Corrections On Local Commissioner Race Rumors
The paper corrects false Republican rumors from county headquarters about Billy Halls losing his Stockade precinct by 15 to 2 four years ago and lists majorities in other precincts. It also corrects a last issue mistake about Tom Kuhn and Sheriff nomination, noting no candidates for commissioner exist yet and the primary is one month away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Halls
Pioneer
Halls
Big Timber East
Big Timber West
Grey Clif
McLeod
Melville
Gibson
Springdale
Tom Kuhn
Stillwater County
Frank Murphy
Tom Bolton
Kuhn
Montana women move to bar Communist and Nazi candidates
About sixty Montana Women of Pro-America met in Billings and passed a unanimous resolution to bar Communist and Nazi groups from presenting candidates on all ballots. The dispatch notes June 1 reports anti American activities linked to Earl Browder and Frank Kuhn, with references to Bund leader Fritz Kuhn and funds for Nazi relief.
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Montana
Billings
Earl Browder
United States
Frank Kuhn
Adolf Hitler
Dies Committee
Karl Browder
Kansas
Communist Party of the United States
Commuunist International
Fritz Kuhn
Fuher
Bund
Adolf Hiller
Who Told Me That Then Colonol Roosevelt Quip
A New York Times dispatch recounts exchanges during Col. Roosevelt the Younger’s 1924 New York gubernatorial campaign. Quotes show Roosevelt baiting questions on past games, costs, and state budgets while visiting Hamilton Boise Cheyenne Madison and Wisconsin.
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Hamilton
Colgate University
Col. Roosevelt
Colgate
Cornell
New York Times Dispatch
New York
Dewey
Boise
Idaho
William F. Borah
Borah
Illinois
Pennsylvania Society
Pennsylvania
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Dewey candidate praised as top executive. Roosevelt linked to misinformation
A recent speech labeled Mr. Dewey as the only leading candidate with proven executive ability. It suggested Col. Roosevelt may be a source of the misinformation shaping Dewey's views.
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Dewey
Col. Roosevelt
Compulsory Training Proposal Draws Princeton Support
Col Julius Ochs Adler of the New York Times outlined a bill for compulsory military training to Congress at Princeton. The alumni adopted a resolution backing universal service with staged age brackets for peacetime and wartime training and home defense.
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Princeton
N. J
Julius Ochs Adler
New York Times
Princeton University
Congress
Adler
Transportation groups endorse Wheeler for president
Helena Independent reports a unanimous endorsement of Senator Burton K Wheeler for the Democratic presidential nomination by representatives of railroad transportation brotherhoods. The resolution praises Wheeler's work for Montana and the nation and endorses his administration, signed by S B Winn as chairman and F A Curtis as secretary.
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Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
Railroad Transportation Brotherhoods
Montana
Railroad Brotherhood
Wheeler
S. B. Winn
F. A. Curtis
Transportation Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The
Order of Railroad Conductors
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen
Laurel Woman Ends Life by Hanging
Mrs. Harry Penninger, 50, was found dead in the basement of her Laurel home at 20 Ohio Avenue by her son. Dr. E. C. Hall said death resulted from self-inflicted hanging after slashing her wrists and using an overhead pipe to form a noose. Police believe death occurred between 6:15 and 8:30 a.m. Following reports of long illness and despondency, the family noted her poor health in recent days.
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Billings
Harry Penninger
Ohio Avenue
Laurel
E. C. Hall
Harry Penninger, Jr
House passes defense finance bill boosting taxes
Washington June 11 with only six adverse votes the House approved a defense financing bill raising annual taxes by 1 004 000 000 and lifting the federal debt limit to 49 000 000 000 The vote was 396 to 6 and extending tax coverage to over two million more earners.
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Washington
House
Crawford
Michigan
Thill
Wisconsin
Wolcott
Minnesota
Thorkelson
Montana
Marcantonio
American Labor
New York
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Byrd
Virginia
General Treasury
Refugees Arrive in New York on Record Liner Load
The liner Manhat tan docked in New York with 1,907 refugees aboard including 867 aliens from Genoa and Naples, many babies on board. The voyage followed Italy's entry into war as other ships carried hundreds more, with Washington sailing from Lisbon toward Galway to join the influx.
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New York
Manhattan
Safe Harbor
Genoa
Naples
Italy
Roosevelt
England
Ireland
Atlantic
Harrison
Washington
Lisbon
Galway
House Approves Defense Tax Bill Raising Revenue and Taxes
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 1.4 billion dollar defense tax bill to raise funds for emergency costs. It tightens personal exemptions, adds a 10 percent supertax, raises corporate and excise taxes, and may allow an excess profits tax for 1940 income. The plan targets funding for defense while limiting new war wealth and includes potential amortization for defense industries. Chairman Doughton said a full House vote is set for Tuesday, with Senate action expected soon.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Congress
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
House Committee
Father and Daughters Drown in Zurich Reservoir
A father Peter Wadeish aged 54 and his daughters Elenora 14 and Julia 12 drowned in a reservoir seven miles south of Zurich while the mother and two other children watched. Wadeish was repairing a dam when the girls wandered into a deep hole and vanished. he dived in fully clothed to rescue them and also sank.
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Zurich
Peter Wadeish
Elenora
Julia
Wadeish
One of Four Hundred Ships and Private Industry Mobilize
The report details Roosevelt signing funds enabling construction of battleships and 20 lesser craft within an hour. The government will transfer reserve manufacturing gear to private firms to quickly produce smokeless powder ammonia and small arms ammunition. Wheeler warns he may split with the Democratic Party if it becomes a war party, while insisting the majority in the senate will not vote for war. He argues Britain misreads US policy and questions funding behind anti Hitler ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
White House
Democratic Party
Wheeler
Great Britain
Senate
France
Hitler
Clark
Missouri
United States
Dusting Off The Old Ones
Twelve years after buying two second hand sleeping cars the Northern Pacific plans expanded service to Bis marck. By June 15 it will operate 55 sleepers and 24 dining cars the largest dining car fleet and longest sleeping car line from Chicago to Tacoma. A new timetable begins tomorrow with two daily St Paul Minneapolis to the Pacific coast and fast connections from seaboard cities making Portland and Tacoma reachable in days.
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Northern Pacific
Bismarck
Chicago
Tacoma
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Seaboard
Portland
Oreg
Notable Billings events touch convention and county change
Pioneer Mrs T C McCall and Marion Nicholson attend the Episcopal convention in Billings. Dr A K Wearne acting mayor as Mayor Kaiserman travels to Wisconsin. A kitchen shower honors Hazel Harris ahead of June weddings. The Stillwater county creation suit was dropped and the county appears on official maps. J T Esp returns from Hellopeter pens. Judge Bourquin rules Billings may build a 575000 dollar water plant but must buy water from the old plant for 14 more years. Mosquitoes invade. Dr W X Sudduth plans milling additions. Library board hires Link & Haire to draft Carnegie library plans. Jesse Lockhart killed by Albert Yantz over a $55 fur coat. Yantz is a Milwaukee switchman near Harlowton where the shooting occurred on the highway near Oscar Cass.
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T. C. McCall
Marion Nicholson
Billings
A. K. Wearne
Kaiserman
Wisconsin
Dorman Kellogg
Hazel Harris
Stillwater County
John T. Esp
Hellopeter
Rane
Bourquin
Yles
Martin Crest
Dam
W. X. Sudduth
Great Falls
Library Board
Link & Haire of
Carnegie Library
Carnegie
Jesse Lockhart
Albert Yantz
Sweet Grass County
Starlowton
Lockhart
Yantz
Milwaukee
Harlowton
Oscar Cass
Baseline Local Notes From Pioneer File
The item lists several Melville residents and events including Theo Olson visiting, I N Colby undergoing an operation at Chico Hot Springs, and Mrs. Ben Dodge in Livingston Park Hospital. It notes Fourth of July preparations at Grey Cliff with Horace S. Davis as orator, plus school and county politics, park transport updates, births and deaths, and political filings.
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Pioneer
Theo. T. Olson
Melville
I. N. Colby
Chico Hot Springs
Ben Dodge
Park Hospital
Livingston
Grey Cliff
Horace S. Davis
Myrtle Kuhns
Corvallis
Ore
Henry Schrader
Sweet Grass County
Park County
Yellowstone Park Transportation Co
Mammoth Hot Springs
Four-H clubs organize new members and leaders
Five new members join the Boulder Go-Getters 4-H club at a recent meeting. The Howie community Sage brush Stitchers Clothing club is organized with Mrs. Gottlob as leader and officers Inez Holland president Ardell Holland secretary treasurer Alberta Gottlob vice president Virginia Tierney recreation leader Kathryn Holland news reporter. The Melville Livestock and Garden club organized by E. R. Cook at Floyd Nepstad home with Floyd Nepstad leader David Johnson president Gordon Nepstad vice president Thomas McMahon secretary treasurer James Knight news reporter. The Lower Boulder Riverside 4-H club organized at Lee Smoot ranch with Mrs. Duncan leader Grant Duncan president Lee Smoot Jr vice president May Moers secretary treasurer Evelyn McLane news reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Doris Olinger
Patricia Webber
Irene Hermann
Leona
Bernice Grande
Howie Community Sagebrush Stitchers Clothing Club
Gottlob
Mrs. Gottlob
Inez Holland
Ardell Holland
Alberta Gottlob
Virginia Tierney
Kathryn Holland
Lower Boulder Riverside
Lee Smoot
Duncan
Grant Duncan
Lee Smoot, Jr
May Moers
Evelyn McLane
Donald Duncan
Catharine Smoot
Dale McLane
Divine Service and Picnic Plans At Big Timber Lutheran
Pastor Axel Anderson leads Sunday service at 11 a.m. June 16 with Melville Aid meeting and noon luncheon at 1 p.m. An invitation to attend direct from church. June 23 features Sunday school and congregational picnic at the fair grounds with outdoor service at 11 a.m. and dinner at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BIG Timber Lutheran
Axel Anderson
Melville Aid
Evangelical Church Announces Vacation Bible School
Rev. Claire L. Harris invites all children ages four to twelve to participate in daily vacation church school at the church starting Monday the 17th. Bible materials are provided and teachers include Evelyn Bieber Lorraine Schroeder Priscilla Mos Wilma Clayton and Grace Bieber. Regular services will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Church
Claire L. Harris
Evelyn Bieber
Lorraine Schroeder
Priscilla Mos
Wilma Clayton
Grace Bieber
St Josephs Catholic Mass Schedule Updated
Fr Schuh officiates at St Josephs Catholic Church with mass at 9 30 a m on the second Sundays and 11 a m on the fourth Sundays each month.
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ST. Joseph’s
Fr. Schuh
Interconnection Plan Ties Pacific Northwest Power Grids
Salt Lake City June 7. Interconnection of transmission lines of all privately owned power companies in the Pacific Northwest as part of the national preparedness program is being planned. George M. Gadsby of Utah Power and Light says aerial surveys and ground reconnaissance will determine routes and surveys begin today. The plan would link Oregon Washington Montana Idaho and Utah utilities into a single, privately funded system reducing public defense funding needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Pacific Northwest
George M. Gadsby
Utah Power and Light Company
Gadsby
Northwest
Utah- Idaho
Idaho Power Company
Idaho
Utah
Notice to Creditors Estate of Edna B Cross
In the District Court of Montana Sixth Judicial District Sweet Grass County, notice by the administrator of the estate of Edna B Cross deceased to creditors and all claimants to present claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Address for claims is Montana National Bank Building Billings Montana. Dated June 5 1940 in Big Timber Montana. Harry Cross Administrator. Rockwood Brown Horace S Davis Melvin N Holness Franklin S Longan Attorneys. Pub June 6-13-20-27 1940.
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Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
Edna B. Cross
Rockwood Brown
Horace S. Davis
Melvin N. Holness
Franklin
Longan
Montana National Bank
Billings
Big Timber
Harry Cross
Franklin S. Longan
Mont
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MR. Dewey
Post Office Department
Madison
Court House
State Capitol
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Military Training Camps Association
P. J. Patten
Columbus
4-H Club News
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