Bread price increases draw federal action warning
Farm administrators argued bread costs rise unjustifiably in many areas and turned complaints to the Attorney General for possible anti trust action. They cited up to four cent hikes while Secretary Wallace urged restraint and promised possible use of powers to curb unwarranted increases. Cities named include Laramie Denver and Miles City as protests mount.
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Washington
Cummings
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Laramie
Wyo
Denver
Miles City
Mont
Professor Misjudged His Hitch Hikers
Livingston Enterprise relays a Bozeman Chronicle tale about a Northern Pacific depot holdup. A professor giving a ride to two hitch hikers was confronted when the tougher passenger drew a gun, knocked the holder out, and took the weapon and money before offering it back.
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Livingston Enterprise
Big Timber
Bozeman
Bozeman Chronicle
Northern Pacific
Wool market forecast by national buyer predicts $1 wool
Harry B. Embach of the National Wool Marketing corporation told the Arizona Wool Growers association that wool could reach $1 a pound cleaned basis in eastern markets by January 1, 1934. The address came at the group’s annual convention in Flagstaff.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Harry B. Embach
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Arizona Wool Growers Association
Ennis Mystery as Unknown Man Buried in Private Grave
In Butte July 9 officials report the body of an unknown man about 50 found in a private Ennis cemetery plot. Embalmed by an unknown undertaker, the burial occurred without the lot owner’s consent and likely at night. The undertaker who prepared the body is being sought.
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Butte
Ennis
Madison Valley
Iowa Farmers Punished for Disorderly Doings
Ninety sentence details appear, with 15 farmers pleading guilty and receiving suspended sentences or parole after martial law actions in northwest Iowa last spring. Five faced unlawful assembly with suspended terms, others got one year for resisting a judicial process. all 20 served one day in jail and $50 fines for contempt. The April 27 riot at the O Brien county courthouse and the Lemars mob incident led to troop intervention and eventual muted punishments.
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Primghar
Iowa
Criminl
Earl Peters
O’brien
C F. Bradley
Lemars
Here
Babe Ruth Leads American League To Victory At Comiskey Park
At Comiskey Park Chicago July 6 Babe Ruth delivered a dramatic homer off Bill Hallahan and a spectacular running catch off Chick Hafey helping the American League defeat the National League 4 to 2 in the all star game. Lonnie Warneke, Lefty Grove, Carl Hubbell and others contributed relief pitching as fans cheered the star more than the rest. Ruth's early blast came with Charley Gehringer on base and Ruth saved the day with a tumbling catch to end a potential rally.
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Comiskey Park
Chicago
Shooting Stars
Baseball
War Club
Babe Ruth
Star of Stars
Sultan of
Swat
Bill Hallahan
Charley Gehringer
Detroit
White Sox
Lonnie Warneke
Frankie Frisch
Babe
Chick Hafey
Frisch
Ruth
Warneke
Pride of
Grove
Alvin Crowder
Washington
Hubbell
Rye price surge lifts December option to 1.07
In Chicago rumors of a rye corner boosted the December option to 1.07 a bushel, about 25 cents above three days earlier as traders cited expected wheat scarcity and white bread tax costs. Wheat rose to 1.1538 in May, while corn and oats held steady amid weather and demand shifts.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Jackson lake caretaker fires at trespassers near Johnston estate
W C Lawrence, caretaker at the W Lewis Johnston summer home on Jackson Lake, says he fired shotgun blasts over drunken trespassers who refused to leave July 1. He reported the incident to camp No 224 commander Captain Montgomery, who said no men admitted guilt. Sheriff J A Francis noted no official advisement and the vast Jackson Hole area hinders patrols. The Johnston estate, tied to W Lewis Johnston, is famed as a major Jackson Hole property.
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Jackson
Wyo
W. Lewis Johnston
Jackson Lake
Associated Press
Johnston
Lawrence
Civilian Conservation Corps
Montgomery
No 224
J. A. Francis
Teton County
Jackson Hole
Jackson Hole Country
Jimmie Mattern Lands Safely in Russia
An Izvestia dispatch from Khabarovsk recounts how American aviator Jimmie Mattern survived 16 days in northern Russia after motor trouble forced a landing during his solo round the world flight. He departed Khabarovsk June 14 aiming for Nome Alaska.
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Moscow
Jimmie Mattern
Russia
Izvestia
Khabarovsk
Mattern
Nome
Alaska
Texas Flyer
Anadyr
Siberia
Khabavorsk
Cloudburst Wipes Out Two Colorado Towns
A sudden mountain cloud burst sent a 10 foot wall of water down Bear Creek canyon destroying homes and cabins in Morrison and Starbuck. At least a dozen people are reported dead and many more missing or injured as the flood swept through the resort areas Friday.
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Morrison
Colo
Bear Creek Canyon
Starbuck
Outside Trucks Less In Number This Year in Montana
July 11 Montana produce imports show a 25 percent drop in trucks, attributed to mandatory inspection at entry points from the west and south. State horticulturist George L. Knight says the policy yields better fruit, higher farm prices, and stable consumer costs compared with last summer.
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Missoula
Montana
George L. Knight
Knight
Mrs Ickes refuses to give up political life
Mrs Harold L Ickes wife of a Democratic cabinet member and a Illinois state representative from a suburban district said she will continue her political career. She indicated she intends to run for reelection next year and remains active in Springfield politics.
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Chicago
Harold L. Ickes
Johnson admits speech making does no good
William E. Pussyfoot Johnson returned to McDonough New York after a four month tour of the northwest and told the Binghamton Press he believes the nation faces five more years of drinking. He said speeches failed to curb liquor use and warned the country is not immune to poison. Johnson admitted he had given about 200 speeches without effect and chose to return home while the going was good.
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Binghamton
N. Y
McDonough
Here
Northwest
William E. “Pussyfoot” Johnson
Johnson
Five Americans Held by Spanish Authorities in Mallorca
United States officials seek bail release for five Americans and a woman held since June 5 in Palma Mallorca on a military offense charge. The group includes Mr and Mrs Clinton Lockwood Walton Blodgett Rutherford Fullerton and Rogerick Mead. They allegedly clashed with civil guards at Hotel Mediterranea after Blodgett’s glasses broke in a fight and Mrs Lockwood struck a guard. The guard then struck her with the sabre.
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Palma
Mallorca
Spain
United States
Claude Dawson
Barcelona
Clinton Lockwood
Walton Blodgett
Rutherford Fullerton
Roderick Mead
Washington
Lockwoods
New York City
Blodgett
Stamford
Baby James Gang member near death at 83 in Denver
Alexander Adair once called the baby member of the Jesse James outlaw gang is critically ill from senility at a Denver hospital at age 83. His youth included a runaway trek west to join Indians and a five year tour with a theater troupe before joining the James gang and taking part in the Muncie train robbery.
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Denver
Alexander Adair
Jesse James
St. Louis
Frisco
Rugged West
Alex
West
Mortimer
James
Alexander
Labor and Industry Meet in Helena Over Recovery Funds
Several hundred labor and industry workers gathered in Helena to discuss Montana’s recovery program for public works funding. Fred F. Willson outlined a plan to use about 10 million dollars for projects benefiting state institutions schools and counties. A 56 district structure will choose representatives to submit recommendations to the public works administrator.
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Helena
Fred F. Willson
State Trade Recovery Committee
Montana
Willson
George S. Martin
Butte
Associated Industries
Martin
A. Sunberg
Norman Holter
J. G. Graham
Federation of Labor
R. M. Graham
Great Falls
C. E. Brown
Miles City
Carl Christenson
Missoula
Montana Allied Building Association
National Committee For Trade Recovery
Trade Recovery Committee
Governor May Not Call Special Election On Prohibition Repeal
Governor Frank H. Cooney said Montana prefers not to vote on repealing the eighteenth amendment until 1934 elections but will call a special election if needed to reach the two thirds for repeal. He warned a special election would cost at least $75,000. Montana plans a state liquor-store system once legality is resolved, mirroring Alberta’s model.
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Helena
Montana
Alberta
President approves first big batch of public works projects
President Roosevelt gave final approval to the initial set of federal construction projects under the 3.3 billion public works program. The package totals under 100 million dollars and includes many reclamation service and agriculture department items, notably Boulder Dam irrigation projects exceeding 40 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reclamation Service
Agriculture Department
Cabinet Advisory Board
Boulder Dam
Inspector O'Donnell Transferred to Billings Office
Montana stock inspector Eddie O'Donnell moves from Harlowton to Billings after expansion of his territory by the Montana state livestock commission. He will oversee Harlowton area and southern Judith Basin while Billings district covers Yellowstone to Treasure counties and western Rosebud.
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Billings
Eddie O’donnell
Harlowton
Montana State Livestock Commission
Hal C. Brown
Acton Road
O’donnell
Meagher
Wheatland
Fergus
Musselshell
Petroleum
Sweet Grass
Park Counties
Judith Basin
Yellowstone
Carbon
Stillwater
Big Horn
Gallatin
Treasure
Rosebud
Wool glut leaves Montana with limited unsold supply
Murray E. Stebbins secretary of the Montana Woolgrowers' association said L. W. Barrett Augusta sheepman sold about 50 000 pounds of wool at 25 cents a pound to a Boston firm. He estimated unsold Montana wool at not more than 1 000 000 pounds.
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Helena
Murray E. Stebbins
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
L. W. Barrett
Augusta Sheepman
Boston
Stebbins
Agricultural Department estimates crop production for year
The Agriculture Department on July 1 released its first crop estimates for the year showing wheat at 495.681 million bushels and corn at 2.384.032 billion. Spring wheat 159.914 million, durum 17.576 million, and other spring wheat 142.338 million. Oats 698.941 million. Storage on farms lists corn 620.903 million, wheat 79.605 million, oats 203.261 million. Last year’s totals were higher across all categories.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
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Wyoming
Colorado
Labor and Industry
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OKEH
Inspector O'Donnell
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