Mystery Man Of Harding Era Gaston B Means Dies In Prison
Gaston B Means aged 59 once called mystery man of the Harding administration died in federal prison Springfield Missouri. He faced conviction for a $104000 hoax on Mrs Evelyn Walsh McLean and was linked to other schemes while his career touched Germany prior to US entry into WWI. Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Concord North Carolina.
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Springfield
Gaston B. Means
Harding
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Lindbergh
Means
Justice Department
Alexandria
Virginia
U. S. Medical Center
Concord
N. C
United States
Washington
McLean
Charles A
Limpergh
Atlanta
Maude King
Gangsters Kill Inmate In Sing Sing Sequel
In Sing Sing prison Ossining N Y a new homicide follows the O Hara killing last November 18. Matthew J Kane 41 ex convict died from a knife wound after a stabbing last Sunday in the prison hospital. Five convicts were placed in solitary confinement as warden Lewis E Lawes ordered inquiries. Kane reportedly took the rap and refused to speak as he died.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
John F. O' Hara
New York
Christmas Checks Sent To Depositors Of Closed Montana Banks
Montana banking officials said total dividends to depositors of closed banks will reach 178,971 by year end. Christmas checks totaling 39,106 will be mailed to depositors of Farmers State bank Cut Bank Larabie Brothers bank Deer Lodge Merchants bank Livingston Farmers and Merchants bank Plentywood State bank Plentywood and East Helena State bank. Larabie Brothers depositors will receive 17,582. Livingston Merchants depositors 10,000. Examiner W A Brown called the banks' condition better than in eight years.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Banking Department
W. A. Brown
Farmers State Bank of Cut Bank
Larabie Brothers Bank of Deer Lodge
Merchants Bank of Livingston
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Plentywood
State Bank of Plentywood
East Helena State Bank
Larabie Brothers Bank
Livingston Merchants Bank
Examiner Brown
Montana
Accused murderer Mayer dies in Seattle jail
DeCasto Earl Mayer 44, awaiting trial for James Eugene Bassett's murder, hanged himself in his cell using belt and paper shreds after fear of execution. Jailers found the body as prosecutors said the confession by co-defendant Mary Eleanor Smith had strengthened the case. Mayer was serving life for Bassett's death in Annapolis.
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Seattle
DeCasto Earl Mayer
Maryland
B. Gray Warner
James Eugene Bassett
Annapolis
Mayer
Bassett
Mary Eleanor Smith
Warner
Northern Pacific Pays Major Share of Montana Taxes
Northern Pacific Railway and its subsidiaries face a 1938 Montana property tax total of 1,669,791.07 with half due November 30 mailed to county treasurers. McCrary notes operating property taxes of 1,361,946 and praise for prompt payment aiding school districts, while stressing low delinquency on NP property.
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Northern Pacific Railway Company
Montana
E. A. McCrary
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Sweet Grass
Northwestern Improvement Company
Northern Pacific Transport Company
McCrary
Montana Eyes Federal Help For Wildlife Program Funding
Montana officials discussed changing state game laws to qualify for Pittman Robinson funds. B L Price said state investment would be matched three to one by the federal government, with $28 000 already available and $90 000 potential in 1936. Discussions covered grazing and predatory animal eradication as the meeting continued.
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Helena
Montana Fish and Game Commission
State Livestock Commission
B. L. Price of
Laurel
Game Commission
Fish and Game Board
Pittman-Robinson
Price
Montana
R Bruce Petrikin Dies in Billings Pneumonia
R Bruce Petrikin of the Boulder died Saturday night in a Billings hospital from pneumonia after a brief illness. He was born December 12, 1865, in Muncy Pennsylvania and earlier worked for Great Western Sugar in Colorado and Billings. Surviving relatives include two brothers and five sisters. Funeral services were held at Smith’s chapel and the body was taken to Muncy for interment.
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R. Bruce Petrikin
The
Boulder
Old Kaintuck
Billings
Muncy
Colorado
Great Western Sugar Company
California
South
Masonic Lodge
Billings Golf and Country Club
W. L. Petrikin
Denver
Colo
John Petrikin
Greeley
Sue Painter
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry Shoemaker
Trenton
N. J
Frances Petrikin
Westchester
Romeyne Smith
Margaret Petrikin
Retiring Chief Justice Goddard Remains Beloved Capitol Figure
The Helena Independent recalls Hon. O. F. Goddard's long service from territorial attorney to state senator and chief justice. Even as Howard A. Johnson succeeds him, colleagues praise his warmth and humor and note Montana owes much to his efforts in state development.
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O. F. Goddard
Capitol
Helena
Goddard
Montana
Howard A. Johnson
Supreme Court
Suis
WPA Is Uncle Sam's Most Expensive Child
Washington December 8 the treasury disclosed that WPA expenditures have passed 1 000 000 000 in little more than five months With about seven months of the fiscal year yet to go the relief organization has spent nearly half of the 2 135 000 000 budgeted WPA has been reducing its rolls slightly for three weeks as business improvement has made possible a lightening of the federal load WPA expenditures have been a major factor in the rise
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Washington
Treasury
WPA
State Officials Visit Local Future Farmers Chapter
A two hour official meeting with A W Johnson state FFA adviser and Dan Mizner state FFA president was held with the local Future Farmers of America chapter. They discussed dress code for delegates and band members, a planned state summer camp at Helena on the Little Blackfoot river, and improving reports and project programs. Mizner, a Deer Lodge graduate now visiting chapters, aims to assist chapters in their programs.
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A. W. Johnson
F.F. A
Dan Mizner
Washington, D. C
Helena
Blackfoot
Johnson
Absarokee
Deer Lodge
Montana State College
Aged Gallatin Rancher Robbed and Beaten in Bozeman
Tom Broadway an 88 year old Gallatin county rancher reported being robbed of 215 dollars by three men who invaded his remote cabin. John Peacock 67 staying with him was beaten and 3 dollars taken. Broadway was struck in the throat and hospital care was sought. Peacock was bound with a towel and threatened with a gun.
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Bozeman
Mont
Tom Broadway
Gallatin County
John Peacock
Broadway
Peacock
Pan American Nations Move to Organize for Peace in Lima
In Lima Peru 21 nations opened the Pan American conference with Secretary Hull urging unity to protect Western Hemisphere principles amid a grave world situation. Hull warned against alien ideas imposed by force or deception threatening regional institutions.
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Lima
Peru
Cordell Hull
Hull
Big Bill Thompson Declares Candidacy for Chicago Mayor
William Hale Thompson announces his run for Chicago mayor in the 194? campaign, aiming for a fourth term. He brands his bid with an anti foreign wars slogan and faces Dwight H. Green as a likely Republican primary opponent.
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Chicago
William Hale
Big Bill
Dwight H. Green
al Capone
Galen to receive federal aid for tuberculosis sanitarium unit
Public Works Administration loan and grant of 9101,000 for an additional unit at the Galen state tuberculosis sanitarium are deemed virtually assured. Senator Murray said a 840,000 loan portion could be secured in Montana, meeting a rising need with 75 on a waiting list.
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Helena
Mont
Public Works Administration
Galen
State Board of Examiners
Tony
James E. Murray
Montana
State Medical Association
President approves two state WPA projects in Montana
President approves Gallatin county fairground project for 27847 dollars and a scenic parkway project for 148000 dollars as part of works progress administration. Projects may be carried out at state WPA discretion after presidential approval.
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Washington
Montana
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Gallatin County Fairground
WPA
Byrd Calls End to Nine Year Spending Spree
Senator Byrd of Virginia denounces nine years of fiscal insanity and pledges a five point retrenchment program including government reorganization and relief-roll purge. He blames the Roosevelt administration and cites Hoover’s debt, urging congress to restore economy and restraint.
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Byrd
Boston
Virginia
Roosevelt
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers’ Associations
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Walsh
D. Mass
Taxpayers’ Federation
Congress
Tugwell
Corcoran
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Roosevelt to donate home and land as memorial
President Roosevelt said his Hyde Park family home and 100 surrounding acres would go to the government after his death. A public subscription will fund a building to house his papers, with the national archivist in charge. Justice Rosenman and Roosevelt will contribute profits from past publications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Samuel I. Rosenman
New York Supreme Court
Hyde Park
William E. Dodd
Germany
R. D. W. Connor
Ernest Lindley
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard University Law School
Frank Walker
New York
National Emergency Council
Walker
Butte, Mont
Mary Smith Sentenced to Life for 1928 Annapolis Murder
In Seattle on December 13, Mary Eleanor Smith pleaded guilty to the 1928 slaying of James Eugene Bassett of Annapolis. She, once nicknamed the wolf mother for protecting her son, received a life term. Deputy Mayer, her codefendant, killed himself in jail leaving a note to his mother.
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Seattle
Mary Eleanor Smith
James Eugene Bassett
Annapolis
Decasto Earl Mayer
B. Gray Warner
Two Die in Butte Street Car Crash
In Butte on Sunday a collision on a south-side street left two dead and three seriously hurt. All victims were local residents. Deceased were Rose Melvin, 18, and Francis Burge, 27. injured were Elsie Hugo, 19, Margaret Faye, 17, and Melvin Branter, 18. Escaped with no injuries were Eleanor Judson, Helen Trtica, Pete Bronco, and Martin Steffanic.
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Butte
Rose Melvin
Francis Burge
Dre
Elsie Hugo
Margaret Faye
Melvin Branter
Eleanor Judson
Helen Trtica
Pete Bronco
Martin Steffanic
Murder Suicides in Billings End Former Marriage Strife
On a Billings downtown street Mrs. Warren Taylor 58 and her ex husband Joseph Polo were killed in a murder and suicide. Polo shot Taylor as she left her curio shop then killed himself. Coroner said both died instantly. Taylor had lived in Billings since 1917 and had recently moved between Sheridan and Hardin before returning to reopen her shop. Her son Omer Taylor of Worthington and two other relatives survive.
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Billings
Warren Taylor
Joseph Polo
Polo
Taylor
George Lettergren
Sheridan
Wyo
Hardin
Mont
Omer Taylor
Worthington
Minn
Johnson predicts Roosevelt third term risk and party split
Gen. Hugh Johnson, in a Saturday Evening Post piece from Philadelphia, says Roosevelt could seek a third term if a rewrite of New Deal policy favors the right. He cautions a 50 50 chance of defeat would deter any bid, warning such a term would cause a Democratic split and urging tempering to keep a diverse following. Johnson asserts no clear successor exists and jokes about Jack Garner as unlikely to become president.
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Philadelphia
Hugh Johnson
Saturday Evening Post
Roosevelt
NRA
Washington
Johnson
Democratic Party
Jack Garner
Pied Piver
Hamlin
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Montana State Game Commission
Statehouse
Judge Goddard
Uncle Sam
Gallatin
Big Bill Thompson
Mary Smith
Butte Street
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