La Follette to Delay Presidential Bid After Conventions
Friends report Senator Robert M. La Follette will defer a formal announcement of his presidential run until after the Democratic national convention in New York. He plans an independent banner, with a petition-nominated slate for electors and a carefully chosen vice presidential candidate to influence a potential Senate-led selection if the House fails to elect a president.
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Ben Uhl Files For Shrievalty In Big Timber
Ben Uhl, a longtime Big Timber resident, filed Monday on the Republican ticket for sheriff. The 81 year old Nebraska native pledges strict law enforcement and opposes invisible government, branding himself an anti Klansman candidate. He has worked at local garages and is well known with broad support in Sweet Grass County.
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Father Hennessy Has Long Prison Sentence
Jessy was found guilty Monday of assaulting a woman and appeared before Judge H J Miller in Columbus for sentencing. He received a prison term of nine to eighteen years. Attorneys gave notice of appeal and Judge Miller ordered release on a $5,000 appeal bond, doubled from the trial bond, pending the supreme court decision.
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Mail Train Hold-Up in Chicago Leads to Seven Arrests
Seven arrests were made after the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul mail train robbery near Roundout Illinois. Police chief Morgan A. Collins said those in custody are believed connected. postal inspector A E Germer questioned the identifications while J R McWhorter said suspects are beer runners. Money and securities remain unrecovered and no federal warrants issued yet. Ed win A Weisyle noted the case remains unclear with little information supplied.
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Roundout
Chicago
Cook County
Edwin A. Weisyle
United States District Attorney
Forty-Seven Eighth Graders Earn By-Honor Roll Here
Forty-seven eighth graders passed the state exam, with names listed under Mrs. Margaret Deegan, county superintendent. The article notes pupils who were never absent or tardy, plus eight and seven month terms for various students. Geography exams given to seventh graders in Big Timber and rural schools. rural average 75 percent over seven and a half months, Big Timber average 80 percent over nine and a half months.
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Margaret Deegan
Avis Alen
Leslie Cunningham
Gerald Drivdahl
Maude Dailey
Thomas Hanson
Wallace Hannah
Matilda Mathes
Delmar Muir
Roy McComas
Robert Nye
Sadie M. Olson
Lewis Roberts
Mary Stickley
Lief Anderson
Kermit , Anderson
Elsie A. Bailey
Julius Barstad
Vida Blankenship
Bessie Blankenship
Bluford Bly
Adair Payne
Martha Peterson
Lester Peterson
Emily Peterson
Clarence Kinder
Margaretta Blankenship
Vern Boddy
Arnold Johnson
Agnes Roberts
Esther Waarum
Hilda Waarum
Thelma Roberts
Samuel Langhus
Chris Vik
Harry Templeton
John Ward
Helen Sinnock
George Blankenship
Naomi Sinnock
Bird Blankenship
Big Timber
Banker Christian Yegen Gets Two To Four Years
Christian Yegen was found guilty of banking law violations and Judge J Lynch set a prison term of two to four years. A writ of probable cause stayed incarceration while appeals proceed. Bondsmen Thomas McKenna and A S Christie posted 5000 dollars.
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Dawes Denounces Demagogues At Evanston Reception
Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes republican vice presidential nominee held an open house in Evanston and delivered a strong denunciation of demagogues. He pledged a common sense campaign and warned against prejudice and passion in national policy debates.
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Advisers Will Help Butler Run Campaign
Chicago June 16 The Republican campaign launched with National Chairman Butler arriving from Cleveland. He conferred with General Charles G Dawes the vice presidential nominee arranged for office space for the committee and met state leaders. Butler praised the party and voters unity and noted Slemp would stay in his post. He welcomed women gaining full representation on the national committee. He denied reports of a new party financing plan.
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Democratic convention turmoil intensifies as McAdoo camp shifts
New York June 18 political friction rises ahead of the Democratic National Convention. William G. McAdoo and Illinois leader George Brennan press for majority rule and oppose the two-thirds system. Debates over state unit rules and platform planks grow heated as candidates set up headquarters for Underwood Davis and Berry amid a national committee scramble. Harlem negro Democrats declare the platform broad enough for their feet, signaling strong turnout and potential bloc voting.
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National Negro Democratic Committee
Farmer-Labor Party Showings At St Paul Convention
St Paul June 18 William Mahoney leads conservative faction at the Farmer-Labor-Progressive convention as delegates from several states pledge to guard against Tuesday's communist influence. Mahoney named Minnesota member of the organization committee while A Hathaway is placed on the nominations committee. Credentials add 19 names to reach 522 attendees as state rosters are assigned to the three main committees.
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Death of Gerald M. Kirwan Former Kamp Kirwan Owner
Gerald Maitland Kirwan aged 63 died Sunday at his home 917 Pleasant Street after a period of poor health from heart disease. A Montana settler since 1881 he lived on Locate Creek Tongue River and later moved to Boulder before settling in Miles City. He built a famed Boulder camp that drew fishermen and large crowds and was known for his pleasant disposition and wide circle of friends.
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Miles City
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Bozeman Man Killed In Wreck Near Polson
J M Roberts 45 of Bozeman died instantly when the car carrying 14 people including six Bozeman youths crashed into a bank on a Polson hill. Driver Ted Hickes and Wallace Taylor are among the seriously injured. Milton Roberts, 14, is the slain man's son.
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J. M. Roberts
Bozeman
Polson
Ted Hickes
Wallace Taylor
S. E. Q’dell
J. Inar
Planks Added to Wisconsin Platform for LaFollette Run
Wisconsin plank changes cited by the Plain Dealer outline progressive aims for Robert LaFollette. Proposals include world war outlaw action, opposition to compulsory military training, government arms production to cut profits from war, and large cuts in military spending. Possible running mates named include Norris Brookhart Wheeler Thompson, with a new farming marketing plan to connect producers to urban consumers and curb profiteering.
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