Big Timber Bonds Back Water Works Plan In 1933
Big Timber voted bonds 173 to 13 for a new water works system. Senator Burton K Wheeler reported the project looked favorable as Washington reviews public works approvals. About 480 workers registered, 178 employed, as federal allotments above 3.07 billion dollars were announced with 11 thousand projects approved.
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Big Timber
B. K. Wheeler
Associated Press
Senator Wheeler
The
Pioneer
Washington, D. C
Jerome Williams
Mont
K. Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler
Washington
D. C
State Highway Commission
E Pat Kelly Confirmed by Washington Senate
A Seattle Star item reported that Gov Martin of Washington nominated E Pat Kelly formerly of Big Timber for director of labor and public utilities. The senate confirmed all nominations including Kelly amid expectation of opposition.
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Seattle Star
Martin
Washington
E. Pat Kelly
Big Timber
The
Star
Kelly
Senate
Montana Senate Rejects Cigarette Tax Plan and Bank Tax
Montana senate, honoring its deadline pact, swiftly defeated the cigarette tax proposal and a tax measure on chain banks. The body also approved 42 to 2 a late proposal allowing the Miles City Industrial School to secure an $80,000 federal loan and grant for a new building.
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Helena
Montana Senate
Senate
Miles City
PWA warns funding may be canceled for slow projects
Secretary Ickes warned that the Public Works Administration would cancel or rescind allocations to communities delaying actual work. He spoke Monday night, criticizing lazy progress and urging immediate action on funded projects.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Ickes
Public Works
Christmas Tree Event Delights Children Despite Wind
The Knights of Pythias and partners staged a community Christmas tree for kids. A 4 30 p m wind threatened outdoor plans but 650 candy boxes were handed out with Santa Homer Wheeler distributing treats and handshakes.
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Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Homer Wheeler
Santa Claus
Banks Likely to Require Federal Aid for Insurance
Jesse Jones told the senate banking committee that about 600 of 7700 state banks seeking to join the deposit insurance program will need government help to qualify. He estimated a total of 66 million dollars would be required to make all state institutions eligible as the temporary insurance provision takes effect January 1, with the committee urging prudent action for those deemed reasonably safe.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Lake faces two more larceny as bailee charges
Great Falls December 21 two additional larceny as bailee counts were filed in district court against H B Lake former broker. He had just been acquitted by a district court jury last night on a similar charge connected to a stock transaction.
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Great Falls
H. B. Lake
Signing of London Treaty Starts Government Silver Purchases
President Roosevelt ratified the London silver agreement and ordered government purchase of silver at 64.5 cents an ounce. The proclamation opens U S mints to coinage of standard silver dollars from newly mined silver with half held as seigniorage. Production in 1932 reached about 24 million ounces. the pact requires 35 million ounces yearly from four nations for four years.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Australia
Mexico
Peru
India
Ayers Opposes Repeal of Bank Deposit Guarantee
Montana congressman Roy E. Ayers and Mrs. Ayers arrived in Billings en route to Washington for the new session. He opposed repealing the federal bank deposit guarantee law set to take effect January 1 and said more aid to farmers is needed, pledging to push liberal agricultural financing measures in the coming session.
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Roy E. Ayers
Billings
Montana
Ayers
Washington, D. C
Congress
East
Rural Housing Survey Underway in Sweet Grass County
A nationwide rural needs program conducts a housing and equipment survey in Sweet Grass County directed by Miss Cath erine Brady and Lorren O Bradford. Eleven workers visit nearly every rural home, with completion aimed for January 22 under the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and Civil Works Administration joint effort.
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Sweet Grass
Catherine Brady
andLorren O. Bradford
Orr
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Civil Works Administration
Miss Oona Stautz
Montana Extension Service
O. W. Monson
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Montana State College
J. C. Taylor
Blanche Lee
Gladys Branegan
E. A. Starch
College
Montana
Gallatin
Teton
Phillips
Flathead and
Lake
Wheatland
Taylor
Sweet Grass County
Katherine Ballard
Dorothy Nye
Ellen Alden
Nellie Mae Buchanan
Pearl Bourke
Floods Cause Widespread Damage in Western Montana
Flooding along the St. Regis river valley west of Missoula paralyzed trains and submerged roads. The lower St. Regis area reported three feet of water while Saltese residents fled to higher ground as the river overflowed Highway 10. Bridges washed, crops ruined, and livestock moved to safety amid extensive flood losses.
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Missoula
Montana
St. Regis
Saltese
James J. Ryan Succumbs to Heart Attack in Great Falls
James J. Ryan 71, longtime clerk of the state board of equalization, died in Great Falls after a Christmas tree trip. A Lancashire born civil engineer, he lived in Kalispell Helena and Anaconda during 45 years in Montana. He served as clerk of consolidated state boards and the board of equalization for 21 years under three governors, later worked for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company before retiring last year.
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Great Falls
James J. Ryan
State Board of Equalization
Montana
Ryan
Kalispell
Helena
Anaconda
Lancashire
England
Great Northern Railway
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Consolidated State Boards
Board of Equalization
Aimee Semple McPherson and Hutton in Divorce Talk
In Los Angeles on December 21 the McPherson divorce saga shifted from a cross complaint to a public dispute. Aimee said a person claiming to represent Hutton pressed for a money settlement, then quashed the topic and told Hutton to call it a day, noting he might escape alimony.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
David Hutton
Hutton
Aimee
First Liquor Sales At Montana Stores Draw Crowds
Hundreds of Montanans queued as state retail liquor stores opened for the first time after prohibition. Stores in Helena Great Falls Butte Missoula sold about 8000 quarts total with limits of two quarts per purchaser and gathered roughly 1700 dollars from sales plus 644 from 237 permits.
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Helena
State Assembly
Lloyd Kurth
Great Falls
Butte
William Webb
Birth of Imperial Prince Caps Japan's Joy
Tokyo reports the birth of a baby boy to Emperor Showa and Empress Nagako on Saturday at 6 39 am. The child is heir to the throne and expected to become the 125th mikado, prompting nationwide celebration as the empire's oldest dynasty continues.
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Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Nagako
Highway work to be let Monday in Montana
Montana highway commission to open bids Thursday for about 700000 dollars worth of road and bridge projects across a dozen counties. Delegates urged improvements including C H P Shelley of Red Lodge seeking work on the Red Lodge to Silesia road.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
C. H. P. Shelley
Red Lodge
Silesia
Montanans Named To Take Business Census
Washington dispatch lists Montana supervisors for the forthcoming business census. John Vickers of Butte, R A Strawberg of Great Falls, M A Cromwell of Glasgow, and A R Sickler of Billings are named among state supervisors.
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Washington
Montana
John Vickers
Butte
R. A. Strawberg
Great Falls
M. A. Cromwell
Glasgow
A. R. Sickler
Billings
Roosevelt to deliver first annual message Jan 3 in reading form
President Roosevelt will deliver his first annual message to Congress on January 3 for reading by a house clerk. Speaker Rainey says the president may appear in person at a joint session, but plans focus on the formal reading. Budget discussions include more than 6 billion dollars for 1934, with 2.6 billion ordinary expenses and large sums for relief, employment, and reconstruction programs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Rainey
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
District of Columbia
Territories
Possessions
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Judge Berg Candidate for Bourquin's Place
Judge and Mrs. B E Berg traveled en route to Billings and Columbus to visit Judge Berg's mother. He seeks appointment to the federal bench to replace Judge Bourquin of Butte who retires March 9. Washington dispatch lists Berg among possible successors along with Stewart Matthews Lynch Tyrand Walker Cisel and others.
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B. E. Berg
Billings
Columbus
Berg
Judge Bourquin
Butte
Washington Dispatch
Montana
B. K. Wheeler
J. E. Erickson
George M. Bo
Thomas J. Walker
Grover C. Cisel
Tod Sloan Dies After Final Race In Los Angeles
Big hearted jockey Tod Sloan, 59, died in a Los Angeles hospital at 12:10 PM after weeks of illness from cirrhosis of the liver. Born James Fordham Sloan he adopted the Tod Sloan nickname to bolster the famous racing image. He wed twice to actresses Julia Sanderson in 1907 and Bettie Maloney, both later divorced. his career and fortunes faded from a once vast purse to penniless end.
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Los Angeles
Tod Sloan
King
Commoner
Millionaire
Moocher
James Fordham Sloan
James Todhunter Sloan
Julia Sanderson
Bettie Maloney
Floods Continue Across Pacific Northwest In Sixth Day
Seattle reports ongoing heavy rain as Pacific Northwest floods inundate streets highways and lowlands. The death toll rises to eight with a drowning victim in a cellar. Record rainfall strains shattered communications and causes numerous injuries from accidents.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Pack Train Carries Relief to Marooned Areas
A pack train bearing food clothing and other necessities was ordered from Superior to families between Taft and DeBorgia cut off by flood waters disrupting rail and highway transport in western Montana.
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Helena
Superior
Taft
DeBorgia
Montana
Paris Strasbourg Flyer Wreck Kills 200 In Fog
The engineer and fireman of the Paris Strasbourg flyer were jailed after their train plowed into the Nancy express in thick fog near Lagny 15 miles east of Paris. Seventy-two hours after the crash 112 victims identified, three hundred injured in Paris hospitals, with a collective funeral planned.
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Lagny
Paris
Pomponne
Here
Nancy
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Washington Senate
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