All Montana Day Opens in Livingston with Big Roundup
All Montana Day on July 2 kicks off the Fifteenth Annual Roundup in Livingston with a $12,000 budget drawing top rodeo stars. Jasbo Fulkerson Hank Darnell and Weaver Brothers headline a slate including Fay Dennis and Chester Byers, plus all-Montana banquet and a huge historical parade.
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Hank Darnell
Cheyenne
Pendleton
Madison Square Garden
New York
London
Montana
Weaver Brothers
Floyd Weaver
America
Fay Dennis
Chester Byers
Moomaw É& Bernard
Seattle
Washington
Oregon
Livingston
Big Timber
Bray
Miles J. O'Connor
Chambers of Commerce
O’connor
Sacajawea
Roy E. Ayers
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
National Reclamation Association
Murder and suicide follow barroom shooting in Hardin
Marie Shannon Leeland, about 45, was shot dead in a Hardin hotel barroom by Mike Blackie Halco, a local sheepherder. Halco then shot himself outside, dying from a self-inflicted wound. A fellow sheepherder was wounded by the first shot. The gun was a .38 caliber automatic. The incident appears linked to a decades old alleged robbery accusation.
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Hardin
Marie Shannon Leeland
Mike
Blackie) Halco
E. Kopac
Halco
Louis retains world heavyweight title with stoppage over Godoy
Joe Louis remains world heavyweight champion after a technical knockout of Arturo Godoy in 1 minute 24 seconds of the eighth round at Yankee Stadium New York. Louis dominated with lefts and rights, drawing blood from Godoy and tallying multiple knockdowns including a late seventh round six count. Referee Billy Cavanaugh ended the bout after Louis floored Godoy for the third time.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
Joe Louis
Arturo Godoy
Chile
Louis
Godoy Pere
Godoy
Billy Cavanaugh
CCC Youth Killed by Falling Tree in Park
James Hester 19 and Clifford Oteg 21, CCC enrollees, were injured during a Chipmunk creek forest fire in Yellowstone National Park. Hester died en route to Mammoth Hot Springs hospital. The fire burned about 2600 acres as crews of 400 fought the blaze.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
James Hester
CCC
Chipmunk Creek
Yellowstone National Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Hester
Clara Fishcer
Norwood
Ohio
Clifford Oteg
Akron
Industrial Activity Peaks in 1938 Spring Outlook
New York reports year to date industrial activity at a peak for the year and the strongest late spring level since 1937. Steel mills lead gains with boosts in power output, freight movement, and cotton mill activity. autos show tame slack before new models. Congress funds arms program, prompting longer buying policies by business leaders.
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New York
Congress
Worst Wind Of Years Slams Valley Causing Extensive Damage
Severe afternoon gale in the valley damaged trees, power lines, and property. In Livingston winds reached about 70 miles per hour with large limbs snapped and trees uprooted across the city and surrounding areas. Several homes suffered extensive damage while utilities were interrupted briefly. no injuries reported.
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Livingston
Arne Hoem
Third Avenue
Dillon
Fish Hatchery
W. R. Amery
West Side
W. R. Stokes
New Boulder Bridge
Riverside Inn
Rapstad
Elmer M. Arneson
Briggs & Ellis
A. A. Lamp
Calamity Jane remembered in western literature piece
Jerome Williams recalls Calamity Jane Ida Filmore in Go Western lore, noting a real heart beneath her rough image. Oscar Fallang recounts an incident with a sheriff showing mercy, and Calamity’s harsh tongue contrasts with moments of humanity as the piece hints at continuing story.
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Jerome Williams
Jane
Ida Filmore
Oscar A. Fallang
Sweet Grass County
Immigration laws affect Canadians at Ellis Island
New York June 25 The department of justice directed Rudolph Reimer immigration commissioner at Ellis Island to enforce new rules starting Monday. Canadians may not enter the United States without a valid passport and visa a resident alien border identification card or a re entry permit issued by U S immigration authorities in their communities.
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New York
Department of Justice
Rudolph Reimer
Ellis Island
United States
State Pays Twelve Thousand Bounty Fees
Warrants totaling 12306 have been issued as bounty payments since the state livestock commission's season on coyotes opened May 1. The season closes June 30, but payments will continue another 30 days for late reports. Heaviest payments of the 2 bounty have gone to north central and northeast counties.
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Helena
State Livestock Commission
John J. Holmes
North Central
Havre Man Killed in Collision Near Shelby
Pete Pontuso of Havre about 56 died in a collision near Shelby Tuesday night. Jack Blake about 50, Havre nightclub operator, was fatally hurt. John Dowens of Havre drove the car carrying Pontuso and Blake. they collided with the auto of Mr and Mrs James Gregory of Detroit. The Gregorys suffered minor injuries. Dowens was uninjured. Doctors held little hope for Blake.
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Havre
Pete Pontuso
Stantly
Jack Blake
Shelby
Pontuso
Blake
John Dowens
James Gregory
Detroit
Gregorys
Dowens
Italy orders two Life correspondents to depart Rome
Rome report states Life magazine foreign correspondent M Fillmore Calhoun and staff photographer Thomas A. McAvoy were asked by the ministry of popular culture to leave Italy promptly. The ministry termed Life's article on Marshal le Graziana unfavorable.
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Rome
M. Fillmore Calhoun
Life Magazine
Thomas A. McAvoy
Life
Ministry of Popular Culture
Italy
Marshalle Graziana
Roosevelt Signs War Department Civil Functions Bill
President Roosevelt signed the war department civil functions bill totaling 222,718,717 dollars. It includes 15 million for starting a third set of Panama canal locks and 99 million in contract authorizations for the locks. Funds also cover bombproof construction and 68,009,110 for rivers and harbors plus 70 million for flood control.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Panama Canal
Department
Highways Employ 1,629 Montanans in Early June
Helena June 24 Contractors on state highway projects employed a total of 1,629 men in the first half of June. State highway engineer D. A. McKinnon said 1,551 were Montanans with 78 nonresidents among the workers. Major city counts include Missoula 327 Butte 281 Miles City 243 Wolf Point 191 Lewistown 166 Great Falls 114 Kalispell 105 Havre 76 Bozeman 66 and Billings 60.
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Helena
D. A. McKinnon
Bankhead Favored for Vice President by House Caucus
Thirty three House members from 21 states declared support for Speaker William B. Bankhead as the Democratic vice presidential nominee after a caucus. The move marks the first formal effort to draft a candidate other than Vice President John N. Garner for Chicago’s national convention.
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Washington
House
William B. Bankhead
Chicago
John N. Garner
Death of Lizzie the Elephant Shocks Philadelphia
Lizzie, oldest elephant in the United States, died at the Philadelphia zoo at age 42 as the republican convention opened in Convention Hall. The 8 foot 6 inch tall Indian elephant weighed about five tons and had been brought from the Berlin zoo in 1902.
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Philadelphia
Lizzie
United States
Berlin
France Surrenders to Germany and Italy in 1940 Armistice
The article details France signing an armistice at Compiegne under Hitler's dictate, followed by Italy’s separate armistice two days later in Rome. It notes the ceasefire timing, key signatories Huntziger and Badoglio, and Mussolini’s absence from the Rome signing.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Forest
Compiegne
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Compeigne Forest
Ferdinand Foch
Rome
Hitler
Galeazzo Ciano
Palazzo Venezia
Villa Inchesa
Olgiata
Munich
Charles Huntziger
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Sachs
Huntziger
Count Ciano
Langer Wins Republican Nomination for U S Senator
Fargo North Dakota June 26 William Langer former two term governor leading the republican primary for United States senator over incumbent Lynn J Frazier and state senator Thomas Whelan with 51 217 votes to 42 523 for Frazier and 38 061 for Whelan as 1852 of 2257 precincts counted He will face Democrat Charles Vogel who won nomination in the fall election North Dakota has never elected a democratic senator Lewis Orlady conceded defeat to Jack Patterson governor race opponent
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Fargo
N. D
William Langer
North Dakota
United States
Lynn J. Frazier
Thomas Whelan
Langer
Frazier
Whelan
Charles Vogel
Lewis T. Orlady
Jamestown
Jack Patterson
Minot
Roosevelt Signs $918 Million Crop Control Appropriation
President Roosevelt approved a $918,000,000 appropriation for the crop control program and other Agriculture Department activities for the new fiscal year. It includes $212,000,000 for purity income payments to five major crops and about $500,000,000 for soil conservation benefit checks to cooperative farmers. The bill also authorizes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend $100,000,000 to the Rural Electrification Administration and $50,000,000 for farm tenancy.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rural Electrification Administration
Lewistown Ranchers Die by Their Own Hands
Two central Montana ranchers, John Haller 47 and Robert Beattie 57, died by suicide. Haller was found hanging in a barn near Lewis town in the Hobson Utica area. Beattie shot himself in a shed near his home in the Hilger region. County coroner C W Wilder confirmed death was instantaneous.
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Lewistown
Montana
John Haller
Harold Bodley
Hobson-Utica
Judith Basin
Robert Beattie
Hilger
C. W. Wilder
Roosevelt Announces 5000 Naval Reserve Officer Trainees
President Roosevelt unveiled a plan to train 5000 young volunteers annually for naval reserve commissions. Unmarried American born men ages 19 to 26 with two or more years of college may apply starting next Friday at local naval district headquarters or nearest naval reserve unit. Training covers gunnery navigation engineering communications and sea watchkeeping. Regular officers will instill discipline teamwork loyalty endurance and technical skill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Naval Reserve
Naval District
Navy
Roosevelt names Stimson and Knox to wartime cabinets
President Roosevelt appointed Henry L. Stimson as secretary of war and Colonel Frank Knox as secretary of the navy. The moves sparked anger among some Congress members who warned of a growing war cabinet, while administration allies urged unity. Roosevelt defended the choices as national solidarity amid world crisis. Alf Landon criticized the appointments, urging clarity on third term questions and coalition plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Frank Knox
Navy
Congress
Western Hemisphere
Philadelphia
John Hamilton
Stimson
Knox
Alf M. Landon
Hoover
Landon
White House
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Calamity Jane
Louis Beley
Blakeslee Hotel
Willie
George W. Mason
District Court
Park County
Canadians
U. S
Bankhead
Stimson-Knox
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