Schmeling Knocks Out Louis In Heavyweight Upset
Max Schmeling, 30, defeated Joe Louis at Yankee Stadium in the 12th round to claim the world heavyweight title shot. The German delivered a crushing right hand that toppled the undefeated Louis, ending a meteoric rise and setting up a potential title bout with Jim Braddock. The crowd of about 40,000 witnessed an unexpected upset with lasting implications for the division.
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Shields to Direct Holt Campaign in Montana Primary
Ed Shields of Great Falls a former state legislator and war veteran will manage Gov Elmer Holt s primary election campaign announced at Holt for Governor club headquarters Leonard Eckel of Shelby remains secretary of the Helena based campaign group
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Mont
Ed Shields
Great Falls
Elmer Holt
Mholt-For-Governor
Leonard Eckel
Shelby
Oklahoma Kidnaper Hanged for Crime
M Aleaster Oklahoma June 18. Arthur Gooch 27 followed through on his fate after Roosevelt refused to intervene. He resigned himself to death at dawn on the gallows, the first execution under the Lindbergh law. He blamed Roosevelt for his plight and expressed remorse for what he calls a small crime.
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Okla
Roosevelt
Arthur Gooch
Texas
Livingston's Eleventh Annual Rodeo Promises Spectacular West
Livingston's Roundup on July 2 3 4 promises the most spectacular western sports show in the Northwest. Mexican steers and Brahma bulls arrive from Texas for bulldogging and roping. Notable acts include Alice Listy trick riding on two horses and Montie Montana performing rope and ride stunts. Buster Guelick, an eight year old world champ boy rider, will amaze audiences.
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Northwest
Texas
Alice Listy
Mexico City
Mexico
Montie Montana
Buster Guelick
Monana
Montana
Holt
Eva Garnier
New WPA Applications Rule Eases Eligibility
Washington June 22 officials said a new WPA order will remove the prior dole-onset requirement. States will grant jobs to those eligible and able to work based on local relief decisions rather than the date they started relief.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
New Relief and Flood Control Bills Signed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the deficiency bill carrying 1.425 billion for relief and the omnibus flood control bill. The relief fund backs 2.3 million workers, with 300 million for a new public works program. Flood control covers 320 million in 40 states, with land and damages costs shared by state and local agencies. Major projects include Yellowstone and Columbia rivers.
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New York
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Social Security Board Details Old Age Pension Payments Plan
The Social Security Board outlined federal state cooperation to fund old age assistance. About 635,000 people in 32 states and DC receive aid, representing roughly 65 percent of the needy aged. The federal quarterly allotment is 16,788,853 dollars with total three month spending of 32,122,678 dollars. States receive half of up to 30 dollars per month per recipient plus five percent for administration. If local aid exceeds 30 dollars, the state covers the excess up to a federal cap of 15 dollars per month per recipient. States listed include Montana with 6,909 recipients at 22.25 dollars, Nebraska 20,000 at 18.33 dollars, Wyoming 2,017 at 24.28 dollars.
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Social Security Board
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Nebraska
Wyoming
Wheeler Endorses Murray and Ayers for Montana primaries
Senator Wheeler, a Montana Democrat, endorses James E. Murray for senate and Roy E. Ayers for governor. He declines to participate in primaries, citing voter familiarity with candidates, and cites their liberal votes benefiting farmers and laborers.
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Ayers
Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
James E. Murray
Butte
Senate
Roy E. Ayers
Lewistown
O. B. Horsford
Circle
Horsford
Joseph P. Monaghan
Elmer Holt
Two Roundup Men Sentenced in Milwaukee Robbery
E J Richardson 64 and Robert Fanning about 40 pleaded guilty before Judge Charles N Pray in federal court to robbing the Milwaukee railroad station in Roundup of a mail pouch containing 9217 on March 2. Richardson described as ring leader was given two and a half years in prison and a $100 fine. Fanning gets 15 months and a $100 fine.
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Billings Gazette
E. J. Richardson
Robert Fanning
Charles N. Pray
Milwaukee
Richardson
Fanning
William Roberts dies at son's home in Montana
Last rites were held for William Roberts at Federated church with Rev. Virgil Foss officiating. Born May 6, 1878 in Tennessee, he married Rachel Sylvester in 1909 and homesteaded in Sweet Grass County, Montana. He died June 14 at his son Ray’s North Fork home. survivors include wife and several children in Wisconsin, Montana, Oregon, and Vermont.
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Federated Church
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American Lutheran Church
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Tenn
Rachel Sylvester
Montana
Sweet Grass County
Ray Roberts
North Fork
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Carryville
Wis
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Portland
Ore
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Lewistown
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Missoula
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Death Ends Career of Henry B. Walthall
Hollywood mourns Henry B. Walthall known for Birth of a Nation dies in a sanitarium at Monrovia after a long illness. The Shelby City Alabama native and silent film star collapsed after filming an unreleased airplane inventor scene in China Clipper. He began in 1910 with stage work and rose under D W Griffith before later reviving on stage.
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Cal
Henry B. Walthall
Shelby City
Ala
Pasteur Sanitarium
Monrovia
China
D. W. Griffith
Walthall
Lemke Launches Union Party of the United States
Representative William Lemke of North Dakota announced the launch of the Union Party of the United States and named himself its presidential candidate. He unveiled a 15 point platform aimed at saving democracy and ending the “low mood,” criticizing elements of both old parties and calling the issue slavery economic slavery.
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Washington
Union Party of the
United States
William Lemke
North Dakota
Congress
States assume relief responsibility under WPA plan
Washington officials say state administrators will select relief workers from the unemployed on relief or those certified as in need of relief. Quotas for workers and spending by state will be fixed soon. WPA expects about 2.3 million jobs in the year starting July 1, far below February’s 3,038,973 peak.
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Washington
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Ross Will Seek Borah Senate Seat in Idaho Primary
Boise June 20 C Ben Ross Idaho's lean ex cowboy governor announced his bid for the Democratic nomination to unseat United States Senator William Borah who has held the seat for 30 years. Ross faces Leslie Aker in the Aug 11 primary while Borah hinted at another run and other Republicans also pursue the nomination. Ross camps on liberal old age pensions and wealth redistribution via a graduated tax on corporate profits.
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United States Senate
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Borah
Leslie Aker
Democrats Open Philadelphia Convention Delivers Roosevelt Rally
At Philadelphia June 23 the Democratic National Committee chair James A Farley praised the New Deal as the path to recovery and introduced Franklin D Roosevelt as “calm, capable” leadership. The convention pursued platform aims while denouncing Republicans and the Liberty League as crowds cheered Roosevelt’s renomination prospects.
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Garner
American Liberty League
al Smith
Smith
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Lemke
Coughlin
Cates Must Hang After Sixth Reprieve Expires
Helena reports the governor’s office will allow the July 7 execution date for William Clarence Cates to stand, after Attorney General Raymond T. Nagle ruled a reprieve does not require a new sentence. Cates, convicted of killing federal agent Paul Read in Missoula in 1933, has had six reprieves from Gov. Frank H. Cooney. The latest reprieve ends July 7. The attorney general argued the original sentence stands and execution may proceed on the reprieve’s terminus.
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Holt
Cates
Killer Elephant Executed by Bullets in San Francisco
Wally the six ton elephant at the zoo and cinema was put down after three well aimed bullets ended his career for killing keeper Edward Brown. Three police marksmen fired copper nosed slugs into his head as he stood chained. He collapsed nine feet away and was later pronounced dead.
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Wally
Edward Brown
John Nordby Buried With Military Honors
Military service honored John Nordby a World War II veteran and forest ranger who died in a January snowslide in Boulder country. His body was recovered ten days earlier. Rev. Holbeck led the Lutheran service at the Boulder church with a flowered casket display and skis decorated with wild roses. A firing squad saluted at the grave, and pallbearers included Floyd Bailey Walter Aller Ceryl O'Leary Albert Esp Ee Koontz and Vincent Malovich.
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Boulder
A. A. Holbeck
Bowen
Kirwan
Walter G. Aller
Ceryl V. O’leary
Albert T. Espee Koontz
Vincent Malovick
Democrats See More County Office Seekers Than Republicans
A statewide primary shows more Democrats filing for county offices than Republicans with nine filings Saturday. Democratic candidates include state senator D. D. Johnson and representative Claude C. Gray. for county posts such as commissioner, treasurer, sheriff, and clerk, multiple Democrats are listed across districts in Montana.
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Claude C. Gray
Big Timber
T. T. Olson
Big Tim
Frank M. Lamp
Ben B. Miles
McLeod
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Signa Bailey
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