Conferees Reach Agreement On Tax Bill Provisions
Washington May 21 Conferees reached unanimous consent on a tax reduction bill. The Simmons rate schedule limits surtax at 40 percent and cuts normal taxes on incomes under 8000 by 50 percent. Senate publicity and undistributed profits taxes were rejected. Estate tax rates rise 40 percent with gift taxes similar to estate taxes. Earned income cut kept at 25 percent but limited to 10000. Jewelry tax cut to 30 dollars or less exempted. Treasury loss deductions cap restored.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Republican Organization
Coolidge
House
Senate Democrats
Treasury
Montana Federation of Women to Meet in Kalispell
The twentieth annual Montana Federation of Women's Clubs convention will be in Kalispell from August 25 to 29. Hostesses include Kalispell Century Club Tuesday Study Club and the Musical Club with Hotel Kalispell as headquarters.
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Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Kalispell
Minnie R. Tennis
Livingston
Dean King
S. M. Sauders
Red Lodge
Club Institute
Glacier Park
Kalispell Club
Judge Erickson Seeks Montana Governor Nomination
Kalispell May 21 Judge J E Erickson longtime Montana figure and Democratic state central committee chairman announced his candidacy for governor He criticizes current spending proposes eliminating unnecessary boards bureaus and commissions and trimming payroll He seeks a clean efficient administration supports labor right to organize collective bargaining and proposes a budget law limiting expenditures to appropriated amounts
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Kalispell
J. E. Erickson
Democratic State Central Committee
Montana
Erickson
Dudge Erickson
Thaw Freed After 17 Years in Mental Detention
Barry K Thaw is freed after 17 years of intermittent confinement in jails and asylums following a court ruling that he is sane. Judge Monaghan directed unconditional liberty and restoration of his estate. Thaw, visiting his mother in Pittsburgh, had been on parole from the Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases since April 22.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Common Pleas
Monaghan
Thaw
Pittsburg
Sterling declares warrant for Wheeler indictment justified
Washington May 19 The republican Senator Sterling of South Dakota filed a minority report stating the Montana grand jury was justified in indicting Senator Wheeler Democrat of Montana. The report says guilt or innocence is for the courts not the committee to decide and asserts Wheeler’s frameup charge lacks proof based on testimony from W W Rhea and H C Glossner plus Department of Justice documents.
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Washington
Montana
Wheeler
Sterling
South Dakota
Senate
Minority Report
W. W. Rhea
Campbell Properties
H. C. Glosser
Gordon Campbell
Department of Justice
Borah
Rhea
Glossner
Great Falls
Bankers Meet at Hunters Springs May 30
D W Higbie cashier of the Scandinavian American Bank and secretary of group seven of the Montana Bankers Association has prepared and mailed programs for the thirteenth annual meeting at Hunters Springs Friday May 30. The program lists morning and afternoon sessions with speeches, reports, and committee appointments followed by an evening dance.
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D. W. Higbie
Scandinavian American Bank
Montana Bankers’ Association
Hunters Springs
Rev
N. M. Temple
Fred L. Gibson
National Park Bank
Livingston
Elroy H. Westbrook
Midland National Bank
Billings
T. W. Marshall
Reed “Point State Bank
Reed Point
Big Timber County
Ike Crawford Denies Profanity Claim About His Speak
Forsyth county attorney and Big Timber basketball coach Ike Crawford questions who accused him of profanity in a Pioneer writeup. He praises the school and staff, notes 1922 and 1913 team comparisons, defends Paul Kress eligibility, and ends with the question Who in hell ever said I was profane.
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Big Timber
Pioneer
Ike Crawford
Forsyth
Big Timber High School
Templeton
Bozeman
Billings
Paul Kress
Kress
Michigan
Lamb
Danner Appeal Heard Before Higher Court
The Montana Supreme Court heard the appeal of Seth O. Danner, sentenced to death for the Gallatin county slaying of Florence Sprouse of Mobridge S D. Attorney Justin M. Smith challenged the verdicts sufficiency and jury empanelment claiming Mrs Danners testimony outweighed by Danners own, and that juror W J Boore was not a Gallatin county resident. The state noted Boores affidavit showing residence in Manhattan Mont and argued prior Broadwater county service was inadvertent.
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Helena
Seth O. Danner
Gallatin County
Florence Sprouse
Mobridge
S. D
State Supreme Court
Justin M. Smith
Danner
W. J. Boore
Boore
Manhattan
Mont
Broadwater County
Broadwater
Farm Bureaus Push MacNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill
Leaders of farm groups including National Grange, National Livestock Producers Association, and Farm Bureau units in Iowa Minnesota and Indiana urge enactment of the MacNary-Haugen bill to save agriculture from ruin. They argue no other farm aid would suffice and defend the measure as sound and workable.
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Washington
House
Senate
National Grange
National Livestock Producers Association
Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Minnesota
Indiana
Ietter
Criminal Cases On Tap Before May Trial Jury
Judge H J Miller set a May term jury to try grand larceny cases including John Winsborough. Seventeen jurors were excused for farm work, leaving a panel of 23. First on the calendar was the State of Montana v Ben Fleming for shooting a dog. verdict not guilty. Milo Collins faced perjury charges with extensive testimony read from a 400 page transcript. The case of Edward Smith et al versus Methodist church property was decided for the plaintiff aiding Seventh Day Adventists.
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H. J. Miller
John Winsborough
State of
Montana
Ben Fleming
M. W. Willman Ranch
Boulder
James F. O’connor
R. E. Freeman
Irvine H. Miller
Theodore Thompson
Lars Skipstad
F -E. Swift
Frank Knoke
S. B. Thurman
Dewitt Preston
Pleun Roebel
P. H. Hanson
Adolph Tronrud
John Laubaugh
Milo Collins
Reed Point
John Tobin
John SchmidtIhofer
Roy L. Carter
W. F. Miller
GC. A. Keppler
W. W. Young
Collins
Grey Cliff
Big Timber
E. LeRoy Harris
Bob Davis
Bill Young
Rees
Young
Amick
O’connor
Winsborough
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Montana
Edward Smith
Old Methodist Church
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Jamestown Oil Men Die In Road Mishap Near Billings
W N Schmitt of Jamestown North Dakota was killed when a Dodge touring car overturned on the Billings Roundup road near the Yellowstone county line. George A Buttles of Jamestown escaped with minor injuries. The men were returning from inspecting oil property near Giltedge after traveling from Roundup with Homer H Rogers and James Jamison.
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Billings
W. N. Schmitt
Jamestown
N. D
George Aa. Buttles
Billings Roundup
Yellowstone County
Montana
Giltedge
Lewistown
Homer H. Rogers
James Jamison
Roundup
Schmitt
Buttles
Two Deer Lodge Men Make Good Getaway
George Palmer and George Mercer convicts escaped last night from the state prison at Deer Lodge. Butte police were notified today. They carried a rifle two pounds of ammunition and 25 pounds of provisions likely taken from the prison farm stores. Mercer was sentenced in Wibaux county to four to eight years and Palmer in Yellowstone county to four to eight years. They had been in prison a year and a half and six months on the prison farm.
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Butte
George Palmer
George Mercer
Deer Lodge
Mercer
Wibaux County
Palmer
Yellowstone County
Veterans Bureau Explains Insurance Factor Changes
Veterans bureau actuaries told Congress that the factor table for insurance under the bonus law now reflects the extra 25 percent of adjusted service compensation. A veteran’s policy value equals credits at 1.25 dollars per foreign service day or 0.8 dollars per home service day times the factor, reducing values overall while not altering total cost estimates.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau Actuaries
Congress
H. P. Brown
Veterans Bureau Actuary
Brown
Veterans Bureau
Treasury Department
Montana Court Rules Nonresidents Own Stock Not Taxed
Montana Supreme Court ruled that shares of foreign corporations owned by non residents at death and bequeathed outside Montana are not subject to the state's inheritance tax. The decision denies a writ of mandate to transfer Montana Power stock without tax and notes the board must not release funds deposited to cover expected taxes.
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Montana
Helena
State Supreme Court
Bankers Trust Company
Willard A. Lalor
New York
State Board of Equalization
Montana Power Company
John C. Lalor
John G. Morony
Lalors
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Smoot
Senate Finance ,Committee
Judge Erickson
Barry K. Thaw
Senator Sterling
Fermist
Hunters
Big Horn
Albert J. Sheets
Little Horn
Cashier Bank.of
Belfry
Stillwater
J. O. Higham
Arthur P. Nelson
Manhattan State Bank
G. A. Brieback
Farmers State Bank
Wilsall
J. R. Middleton
Gattier Rosebud State Bank
Rosebud
Wm. Witt
First National Bank
Columbus
Sweet Grass
Alva L. Lamb
Commercial Bank 'S Trust Co
J. G. Weldon
Yellowstone
Hysham
F. W. Marble
Montana National Bank
F. E. Stranahan
Fort Benton
Chester C. Davis
Northwest
F. Brown
L. Q. Skelton
Higher
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