OConnor Leads in Democratic Push for Local Tickets
Primary results show O Leary defeated for treasurer and Fallang edged by Jarrett for sheriff on the Republican ticket. Democrats voted lightly in town, with estimates of around 100 casting ballots for Republican candidates. Overall totals highlight sheriff and congressional races with a mix of names across county and district contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceryl Y. O’leary
Dean Lowry
Fallang
Sheriff
Jarrett
Leo J. Cremer
Ben B. Miles
Robert Cosgriff
Tom Anderson
Bartels
Herrick
E. Jarrett
Brannin
Lowry
O'Leary
Egerman
Patterson
Greig
Holly
McComas
Hathaway
Strickland
Smith
Overland
MacFarlane
Husband
Stockdal
Big Timber East
Big Timber West
Local Nomination Plea Shaped by Stewart Erickson Anderson
Sam V. Stewart incumbent leads six candidates for nomination as associate with Leif Erickson of Sidney and R. J. Anderson among challengers as Lewistown tops the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam V. Stewart
Leif Erickson
Sidney
R. J. Anderson
Lewistown
Eagles elect Holt at Montana Eagles meeting in Red Lodge
C F Holt of Great Falls was elected president of the Montana Aerie of Eagles at the annual convention in Red Lodge. Elmer Clark of Butte steps down. Great Falls will host the 1939 convention. Other officers named include Hartz Anaconda vice president and McConchie Lewistown chaplain. Kalispell won the Lester Lable cup for largest membership increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Lodge
Mont
C. F. Holt
Great Falls
Montana Aerie of Eagles
Elmer Clark
Butte
Aerie
H. H. Hartz
Anaconda
Stewart McConchie
Lewistown
W. J. Thompson
William Trudeau
Havre
E. J. Neville
Helena
G. F Hughes
Missoula
E. S. Peden
Miles City
Rae Charles Krause
Billings
Trusee
Ray C. Campbell
George Brown
Lester Lable
Wool fetches top price at Denver auction
Denver July wool sale ends with a top of 28 cents a pound for Colorado wool from North Park near Walden, a record since August. A 1 600 pound lot sold at 25.75 cents, while the sale total reached 1,195,000 pounds with Montana wool earlier at 23.5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
North Park
Walden
Montana
Republicans to tackle farmer problems in Chicago session
The Republican Program committee will hold a summer session in early August to address American farmers and market difficulties at home and abroad. Dr. Glenn Frank chairs the effort with a round table led by Dr. Asher Hobson of the University of Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican Program Committee
Glenn Frank
United States
Asher Hobson
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Wisconsin
Public National Committee
Washington
Nebraska Political Boss Mullen Dies at 65
Arthur F. Mullen, 65, a leading Nebraska lawyer and longtime National committeeman, died in Omaha after a long cancer illness. He shaped state Democratic politics from 1912 to 1933, aided Roosevelt’s 1932 ticket, and influenced party leadership and alliances with Hitchcock and the Bryans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Arthur F. Mullen
Midwest
Nebraska
Mullen
Roosevelt
Washington
Irishman Heads for California Flies to Old Ireland by Mistake
Douglas Corrigan, a 31 year old American pilot, landed at Baldonnel Airport near Dublin after an unsanctioned transatlantic flight from New York to California. He claimed he thought he was flying to California and said the trip took 28 hours 13 minutes. Corrigan had no radio and limited instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldonnel
Dublin
Ireland
Douglas Corrigan
Atlantic
New York
Corrigan
Floyd Bennett Airport
California
Cor
Rigan
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Paris
Board seeks PWA grant for Big Timber District No 1 school
At a special meeting the Big Timber District No 1 school board voted unanimously to apply for a PWA grant covering 45 percent of a new public school building. The aging, unsafe, crowded facility necessitates a new campus, with a bond issue to fund the remaining costs and owner approval at a bond election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
School Board of School District No. 1
PWA
Annual Forest Fires Spread Across Pacific Coast
Dry lightning and low humidity hindered thousands of firefighters as more than 600 fires burned from eight national forests in California to the Canadian border. California reported one major 1,400 acre fire near Eureka with 100 volunteers and 500 CCC enrollees unable to halt it. Oregon battles intensified with fires consuming sawmills and homes, Sutherlin church, and causing estimated $15,000 in damage plus $200,000 in sawmill losses. A Forbes Landing fire evacuations and a Ryderwood blaze risk from winds added to about 25 new fires, with arson suspected in several cases.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Red Cap Mrairie
Eureka
CCC
Klamath Forest
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Douglas County
Sutherlin
Sweet Home
Weinert
Benton County
Big Creek
Clatsop County
Seattle
Washington Forest Fire Association
Ryderwood
Cowan
Codicil Alters Ringling Will Disinheriting Heir
In Sarasota on July 20 a proposed codicil to John Ringling's will was offered for probate. It would largely disinherit John Ringling North and his brother Henry Ringling North while tightening bequests to Ida Ringling North. The codicil dated November 2, 1935 would reduce Mrs North's life interest to five thousand dollars annually. Mrs North and her son John Ringling North are coexecutors of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Fla
John Ringling
John Ringling North
Ringling
Ritz-Carlton
New York
North
Henry Ringling North
Ida Ringling North
Teachers to Attend Short Summer Terms Under WPA Plan
About 15 000 teachers on Works Progress Administration educational projects will take refresher courses in several states from now to mid September. Dr L R Alderman said the three to five week sessions aim to sharpen teaching techniques and aid reabsorption into regular schools. Most participants are voluntary and pay their own costs. Training runs Montana from August 1 to 27 with other groups planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Progress Administration
L. R. Alderman
WPA
Montana
Hughes Endorses Wiley Post as Greatest Pilot
Howard Hughes, back from a historic global flight, declines to rank his feat with Wiley Post's solo round-the-world trip of 1933. He calls Post's achievement the most remarkable flying ever done and notes the feat may remain unmatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Howard Hughes
Wiley Post
Post
Hughes
Men Convicted of Horse Theft Taken to Pen
Forsyth, July 15. District court jury found Byron Jackson guilty of grand larceny for stealing horses from Roscoe Hunt of Custer county and set one year in the state penitentiary. B. F. Horton pleaded guilty and drew one year. Allen Kirkpatrick was sentenced to five years. Sheriff Burns took the men to Deer Lodge for imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsyth
Byron Jackson
Roscoe Hunt
Custer County
B. F. Horton
Rudolph Nelstad
Allen Kirkpatrick
Nelstead
George Burns
Deer Lodge
Public works funds allocated for ships and farm projects
The Public Works Administration allotted 5,375,400 to build four government ships and 86 Agriculture Department projects. Agriculture received 3,250,400 for land use and conservation programs, while the Coast and Geodetic Survey got 1,425,000 for two harbor cutters. Specific allocations include Montana Milch River and Mussel Shell projects with amounts of 72,675 and 48,225 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Works Administration
Agricultural Department
Agriculture
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Montana
Milk River
Musselshell
Lower Yellowstone
Cloudbursts Cause Million Dollar Montana Damage
June cloudburst floods in Montana caused an estimated 1 million dollars in property damage with at least 58 deaths. Prairie Hill Blaine and Yellowstone counties reported the greatest losses while hailstorms struck southeastern Montana, and average June precipitation reached 3.08 inches with a 61.5 degree average temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
W. E. Maughan
Helena Weather Bureau
Maughan
Prairie
Hill
Blaine
Yellowstone
Dowager Queen Marie of Romania Dies at 63 in Bucharest
Dowager Queen Marie of Romania, English born and long a key influence, died in Bucharest at Si naia palace in her sixty third year. King Carol, Crown Prince Mihai, and Queen Elizabeth of Greece attended her bedside as public buildings flew flags at half staff. Burial is planned beside King Ferdinand at Curtea de Arges Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Marie
Rumania
Sinaia
Miron Cristea
Carol
Mihai
Elizabeth
Greece
Ferdinand
Romania
Dresden
Germany
Curcia de Argesh
France
Inamorata
Magda Lupescu
Michael
Prince Nicholas
State to meet financial obligations for 1938 39 fiscal year
Helena July 15 The state prepared to handle its 1938 39 finances under the 1937 legislature appropriations State Auditor John J Holmes said clerks completed setup of the appropriation machinery and opened new books The year’s appropriations totaled 2 986 243 26 with 72 040 537 26 from the general fund 105 831 from special funds and 839 875 from the University millage fund Surpluses remain available from the end of the previous year June 30 and carry over to the next biennium under the plan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
John J. Holmes
General
University Millage
Bonded Indebtedness Near Ten Million in Montana
Helena July 15 The states bonded indebtedness as of July 1 totaled 9 656 224 25 including all special project bonds outstanding Ray N Shannon state treasurer reported today The total shows a decline of 1 155 000 in nine months of the just ended fiscal year Outstanding state bonds are divided into general obligations 5 074 224 25 including 575 224 25 Capitol building bonds and special project bonds 4 582 000 including 2 568 000 highway debenture bonds The highway debenture bonds have been retired regularly in the last six months of the past fiscal year Further reductions are planned including retirements as they fall due The decrease in general obligations during the nine months was about one million dollars and the decrease in special project bonds was about 200 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Ray N. Shannon
Montana
Death Valley thirst victim named in Mojave search tragedy
Herman E. Van Thijn a 38 year old Los Angeles mining engineer was found dead on the Mojave desert after he and companion Robert L. Wicks became stranded near Owl Hole springs. The two men left notes at Barstow signaling water shortage and their search for relief. Wicks later headed toward Owl Hole while Van Thijn collapsed and died in the sand.
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Death Valley
Calif
Herman E. van Thijn
Los Angeles
Mojave
Desert
van Thijn
Robert L. Wicks
Owl Hole Springs
Shoshone
Barstow
Wicks
Supreme Court Rules Against Beneficiary in Life Policy Case
Montana high court holds Metropolitan Life Insurance not liable to Margaret Johnson of Missouri for son’s policy benefits after forfeiture for unpaid premiums. Appeals court had awarded $1,409.39. case stems from policy issued July 11 and death August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Margaret Johnson
Missouria
George W. Padbury, Jr
Lewis and Clark District Court
Johnson
Ets
Two Thousand Friends Attend Haugan Golden Wedding Picnic
More than 2,000 guests from southeastern Montana gathered at the Haugan ranch near Fishtail to honor Mr. and Mrs. Knute Haugan on their golden wedding anniversary. Speakers praised civic leadership and family devotion as 61 Haugan family members attended the event.
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Absarokee
Montana
Haugan Ranch
Here
Fishtail
Knute Haugan
Haugan
T. S. Stockdal
Billings
P. R. Heily
Columbus
Stillwater
O. T. Haugen
Ralph Duba
Martin Ramsland
Mrs. Haugan
Castle
Norway
Melville
H. T. Grande
Lennep
Rosebud Creek
Fishail
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O'Connor
Dr. J. Thorkelson
J. F. O'Connor
H. D. Rolph
W. C. Husband
U. S. Beochsel
Harry O. Williard
Railroad Commission
Eagles
Old Ireland
Campbell River
B. C
Forbes Landing
Supreme Court
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