Ten seen passengers killed in Pal-Waukee air crash near fair
A Sikorsky sightseeing plane from Pal-Waukee crashed two miles south of Glenview airport during a fair tour killing ten people. Pilot Carl V. Vickery and copilot Harold Jacobs survived the brief flight before the fatal impact. dozens of victims burned beyond identification as authorities sought to confirm names including Edward Fay, Joseph Robinson, and Mrs. Goodwin of Missoula.
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Chicago
Sikorsky
Pal-Waukee Company
Glenview
Carl V. Vickery
Walgreen
Walgreen Drug Company
Harold Jacobs
Edward Fay
Glenview Undertaking
Goodwin
Missoula
Mont
First National Bank of
Joseph Robinson
New York
Betty
Lucille Mayo
Miss Mayo
Vickery
World’s Fair Ground
Pal-Waukees
Body of Missing Man Found in Huntley Ditch
The decomposed body of John B. Rugg, missing since October, was recovered from the Huntley irrigation project's big ditch. Identification was made by his mother Mrs. Sadie M. Adams, who noted clothing fragments and a missing finger as confirmation.
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Billings
John B. Rugg
Huntley
Sadie M. Adams
North Broadway
Rugg
Pauline becomes acting governor of Montana
State Senator Pauline of Flathead county assumed the Montana governorship in the absence of Governor Cooney, who is in Washington, D C for a federal relief commission meeting. Pauline is the first Republican to hold the office in years while Governor Erickson is away.
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Helena
Robert Pauline
Flathead County
Montana
Frank H. Cooney
Washington, D. C
Federal Relief Commission
Pauline
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon
Erickson
Columbus Bankers Pardon Granted by Board
Pardon day at Helena freed many convicts including John Logan and K A R Anderson of Columbus for fraud at the defunct Columbus State Bank. Governor Cooney recommended unconditional pardons, approved by Secretary Mitchell and State Auditor Holmes. Logan pleaded guilty in 1931. Anderson was tried in Sweet Grass County and received five years. Other pardons covered rape, bank robbery and murder. Attorneys Gibson and Blenkner appeared for the men.
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Helena
Deer Lodge
John Logan
K. A. R. Anderson
Columbus
Columbus State Bank
Cooney
Mitchell
Holmes
Logan
B. E. Berg
Anderson
Sweet Grass County
William L. Ford
White Sulphur Springs
Berg
Fred L. Gibson
Livingston
E. A. Blenkner
Southern States Prepare Votes on Prohibition Repeal
Montgomery report notes Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee plan referendums in July on repealing the eighteenth amendment. Prohibitionists claim the deep south will shape the outcome, while repeal advocates expect beer legalization in six southern states signals Dixie's stance. Alabama and Arkansas vote July 18 and Tennessee on July 20.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixie
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
South
Massachusetts Joins Repeal Wave By Four To One
Massachusetts voters backed repeal of the eighteenth amendment by more than four to one in a special election for delegates to a constitutional convention. With 1,685 of 1,707 precincts counted, repeal: 434,062. against: 97,733. The outcome adds Massachusetts to a growing list of states voting to repeal prohibition.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Farmers of Northwest Repaying Loans at Rapid Rate
Spokane June 12 Northwest farmers repay Spokane Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation loans at $500000 per month. Towle says improved prices for livestock crops apples wool drive repayments. The corporation has distributed 25715973 through headquarters and branches in Portland Boise Helena and serves Washington Idaho Oregon and western Montana.
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Northwest
Spokane
Wash
Spokane Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
R. E. Towle
Towle
The
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Portland
Boise
Idaho
Helena
Mont
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Montana to receive not less than six million for highways
Montana will obtain no less than six million dollars for highway construction under the industrial act. O S Warden of Great Falls, Montana highway commission chair, says funds will fund projects this year and next, with rules to govern spending and broad road improvements to reduce hazards.
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Montana
Helena
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
Montana Highway Commission
Warden
Highway Commission
Commission
State Department
Yellowstone Trail
U. S. No. 10
North Dakota Line
Idaho
Edmonton
Alberta
Salt Lake City
Few State Veterans Seek Forest Work in Montana
Helena Mont June 12 Fewer than 100 Montana men applied for work in the veterans contingent of the forest conservation corps according to Dr H C Watts manager of the veterans administration at Fort Harrison The state's quota is 100 to report at Fort Missoula by June 24 and Watts urged prompt applications Orders for physical examinations must come from the veterans administration at the fort The first applications were forwarded today.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Veterans
Forest Conservation Corps
H. C. Watts
Veterans’ Administration
Fort Harrison
Fort Missoula
Watts
Veterans Administration
Fort
United States and Britain Reach War Debt Agreement
London reports a definite agreement on the June 15 war debt payment to the United States after long talks between the British government and Washington. The decision followed a request from President Roosevelt, explaining Neville Chamberlain’s delay in announcing the official stance in Parliament.
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London
United States
Washington
United Press
Roosevelt
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Rankin Rules Against Beer For Indians
Federal District Attorney Wellington D Rankin told Montana officials that selling 3 2 beer within Indian reservation boundaries is unlawful. Judge Greene noted a written opinion was not yet received but federal authorities are likely to prosecute sales on reservations. Affects Poplar Wolf Point Polson and Rowan with licensing clerks preparing nine applications and $2300 for Wolf Point and Poplar.
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Helena
Wellington D. Rankin
State Board of Equalization
Montana
John J. Greene
State Board
Rankin
Poplar
Wolf Point
Polson
Rowan
Greene
Washington
John J. Jewell
President's Proposal Likely To Stand After Congress Response
Washington June 12. Congressional leaders express confidence the president's reorganization plan will not be altered. Opposition focuses on a blanket 25 percent cut affecting cooperative vocational education and rehabilitation, agricultural experiment stations, extension work, and endowment of colleges for agriculture and mechanical arts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate to Investigate Eastern Racketeering
Senate to investigate racketeering ordered today by the senate. Senator Copeland announced the inquiry will focus first on New York Detroit and Chicago and their interstate operations. He will confer with New York City law enforcement as the work begins. Senators Vandenberg and Murphy will consult with Detroit and Chicago officials.
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Washington
Senate
Copeland
N. Y
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Congress
New York City
Vandenberg
R. Mich
Murphy
Iowa
President Roosevelt signs bill to aid small home owners
President Roosevelt signed a $2.0 billion refinancing measure to aid homeowners with mortgages of up to 20 000 dollars. The act allows exchange for 5 percent government bonds at up to 80 percent of home value, 14 000 maximum, with a 3 year moratorium and back taxes loans. If exchange fails cash loans up to 40 percent at 6 percent are available. a Home Owners Loan Corporation will run the program with oversight by the Home Loan Bank Board. Authorities pledge to delay foreclosures until the plan starts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Home Loan Bank Board
Montana Farmers to Get Fair Treatment on Loans
Helena Independent reports Montana farmers seeking help under the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933 will receive fair, impartial consideration. D O Robinson, deputy agent farm loan commissioner, says loans from the new 200 million dollar act will be acted on rapidly as surveys of Montana communities proceed. Scollard, the newly appointed agent, heads the Spokane district covering Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
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Helena
Montana
D. O. Robinson
J. A. Scollard
Spokane
Scollard
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Robinson
Butte
Con
Farm Loan Commissioner
Federal Land Bank
Farm Land Commissioner
Wash
Dairymen’s Association of
B. K. Wheeler
J. E. Erickson
Roy E. Ayres
Joseph Monaghan
Indictment Against Senator Davis in Moose Lottery Case
A new 14 count superseding indictment in the Moose lottery case names United States Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and Theodore F. Miller, both pleading not guilty. trial tentatively set for July 10. Bernard C. McGuire appears after conviction in the Eagle case. Davis and Miller were re admitted to bail at 2500 each.
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New York
United States
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Circuit Court of Appeals
Conrad Mann
Kansas City
Order of Eagles
Theodore F. Miller
Moose Propagation Department
Bernard C. McGuire
Davis
Miller
Eagle
Death of Major Earl M. Welliver in Puerto Rico
Major Earl M. Welliver aged 61, formerly of Helena and Hamilton, a deputy prohibition administrator in Montana from 1924 to 1927, died yesterday in San Juan Puerto Rico where he had served in government service for six years.
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Helena
Mont
Earl M. Welliver
Hamilton
Montana
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Veterans to be moved from Fritzsimons Hospital
Denver official J A Carlton announces a Washington order to transfer ex service men patients from Fritzsimons to veterans' bureau hospitals. About 300 of 740 will be moved including 120 to 150 tuberculosis patients to Fort Lyons. Remaining will go to Fort Harrison Hot Springs Salt Lake City Boise Lincoln Lawrence and Albuquerque facilities.
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Denver
J. A. Carlton
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Fritzsimons Hospital
Fritzsimons
Carlton
Fort Lyons
Veterans’ Hospital
Veterans
Fort Harrison
Helena
Montana
Hot Springs
S. D
Salt Lake City
Boise
Idaho
Lincoln
Neb
Learence, Kans
Albuquerque
Prohibition Bureau Set for Merger With Justice Dept
Washington June 13 Attorney General Cummings outlines a plan to merge the Prohibition Bureau with the Justice Department Bureau of Investigation as Roosevelt's executive order proceeds. He says enforcement will continue despite staff reductions as more than 20 000 workers face abolition and consolidation.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Cummings
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt
Congress
Bandits Kill Sheriff and Deputy in Missouri
Columbia Missouri June 14 Sheriff Roger Wilson and Sergt Ben Booth were shot and killed while pursuing two suspected bank bandits believed tied to the Mexico bank robbery of 1500 dollars. The Nationwide action targeted the same gang.
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Columbia, Mo
Roger Wilson
Columbia
Sergt
Ben’ Booth
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Mexico
Dispute Over War Veterans Out Passed by Senate Back to House
The Senate backed the Steiner Cutting substitute for the veterans measure by 51 to 39, sending the dispute back to the House where action was postponed until Thursday. The vote underscores a potential deadlock or veto risk on liberalized veterans compensation and pensions for Spanish American War veterans.
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Senate
HOUSE
Washington
Independent Offices
Congress
White House
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