Wheeler touts wages over doles in relief plan visit
Senator B. K. Wheeler, in Billings, urged replacing gratuities with work programs. He pressed irrigation projects as employment outlets, called for reducing relief overhead, and urged private industry absorption of relief rolls. Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler travel next to Bismarck and St. Paul to visit their son.
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Billings
Doles
B. K. Wheeler
Washington
Yellowstone County
Montana
Wheeler
Tongue River
Buffalo Rapids
Board of Review
PWA
Congress
United States
Bismarck
N. D
St. Paul
John Wheeler
Pioneers Enjoy One of Best Ever Banquets
The Sweet Grass Pioneers Society held its annual banquet and officer election on Saturday night with record attendance and goodwill. The program featured a vaudeville act by Mrs. Margaret Deegan and P. J. Deegan as announcer and toastmaster. Officers elected: Mrs. Henry Ellingson honorary president, George W. Kauffman president, T. S. Lavold first vice president, John Tobin second vice president, Nelle Lamb recording secretary, Mrs. Margaret Osburn corresponding secretary, Mrs. Ida Shipton treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass Pioneers Society
Margaret Deegan
P. J. Deegan
Henry Ellingson
George W. Kauffman
T.S. Lavold
John Tobin
Nelle Lamb
Margaret Osburn
Ida Shipton
Witness Oscar Provost Sets Record on Stand in Montana Trial
Helena reports Oscar Provost, Montana attorney general law clerk, set a record for longest on the witness stand while offering the least testimony in the Boulder trial of Raymond T. Nagle vs John McGough. The hearing over the Jefferon county attorney's alleged failure to follow anti gambling orders stretched into the afternoon with defense and prosecution disputing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Oscar Provost
Montana
Provost
Boulder
Raymond T. Nagle
John McGough
Jefferson County
Oscar
Osc
Last Week Market Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep Summary
Receipts cattle 22 000 and calves 3 000 with grass steers at 4 to 6.50, feeders 3.50 to 6, top heavy steers 9 to 10.25, bulk common 5.50, market down 25 to 50 cents driven by two day holiday run. Hog prices 220 to 300 lb 5.80 to 6.05, light 4.50 to 5.50, sows 5.40 to 5.80, weekly up 25 cents. Sheep steady to strong with fed westerns 6.50 and ewes 1.75 to 2.50. Detailed Nov 14 notes: cattle 12 000, calves 2 500, heifers and yearlings steady at 8.25, grassy cows weak with wealers off 25 cents, stockers steady. Hog receipts 30 000, market 10 cents lower, over 240 lb 5.90 to 5.95, light 4.50 to 5.15, sows 5.60 to 5.75, slaughter pigs 3 to 4. Commercial sheep receipts 13 000, fat lambs weak to 25 cents lower, native and fed western sheep 6.50 to 6.75, slaughter ewes 1.75 to 2.25, best light weights 2.50.
Democrats Sweep National Vote With Big Gains Over Republicans
Final counts show Democrats winning 321 House seats to 103 for Republicans with gains in Senate 69 to 24 and Governors 38 to 8. About 28.4 million ballots were cast with Democrats leading by over 3 million after minor-party votes are removed. Delaware and Vermont stayed Republican only in major offices. Deep gains pressed Republicans from key seats including a Pennsylvania Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
House
Senate
Delaware
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Big Timber Gets New Water System Opening Soon
Helena reports final contracts closed for Big Timber's new water system. Work to start Friday, November 23, with engineers from Public Works Administration and private financing. Local hiring prioritized for ex service men and water users. estimated 100 local jobs with wages 1.20 dollars hourly for skilled and 0.50 for unskilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
C. W. Campbell
B. C. Lillis
Billings
Threet
Lovell
Wyo
Helena
McKinnon
Public Works Administration Board
Washington
C. A. Bishop
Warning Issued Auto Drivers to Keep Out of Park
Yellowstone Park authorities warn motorists to avoid the park due to heavy snow and ongoing work. East entrance road between Yellowstone Lake and Cody and south entrance between West Thumb and Moran are closed, with 22 inches of snow at a point halting travel. Closures may last into May or June. other routes remain variable and chains are needed on several stretches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone Lake
Cody
Wyo
West Thumb
Moran
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Sylvan Pass
Red Lodge
Cooke
Mont
Grand Loop
Dunraven Pass
Gardiner
West Yellowstone
The
Ark
Est Yellowstone
Ashton
Gallatin
Bozeman
Madison and
Ennis
Catholics Move Rural Life Office to St. Paul
The Catholic Rural Life conference moves its general headquarters and executive offices from Washington to St. Paul Minnesota as its twelfth annual convention closes. The group pledges support to President Roosevelt in promoting social justice and easing economic strain and agrees to cooperate with approved agencies like 4 H clubs that build Christian character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Catholic Rural Life Conference
Washington
St. Paul
Roosevelt
Explosion on Catalina Kills Six Workmen
Six men died and two were critically injured when 7 500 pounds of blasting powder ignited at a rock quarry on Catalina Island. The deceased were Marion Hall 22 Kenneth Ernest Smith 23 Peter Hanson Raymond Lander Herman Bermudez and Angel Hernandez.
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Avalon
Cataline Island
Cal
Marion Hall
Kenneth Ernest Smith
Peter Hanson
Raymond Lander
Herman Bermudez
Angel Hernandez
Butte Authorities Hold Insurance Head in Fraud Indictment
United States District Attorney Harlan Bess released a 100 page indictment charging Carl M. Hansen, president of International Reinsurance entities and Insurance Management Corp, with defrauding stockholders. Hansen was arrested in Helena on November 10. The indictment lists 26 counts alleging a scheme to defraud holders or prospective holders of capital stock. nine Mercer County New Jersey residents and the public are named as victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
United States
Harlan Bess
Carl M. Hansen
International Reinsurance Company of
California
International Reinsurance Company of Delaware
The
Insurance Management Corporation of Pennsylvania
Besson
Federal Grand Jury
Butte
Mont
Hansen
Helena
International of
International
Delaware
Mercer County
New Jersey
Grand
Bozeman Voters Approve Courthouse Bond Issue
Gallatin county residents approve a public works courthouse bond plan 2035 for 185 500 in bonds to add to a 30 percent grant. The 265 000 building will replace the present courthouse on the same site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Mont
Gallatin County
Senator Kane Named State FHA Liaison in Montana
Helena Mont Nov 8 Senator Thomas Kane of Ravalli county was appointed executive assistant to Miles Romney national emergency council director for Montana and state director of the federal housing administration campaign He succeeds Frank B Campbell of Missoula who becomes financial adviser and liaison to state banks building and loan companies and private lenders in the campaign.
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Helena
Mont
Thomas Kane
Ravalli County
Miles Romney
National Emergency Council
Montana
Federal Housing ‘Administration
Kane
Frank B. Campbell
Missoula
FHA
Beating death shocks Iron River priest
The Rev. James Lenhart, 63, retired pastor of St. Agnes church, was beaten to death. Police held Magliore La Belle, ex-husband of the priest's former housekeeper, as the slayer after arresting him on the rectory grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron River
Mich
James Lenhart
St. Agnes Church
Magliore la Belle
la Belle
Upper Michigan
Administration Sets Ten Point Social Security Plan
President Roosevelt names a 19 member advisory council to study unemployment insurance and old age pensions as the administration develops a ten point program through the committee on economic security. Frank P. Graham will head the council as it shapes a phased plan to be advanced to Congress in multiple bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Congress
Montana set December 3 for official canvass
Helena Mont Nov 7 The official canvass of yesterday's general election vote in Montana will be made December 3 it was announced in the secretary of state office. Canvassing board members are Attorney General Raymond T Nagle State Treasurer James J Brett State Auditor John J Holmes and Secretary of State Sam W Mitchell. The primary count is handled by a different board comprising the governor secretary of state and the treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Montana
Sam W. Mitchell
Raymond T. Nagle
James J. Brett
John J. Holmes
Miles City Delays Execution After Mother's Plea
A Montana mother Mrs. Josephine Adams sought executive intervention to save her son Henry John Zorn from the gallows for the August robbery death of Lester C. Jones at the state industrial school. The appeal to the Montana Supreme Court stalled the fire date, with court action and public subscription plans possible to fund further defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Henry John Zorn
Lester C. Jones
State Industrial School
FERA
Josephine Adams
Butte
Montana Supreme Court
Rudolph Nelstead
Edgar Taylor
Supreme Court
District Court
Frank Cooney
Helena
Adams
I. W. Choate
Zorn
High Court
Montana State Penitentiary
Minnesota Reformatory
United States
Canada
McNeil’s Island
Washington
Minneapolis
Miles Satisfied With Official Vote Canvass
Ben B. Miles of McLeod who lost reelection to Claude C. Gray by nine votes discussed a possible contest. The article notes a bond limit of up to 2000 and costs if Miles loses. Ballots with wrong marks on the democratic side were counted as Miles and Signa Bailey ballots, potentially affecting the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben B. Miles
McLeod
Claude C. Gray
Miles
Perry Jasper
Signa Bailey
Mr. Gray
Roosevelt backs broad unemployment security plan
President Roosevelt and his labor and commerce chiefs endorse a nationwide social security program with unemployment insurance. The immediate plan Mix calls for a cooperative federal state system with funds held by the federal government and administered by the states, plus enactment of state laws and returning relief recipients to work. Long range aims include a uniform old age security system and sickness coverage through insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Chiefs of Labor and Commerce
Perkins
Roper
Water system funds boosted by $5,000 and more
Friday wire from Senator Wheeler reports PWA approval of an additional $5,000 for a water project. A Washington dispatch notes increases totaling $262,630 for 25 loans and grants, with Big Timber Montana water works rising from 142,000 to 147,000 and Sanders County school district No 14 changing from loan and grant to a grant of 5,600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. K. Wheeler
Pioneer
Washington
PWA
Washington Dispatch
Ickes
Public Works
Big Timber
Mont
Public Works Administration
Sanders County
Montana
Montana unofficial vote shows large Democratic sweep
Final un official tabulation in Montana's election reports an 196 005 total off year vote with Democratic ticket leading across state and national races. Senator Wheeler tops Bourquin by 81 331. Murray defeats Leavitt 115 027 to 75 087. Other contests favor Democrats in judiciary and railroad posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Helena
Tuedsay
B. K. Wheeled
New Dealer
George M. Bourquin
Say
Bourquin
James E. Murray
Butte
Wheeler
Scott Leavitt
Great Falls
Joseph P. Monaghan
D. D. Evans
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Rural Life Office
Catalina
Tom Kane
Roy E. Ayers
Lewistown
Stanley E. Felt
Baker
State Supreme Court
W. B. Sands
L. L. Callaway
Claude Morris
A. H. Angstman
J. J. O'Connell
Charles Rasmussen
A. T. Porter
J. W. Crosby
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