Montana House Votes Impeachment Of Attorney General Freebourn
Montana representatives voted 52 to 46 to adopt a report urging impeachment of Attorney General Harrison J. Freebourn over alleged payoffs from a Washington state firm to permit slot machines in Montana. The special committee cited $11,000 in payments and delayed further action pending articles of impeachment.
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Helena
House of Representatives
Montana
Harrison J. Freebourn
House
Washington State
Freebourn
Beadle
Beck
Bjomeby
Bower
Brower
Brown
Cannon
Daniels
DeCobbeleer
Duncan
Ekern
Emschler
Friedl
Hess
James
Lambert
Laubach
Long Malee
Martin
McCarthy
McLain
McGee
McKenna
McLeod
Melin
Miles
Moss
Custer
Murray
Padbury
Parker
Wibaux
Peterson
Rice
Ryan
Smith
Lorte
Spiegel
Stevens
Sullivan
Tyler
Wenger
Zack
Manning
Acher
Flynn
Horrigan
Cole of
Prairie
Chicago Mayors Nomination Battle Ends in Victory
Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly won renomination by the Democratic Party defeating Thomas J. Courtney who conceded after a third of votes were counted. Republican Dwight H. Green secured the nomination with about four to one over William Hale Thompson as half the precincts reported.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Thomas J. Courtney
Kelly-Nash
Delmary
Dwight H. Green
U. S
William Hale
Big Bill
Thompson
New Pope Chosen Pacelli to Be Pope Pius XII
A radio announcement at 11 a m stated Cardinal Pacelli was chosen to succeed the late Pope Pius XI. He is 63 on today’s birthday and will be the 262nd head of the Catholic Church, to be known as Pope Pius XII. The choice was heralded by bells from 400 Catholic churches in Rome.
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Cardinal Pacelli
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XII
Rome
State's Auto Deaths Hop to Twenty One
Shelby February 25 Montana's auto death toll for 1939 rose to 21 with the death of Kenneth MacClain 15 Brady in a hospital from a fractured skull after a car carrying him and other high school students plunged from the road four miles south of Shelby on the way to a basketball tournament.
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Shelby
Montana
Kenneth MacClain
Brady
Indictments Hit Kansas City Boss Ring In Political Scrutiny
A county grand jury in Kansas City handed down over 90 indictments including the presiding County Judge David E. Long as it probes corruption tied to Tom Pendergast’s political machine. Gov Lloyd C Stark had pressured for reform.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
Lloyd C. Stark
David E. Long
Gil P. Bourk
Easterners Fight On Schwartz Wool Bill
Senator Schwartz of Wyoming forecasts a heated Senate floor clash over his wool labeling bill, which would require manufacturers to disclose wool content. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts has introduced a bill opposing Schwartz, denying distinctions between virgin and reclaimed wool.
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Washington
Senate
Schwartz
Wyoming
Walsh
Massachusetts
Citizens Approve Bill for Legal Executions at State Penitentiary
Helena reports Montana House backs an amendment to S. B. 206 to require that all legal executions be carried out by the state penitentiary warden at Deer Lodge, with location constraints near institutions and dwellings. Senate actions also trimmed university salaries, boosted horticultural funds, and adjusted campus projects.
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Helena
Montana House of Representatives
Deer Lodge
Senate
House
Eastern Montana Normal School
Side
Ed M Hall Returns to Helena As Lawyer in Private Practice
Ed M Hall, who spent three days here acting for Northern Pacific in a damage suit, settles in Helena with Gunn Rasch Nfall. Born January 5 1871 in Diamond City Montana he studied at Michigan University and began law work in Lewistown. He moved to Helena in 1909 as deputy attorney general and later joined private practice. He has visited to try a case during a 30 year absence and reconnects with old friends.
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Ed M. Hall
Northern Pacific
Patrick Patten
Helena
Gunn, Rasch & Nfall
Diamond City
Mont
State University of Michigan
Lewistown
Neihart
Sweet Grass County
Sidney Fox
Wagner Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at Boulder Valley
Mr and Mrs Jacob Wagner marked their golden wedding with a Sunday gathering in Boulder valley attended by twenty eight relatives at son Albert Wagners home in this city. Four of five sons and twelve of thirteen grandchildren joined the festivities with dancing cards and a noon lunch.
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Jacob Wagner
Boulder Valley
Albert Wagner
Albert
Herry Wagner
Harry
Big Timber
Raymond
Ralph
Edgar
Fon du Lac
Wis
Wagners
McLeod
Roosevelts Allocates Canadian Cattle Quota
The proclamation assigns 86.2 percent of the world cattle import quota to Canada. For the 60,000 head quarterly limit Canada receives 51,720 with others 8,280. TheApril 1 forward yearly total sets Canada at 142,230 and others at 22,770. Canada had requested the allocation on February 24.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Canada
United States
Absarokee Groups Seek Scenic Highway Linking Red Lodge
Civic clubs from Red Lodge Columbus Absarokee and Billings met in Absarokee to form a ways and means committee to promote a road from Absarokee via Sanford Roscoe and Luther to Red Lodge. The aim is a scenic trip for visitors and to aid coal transport from Red Lodge and Bearcreek to the Columbus and Absarokee regions. D W Columbus emphasized the mining and transport benefits. W E Dowlin described current highway conditions.
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RED Lodge
Columbus
Absarokee
Billings
Sanford
Roscoe
Luther
D. W. Columbus
Bearcreek
W. E. Dowlin
Pardon for Billings Refused by Board
The state advisory pardon board in Sacramento voted three to two against recommending a pardon for Warren K. Billings. Billings, convicted with Tom Mooney in the 1916 Preparedness Day parade bombing in San Francisco, had a prior conviction. Mooney was pardoned by the governor.
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Sacramento
Calif
State Advisory Pardon Board
Warren K. Billings
Billings
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
Mooney
State Senate Favors Woman Jury Service
The Montana senate adopted a conference committee report on H. R. 161 to place men and women on equal footing for jury service. The bill would take effect January 1, 1940, with a 30 to 23 vote to adopt the report. The measure would strip the right to excuse oneself from jury duty from women on their own motion. Senator W. E. Keeley argued the doctrine of no discrimination now applies.
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Helena
Montana Senate
Conference Committee
W. E. Keeley
Powell County
Red Lodge Triumphs in Overtime Hockey Thriller
Red Lodge defeated Melville 3 to 2 in a ten minute overtime at the municipal rink. Red Lodge surged to tie the game in the final minutes of regulation after an early Melville lead, then secured the win with an overtime goal as fans recalled the season’s dramatic finish.
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Red Lodge
Melville
Dudine
Montana House Fails Override of Gov Ayers Quick Divorce Veto
In Helena on February 24 the Montana House failed to override Gov Roy Ayers veto of a 30 day quick divorce bill. A two thirds majority was required and 41 representatives voted to override while 51 opposed. The debate cited risks of “looseness in marriage” and legal questions about interstate recognition but proponents argued it would only shorten the residence period before filing. Paired members and absences are listed in the roll call.
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HOUSE
Gov. Ayers
Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
Roy E. Ayers
Senate
Longenecker
Ravalli
Smith
Lewis and Clark
Long
Fallon
Goodwin
Silver Bow
Stafford
Cascade
Stromnes
Byrne
Toole
O’connor
Carbon
Anderson
Aronson
Beadle
Bower
Brower
Brown
Cannon
Cole
Petroleum
Prairie
D'Ewart
Dunn
Emschler
Findlater
Freshman
Green
Hammond
Holness
Horrigan
Lambert
Lippard
Lising
Malee
McCarthy
McGee
McLeod
Morrison
Moss
Custer
Murray
Newell
O'Connor
Padbury
Potter
Rice
Roehl
Ryan
Scofield
Spiebel
Stewart
Sullivan
Wenger
Williams
Wilson
Noes
Acton
Phillips
Antrim
Armstrong
Balgard
Beck
Berthot
Bjorneby
Collins
Daniel
de Cobbeleer Dougherty
Duncan
Ekern
Flynn
Friedl
Hageman
Hess
Lehrkind
Leuthold
James
Kellogg
Kirscher
Lauback
Loughran
Lowe
Lynch
Martin
McClain
McFatridge
McKenna
Melin
Metlen
Miles
Flathead
Parker
Wibaux
Peterson
Reed
Siegling
Vandenbeck
Woods
Zuck
Sorte
Staffford
Stevens
Tryter
Manning
Archer
Watson
Clark
Baker
Gebhardt
Liggett
Supreme Court Upholds Montana Highway Debenture Bonds
The Montana Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling written by Justice Albert H. Angstman upheld the validity of the highway debenture measure adopted by voters last November. In a friendly suit, W. L. Martin sought an injunction claiming constitutional violations and a 10 cent tax per gallon on gasoline, but the court found no fault with the act and denied the writ.
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Helena
Albert H. Angstman
Montana Supreme Court
W. L. Martin
Montana
Angstman
State Board Rejects All Hospital Bids in Helena
The Montana state board of examiners on Saturday rejected all bids for a 92000 dollar wing at the state tuberculosis hospital in Galen. The lowest bid was 24000 over the available funds, with 51000 from the state and 41000 from the federal government under a PWA loan and grant. plans will be revised and new bids opened March 28.
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Helena
State Board of Examiners
State Tuberculosis Hospital
Galen
Hugenin and DeKay
PWA
Roosevelt Invites Labor Federations to Peace Talks
William Green of the American Federation of Labor said he accepted President Roosevelt's invitation to set up a conference with a C I O committee in hopes of peace in the labor movement. He warned that achieving a pact now would be harder than a year and a half ago when a similar effort failed.
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New York
William Green
Roosevelt
Federation of Labor
Satur
John L. Lewis
Green
Grain Market Slumps to Decade Low in Chicago Trade
Chicago brokers report the grain market at its weakest in years as futures turnover on the board of trade plunges. With 41.9 million bushels traded this week, volumes lag last week and last year, reflecting hesitancy by investors, tighter regulation, and a tangled global wheat market.
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Chicago
la Salle Street
Board of Trade
Hopkins Outlines Federal Program for Business Recovery
Secretary of Commerce Harry L Hopkins outlines a federal program to encourage private capital in a speech to the Economic Club in Des Moines. He calls for no general tax rise this year, reforms to utilities railroads and housing, labor fairness, more jobs, aid for small business, and a larger share of income for farmers. He notes lack of business confidence as a key hurdle and urges immediate rail carrier reforms to aid recovery.
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Des Moines
Secretary of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Economic Club
Hopkins
WPA
Livingston, Mont
T&é
America
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State Library Extension Service
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