Livingston City Council Faces Proposed Outster Moves
At a 125 attendee meeting in the I O O F hall Mayor P L Greene led a discussion sparked by a citizens committee plan to remove council members for alleged malfeasance. A motion to prosecute was narrowly rejected. the mayor and county attorney would review legal options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
Citizens’ Committee
I. O. O. F. Hall
P. L. Greene
Bill Smith
Greene
State Examiner
Montana
Earl Ammerman
Jardine Prospector Alec McDonald Found Dead in Cabin
Alec W. McDonald aged 78, a Jardine prospector, was found dead in his Hellroaring country cabin. Coroner says natural causes. he likely died about a week and a half ago. Born 1861 in Nova Scotia, he moved through Livingston and North Dakota before settling in Jardine as a prospector. He had no known survivors. body at Franzen funeral home awaiting arrangements.
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Livingston
Alec W. McDonald
Jardine
Bob Franzen
Mr. McDonald
Nova Scotia
North Dakota
Park County
Virginian Dies of Unusual Disease in West Virginia
Joseph E. Baker, 75, of Moundsville, W Va, died of a rare condition described as granuloma sarcomatodes or elephant skin. The disease, baffling doctors for three years, spread over his body from the hips up, producing a leathery, puffy hide that eventually affected vital organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
Joseph E. Baker
Four Cowboys Injured at New York Rodeo
At Madison Square Garden four cowboys were injured during the rodeo. Hugh McAdam of Butte Montana was trampled in steer wrestling and taken to Polyclinic hospital with internal hemorrhages. Albert Sells of Tuttle Montana suffered a fractured leg, Art Jones of Fort Hall Idaho and Turk Greenough of Red Lodge Montana were bucked off in saddle bronc riding with sprained ankles.
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New York
Hugh McAdam
Butte
Mont
Albert Sells
Tuttle
Art Jones
Fort Hall
Ida
Turk Greenough
Red Lodge
Montana Highway Patrol Reports Large Fine Collections
Helena Oct 24 The Montana highway patrol announced it had collected over 5000 dollars in overdue fines from justices of the peace since March 1. Patrol Supervisor Lou Boedecker said patrol activity also led to the removal of at least four justices of the peace for delinquency in submitting traffic fines. He credited a 1939 law authorizing the state examiner to report irregularities and initiate ouster proceedings.
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Helena
Montana Highway Patrol
Justices of the Peace
Lou Boedecker
Bible Given by King George VI Dedicated at St James Church
At Hyde Park New York on Oct 22 President Roosevelt attended services dedicating a Bible presented by King George VI to St James' Episcopal Church. The Canadian prayer book read by Rev Frank R Wilson asked God to strengthen the British sovereign to vanquish his enemies as England is at war with Germany. The Bible, a gift from the King and Queen during their June visit, was used for the first time today.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
St. James' Episcopal Church
George VI
England
Frank R. Wilson
Germany
King George
St. James’ Church
Queen Elizabeth
Death claims Zane Grey famed western author
Zane Grey, noted writer and sportsman, died from a heart attack at his Altadena home at 64. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, he practiced dentistry before turning to fiction, publishing over 50 novels including Riders of the Purple Sage and The Heritage of the Desert. He married Lina Roth in 1905 and had three children.
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Zane Grey
Altadena
Cal
Grae
Grey
South Seas
Zanesville
Ohio
Alice Josephine Zane
University of Pennsylvania
New York
Betty Zane
Australia
Lina Elise Roth
New York City
Romar Zane
Betty
Loren
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Town Hall Club
Author’s Club of
Camp Fire Club
Lair
Scomvenaen
Lawrence Weir, Ex Sheriff, Charged With Tax Evasion
Lawrence Weir, former Silver Bow county sheriff, was arrested on a federal indictment charging income tax evasion totaling 8235.66 and failure to file returns. He posted a 5000 dollar bond and faces up to 27 years in prison with 70000 dollars in fines. The five year period 1933 to 1937 shows taxes due and a net income of 99987.49.
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Butte
Lawrence
Larry) Weir
Silver Bow County
Weir
Montana
Helena
Mrs Oscar A Nepstad Dies After Heart Attack
Mary Nepstad wife of Oscar A Nepstad died after collapsing from a heart attack outside a Grey Cliff dance hall. Funeral held at Lutheran church with Rev Bellinger officiating. cortege to Great Falls mausoleum. Survivors include husband a daughter and a son.
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Mary Nepstad
Oscar A. Nepstad
Sweet Grass Hospital
Grey Cliff
Harlowton
Ellen Rein
Clyde Frederickson
Frank Chase
Alva L. Lamb
John Barstad
J. J. Lacklen
Bertel Ideland
Lars Fotland
Ronald Halverson
Great Falls
Highland Prairie
Fillmore County
Minnesota
Ole
Anna Marie Flattum
Leeds
North Dakota
Melville
Mont
Shelby, Mont
Big Timber
D. D. Johnson
James Nepstad
Shelby
Anton Nepstad
Petra Peterson
Minot
Alfred
Thief River Falls
Minn
Clarence
Roy
Preston
Nepstad
Commercial Bank & Trust Co
Cotton Growers Clash With Striking Pickers in California
At Madera county park on October 21, a melee erupted as cotton growers and striking pickers clashed hand to hand. State highway patrolmen dispersed the crowd with tear gas and blank cartridges at the request of Sheriff W. O. Justice and Governor Culbert Olson’s aide Lieut. Col. Charles Henderson. Six people sought hospital treatment for injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madera
Calif
Charles Henderson
Culbert L. Olson
W. O. Justice
Madera County
Browder Placed in Federal Prison on Passport Fraud
Earl Browder the Kansas born general secretary of the communist party in the United States was named a federal prisoner charged with fraudulently obtaining a passport and using it twice. An indictment from a federal grand jury accuses Browder of obtaining a passport in September 1934 and renewing it in February 1937, with alleged false sworn statements. The maximum penalty on conviction is five years in prison and a two thousand dollar fine per count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl Russell Browder
Communist Party
United States
Browder
Montana births double deaths in September report
Helena report shows 912 births and 421 deaths in September. Deputy registrar L. L. Benepe notes 30 infant deaths under one year and 39 due to communicable diseases. Tuberculosis caused 19 deaths, typhoid fever influenza and syphilis three each, diphtheria, septic sore throat and meningitis one each, and 11 died in automobile accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
L. L. Benepe
State Board of Health
Athenia Carrying No Munitions Proven by Canadian Dept
The Canadian Department of External Affairs stated it has been proven the steamer Athenia carried no guns ammunition or war munitions when she was sunk on September 3. The finding followed a Washington affidavit by Gustav.
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Ottawa
Department of External Affairs
Athenia
Washington
Gustav
Cleveland Relieve Carowners Targeted by Officials
Cleveland relief program officials move to end checks being collected by motor vehicles. Relief Commissioner Frank G. Jones orders almost all clients to surrender automobile license plates. He says many on moderate relief are cheating. Supervisors estimate 8,000 to 10,000 cars used by the citys 26,000 relief clients.
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Cleveland
Frank G. Jones
Swindlehurst Chosen Building Loan Head
Joseph Swindlehurst of Livingston was elected president of the Montana Building and Loan league at the close of the fifteenth annual meeting in the Northern hotel. He succeeds Paul W. Smith of Helena. Delegates from nearly 20 state associations backed 1940 meetings in Helena with W. D. Clark of Billings as first vice president, John W. Schroeder of Helena as second vice president, and Albert Besancon of Missoula as secretary-treasurer.
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Billings
Joseph Swindlehurst
Livingston
Montana Building and Loan League
Northern Hotel
Paul W. Smith
Helena
W. D. Clark
John W. Schroeder
Albert Besancon
Missoula
Industrial production turns up in latest Fed report
The Federal Reserve Board reports industrial production at about 110 percent of the 1923-25 level. Production rose sharply last summer and increased further in the six weeks after the war outbreak, suggesting output may exceed the 1937 recovery peak of 118. The mid September level rose from 103 in August and the 1939 low of 92.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
J E Mushbach Dies in Carbon County
J E Mushbach eighty eight retired rancher and former Carbon County clerk of court died in Red Lodge Montana at age eighty eight. He came to Montana with a federal geological survey party in 1878 and later served as clerk of court in 1896. He was survived by a widow and two
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Red Lodge
J. E. Mushbach
Carbon County
Mushbach
Montana
Geological Survey
Iene
Senate rejects amendments as neutrality bill advances
In Washington on Wednesday the Senate dismissed amendments to the neutrality bill including Johnson's to abolish presidential discretion and to require joint determination of a state of war. La Follette's export quota proposal failed as debate shifted toward whether to repeal the arms embargo, with a joint conference possible.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Colorado
Congress
la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Bankhead
United States
Vandenberg
Elmer Johnson Heads Hereford Men
Elmer Johnson of Livingston was elected president of the Montana Hereford Breeders association at the first annual meeting held at the Northern hotel Tuesday night. He succeeds Ralph Selkirk of Fishtail with C. H. Terrett Brandenberg as vice president Howard G. Lewis Bozeman secretary and Myron Beatty Bozeman treasurer. Directors named in Bozeman October 11 elected the officers. The group voted to sponsor a 1940 Hereford cattle sale while delaying timing and location. Rules for sales were discussed.
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Billings
Elmer Johnson
Livingston
Montana
Hereford Breeders’ Association
Northern Hotel
Ralph Selkirk
Fishtail
C. H. Terrett
Brandenberg
Howard G. Lewis
Bozeman
Myron Beatty
Scarcity of Jobs for College Grads Looms
Chicago October 21 Professor William F Ogburn University of Chicago sociologist warned at the Illinois Home Economics association convention that white collar job openings for new graduates may not keep pace with rising college enrollment He added the value of diverse interests and urged broad study opportunities for workers.
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Chicago
William F. Ogburn
University of Chicago
Illinois Home Economics Association
Rehearing Asked in Simpson Murder Case
Defense lawyers for Lee Simpson Golden Valley rancher sentenced to hang for the murder of Arthur Burford Golden Valley county deputy sheriff last year will petition the Montana supreme court for a rehearing of their appeal from the district court verdict. The high court upheld the death sentence October 16 and the defense seeks 19 additional days to file the petition for rehearing.
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Roundup
Lee Simpson
Golden Valley
Arthur Burford
Golden Valley County
Montana Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Simpson
A. G McNaught
George Hurd
Great Falls
Utah Convict Makes Daring Prison Break
Leroy Nash a 23 year old parole violator escapes from the Utah state prison after threatening Deputy Warden John E. Harris. He dashes from the prison office scales a fence and carjacks motorists using a hand carved wooden gun. Police launch a state wide man hunt for Nash who forced Herman Kendall of Salt Lake City to drive him for about two miles before abandoning one car and seizing another.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Leroy Nash
John E. Harris
Nash
Herman Kendall
Kendall
New York World’s Fair Dates Set for 156 Days
The New York world’s fair will run for 156 days next year from May 25 to October 27 a month shorter than this year. The fair board of directors announced the dates after completing plans for a mardi gras event from Monday until closing in October.
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New York
Fair Board of Directors
HOLC Aids Montana Homeowners Lettering Debt Free Hope
Home Owners Loan Corporation reports that 281 Montana borrowers fully paid $497,491 and 2,903 are in satisfactory standing toward debt free homes. About 199 more are making adjusted payments. Montana total repayments reach $2,064,891, 28 percent of principal. HOLC refinanced 3,679 mortgages totaling $7.28 million during 1933 to 1936.
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Great Falls
Montana
Home Owners Loan Corporation
A. D. Williams
Williams
HOLC
Peantans
Sse
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Ay Roe
Livingston City Council
Jardine Prospector
Virginian
Highway Patrol
Lawrence Weir
Silver Bow
Board of Prisoners
Earl Browder
Swindlehurst
Hereford
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