Ayers vows to put state government back in place
Gov Roy E Ayers told the Helena Rotary he will return state government to proper place amid graft concerns He criticized special interests and cited wasteful expenses by a Billings officer and a mileage fraud case He praised choosing capable department heads like James Sparling to run Agriculture. Continued on Page Four.
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Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Montana
Billings
Department of Agriculture
James Sparling
Death ends dramatic career of Colin Clive
Colin Clive, 37, English stage and screen actor, died in Hollywood after a pulmonary illness. He originated the role of Captain Stanhope in Journey's End during World War I. Born Clive Greig in St Malo, his British Army father was Col. Colin Clive Greig.
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Hollywood
Cal
Colin Clive
Stanhope
Alma Wretling Appointed Secretary of Montana Child and Animal Protection
Gov Ayers named Alma Wretling of Seattle to lead the Manana bureau of child and animal protection in Helena. She replaces Maggie Smith Hathaway whose term ended June 1. Beginning July 1 the bureau will join the Montana department of public welfare as a single unit.
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Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Alma Wretling
Seattle
Manana
Charles M. Jacobs Dies After Long Illness at Musselshell Ranch
Charles M. Jacobs 76 prominent eastern Montana pioneer and former Yellowstone County commissioner died at his Eagle Rock ranch one mile east of Musselshell after an extended cancer illness. Born in Maine in 1861, he came to Montana over 55 years ago, lived in Miles City and Livingston, homesteaded the Eagle Rock ranch in 1884, and served on the Yellowstone county board during the courthouse era.
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Billings
Montana
Yellowstone
Musselshell
Treasure Counties
Charles M. Jacobs
Jacobs
Maine
Wisconsin
Miles City
Livingston
Eagle Rock Ranch
Yellowstone County Court House
National income rises, totals about 35 billion for first half
Washington reports that administrators estimate the national income for the first half of the year will reach about 35 billion dollars. The figure, up from last year's 30 billion, reflects broader price increases and higher business activity though labor disputes cloud the outlook. If labor troubles ease, the uptrend may continue, showing a 10 to 15 percent rise over last year.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Den cards clash over Roosevelt Perkins on steel strike
In Washington the House denounced President Roosevelt and Secretary Perkins over the steel strike. Rep Cox accused Perkins of urging Ohio Governor Davey to use state militia to seize plant owners and force contracts, calling it a shockingly anti constitutional move. Rep Hoffman echoed the attack, saying the president has not halted industries kidnapped for ransom.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Perkins
Cox
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Hoffman
Mich
Miss Perkins
Madame Perkins
Michigan
Accus
Bridge Contract Awarded for Yellowstone River Crossing
At a Helena meeting of the state highway commission a Billings contractor won the contract for a five span steel and concrete bridge across the Yellowstone River near Big Timber in Sweet Grass county. The project total for 11 bridges and road work is 1,012,046.87 dollars with the Big Timber bridge bid at 65,974.56 dollars by W P Roscoe of Billings. Billings Gazette later corrected a local bid of 56,000 dollars.
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State Highway Commission
Helena
Yellowstone River
Bray Hill
Billings
Big Timber-north
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Two Billings youths held after murder confession
Billings Sheriff Dan Stephenson reported that one of two youths questioned confessed in the slaying of 51 year old Andrew J. Sandin on the south side. Robbery is cited as the motive with about $6 found in Sandin’s pockets.
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Billings
Dan Stephenson
Andrew J. Sandin
Robert Patton
Blue Creek
John Kortje
Nalls Avenue
Sandin
Third Avenue South
Emanuel Bayne
Bayne
Patton
Senate approves soil conservation and relief measures
A Senate economy wave receded as lawmakers restore a $60 million cut in a $500 million soil conservation appropriation. The Senate and later the House sent a $630 million measure to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature, then adopted a conference report on the $1.5 billion relief bill for final action.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
Soil-Conservation Service
House
White House
Roosevelt
Roosevelt signs bill suspending mining claim assessment
President Roosevelt signed a bill suspending the annual assessment work requirement for unpatented mining claims for the current fiscal year. Senator James Murray hailed the move as protecting thousands of prospectors and small western companies, opposing Interior Department objections as unfounded.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Murray
Interior Department
West
Senators clash on new taxes as LaFollette plan fails
Washington reports the Senate rejected a LaFollette bid to add 278 million dollars in higher taxes on top earners. The chamber approved a 650 million dollar package of nuisance taxes for two years, extending levies on gasoline, electricity, telegraph messages and many consumer goods while keeping import taxes and a three cent postage.
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Washington
Senate
LaFollette
White House
Relief bill sent to White House for signing
The House sent the administration's 1.5 billion relief bill to the White House for approval after adopting conferees' recommendations. The measure extends the WPA two more years and provides 359 million dollars for public works grants, with a senate amendment to disclose administrative salaries struck from the final text.
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Washington
House
White House
Senate
WPA
PWA
Fiend Lures Three Girls to Death in Baldwin Hills
Inglewood Calif June 28 a sexual degenerate strangled three young girls after luring them from a playground last Saturday. The victims Madeline Everett 7 Melba Everett 9 and Jeanette Stephens 8 were found in a ravine near Culver City. Detectives say two girls were choked with clothesline rope and one by the kidnapper's hands. Ed Muir captain of detectives labeled it the work of a single criminal and expected his arrest.
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Inglewood
Calif
Baldwin Hills
Culver City
Madeline Everett
Melba
Jeanette Stephens
Ed Muir
Governor Davey Reopens Mahoning Mills Under Guard
In Youngstown Ohio Governor Davey ordered Mahoning valley steel mills to reopen immediately with full National Guard protection after a 30 day strike. The move ends Labor Secretary Perkins status quo policy and follows President Roosevelt's mediation board failing to resolve the dispute between CIO workers and steel employers.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning Valley
Davey
National Guard
Perkins
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Terse
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
CIO
Early River Boat Race Interest From Harlowton Pioneer Joe Labrie
Joseph Labrie, an early settler from Bismarck to Carroll, recalls 1874 floods and a brutal winter, including a guard house stay under General Custer and a raft trip on the Musselshell. He describes friends Charley Page and Joe Riley, a fatal accident, and a poker night with Alex McKenzie and Major Sonnef ant.
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Joe Labrie
Harlowton
Joseph Labrie
Bismarck
Carroll
Musselshell
N. P
Army Guard House
General Custer
Fort Lin
Montana names fourteen patrolmen and four supervisors
Helena June 30. Lou Boe decker reappointed supervisor of the Montana highway patrol. Four district supervisors and fourteen new patrolmen were named at a Montana highway commission session that ran past midnight. The four supervisors are Clarence Berkner Great Falls district John Flanagan Butte district W E Kobelin Billings district and Joe Young Lewistown district. The new patrolmen are David H Hunter Ekalaka Alex Stevenson Lewistown Joe Hempstead Deer Lodge Howard Ramsey Shelby Charles A Dell Jr Columbus Joe C MacKenzie Havre David G Cockrill Butte Ernest D Allen Livingston Clarence B Thibodeau Dillon Gale E McKain Eureka Lester Black Stanford William G Walden Malta Tom Stark Wibaux and Vergel Farrar Boulder.
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Joe Hempstead
Deer Lodge
Howard Ramsey
Shelby
Charles A. Dell, Jr
Columbus
Joe C. MacKenzie
Havre
David G. Cockrill
Butte
Ernest D. Allen
Livingston
Clarence B. Thibodeau
Dillon
Gale E. McKain
Eureka
Lester Black
Stanford
William G. Walden
Malta
Tom Stark Wibaux
Vergel Farrar
Boulder
Fort Peck dam saves bridge by diverting river tunnels
June 26 Fort Peck Montana. Army engineers blocked a gravelly threat to the main bridge by diverting the Missouri River through four concrete and steel tunnels. A dynamite blast and rock dumping sealed the channel and relieved the risk as 140 trainloads of ballast secured the structure.
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Fort Peck
Fort Peckam
Missouri
Richard Perry Imes Found Dead in Car
Richard Perry Imes a 30 year old Sidney real estate and insurance man and son of a former land office official was fatally injured in an auto crash ten miles west of Terry sometime between Friday night and Saturday. He had left the ranch home of his father in law Martin Spoolstra of Corinth late Friday for Sidney alone and word reached Corinth Sunday that the Prairie county sheriff found him dead in his car.
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Billings
Richard Perry Imes
Sidney
Prairie County
Imes
State Federation of Labor Goes On Record
Bozeman Mont June 24 Opposition to two laws from the last Montana legislature and praise for the national reemployment service marked the 40th annual Montana State Federation of Labor convention nearing its end. The body adopted a resolution opposing House Bill 65 and Senate Bill 71 arguing they would concentrate power in the governor.
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Bozeman
Mont
National
State Department of Labor
Montana
State Federation of Labor
Senate
Justice of the Peace J P Brass Charged With Embezzlement
Helena Justice of the Peace J P Brass faces a district court information filed by County Attorney Harold K Anderson alleging embezzlement of state funds. The state examiner's office found more than 3400 in fines over two years unaccounted for including a 100 payment to Brass for a client fined under highway patrol rules.
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Helena
Justice of the Peace
J. P. Brass
Harold K. Anderson
Brass
M. J. Thomas
Highway Patrol
State Examiner
George N. Middleman
Red Lodge
George Wi. Padbury
W. D. Rankin
Padbury
Anderson
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George E. Lettergren
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O. K
Charley Page
Joe Riley
Charley
Fort Lincoln
Brainerd
Alex McKenzie
Denny Sonnefant
McKenzie
Alex
Fletcher and Blyer
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