John D Rockefeller Sr Dies at 97 in Florida
John D. Rockefeller Sr founder of a vast fortune and major philanthropist died at 2 05 a m in his winter home The Casements Ormond Beach Florida at age 97 His death followed a coma after a long life rising from a $4 50 a week job to lead Standard Oil Funeral plans call for private services at Pocantico Hills and burial in Cleveland Ohio The Rockefeller estate will hold private rites with Dr Harry Merryday officiating
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Ormond Beach
Fla
John Davison Rockefeller
Casements
Harry L. Merryday
John H. Yordi
Yordi
Dr. Merryday
Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
N. Y
Cleveland
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riverside Church
Pocantico Hill
Mr. Rockefeller
Lake View Cemetery
North Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Ohio
Laura S. Rockefeller
Commencement and Alumni Banquet Honor Sweet Grass County Class
The largest class, 54 graduates, filled the Sweet Grass county high school auditorium for commencement. Helena superintendent Payne Templeton delivered the main address on fun and work. An Alumni banquet followed in Parish hall with 135 attendees, honoring the class of 1937 and featuring toasts, gifts, and a playful stunt tribute to Mrs. C. T. Busha.
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Sweet Grass County High School
Payne Templeton
Helena
Big Timber Lutheran Ladies Aid
Stuart H. Nicholson
Beulah Busha Patterson
Ernest Patterson
Hilda Warp Coster
Clyde E. Davis
Orvin Filare
Alice Peterson Snyder
Forrest Keller
Bess Leasby Kellogg
Eva Mijel de Roquet
J. B. Hind
C. T. Busha
Moscow executes 44 for Siberian railway plot
Moscow reports 44 Russians including 43 men and 1 woman were executed by firing squad for plotting railway wrecks in Siberian military areas. The communique says they acted under orders of the Japanese secret service and followed exiled Leon Trotsky, with Svobodny executions dated eleven days earlier.
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Moscow
Siberian
Pacific Star
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Supreme Court
Secret Service
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Svobodny
Sergei M. Kiroff
Joseph Stalin
Germany
Japan
Pravda
Montana wool starts annual eastward trek
May 21 report from Missoula notes a million-dollar wool clip from Montana ranches moving to eastern markets. Northern Pacific officials estimate fleece value to Boston markets this year over 1 million dollars with about 80 cars of wool to be loaded between Paradise and Livingston on the Rocky Mountain division as shearing ends in coming weeks.
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Missoula
Montana
Northern Pacific Railway
Boston
Traffic Department
Paradise
Livingston
Rocky Mountain
J C Vilas Grand Old Man of Livingston Dies
J C Vilas longtime Livingston banker and businessman dies at 83 from a heart attack while reading at his home 132 South Yellowstone street. He led the National Park bank of Livingston and served as postmaster at Gardiner. Burial planned in Vermont after last rites at the family home. Continued on Page Four.
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J. C. Vilas
Livingston
South
Yellowstone Street
Josiah Crosby Vilas
National Park Bank
Vilas
Franzen
F. P. Rixon
Billings
North Coast Limited
Bellows Falls
Vermont
Old National Park Bank of
Gardiner
Mr. Vilas
Alstead
New Hampshire
Samuel Stillman
Mary Ann Vilas
Chicago
C. M. Henderson Shoe Company
Montana
Cleveland
Carver Mercantile Company
Former World Champion Rider Pete Knight Dies at Hayward Rodeo
Pete Knight 33 renowned bronc rider and former all round cowboy champion died after being trampled by the horse Slowdown during the Hayward rodeo finals in California. Knight, Calgary native and longtime star of major rodeos, was among 100 cowboys competing. his wife survives him.
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Pete Knight
California
Howard
Cal
Knight
Harry Rowell Ranch
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
United States
Johnny Bowman
Oakdale
Hayward
Oe Pacuenesh
Diploma Night For Sweet Grass Eighth Graders This Evening
Graduation exercises for eighth grade pupils of Sweet Grass county rural schools and Big Timber will be held at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. The program includes prayers, addresses, songs, chorus numbers, and diploma presentations with valedictorian McLean Baskett and salutatorian Peggy Cole among the seniors.
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Sweet Grass County
Big Timber
Rev
A. Holbeck
C. E. Tate
A. C. McDonald
Haas
A. L. Schump
Robinson Boosted for Supreme Court Vacancy
Washington May 20 Senators and colleagues boost Senator Robinson of Arkansas in the race for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Van Devanter's retirement. Debate notes possible transfer to another body and a question if he could judge constitutional challenges to legislation he helped pass. Senator Pittman cites precedent citing Chief Justice Chase.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Clark
Congress
Pittman
Salmon P. Chase
Will James Committed to Warm Springs for Inebriates
District Judge Guy C. Derry ordered the cowboy artist and author Will James to be confined at Warm Springs hospital for inebriates after physicians found him unsafe to be at large due to excessive drinking. The 40 year old, who had been drawing in jail, faces confinement at his own expense.
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Billings
Guy C. Derry
Will James
Warm Springs
James
Derry
Lindbergh’s Son Eligible for Dual Citizenship
Washington May 25 The newborn son of Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh is a citizen of both the United States and Great Britain by birth on British soil. Authorities say dual citizenship is recognized and he may swear allegiance to either country upon reaching majority.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Great Britain
Lindbergh
Billings Woman Duped by Gypsy Faith Healer
Mrs. Betty E. Allen of 1014 Fourth Avenue North reported being duped by a gypsy faith healer who prescribed a red bag with a green ribbon containing torn movie scraps instead of her $300 savings. The healer claimed to double money and heal heart trouble, using washing and blessing rituals before the bag was taken.
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Billings
Betty E. Allen
Fourth Avenue North
Even Such Men as This Must Answer Last Call
George Isaac Hughes known for becoming a father twice after age 95 died at his New Bern home at nearly 97 years old. He survived by his 29 year old second wife and two infant children Franklin Roosevelt Hughes and Mary Gertrude. Hughes had 16 children with his first wife and lived as a Confederate veteran before his late life fame.
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New Bern
N. C
George Isaac Hughes
Hughes
Cabin
Franklin Roosevelt Hughes
Mary Gertrude
Pup returns purse thief by loyal dog in Murray
Mr and Mrs Hobart Blake abandoned their dog to cut costs. The dog later found their lost pocketbook while retracing the couple’s route and carried the purse back to the Blake home proving a dog can reconnect owner and kept belongings.
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Murray, Neb
Hobart Blake
Blake
High Court Upholds Social Security Legislation
The Supreme Court sustains federal unemployment insurance and old age pensions, and upholds state unemployment compensation laws. Justices Cardozo and Stone author the rulings, with dissents by Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler. About 27.8 million workers and 2.7 million employers are taxed for the program starting 1942.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Roosevelt
Administration
Justice Stone
District of Coumbia
Justice Cardozo
New York
van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Butler
Alabama
District of Columbia
Capitol
Cardozo
Senate Panel Backs Unemployment Relief Commission
The Senate education and labor committee approved a joint resolution to form a national unemployment and relief study commission. It calls for up to 50,000 dollars in relief funds for a nonpartisan panel of 5 to 15 members, appointed by the president, to study the whole unemployment problem and propose a forward looking policy.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
James E. Murray
Montana
Carl A. Hatch
New Mexico
United States
Congress
Senate votes to make CCC camps permanent despite revolt
In Washington on May 20 the Senate backed the administration plan to convert the Civilian Conservation Corps into a permanent federal enterprise. Only Senator King and Borah opposed final passage as Byrd failed to extend the corps by two years. The measure lowers CCC director Fechner’s pay to 10 000 and maintains enrollees at 30 a month while limiting enrollment to 315 000. the needy requirement was dropped.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
King
Borah
Byrd
Robert Fechner
CCC
Thomas
Tom Ross Chosen to Head Montana Stockgrowers
Tom Ross of Chinook was elected president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association at the 53rd annual convention in Bozeman. Helena will host the 1938 gathering. John Arnold Birney and Carl Malone were named first and second vice presidents, with E. A. Phillips reelected secretary. The executive committee took no action on the Pettingill haul bill, while honors went to Col Wallis Huidekoper and John W. Anderson as life members.
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Bozeman
Tom Ross
Chinook
Montana Stockgrowers” Association
Helena
John Arnold
Birney
Carl Malone
Chateau
E. A. Phillips
Ross
B. J. Mcéettlen
Dillon
Pettingill
American National Livestock Association
Col
Wallis Huidekoper
Twodot
John W. Anderson
Roosevelt Rejects Any Court Bill Compromise
A high administration official affirmed President Roosevelt will not compromise on the court reorganization plan. He noted no withdrawal or alteration of the bill despite wins in 12 cases this year, fueling speculation about possible paths including amendments, retirement rules, or a two-justice expansion. Opposition steers toward extended contest of any such measure.
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Roosevelt
Washington
High Administration
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Burke
Nebraska
Bankhead
Senate
Robinson
Kansas
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Norman Hauge
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Winifred Johnson
Audrey May
Charles Nicholson
Kenneth O'Dell
Wayne Osterhout
Mabel Patterson
Evelyn Poteat
Doris Price
Kenneth Ries
Tris Schiltz
John Schofield
Philip Sekman
Hazel Skaarland
Erys Evelyn Smart
Wesley Tate
Allan Thompson
Ruth Tronrud
Evelyn Tucker
Clara Vik
Herbert Wick
Maxine Wood
Lee Overfelt
Robert Cosgriff
Beulah Terland
Greg Cliff
Jane Marie Elder
Briley
Melville
Esther Allman
Louise Allman
Taletta Birkeland
Leonard Gundecker
Olga Hegdal
Agnes Hereim
Frank Hicks
Ima Jean Helen
Joseph Holland
Isabel Huyser
Eleanor Lavold
Kenneth Officer
Gorden Osen
Peder Pedera
Helen Plaggemeyer
Lars Sara Reed Point
Bernard Blankenship
Arthur McClurg
Opal Cubbison
Nora Elder
Gibson
Clifford Moffett
McLeod
Martin Peterson
Glasston
Ellen Fincher
Pup
Purse
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