North Dakota Court Boots Moodie From Governor’s Office
The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled Governor Thomas Moodie not qualified to hold the office due to failing to meet the five-year residency requirement. Lieutenant Governor Walter Welford becomes acting governor for the remainder of Moodie’s term as Moodie surrenders. Moodie conceded the decision and urged citizens to cooperate with Welford.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota State Supreme Court
Thomas H. Moodie
P. O. Sabre
Moodie
Minnesota
North Dakota
Supreme Court
William Langer
Walter Welford
Nonartisan League
Willecome
Ole Olson
Langer
Welford
North Dakota House of Representatives
Nonpartisan League
Senate
State Supreme Court
District Court
Pioneer Plane Builder Hugo Junkers Dies in Munich
Dr Hugo Junkers aviation innovator dies at Munich on his seventy six birthday following an operation. He helped pioneer all metal aircraft and set endurance records with trans oceanic routes. His later ventures included the flying dining car and flying furniture van as Junkers plant produced large new machines. The firm faced the 1932 depression and secured a one year moratorium before creditors.
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Dessau
Germany
Hugo Junkers
Munich
Professor Junkers
Dessau Junkers
Junkers
Helena Woman Charged in First Degree Murder
Evelyn Okeson is charged with first degree murder in the shooting of Edward Johnson, a Craig area truck driver, after she told the sheriff she shot him on the Great Falls Helena highway following an incident at her trailer home. Johnson died in a hospital from a gun shot wound and embolism.
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Helena
Evelyn Okeson
Edward Johson
Craig
Justice Court
Frances C. Elge
Lewis and Clark County
Johnson
Okeson
Brian Do’Connell
Great Falls
Lewis Accuses Richberg of Betraying Labor Unity
Washington Feb 2 Burly John L Lewis accuses Donald R Richberg president Roosevelts recovery coordinator of being a traitor to organized labor He blames Richberg for the renewal of the automobile code without AFL official consultation as labor split widens.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Donald R. Richberg
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Richberg
Mr. Roosevelt
Montana Senators Protest Manganese Duty Reduction
Washington February 2 The reduction in manganese duty granted to Brazil in the reciprocity pact drew protests from Montana senators Murray and Wheeler. They argued the concession harms Montana’s manganese industry and discussed the issue with state department officials, with Murray taking the matter to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Brazil
Montana
Murray
Wheeler
State Department
Roosevelt
J. B. Broker Dies After Paralytic Strokes
J B Broker proprietor of The Jim barber shop died after two paralytic strokes at his south side home. His wife’s arrival delayed by her mother’s illness, funeral was held at the Lutheran church with Knights of Pythias pallbearers and Pythian Sisters in attendance.
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Big Timber
Ole Birkeland
Grey Cliff
Floyd Bailey
Ted C. Busha
Frank Chase
Howie
Inga Halverson
Jacob Halverson
Sweet Grass
Halverson
Birkeland
Cook & Witten
W. O. Tucker
S. A. Perrine
L. F. Douthett
Sweet Grass County Woolgrowers Association
Deer Creek
Olga Fetzer
Seattle
Joran McNickle
New York City
Eystein Birkeland
Upper Deer Creek Ranch
Ronald Malverson
Ingrid Doyle
Keewatin
Minn
Knights of Pythias
J. B. Broker
Jim
Malcolm Goosey
American Legion
L. W. Baskett
Broker
Idaho
Lutheran Church
Andrew Roukema
Evangelical Church
Holbeck
Lutheran
Dick Mjelde
F. M. Ferris
D. J. Walvoord
E. Smart
W. K. Amery
E. L. Frang
Pythian Sisters
Congress Saves RFC With Two-Year Lifespan Extension
Congress acts swiftly to extend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation's life to February 1, 1937. The bill broadens RFC powers to make loans to financing firms and credit institutions, loosened industry loan ceilings, and allows real estate reorganizations with SEC approval. Individual loans capped at 20,000 dollars. up to 10 million for mineral property development.
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RFC
Securities and Exchange Commission
Blue Eagles Future Path Seen With NRA Changes
Donald Richberg after talks with President Roosevelt and advisers said the Blue Eagle would likely follow its current route as the recovery program moves toward permanency. The drive aims to clarify stance on the 30 hour week, ease business uncertainty, and address looming court decisions affecting NRA practices.
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Washington
Blue Eagle
Donald Richberg
Emergency Council
Roosevelt
NRA
Richberg
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Emergency cattle and sheep program report for Sweet Grass county
County Agent E. R. Cook reports on emergency work up to present covering cattle and sheep purchases, government feed loans, supplies, labor, salaries, and total government funds. To date 1 171 cattle and 18 665 sheep purchased with multiple loan disbursements totaling 55 847.04, with seed loans forthcoming as of February 18.
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E. R. Cook
Board of Commissioners
Sweet Grass County
LebDor—relief
Senate Democrats Seek Narrower Roosevelt Spending Powers
A group of Senate Democrats working on the 4.88 billion jobs-for-all bill agreed to curtail the president’s broad spending authority. They aim to strike “economic maladjustment,” restrict construction to already authorized projects, limit Comptroller McCarl’s interference, prohibit loans to individuals, direct highway funds through federal agencies, and require payment of prevailing wage rates.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Roosevelt
White House
Senate Appropriations
Carter Glass
Virginia
Mr. Roosevelt
Glass
Reedsville
W. Va
Congress
Farore
Pat McCarran
Nevada
MacCracken Sentenced for Contempt by Supreme Court
William P. MacCracken former assistant secretary of commerce was ordered jailed by the supreme court on the contempt charge stemming from his failure to produce papers demanded by the Senate committee investigating the air mail. The Senate had sentenced him to 10 days for contempt.
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Washington
William P. MacCracken
Supreme Court
Congress
MacCracken
Senate
Air Mail
Land Bank Loans Used to Pay Off Old Debts
The Spokane federal land bank reports Montana farmers in 1934 took 4 374 loans totaling 10 517 200 to repay old debts. About 90 cents of every loan dollar went to creditors while E M Ehrhardt notes that this eases debt and reduces foreclosures, with many farmers securing voluntary adjustments by offering cash settlements.
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Billings
Federal Land Bank and Commissioner
Montana
Spokane Federal Land Bank
Ranchers’ National Farm Loan Association
E. M. Ehrhardt
Social Security Plan Sees Major Administration Revisions
Washington reports significant changes to the president's social security plan aim to reduce unemployment insurance charity liability and save government funds. Administration sources say the reform would be sent to Congress next week with efforts to speed enactment as 44 state legislatures consider related laws. President Roosevelt resists expanding federal old age pension contributions beyond $15 monthly, noting total federal payments could reach $585 million yearly by 1980, with state adds potentially increasing too.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
New York
Paralyzing Serum Shows 100 Percent Immunity in Trials
Bakersfield California reports large scale trials of a serum from Indian monkey spinal cords achieving full immunity in 700 inoculations amid 127 infantile paralysis cases. Health officer Dr Joe Smith confirmed no inoculated individuals contracted the disease. Serum supplied by New York Board of Health.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Maurice Brodie
New York
Joe Smith
Korn
Sheep Shipment For Year Shows Gain In Montana
Helena February 4 A total of 1 923 921 head of lambs and sheep were shipped from Montana in 1934 an increase of 15 2 percent over 1933 and 28 4 percent more than 1932 The figure marks the largest movement since 1931 when 2 581 647 head were shipped Feeder lambs and sheep not passing through stock yards numbered 872 649 in 1933 and 643 238 in 1932 Government purchases of old Montana cattle up to December 1 1934 totaled 498 895 head with 350 931 condemned
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Helena
Montana
Montana Livestock Sanitary Board
Old Montana
National Wool Growers Adjourns After Officers Elected
The National Wool Growers association closed its seventieth annual convention in Phoenix after reelecting all officers. Fred A. Ellenwood is president, with A. A. Johns, E. S. Mayer, and S. M. Jorgensen as vice presidents and F. R. Marshall as executive secretary. The group debated wool marketing contracts under the Agricultural Adjustment Act and adopted several public lands and policy resolutions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
National Wool Growers Association
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
el Paso
Fred A. Ellenwood
Red Bluff
Cal
A. A. Johns
Prescott
E. S. Mayer
San Angelo
Texas
S. M. Jorgensen
Salina
F. R. Marshall
California
Idaho
Frank J. Hagenbarth
Association
Public Lands Committee
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
Lamch Marketing Committee
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North Dakota Supreme Court
Tom Moodie
Joe
Montana Senators
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Public Works Administration
Democrats
M’cracken
National Woolgrowers Association
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