Washington Hosts English Ruler with Royal Garden Party
King George and Queen Elizabeth visited Washington for a day of pomp sightseeing and diplomacy. They met President Roosevelt, toured landmarks including the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, and attended a Four Acres of England garden party at the British embassy with about 1,400 guests as crowds cheered along the route.
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Washington
George
Elizabeth
England
Union Station
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln
Washington Monument
Rock Creek Park
James E. Freeman
Colorado Officers Capture Fugitives
Four fugitives from the Colorado reformatory were recaptured at Buena Vista with no resistance as search efforts shifted north into rugged mountain country. Warden Walter H. Johnson, who was kidnapped yesterday, led the manhunt after being threatened with death. James Williams, 17, of Lawton Oklahoma, argued to spare the warden’s life when a companion drew a rifle, and Robert Blair, 19, of Denver, was also sought. The warden was released.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Colorado Reformatory
Walter H. Johnson
Kidna
James Williams
Lawton
Okla
Robert Blair
Denver
Rainfall improves Montana grain and pastures across regions
Montana weather officials report western counties received a quarter to over an inch of rain while eastern areas saw half an inch to over two inches. Cool conditions limited growth last week, but overall grain and pasture conditions benefit from the moisture.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Roosevelt seeks extra $1.75 million for grasshopper control
President Roosevelt asked Congress to provide an additional 1.75 million dollars for the Department of Agriculture to combat grasshopper outbreaks in Montana North Dakota and Wyoming. The request covers emergency and incipient pest control through December 31, 1939.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
North Dakota
White House
Montana
Wyoming
House of Representatives
Livingston Readies Legion Convention Activities
The American Legion department convention in Livingston runs June 21 to 24 with a memorial service at Sacajawea park, a public address by National Commander Stephen F. Chadwick at the State theatre on June 22, floodlit competitions with more than $1,000 in prizes on June 23, plus a Mixer Ball and an elk barbecue at Gardiner on June 24.
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Department
The
American Legion
Livingston
Legion
Sacajawea Park
Stephen F. Chadwick
State Theatre
Sons of the Legion Corps
Gar
Guard at British Ambassador's Shanghai Home After Plot
In Shanghai on June 12 a heavy police guard was posted around Sir Archibald Fraser home following a life threat plot. British authorities did not disclose the nationalities involved.
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Shanghai
China
Sir Archibald
Fire Near Lewistown Claims Third Victim
A ranch home fire near Lewistown Montana claimed its third victim, Mrs. Joe Bishop, 22. The blaze had already killed her eight month old daughter Jo Ilene and her sister Helen Marie Brown, 14, from burns after a stove explosion set the frame house ablaze.
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Lewistown
Mont
Here
Joe Bishop
Jo Ilene
Helen Marie Brown
Baseball Bigwigs Celebrate Hundredth Birthday of Sport
COOPERSTOWN New York June 12 The first hundred years are always hardest and Old Man Baseball began his second century today with a major birthday party drawing more than 11 000 to this village where Abner Doubleday sat down and invented the pastime Commissioner Landis led the celebrations as the Hall of Fame museum and Doubleday field were dedicated Immortals wore period uniforms as schoolboys soldiers and major leaguers reenacted early baseball The afternoon climaxed with a 4 2 seven inning victory by a combined National and American league squad over a team captained by Eddie Collins Babe Ruth made a comeback as a pinch hitter but fouled off a pitch and popped to catcher Art Jorgens in his only appearance
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Abner Doubleday
K. M. Landis
Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame
Doubleday Field
Doubleday
Hans Wagner
Eddie Collins
Boston Red Sox
Babe Ruth
Wagners
Art Jorgens
Proposed $300000 hospital site eyed in four states
The government contemplates building a tuberculosis hospital for Indians at a yet undecided site in Washington Idaho Montana and Wyoming. Hunters Hot Springs near Springdale is proposed for consideration due to reputed medicinal waters and proximity to fishing on the Yellowstone. Historical ties to Dr A J Hunter and connections to James A Murray and George A McCain are noted. Local boosters in Big Timber and Livingston may influence federal support through Senator James Murray and Congressman James O Connor.
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Washington
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Hunters Hot Springs
Springdale
Yellowstone River
Crazy Mountains
James A. Murray
Butte
George A. McCain
James E. Murray
James F. O'Connor
Livingston
Park County
Big Timber Womans Club Year End Report 1938 39
Retiring president Mrs. E. O. Overland outlines a busy year for the Big Timber Womans Club. The group added 24 members, hosted outside speakers, formed a chorus, ran a TB and nurse clinics, supported libraries and schools, raised funds through sales and drives, and organized community events and playground efforts.
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E. O. Overland
Big Timber Womans Club
Lochrie
Butte
Seebart
Melvin Sayre
Womans Club Chorus
Fort Harrison
City Summer Recreation Program Invites Children
One hundred forty children joined a city summer recreation program with supervision by a WPA aided committee. Daily sessions run Monday through Friday at 9 30 am and 1 30 pm at the city park with softball, games, and a Friday pet show at 1 30 pm at the band stand.
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Fraternity
Owen Loftsgaarden
WPA
Elsie Milingson
Supt
H. C. Olson
I Frank W. Chase
W. L.spencer
Assassins Admit He Must Have Shot Two in Anaconda Shooting
Enoch Huckoveh, confined at the Montana state penitentiary, told Warden R. Bergstrom that he drank all day before a fatal Anaconda saloon shooting. He admitted firing at Ed Stuart and Albert H. Oldhaber, wounding a passerby, and said he did not hold a grudge and was remorseful.
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Huckoveh
Iolding
Federal funds resume insect control battle in western states
Washington June 12. Orders to continue federal participation in insect control went out after Congress approved 2.75 million dollars for eradication. The action follows a temporary halt due to funding gaps, with field workers and poison bait again to be supplied through the Minneapolis office.
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Washington
Bureau of Entomology
Minneapolis
Congress
White House
A. Rohner
Bureau
Rohner
Laborers oppose Garner as 1940 candidate addressed by Tom Mooney
Washington on June 9 Organized unemployed and WPA workers at the National Right-to-Work Congress denounced Vice President Garner as a 1940 candidate. Tom Mooney delivered a scornful attack calling Garner a decrepit old show-piece from a dude ranch and praised the resolution opposing Garner.
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Washington
WPA
Garner
Tom Mooney
Congress
Workers Alliance
Mooney
House Extends Social Security Benefits With Senate Pending
The House, voting 361 to 2, passes amendments extending and increasing social security benefits while keeping the old age pension tax at the current 1 percent for three years. The measure raises coverage to seamen and bank workers, adds 1.1 million more insured, and boosts federal funds for old age assistance while delaying payment changes to 1943.
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HOUSE
Senate
Washington
Smith
Ohio
Thill
Wisconsin
Ing
Ways and Means Committee
Farmers of Northwest Are in High Spirits
Farmers in three northwestern states enjoy rain drenched fields turning green after a long dry spell. Friday night and today three inches fell in South Dakota with continued rain in Minnesota and North Dakota. The cold wet period halts grasshopper feeding, easing a famed plague.
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Minneapolis
Northwest States
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakota
W. E. Dove
Federal
Grasshopper Control Office
Wheeler fights for home against hoppers
Senator Wheeler of Montana urged President Roosevelt to approve the Budget Bureau estimate for grasshopper control and notify the Agriculture Department so funds can be released immediately. He called the North Dakota South Dakota and eastern Montana situation extremely serious with people wiring for help.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Montanan
North
South Dakota
Hyde Park
North Dakota
Agriculture Department
Governors to shape 1940 presidential bets in state races
The impending 1940 primaries see 34 of 48 states electing governors. State leadership linked to gubernatorial nominations may influence party tickets more than the Washington contest as nominating conventions approach.
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Washington
Montana to Harvest Large Winter Wheat Crop in 1939
Montana plans to harvest an 18,364,000 bushel winter wheat crop in 1939, per the Bureau of Agriculture Economics June 1 forecast. The total is well above the 10-year average and nearly double the 1936-37 average, with a spring wheat condition at 78 percent of normal and a rye crop of 484,000 bushels.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Treasure State
Bureau
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau Statistician
Cipal
United States
AAA
Great Plains
Four States Get 50th Anniversary Admission Stamp
Postmaster General Farley announced a commemorative stamp marking the 50th anniversary of statehood for Montana North Dakota South Dakota and Washington. The purple three cent stamp will be issued in November.
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Washington
Farley
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wheat crop estimates show 1939 forecast below 1936 drought
The Agriculture Department projects a 1939 wheat crop of 668 to 693 million bushels, the smallest since the 1936 drought. Winter wheat is set at 523.4 million bushels and spring wheat 145–170 million, with outputs varying by state and drought impact in the Great Plains.
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A. J. Hunter
Shedatt Crippled Children’s Hospital
Bozeman
Cancer Control Campaign
County Federation
Northwest
Hoppers
Drouth
Betwen
Nebraska
Kansas
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