Dan Kelly Links Luxuries to Rising Taxes in Montana Speech
Helena March 13 D M Kelly of Butte vice president of Anaconda Copper Mining warned that modern demand for luxuries drives up government costs and taxes risking business failure. He cited Montana state spending growth from 11 million in 1912 to 35 million in 1938 and urged a return to hard work and prudent development of coal oil gas sugar beets and wheat to provide long term prosperity. He noted Anaconda Copper Mining’s 1928–1937 operations costing 395.8 million with 177 million in wages and argued tax burdens deter investment while banks hold funds. He stressed preserving resources for future generations and urged grounding policy in practical Montana development.
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Helena
D. M. Kelly
Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Kelly
Anaconda Copper
Sun River Trout Chosen Largest Native Trout of 1938
In Sun River near Great Falls Montana Frank Takala caught an 11 1/4 pound native trout, the year’s biggest, earning Hunting and Fishing magazine a $50 prize for the largest native trout caught in 1938.
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Great Falls
Frank Takala
Sun River
Here
United States
Talkala
Roundup Man Sentenced Life for First Degree Murder
Nick Blackie Ratkovich, 36, was found guilty of the December 14 first degree murder of Steve Roncevich, 73, by a district court jury after a roughly 11 day trial. The jury recommended life imprisonment and the judge planned to pass sentence at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The state said a hammer was used in a $2.50 holdup. the defense argued death resulted from a fall and challenged the confessions.
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Nick
Blackie) Ratkovich
Steve Roncevich
William L. Ford
Ratkovich
Roncevich
Senate approves fund to fight insect pests
The Senate approved a 3 million dollar appropriation for migratory insect pest control despite protests from western senators. House conferees backed the first deficiency appropriation bill carrying the item, while Norris Nye Adams urged full funding of 6 million dollars for the entomology bureau. The issue centers on expanding the program as grasshopper infestations grow.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bureau of Entomology
Plea for White Collar Unemployed Faces WPA Relief Cuts
Washington March 9 Col C F Harrington WPA administrator urged a senate committee to preserve work relief for white collar workers. He warned that without increased appropriations the 3,000,000 on relief could drop to 2,000,000. Even with 150,000,000 more urged by the president, rolls would still need shaving by about 150,000 monthly.
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Washington
Senate
Col. C. F. Harrington
WPA
Congress
Roosevelt
Harington
Farmers Service board re elected Watson and list of advisers
Farmers Service and Subsidiaries held their annual meeting at the American Legion Dugout with 105 farmers lunching beforehand. Alex Watson was reelected to a three year board term. advisory directors named include Lee Smoot and A A Lamp among others. The group approved patronage dividends, planned cooperative purchases and farm machinery buying via the Service to benefit farmers. Farm Bureau and the Women’s Associated Organization also held meetings with new officers and a county program plan discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Service Association
American Legion
Alex Watson
Lee Smoot
A. A. Lamp
Ben A. Clark
Frank Kloeckner
George B. Conwell
H. B. Tetlie
Louis Westervelt
Howard Forsythe
Farmers Service
Farm Bureau and Women's Associated Organization
Farm Bureau
G. W. Briley
Robert Cosgriff
E. R. Cook
Carl W. Ewan
C. V. Mosier
J. M. Rook
John Huyser
Chas. McComb
A. C. Pullman
Mike Vandervoort
Floyd Nepstad
Sweet Grass
Arvid Larson
Perry Jasper
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Associated Women of the Farm Bureau
Pioneer Joe Labrie Buried in Harlowton Sunday
Joseph Labrie died Friday in Harlowton and was buried Sunday after a funeral at St. Joseph's Church. Rev. Fr. Legris led services with nephews and grandsons as pallbearers. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery. Labrie, born in Quebec, tracked west across the nation before settling south of Harlowton with a ranch on the American Fork. He is survived by two daughters and two sons.
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Joseph Labrie
St. Joseph's Church
Harlowton
Legris
Quebec
Can
Superior
Wis
Minneapolis
Bismarck
Montana
Carrol Crossing
Musselshell
Helena
Black Hills
Canada
Chicago
Miles City
Coulson
Billings
Bride
Bozeman
California
Shields River
American Fork
Henry J Ellingson Dies in New Orleans After Illness
Henry J. Ellingson died Tuesday in a New Orleans hospital after months of illness. He was born July 17 1899 in Melville Montana and lived in Bear Creek and Big Timber before attending Montana State College. He worked in General Electric and United Fruit Company and was supervising Central America construction for United Fruit at La Lima Honduras. He is survived by his wife Marie Brandenburg Ellingson and two children Joe and Jean, plus his parents and two sisters. Cremation will follow Lutheran services in Memphis Tennessee.
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Henry J. Ellingson
E. H. Ellingson
New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Melville
Mont
Bear Creek
Big Timber
Lutheran Church
Lucas G. Englestad
Sweet Grass County
Montana State College
Bozeman
General Electric
Schenectady
N. Y
United Fruit
Central America
la Lima
Honduras
Mr. Ellingson
Marie Brandenburg
A. M. Brandenburg
Joe
Jean
Homer Wheeler
Elsie Ellingson
Masonic Lodge
Sigma Chi Fraternity
States
Poor Boxes Robbed by Ambitious Father
Emil Doslio 52 of New York admitted stealing from the Sacred Heart church poor box near Duryea to fund his son’s clergy education. He told Judge Michael F. McDonald he hoped his son would become a minister. Doslio received a five to ten year prison sentence.
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Wilkes-Barre
Emil Doslio
New York
Sacred Heart Church
Duryea
Michael F. McDonald
Doglio
Cow Causes Train Wreck Near Chateauroux
A stray cow derailed a Paris Toulouse express and a freight train in Chateauroux France. The crash killed 12 and left 20 others seriously injured as two passenger cars toppled onto the main line and rescue workers searched for more victims.
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Chateauroux
France
Supreme Court Grants Writ in Gallatin Case
Montana Supreme Court grants a writ of supervisory control in Gallatin county suit against Montana Power. The order requires Judge Benjamin E Berg to revoke a demurrer on nine counts from John Crowley seeking damages for irrigation water interference from the Madison river in 1935 to 1937.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Sixth Judicial District
Gallatin County
Benjamin E. Bere
Berg
John Crowley
Montana Power Company
Crowley
Madison River
Supreme Court
Nok
Car Climbs Porch to Kill Three Children in Pa Accident
Three youths were killed and a fourth injured when a car struck a porch in Childs, Pennsylvania, after hitting a gasoline pump. Victims were John Kochmar 12 James Galuczi 14 and Samuel Sears 14. Paul Hrishko 10 was critically hurt.
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Childs
John Kochmar
James Galuczi
Samuel Sears
Paul Hrishko
Kochmar
Honest laborer finds bag of cash in Iowa road refuse
Clarinda Iowa March 14 Honesty still pays but not much Charles Borden a laborer of Shambaugh found a bag containing 4000 beside a road He turned it over to the sheriff's office where a trucking firm driver claimed it For his honesty Borden said he received one dollar reward
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Clarinda
Iowa
Charles Borden
Shambaugh
Sheriff's Office
Borden
Measles Tops Montana Disease List
Measles led Montana communicable diseases last week per Dr. B K Kilbourne state epidemiologist. The report notes a spotted fever case in Hamilton, the first in Montana this year, which resulted in death.
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Helen
Montana
B. K. Kilbourne
Hamilton
Budd opposes inland waterway and new federal rail agencies
Ralph Budd president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad rejects expanding federal bodies to oversee railroads and water transportation. He argues no public funds should finance an inland waterway and says courts or a transportation board could handle reorganizations if needed by amending current laws. He dismisses an inland waterway as nonessential.
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Omaha
Neb
Ralph Budd
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Budd
Transportation Board
Roosevelt
Special Railroad Committee
ICC
Upper
Missouri
Boy Scout Circus Delights Crowd In High School Gym
A lively Saturday night circus in the high school gym, organized by the Lions Club and led by Rodeo Chief Leo Cremer, featured the Scouts with a German band and the high school band. Performances included bicycles, elephants, bears, a bull ride, clowns, and a dramatic parade on McLeod Street, ending with a bull fight scene and an intermission medical aid incident. Net receipts reached 65 dollars, with 6.50 donated to the band for equipment.
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Lions Club
Leo Cremer
McLeod Street
Ferdinand the Bull
E. R. Patterson
E. O. Overland
F. M. Ferris
Alvin Mehus
Averill Fallang
Helen Smith
Lucille Wright
Neal Sylling
Lloyd Larson
Ferdinand
Jordan Flooded as WPA Dam Breaks in Montana
March 14 Jordan Montana reports a dam on Big Dry creek broke, flooding streets with ice and muddy water. The crest passed midnight leaving a bank full creek and ice slabs two feet thick. About 75 homes damaged with basements filled to three feet. total damage in the thousands.
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Jordan
Montana
Big Dry Creek
Butte Tipton
Neutrality bloc vows filibuster to keep neutrality law
Senators aligned with the neutrality bloc threaten a filibuster to block any administration move to repeal the neutrality law. President Roosevelt said the law had not contributed to peace, while defense and foreign policy talks continue in the Capitol. Col Theodore Roosevelt urged Congress to demand a clear foreign policy statement to shape defense needs and opposed Guam harbor improvements for a naval aviation base.
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Washington
Senate Neutrality Bloc
Roosevelt
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Guam
Kalispell Farmer Ends Life by Hanging
William Heib aged 74 was found dead by hanging in his bedroom near Kalispell on Saturday. His son Edward discovered the body using a cord looped over a closet door. Authorities note long illness. Heib was a native of Russia and long respected farmer with six surviving adult children.
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Kalispell
William Mheib
Edward
Russia
Ayers Signs State Office Funds Bill in Helena
Governor Roy E. Ayers signed the 1939 legislative act authorizing $2,005,000 for state boards and offices for the coming biennium while vetoing three provisions that would cut $12,000 overall. He struck bee inspection funding and a fish and game purchasing agent allocation and vetoed insurance premium provisions for department buildings.
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Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Twenty-Sixth Legislative Assembly
Ayers
Department of Agriculture
Fish and Game Fund
Fish and Game Department
Crowning of Pope Pius XII in Medieval Style Ceremony
Vatican City March 12 Pope Pius XII was crowned in a grand outdoor ceremony watched by about 500000 in St Peter's Square. The event marked the first public papal coronation in decades and featured radio broadcasts in multiple languages. Joseph Kennedy attended as US ambassador to London.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter's Square
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican
Pius IX
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Lowon
Holy See
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SUN River Trout
Farmers Service and Subsidiaries
Joe Labrie
Gallatin
BOY Scout Circus
Neutrality Bloc
Gov. Ayers
Pope Pius XII
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