President Roosevelts revenue reform seeks silent profits shift
The White House proposes adding 620 million dollars to corporate taxes by replacing the present corporation income tax with a graduated tax on undistributed profits. It aims to move funds from corporate treasuries to stockholders, with new taxes to offset processing refunds and aid farm relief funding.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Corporation Treasuries
Treasury
AAA
Supreme Court
Neutrality Law Extended for 14 Months
Roosevelt signed a bill extending the present neutrality law until May 1, 1937, adding a ban on all loans and credits to belligerents. The act preserves arms maker registration, port restrictions, and discretionary powers, while tightening embargo enforcement against powers joining hostilities. Latine American republics are exempt if attacked, but embargoes apply if an American power allies with a non American nation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Eastern roads ordered to reduce fares nationwide
The Interstate Commerce Commission in a five to four decision ordered a nation wide cut in railroad passenger coach fares to two cents per mile and Pullman fares to three cents. The June 2 effective date applies mainly to eastern roads while western and southern lines already testing lower rates are exempt.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio
Eastern
Mrs Click Injured When Car Leaves Highway
Mrs Emma Click fifty three of Big Timber was injured in an auto wreck three miles west of Reed Point. She suffered a scalp wound chest contusion and general lassitude but was reported in good condition. Her daughter Mrs H A Anderson also of Big Timber was treated for minor injuries and released.
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Billings
National Government Takes Over Boulder Dam
The United States government formalized possession of Boulder dam on Sunday, acquiring control of Colorado river floodwaters to irrigate an Empire twice the size of New England. The 7,000,000-ton concrete structure, valued at over 100 million dollars, was transferred privately the day before with Frank T. Crowe and Ralph Lowry officiating.
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Boulder City
United States
Boulder Dam
Colorado River
New England States
Black Canyon
Colorado
Frank T. Crowe
Ralph Lowry
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation
Crowe
Dr. Charles F. Watkins Dies in Billings at 63
Prominent Billings physician and physiotherapist Dr. Charles Franklin Watkins 63 died after bronchial pneumonia following X-ray burns. Funeral set for Saturday 2:30 at Smiths chapel with Rev. Charles Wilson officiating. Born September 28 1872 in Mount Cory Ohio he practiced in Billings since 1904 and left a legacy in medical circles.
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Billings
Charles Franklin Watkins
Smith’s Chapel
Watkins
Charles Wilson
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Montana Folk Meet At Annual Picnic
Sweet Grass county folk met in Los Angeles on Washington's Birthday for the Montana picnic. Miss Marie Dahl notes a sunny day and lists attendees including Mrs. Lilia Reynolds Muir, Frank B. Mitchell, Reginald Nye, Elizabeth Nye, Albert Crest, Reider Anderson, Ray Knudson, Anna Knudson Bauzer, Selma Knudson Labaugh, Frank Webber, Nils Iverson, Lou Dickover, Minta McCall Bonner, Donna McCall Dailey, Martin Van Diest, Winnie Pratt Fennell, and others.
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Sweet Grass County
G. Knudson
Ray Knudson
Anna Knudson Bauzer
Selma Knudson Labaugh
Frank Webber
Nils Iverson
Lou Dickover
Minta McCall Bonner
Donna McCall Dailey
Martin van Diest
Winnie Pratt Fennell
Wool prices rise on international basis says Portland merchant
Harold G. Russell a Portland wool dealer reports U S wool prices now reflect international markets due to influx of foreign fleeces after his Australia trip he notes February sales there exceeded the prior decade of U S buying and predicts domestic price moves will follow foreign market trends.
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Portland
Ore
Harold G. Russell
Australia
Russell
United States
New Farm Program Ready to Move
AAA officials said they are prepared for immediate action to launch the new farm relief program once President Roosevelt signs the soil conservation subsidy measure into law. Regional meetings will disclose how the program operates, with subsidies likely to reach more individuals but at smaller average payments. Some privately discuss voluntary producer cooperatives to gain production control if needed.
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Washington
AAA
Roosevelt
Snow Slides Harass Idaho Residents in Severe Avalanche Season
Avalanches in Idaho and Montana killed a youth and buried four others, raising the season toll to 16 in the west. Rescue crews pulled three bodies from a snow buried railway coach east of Wallace, while a Burke mining village slide left five houses demolished and four survivors freed after two hours. An 8 year old, Leslie Vandelinder, died in an avalanche south of Poplar Montana. his two brothers survived.
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Wallace
Idaho
Here
Burke
Leslis Vandelinder
Poplar, Mont
Raymond Of Forsyth Named Liquor Store Head
Helena March 2 A D Raymond of Forsyth appointed manager and administrator for the state liquor control board by Gov Elmer Holt. He succeeds Ray C McLanahan and has long experience in real estate banking and retail in Forsyth and Rosebud county.
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Helena
A. D. Raymond
Forsyth
State Liquor Control Board
Elmer Holt
Raymond
Ray C. McLanahan
Rosebud County
Tariff urged to shield livestock raisers in United States
Omaha Neb Feb 28 The executive committee of the United States Livestock association urged passage of a tariff protection resolution for live stock raisers. A second resolution asked no processing tax on livestock or products but support a federal retail sales tax to fund soil conservation act expenditures. The tariff measure argues full protection is needed against foreign competition amid expected expansion of livestock and products under the amended soil conservation act.
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Omaha
Neb
Executive Committee of
the United
Non- States Livestock Association
United States
Miss Madge Haley Dies in Bozeman at 22
Miss Madge Haley aged 22 died suddenly in Bozeman Montana likely from a heart condition linked to tremor stress after the Helena earthquakes last fall. She had told her parents of this condition previously.
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Bozeman
Mont
Madge Haley
Hélena
WPA in Montana Trims State Employment Quota
The regional WPA office in Salt Lake lowers Montana’s employes on WPA projects from 20 000 to 17 000 effective March 1. Deputy administrator C W Fowler says the cut reflects a national move to reduce WPA employment and end the program by June 30. Montana figures may fall further with monthly reductions as workers are moved to private industry or other federal avenues. Meetings across the state will discuss these adjustments with WPA and U S officials.
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Helena
Montana
Salt Lake
C. W. Fowler
WPA
United States
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Employment Service
Rural Resettlement Administration
Resettlement Administration
Montana Relief Commission
Fowler
Montana Highway Commission
Works Progress
Meldrum dies. longtime park figure remembered in Denver
Judge John Meldrum, 92 and longtime United States commissioner for the Wonderland, died in Denver after a 72 year public service career. He was visiting relatives in Colorado and had spent winters in Hot Springs. The report notes his central role in Yellowstone Park history and his status as a beloved community figure.
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Livingston Enterprise
Yellowstone Park
Denver
Colo
John Meldrum
United States
Judge Meldrum
Joseph Joffe
Susie A. Meldrum
Douglas
Wyoming
Hot Springs
Ark
Pioneer Park County Resident Walter Cowan Dies at 85
Walter O. Watt Cowan longtime Park County resident and former county assessor died at his Wilsall home after a brief illness. He was 85, born in Somerset Kentucky and moved to Montana in 1866. Survived by four children including Harry R. Cowan Edwin Cowan Mattie Grobe and Helen Cox. Wife Fannie Cowan preceded him in death in 1934. Cowan had served one term as county assessor and was uncle to current assessor Jefferson L. Cowan.
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Livingston Enterprise
Walter O. (Watt) Cowan
Park County
Wilsall
Somerset
Kentucky
Montana
Shields River
Jefferson L. Cowan
Fannie Cowan
Harry R. Cowan
San Francisco
Edwin Cowan
Mattie A. Grobe
Seattle
Wash
Helen N. Cox
Chadbourn
Florida Judge Ritter Impeached by House Vote
The Florida southern district judge Halsted L. Ritter was impeached by a House vote of 181 to 146 for misbehavior and high crimes. He now faces trial before the Senate and potential removal from office. The charges center on a $4,500 payment from a former partner who had earned a $75,000 fee in a receivership.
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Washington
House
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Senate
Ritter
Denver
Coolidge
Judiciary Committee
Andrew Johnson
William Blount
United States
Tennessee
Governor Hoffman May Give Second Reprieve to Hauptmann This Month
An authoritative source says Attorney General Wilentz will not oppose nor consent to a second reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann. He will abstain, leaving Governor Hoffman to decide whether to delay the death sentence beyond the week of March 30.
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Hoffman
Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
David T. Wilentz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wilentz
Harold G. Hoffman
Court of Errors and Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Bronx
John F
Jassie) Condon
Millard Whited
Sourlandslogger
Lindbergh
Amandus Hochmuth
Hopewell
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Emanuel M
Dad) Murray
Murray
Kauffman Studio
Big Timber
Mr. Cook
C.F. Watkins
Old Kaintuck
Wales
Dr. Watkins
Mount Cory
Ohio
Army of the Potomac
Mr. Watkins
Reed City
Mich
Ashton
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Northern Pacific Railway Hospital
Brainerd
Minn
Northern Pacific Hospital
Missoula
Raymond OF Forsyth
NEW Liquor Store
Meldrum
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