlay Simmons and faculty. The board debated resignations of Atkinson Merriam Keeney Mollett Lennes and planned an executive session.
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Helena
Montana State University
Missoula
Roy E. Ayers
State Board of Education
George Finlay Simmons
State Board
E. A. Atkinson
H. G. Merriam
Atkinson
Merriam
P. O. Keeney
C. E. Mollett
Pharmacy School
N. J. Lennes
Montana State College
Bozeman
Northern
Tennessee Volunteers Set Rose Bowl Bid After Victory
In Knoxville Tennessee's Volunteers defeated Auburn 10 to 0 to extend their winning streak to twenty three games. The victory solidified expectations for a Rose Bowl invitation as Pasadena's Tournament of Roses loomed. The 20 000 crowd saw a defensive masterclass and a band finale as the season reached its climax.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Auburn
Bob Neyland
California
Pasadena
Pecs
West Coast Receives Long Delayed Winter This Weekend
Heavy rain and snow hit coastal and mountain regions of Washington Oregon and northern California delivering a long delayed touch of winter. Dunsmuir reported nine inches of rain in four days. Sacramento River ran over banks and slides were seen along the Southern Pacific and highway 99 but rail and road remained open.
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San Francisco
Washington
Oregon
California
Far West
Dunsmuir
Siskiyou Mountains
Sacramento
Southern Pacific
Republicans Put On Fighting Clothes
Washington report notes President Roosevelt may sideline controversial issues in the new session. House Minority Leader Martin of Massachusetts rejects the plan, insisting Congress confront domestic problems. Sources say Roosevelt urges finishing routine business and adjourning by May.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Martin
Massassachusetts
Cee
Charles A Ras musson dies in Billings at 63
Charles A Rasmussen, 63, longtime federal internal revenue collector for Montana from 1922 to 1934 and since January 1935 a federal probation and parole officer, died at a local hospital after a kidney illness. He served in the Montana House 1915–21, chaired ways and means in 1919, authored state budget and tax laws, and ran for state railroad and public service commissioner in 1934.
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Billings
Charles A. Rasmusson
Internal Revenue
Montana
Charles N. Pray
Great Falls
Rasmussen
Harding
House of Representatives
Dawson County
Republican State Committee
O Connor Sees Roosevelt Not Seeking 1940 Nomination
Montana Congressman James F. O Connor says he does not believe President Roosevelt will actively seek a third Democratic nomination in 1940. He notes Roosevelt might accept if drafted and mentions Senator Wheeler as a potential candidate if Roosevelt is not nominated. O Connor forecasts a short Congress, no new tax laws, and involvement in a sugar quota bill to extend 1940 policy.
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Billings
James F. O'Connor
Livingston
Congress
Montana
Roosevelt
Europe
B. K. Wheeler
O'Connor
Willard E. Fraser
Meagher County
Finland
Russia
Douglas Fairbanks Senior Dies of Heart Attack at 55
Hollywood mourns as Douglas Fairbanks Sr. dies suddenly at his Santa Monica home at 12:45 a m. He was 55 and will be buried at Forest Lawn. Friends and family including Fairbanks Jr and widow Lady Sylvia Ashley mourn a career of acrobatics and romance. Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin join in the grief as fans recall his weekend USC UCLA game appearance.
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Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Doug
Santa Monica Beach
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Jean Harlow
Will Rogers
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Sylvia Ashley
Chicago
Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Charles Chaplin
Doug, Jr
Grand Champion Steer Brings $1.35 A Pound At Exposition
Lucky Boy, grand champion Hereford steer raised in Texas by Mason County 4-H member Mayfield Rothmann, sold at 1.35 a pound at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The 1220 pound steer brought Rothmann a total of 2422 dollars including prize money and sale price. Buyers included Pfaelzer Brothers at Union Stock Yards Chicago.
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Chicago
Texas
Mayfield Rothmann
Mason County
Pfaelzer Brothers
Union Stock Yards
Bruins and Trojans Play Scoreless Classic at Memorial Coliseum
In Los Angeles a 0-0 tie between UCLA and USC ended a fierce two hour battle. The draw leaves USC with two ties this year and UCLA with three within the Pacific Coast Conference. A record crowd of 103000 watched the home rivals clash.
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Mississippi
Throat Ailment Fatal to Spencer Penrose
Spencer Penrose died at 74 from a throat illness after six months of illness. A Colorado native from Pennsylvania, he built El Pomar home in Broadmoor and developed Cripple Creek gold wealth, the Broadmoor hotel, a zoo, golf course, Shrine of the Sun, a stadium, and the Will Rogers rodeo. His widow survives.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Spencer Penrose
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Penrose
E! Pomar
Broadmoor
Pennsylvania
Harvard
el Pomar
Will Rogers
Montana Liquor Business Shows Profit for 1939
Montana reports 1939 year to date profits from liquor and beer licenses taxes and sales totaling 2 324 242 90 for the first 11 months. L M A Waas administrator cites liquor department earnings 1 842 073 88 and beer 482 169 02 with liquor net profit 1 130 644 93 license revenue 298 910 and 412 518 95 excise tax. November profits compare 137 782 87 to 142 395 52 a year earlier a 5 percent drop.
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Helena
Montana
L. M
Dewey Promises Budget Balance at Gridiron Club Dinner
Thomas E. Dewey pledges a balanced federal budget in his Republican platform. He tells reporters the next president can balance the budget, though not in the first year, at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Gridiron Club
Dewey
White House
Colorado executes self styled ingrate in gas chamber
Colorado prison reports Harry Leopold 30 a Denver murderer died in the gas chamber after declaring I am an ingrate He admitted mixing with bad companions and watched as Emil Alberch 61 was killed during a South Denver tavern holdup on December 4 His partner Guy Gwynne Jr died from police gunfire during capture Leopold’s death follows Colorado’s 45 prior legal hangings.
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Canon City
Colo
Harry Leopold
Denver
Colorado Penitentiary
Emil Albrecht
Guy Robert Gwynne, Jr
Englewood
Leopold
Emil Alsent
Colorado
Death of Civil War veteran Sidney Spellman in Montana
Sidney Spellman 94, a veteran of the Union Army with Company E Illinois infantry, died at his Fairview home. Born February 14, 1846 in Ireland, he fought at Vicksburg and Shiloh, ran a tent saloon in Billings during the Northern Pacific railroad construction, and later worked for a government contractor at Fort Buford and in towns of Big Timber Bozeman and Fort Benton.
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Sidney
Tom Spellman
Montana
Billings
Northern Pacific Railroad
Fairview
Ireland
Spellman
America
Company E
Illinois Infantry
Vicksburg
Shiloh
Fort Buford
Dakota Territory
Big Timber
Bozeman
Fort Benton
Davies arithmetic key for teachers from 1838 Hartford
A old document from Assessor Hathaway’s era reveals a 1838 Davies arithmetic key for teachers. It includes front matter, illustrations of a kid and duck, and many hard problems, with a preface stating the key aids teachers by showing fully worked examples and extra problems for classroom use.
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Hathaway
Barnes
C. O. Hathaway
Canada
Davies
Philadelphia
A. S. Barnes and Co
North Fourth Street
Daniel Hathaway
Assessor Hathaway
Daniel L. Hathaway
Union Yarmouth
Elgin County
West
Smt. Hathaway
Union
Hartford
Four violent deaths in Montana last week noted
Montana recorded four violent deaths in the week ended Sunday night. A man killed two others and then died by suicide after leaping from a Glasgow via duct. a Butte WPA watchman died after being struck by a car. a Butte man suffocated by car exhaust. a 15 month old White Sulphur Springs girl choked to death.
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Helena
Montana
Henry
Hank) Huisman
Bennie Sather
Glasgow
Russell
Fuzzy) Henning
Emma Boeleman Huisman
Henry H. Sturtridge
Supreme Court Rules Wire Tapping Evidence Inadmissible
The Supreme Court ruled that evidence obtained by wire tapping cannot be used in federal criminal trials. Justice Roberts delivered the decision reversing a conviction of three New Yorkers for using the mails to defraud, clarifying that intrastate communications are protected from interception and disclosure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Roberts
Property wealth bars Ravalli relief aid in Hamilton
Ravalli county board of commissioners rules that residents owning property worth 150 dollars or more should not apply for relief aid. They state such property could be mortgaged to meet immediate needs, so relief is not extended to those with the stated net worth.
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Hamilton
Mont
Board of County Commissioners
Lawrence Acquitted of Serious Charges in Pennsylvania
Lawrence, Pennsylvania Democratic chairman and former secretary of the commonwealth under Gov. Barle, was acquitted of blackmail and conspiracy tied to a travel company. The jury found the charges largely circumstantial after 21 days of testimony and five and a half hours deliberation.
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Harrisburgh
Pennsylvania
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Howard W. Hughes
Commonwealth
Two Broken Ribs Worth Only Thirty Five Cents
In Kansas City on December 9 M. E. Newbury, 45, stepped from a curb and was struck by a sedan. The driver stopped and offered 35 cents, saying it would help. Physicians later listed Newbury with two broken ribs.
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Kansas City
Newbury
Death of Floyd Farr in Reed Point Dated
Floyd L Farr of Reed Point died Saturday en route to a local hospital after a sudden illness diagnosed as angina pectoris. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church with burial in Mountain View cemetery. He was born December 28 1902 in Laverne Minnesota and lived in the White Beaver country for years. He leaves a wife Helen Wullum and siblings Ruth Opal and others. The Farr family has long resided here and praised for their conduct.
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Floyd L. Farr
Theo. Murray
Busha Lane
Ruth
Lutheran Church
E. W. Wilson
Livingston
Ellen Rein
Margaret Busha
W. L. Spencer
Clyde Fredrickson
Frank Chase
Old Rugged Cross
Thomas Deckert
Frank
George Deeney
Floyd Ferguson
Reed Point
Norman Ostenson
Gus Beelaert
Mountain View Cemetery
Everett Farr
Laverne
Minn
Kirksville
White Beaver Country
Helen Wullum
Henry Wullum
Ruth Farr
Opal Farr Miller
Sweet Grass County
H. J. Miller
Reider Anderson
California
Farr
White Beaver
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