Sadring Declared Ineligible For Montana House Seat
In Helena on January 10 the Montana house rejected J E Sadring as Musselshell County representative after finding he had not lived in the county for 12 months. The body approved refunding the floating debt with a bond issue and postponed the bond decision to study copies on desks. Democratic contender David Murphy Jr. challenged the result. The session also discussed university unit closures, gasoline price regulation, and a new tax on chain stores.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
House
Privileges and Elections Committee
Musselshell County
David Murphy, Jr
Musselshell
Murphy
J. E. Sadring
Senate
Melton
Beaverhead
Billings
Havre
Greater University
Simmons of Carbon
State University At
Missoula
State College
Bozeman
School of Mines
Butte
State Normal
Dijon
Schuster
Valley
Love
James T. Annin
Stillwater
Annin
Steve Arnold
Kruse
Garfield
Marshall
France Ready to Arbitrate War Debt Dispute
The Sunday Express reports France is prepared to submit to arbitration by an independent tribunal the entire question of its debt obligations to America. The panel would include economists and jurists in a move toward settlement.
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London
The
Sunday Express
France
America
Washington Solon Granted Unconditional Pardon
Governor Hartley pardons N. Robinson of Seattle after sworn statements by the girl's mother and physicians. Robinson, a newly elected state representative, had been convicted on a statutory charge and sentenced to five years in the state reformatory.
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Olympia
Wash
Roland H. Hartley Oe
N. Robinson
Seattle
State Reformatory
Power commission grants RM Powe r extension for Flathead project
The Federal Power Commission on January 10 granted Rocky Mountain Power Company a one year extension to finish initial units of the Flathead Montana power and irrigation project.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Rocky Mountain Power Company
Flathead, Mont
Big Timber Lutheran Church Holds Annual Business Session
The Big Timber Lutheran church held its annual meeting with reports from secretary Harold Roe treasurer E H Ellingson parochial work from Rev Holbeck and reports from Ladies Aids Sunday School and choir. Donations totaled about 1600 to local work and 458 to synod benevolences. Elections named Roe secretary Ellingson treasurer Rostad Rostad Lowry Hickman Holbeck Paulson Roe and others as officers and ushers.
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Big Timber Lutheran Church
Harold Roe
E. H Ellingson
Holbeck
Big Timber and
Deer Creek
Harold Boe
John Boe
J. A. Lowry
C. D. Paulson
E. H. Ellingson
George O. Rostad
Isaac Rostad
F. R. Hickman
A. A Holbeck
John Roe
Relief Bill Faces Sharp Senate Criticism in Hearings
Hearings on the LaFollette-Costigan bill to allocate 500 million dollars to states for jobless relief drew pointed critique from taxpayers and scholars. Elizabeth Abbott, dean at the University of Chicago School of Social Service, said the present relief act is inadequate and noted Illinois has borrowed 32 million with a 45 million cap per state. She estimated Illinois may need 72 million in 1933.
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Washington
LaFollette-Costigan
Senate Manufacturers’ Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Elizabeth Abbott
School of Social Service
University of Chicago
Illinois
Butler of Oregon Dies of Heart Ailment
Representative Butler of Oregon died at Providence hospital today from heart disease after weeks of illness and pneumonia weakening his heart. He was 52, in his third term in Congress, and was defeated for reelection last November.
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Washington
Butler
Oregon
Providence Hospital
State Taxes This Year Lowest Since 1925 in Montana
Helena Jan 11 Taxes paid in Montana last year were the lowest since 1925, totaling 26,353,759 compared with 28,661,148 in 1931 and 26,266,783 in 1925. The report gives land use figures, livestock values, and county classifications with Cascade as second class and Silver Bow as third, others in various classes.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Cascade
Silver Bow
Yellowstone
Lewis and Clark
Wheat Rebounds With Fifty Cent Price Rally
In Chicago on January 10, wheat futures jumped to fifty cents, marking a rebound after a long decline. Cash grain also rose as stocks rallied, aided by forecasts of a cold wave worsening prairie crops and unofficial crop assessments showing deterioration in the southwest.
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Chicago
Ples
Prairie States
Southwest
Supreme Court rules on irrigation water rights in Montana
The Montana Supreme Court upholds a Granite County ruling in favor of Louis Miller, Margaret Miller, and Davis Miller, ordering the Rock Creek Ditch and Flume Co to deliver 120 inches of water to their Wyman Creek appropriation. The decision notes a natural channel may convey water while seepage from irrigation activities remains under separate ownership.
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Supreme Court
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
District Court of
Granite County
Louis Miller
Margaret Miller
Davis Miller
Rock Creek Ditch and Flume Company
Callaway
Wyman Creek
Stock Exchange to Spotlight Corporate Earnings
New York January 6 The New York stock exchange moved to publicly reveal earnings statements and balance sheets to ensure accuracy. President Richard Whitney said the exchange will use its listing authority to enforce compliance, warning it can refuse to list new securities that do not meet the new demands.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange Today
Richard Whitney
Exchange
World Court May Be Discussed At Special Session
Senator Walsh predicts a March 4 special session will address the world court and the St. Lawrence waterways pact after a conference with President elect Roosevelt. Walsh, who prosecuted the oil leases inquiry, replied with a smile when asked about becoming attorney general.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Senate
T. J. Walsh
Montana
Roosevelt
Harding
Coolidge Death Recalled Passing of Roosevelt
New York, Jan. 6. The sudden death of former President Calvin Coolidge yesterday at his Northampton Massachusetts home came nearly 14 years after the death of Col Theodore Roosevelt. The earlier president died unexpectedly at Oyster Bay New York on January 6 1919 after two months of rheumatism. Doctors attributed Col Theodore Roosevelt’s death to a blood clot that traveled to the lungs.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Col
McNary Introduces New Farm Relief Measure
Senator McNary of Oregon unveiled a farm relief bill based on domestic allotments. The proposal requires the Agriculture Secretary to publish domestic needs estimates for all farm commodities and sets domestic prices as a percentage of world prices plus import costs.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Less Wheat Held in Elevators of State
Montana elevators and mills held 7,781,341 bushels of wheat in storage in December, down from 8,263,696 in November, per the state grain grading division. The value of stored grain rose slightly from 424,377 to 428,488 dollars as of December report.
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Helena
Montana
Mrs Roosevelt's Hat Critique Sparks Public Notice
A note to Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt criticizes her headgear and suggests her daughter select hats instead. The president-elect's wife laughs and says she does not know where to send an answer.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Green reports all time peak unemployment in November
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor said unemployment reached 11 590 000 in November and unions indicated higher totals in early December. He noted the decline in the rate of rise since the fall but called it a harsh depression year.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Wheat Market Ends Mixed After Profit Taking
Big selling to realize profits pushed wheat down in the final minutes, erasing earlier gains that had lifted prices as much as 1 1/4 to 8 1/2 cents above the previous day. News of Washington moves on farm allotment and Russia Japan tensions fueled buying, but prices closed unsettled with declines from 1-8 to 5-8 cent and other grains mixed.
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Chicago
Washington
Russia
Japan
Senator Goff Dies at Home in Georgia
Former United States Senator Goff of West Virginia dies at age sixty seven at his winter residence in Thomasville Georgia. He retired from national life in 1931 due to ill health and had been living with his daughter, the wife of Representative Carroll Reece of Tennessee, for about a month. He had been ill for some time and his condition worsened recently.
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Thomasville
United States
Goff
West Virginia
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Farm relief moves to privileged status in House
Washington Jan 9. The house rules committee granted privileged status to legislation authorizing 103000 dollars for crop production loans. The action sets the measure for quicker floor consideration as farmers face relief needs.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Simple ceremony marks Coolidge final tribute
The death of Calvin Coolidge, former U.S. president, is reported from Northampton Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at his home The Beeches while preparing to shave. Mrs Coolidge found his body at 12 15 pm. Funeral plans call for a simple service at Edwards Congregational Church in Northampton with burial in Esmont Vermont.
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Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
United States
the Beeches
Harry Ross
Officers Seek Man Who Lived With Price
A Columbus dispatch notes local interest as sheriff's officers search for M. A. Mitchell of Reed Point. Mitchell had been living with Milford Price and allegedly drove Mitchell's car for weeks. Price's death prompted pursuit and the discovery that Mitchell may not have resided at the ranch recently.
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Columbus
Sheriff's Office
M. A. Mitchell
Reed Point
Milford Price
Price
Mitchell
Sheriff’s Office
Price Home
Price Ranch
Humphrey Ranch
Murphy
Billings
Montana to Issue $4 Million Refund Bonds
Jan. 6 in Helena the senate and house committees met with Governor Erickson Attorney General Nagle and Helena bankers to discuss funding bonds totaling 4 000 000 The plan would likely carry four percent interest and allow state cooperation on a cash basis if approved by the legislature.
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Helena
Senate
House
J. E. Erickson
Nagle
Coolidge Leaves Entire Estate to His Widow
In Northampton Massachusetts the will shows Calvin Coolidge leaving his entire estate to his widow who is named executrix. Ralph W. Hemenway announced the bequest and noted no value is given. The will also provides for son John Coolidge through a nest egg at marriage.
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Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Ralph W. Hemenway
Presidential electors mail votes to Curtis
Washington dispatch notes the shift from messengers and sealed certificates to the registered letter method for transporting electoral votes. It recalls the 1925 practice of electors choosing single carriers and paying expenses, and cites the May 29, 1928 law that legalized registered mail transmissions.
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Washington
Curtis
Roosevelt
Hoover
Garner
Emergency farm bill dominates House leaders debate
Washington Jan 11 a business like House moved to polish provisions for a one vote on the emergency farm bill amid ongoing opposition. The chamber voted 161 to 100 against killing the bill and 198 to 88 against removing hogs with Tammany Hall backing price fixing plans while other members pressed for broader commodities. Representative Rainey warned the bill's failure could trigger price fixing with potential tax shortages for farming districts and local governments.
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Senate
Jones
Texas
House
Tammany Hall
Schafer
Wisconsin
White House
Dickinson
Iowa
Weaver
Capitol
Rainey
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