Supreme Court Decisions Aide "Little Fellow" in Montana
Montana reports Justice Ralph J. Anderson shaping rulings to aid common people. Key cases include McIntosh v Hartford Insurance, which requires full policy payout for fire losses, and an $80,090 award to oil-right holders against Home Stake Exploration and Texas and Pacific Coal. Also upholding Montana income tax, and inheritance tax exemptions altered by the legislature after W A Clark Jr.'s death.
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Lewistown
Montana Supreme Court
Ralph J. Anderson
Supreme
McIntosh
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Anderson
District Court
Justice Anderson
Montana
James D. Brown
Stephen J. Cowley
James J. Flaherty
Walter FI. Andresch
John F. Pewters
Frank E. Flaherty
Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil Company
W. A. Clark, Jr
Freezing Temperatures Hit Montana Despite Clear Skies
Subfreezing readings spread across Montana with Lewistown at 14 degrees, Helena 24, Billings 12, and Yellowstone Park also frigid. Eastern Montana expected slight warming, frost possible east of the divide, while two hunters remained missing after the season’s first storm. A missing manhunt continued for Guy Pizer and Clarence Dorey. Ccc enrollees searched. James Cummings was found safe and Mrs. Anna Reilly was recovered buried in snow.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Weather Bureau
Lewistown
Billings
Mercury
Yellowstone Park
Continental Divide
Ccc
Guy Pizer
Pocatello
Idaho
Hamilton
Clarence Dorey
Florence
Rock Creek
James Cummings
East Helena
Anna Reilly
Catholic Congress Opens in New Orleans With Mundelein
Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago arrived with papal envoys to open the eighth National Eucharistic Congress in New Orleans. A Hammond halt allowed mass, and a 14 priest 12 lay delegation welcomed the cardinal escorted him to the city. Postmaster General Farley represented the president.
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New Orleans
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Pius XI
Alberto Arborio Mella di St
Congress
Hammond
Joseph F. Rummel
James A. Farley
Prsident Roosevelt
Dude Ranchers Convention Under Way in Livingston
Local dude ranchers gather in Livingston for the annual Dude Ranchers Association convention. Events include board meetings at Murray hotel and Masonic temple, a Thursday fish and game round-table with state and federal representatives, and a Roundup feed at Elks hall for members and families.
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Livingston
Dude Ranchers Association
Elks Hall
Murray Hotel
Women’s House
Association
Masonic Temple
Montana
Wyoming
Biological Survey
Jury declines to indict in mercy death case
Nas sau county grand jury declines to indict Harry C. Johnson 65 for mercy death that ended wife’s cancer agony after years of suffering. The policeman guarding Johnson’s hospital bed was removed permanently. He is suffering from a heart ailment.
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Mineola
N. Y
Nassau County
Harry C. Johnson
Johnson
GM to Reemploy 35,000 Workers and Restore Pay
General Motors plans to reemploy 35,000 factory workers within two weeks and restore salaries for about 30,000 white collar staff. The move, part of a broader industrial revival, would lift payrolls by roughly 2 million dollars weekly and raise total GM payrolls toward 200,000 workers.
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New York
United States
General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
U. S. Steel
American Telephone & Telegraph
Pennsylvania Railroad
Death of Harry C. Allen noted in Seattle burial
Word reached here of the death of Harry C. Allen in Seattle Washington after a stroke two weeks prior. He served as Early Day County Clerk and Recorder from 1903 to 1909, later worked in real estate and insurance in Seattle, died at about 66. Funeral services were held October 16 conducted by Dr. Matthews with A M Rose Croix in charge, he leaves a sister Mrs Faunce and a sister Mrs Kleinhesslink and a brother Robert Allen in Seattle.
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Seattle
Wash
Harry C. Allen
J. A. Lowry
Carrie Miller
Matthews
Presbyterian Church
A. F. & A. M. Rose Croix
Harry Allen
Busha & Bailey
J. A. Bailey
Great Falls
B. J. Kleinhesslink
Hardin
Wheeler Signals Congress Will House Clean WPA Agenda
Senator Wheeler predicts a determined effort in the next session to remove the WPA from political use and to reduce Roosevelt administration influence. He says many senators will vote independently on administration measures and hints this may be his last term. He notes a possible 1940 reelection decision.
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Sen. Wheeler
Congress
House
Washington
Wheeler
D., Mont
Senate
Capitol
White House
Roosevelt
George
Georgia
Tydings
Maryland
Smith
South Carolina
Charlie
W. P. Wheeler
John Kunze Convicted of First Degree Murder
Bozeman Oct 14 John Kunze 42 was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a district court jury after a 12 hour 40 minute deliberation The crime killed his half brother August Kunze and Augusts wife in Three Forks Both victims were shot in their yard August was the town mayor The defense had pleaded insanity and Kunze showed little emotion during the verdict
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Bozeman
John Kunze
Kunze
August Kunze
August
Three Forks
Supreme Court Takes Case on Bridges Deportation Question
Washington Oct 17 The Supreme Court agreed to review a Fifth Circuit ruling in Strecker vs. Bridges case potentially affecting deportation proceedings for West Coast labor leader Harry Bridges. The decision could decide whether an alien Communist is subject to deportation and set a broader standard for such cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harry Bridges
Fifth Circuit
Joseph G. Strecker
Hot Springs
Ark
Jacola Beats Seabiscuit in Laurel Stakes
In Laurel Maryland on Saturday Jacola the brown filly owned by E Friendly won the $7,500 added Laurel stakes one mile setting a track record 1 37 flat. Seabiscuit finished second earning $1,500 for the effort with The Chief in third. Jacob paid backers 15 80 5 20 and 3 50 while Seabiscuit paid 2 80 and 2 60 and The Chief 5.
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Laurel
Seabiscuit
Jacola
Chief
E. Friendly
C. S. Howard
Pimlico
Jacob
Indian Convicted of Manslaughter Sentenced to Four Months
Federal Judge James H. Baldwin sentenced Indian Frank Michel to four months in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the February 20 killing of Antoine Paul. He stated the real culprit was the liquor seller who supplied whiskey to Indians at the party.
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Missoula
Mont
James H. Baldwin
Frank Michel
Antoine Paul
Eastern States Swelter In Unprecedented Heat
A fall heat wave hits the eastern states with 87 degrees in New York City and 90 at Newark airport. Coney Island swimmers return. Bridgeport reports a 12 year old prostration. Missouri and Connecticut show the wide reach of the heat with 80s. Chicago hits 79 as the region endures record warmth.
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Chicago
New York City
Coney Island
Newark
N. J
Missouri
Connecticut
Mercury
Bridgeport
Conn
Americans Evacuated from War-Torn Spain Reach Paris
Thirty three American volunteers arrived in Paris today among the first 500 foreigners to leave Spain under the government's evacuation plan. A crowd of 5 000 French leftists greeted the ex militiamen and one said the reception in France made the efforts worthwhile.
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Paris
Spain
United States
France
Wheat Corn Belts May Hold Election Whip
Washington reports the wheat and corn belts may shape the 1940 presidential campaign more than any other area. Secretary Wallace is campaigning intensely to retain farm votes as unrest grows over administration policies, with a nationwide swing through cotton, wheat and corn regions continuing until election day.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Little Girl Lays in Sleeping Sickness For Seven Months
Mary Ellen Reardon of Chicago has slept for nearly seven months after a measles outbreak. Doctors diagnosed encephalitis lethargica and doubted recovery as she approaches her third birthday on Monday.
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Chicago
Mary Ellen Reardon
Monay
Billings City Attorney and Wife Die in Winston Collision
Law rence E. Gaughan Billings city attorney and Montana Republican figure and his wife died in a head on crash 13 miles east of Winston. Hugh R. Kent of interior dept Denver also died at Helena hospitals after the wreck amid heavy snow and low visibility. Dr Monserrate and technician Andrews aided victims as cars twisted and flames erupted.
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Helena
Lawrence E. Gaughan
Billings
Montana Republican Party
Hugh R. Kent
Department of Interior
Denver
Here
Gaughan
Kent
CCC
Gaughans
Republican Central Committee
Domingo Monserrato
Fort Harrison Veteran’s Hospital
William Andrews
Kenti
Negro farmer faces a string of cruel acts in Jackson
Louis Brown, a once prosperous Black farmer in Jackson, recounts a wave of arson and violence. His house barn and milch cow were burned or killed. attackers crippled his horse and destroyed his chicken house. He then sought police help as fear silenced the family.
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Jackson
Miss
Louis Brown
Louis
Mrs Murn Dies in Glendive After Illness
Mrs W P Murn age 66 long time Glendive resident died in a local hospital from sleeping sickness and pneumonia after several weeks of illness. She was the widow of W P Murn who served as Northern Pacific railway roadmaster in Glendive for 41 years until his death in 1926.
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Murn
Billings
W. P. Murn
Glendive
Lutherans Unveil Memorial to Madson in Montana
The unveiling of a granite nine foot memorial to Rev J E Madson, pioneer Montana Lutheran pastor, was held near Absarokee with 300 to 400 attendees amid bad weather. John E Erickson of Helena gave the main address. Dr L W Boe of St Olaf College spoke at the dedication service.
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Billings
J. E. Madson
Montana
Madson
Absarokee
John E. Erickson
Helena
United States
Jurgen Edmund Madson
Aneta
N. D
A. Holbeck
Big Timber
L. W. Boe
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Boe
William Madson
Knute Haugan
Mr. Madson
Lutheran Church In
George M Hays Dies of Pneumonia at 76
George M. Hays longtime Billings district court clerk since 1930 and former secretary of state for the 1905 term died of pneumonia late Tuesday night in a local hospital. He was 76, had attended a Kiwanis luncheon, and is survived by his civic and fraternal roles including Knights Templar Elks and Algeria Shrine. Funeral services were tentatively set for 2:30 p.m. Friday with Masonic rites at Mount View Cemetery.
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Billings Gazette
George M. Hays
Billings
Kiwanis
Knights Templar
Elks Lodge
Charles M. Bair
Martinsdale
Algeria
Helena
Mountview Cemetery
Judge Hugh J. Miller Dies in Livingston Home
Announcement from Montana papers notes Judge Hugh J. Miller died Monday morning at his Livingston residence after years of illness. Born 1866 in Genoa and educated at Ann Arbor, Miller served as Park County attorney, state representative, and Sixth Judicial District judge. He partnered in Miller & O Connor and with son Wilroy Miller, a Park County attorney candidate. He was a famed prosecutor and trial lawyer, remembered for rustling-crime work with Sheriff Fallang. His wife predeceased him.
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Hugh J. Miller
Livingston
Montana
Genoa
Minn
Ann Arbor University
Allan R. Joy
Park County
Mr. Joy
W. H. Poorman
T. M. Swindlehurst
A. P. Stark
Sixth Judicial District
Supreme Court
Dixon
Miller
Oscar A. Fallang
Henry
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General Motors Company
Sloan
Winston
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