Wheeler Address Promotes Constitution Safeguards
Senator Burton K Wheeler spoke in Helena on the constitution during a 150th anniversary event. He warned that in fascist Europe power centralized in one man leads to loss of rights, urging preservation of the three branches and free assembly and petition for workers and farmers.
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Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
America
Europe
Germany
England
James I
Henry the Eighth
Dorset
Australia
Woman Who Posed as Man for Years Dies in Iowa
Mary Happy George Miller died at the Johnson County farm at about age 102. She had lived as a man for nearly 50 years after she fled Germany seeking work, working as a farm hand and traveling in male garb each summer. The sex reveal occurred after a 1928 pneumonia attack.
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Iowa City
Mary “Happy George” Miller
Johnson County
Germany
State buys surplus potatoes and apples for relief
Montana growers will sell eighty carloads of potatoes and fifty carloads of apples to the federal surplus commodities corporation. The deal, valued at more than $40 000, will supply relief clients through distribution by state authorities led by James T. Sparling, state commissioner of agriculture. Potatoes will come from all potato growing areas of the state.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
James T. Sparling
Sparling
Federated Cluss Elect Officers Saturday in Big Timber
The Federation of Women’s Clubs in Sweet Grass County elected officers for the coming year at a Saturday meeting. New president is Mrs. Chas. C. Nicholson of the Boulder Valley club, with Mrs. William Thornby and Mrs. Sidney Fraser as vice presidents. Mrs. Carl Ewan becomes secretary and Mrs. Dorman Kellogg treasurer. About 50 attendees shared a pot luck lunch and hear talks on junior play and parental involvement in high school. Public school pupils performed tap dances, recitations, and songs by Miss Edith Shoenick and Miss Arlene Roush, who sang In Flanders Field. A parliamentary drill was led by Mrs. E. O. Overland, who installed the new officers for Mrs. A. A. Lamp, completing two years as federation president.
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Sweet Grass County
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Chas. C. Nicholson
Boulder Valley Club
William Thornby
Junior Women’s Club
Sidney Fraser, Jr
Bridger Creek Club
Carl Ewan
Dorman Kellogg
Big Tiber Womans Club
Big Timber Club
Buddy Traver
H. C. Olson
Edith Shoenick
Arlene Roush
Roush
Flanders Field
E. O. Overland
Harvey Coit
Ohio Woman Executed Targeting First Female Helpless Citizen
Cincinnati reports Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn, 31, a blonde mother, convicted of first degree murder in the poisoning death of 78 year old Jacob Wagner, a retired gardener. The jury rejected mercy, mandating the death penalty. Deliberation lasted about two and a half hours after they began Friday night. If carried out, she would be Ohio’s first woman executed.
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Cincinnati
Anna Marie Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Hahn
Ohio
Montana's 48th Anniversary Unnoticed In Home State
Washington notes recall Montana becoming a state 48 years ago after a long federal debate. It highlights key players like Joseph K Toole, William M Springer, and William A Clark, and cites the 1889 act signed by President Cleveland authorizing admission steps. Montana held a constitutional convention in Helena and ratified a new constitution on August 17 1889, with November 8 proclaimed as statehood day.
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Washington
Congressional Library
Montana
Nebraska
Illinois
Chas. F. Anderson
Omaha
South Dakota
Senate
House
William M. Springer
Springfield
Ill
Anderson
New Mexico
Dakota Territory
Dakotas
Joseph K. Toole
Congressional
Cleveland
Helena
William A. Clark
Harrison
Daily Death Toll Among World War Survivors Reaches 83
The Veterans Administration reports 83 World War I survivors die daily, with 52,000 in hospitals and many jobless or maimed. The piece reflects on Armistice Day, costs of the war, and the Unknown Soldier as a memorial figure. President Roosevelt to lay wreath at Arlington tomb. Wilson and Roosevelt referenced.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
America
Veterans’ Administration
Treasury
United States
Destiny
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arlington Cemetery
War Department
J Ramsay MacDonald Dies Aged 71 After Long Illness
London report confirms James Ramsay MacDonald former three time prime minister of Britain died at 71 aboard a South America bound ship after a long illness. Daughter Sheila aboard with him. burial plans include Lossiemouth or England with possible funeral arrangements pending.
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London
James Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
United States
Sheila
Bermuda
England
Lossiemouth
Scotland
MacDonald
Margaret
No. 10
Downing Street
George V
Baldwin
Ishbel
Washington
Hoover
Ramdan
America
Hoover Defends Free Speech and Free Press at Colby
Former president Herbert Hoover urged Americans to protect free speech and press as the nation faces propaganda. Speaking at Colby College on Elijah Lovejoy’s anniversary, he warned that dictators use free speech to climb to power before suppressing it. He said a free press is a right of the people, with publishers as its first line of defense.
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Waterville
Maine
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Colby College
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Alton, Ill
Shelby Postmaster Ends Life by Shooting
Shelby recalls the death of Jesse G. Henderson 56, postmaster for seven years, who killed himself Friday night at his home. Despondent over decade of ill health, the former Toole county treasurer and attorney propped a shotgun on a chair and fired with his cane. Henderson chaired Toole county Democratic committee for many years.
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Shelby
Jesse G. Henderson
Toole County
Henderson
Democratic Committee
Pittsburgh Panthers Defeat Notre Dame 21 to 6
In South Bend Indiana on November 6 Pittsburgh Panthers rallied in the final period to defeat Notre Dame 21 to 6. The Rose Bowl champions fell behind after a Notre Dame scoring pass but exploded with three touchdowns to surge past the Irish. Pittsburgh remained unbeaten and challenged the western teams for postseason glory.
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South Bend
Ind
Pittsburgh
Panthers
Notre Dame
Far West
Automobile Tax Paid to Secure License in Montana
Helena November 4 The Montana state board of equalization clarifies that under the new automobile tax law vehicle property taxes must be paid at registration or re-registration on January 1 prior to operation. Dealers’ stock taxes are due with the levy of the preceding year and collection methods vary by lien security.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
State Supreme Court
State cash balance shows nice increase
Montana's cash balance rose by 1 683 262 08 during October as of the first of the month cash in state banks reached 8 727 842 01. October receipts totaled 3 050 193 20 while expenditures were 2 657 943 43. State Treasurer Ray N Shannon reported Thursday.
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Helena
Montana
Ray N. Shannon
Farm Bill Upending Short Session Schedule
Washington reports a lag in the farm bill and tax law changes delaying the special session agenda. Both chambers promised action first but Senate progress lags behind the House. It now seems unlikely the bill reaches the Senate before House action, risking daily idle debate or adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
House Agricultural Committee
Edward Douthett Sought on Third Offense Charge
Edward Douthett, a resident of the city, is sought on a charge stemming from a Saturday night incident at Grey Cliff involving Mrs. Don Geiger of Columbus. The case marks his third offense, with prior convictions and parole history detailed, and authorities plan to obtain his Bertillon record for nationwide distribution.
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Edward B. Douthett
Don Geiger
Columbus
Grey Cliff
Doubhett
Geiger
Overland
Sheriff’s Office
Douthett
Virginia Langston
Geigers
Columus
Bertillon
Deer Lodge
Washington
John N MacFarlane
Reed Point
Miller
MacFarlane
Douthettt
W. L. Ford
White Sulphur Springs
Berg
Frank H. Cooney
Doubhett Lumber Company
Lions Club
Frank Geiger
Big Timber Pioneer
Melville
Absarokee Enterprise
Submarginal Lands To Be Purchased By U S
The Farm Security Administration informed Senator Wheeler's aides that the federal government planned to buy 1 704 112 acres of submarginal land in Montana at a total cost of 4 675 017 dollars as of October 15. Purchases already paid for Montana submarginal land amounted to 1 283 191 acres costing 3 646 610 dollars. The government also includes 30 220 acres of settlement land in Montana at a cost of 748 548 dollars, with settlement land purchases totaling 19 077 acres for 523 194 dollars.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Crash at Billings crossroads injures eleven people
At a country crossroads west of Billings two sedan crashes left eleven injured Sunday afternoon including six children. Seven year old Herman Hergenrider of Belfry suffered severe skull fracture and lacerations and was not expected to recover. his father Dave Hergenrider drove one car and Emanuel Weist of Billings drove the other.
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Billings
Herman Hergenrider
Belfry
Dave Hergenrider
Herman
Emanuel Weist
Montana theater tax boosts state treasury
Helena Nov. 4. Chairman E A Dye of the state board of equalization estimated the Montana theater tax would yield at least $33,000 annually. The law imposes a levy of one and one quarter percent of gross income over three thousand dollars for each theater.
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Helena
E. A. Dye
State Board of Equalization
Montana
Offices Moving Out of Helena Step by Step
The Montana branch of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the RFC Mortgage Corporation plan to relocate to Minneapolis next week, with auditors completing record checks first. Burke Clements and others protest the move. Stuart Bingham leads the Montana office.
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Helena
Montana
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC Mortgage Corporation
Minneapolis
Burke Clements
State Industrial Accident Board
Stuart Bingham
Corpo
Man Dies in Trailer House Fire Near Van Norman
A trailer home at a Garfield county construction camp near Van Norman burned early Thursday. David L. O Keefe of Inland Construction was killed, reportedly by an explosion in the cook stove. Workmates discovered the blaze and recovered the body after the fire subsided. Mrs O Keefe recently gave birth and is convalescing in Jordan.
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Miles City
van Norman
Garfield County
David L. O’keefe
Inland Construction Company
Montana Pays Out Over Two Hundred Thousand in November Pensions
The Montana state department of public welfare mailed old age assistance checks for November to 11,088 individuals totaling about 228000 dollars, averaging 20.55 per person. Payments to 1533 families for 3657 children exceed 42000 dollars, averaging 11.62 per child.
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State Department of Public Welfare
Montana
Social Security Board of the
United States
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