Supreme Court rules Cooney lawful Montana governor
Montana Supreme Court ruled there is no vacancy in the governor or lieutenant governor offices, dismissing mandamus pleas to accept candidate filings for the July 17 primary. The decision, written by Judge S. D. McKinnon, holds the lieutenant governor acts as governor and there is no interim vacancy, preserving the political status quo.
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Helena
Montana
State Supreme Court
Secretary of State
S. D. McKinnon
Miles City
A. H. Angstman
Sam W. Mitchell
Raymond T. Nagle
Frank H. Cooney
Cooney
Fletcher Sees Return for Grand Old Party
Chicago June 7 The Republican party launches its campaign for a comeback with Henry P. Fletcher as new national chairman signaling wins in fall elections. Fletcher arrives from Green Castle Pa and vows a united party with a clean slate and a focus on unsound Washington measures. He delivers a national broadcast favoring a sound progressive program and centralized regulation.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Green Castile
Washington
Three Year Highway Program Authorized for 500 Million
Congressional conferees reach agreement on a three year road program costing more than 500 million dollars. The plan adds 230 million carryover and 250 million from states, with annual federal aid and emergency relief allocations detailed for 1935 to 1937 plus 72 million for parks and forest roads.
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Washington
House
Senate
Uder
Treasury
Supreme Court Cuts Damages in Big Suit
The Montana supreme court reduced a $10,000 damage award to Ida J. Tanner of Great Falls against Anne H. Smith to $7,500, calling the original sum shocking to the court. If Tanner does not consent to the reduction, Cascade County district court must grant a new trial.
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Helena
Ida J. Tanner
Great Falls
Anne H. Smith
Montana
Dorothy Dell and Escort Die in Pasadena Auto Crash
Dorothy Dell age 19 and Dr. Carl Wagner were killed when a car veered off a highway in Pasadena California. The vehicle struck a telephone pole palm tree and a boulder near the city early today.
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Pasadena
Calif
Dorothy Dell
Hollywood
Carl Wagner
James Keeley a Chicago editor dies after illness
James Keeley noted Chicago editor whose front page death list after the Iroquois Theatre fire and his pursuit of a Chicago banker Stensland marked his career. Born in London 66 years ago he influenced press and public affairs for decades.
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Chicago
James Keeley
Chicago Tribune
London
England
Pullman Company
The
Tribune
Keeley
Samuel Insull
United States
Paul O. Stensland
Stensland
Morrocan
Scope of Civil Works Administration Program in Montana
Helena June 9. A report on the Civil Works Administration program in Montana covers November 30 to March 29 and cites a total cash outlay of 5 903 135 providing 6 038 976 man hours of work. Wages totaled 4 161 580 with 158 197 for teams and trucks and 285 212 for materials. Major costs include Silver Bow flood control 824 656 and state highways 272 404.
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Helena
Civil Works Administration
Montana
T. C. Spaulding
FERA
Silver Bow
School of Mine
Walker forecasts NRA measures as permanent nation plan
Frank C. Walker director of the national emergency council said emergency measures born during the NRA era will become a permanent part of the US social and economic system. He praised Roosevelt and noted public backing during drought relief efforts.
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Butth
NRA
United States
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Thursay
Walker
Monana School of Mines
Butte
Darrow
Car Crash Claims Gale Smith in Butte Rain
Gale Smith, 38, of Butte, died after a car ran off a Montana highway in a heavy rain. He was pinned under the vehicle while attempting to fix the windshield wiper. Mabel Crawford, 36, also of Butte and a teacher near Great Falls, was thrown from the car but not seriously hurt as the car rolled about 100 feet near Silver Star.
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Butte
Mont
Gale Smith
Mabel Crawford
Great Falls
Silver Star
Senator Wheeler Grants Figures On Wheat Allotments
Senator Wheeler announced checks totaling 1.8 million dollars for Montana wheat allotments, part of about 6 million dollars received for the state. He said drought-area farmers will receive relief ahead of the federal program, and the one-cent price increase raises about 250 thousand dollars for Montana farmers.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Power of President Is Hurting Big Business
Washington report notes organized business urges Senate to restrict President Roosevelt's authority to transfer RFC funds in the $1,172,000,000 deficiency bill. They warn transfers to relief and public works could derail budget balancing for 1936 and call for strict transfer limits.
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Washington
Organized Business
Senate
Roosevelt
Harriman
Reconstruction Corporation
House
RFC
Congress
Gov Poindexter Visits En Route to Hawaii
Butte Montana June 9 Joseph B Poindexter governor of Hawaii visited here Saturday while traveling from Washington to the islands. He left Butte to spend three days at Dillon his former Beaverhead county attorney post now governor Poindexter formerly served as Beaverhead county attorney.
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Butte
Joseph B. Poindexter
Hawaii
Washington, D. C
Islands
Dillon
Poindexter
Beaverhead
Gallatin Woolmen Refuse All Wool Bids
Bozeman dispatch reports the Gallatin Sheep association directing directors refused every bid for the wool pool on Saturday. They will reopen bidding in 30 days hoping to approach the true value of about 350000 pounds of wool.
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Bozeman
Gallatin Sheep Association
Smelterm en Strike Sends Falls Plant into Shutdown
About 900 to 1,000 smeltermen did not report to work in Great Falls as part of a sympathy strike with Butte and Anaconda miners. Anaconda Copper Mining Co officials began shutting down zinc and copper refining and fabricating operations after the 7:30 am deadline.
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Great Falls
Butte and Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana relief meeting to plan statewide rehabilitation
The Montana relief commission calls a Helena meeting for June 11 to draft recommendations for the FERA and other government agencies. The plan aims to coordinate relief work and long term rehabilitation with officials from state boards and federal agencies.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Relief Commission
E. E. MacGilvra
FERA
MacGilvra
Montana
State Water Conservation Board
State Planning Board
Rural Rehabilitation
F. H. Cooney
John Carmod
Washington, D. C
James Brickett
Washington, D C
H. L. Lantz
Malta
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Six Found in Wrecked Plane in Mongaup Park Catskills
Debruce New York June 11 bodies of six men and one woman were found on a mountainside amid the wreckage of a giant airliner that disappeared Saturday over the Catskills.
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Debruce
N. Y
Mongaup Park
Catskills
County Officials Urge Retrenchment At Annual Montana Meeting
Billings Gazette reports the twenty-fifth Montana Association of County Commissioners convention opened with calls for economy and tax relief. Warden of Great Falls urged consolidations to cut state costs by 40 percent, alongside talks by Elizabeth Ireland Horace Davis and John Brown on retrenchment. Sixty-nine commissioners from 40 counties attended, with ensuing banquets and theater outings planned.
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Billings Gazette
Montana Association of County Commissioners
Commercial Club
Warden
Great Falls Tribune
State Highway Commission
Great Falls
Elizabeth Ireland
Horace Davis
John G. Brown
Helena
Association
Fred Bennion
Montana Taxpayers Association
Bennion
F. H. Cooney
J. C. Taylor
Montana State College
Ray Wise
T. C. Spaulding
Miles City
Fox
Babcock
Montana FERA and state relief list 10,025 workers
Helena reports 10,025 people employed on Montana projects under FERA and state relief, with many others on direct relief. The tally covers road work, airport and water projects, dam and bridge work, sewer and pipe projects, parks, and administrative tasks among others.
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Helena
Montana
FERA
State Relief Administration
Silver Bow County
Anaconda Woman Elected President of VFW Auxiliary
Doris Taylor of Anaconda was elected president of the auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars during the second day of state patriotic meetings in Havre. John J. Byrnes of Helena was named state commander of the Disabled American Veterans. The VFW and Spanish American War Veterans will elect officers tomorrow.
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Havre
Mont
Doris Taylor
Anaconda
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John J. Byrnes
Helena
Yellowstone Park Water Restriction Confirmed in River Compact
Washington June 7 The house passed and sent to the senate a bill urged by Secretary Ickes. It adds a clause to the Yellowstone River compact act barring Wyoming or Montana from any action regarding waters within Yellowstone Park.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ickes
Wyoming
Montana
Yellowston Park
Montana Congressman pushes small reservoir plan to curb drought
At a drought committee hearing Representative Ayers of Montana urged building many small reservoirs in Montana and the west as a long term water conservation program. He noted Montana has an engineering setup but no funds while Hopkins indicated the $400,000 drought relief allotment could finance the plan and similar programs could spread to Colorado and Wyoming. Ayers said he spoke with the president and said Roosevelt appeared friendly to the program.
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Washington
Mountana
West
Representative Ayers
Montana
Ayers
Hopkins
Colorado
Wyoming
Mr. Roosevelt
Dillinger aide Tommy Carroll killed by Waterloo detectives
Tommy Carroll age 38, a top lieutenant of the Dillinger gang, died in a Waterloo hospital after a gun battle with detectives Emil Steffen and P. E. Walker. A woman identified as Carrolls bride Jean Crompton, 21, was captured with him after their car was reported with extra plates and weapons.
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Tommy Carroll
Dillinger Gang
Waterloo
Iowa
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Wisconsin North Woods
Carroll
Jean Crompton
Madison
Wis
Little Bohemia
Indiana
Emil Steffen
P. E. Walker
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Gallatin Woolmen
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