Big Timber Notes and Local Updates
Local groups plan entertainments at Mrs. Svend Maitland’s home and invite Melville and Deer Creek Ladies Aids. Visitors travel from Billings to summer cabins on the Boulder. Rivers Yellowstone and Boulder rise after warm weather. snowpack remains plentiful in mountains. Harold Webb injured in power saw accident. amputation expected to be unnecessary. J N Blankenbaker leaves for Deer Lodge to work with an livestock loan firm. Nepstad Flattum store burglary reported. ham and cheese missing. American Legion Auxiliary elects new officers and hosts poppy program. Postmaster and assistant face salary cuts due to lower receipts. Mrs. Flora Stratton dies. burial planned in Plainfield Wisconsin. Local contests in Bozeman feature Crest sisters winning. Manhattan and Boyce-man take second. Democratic delegates chosen for state and national conventions. some dispute over Big Timber East representation.
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Svend Maitland
Melville and
Deer Creek
Mason
John Foote
Billings
Boulder
Yellowstone
Harold Webb
Fred A. Webb
Hardin
Harold
Deer Ledge
J. N. Blankenbaker
Deer Lodge
A. J. Lochrie
Blankenbaker
Big Timber
Clarence Flattum
Grey Cliff
Nepstad & Flattum
American Legion Auxiliary
Big Timber Cafe
C. T. Willams
Ted C. Busha
F. R. Hickman
Elmer M. Arneson
Laura Connolly
UN Uder
R. A. Bray
Lonnie H. Bryan
New York
Wantona
Plainfield
Wis
Montana
Gibson
Bozeman
Crest Sisters
Signa Bailey
Stuart H. Nicholson
Manhattan
Boyceman
Glee Club
Livingston
Baxter Hotel
George Kearney
O. C. Batch
E. O. Busch
Claude T. Williams
E. J. Husebye
Dick Armstrong
Karl Bryan
Hallie Mijelde
Leo Overfelt
Paul Lamp
Husebye
Democratic Central Committee
J. J. Lacklen
L. W. Baskett
A. L. Bray
Helena
Chicago
W. J. Hannah
Big Timber East
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Nonpartisan Drive Aims to Speed Budget Passage
A nonpartisan push to accelerate the budget balancing program gained force in the Senate on May 9 with the billion dollar revenue bill submitted by the finance committee. Debate set to begin Thursday as Robinson proposes a special economy committee and Hoover coordinates with Republicans to keep the effort nonpartisan.
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Washington
Senate
Moniay
Finance Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Mills
Borah
Idaho
Senate Appropriations Committee
Oddie
Nevada
Hoover Urges Bold Unity in Congress to Restore Confidence
President Hoover's message stresses restoring confidence as key to economic recovery. He calls for prompt, courageous action and rejection of unwise legislation, arguing government must serve all people and resist minority dictates. He warns against factions delaying vital measures.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
West Virginia Prefers Roosevelt to Murray
Belated returns from the hill country increased Roosevelt’s overwhelming lead in West Virginia. By Wednesday night Roosevelt had 66,662 votes to Murray’s 7,607.
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West Virginia
Roosevelt
Murray
Charleston
W. Va
Hill Country
D. Roosevelt
Burgoo King Wins 1936 Kentucky Derby at Louisville
Burgoo King, ridden by Eugene James, captured the 58th Derby for Col. Edward Riley Bradley of Idle Hour farm Lexington. The long shot won by five lengths over Economie with Stepen fetchit in third as 40,000 spectators cheered the Bradley trio’s dominance across the event.
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Burgoo King
Col
Edward Riley Bradley
Lexington
Colonel Bradley
Bradley
Bagenbaggage
Eugene Aamies
Louisville
Goo King
America
Bubbling Over
Minawand
Economie
J. H. Loucheim
New York
Stepenfetchit
John Hay Whitney
Buddy Esner
Brandon Mint
Whitney
Earle Sande
Louis G Kaufmann
Watch On
Governor Erickson Faces Calls for Unity Amid State Audit
Governor Erickson urges unity citing a biblical quote as Commissioner Wilson hints at resigning after a state examiner’s report. Wilson notes two western projects over $1,000 each lacked bids and spent up to $3,000 at Libby, insisting no action by him harmed state harmony.
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Wilson
Wilson Sa
Libby
Roosevelt Garner vice presidential idea stirs speculation
Roosevelt supporters in Texas and California discuss Garner as a potential running mate after his wins in California and Texas delegates. They cite a Texas sentiment for Roosevelt and compare to the Cleveland Stimson pairing of 1892. Senator Lewis and James Farley weigh in with cautious reaction.
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Garner
California
Texas
Roosevelt
Washington
James Hamilton Lewis
Nne
James A. Farley
Curtis shifts focus in Lindbergh kidnap case to Block Island
John Hughes Curtis chief of Norfolk intermediaries in the Lindbergh kidnaping case now concentrates on renewing contact with the kidnappers near Block Island off the Rhode Island coast.
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Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
Block Island
Rhode Island
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Burgeo King
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Curtis
Allen Conwell
Eet
Kalamazoo
Kindler
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Tomar
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