Kerr elected president of Montana Power company
Frank M. Kerr of Butte was chosen president of the Montana Power company after the death of John D. Ryan. Kerr has served as vice president and general manager since 1915, succeeds as leader of a major hydro electric utility in the Intermountain region. James R. Thomas of Butte named treasurer. he had been assistant treasurer since 1925.
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Frank M. Kerr
Butte
Montana Power Company
John D. Ryan
Kerr
Max Hebgen
James R. Thomas
Thomas
Montana Pwer Company
Intermountain
Stay Granted in Insurance Trial Appeal
A hearing is set for July 12 in the appeal of E. E. McMahon of Bozeman to the state supreme court. The district court had dismissed his suit to stop state officials from carrying out a contract with the Miller Insurance Agency in Butte for fire coverage.
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E. E. McMahon
Bozeman
State Supreme Court
District Court
Miller Insurance Agency
Butte
State insured property dispute heads to Montana high court
McMahon filed a transcript of an appeal after Judge Hurry dissolved the temporary injunction in a suit to stop state insurance on over 6.5 million dollars of property. The plaintiff argues state law forbids insuring with mutual companies. The high court granted a stay while the appeal is decided.
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Surance
McMahon
Hurry
Glasgow
Montana
Miller Agency
Mutual
High Court
Governor Will Address Press Meeting
Governor Cooney will address the Montana State Press association at its annual convention in Bozeman from August 17 through 19. Joe Markham of Butte, president of the association, and J. H. Dickey of Butte met with the Bozeman committee to finalize a tentative program.
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Cooney
Montana State Press Association
Bozeman
Joe Markham
J. H. Dickey
Butte
H. H. Howard
John Dexter
S. C. Moore
Civil Servants Count in British Departments
About 317,389 people serve as civil servants across British government departments. The figure reflects ongoing staffing levels amid public administration.
Cedar Creek Mining Booms Again near Superior Montana
The Cedar Creek district in Western Montana sees renewed mining activity after decades. Companies like Superior Mines Inc and Sterling Mining push placer and quartz work near Oregon Creek and Cedar Creek with ground sluicing and hydraulic methods planned.
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Missoula
Cedar Creek
Missoulian
Montana
Oregon Creek
Superior
Gulches
Missoula County
Woody
Mineral County
Superior Mines, Inc
Sterling Mining Company
California Guld
Gildershive Brothers
Snow Shoe Gulch
Lost Gulch
Golden Slipper Mining Company
Amador
Judge Woody
Historical Society of Montana
Magee & Co
Five New Camps Added in Fort Missoula District
The Fort Missoula forest district announces authorization of five additional emergency conservation work camps bringing total camps to 32 and estimated employment of about 6,400 men. Advance crews arrive as efforts focus on Cedar Creek road reconditioning near Superior and creek channel changes. Five tons of blasting powder sent for the project. Seven truckloads of workers dispatched to Packers Meadow on the Lolo forest to build a camp for F-2 near Lolo Pass.
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Fort Missoula
Cedar Creek
Superior
Cedar Road
Lolo Forest
Lolo Pass
Record crowds ride Miami courthouse elevator tour
A weeklong check of elevator travel to the observation tower of the Miami courthouse found 8,121 passengers making the ascent.
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Miami
Fla
Helena Welcomes Draught Beer After 1919 Hiatus
Helena received its first draught beer since 1919 from a Spokane brewer with two Helena establishments selling the early kegs. Demand outpaced supply, leaving many disappointed, but Montana brewery shipments are expected to rise. Vendors anticipate selling draught beer at 10 cents per flagon.
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Helena
Spokane
Montana
Montana pardons span multiple cases including commutations
Gov. Cooney commutes Thomas Kingery’s five year term to two and a half years for a 1932 Powell county statutory charge. Oliver Hugs receives recommended pardon while John Morrison of Billings gets a full pardon for a 1924 murder. Logan and Anderson receive unconditional pardons for banking charges. Joe Brennan and Easton Boone’s sentences are reduced to seven years.
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Thomas Kingery
F. H. Cooney
Powell County
Oliver Hugs
Montana Board of Pardons
John Morrison
Billings
State
H. P. Sims
Frank H. Cooney
John J. Holmes
Sam W. Mitchell
Nagle
Sims
Morrison
Cooney
John Logan
Columbus State Bank
K. A. R. Anderson
Fred L. Gibson
E. A. Blenker
Livingston
Logan
Anderson
Joe Brennan
Easton Boone
Rowan
Lake County
Baseball in oil well yields unlikely souvenir
A group including J. E. Hupp Lyle Hagerty and Doc Minette tossed a baseball into a deep oil well during drilling at the Korner structure. The ball vanished to the bottom but was retrieved later oily yet intact, with Minette inscribing the date to mark the first well’s bringing in.
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Cut Bank
Sweeney
J. E. Hupp
Lyle Hagerty
Doc Minette
Doc
Minette
State 4H Club Meet a Success at Montana State College
The fourth annual State 4 H Club convention concluded at Montana State College on June 16 with new officers elected Grant Cline Fort Shaw president Clara Mae Vielleux Fort Benton Wayne Bailey Wibaux and Jean Cowger Denton as secretary treasurer. Winners in judging contests across swine beef dairy egg grading corn room improvement clothing and foods were announced with top club members and leaders named in each category.
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Montana State College
Charles Potter
Grant Cline
Fort Shaw
Clara Mae Vielleux
Fort Benton
Wayne Bailey
Wibaux
Jean Cowger
Denton
Charles Foster
Fergus
Stanley Swenson
Richland
Fern Atwood, Jr
Dawson
Harry Anderson
A. Edwards
A. W. Schultz
Teton
Paul Holmgren
Stillwater
Walter Chalmers
Dale Fair
Chouteau
Lloyd Anderson
Pondera. Dairy
Milo Flannery
Missoula
Cascade
Ralph Clark
Allen Shumate
Lewis and Clark
J. B. Kiracofe
Lake
Violet Foss
Morgan Esmay
Bill Funk
McCone
Cloyd Beattie
Pondera
Buster McMillen
Lester Kreeedahl
Roosevelt
Antoine Hollow
Chester Wilcox
Ae Hill
Hiner Olson
Mary Edgemond
Judith Christopherson
Wilda Craig
Yellowstone
Eleanor Koutnik
Hill
Clara Mae Foster
Musselshell
Dorothy Rigg
Minnie Barclay
Gallatin
Esther Bendewald
Rosebud
Will Foster
Helen McGinley
Adeline Beaver
Jeannette Helsing
C. DeBruin
Elesa Eike
Howard Adams
Lois Rimby
Eva Johnson
Grace Hill
Valley
4 H Club Exhibits Shift to Great Falls Fair
Fergus county 4 H clubs will send livestock agriculture and home economics exhibits to the North Montana fair in Great Falls after the Central Montana fair was canceled this year.
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Montana
Fergus County
Great Falls
State Tax Receipts Fall Slightly in Second Half
Second half tax payments to the state show a 6 percent decrease from the prior year. Thirty two counties report to State Treasurer James J. Brett, with $380,075 received versus $405,815 from the same counties in 1932.
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James J. Brett
Sugar price advances spark Cuba-wide optimism
Rising sugar prices lift mood across Cuba, with optimism voiced by workers, vendors, and policymakers about improved livelihoods and economic stability as the harvest season progresses.
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Cuba
Soil temperature data gathered by Montana experiment station device
A Montana experiment station scientist describes a soil temperature instrument using thermocouples mounted on a board 18 inches above ground to six feet deep. The system, installed on the state college campus, measures soil and snow insulation with high accuracy and is readable from a building board.
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G. Allen Mail
Montana
Mail
State College
Montana People Find Leisure Through Training Schools
The text notes that despite reduced cash incomes Montanans still seek entertainment. They attend National Recreational Association training schools and demonstrate capacity to enrich leisure with songs plays and games of elevating order.
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Montana
National Recreational Association
Charles Peront Dies at 78 after Four Decades in France
Charles Peront, once famed as the bieveleting France, died in Marseilles at age 78 after a life spanning four decades of notable activity.
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Charles Peront
France
Marseilles
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