Roosevelt vetoes bonus measure as House overrides
President Roosevelt vetoed the bonus bond bill but the House rapidly voted 324 to 61 to override. Senators planned to follow, with Democrats signaling the veto would not stand. The measure would add 263 million and shift to interest bearing bonds, differing from last year’s proposal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
Clark
Missouri
United States
Pneumonia Fatal to Ex Mayor of Butte
Lewis John stone Duncan former mayor of Butte 1911 to 1915 died of pneumonia in a Rochester Minnesota hospital at 79 He was born May 4 1857 in St Louis educated in Illinois and Indiana He became a railway worker accountant then lawyer and a Unitarian minister before serving as mayor He was ousted in 1914 amid riots linked to the Butte miners union dissolution leaving a lasting local political record
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Butte
Lewis Johnstone Duncan
Rochester
Kate Heath
Illinois
Driscoll
Butte Miners Union
Magnus Johnson in Critical Condition After Accident
Magnus Johnson former United States senator and congressman from Minnesota remained in critical condition in a St Paul hospital after pneumonia developed from injuries in a January 20 automobile accident. He was knocked down by a car and initially believed not badly hurt.
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ST. Paul
Magnus Johnson
United States
Minnesota
Johnson
House Passes Deficiency Appropriation Bill
The House approved a 58 million dollar deficiency appropriation bill sending it to the Senate. It includes 42 million for social security and 296 thousand for farmer contract benefits under AAA before the Supreme Court ruling. Funds for potato control administration were removed. Attempts to cut coal commission and reciprocal trade administration funds failed.
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Washington
House
Senate
AAA
Supreme Court
Three Convicted in Bremer Kidnapping Case
A Minnesota federal jury convicted Harry Sawyer William Weaver and Cassius McDonald of conspiracy in the 1934 Ed ward G Bremer kidnapping case. Sawyer and Weaver received life terms while McDonald’s sentence was postponed to February 1. The crime involved a $200000 ransom and occurred in St Paul.
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ST. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Harry Sawyer
Fingerman
William Weaver
Arkansas
Cassius McDonald
Detroit
Cuba
Bremer
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Sawyer
Weaver
McDonald
Kipling's Ashes Interred in Poets' Corner
Rudyard Kipling's ashes were laid to rest in Westminster Abbey's poets' corner beside Dickens and Hardy. The ceremony featured Kipling family members, Prime Minister Baldwin, King Edward's representatives, and the Duke of York as Mrs. Kipling wept.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Britain
Westminster Abbey
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy
Stanley Baldwin
Edward
Duke of York
Mrs. Kipling
Kipling
Poets
Enemas Hardy
Sir Henry Irong
Stop Gap Farm Bill Emerges From Sub-Committee
Washington January 24 a new stop gap farm bill emerges from the Senate Agriculture Sub committee retaining subsidies for soil conservation as a step toward a permanent federal state cooperative plan. Bankhead and Smith endorse the revised draft while Wallace says everybody is happy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Bankhead
Alabama
Smith
Wallace
Senate
House
Tommy Green Known Stockman Dies in Butte Heart Attack
Tommy Green 51 a meat market manager in Butte died at home on 1918 Argyle Street from a heart attack. A Livingston Elk and noted boxing fan, he helped cattlemen in Park county and refereed a 1917 match. He is survived by widow Mrs. Lalia Green and daughter Miss Mary Elizabeth Green of Hastings Minnesota.
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Montana Standard
Tom Green
Hansen Packing Company
Argyle Street
Green
Somerset
Montana
Livingston
Eastern
Park County
Butte
Livingston Lodge of Elks
Pat Connolly
Olin
Finn
Old
Empire Theater
Lalia Green
Mary Elizabeth Green
Hastings, Minn
Death of Ole L Flattum at Preston Minnesota
Ole L Flattum a long time county resident died after a brief illness at his daughter Mrs Martha Overlands Thief River Falls home. He was born 1852 in Honefoss Norway and married Bertha Torgerud in 1872. The Flattums lived in Highland and later Preston with seven children surviving and burial at Crown Hill.
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Preston
Minn
Ole L. Flattum
Martha Overland
Thief River Falls
Mr. Flattum
Honefoss
Norway
Lars and
Anna Flattum
United States
Flattum
Quebec
Chicago
Winona
Highland
Flattums
Torgerud
Bertha Marie Torgerud
Maren Nepstad
Ferdig, Mont
Petra Peterson
Minot
N. Dak
Laura Nepstad
Billings
Mont
Clarence Flattum
Grey Cliff
Roy
Carl Hallum
Carl Flattum
Los Angeles
Schwellenbach Attacks Smiths Circle as Bad Company
Senator Schwellenbach denounces the American Liberty League as controlled by rascal and crooks and says Leeches and bloodsuckers surround Alfred E. Smith. He contrasts Smith with Roosevelt and recalls 1928 events while targeting John J. Raskob and Pierre duPont for their roles in forming the league.
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Washington
American Liberty League
Alfred E. Smith
Senate
Schwellenbach
Wash
Smith
New York
Schnellenbach
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
John J. Raskob
Pierre duPont
League
Veterans group weighs court test on bonus bill
The American Veterans association studies a court challenge to the soldiers' bonus bill. National commander Donald A. Hobart says if constitutional defects are found, a suit will seek an injunction against payment.
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New York
American Veterans Association
Donald A. Hobart
Cut Bank Oil Area Sees Unusual Producer Flow
The Santa Rita Sheron No. 1 well in the Cut Bank field flowed 800 barrels of oil per day with the valve partly closed and could reach 1,000 barrels. Oil men called a 1,000-barrel well very unusual. The well, brought in by Tip O'Neil on a government permit, sits in the northeast corner of section 34, township 36 north, range 6 west.
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Cut Bank
Santa Rita Sheron No. 1
Tip O'Neil
Section 34
Township 36
Ethiopia and Italy claim victory in northern battle
In northern Ethiopia the fiercest clash of the war ended with competing claims. Addis Ababa said Makale was encircled and two Italian divisions were destroyed, Ethiopian losses pegged at 5,000 to Italy's 743. Rome reported a decisive Italian victory.
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Ethiopia
Italy
Addis Ababa
Makale
Rome
Ras Kassa
Ras Seyoum
Asmara
Eritrea
Sixty Two Millions In Montana School Fund
Helena January 24 The Montana permanent school fund on October 1 1935 had assets of 62444249 dollars, the report by Elizabeth Ireland state superintendent shows. Available funds then were a little over 10000000 dollars, about 300000 less than current expenditures. Net returns from the fund in 1935 were nearly 45000 under the income.
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Helena
MontAna Permanent School Fund
Elizabeth Ireland
Landon Opens Presidential Campaign in Kansas Speech
Gov Alf Landon launched his bid for the Republican nomination during the Kansas Day observance in Topeka. He argued recovery as the greatest reform and urged a balanced budget and low taxes to replace wasteful federal policy.
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Peka
Kan
Alf. M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
King George V Buried With Regal Honors Across Nations
Windsor England January 28 George V was laid to rest beside his parents in the castle chapel after a simple service. Europeans and dignitaries joined a massive funeral procession broadcast to millions. Edward VIII sprinkled earth on the coffin as the crown was removed. Police cleared crowds as thousands fainted or were injured. One hundred thousand gathered along the Windsor route.
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Windsor
Eng
George V
Westminster Hall
Lowon
Europe
Canterbury
George
Edward VIII
Edward
Mary
France
Norman H. Davis
Roosevelt
United States
London
Paddington
St. John's Ambulance Brigade
Hyde Park
Castle Road
Sebastopol
Thames
Western States Win Large Interior Department Bill
Congress sent an 31 million dollar in advance appropriations bill to fund next year projects primarily benefiting western states. Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana receive substantial shares in the House committee’s outline, including major blocks for the Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines, Indian Bureau, and Taylor Grazing Act administration.
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Washington
Congress
Interior Department
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
House Appropriations Committee
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Mines
Indian Bureau
Montgomery Ward Announces Spring Summer Catalog Release
Montgomery Ward unveiled its spring and summer catalog with over six million copies now in distribution to U S families. The shipment size would fill six freight trains of fifty cars each, using about a half million pounds of ink and paper equivalent to covering the United States.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
United States
Ge Peng
Loeb dies of wounds inflicted by convict in prison
James Day, 28, serving a larceny term, confessed killing Rich ard Loeb, 30, co perpetrator of the 1924 thrill slaying, claiming a long running feud with Loeb over advances led to a razor attack at Stateville penitentiary. Day said Loeb threatened him and Day wrested the weapon.
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Day
Joseph Ragen
Edward G. Powers
State’s Attorney’s Office
Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Chicago
Powers
Tragedy Strikes McBride Family in Fort Wayne Train Crash
In Fort Wayne Indiana a speeding Wabash passenger train struck a stalled sedan the McBride family of ten perished with two girls and a baby hurt or fatally injured. The auto stalled on a railroad crossing as the Detroit bound train bore down near Grabill.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Marion McBride
Near Grabill
McBride
William Conner
Two Die in Blizzard in Northeast Montana
A week end snowstorm in far eastern Montana caused two deaths as Al Hasselman aged 65 and Minnie Perkins aged 50 perished while driving a team and buggy from Brockway toward their ranch. Hasselman’s body was found near the James Pruyn ranch and Perkins near a barbed wire fence four miles from home. The horses were found wandering on the prairie.
Rich Chosen President of National Wool Growers Association
Roscoe C. Rich of Burley Idaho was elected president of the National Wool Growers Association at Salt Lake City. The group adopted resolutions condemning federal foreign trade policies and urged Congress to enact land and grazing reforms plus labeling of wool fabrics.
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Salt Lake City
National Wool Growers’ Association
Roscoe C. Rich
Burley
Idaho
Adee
Congress
Forest Service
Canada
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Preston, Minn
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