County Stockgrowers Organize Cooperative Grazing Association
At a Specially called grazing meeting in Sweet Grass county 125 stockmen heard administrator Nick Monte discuss forming a grazing area under the new state grazing law. He cited Mizpaw Grazing association near Miles City as a model with 108000 acres and 3000 head for eight months, showing 100 percent higher market prices with controlled grazing. Roy S. Moore, Ben A. Clark, Sigurd Lavold, Robert Lindner and Leonard J. Esp were elected to the board. Moore named president, Clark vice president, Esp secretary treasurer.
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Sweet Grass County
Nick Monte
State Grazing Commission
Stillwater
Golden Valley
Wheatland
Monte
Mizpaw Grazing Association
Miles City
Sweet Grass
Land Investment & Mortgage Co
Federal Land Bank
Joint Stock Land Bank
Roy S. Moore
Ben A. Clark
Sigurd Lavold
Robert Lindner
Leonard J. Esp
President Roosevelt pledges relief to prevent starvation
In Washington on November 19 President Roosevelt told nearly 50 mayors that a no starve policy guides federal relief. He urged a winter conference to plan a better tax system at state municipal and federal levels. He reiterated that government will not stop direct relief after July and stressed ongoing aid to the needy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Conference of Mayors
Bar ethics panel backs free legal aid for citizens
In Columbus on November 17 the American Bar Association's standing committee of professional ethics and grievances ruled that the American Liberty League's national lawyers committee violated no canon of legal ethics by offering free legal services to citizens lacking funds to defend their constitutional rights.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Bar Association
Standing Committee of
American Liberty League
National Lawyers Committee
Robert Coit Dies of Pleura Pneumonia in Spokane
Robert Sample Coit eldest son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Coit died in Spokane Tuesday after a brief illness with pleura pneumonia. He was 37 native of Ohio who came to the city in 1906 with his parents. He served in World War I in France and later worked as an agent for Curtis Publishing in Portland and Seattle. He resided in Spokane at his death and leaves his parents a brother a wife and daughter. The funeral and burial arrangements include an Episcopal service at the family home and a committal by the American Legion.
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Robert Sample Coit
Harvey Coit
Spokane
Frank Durant
American Legion
Ohio
France
Curtis Publishing Co
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Frederick
October business shows decisive upward trend
New York reports that Americans spent 497,315,000 in October on department store mail order chain and variety store general merchandise the highest October total since 1930. For the first 10 months purchases of general merchandise reached 3,867,717,000 with mail order gains. Auto sales rose to 1,750,000,000 and hardware and refrigerator demand also climbed as furniture and electrical goods boosted overall gains.
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New York
A. W. Zelemek
International Statistical Bureau, Inc
Zelemek
Montana WPA Relief Sees 10 616 Assigned Statewide
Moderating weather accelerates Montana WPA efforts as 10 616 relief clients are assigned on security earnings statewide. Only 2 384 of the 13 000 quota remains to be placed by November 23. Cold weather paused some concrete work but sewing and cannery projects expand.
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Helena
Montana Works Progress Administration
Hopkins
Montana Administration
United States
Montana
Montana Relief Commission
Relief Commission
Forest Service
Bureau of Entomology
Murray Wires Sweet Grass County WPA Allotment
Senator James E. Murray informs county and city officials of a large WPA project allotment for Sweet Grass County with instruction to contact Ray Hart state director and press for immediate construction or risk project substitutions to fit the program.
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James E. Murray
Sweet Grass County
Washington, D. C
Jerome Williams
Big Timber
Mont
WPA
Ray Hart
Next General Elections Cost Cut by Reducing Voting Places
The Montana Taxpayers' Association estimates the 1936 general election will cost about 10 percent less than 1932, trimming expenses by consolidating precincts and shortening polling hours in small precincts. It notes 664 precincts may be affected and cites past costs including election expenses and campaign spending.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Montana
Corn-Hog Growers Seek More Flexible AAA Contracts
Grass County Corn-Hog Control association met in Big Timber last Saturday and unanimously urged the national AAA to make corn hog contracts more flexible. They called for favoring western states, includ ing feed grains, and for Montana to adopt a 1928 1929 base to gain equity with wheat and corn belt producers.
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Sweet
Grass County Corn-Hog Control Association
Big Timber
National Board
AAA
Corn Belt
Montana
Fatal truck crash on Billings Roundup road claims life
George Janich 21 son of rancher Peter Janich and brother of former deputy Mike Janich died in a two truck collision one half mile south of Thirty-mile on Tuesday at 6 p m. A 134 ton truck driven by T T Jay 34 of Brusett rear ended the truck Janich had parked. Tow rope failure cited by investigators as a possible factor.
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Billings
George Janich
Peter Janich
Thirty-mile
Mike Janich
W. E. Kobelin
Janich
Billings Roundup
T. T. Jay
Brusett
Kobelin
Ralph Tait
J. A. Wier
Musselshell County
Park County Pioneer Dies After 69 Years in Montana
Livingston, Nov. 18. Mrs. James H. Smith, a Park county resident for 53 years, died at her home. Born Mary E. Steel in Mount Carmel Illinois, she came to Montana with her parents in 1875 and settled in Virginia City. Her husband and a daughter Edna Smith of Livingston survive.
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Livingston
James H.smith
Montana
Smith
Mary E. Steel
Mount Carmel
Ill
Virginia City
Park County
Edna Smith
Former Polson Boy Dies From Crash Injuries
Leslie Tower a Seattle test pilot and former Montanan died in Dayton Ohio at 6 07 p m Tuesday from injuries suffered October 30 in the army flying fortress crash and fire Major P P Hill chief of the flying section also died Tower had severe burns and was unconscious much of the time spending recent days in an oxygen tent
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Dayton
Ohio
Leslie Tower
Seattle
Army
Flying Fortress
P. P. Hill
East Coast Endures Worst Autumn Storm In Years
The northeaster swept the north Atlantic seaboard from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras, causing floods nine inches of snow in parts of New York state, wrecked coastal towns, and disrupted ferry terminals and commuter service. At least several people were killed as three vessels sought shelter with coast guard aid.
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New York
North Atlantic Seaboard
Cape Cod
Cape Hatteras
Nantucket
Long Island
Jersey
New York City
Maine
Coast Guard
Ocean Shipping
Six Mexican teachers slain by fanatics in Puebla region
Dispatches from Puebla report six school teachers murdered in the Tiziutlan region for teaching socialistic education. Fanatical Indians terrorized five towns, while another report notes a crowd attacked a village school but were repulsed in a gun battle. Troops have been dispatched to protect teachers.
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Mexico City
Puebla
el Universal Today
Tiziutlan
San Juan Acateno
Minnesota Governor Olson to Seek U.S. Senate Seat
Floyd Olson former labor governor of Minnesota announced on Monday night he would run in 1936 for the U S Senate seat held by Republican Thomas D Schall Olson said government regulation of public utilities would be a key issue in the campaign to defeat Schall who has criticized the Roosevelt administration He is completing his third term at the end of 1936 and is in Washington on state business
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Washington
Floyd Olson
Minnesota
United States Senate
Thomas D. Schall
Olson
Schall
Roosevelt
Fr Coughlin breaks with Roosevelt on New Deal policy
Detroit dispatch reports Father Charles E. Coughlin amplifying his critique of the Roosevelt administration. He declares that the principles of the New Deal and his National Union for Social Justice are unalterably opposed, signaling a clear break over issues of money labor and agriculture.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Washington
Roosevelt
National Union For Social Justice
Father Coughlin
Trade Deal With Canada Promises Broad Tariff Cuts
President Roosevelt released a public outline of a mutual trade agreement with Canada that aims to spur general economic recovery. The pact lowers duties on hundreds of American commodities, preserves the current free list for key goods, and includes a major Canadian concession to revise valuations. It also covers travel, transit, and proposed exemptions for tourist purchases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Canada
Anade
Two Men Die In Nashua Area Car Crash Near Glasgow
In a highway accident near Nashua, Albert Larouque of Wolf Point died later in hospital and James Welch of Frazier was killed instantly. Ann Clark, also from Frazier, survived with serious injuries after the car piloted by Larouque left the road, struck a culvert and overturned.
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Glasgow
Nashua
James Welch
Frazier
Albert Larouque
Wolf Point
Ann Clark
Larouque
Prospect of Collecting War Debt Not Very Good
Washington dispatches report the December war debt installments totaling 155 million dollars sent to 12 nations, but Treasury likely to collect only a fractional part of a dollar per dollar. Finland is expected to pay 230 thousand on December 15, while other nations remain in arrears. The remaining 12 billion dollars owed by foreign debtors faces bleak prospects for recovery amid unsettled conditions and lack of negotiations for settlements or postponements.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Great Britain
France
Italy
Ethiopians Deny Wholesale Slaughter Amid Frontline Battles
Ethiopian forces counter Italian advances in Tigre and near Makale with reports of heavy casualties on both sides. Addis Ababa cites local victories and disputes Italian claims of 2,000 dead after a bombardment near Makale while asserting only 10 Ethiopian fatalities.
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Italy
Tigre
Seliit
Makale
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Sasa Ranch
Fafan
Hundreds of Helena Buildings Fall to FERA Demolition
About 500 workers under FERA tear down hazardous structures after October earthquakes in Helena Montana. Dismantling begins on Main Street with removal of weak cornices and upper stories, including the Cosmopolitan and Capitol hotels. Damage to the arsenal, K P hall, county courthouse tower, and jail area prompts rapid debris cleanup and partial dismantling.
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Helena
FERA
Tom McCabe
Lewis and Clark County
Main Street
U. S. Grant
Cosmopolitan
Helto
Gold Creek
Capitol
Arsenal
Warren Street
Armory
K. P. Hall
County Court House
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Cooperative Grazing Association
Robert Coit
Billings Round UP
Polson
East Coast
Gov. Olson
FR. Coughlin
South Main Street
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