Cooney Dies. Eighth Montana Governor Succumbs to Heart Ailment
Frank H. Cooney, who rose from grocery boy to Montana governor, died in Great Falls at 9 30 PM. He would have been 63 December 31 and observed his thirty sixth wedding anniversary December 27. Holt will succeed as chief executive until next November.
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Great Falls
Frank H. Cooney
Montana
H. J. McGregor
Montana Highway Commission
Cooney
Miami
Fla
Highway Officials
Walter Cooney
Butte
Virginia Cooney
John W. Hughes
Helena
Missoula
Albert Besancon
Theodore Lentz
W. Elmer Holt
Miles City
Montana Senate
Senate
John E. Erickson
Erickson
United States Senate
Thomas J. Walsh
Holt
McGregor
Florida
Hauptmann Requests Lie Detector Test to Prove Innocence
From his death house cell Bruno Richard Hauptmann writes to Gov. Harold Hoffman protesting his guilt in the Lindbergh kidnapping. He offers to take a lie detector test and asks Dr. John F. Condon to submit as well to show the case’s stance has shifted since his jail visit.
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Trenton
N. J
Death House
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
John F. Condon
Jassie
Hauptmann
Flemington
Quarantine Forces Kiowa County Residents Home
Virtually every activity of Kiowa county's 30 000 residents was governed by a doctor's prescription as authorities impose mass quarantine to halt a spinal meningitis epidemic. Five new cases were found Saturday bringing total known cases to twelve.
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Hobart
Okla
Kiowa County
Cold Springs
Snyder
President to propose vast WPA program in new deal
President Roosevelt outlined a public works program estimated at about 500 million dollars for the next fiscal year. The plan signals a shift to project specifics rather than a lump sum, with possible inclusion of housing and the Grand Coulee project in the northwest.
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Washington
Roosevelt
PWA
New Deal
Congress
Presidnt
Grand Coulee
Northwest
State Liquor Profits Rally in Montana Report Shows Gains
Helena Dec. 14 November receipts added 130272.51 to liquor profits in Montana and lifted the year to 959265.42 by December 1. Since inception the state controlled system shows 1671479.99 in operating profit. The 11 month figures record 4045999 spent by residents and 61325.50 from permits. Merchandise cost reached 2652826.43 with operating costs and discounts leaving a profit of 959. More than half a million dollars funded system operation this year, salaries topping 328863.86.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Liquor Control
Martin G. Hoffman
Burial Services for Late Montana Governor Cooney Held in Missoula
Notables of Montana gathered at St. Mary's cemetery in Missoula to lay to rest Gov. Frank H. Cooney beside his son Francis Jr. after eulogies at St Helena cathedral. A 20 patrol escort and a two score car cortege, led by city officials, marked the solemn procession through Missoula and over McDonald pass.
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Missoula
Montana
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Frank H. Cooney
Francis, Jr
McDonald Pass
Helena
Ralph L. Arnold
Paul D. Wilcox
Broadway
Cooney
Governor Cooney
St. Helena’s
Edwin O’hara
Great Falls
Joseph Gilmore
Emmet J. Riley
Carroll College
National Guardsmen
Knights of Columbus
the Elks and Eagles Lodges
Christmas Week at the Churches Schedule Across Congregations
Christmas Week events list in multiple churches with services on Dec 22 24 25 and 29 1935 including Sunday School times cantatas pageants and Norwegian English services. Christmas Around the World carol service set for 7 30 pm with multi country selections and choirs. Catholic Mass at 11 am on Christmas Day.
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Lutheran Church
Melville
Germany
Holbeck
Herald
Italy
Adeste Fideles
Spain
Norway
Austria
France
England
We Three Kings of Orient
America
Little Town of Bethlehem
Sicily
St Mark's Sunday School to Host Christmas Party
St Marks Episcopal announces a Christmas party for the Sunday School children at Pane Hall on Sunday afternoon. The event invites all parish youth to join in seasonal activities and fellowship.
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St. Mark’s
Church of God Christmas program this Monday evening
The Church of God Sunday School invites the public to a Christmas program on Monday evening December 23 at 7 30.
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First Congregational Church
Bethlehem
Redeemer
Jesus
Church of God the Sunday School
Seven Months of Montana Highway Patrol Streamlined State Roads
Helena dispatch details the Montana highway patrol first phase from March 1935 to October 1935. Officers logged 468000 miles, issued 26713 warnings, made 1805 arrests and 1769 convictions, with 199 accidents and 10158 dollars in fines. The motorcycle squad aided 29 events in 24 cities and fatalities fell from 185 to 146 compared with 1934, mostly tied to violations and speed.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Highway Patrol
Walter Beck
Frank H. Cooney
Rudy Schmoke
California Patrol
Montana
Tually
Highway Patrol
Canadian treaty seen aiding western stockmen at expo
Helena December 13 Dr W J Butler state veterinarian told Chicago International Livestock Exposition attendees that the United States Canada trade treaty would benefit western ranchers. He noted Ontario fat cattle shipments to Buffalo and New York would clear the quota and spur grass cattle markets later, predicting strong prices next year due to a cattle tonnage shortage.
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Helena
W. J. Butler
Chicago
Ontario
Buffalo
New York
Butler
American Legion Pushes for Immediate Soldier Bonus at White House
The American Legion delivered its demand for immediate payment of the soldiers' bonus to the White House but offered no forecast of presidential support. Democratic leaders expect a cash bonus bill to pass Congress, veto or not, as veterans groups unify behind a single measure. Ray Murphy, national commander, voiced optimism that a bonus becomes law despite possible veto implications.
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Washington
American Legion
White House
Congress
Democratic House
O’connor
House Rules Committee
Ray Murphy
Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Holt sworn in as Montana governor after Cooney death
Elmer Holt of Miles City was sworn in as Montana's ninth governor at 2 06 p m in Helena after the death of Gov Frank H Cooney from a heart attack in Great Falls. Cooney's body proceeded to the Capitol rotunda for viewing and a rosary service was planned at the governor's mansion. Holt, 53, a Democrat and former senator, said he would not take the job too seriously and noted his Montana roots and state problems. He was born in Missouri in 1882 and moved to Montana as a child. he later worked in realty and the Northern Pacific land department and served multiple terms in the Montana legislature.
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Washington
Cooney
Norwood
Ontario
Canada
John W. Cooney
New York State
Mary O’callaghan
Cork
Ireland
Butte
Howard Cooney
Cooney Brothers
Emma May Poindexter
P. H. Poindexter
Dillon
Mont
Missoula
Helena
Montana
Great Falls
William Elmer Holt
Miles City
Sam V. Stewart
Montana Supreme Court
Conirol
Stewaban
Holt
Frank H. Cooney
State Highway Patrol
Opp & Conrad Mortuary
Capitol
Governor’s Mansion
St. Helena’s
Francis
Montana Senate
John E. Erickson
United States Senate
Thomas J. Walsh
Savannah
University of Nebraska
Land Department
Northern Pacific
Hauptmann to be electrocuted in January
Bruno Richard Hauptmann will be executed in the week of January 13 for the Lindbergh baby murder. Justice Thomas W. Trenchard set the date after case records were returned to Flemington. If no reprieve or commutation is granted, the execution will likely occur January 14 in a brick walled room at the state prison.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Thomas W.trenchard
Hauptmann
Flemington
New Jersey Court of Pardons
New Jersey
Mark O. Kimberling
State Prison
Townsend followers push Townsend plan into politics
Washington reports a national third party movement forming as Townsend plan adherents announce a full slate of old age pension candidates for president and Congress. The shift comes amid a predicted clash over state delegate representation at the next Republican National Convention and a planned committee meeting to pick a city and date. Dr. F E Townsend says a third party is inevitable as major parties ignore their cause.
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Washington
Townsend Plan
Congress
Townsend
F. E. Townsend
Montana cattle declared tuberculosis free accredited area
Dr. W. J. Butler, Montana state veterinarian, announced that Montana is tuberculosis free in cattle. Officials from the U S bureau of animal industry and the Montana livestock sanitary board inspected every herd, farm, and ranch with cattle, testing them and reporting the necessary percentage free of the disease.
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Helena
Montana
W. J. Butler
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Montana Livestock Sanitary Board
Butler
WPA Worker Rampage Leaves Five Dead In California
Five of seven WPA drainage project workers were killed when N Layman 44 opened fire in Los Angeles. One worker remained alive but gravely wounded as Francis Secrist 33 and Harold Johnston 27 were named among the dead and injured. The fifth victim died today.
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Los Angeles
N. Layman
Francis Secrist
Harold Johnston
New Jersey Governor Questions Hauptmann Guilt Doubts
Allentown dispatch reports New Jersey Governor Harold G Hoffman expressing doubts about the Lindbergh kidnapping verdict. He cites unexplained ransom money findings, numerous fingerprints not matching Hauptmann, and questions about the nursery window and case testimony despite Hauptmann's conviction and death sentence.
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Allentown
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Department of Justice
New York
J. J. Faukner
Hauptmann
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