Livingston and Bearcreek Win Montana State Tourney Titles
Livingston Rangers edged Great Falls 38 to 34 to claim the class A crown, while Bearcreek defeated Brockton 44 to 34 for the class B title. Over 2,000 fans packed the Eastern Montana Normal gym as Livingston earned its first all-state honor and Bearcreek claimed its first state championship.
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Billings
Bearcreek
Brockton
Livingston
Great Falls
Montana
Bison
Brockton Indians
Rangers
Electric City
Park County
Bob Stachwich
Park
Wheat acreage expected to rise sharply in 1939
The federal crop reporting board forecast 1939 wheat acreage at 65,678,000 acres, above the 55,000,000 acre goal set by the AAA. Spring wheat total projected at 19,505,000 acres, with durum at 3,545,000 acres and other spring at 15,960,000. Montana's spring wheat production outlook is 3,180,000 bushels, 84 percent of last year.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Montana
All State Teams Highlight Brockton and Great Falls Stars
Brockton dominates with Joe Lambert and Ernie Bighorn listed as forwards. Great Falls appears with Ollie Jacques at center and Bud Seelinger as guard, plus McInnis as guard and Rae as forward. Livingston features Tom Stadhwick at center and two guards. Bearcreek has Fatur and E Crtalic at guard and B Crtalic at center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lambert
Brockton
Ernie Bighorn
Ollie Jacques
Great Falls
Bud Seelinger
Bob Stadhwick
Livingston
Slanina
Collins
Tom Stadhwick
Cener
Fatur
Bearcreek
McInnis
Rae
Oreo EO Great Falls
B. Crtalic
Bow
E. Crtalic
Last Farewells for Rev and Mrs Holbeck
Rev A A Holbeck, Lutheran pastor, and his wife depart to Ray North Dakota, honored by Melville parishioners at a Sigurd Lavold ranch reception. Gifts included a Mixmaster, leather traveling bag, lunch with pastors, a bathrobe, a quilt with stitched names, a fitted traveling case, and a gold bracelet for Gertrude Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Holbeck
Ray
N. D
Sigurd Lavold
Melville
Laura Crest
Big Timber Ladies Aid
Billings
Virgil Foss
Harlowton
J. C. Johnson
S. Stockdal
Haugen
Absarokee
Meling
Martinsdale
Enderson
Lewistown
Wilson
Livingston
Deer Creek
Holbecks
Holbeck
DeLoss Smith Dies Dean of Montana State University Music
DeLoss Smith 64 longtime dean of Montana State University school of music died in Missoula after a weeklong illness. Pneumonia and complications caused his death. He arrived from New York City and taught voice while directing the university glee clubs and Capella choir. He authored more than 500 compositions and built several instruments. He studied and taught across Illinois Indiana Kansas and Chicago before leading northern music development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
DeLoss Smith
Montana State University
School of Music
Northwest
Dean Smith
New York City
Eureka College
Ilinois
Campbell University School of Music
Holton
Kan
Metropolitan School of Music
Indianapolis
F. X. Aherns
L. A. Phelps
Chicago
Chicago Peoples’ Institute
Douglas Nominated to Supreme Court by Roosevelt
William O. Douglas, chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission, was nominated by President Roosevelt for the U S Supreme Court. He would be the youngest justice since 1811 if confirmed, with broad Senate support and no western representation in the court to date.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
Horatio Alger
Wall Street
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Securities Commission
Joseph Story
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
Douglas
McNary
Oregon
SEC
Jerome Frank
Louis D. Brandeis
Mr. Roosevelt
Hugo L. Black
Stanley Reed
Felix Frankfurter
Montana Governor Signs Woman Jury Service Law
Governor Roy E. Ayers signed the 1939 Montana bill granting women the duty of jury service, making it law effective January 1, 1940. The act, H. B. 161, was introduced by three women lawmakers Mrs. M. K. Beadle Mrs. R. T. Martin and Mrs. Marian Melin. The 26th assembly completed action with Ayers signing 51 bills and vetoing 14, including H. R. 372 which would have allowed silicosis victims to receive welfare payments.
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Roy E. Ayers
Montana
Helena
House of Representatives
M. K. Beadle
Silver Bow
R. T. Martin
Ee Gag
Marian Melin
Ark
Twenty-Sixth Assembly
Alan R. Joy Dies in Portland One of MT Constitutional Convention’s Last Three
Allan R. Joy, attorney and former Portland city official, former mayor and district attorney in Livingston, dies at St. Vincent’s hospital. Joy, born 1857 in Ellsworth Maine, helped Montana’s constitutional convention as its youngest member and made Alaska gold rush trips. Surviving are four children and a grandchild. Funeral by Finley’s.
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Alan R. Joy
Portland
Harvey Bliss
Ore
Big Timber
Pioneer
Montana
Allan R. Joy
St. Vincents Hospital
Finley's
Joy
Livingston
Mont
Ellsworth
Maine
Boston
Montana Territory
Alaska
Hattie M. la Barre Joy
Oregon Bar Association
Columbia Masonic Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose Lodge
Judith J. Wallace
Adams F. Joy
Nina Joy Hannon
Carmel
Cal
Allan R. Joy, Jr
Oregon City
Huge allotment for western projects approved by House
A 159,543,905 interior department appropriations bill passed the House 267 to 105. It funds reclamation and other agency activities with large items including 23,000,000 for Grand Coulee Dam, 10,000,000 for Central Valley, and 13,400,000 for Bonneville Power.
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Washington
Interior Department
House
Senate
Grand Coulee Dam
Central Valley
California
Bonneville
Oregon
Radium worth recovering found at Helena dump
Helena March 18 ten thousand dollars worth of radium was recovered from the city dump. Dr David T Berg misplaced it in an old dressing. Montana State College professors Arthur J M Johnson and Arthur Dye located the capsule using a photoelectric cell detecting radioactivity within a hundred feet. The five needles weighed 10 milligrams each and were valued at about two thousand dollars.
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Helena
David T. Berg
Arthur J. M Johnson
Arthur Dye
Montana State College
Bozeman
House Members May Seek Pension Plan for Congress
Washington March 14 A number of legislators in both chambers study a pension scheme for Congress. Speaker Bankhead said he was not initiating the idea but favored study. Kenneth Romney reported broad bipartisan backing and a contributory plan that would include even single term members to some extent. Supporters argue it would lessen dependence on group pressure.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Bankhead
Kenneth Romney
Wheat loan extension granted to Montana growers
In Bozeman on March 17 the Commodity Credit Corporation announced an extension of the 1938 wheat loans for 10 months for 47 counties. Growers may retain title to their wheat until March 31, 1940, if market prices rise. Extension requires reinspection of grain and farm storage facilities.
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Bozeman
Commodity Credit Corporation
Roundup Murderer Is Given Life Penalty
District Judge William L. Ford sentenced Nick Ratkovich 36 to life imprisonment for the $2.50 holdup hammer slaying of Steve Roncevich 78. Defense asked for a new trial and 30 days were granted to file affidavits supporting the motion. Ratkovich contended Roncevich died from a fall and was convicted by a district court jury last week.
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William L. Ford
Nick Ratkovich
Steve Roncevich
Ratkovich
Roncevich
Roosevelt seeks to abolish bond limit in debt plan
President Roosevelt asked Congress to remove the $30 billion cap on outstanding government bonds and to abolish the debt ceiling altogether. Secretary Morgenthau's letter supported increasing or lifting the face amount allowed, as the current $45 billion limit would no longer apply.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgenthau
Grasshoppers listed for instant death plan
Montana board of examiners authorized State Entomologist Harlow Mills to spend part of his 9200 dollar appropriation to aid counties in fighting the grasshopper plague. Board members estimate about 1500 dollars will fund bait spreaders as part of a statewide offensive.
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Helena
Montana
Board of Examiners
Harlow Mills
Bozeman
Montana Auto Sales Make Broad Jump
Sparkling trade gains brightened the western business map in February with autos leading the spenders dollars. Montana auto sales rose 34.4 percent in dollar value from February last year, while Wyoming clothing rose 13.9 percent. The monthly survey by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce found trade ahead of last year in nine of 11 states, dipping seasonally from January with Idaho down about one percent and another state near three percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Far West
Montana
Wyoming
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Idaho
Tarzan killer Durand ramps up Wyoming crime spree
Earl Durand, 26, broke from Cody jail and shot two officers in Powell after kidnapping deputy Noah Riley. A posse of about 100 closed in near Durand’s rock fort, with Argento and Linaberry fatally shot as dusk fell. Durand fled after taking Riley’s gun and car, vanishing into the night.
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Powell
Wyo
Earl Durand
Wyoming
Tarzan
Montana
Arthur Argento
Meeteetse
Orville Linaberry
Cody
Frank Blackburn
Argento
Linaberry
Durand
Rock Citadel
Blackburn
Park County
Ray Easton
D. M. Baker
Charles E. Lewis
Lewis
Whitlock
Noah Riley
Easton
W. W. Durand
Baker
Riley
McCall
A. A. Glasgow
Faston
Glasgow
Senator Kane dies near Hamilton at about 60
Helena reports former state senator Thomas Kane died at his home between Corvallis and Hamilton from a heart ailment. A longtime Ravalli County lawmaker and former majority floor leader, he later led Montana grain operations and state relief. Survived by his widow two sons and two daughters.
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Helena
Thomas Kane
Hamilton
Kane
Corvallis
Senate
Ravalli County
Republican Party
Montana
Frank H. Cooney
State Department of Agriculture
Canada
Wheeler to seek renomination in 1940 primary
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana announced on March 15 his plan to run again in the 1940 primary. Observers expect at least tacit White House backing despite his opposition to Roosevelt’s court reorganization plan and patronage disputes. Wheeler, elected in 1922 and reelected in 1928 and 1934, marked his seventeenth year in the Senate on March 4. He has lately been a frequent White House visitor and may share in Roosevelt’s forthcoming San Francisco fair visit with a stop in Butte, Montana.
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Washington
Burton K Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Wheeler
San Francisco
Butte
Mont
Senate
Congress
White House
New Highway Settings To Be Made In March 51
Helena Montana March 17 The state highway department said bids will be opened at Billings March 31 for 10 road and bridge projects marking the first time in over three years two settings are scheduled in one month A Helena letting is set for March 21 Funds for the March 31 setting total 615 200 and 761 000 for nine projects to be bid here The two settings total 1 376 200 the largest highway business in three years per W O Whipps secretary The 19 projects use funds from the 3 000 000 debenture bond issue
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Helena
State Highway Department
Billings
Highway Department
W. O. Whipps
Montana Supreme Court Upholds Four Year County Terms
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that after the November 8 1938 amendment county officers other than county attorney and auditor serve four year terms. Brian D OConnell Lewis and Clark county sheriff sought a writ of mandamus to issue a four year term certificate rather than two. The decision says the four year term became effective immediately with the amendment.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Brian D. Oconnell
Lewis and Clark
A. J. Duncan
Montana
C. F. Morris
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Livingston and
Bear Creek
Great Falls Guard
Mrs. Holbeck
State University
Wm. O. Douglas
U. S
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