Old Age Pension Bill Clears Senate By Wide Margin
The Roosevelt social security plan, aiming for a large tax program, passed the Senate 76 to 6. It creates a federal old age pension starting next month with $15 monthly federal aid for those 65 and over or needy blind, to be matched by states, and funds for dependent children and welfare programs. The bill forecasts major unemployment reserves and total annual costs around 4 to 5 trillion dollars, with payroll taxes funding the programs.
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Senate
Roosevelt
House
Hale
Hastings
Metcalf
Townsend
Austin
Moore
Virginia
Glass
Bird
Tydings
Maryland
Gore
Secrat
Oklahoma
Clark
Missouri
Lonergan
Connecticut
Treasury
Walter Hill files divorce suit amid marital turmoil
Walter J. Hill son of late J J Hill head of the Great Northern railroad sues Mildred Richardson Hill for divorce in Santa Ana California superior court with First Trust company of Saint Paul named as codefendant He seeks return of two agreements that provided 1250 monthly income and a 65000 trust fund payable if they remained married five years ending June 25 1935 He alleges the agreements void due to his wife's actions describing Broadmoor district gossip and affairs with Roland Buckley and William Sussman.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Walter J. Hill
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Mildred Richardson Hill
First Trust Company
St. Paul
Hill
Hills
Livingston
Mont
Seattle
Broadmoor
Roland Buckley
William Sussman
Sussman
Four Inmates Foiled Escape Bid at Wisconsin Hospital
WAUPAN Wisconsin June 16 Four inmates tried to escape Central State Hospital for the Criminal Insane using knives and an ice pick in a 20 minute clash before guards subdued them.
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Waupan
Wis
Central State Hospital
Three Injured as Giant Engine Falls Into Washout
Three workers were injured when a new giant locomotive and seven freight cars slid into a 150 foot washout on the Jefferson river near Three Forks. Fireman William Kayser Brakeman Martin Johnson and Engineer E O Ruegamer sustained burns and rib injuries as crews struggle to lift the $130000 engine from the muddy bank.
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Jefferson River
Livingston
Ed Kyser
J. A. Lawler
Glendive
Share the Wealth Plan Drowns in Senate Noes
Senator Long's share the wealth proposal, urging pensions for all over 60 with income under 500 dollars and property under 3 000 dollars, was debated then defeated in the Senate as opponents questioned funding and scope. Long put a $165 billion capital levy aim, costing about 6 billion yearly, to total near 10 billion annually with government expenses. The plan, seen as a 1936 bid signal, faced swift conservative challenge from Hastings and Tydings.
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Washington
Long
Senate
Louisiana Democrat
Hastings
Publican
Delaware
Louisiana
Tydings
Maryland
Fed
State Flying Squadron Keeps Vigil on Fort Peck Highway
Montana highway patrol unit in Glasgow conducted an all night operation on the Glasgow Fort Peck road arresting 11 drivers for drunken driving. Patrol Superintendent Lou Boedecker said the 16 mile stretch was a mad house and that a 45 mile per hour limit would be enforced between Glasgow and Wheeler for at least a week.
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Fort Peck
Glasgow
Montana Highway Patrol
Lou Boedecker
Wheeler
Boedecker
Van Cleve and Anderson Wedding at St Josephs Church
Charlotte Van Cleve and Thorvald Anderson were married at St Josephs Church at 10 this morning. The ceremony was performed by Rev Fr Schuh with Mendelssohn and Lohengrin music, bridesmaid Elizabeth Garret and maid Ruth Anderson. best man Arnold Johnson. ushers William Perry and Paul Van Cleve III. A breakfast followed at the Van Cleve ranch and a wedding trip is planned with home at Lazy K Bar ranch. Both are lifelong Melville residents.
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St. Joseph’s Church
Charlotte Alice van Cleve
Thorvald Edward Anderson
Melville
Fr. Schuh
Columbus
Frank Chase
Mendelssohn
Lohengrin
Floyd L. Bailey
Elizabeth Sargent Garret
Philadelphia
Ruth Anderson
Arnold Johnson
William Perry
Helena
Paul L. van Cleve
van Cleve Ranch
Lazy K Bar Ranch
Tom Anderson
Big Timber
Hammer Slayer Clara Phillips Freed After 12 Years
Tehachapi Cal June 17 Clara Phillips the tiger woman who beat Alberta Meadows to death with a hammer in 1922 was freed on parole but did not meet her husband Armour Phillips at the Tehachapi women's prison gate. She served 12 years of a 30 year term and declined to discuss her husband. Deputy Sheriff James C Farley attended her departure and sought answers about Philips.
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Tehachapi
Cal
Clara Phillips
Tehachapi Women’s Prison
Phillips
Pioneer of Carbon County dies in Joliet
Marcus L. Parrott 82, pioneer rancher in Poverty Flat Carbon County, died at his Joliet home at 6 45 am Sunday after a stroke. He settled in Montana about 55 years ago and became a wealthy landowner widely known in Carbon and adjacent counties and in the White Sulphur Springs district where he first settled. He had been in poor health since October.
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Billings
Marcus L. Parrott
Montana
Poverty Flat
Carbon County
Joliet
Mr. Parrot
Carbon
White Sulphur Springs
Four Die In Fire That Interrupted Wedding
Fire at a New York wedding on Sunday killed the bridegroom's mother Sophie Shein and two guests, another victim died Saturday night, and 83 were injured. The deaths were attributed to faulty wiring of electric lights under a laurel canopy where Miss Pearl Sokowler, 21, sat in state. Paul Stricker, 21, died after entering the burning building a fifth time to aid children. Miss Lillian Lawton died Sunday night.
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New York
Sophie Shein
Sophie Zuckerman
Paul Stricker
Lillian Lawton
Thomas P. Brophy
Miss Pearl Sokolower
Roosevelt faces Chamber of Commerce fire over NRA plan
President Roosevelt pushed ahead with building the midget NRA while facing sharp Chamber of Commerce criticism. Appalachian producers and United Mine Workers agreed to extend current wages, hours, and conditions through June 30 amid the soft coal strike threat.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
United Mine Workers
Dr William Andrus of Miles City dies in Montana
Dr William Wiman Andrus a renowned Montana surgeon and former state legislator died at his Miles City home after a brief illness. Born October 14 1858 in Orono Ontario he helped found the Miles City clinic served as NP railroad surgeon state examiner and health officer. He twice served in the Montana legislature and was Miles City mayor for a decade. Survived by his widow Coma Ireland a son and a daughter.
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Miles City
William Wiman Andrus
Montana
State Board of Medical Examiners
State Medical Association
Andrus
Orono
Ontario
Trinity University
Toronto
Billings
Miles City Clinic
Northern Pacific
State Industrial School
American College of Surgeons
Coma Ireland
Ben Laska Convicted in Urschel Kidnapping Case
Ben B Laska a Denver attorney was found guilty by a federal jury of taking part of the 200000 ransom in the Urschel oilman kidnapping. He faced possible life imprisonment with a new trial motion and a July 2 sentencing date set by Judge Edgar S Vaught.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Charles F. Urschel
Denver
Albert Bates
Laska
Edgar S. Vaught
Trial Promised for Waley and Wife in Kidnapping Case
Tacoma June 16 United States District Judge Cushman summoned a grand jury to hear the $200000 ransom kidnapping case of Harmon Waley and his wife Margaret. DOJ agents will testify this week before the grand jury with trial expected in three weeks under the Lindbergh law carrying a maximum life sentence.
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Tacoma
Harmon Waley
Margaret
George Weyerhaeuser
United States District
E. E. Cushman
Department of Justice
Waleys
Salt Lake City
Wagner Bill Passes in Lower House
Washington reports the Wagner bill clears the lower house restoring collective bargaining rights lost by the NRA decision. The measure, championed by Administration Democrats as a new declaration of rights, faces Senate differences before destined for President Roosevelt's signature.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
NRA
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Forms New NRA Structure After Court Ruling
President Roosevelt issued an executive order to continue a framework of the recovery agency as of April 1, 1935, naming James L. ONeill administrator and creating divisions for data review and business cooperation. Leon C. Marshall, Prentiss L. Coonley, and George L. Berry were appointed to lead respective divisions with an advisory council including Edison, Murray, Blair, Green, and Hamilton. The order preserves essential NRA personnel to report on code abolition effects while shifting to voluntary codes without enforcement powers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Supreme Court
James L. O'Neill
Guaranty Trust Company
New York
Division of Review
Leon C. Marshall
Prentiss L. Coonley
George L. Berry
Charles Edison
Howell Cheney
Philip Murray
Emily Newell Blair
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Walton Hamilton
Congress
Recovery Administration
National Recovery Administration
O’neill
Mr. Roosevelt
Division of Business Cooperation
Mitchell Declares New Deal Strangled in Washington
Former assistant secretary of commerce Ewing Mitchell, ousted by Roosevelt, charges improper favoritism and graft across multiple departments. He cites the bureau of air commerce and steamboat inspection service reforms and references Morro Castle and a recent plane crash, urging accountability and better leadership.
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Washington
Ewing Mitchell
Roosevelt
Roper
Mitchell
Justice Department
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Air Commerce
Steamboat Inspection Service
Morro Castle
Senator Cutting
Transient Rewarded for Part in Rescue
Thomas Whitney, a Chicago transient, received cash and praise from Northern Pacific railroad officials after he helped free Fireman William Kayser and Head Brakeman Martin Johnson from a derailed locomotive near Sappington Montana. The engine valued at 130000 dollars plunged into the Jefferson river during a cloud burst, with seven cars damaged and the crew safe. Whitney boarded a Milwaukee passenger train for a ride home after the rescue.
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Three Forks
Mont
Northern Pacific Railway
Thomas Whitney
North Clarmont Street
Chicago
Milwaukee
Whitney
Jefferson River
William Kayser
Martin Johnson
Engledale Siding
Sappington
Jefferson’s
President Roosevelt Orders Relief Heads to Slow Down Projects
President Roosevelt directed works relief directors to slow or drop projects if relief workers can join private payrolls. He urged elastic projects that can be ended with minimal disruption and warned against political discrimination, while aiming to spur private industry and speed up unemployment relief.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
United States
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Chamber OF Commerce
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