Soldier-Preacher George Wilson Dies in Portland Michigan
A veteran traveler and public figure known as the soldier preacher died at about eighty years old in Portland near the Ionia county infirmary. Born on a Clinton Ionia county line farm, he painted for a living and preached in a lifelong itinerant ministry often posing for photos and collecting newspaper clippings for his street sermons. He traveled coast to coast, relied on lifts from drivers, stayed in flop houses or friendly homes, and faced decline after a final Portland stop before his death.
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Clarence Farnsworth
McLeod
Pioneer
George Wilson
Big Timber
Boulder Country
Portland
Mich
Ionia County Infirmary
George W. Wilson
Ben York
Soldier of Fortune
Wilson
Clinton-Ionia County
Ionia County
Three Charged With Attempt To Blackmail In Topeka Case
In Topeka Kansas three men were charged with blackmail after a Saturday arrest. They allegedly tried to extort forty thousand dollars from Walter P Chrysler president of the Chrysler Motors corporation. Suspects are Richard A Swallow editor at a local morning paper Fred B Clark of Meriden Kansas and Ralph Ulrich alias Ralph Chrysler.
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Topeka
Kan
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Richard A. Swallow
Fred 8
Clark
Meriden
Ralph Ulrich
Ralph Chrysler
Missoula Man Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself
In Missoula's Orchard Homes district on Monday Joe Ormson, 54, a grocery clerk, shot his wife in the abdomen and killed himself. Ormson died instantly. Mrs. Ormson was critically wounded at Missoula General Hospital and might not recover.
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Self Missoula
Joe Ormson
Orchard Homes
Missoula
Ormson
Butte Attorney In Hill Case Awarded $5 000
The Montana Supreme Court upheld a Silver Bow district court ruling granting Butte lawyer T J Walker $5 000 in fees for reconciling Walter J Hill and his wife Mildred Baker Hill. Walker represented Mrs Hill in a divorce action last year but the couple reconciled before trial. Hill disputed the fee claiming the agreement to pay any fee was not enforceable.
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Helena
T. J. Walker
Butte
Walter J. Hill
Montana Supreme Court
District Court
Silver Bow County
Walker
Mildred Baker Hill
James J. Hill
Hill
Free Lunch Funds Exhausted In Los Angeles Schools
Ten thousand hungry students went without lunches as funds for free lunches and milk ran out in Los Angeles. Mrs James K Lytle noted the 10th district P T A and other unions spent sixty four thousand six hundred fifty dollars on child welfare since January. Milk and daily lunches served over ten thousand and six thousand respectively.
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Los Angeles
James K. Lytle
Board of Education
10Th District
Parent- Teachers’ Congress
P.T. A
P. T
Canada Tariff Rise Triggers U.S. Political Clash
Washington reports Canada’s tariff increases spark immediate political reactions. Senators Smoot Hastings Harrison LaFollette and others weigh in while State Department and Commerce decline comment until full details from Minister MacNider arrive. Export exposure estimated at 69 million dollars, with coal steel autos and oranges likely hit.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
Smoot
United States
State Department
MacNider
Commerce Department
Canada
Hastings
Delaware
Damage Case Settled Out Of Court In Billings
In Billings Montana a damage suit seeking 30000 against Northwestern Auto Supply and Mrs Joe Russell over a Laurel road accident that killed Floyd Jones ends with the Russell matter dropped after a settlement and Grace Jones, administratrix, moves to settle the estate claim for 7500. Judge Berg denied a nonsuit against the auto supply firm and trial continues for the sole remaining defendant. Witnesses for the defense included Ruddy and several others. A probate order authorizes Grace Jones to settle the estate claim for 7500.
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Joe Russell
Billings Gazette
Northwestern Auto Supply Company
Grace Jones
Floyd Jones
Benjamin Berg
Joseph Russell
Russell
F. C. Ruddy
Auto Supply Company
Laurel Road
Ruddy
Mr. Ruddy
R. H. Fifield
Otto H. Warner
L. G. Stahl
M. R. Kirby
Fred W. Schmidt
A. C. Hovland
Everett Tideman
Robert C. Stong
Brownlow T. Gray Dies in Bermuda After Montana Years
Brownlow T. Gray, longtime Montana resident and former Livingston business figure, died in Bermuda at age nearing eighty. He leaves a widow and two children, son Jack Gray in Montreal and daughter Emily Gray, with his Bermuda funeral held at St. Paul’s Church Paget. His career in Livingston included Mammoth Hot Springs hotel work and part of the firm Wetzstein & Gray on Main Street.
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Sweet Grass County
Livingston
Brownlow T. Gray
Pioneer
Royal Gazette and Colonist Daily
Hamilton
Bermuda
Brownlow’ T. Gray
Sir Brownlow
Lady Gray
Reginald Gray
Mary Gray
Montana
St. Paul’s Church
Paget
Jack Gray
Montreal
Canada
Emily Gray
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone Park
Wetzstein & Gray
Main Street
Livingston Enterprise
Sir Brownlow Gray
Gray
Mon-real
the Pioneer
Circuit Court Refuses Rehearing In Idaho
The United States court of appeals refused to reconsider its reversal of the Idaho district court conviction of Herman J. Rossi and about 40 Wallace residents for alleged conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. The appeals court held Rossi and others did not violate federal laws in levying fines on saloons.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Idaho United States District Court
Herman J. Rossi
Wallace
Idaho
Rossi
Break Record Of Flight Without Refueling
Walter Lees and Frederick Brossy set a world non refueling endurance record in Jacksonville Beach Florida by flying a Diesel motored monoplane for 84 hours 33 minutes landing at 7 20 E T tonight. They beat the previous French Algerian mark by 9 hours 10 minutes.
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Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Walter Lees
Frederick Brossy
Lees
Brossy
Algeria
Africa
President Urged to Use Flexible Tariff Provisions
Gov. Harry H. Woodring of Kansas sent a telegram to President Hoover urging the use of flexible tariff powers to correct economic imbalances harming agriculture and midwestern industries. The appeal came as Woodring left for Indianapolis for governor conference events at French Lick. He noted a Senate forecast that Smoot Hawley would restore prosperity within six months.
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Topeka
Kans
Hoover
Harry H. Woodring
Middle West
Kansas
Indianapolis
French Lick
Woodring
Senate
Silver Bow County Moves To Cut Big Debt
Silver Bow county will reduce its debt by 49 400 dollars on July 1 announced county treasurer Paul A. Rooney. Payments of 35 000 dollars will be applied to the 525 000 funding bond issue of 1921 bringing total payments on that issue to 215 000. Interest of 10 320 dollars will be paid on the 310 000 still owed and 4 080 dollars interest on the 250 000 highway bond issue for the Butte Anaconda paving project will also be paid.
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Butte-Anaconda
Rooney
James P. Ahern Dies in City. Inquest Open
James P. Ahern of Harlowton Lewistown died Saturday in a Grand hotel room apparently by self administered strychnine. An empty bottle and drug crystals found near his bed led coroner to summon an inquest. Autopsy results awaited as stomach contents are analyzed in Helena Great Falls. Funeral held at Lutheran church with interment at Mountain View. He leaves a wife Ida Ahern and several relatives.
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James P. Ahern
Harlowton
Lewistown
Grand Hotel
Graff
Helena
the State Board of Health
Great Falls
Lutheran Church
A. A. Holbeck
Signa Bailey
Margaret Busha
William Muir
Gib
George McFarland
Frank Williams
John P. Campbell
Jesse Pogreba
Mountain View
Livingston
Melville
Twodot
Ida Ahern
Big Timber
Annie Carr
Ringling
T. E. Ahern
Butte
John Ahern
Clara LeFever
Portland
Ore
Bruce de ‘Leng
Tarkio
Mont
Bankers Meet at Hunters Hot Springs Montana
Group seven of the Montana Bankers association held its annual session at Hunters Hot Springs on Memorial Day with nearly 50 officers in attendance. Leaders elected included J W Corwin as president T J Wegener as vice president and Harry Grant as secretary. Speakers urged uniform practices public education on banking and closer regard for foreign relations in policy making. Continued on Page Two.
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Montana Bankers’ Association
Hunters Hot Springs Memorial Day
Frank N. Sauer
J. N. Blankenbaker
Jack Everman
D. Claiborn
E. L. Frang
Commercial Bank and Trust Co
Associated Press
Hunters
Croup
Hunters Hot Springs
Yellowstone
Stillwater
Carbon
Big Horn
Gallatin
Park
Sweet
Livingston
Curtis Adams
Columbus
B. M. Harris
Park City
Montana Bankers Association
E. O. Jenkins
Midland National Bank of
Billings
R. E. Towle
Federal Reserve Bank
Helena
Montana
Memorial Day Observances Mark Montana in 1944
Montanans paused on Memorial Day with parades graveside visits and church services across the plains and mountains. Veterans groups Boy Scouts and fraternal orders led programs while ceremonies in Helena Bozeman Havre Missoula featured speakers including John W. Mahan and A O Johnson.
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Helena
Mont
Prairies
The
Disabled American Veterans
A. O. Johnson
State Department of the American Legion
Bozeman
W. A. “Billy
Havre
Walter L. Pope
Missoula
United Spanish War Veterans
Butte
Spain
Emery Sees Immense Future Tourist Trade
MISSOULA June 2 The tourist trade could reach 50 million dollars yearly in Montana as per Guy Emery secretary manager of the Montana association. He told delegates at the Montana Bankers association meeting that the volume could be realized within three years with a complete highway system and a smart advertising campaign. The bankers endorsed the Montana association and its aims.
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Missoula
Montana
Guy Emery
Montana Association
Montana Bankers’ Association
Emery
New Jersey Leaders Back Repeal of 18th Amendment
In Trenton on June 2, Democratic and Republican state conventions adopted platforms calling for repeal of the 18th amendment and a return to state liquor control. Democrats urged liberalization of the Volstead Act to permit sale of light wines and beer and repeal of the state enforcement act.
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Trenton
N. J
Price Of Booze Boosted Today In Ontario
The Ontario liquor price list rises with a slightly higher scale for all spirits while beer prices drop a little. The Liquor Control Board announced a new price list to be furnished to liquor vendors Thursday morning. Empty beer bottles will become worthless.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
The
Liquor Control Board
Montana Supreme Court Reviews Referendum 35 Debenture Plan
The Montana Supreme Court heard four hours of arguments on Referendum 35 the plan to issue six million dollars in debentures funded by future five cent gasoline taxes. Attorneys for Arps Cottle of Augusta argued while bond issues may face constitutional questions. The court also anticipates a ruling on a separate three million dollar bond measure approved last November.
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Helena
Montana
L. L. Callaway
Montana Supreme Court
Augusta
Supreme Court
Raymond T. Nagle
Arps and Cottle
E. G. Toomey
Howard Toole
Missoula
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Portland, Mich
Boulder
Republican National Committee
Hull
Democat
Tennessee
Bennett
Harrison
Mississippi
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Finance Committee
Brownlow
T. Gray
Corwin
Gibson
New Jersey
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