Baldwin stock fraud case indicts 18 in Montana drive
Helena Independent reports 18 men indicted for using the mails to defraud in a Baldwin Radio Corporation stock sales campaign. Arraignment set for Feb 1, trial Feb 7. The scheme allegedly sold two million shares amid a hostile fraud narrative, with Baldwin Salt Lake City firm portrayed as a gold mine.
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Helena
Baldwin Radio Corporation
United States District Attorney’s Office
Montana
Baldwin
Baldwin Corporation
Salt Lake City
Butte
Mr. Baldwin
Nathaniel Baldwin, Inc
Daniel Alexander
E. H. Nathan
Intermountain Sales Co
Henry M. Faulkner
Nathaniel Baldwin
Great Falls Zinc Plant to Resume Operations
Great Falls January 12 Preparations underway to place two zinc plant units of Anaconda Copper Mining in operation around January 20 to process accumulated concentrate from the large flue. About two hundred workers, part time, have been preparing the plant and recovering dust. winter employment to continue as long as possible.
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Great Falls
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
the Tribune
Official Washington Honors Calvin Coolidge
Officials and the public gathered at Washington Cathedral to pay tribute to Calvin Coolidge with Vice President Curtis in attendance. Episcopal Bishop James E. Freeman praised the late president as a Christian gentleman whose life offered a spotless example to the nation.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Curtis
James E. Freeman
Episcopal
Old Hearse Held as Relic of Bygone Days
In Kinston North Carolina Lee Edwards keeps a six year old hearse once used in Washington before the Civil War. Built in Cincinnati in 1856 the vehicle served in Washington then Greenville North Carolina before moving to Hookerton where Edwards acquired it. The hearse features large oval plate glass and was repainted black to match two black horses after a funeral director used white horses with it.
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Kinston
N. C
Lee Edwards
Washington
Cincinnati
Greenville
Hookerton
Edwards
Remorse Drives Convict to Self-Destruct in Ohio Prison
Clinton Cotton Grate aged 33, who helped start the Ohio Penitentiary fire on April 21, 1930 that killed 322, hanged himself in his correction cell Sunday. He fashioned a noose from a sheet and was found by a guard during morning rounds, unnoticed by fellow inmates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clinton
Grate
Harlowton Flour Mills End Long Vacation
Harlowton Montana Flour Mills, second largest in the state, owned by the Montana Flour Mills company, resumed operations on schedule after a year and a half shutdown. The plant's capacity is 1,000 barrels of flour daily and about 40 men are employed in three eight hour shifts.
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Harlowton
Montana Flour Mills Company
Mrs. Jessie Sayre Dies at 45 in Cambridge Hospital
Jessie Wilson Sayre, daughter of the late President Woodrow Wilson, died at Cambridge city hospital after gall bladder surgery. Wife of Francis B. Sayre Harvard professor and state corrections commissioner, she was active in Democratic politics and Y M C A work. Funeral in Christchurch Cambridge. Burial in Bethlehem. She left two sons, Francis Jr and Woodrow Wilson Sayre, and daughter Eleanor A. Sayre.
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Cambridge
Mass
Jessie Sayre
Woodrow Wilson
Cambridge City Hospital
Francis B. Sayre
State Commissioner of Correction
Harvard Law School
N. J
Goucher College
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Francis Bowes Sayre
United States District Attorney
New York City
White House
Francis, Jr
Sayre
Bangkok
Smith
Democratic State Committee
United States Senate
Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Elinor A. Sayre
Mrs John Halverson Dies After Moving From Sweet Grass
Obituary notes the death of Mrs. John Halverson in Los Angeles. Early resident of Sweet Grass, she and her husband helped establish local business and farming roots starting in 1879. Survived by family linked to Grey Cliff and Ronald Halverson.
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John Halverson
Los Angeles
P. O
Grandma) Fallang
Alex Irvine
Cali
Halverson
John
Jacob
Sweet Grass
C. L
Big Timber
Frank Whitsel
Kiellogge
St. Paul
Ole Birkeland
Grey Cliff
Ronald Halverson
Boots Mjelde And Ball Players Get Big Rating In Capital City
Helena Independent notes Friday night’s Helena Elks versus Big Timber Athletic Club basketball game at the Y gym as a top independent event. Big Timber stars, all Sweet Grass county veterans, average 165 pounds with a fast short passing offense. Elks coach Herman Boots Mijelde expects a rapid, high quality contest against a highly rated Big Timber quint.
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Mjelde
Helena
Helena “Y
Helena Elks
Big Timber Athletic Club
Elks
Big Timber
Yellowstone
Sweet Grass County High School
Jimmy Brannin
Herman “Boots” Mijelde
Allstate High School
Sweet Grass
County relief work aids many residents in county
Emergency relief began Monday with men clearing snow and two crews sent to Hickman and Fallang ranches to cut wood for the county yard. Additional projects include gravel hauling to fill gumbo holes in roads. A $6,000 allotment funds the effort, $3,000 now available, with the rest due in February. Workers receive $2 daily in grocery and clothing orders and can go home each night.
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Glenn Parker
Gust Stenberg
Hickman
Fallang
Court House
M. W Barr
W. D. McKenzie
C. A. Rupert
Ed Boddy
F. E. Swift
Montana
Roosevelt urged to assemble a younger cabinet
President elect Roosevelt weighs the push for a youthful cabinet led by Col. E. M. House with support from Sen.-elect William G. McAdoo and party veterans like Senators Glass and Walsh. Veterans Owen D. Young and Newton D. Baker may be phased out as Roosevelt plans conferences in New York and travels to Muscle Shoals, Warm Springs, and the South.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Col. E. M. House
Woodrow Wilson
William G .McAdoo
California
Chicago
Glass
Virginia
Walsh
Montana
America
Owen D. Young
New York
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
New York City
Washington
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Warm Springs
Sunay
Five Day Week Proposal Gains Favor in Senate Hearings
Senate judiciary sub committee weighs automatic adjustment of hours to fit labor demand. Howard E. Kershner proposes a flexible eight to four hour workweek with full employment. An exchange between alleged communist Bill Dunne and AFL representative prompts a sergeant at arms request.
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Washington
Senate
Howard E. Kershner
Glen Ridge
N. J
Kershner
Norris
American Federation of Labor
Senator Black
Alabama
W. C. Hushing
Federation
Bill Dunne
Trade Union League of New York
Hushing
Dunne
Soviet Russia
Senate Committees
Effort Afoot to Limit Senate Debate Rules
Washington Jan 17 Three Democratic proposals to curb the Senate rule of unlimited debate arose from the Glass Bank bill filibuster. Democratic leaders backed cloture with 29 signers. Proposals include limiting debate by a majority, a session length limit of remaining days, and a two hour cap on speeches from Hastings.
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Washington
Senate
Long
Louisiana
Watson
Robinson
Arkansas
Tydings
Maryland
Hastings
Delaware
Montana senators debate university chancellor system fate
Helena January 17 Montana senators moved to decide whether the chancellor system governs the university group. The bill, Garber’s, was printed and sent to the committee of the whole after the senate discarded a majority education panel report to kill it. Proponents say the board of education should run the university and cite costs and travel expense. House economy talk followed with travel overrun worries and a potential 82-member house under apportionment reform based on the 1930 census.
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Helena
Education Committee
Senate
Kane
Garber
Education
Board of Education
M. A. Brannon
United States
Eaton
House
Replogle
Fergus
White
Judith Basin
Shannon of
Sanders
Appropriations Committee
Blankenbaker
Chateau
Montana
House of Representatives
Republicans to Reorganize Congressional Campaign Committee
House Republicans plan a March 2 conference led by Rep Snell to reorganize the party campaign committee and set the groundwork for the 1934 elections. Only six members remain. Will Wood and John Q Tilson are among the defeated. Snell and Darrow aim to regain 60 to 70 seats. Snell is unopposed for speaker nominee.
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Washington
House
Snell
New York
Congressional
Congressional Committee
Will Wood
Indiana
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
Darrow
Pennsylvania
States ratify amendment reducing presidential and congressional terms
Washington January 17 reports that twenty six states have completed ratification of the constitutional amendment changing terms for the president and Congress. Once thirty six states ratify and certificates reach the secretary of state, it will be proclaimed part of the constitution and take effect October 15 after proclamation.
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Washington
Congress
Former Senator Porter Dies of Influenza in Helena
Helena January 17 A victim of influenza S H Porter agent for the Great Northern railway at Big Sandy and former Montana state senator from Chouteau county died shortly before noon Tuesday per word received at the railway's general offices in Helena.
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Helena
S. H. Porter
Great Northern Railway
Big Sandy
Montana
Chouteau County
County Board Powers Allow Purchase of Automobiles
Montana Attorney General Nagle ruled county boards may buy personal property for county use, including automobiles, following a law clause allowing such purchases. The opinion came in response to requests from Representatives Byrnes and Edton.
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Helena
Board of
Nagle
Byrnes
Toole
Edton
Gallatin
Appropriations Committee
Montana
House of Representatives
Harlow Pastor Accepts Charge in Great Falls
The Rev. E. R. Robertson, pastor of the Federated church in Harlowton, has accepted a call to Great Falls. His resignation takes effect January 30 after three years of service. Due to a union contract the appointment goes to a member of the former denomination, with Robertson being a Presbyterian.
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Harlowton
E. R. Robertson
Federated Church Here
Great Falls
Mr. Robertson
Reorganization of University Units Planned by a Committee
Montana state board of education heard that the university system faces major reorganizations beyond salary cuts due to planned revenue reductions. They proposed adjusting the budget across units, with specific allotments listed and resistance to abolishing Havre and Billings schools.
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Helena
Appropriations Committee
Montana House of Representatives
State Board of Education
Brannon
Sanders
State University
College
School of Mines
Dillon Normal
Billings Normal
Northern Montana
Bureau of Mines
Havre
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Harlow
E. C. Garruth
Matt Murray
Glasgow
Shannon
Billings
W. M. Johnston
Erickson
Garber Sanders
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