Democrats Line Up For Tariff Massup
Democrats introduced a resolution by Rep. Hull proposing tariff reductions and a permanent international trade congress to ease barriers. Hull and Rep. Oldfield plan follow up with bills, while Coolidge and Green oppose changes this session. Hull argues tariff revision is necessary to sustain the economy and foreign trade.
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Washington
Hull
Tenmeesee
Democratic National Committee
Oldfield
Arkansas
Democratic Congressional Committee
Congress
Permanent
International Trade Congress
Coolidge
Green
Ways and Means Committee
United States
America
Secretary Kellogg Speaks in New York on Foreign Policy
Secretary Kellogg outlined Coolidge administration foreign policy from the Saklatvala exclusion case to Locarno security treaties. He warned American bankers against indiscriminate loans to German states, affirmed cooperation in European rehabilitation, and valued the Locarno spirit as much as the treaties. He expressed hope for China to attain freedom from unequal treaties.
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New York
Coolidge
Kellogg
State Department
Council of Foreign Relations
Tocarno
Locarno
China
Dynamiters Blow Out Windows In Hospital
In Kalispell a dynamite blast shattered all front windows of the Sisters of Mercy hospital and damaged part of the dining room. No injuries were reported and three men were briefly detained before release. The blast prompted evacuations and heightened fears of further danger.
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Kalispell
Sisters of Mercy Hospital
Sisters
Great Northern Announces $22 Million Expansion Plan
Seattle December 14 Ralph Budd president of the Great Northern Railway outlined a $22 million building improvement program. The plan includes 10 million to build an eight mile tunnel lowering the Cascade crossing by 1000 feet and 12 million in the next year for other betterments. Rail upgrades will add 30 thousand tons of 110 pound steel rails across about 200 miles replacing lighter rails mainly west of Wenatchee and on the Spokane division. The program also funds bridge renewals 650000 for safety signals and 100000 for Glacier National Park passenger terminal improvements with sleeping cars parking on multiple tracks. Two dozen sleeping cars will become steel day coaches and 3000 box cars get steel underframes along with 1000 steel underframe 50 foot automobile cars. The 110 pound rail will be standard on main line with 130 pound rail kept on curves.
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Seattle
Ralph Budd
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
Cascade Mountains
Budd
St. Paul
Washington
Wenatchee
Spokane
Montana
Glacier National Park
Montana Interscholastic Music Meet Plans Under Way
Kalispell prepares to host the fifth Montana interscholastic meet April 8 9 and 10 with four Washington judges led by Irvin M Glen and Albert P Adams. About 300 students and supervisors expected bands from Helena Havre Anaconda Kalispell and more.
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Kalispell
Montana
Carl W. Hoisington
Flathead County High School
Helena
Havre
Anaconda
Beethoven
Hoisington
C. W. Hoisington
J. June Ebey
Great Falls
Eleanore Tenner
Butte
Hazel Ritchey
Miles City
Olive Corey
Livingston
O. P. Thayer
GC. W. Short
D. R. McGinnis
Chamber of Commerce
P. N. Bernard
Flathead Lake
Kiwanis Club
Scofield May Want Leavitt's House Job
Miles City December 14 Montana State Senator John L Scofield of Biddle Powder River county arrived for a weekend trip. He reported a bountiful honey season and noted agricultural conditions in the south generally satisfactory despite a backward growing season from limited moisture. Scofield hinted interest in Montana politics and potential congressional run in the second district facing John Oliver of Ekalaka, while staying a holdover state senator for Powder River.
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Miles City
John L. Scofield
Biddle
Powder River County
Scofield
Montana
Congress
John Oliver
Ekalaka
State Assembly
University of Arizona Takes Lead in Nine Mile Water Hole Excavation
Arizona scholars announce continued digs at Nine Mile Water Hole where leaden crosses and war implements spark speculation that Roman Jews may have reached America in the eighth century. Dr Byron Cummings backs the pre Columbus theory while Dr O A Tunney argues the relics are recent and not pre Hispanic.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona
Nine Mile Water Hole
America
Charles E. Menifer
Caliche
Byron Cummings
O. A. Tunney
Phoenix
Tunney
Nye Faces Senate Fight Over North Dakota Seat
The senate elections committee adopted an unfavorable report on Gerald P. Nye’s seating for North Dakota, two members supporting his appointment by Governor Sorlie after Senator Ladd’s death. A sub committee will craft the report. Debate on the floor is anticipated. The committee also named leaders for the Republican campaign and outlined shipping board inquiries and tariff actions. A Chicago post office project of up to 12 million dollars was introduced.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate Elections Committee
Nye
Sorlie
Ladd
Ernst
Goff
West Virginia
George
Georgia
Senate
Phipps
Colorado
Moses
New Hampshire
McNary
Orefon
Edge
New Jersey
McMaster
South Dakota
Fess
Ohio
Gillett
Massachusetts
Deneen
Ilinois
House Committee
Shipping Board
House
Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Sabath
Portland Seeks Montana Range Horses For Slaughter Trade
Portland Oregon has entered the market for Montana range horses. Four carriers offer low carload rates for horses destined to Oregon city for slaughter. The rate matches eastward cattle rates and is down 214.4 percent from the normal horse rate. Westbound rate coverage includes Butte Anaconda Pacific Chicago Milwaukee St Paul NP and White Sulphur Springs Yellowstone lines. Rate begins January 15 1926 and runs to December 31 1926.
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Helena
Portland
Ore
Montana
Montana Railroad Commission
Oregon City
Butte, Anaconda
Wealthy Alaska Man Seeks Guardian Role for Missoula Girl
Tohn Warren McCord, a wealthy Alaskan mining and oil magnate, plans to become guardian of 13-year-old Victoria Deschamps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Deschamps. He intends to pull her from San Francisco Girls High School to Notre Dame convent at Belmont for musical education. Adoption plans may be delayed but could resume after a year, as McCord seeks parental silence as consent.
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Missoula
Tohn Warren McCord
Victoria Deschamps
Tony Deschamps
Girls’ High School
San Francisco
Notre Dame Convent
Belmont
McGord
McCord
Victoria
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