Governor Erickson seeks decisive shakeup of fish and game board
Governor Erickson asks all members of the Montana fish and game commission to resign after the state examiner’s report criticized the board for mismanaging the agency and wasting more than eight thousand dollars on a hatchery project. He plans to appoint an entirely new commission to give sportsmen and the public a new deal, though no replacements are named yet.
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Eters Sopa Agglientodrnox
Sou Duntbons
Amas ‘Fish and Game Commission
State Examiner
Sporsmen
Montana
Joseph L. Rally
Anasonan
Boweser
Erickson
Game Commissioner E A Wilson Told to Tender Resignation
Livingston sportsmen leader E A Wilson received a governor request to resign after more than a decade of service. An Associated Press dispatch noted that all but one commission member were asked to resign, signaling a broad shakeup.
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E. A. Wilson
Livingston
thiefMainet
J. E. Erickson
Fred Traber Heads Montana Y. M. C. A.
Fred Traber of Great Falls was elected president of the Montana state council of the Y M C A succeeding George Snell of Billings. Helena will host the 1933 meeting. John W. Fuhrer of Kansas City spoke at both sessions.
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Billings
Mont
Fred Traber
Great Falls
Montana State Council
George Snell
Helena
O. E. McLaughlin
L. B. Tipling
Montana
Sterling Wood
Morris BE. Sanford
Oscar Bjorgum
John W. Fuhrer
Kansas City
Home of Anti-Saloon League Goes Wet
Ohio birthplace of the Anti-Saloon League backed anti prohibition forces in a near complete primary count. Attorney General Gilbert Bettman won the Republican nomination for senator on an anti prohibition platform, leading Louis J. Taber by about 60 000 votes. He will face Robert J. Barkley in November as an unopposed Democratic incumbent renominee.
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Columbus
Ohio
Anti - Saloon League
Prohibition
Gilbert Bettman
Louis J. Taber
Dry
National Grange
Bettman
Robert J. Barkley
Homestead Law Grants Absence Permits During Drought
Copies of the 1929 to 1932 drought related absence provisions have been received at U S land offices in Montana. The law allows homestead settlers to leave to seek livelihood with proof via affidavits and requires no contest or protest to be based on such absences. Time away may be substituted for residence in the entry term.
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United States Land Offices
Montana
Hoover Okays Veto of Democratic Tariff Bill
President Hoover wins approval to veto the Democratic tariff bill, calling it harmful with misimpression and uncertainty. The House sustains the veto after reading the message, citing four major objections including loss of flexible tariffs and restricted international talks.
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Hoover
House
Consumers’ Council
Tariff Commission
Berg Files Nomination Bid For Sixth Judicial District Seat
Judge Benjamin E. Berg, incumbent of Montana's Sixth Judicial District, files a Democratic nominating petition with Secretary of State W. E. Harmon. The district covers Park and Gallatin counties and Berg pledges impartial, efficient administration and no outside influence if elected. The petition requests the ballot phrase For economy and is dated May 9, 1932.
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Livingston
Benjamin E. Berg
Secretary of State
Sixth Judicial District
Berg
Sixth District
W. E. Harmon
State of
Montana
Democratic Party
Park, Gallatin
Bergamin , Berg
Ingston
Dirt Slide Threatens Village of France
Lyons reports massive landslides above St Genix Sur Guiers endangering 1,600 residents. About 7.8 million cubic feet of earth slid from rains threatening homes and 1,000 trees. three houses destroyed and seven more at risk. Farmers evacuate families to the Gulers river valley. Twenty four of 51 tenants missing after slides near Lyons.
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Lyons
France
St. Genix-Sur-Guiers
Chambery
Savoie
Gulers River
Lyons Sunday
Legislators Seek $300 Million Cut With Hoover Backing
On Capitol Hill a Senate economy committee began closed door talks to trim government outlays by 300 million dollars with President Hoover pledging full cooperation. The aim was a total saving of 900 million dollars, mutually agreed in principle between Hoover and the senators.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Hoover
Senate
German budget ignores reparations in Reichstag return
Berlin May 9. The new budget presented to the Reichstag makes no provision for further reparations payments. Finance Minister Hermann Dietrich said the coming year’s expenditures would use marks for amortization on loans.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Hermann Dietrich
Igen Marks
Gallant Knight Wins Dixie Handicap
Gallant Knight a sturdy five year old son of Bright Knight and Ethel Gray won the $15,000 Dixie Handicap in a track record time of 1 56 0.25 over the mile and three sixteenths in Baltimore. Sun Meadow ran second with Aegis third and Mate faded after a debut setback for Albert Bostwick's entrant.
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Baltimore
Gallant Knight
Audley Farm
Bright Knight
Ethel Gray
Albert Bostwick
Hal Price Headley
Mike Hall
Katherine E. Hitt
Sun Meadow
Aegis
Mate
Cunard Pier Fire Wrecks Wharf in New York
A massive blaze at the Cunard line pier in New York caused over 2 million dollars in damage. About 300 firefighters were injured by heat smoke and fumes as crews battled the flames through day and night. A bystander was killed when a hose line broke and struck him.
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New York
Cunard Line
Storm Delays Akron Landing in Texas
Fort Worth says a storm delays the Akron landing as high winds threaten the arrival. The department of commerce radio KEJ reported at 12 30 a m that the weather disrupted the schedule in the stormy conditions.
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Akron
Texas
Fort Worth, Tex
Department of Commerce
KEJ
Livingston Woman Kills Dan Smith in Main Street Shooting
Mrs. Albert Kottke, wife of an Emigrant rancher, shot and killed Dan Smith, Livingston businessman, and seriously wounded her brother Phil Bottler, superintendent of the Emigrant hatchery, in the Smith Cigar store. Eyewitnesses said she chased Bottler and fired again, hitting Smith in the neck. Bottler received internal bleeding from a liver injury and remained critically ill after treatment.
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Livingston
Albert Kottke
Dan Smith
Phil Bottler
Main Street
Kottke
Smith Cigar Store
Bottler
Lott Hospital
Emigrant
Ren
Butte Block Fire Destroys Columbia Block
A early morning blaze in Butte destroyed the three story Columbia block, housing a restaurant and clothing store. Damages are estimated at 150000 dollars. Several dozen roomers fled to safety as fire spread from the building to the adjacent Lockwood cafe, where brick walls collapsed through the roof.
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Butte
Columbia Block
Lockwood Cafe
Darrow Attacks Hoover at Honolulu Democratic Meeting
In Honolulu on May 17, Clarence Darrow criticized President Hoover at a Democratic gathering. He named Roosevelt as a possibly better nominee and said Hoover's name must be forced before the public, suggesting the need for government change. He recalled Hoover feeding babies in Belgium, arguing such work is for a nurse, not a president.
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Honolulu
Faia
Roosevelt
Baker
Hoover
Darrow
Belgium
Richey Girls Win Missoula Debate Championship
Misses Katherine Lawrence and Hazel Pomeroy of Richey high school eastern Montana debate champions for the second year in a row. They defeated Mildred Spaberg and Loren Lutzenhiser of Polson in the state debating championship held in Missoula on Wednesday afternoon.
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Missoula
Katherine Lawrence
Hazel Pomeroy
Richey High School
Archibald Roosevelt Seeks Bonus Vote Plea
Archibald Roosevelt, son of former president, delivered a letter to President Hoover urging a firm stand for reducing veterans compensation. He told the White House that current payments amount to a legal racket. The unresolved $2 billion soldiers bonus remains before Congress.
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Washington
Hoover
Archibald Roosevelt
National Economy Committee
White House
House Ways and Means Committee
Saving plan proposed by Sweet Grass County taxpayers
At a Monday meeting of the fact finding committee of the Sweet Grass County Taxpayers association, recommendations were submitted for the next regular meeting on Saturday May 14 at 2 pm. The proposals include wage scales for rural teachers, a 10 percent cut in the state transportation schedule, caps on board payments, ending mileage within districts unless needed, and closing schools with fewer than four pupils to arrange transport or boarding elsewhere.
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Sweet Grass County
Association
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Anti-Saloon League
Dixie
Helen Kottke
Columbia
Richey Girls
Body OF Taxpayers Association
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