George W Briley Honored At Annual Farm Bureau Picnic
The county wide Farm Bureau picnic at the fair grounds drew about 125 to 130 attendees. Geo W Briley president presided as Claude C Gray spoke on government finance in agriculture and a Santa Cruz conference. N L Towne praised farm organizations and Theo Olson and Briley were thanked. Briley received a twenty year membership emblem.
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Farm Bureau
Fair Grounds
Geo. W. Briley
Claude C. Gray
State Farm Bureau
Sweet Grass County Farm Bureau
Federal Land Bank
Farm Credit Administration
Production Credit
Farm Security
Farm Bureaus
Santa Cruz
Calif
Montana
N. L. Towne
Bozeman
Farmers Union
National Grante
Theo. T. Olson
George W. Briley
Briley
Carthage
Japanese Consul Dies After Montana Crash
Motoki Matsumura 38, Japanese consul at Portland, Ore., died from brain injuries after a south of Butte vehicle accident. George M. Takao survived with minor injuries as the car struck gravel en route from Yellowstone to Portland. Matsumura, who had served in Tokyo and Nanking, had arrived as consul March 26. his widow lives in Portland.
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Butte
Here
Motoki Matsumura
Portland
Ore
Matsumura
George M. Takao
Yellowstone National Park
St. James
Takao
Asiatic Affairs Department
Tokyo Foreign Office
Kwan Yoshida
London
Boosters Target Route 666 Across Five States
H L Buck secretary of the Billings Commercial club and Canada to Mexico Highway association says designation of route 666 through Montana Wyoming Colorado Arizona and New Mexico should be completed within a year. G E McKay of Billings elected MT association president also named chairman of advertising and publicity committee to publish a strip map of the entire route and surrounding towns in all five states.
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Billings
H. L. Buck
Billings Commercial Club
Farmers' cash income falls slightly in June
The Agriculture Department estimates June cash income from marketings at 501 million dollars, about one percent below May's 508 million. Government payments total 51 million, about 30 million less than May. Including payments, June income is 552 million, down from 589 million in June 1938, with gains in grains meat animals vegetables and eggs outweighed by declines in cotton dairy tobacco and fruits.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Drought threatens six northeastern states crops and forests
A severe drought grips New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Vermont Connecticut and Massachusetts with Rhode Island facing threats to crops and forests. Upstate New York reports severe crop and dairy losses and rising fire risk while New Jersey sees minimal rainfall paralyzing farm work and milk industry strain. Pennsylvania records only .4 inch of rain in the east with forty forest fires and crop damage across the region.
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Upstate
Newark
State Agriculture Department
Senate OKs bill barring federal employees from politics
The Senate endorsed Hatch’s bill to bar federal officeholders from national political activity. The proposal would restrict participation by federal officials with exceptions for the president vice president and members of Congress. A White House decision from President Roosevelt remains uncertain as to signing or veto.
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Senate
Washington
Hatch
White House
Roosevelt
Weeks
Rosevelt
House Judiciary Committee
House
Annrava
Minton
Ind
Erav
Clark
Congress
Funeral Services for Vivian Dutton Set for Saturday
Vivian Skooks Dutton 44 died Tuesday in Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital after gall bladder surgery. Services will be at Congregational church 1 30 p m Saturday with burial at Mountain View beside his father William P Dutton. Survivors include widow in Livingston and several siblings and relatives across Livingston Big Timber and nearby cities.
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Vivian
Skooks) Dutton
Veterans’ Hospital
Fort Harrison
Helena
Congregational Church
Mountain View
William P. Dutton
Dutton
McLeod
Park Ice and Storage Co
Livingston
John Flanagan
Laura Dutton
Sabra Ronning
Don Cowles, Jr
Walter
Herbert Dutton
Noah Ball
Big Timber
Frank Podach
Los Angeles
Calif
Frank Wylie
San Bernardino
Interest Rate on Postal Savings Not To Be Cut
Washington reports federal officials will not reduce the interest on postal savings and baby bonds. Two percent is paid on postal deposits, with New Jersey exceptions. Baby bonds yield an implied 2.9 percent at ten years. Banks face pressure to cut rates as other yields fall.
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Washington
New Jersey
United States
Federal Reserve
New York City
Plains Citizen Wanted in Old Murder Case
A hearing to determine whether John Kelly 39 should be returned to Clay West Virginia to face murder charges will be held this week in the office of Montana Governor Roy E Ayers. John J Jewell the governor's secretary said Wednesday or Thursday. A requisition for extradition was delivered today by three Clay officers. Kelly a long-time Plains resident was arrested on a telegraphic warrant then released on bond. The governor has received petitions urging denial while he is still away from the state.
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Corp
Ezra Zirkle
West Virginia
Four Ohio Teachers Injured In Car Accident
Four Akron teachers on a westward tour were injured when a tire blew out between Chateau and Augusta. Erdie Wolfe sprained hip, Gladys Waldrrch sprained ankle, Ellen Lawler broken arm, Mamie Galloway ankle injury. Car skidded 140 feet, overturned four times then rolled twice before stopping. A New York tourist transported them to a hospital in Chateau. they were en route to Glacier National Park.
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Great Falls
Akron
Chateau
Augusta
Erdie Wolfe
Gladys Waldrrch
Ellen Lawler
Mamie Galloway
New York
Glacier National Park
Out of work gold miner receives first unemployment check
Helena July 22 A miner rendered jobless by a mine shutdown received a $15 check Saturday the first of Montana's unemployed benefits. Grover W Hensel of Helena smiled at the gold colored check as Barclay Craighead said 3800 idle workers filing claims after July 1 would draw 700000 to 800000 from the fund. Eligibility required at least 150 earned in the 1938 39 period and unemployment but available for work.
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Helena
Montana
Grover W. Hensel
Barclay Craighead
State
Rankin resigns as head of Louisiana oil department
New Orleans July 24 Governor Earl K Long announced the resignation of William G Rankin who led the state conservation department regulating Louisiana s 100 million oil industry He said Rankin quit at Longs request to allow the new governor to appoint department heads Two federal oil investigators arrived for the hot oil probe and an August 4 federal court arraignment for Semour Weiss Dr James Monroe Smith and three others on mail fraud charges was postponed for pleadings.
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New Orleans
William G. Rankin
State Conservation Department
Earl K. Long
Rankin
Long
Semour Weiss
James Monroe Smith
U. S. Ends Trade Treaty With Japan
Washington July 26 The United States served notice of termination of the 1911 treaty of commerce and navigation with Japan, paving the way for an embargo on shipments of raw materials. Abrogation becomes effective six months from Wednesday, on January 26, 1940, when Congress is in session to discuss embargo options.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Little Gardiner Girl Killed by Automobile
Julia Eldred, a Gardiner girl nearing five, was run over on a highway near Yellowstone park boundary at 9 10 Sunday evening. The child was alone in the family car and left it on the traffic side, failing to notice an oncoming vehicle. The driver was deemed absolutely blameless by Highway Patrolman Harry Burnham. the car was traveling eight miles an hour in low gear. The girl died en route to Mammoth Hospital. body at Franzen Funeral home.
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Livingston Enterprise
Julia Eldred
Gardiner
Yellowstone Park
Buck Eldred
Mammoth
Franzen Funeral Home
Harry Burnham
Burnham
Housing-Lending Bills Hit Snag In Committee
A bipartisan coalition in the House Rules Committee blocked Roosevelt administration housing and general lending bills, adjourned without passage, with opposition centered on local funding shares and lending authority. Key figures include Rep. Williams of Missouri opposing 10 percent local cash, Rep. Cox and Rep. Walcott noting better local funding options. Continued on Page Four.
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House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
House
Cox Democrat
Georgia
United States Housing Authority
McCormack
Massachusetts
Congress
Williams
Missouri
Banking Committee
Missourian
USHA
Cox
Walcott
Michigan
Montana highway commission awards three road contracts
The Montana highway commission awarded three road contracts totaling 29,529 dollars. Morrison cave road gravel surfacing in Jefferson county goes to Charles Shannon of Butte for 5,904 dollars. Bar-Bare Curtiss Co. of Minneapolis bids 14,0 for supplying 12,500 cubic yards of crushed gravel for stock piles in Custer and Rosebud counties.)
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Morrison Cave
Jefferson County
Charles Shannon
Butte
Custer
Rosebud
Bar- Bare Curtiss Co
Minneapolis
Blaine County
C. A. Wagner Construction Co
Sioux Falls
S. C
Bainville
Roosevelt County
Fergus County
British Deny Any Appeasement Move
London reports say Britain rejects any appeasement with Germany while some quarters warn of dangers in Nazi talks on a Dan zig settlement. Officials deny overtures or official status though some ministers, including Chamberlain, may be aware of discussions.
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London
Germany
Danzig
Foreign Office
Chamberlain
Six College Students Die In Mount Baker Slide
Mount Baker avalanche claims six students during Western Washington College of Education climb. Two bodies recovered yesterday. four missing as 28 searchers probe the snow under a hot sun. Missing are Beulah Lindberg, Hope Weitman, Viene Fisher, and Maynard Howat. bodies of Alice James and Julius Dornblut Jr. were found.
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Glacier
Wash
Mount Baker
Western Washington College of Education
Beulah Lindberg
Great Falls
Mont
Hope Weitman
Thornton
Viene Fisher
Coupeville
Maynard Howat
Seattle
Alice James
Arlington
Julius Dornblut, Jr
Bellingham
World Wheat Supply Prospects Rise for 1939 40
The department forecast a record world wheat supply for 1939 40 at about 5.29 billion bushels, up 120 million from last year. Production was estimated around 4.9 billion bushels with July 1 stocks near 1.2 billion. a smaller crop offset by a large stockpile increase in old wheat.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
New Federal Tax Laws Designed To Encourage Business Recovery
New tax rules aim to spur long term recovery by easing expansion risks and encouraging new enterprises. The carryover loss provision, seen as most important, allows deducting losses from one year against future profits, potentially speeding expansion despite uncertainty. Analysts acknowledge limited near term impact, with political and economic factors shaping outcomes as year end rules take effect.
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New York
Tax Research Institute of America, Inc
United States
Institute
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Plains
Ohio
Louisiana Oil Department
U. S
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