Great Falls Captures 1938 Montana Title in Narrow Win
Great Falls wins the 1938 Montana high school basketball championship by edging Billings 37 to 36 in the final of the 27th state tournament at Daly gym. The game featured 11 ties and 9 lead changes as Mulvaney 14 points and De Groot 14 led scoring. Cummings added 12 for Great Falls.
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Anaconda
Great Falls
Montana
Billings
Daly Gymnasium
Jorgenson
Mulvaney
de Groot
Talcott
Cummings
Great Falls Center
Work for Every Person Would Solve Problem
President Roosevelt told a conference on work and security that the first duty is to find work for every able bodied man and woman. He urged labor as the path to security and nation welfare. Senator Murray cited price fixation and lack of sound economic practice as recession causes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Work and Security
David Lasser
Workers Alliance of America
Lasser
Murray
Mont
Used Car Week Surges With Big Sales
Detroit March 16 The Automotive Daily News estimates about 175000 used cars valued at roughly 50000000 were sold during National Used Car Exchange Week ending Saturday The trade journal says the cooperative drive cut dealer inventories by about 61000 cars and paved the way for trade ins on new cars Officials quote turnover 2 1/2 to 3 times normal for this time of year
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Detroit
Automotive Daily News
The
Trade Journal
Automobile Company
Morgenthau Satisfied With Tax Collections
Secretary Morgenthau said he was satisfied with March income tax collections and planned no new tax loophole inquiry. Treasury reported $615,947,718 collected in the first 15 days of March, an 18 percent rise from the same period last year, with last year’s shortfall prompting legislation to close loopholes in personal holding companies.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Bar Presses Amendments to Safeguard Supreme Court
The New York City Bar Federal Legislation Committee urged Congress to fix the Supreme Court at nine justices, set mandatory retirement by age at 75 or older, and create an independent agency to manage court finances separate from the Justice Department.
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New York
Supreme Court
American Bar
Federal Legislation Committee
New York City Bar Association
Judiciary Committees
Congress
Department of Justice
Marshall Field and Co reports 1937 losses
Marshall Field and Company announced in its stockholders report that 1937 net loss totaled 1,654,451, down from a 1936 profit of 2,878,745. The decline was led by the manufacturing division which posted a 5,679,209 loss versus a 28,850 profit in 1936.
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Chicago
Marshall Field and Company
Montana Taxpayer Details Show Size of State Dollars
The Montana Taxpayer reports 1937 state expenditures and income totaling 14.1 million dollars with gasoline and property taxes providing the largest shares. It breaks down revenue sources and spending by highways, education, public welfare, debts, and general government with specific figures for income taxes, licenses, and school funds.
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Montana
Taxpayers’ Association
Death of Judge T. K. Lee Noted Montana Pioneer
A state hospital notice reports the shipment of Judge T. K. Lee’s body from Warm Springs to Big Timber today on No. 4. A January 15 1925 biography records Lee born in Carrolton Ohio and detailing his career from attorney to probate judge, Montana move in 1883, wool buying milestones, and a celebrated 90th birthday in 1937. He never married and was admitted to the state hospital March 11.
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J. A. Lowry
Warm Springs
T. K. Lee
Timber
Carrolton
Ohio
Washington and Jefferson College
Helena
Mont
Big Timber
Bucks
Briggs-Ellis Co
Jacob Johnson
A. M. Grosfield
Svend Maitland
Brigge-Eulis Co
State Hospital
Wheeler Seeks Probe of Montana WPA Amid Complaints
Senator Wheeler from Montana asked for a thorough investigation of the state Works Progress Administration after receiving complaints from labor groups and citizens. He urged discharge of misstaffed officials and prosecution of those issuing ineligible or fictitious WPA checks, and requested a Justice Department inquiry.
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Wheeler
WPA
Butte
Washington
Montana
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Congress
Department of Justice
All-State Montana Basketball Quint Named by AP Coaches
Veteran players dominate the 1938 AP all Montana high school team chosen by four state tournament coaches. Co captains Willy DeGroot of Billings and Charlie Burgess of Dillon led the first team with eight votes each, followed by Talcott of Great Falls at guard. Bryan of Billings and Cashmore of Dillon start at forward and center with six votes. Second and third teams include Jorgenson, Mulvaney, Cummings, McPherson, Stewart, Seelinger, Allison, Olson, Lutz, and Wheat from various towns.
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Mulvaney
Bisons
Olson
Jorgenson
Talcott
Cummings
Great Falls
de Groot
McPherson
Billings
Bryan
Broncs
Page Four
Anaconda
Associated Press
Montana
Willy DeGroot
Charlie Burgess
Dillon
Cashmore
DeGroot
Stewart
Cut Bank
Seelinger
Allison
Lutz
Wheat
Old timers predict war on strange signs in lamb crop
In Fulton County Indiana farmers warn of looming war after noting a record lamb crop. They say bumper output in past cycles preceded costly conflicts, as some flocks reportedly yield up to five lambs per ewe, signaling a potential future upheaval.
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Rochester
Ind
Fulton County
Providence
Mistake Turned into Golden Opportunity
Harry Wardman, who came to America by mistake and stayed to become a millionaire builder, died Friday night at 65. He began with seven shillings in New York after boarding the wrong boat and later built over 9,000 houses plus apartments and hotels in Washington.
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Washington
Harry Wardman
America
Wardman
Australia
New York
Three Hundred Sheep Drowned at Chinook
Water backed by an ice gorge in the Milk river flooded Chinook Montana drowning 300 sheep valued at 2500 dollars. Dynamite opened a river channel as hundreds of acres of land were inundated from one to five feet. A herder hired by Arnold Wadsworth saved 1200 head by moving them to high ground.
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Chinook
Mont
Arnold Wadsworth
Saco School Head Honored by Montana Education Association
Harry Ross, ousted after 16 years as Saco superintendent, was elected president of the Montana Education Association in Great Falls. He succeeds Catherine Nutterville of Butte. Delegates called the vote a show of confidence in Ross.
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Great Falls
Harry Ross
Saco
Montana Education Association
Catherine Nutterville
Butte
Ross
MEA
House Approves Billion Dollar Naval Expansion Bill
The House passed a billion dollar naval bill by 292 to 100 to authorize 46 ships 22 auxiliaries and 950 aircraft costing about 1 121 million including three battleships two carriers nine cruisers 23 destroyers and nine submarines The measure funds experimental weapons and an airship program while hearings consider expanding officer ranks and promotions in the Navy.
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Washington
House
Speaker Bankhead
House Naval Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Adolphous Andrews
Bureau of Navigation
Vinson
Georgia
Greever
Wyoming
O’connell
Montana
O’connor
Arthur Munson Dies in Great Falls Hospital
Arthur Munson 52 of Power Montana died Thursday morning while being rushed to a hospital after a hotel proprietor found him convulsing in his room. A bottle with traces of poison was nearby and authorities suspect suicide. Munson, a former Monarch Lumber worker at Lambert and Power, had been in ill health. his widow, a Gardiner teacher, was said to be en route from California.
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Great Falls
Arthur Munson
Power
Mont
Munson
Monarch Lumber Company
Lambert and Power
Gardiner
California
Mother Slays Six Of Nine Children In Texas
In Center Texas a 38 year old mother, Lillie May Curtis, killed six sleeping children with a pistol in a piney woods home. She had previously killed her husband and spared 16 year old Travis. she was charged with six counts of murder.
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Marcie Jack
Margie Ree
Robert
Billie Burke
Gloria Jean
T. O. Curtis
Roberts Reelected Mayor in Helena Election
Helena voters reelected A. J. Roberts as mayor with 3085 votes to 1600 for challenger C. J. Bausch. Incumbent N. P. Evans and F. L. Sorenson were named nominees for city commissioner, with a run off on April 4 to fill the commissioner post.
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Helena
Mont
A. J. Roberts
C. J. Bausch
N. P. Evans
F. L. Sorenson
Northern Pacific Loses Land Overlap Indemnity Claim
In Spokane on March 18 the Northern Pacific Railway lost a federal case over indemnity for 213000 acres of timber land in the Tacoma overlap. The railroad had sought compensation from the government under 1864 and 1870 acts granting western lands along its route. The dispute centers on land at the junction of east west and north south lines and the case goes to the United States Supreme Court directly.
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Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Tacoma
United States Supreme Court
Senate Grants Power to Transfer Agencies
The Senate voted to allow the president to transfer and consolidate federal agencies without congressional ratification. It rejected an amendment requiring congressional approval before any reorganization order could take effect.
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Senate
Washington
Chamber
Omaha firm awarded Musselshell irrigation contract
The Montana state water conservation board awarded the $776,000 upper Musselshell river irrigation project contract to Peter Kewitt and Sons of Omaha for a low bid of $679,794.30. The two-reservoir plan in Meagher county will store about 23 000 acre feet for 20 000 acres of land, with 45 percent PWA grant funds and bond financing. About 120 ranchers will benefit and pay roughly $1.10 per acre foot for 30 years, after which the project operates no cost.
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Helena
The
State Water Conservation Board
Meagher
Wheatland
Peter Kewitt and Sons of
Omaha
Public Works Administration
PWA
Water Conservation Board
Meagher County
North Fork
Musselshell River
Belt Mountains
South Fork
Martinsdale
Ryegate
Golden Valley
Harlowton
Frank J. Haas
Great Falls
Haas
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Marshall Field & CO
John Public
Thos. K. Lee
Great Falls Hospital
Roberts
Northern Pacific
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