President Hoover Leads Nation At Gettysburg Memorial
President Hoover led the Memorial Day observance at Gettysburg pa delivering a 1020 word address amid graves and flowers. He recalled Lincoln and urged unity charity and tempered leadership as crowds gathered on the hillside and veterans looked on.
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Gettysburg
Lincoln
Hoover
Allegheny Mountains
Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
National Cemetery
Mr. Hoover
William Haines
Washington
M. O. Smith
Hanover
Tariff decision awaited as senators press for action
Democratic senators from the northwest and New England urge speedy disposition of the tariff question so business can plan the future. Senate leaders caution against delaying final action while noting conference reports alter bills. votes unlikely before week end.
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Washington
Northwest
New England
Senate
House
Smoot
Utah
Harrison
Mississippi
Simmons
North Carolina
Harrisom
Republican National Committee
Western Wheat Growers Get Major Donation and Loans
Wheat growers in Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana through the North Wheat Growers Inc receive 2.5 million dollars with 70 thousand more in transit. By week end 4 000 bushels of grain pledged as loan security will be checked. If approved the loans on 1929 crop may require an additional half million in clothing. The scheme shifts risk to the government from farmers as grain advances move.
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Spokane
Wash
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
North
Wavifle Grain Growers, Inc
Dickinson Leads Hawley tariff candidate in Iowa GOP race
Des Moines June 3 Dickinson built a lead of over 75000 votes for the Republican senatorial nomination as returns from most precincts favored Dickinson in 99 counties. Hammill trailed, carrying cities but with lower overall share, while Frank J. Land and W. C. Payne also ran. Dickinson will face Senator Steck in November.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. Dickinson
Dolia M. Hammill
Dickinson
Hammill
Frank J. Land
W. C. Payne
Miniel F. Steck
Senate
Primary race entries close in Montana and Helena
Montana candidates filed on closing day as Eth el Marcum Bielenberg the sole woman entrant seeks the republican nomination for railroad commissioner. Other filings include Tom Stout and Scott Leavitt for congress, Albert Anderson and L V Ketter for associate justice, Leonard Young and Russel Manger for railroad commissioner, with Sen T J Walsh seeking the democratic US Senate nomination.
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Helena
Secretary of State
Ethel Marcum Bielenberg
Deer Lodge
Tom Stout
Lewistown
Albert Anderson
Billings
Supreme Court
L. V. Ketter
Sidney
Leonard Young
Russel Manger
Stout
Scott Leavitt
John A. Matthias
F. F E. Stranahan
Fort Renton
Ketter
Anderson
H. G. Hodgers
Dillon
Frank W. Haskins
Butte
Bielenberg
Claude Rienenberg
Lewis and Clark County
White Sulphur Springs
Memorial Day honors Ansel S. Hubble with Boulder memorial
A Boulder Valley Woman's Club provisioned a memorial for Ansel S. Hubble, a pioneer and Indian fighter, with a firing squad tribute by the American Legion. His grave in Mountain View cemetery bears a copper plate on a Boulder valley boulder. Details of his birth and arrival to Montana remain unknown, but his 1870s activity spanned Bozeman to Grow Indian Reservation, and he died after a long illness on East Boulder land.
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Boulder
Ansel S. Hubble
American Legion
Boulder Valley
Mcleod
Bozeman
Grow
Gallatin County
East Boulder
Ed Davis
Woolsey
Hubble
Grouns
Mountain View Cemetery
Billings Driver Sentenced Ninety Days and $100 Fine
WW W Peterson received 90 days in the county jail and a $100 fine after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Justice Wili se Gallagher also banned Peterson from driving for 30 days after the sentence. The borrowed car he drove struck a car at Mossmain crossing injuring Mrs. Robert Stevens and her husband, who are recovering.
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Billings
E. Peterson
Willise Gallagher
Peterson
Mossmain
Northern Pacific Railway
Robert Stevens
Gallagher
Larceny Charges Filed Against Judith Milling Officials
Lewistown June 4 two Judith Milling company officials S B Fairbank president and A Freeman treasurer face larceny charges over grain valued at 13000 tied to a large shortage. Investigators report 256000 missing from Brooklyn Trust Bank Bank of America First National Bank and Metropolitan National Bank connections. Hearing set for June 12 as investigations continue into the mill operations and related bankruptcy filings.
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Lewistown
Judith Milling Company
Justice Court
E. Baker
S. B. Fairbank
A. Freeman
A. H. Stafford
T. H. McDonald
Judith Company
Bere
Hobson
Seveal
Fairbank and
Freeman
Baker
Brooklyn Trust Company
Bank of America
New York
First National Bank of Boston
Metropolitan National Bank of Minneapolis
Hodson
the Basin Elevator Company
J. W. Sherweed
Rms
MacDonald Wins Narrow Vote On London Naval Treaty
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald secured a decisive Commons victory 282 to 1 against a Conservative motion to form an 11 member committee to review the London treaty. Stanley Baldwin argued for inquiry while MacDonald warned of implications for government relations. Winston Churchill criticized the deal as inferior.
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London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
United States
Great Britain
League of Nations
Baldwin
United States Senate
England
Winston Chevehill
Charles II
Congress Overrules Hoover Veto on Spanish War Pension Bill
Congress, by wide margins, overrides President Hoover to enact a more liberal pension plan for Spanish war veterans. Senate 61 to 18 approves. House 298 to 1 backs enacted measure, amid party splits and cross‑aisle support. Outlay cited at about 11 dollars per veteran.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
House
Knutson
House Pensions Committee
White House
Heaver
Chamber
Knrutson
Connally
Texas
Bingham
Connecticut
Committee
Judge Bourquin Rules Against Bootleggers in Butte Case
Federal Judge Bourquin ruled against bootleggers in Butte upholding libel suits against George Anderson and George Lewis. The decision supports government seizures of speakeasy fixtures and equipment, citing the 1791 excise law and Willis Campbell Act while holding internal revenue stamps required on bottles of heatless liquor.
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Butte
George Bourquin
George Anderson
George Lewis
Dude Bourquin
Bourquin
Raiders Sweep Reno In Largest Prohibition Haul Yet
Federal agents seized paraphernalia used to manufacture liquor in Reno. Seven trucks carried barrels bottles corks malts and flavorings as authorities valued the haul from 210 000 to 60 000. Three men were freed on 5000 bonds. a fourth jailed on charges tied to the dry law raid.
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Reno
United States Supreme Court
Chicago
Water Taxi Disaster Near Santa Monica Kills Several
A water taxi named the Ameen overturned off Santa Monica while returning from a fishing barge with passengers including families. Rescue boats faced heavy seas and strong winds as officials reported multiple fatalities and many unaccounted for. The Freedom rushed to assist, pulling thirty survivors from the water. Captain William Lightfoot led the Ameen with about 39 aboard when the tragedy struck during Memorial Day weekend.
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Santa Monica
Santa Monies
Ameen
William Lightfoot
Freedom
Amera
Lightfoot
Roberts Sworn as Supreme Court Justice in Historic Ceremony
Washington June 2 Associate Justice Owen J Roberts of Pennsylvania took the oath to join the United States Supreme Court after the death of Justice Sutherland. The court adjourned to October 6 and announced it would not review several government cases under the Sherman act or radio prohibition challenges, citing administrative limits.
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Washington
Owen UF. Roberts
Pennsylvania
Justice Sanford
Tennessee
Justice Roberts
Justice Sutherland
Europe
Film Board of Trade
Agricultural Broadcasting Company of Chicago
WLS
WGY
General Electric Company
Schenectady
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Frank Ross
Viaduct Club
Elm Grove
West Virginia
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John M. Hammill
Ramsay MacDonald
Owen J. Roberts
U. S
Charles Elmore Cropley
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