Laurel youth dies in highway collision near Laurel
Harold Bud Heebner 19 of Laurel dies after a motorcycle and a car collide five miles east of Laurel on US 19. His sister Helen 20 is critically hurt. L M Stricklin 54 of Billings is jailed on reckless driving charges.
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Billings
Harold
Bud) Heebner
Laurel
Helen Heebner
L.M. Stricklin
Miss Heebner
Stricklin
Yellowstone County
W. E. Kobelin
Heebner
J. R. Heebner
Kobelin
F. H. Currens
L. M. Stricklin
Ben Harwood
Restraining Order Over Election Records Placed in Montana
Lewis and Clark county officials were restrained from destroying election registration lists and books within five days after June. Judge George Padbury issued the order at H. S. Bruce of Helena request, citing potential obstruction to referendum petition checks and signature verification. A hearing set for June 14 to decide if the order becomes permanent. The filing window ends September 4, and petitions on two or more laws are circulating in the county, with circulation not expected to finish before June 5.
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Helena
Mont
Lewis and Clark
George Padbury
H. S. Bruce
Bruce
Padbury
A. J. Duncan
Lewis and Clark County
Park County Pioneer Benjamin F. Myers Turns 91
Livingston Enterprise reports from Raymond Washington that Benjamin F. Myers, first Park county commissioner since 1887, is alive and active at age 90 turning 91 on June 28. He helped form the initial board with George H. Carver and George M. Hatch and remains connected to Montana’s early history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
Benjamin F. Myers
Board of Commissioners
Park County
Montana
Hazel F. Myers
Raymond
Wash
Myers
George H. Carver
George M. Hatch
Mr. Myers
Nettie Ballinger
Ballinger
Bozeman
Frank Beller
Mrs. Myers
Edward and Wallis marry at French chateau ceremony
Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis Warfield wed in a Church of England ceremony at Château de Candé in Monts France. The procession unites a royal romance after years of controversy as a French civil service officiates with a last minute Church of England blessing.
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Chateau DE Cande
Monts
France
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Touraine
Roosevelt targets wealthy tax evaders in push for new taxes
President Roosevelt announced the treasury has found large tax evasion by rich individuals and urged Congress to tighten the revenue system. Treasury officials expect civil and criminal cases, with dozens of suits to be filed and fraud referrals sent to the justice department. The move follows March tax receipts that fell short of estimates and a revised deficit projection for the fiscal year.
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Washington
Roosevel
Treasury
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
O'Connor Hopes for Sweet Grass Dam Boost
Congressman James F. O'Connor reports a hopeful reply from Senators Murray and Wheeler. They will visit Montana after Congress adjourns to assist efforts for the Sweet Grass dam project, though attendance by the 2nd to 4th of July seems unlikely.
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J. F. O'Connor
Ray of Hope
Sweet Grass Dam
Boosters
James F. O’connor
T. T. Olson
E. R. Cook
The
Pioneer
Murray
Congress
Montana
Sweet Grass
Olson
James E. Murray
Burton K. Wheeler
Big Timber
Dust Storm Lets Darkness Rule Eastern Montana Towns
A severe May dust storm from the north and west shrouded Lewistown in darkness for nearly thirty minutes and damaged crops and trees. In Billings a 60 mph gust snapped trees, knocked down lines and grounded air traffic as temperatures fell sharply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Richard Messier
Billings
Mercury
Vilas Body Taken to Vermont for Burial
Josiah Crosby Vilas 83, longtime Livingston bank official, died of a heart attack while sitting in his chair. His body was sent to Bellows Falls Vermont for interment aboard the North Coast Limited. services were held at 4 p.m. at 132 South Yellowstone Street with Rev. Lewis D. Smith presiding. Pallbearers included Thomas Sidebotham and J. N. McCracken among others. the widow and Mrs. F. B. Rixon of Billings accompanied the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
Josiah Crosby Vilas
Livingston Bank
Bellows Falls
Vermont
North Coast Limited
F. 8. Rixon
Billings
Thomas Sidebotham
W. E. Bennett
T. J. Wegener
J. N. McCracken
Ward Smith
L. H van Dyck
E. H. Newell
D. J. Fitzgerald
Mr. Vilas
Circus Hit by Dust Storm at Livingston Show
The Robbins circus in Livingston faced heavy winds and a massive dust storm with speeds up to 50 mph. A main tent was ripped and toppled, injuring spectators as the afternoon show was canceled, but the evening performance proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
Treasure State
Robbins Circus
Holbecks Attend Lutheran District Convention in Great Falls
The Rocky Mountain district of the Lutheran church held its biannual convention in Great Falls May 23 to 26 with 54 pastors and 46 delegates voting to elect Rev. A M Skindler as president and Rev A A Holbeck as secretary treasurer. N L Field of Kalispell was named new vice president. Rev and Mrs Holbeck attended from the Big Timber congregation and Ladies Aid. They visited the A G Jahr family in Great Falls and sent greetings.
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Rocky Mountain
Lutheran Church
Great Falls
Women’s Missionary Federation
A. M. Skindler
A. A Holbeck
N. L. Field
Kalispell
Fire at Campbell Ranch Kills 500 Trip Chick Chicks
A blaze at George O Campbell’s Boulder highway ranch destroyed a garage and several outbuildings. About 500 baby chicks perished in the flames, with volunteers forming a bucket brigade to save a red barn and some structures. No insurance coverage found beyond $200 on an empty granary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O. Campbell
Boulder
Wong Sun Pleads Not Guilty On Medical License Charge
Wong Sun also known as Chew Sern Yorn, a Chinese herbalist and local distributor, pleads not guilty to practicing medicine without a state license. Bail set at 1500 dollars with bonds from O. Fletcher Goddard and Mike Fava. trial scheduled for June 15 at a special term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
State Board of Medical Examiners
Wong Sun
Chew Sern Yorn
Guy C. Derry
O. Fletcher Goddard
Mike Fava
Derry
Chris Rush
Another Presidential Veto May Hit Rocks
A coalition of House Republicans and rebel Democrats voted 368 to 13 to override President Roosevelt on a bill extending five year war risk insurance for more than 20 000 veterans. The measure, led by Democrat John Rankin of Mississippi, would extend coverage five years as 20 000 veterans exit the rolls. Supporters included Hamilton Fish Edith Nourse Rogers and John McCormack.
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Washington
House Republicans
Roosevelt
John Rankin
Mississippi
House Veterans Committee
Hamilton Fish
New York
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
John McCormack
Oklahoma
Lamb Chosen President of Group Seven Montana Bankers
Alva L. Lamb cashier of Citizens Bank and Trust in Big Timber was elected president of Group Seven of the Montana Bankers Association at the Clydehurst gathering. R. H. Elliott of Bozeman became vice president and J. W. Fry of Laurel was secretary treasurer. The meeting drew about 124 bankers and wives from nine southeastern Montana counties with speakers outlining Federal agricultural legislation and Montana banking affairs.
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Billings
Alva L. Lamb
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Big Timber
Montana Bankers’ Association
Clydehurst-on-the- Boulder
R. H. Elliott
Bozeman
J. W. Fry
Laurel
J. D. Street
Oo. E. Anderson
Hardin
Montana
Group 7
E. L. Kelley
D. Claiborn
Pete Slagsvold
Montana State College
Alfred Atkinson
E. N. Johnson
Plains
State Association
Glacier Park
G. M. Robertson
Helena
Montanans, Inc
R. J. Fremon
State Banking Department
H. Walker
State Bankers’ Group
C. J. Larson
Federal Reserve Bank
R. M.waters
Eugene Wood
Forsyth
L. D. Moritz
Manhattan
Harry Grant
W. H. Reilly
T. J. Wegner
Livingston
Street
C. J. Buzzetti
Fromberg
Albert Sheets
Wyola
Fry
Wood
R. L. Duba
Columbus
Fred Heinecke
A. R. McDermott
Wegner
B. M. Harris
House Saves Better Salary for Hopkins
The House backed President Roosevelt's work relief bill with 323 votes to 44, crushing a revolt to earmark more than a third of the 1.5 billion fund for specific projects. The chamber also kept Hopkins salary at 12 thousand dollars, 272 to 96, and defeated a bid to devolve relief to states by 286 to 78.
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Washington
Senate
Vinson
Kentucky
House
PWA
Harry Hopkins
Work ‘Progress
Bacon
New York
Dam Disaster Devastates Tlalpujahua Town
A burst dam near Tlalpujahua in Michoacan unleashed a mudslide that killed many residents. El Oro officials warned the toll could rise as the mass of debris crushed homes before dawn after heavy rains weakened the dam.
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Mexico City
Tlalpujahua
Michoacan
el Oro
Attorney General Cummings Made Guardian of Prison Triplets
Attorney General Cummings became legal guardian of three prison born babies. The infants, born May 21 to an Oklahoma girl at the federal reformatory for women in Alderson West Virginia, are under the AG's guardianship as the mother served a federal liquor law sentence.
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Swashington
Cummings
Oklahoma
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Senator Wheeler urges Buffalo Rapids project in Montana
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana released a letter to President Roosevelt urging construction of the Buffalo Rapids irrigation project in eastern Montana even if the government bears all costs. He argued the plan would be a great constructive work and should be carried through, and he criticized the court-reorganization proposal.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeer
Montana
Roosevelt
Buffalo Rapids
School of Mines
Butte
Great Falls
Former Newspaperman Passes in Portland
George Weatherhead, longtime court clerk in Portland Multnomah county Oregon, died Sunday of kidney trouble. Funeral services were held there yesterday. He was brother in law to Mrs. E J Husebye of this city and a frequent visitor with his wife. Previously he worked in Montana newspapers including country papers and on the Butte Miner Helena Independent Billings Gazette and other publications. He is survived by a widow and two daughters from a previous marriage.
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George Weatherhead
Portland
Multnomah County
Oregon
E. J. Husebye
Montana
Butte Miner
Helena Independent
Billings Gazette
Riot at Republic Steel Plant Ends With Four Dead
In South Chicago Sunday a clash between strike sympathizers and police near the Republic Steel plant left four dead and 88 injured, including 23 officers. Demonstrators armed with clubs and rocks confronted officers who fired into the air as rioters returned fire. Police pursued the crowd for two blocks while plant workers watched from windows.
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Chicago
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Arew
Mooney
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Bud” Heebner
Oliver Sullivan
Northern Pacific
Deaconess
Ben Myers
Wallis
Vilas
Holbecks
Campbell Ranch
Hopkins
Sen. Wheeler
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