Roosevelt resumes eastern campaign at Pittsburgh
President Roosevelt spoke to a large Forbes Field crowd in Pittsburgh after a stop in Jersey City, arguing the federal budget will balance in a year or two without new taxes if incomes rise. He contrasted debt increases under Hoover with gains under his administration and defended New Deal finances as honest scoreboard arithmetic.
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Jersey City
N. J
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Forbesfield
Pittsburgh Pirates
Hoover
America
Amerca
New Record Set for Six-Game Attendance
The 1936 World Series set new records for six-game attendance and receipts. Aggregate receipts reached 1 304 399 dollars, beating the 1926 Cardinals Yankees figure by 100 000. Total attendance was 302 924, toppling the 1923 Yankees Giants six-game turnout but below the seven-game 1926 series high.
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New York
Brave Marine Dies in Arizona Gas Chamber
Florence Arizona October 2 Rol and H Jerry Cochrane former United States marine who fought in Nicaragua faced execution in the state penitentiary gas chamber at dawn for a 2.40 holdup slaying. He entered at 4 55 am cyanide eggs dropped at 4 57 am and was pronounced dead seven minutes forty seconds later by Dr B L Steward.
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Florence, Ariz
Roland H
Jerry) Cochrane
United States
State Penitentiary
Cochrane
B. L. Steward
Internal Strife Splits Federation of Labor
Washington reports the American Federation of Labor faces a looming schism as leaders anticipate no peace moves with John L. Lewis's Committee for Industrial Organization. Ten C I O affiliated unions are suspended, and Tampa convention plans press the dispute, with C I O unions not voting at the council.
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Washington
America
American Federation of Labor Council
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Tampa
Fla
A. F. of L. Council
Ben Thrower barricades, fatally wounds after fire incident
Windsor North Carolina October 4 Ben Thrower a Black man was fatally hurt after being driven from his home by fire and tear gas. He had struck 12 white men and three Black people with a buck. Police Chief Waters and a state patrolman were among the wounded. Officials say Thrower barricaded his home for nearly six hours and fired on rescuers.
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Windsor
N. C
Ben Thrower
Buck
J. W. Waters
Waters
F. M. Dunston
Bertie County
W. L. Smallwood
H. M. Morris
A. B. Gilliam
Smallwood
Thrower
James Fowlie of Castle Mining Fame Died at California Home
The Park County News reports the death of James Fowlie, famed in Castle mining days and pioneer Livingston figures, at a California home aged about 90. It recalls Castle’s boom era, the Cumberland mine stock, Fowlie Bros. saloon, the 1891 mining crash, and Fowlie’s later Livingston law practice and partnership with W. H. Poorman.
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James Fowlie
Castle Mining Fame
California
The
Park County News
Castle
Livingston
Riverside
Calif
Cumberland
Fowlie Bros
James
George
Quaintance & Shepard
Northern Pacific
White Sulphur Springs
Meagher County
Jim
Montana
W. H. Poorman
Helena
Fowlie & Poorman
Fowlie
Poorman
Main Street
Woolworth
Livingston Fruit Manager Hugh McLellan Dies After Auto Crash
Hugh A. McLellan 61 known as Mac and longtime Livingston figure died in a Livingston hospital after an auto crash east of Springdale. A post mortem found heart affliction caused death, not injuries from the collision. He headed the Butte Fruit Company here and earlier worked with Ryan Fruit. Survivors include two brothers and an uncle. Funeral plans pending.
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Livingston Enterprise
Hugh A. (Mac) McLellan
Butte Fruit Company
Livingston
Franzen
Relaves
McLellan
Mac
Springdale
Jackson
Ryan Fruit Company
Butte
Montana
A. J. Gillis
Colorado Springs
Colo
Peter J. McLellan
Angus Y. McLellan
Cape Crepon, Nova Scotia
Railway Underpass Contract Awarded to James Crick
Helena October 2 nine Montana highway projects totaling 84823396 were bid Friday by the highway commission with 41 firms competing D A McKinnon noted bids came in about 188000 under the department estimate James Crick Spokane was awarded No 9 a single span 43 foot steel and concrete railway bridge underpass at the Northern Pacific tracks Big Timber Sweet Grass County for 50020 95.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
D.A. McKinnon
Highway Department
Lincoln
Great Falls - Missoula
Lincoln County
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Boise
Idaho
Shelby Chestnut Road
Toole
Liberty
Frank J. Haas
Great Falls
Midland Empire Bank Clearings Hit Ceiling
Billings clears September total 3 332 260 the month’s best since 1929 and second largest since Billings was founded in the 1880s Harold E Kinsley secretary of the Billings Clearing House Association notes the September figure 441 036 above the previous year bank activity seen as a gauge of local business strength
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Billings Gazette
Billings
Harold E. Kinsley
Billings Clearing House Association
Two Officials Charged With Perjury in Kidnap Case
In Newark New Jersey Mrs Anna Bading secretary to Ellis Parker head of Burlington County detectives and Detective G Clinton Zeller were charged with perjury before a federal grand jury probing Parker over the torture kidnapping of Paul H Wendel linked to the Lindbergh matter They were arrested after testimony by Fannie Schlossman whose husband Martin Schlossman is indicted in Kings County New York The two were held in 10000 bail each for a later hearing
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Newark
N. J
Anna Bading
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
G. Clinton Zeller
Parker
Paul H. Wendel
Lindbergh
Fannie Schlossman
Brooklyn
Martin Schlossman
Kings County
New York
SISTER AIMEE FIGHTS FOR TEMPLE CONTROL
Aimee Semple McPherson declares war to finish to lead Angelus temple, after a temple board meeting. Her son Rolf McPherson joins an executive board of two. Attorney Wilfred Anc e says she has faced threats and will fight to protect the organization.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Temple Board of Trustees
Rolf McPherson
Johnson resigns as state examiner in Montana
Frank H. Johnson, state examiner and ex officio bank superintendent for four years, submitted his resignation to Governor Holt effective November 15. He plans an eight month world tour and return to private banking. S. L. Kleve to succeed him, followed by Herbert Clay as deputy.
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Helena
Mont
Frank H. Johnson
Elmer Holt
Johnson
Montana
Pacific Coast
Holt
S. L. Kleve
Yankees Clinch World Series In Six Hard-Fought Games
The New York Yankees crushed the Giants 13 to 5 in game six to win the 1936 World Series four games to two. Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons struggled as Vernon Gomez and relief corps held, while DiMaggio and the Yankee bats exploded late.
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New York
New York Yankees
Baseball Heights
Giants
Yankees
Bronx Bombers
Freddy Fitzsimmons
Vernon
Goffy) Gomez
Fitzsimmons
Dick Bartell
Bill Terry
Gomez
Joe DiMaggio
Johnny Murphy
Hank Leiber
Mel Ott
Gus Mancuso
Sambo Leslie
Rolfe
Jimmy Ripple
Burgess Whitehead
Marx Koenig
Travis Jackson
Democratic candidates crowd Montana speaking schedule
Democratic candidates pressed a busy week in Montana. Senator James E. Murray spoke in Plains and planned stops in Superior Missoula Kalispell Libby Polson Great Falls. Governor candidate Roy Ayers and James F. O Connor scheduled talks in Havre Shelby Cut Bank Conrad and Great Falls with joint appearances in Kalispell Libby Polson. Deputy candidate Jerry J. O Connell joined Murray in Plains and prepared addresses in Stevensville Three Forks Townsend Whitehall and Twin Bridges.
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Helena
Montana
United States
James E. Murray
National Senate
Plains
Superior
Missoula
Roy Ayers
James F. O'Connor
Malta
Havre
Shelby
Murray
Ayers
Kalispell
Libby
Polson
O'Connor
Cut Bank
Conrad
Great Falls
Jerry J. O'Connell
Congress
Senator Murray
Stevensville
Three Forks
Townsend
Whitehall
Twin Bridges
Wheeler Will Spend Month in Campaign Tour
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana announced on Monday he would spend the remaining days of October campaigning for the Roosevelt ticket across the Midwest West and Pacific Northwest. He also plans to speak in Nebraska for Senator George Norris's independent candidacy after a brief tour in North and South Dakota.
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Washington
Burton
K. Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
Midwest
West
Pacific
Northwest
Ni ‘A
Senate
Nebraska
George Norris
North
South
Ddkéta
Two Tractor Accidents Near Lewiston Claim Two Died and Injuries
In Lewistown Montana on October 5 Hugh Bowman aged 56 of Becker died from injuries after falling from his tractor and being run over. Arthur Martin a Rossork rancher is hospitalized with severe injuries after a similar accident. Both men fell while adjusting and were crushed under the drive wheels. Bowman died after hours of lay, Martin in critical condition with crushed arm and hip.
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Lewistown
Mont
Hugh Bowman
Becker
Arthur Martin
Rossork
Bowman
Martin
McLarnin Beats Canzoneri In Madison Square Garden
Jimmy McLarnin delivered a sharp 10 round victory over Tony Canzoneri at Madison Square Garden. McLarnin weighed 145 pounds and earned the decision on the AP scorecard with seven rounds to Canzoneri’s two and one even. A crowd of 11,423 paid $54,189.54 to witness Canzoneri fade after a bloody battle.
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New York
Jimmy McLarnin
Vancouver Trishman
Tony Canzoneri
Madison Square Garden
McLarne
Canzoneri McLarnin
Canzoneri
New Orleans
Associated Press
McLarnin
Editor Nelson Arrested Over Gov Holt Libel Suit
Miles City report says Governor Holt filed a 60000 dollar damage suit in district court naming editor John W Nelson of the Montana Review and six others for printing defaming material prior to the July 21 election The same issue led to Holt charging Nelson with political criminal libel in Helena and Nelson being arrested on a bench warrant before posting 750 dollars bond
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Miles City
Elmer Holt
John W. Nelson
Great Falls
Mont
Montana Review and
Great Falls News
Montana
H. J. McGregor
Montana Highway Commission
Lewis Penwell
United States Collector of Internal Revenue
E. B. Coolidge
W. E. Rice
Frank T. Kelsey
Charles L. Stevens
Nelson
Holt
George W. Farr
Pene
Roy E. Ayers
Helena
Brian O’connell
Montana Review
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Toole County
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J. L. Ee Paulnae
Armington-Lewistown
Judith Basin
P. Manning
Hysham
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Sheridan County
J. L. McLaughlin
Wolf Put -Ouehe
McCone Couny
C. A. Wagner Company
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Jimmy M’larnin
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