Forest Fire Rages Near Big Park Across 1800 Acres
In Montana the Slough Creek area above the Silver Tip ranch just inside Yellowstone's northern edge hosts the season’s largest fire. About 800 acres burned with expectations it could double. Absaroka National Forest deploys 600 CCC and enlisted fighters, plus trains and transients aiding effort. Fire lines stretch two miles up Slough Creek, with tinder dry timber and winds driving spread. origin likely lightning, and authorities fear further spread if winds shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
Montana
Slough Creek
Silver Tip Dude Ranch
Yellowstone Park
Absaroka National Forest
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Boulder River
Mammoth Hot Springs
Lewis and Clark
Gallatin
Livingston
Missoula
Silver Tip Ranch
Bull
Forest Service
Mammoth
Park
Wonderland
Boulder Country
Montana pastor heads east with ten day permit
Carle A. Clifford a former pastor from Plentywood Montana travels with his wife and two daughters in a car and trailer. State Trooper Joseph Sikora stops them for no license plates. Clifford shows a Montana ten day permit and says they hurry to Maine for work. Albany police advise visiting the motor vehicle department. Teletype to eastern troops orders highball as permit expires tonight.
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Albany
N. Y
Carle A. Clifford
Western Turnpike
Joseph Sikora
Sikora
Clifford
Montana
Plentywood
Portland
Maine
State Motor Vehicle Department
Cliffords
Lost lad Hipp found after six days roaming Storm lake area
In Anaconda Montana 12 year old Joseph Hipp was found alive after six days lost in rugged Storm lake country south of Anaconda. He wandered without food since Sunday with water to drink and slept among rocks. He was taken to the Mule ranch and then to a local cabin. Sheriff Larsen headed to Stormlake to inform his father Benjamin Hipp.
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Anaconda
Mont
Joseph Hipp
Butte
Storm Lake
Here
Benjamin Hipp
Anderson
Big Hole Basin
Anaconda Standard
O. K
Barney Larsen
Stormlake
Hipp
Schmeling and Louis Set to Meet in June Title Fight
Max Schmeling signed a contract for a title bout with Joe Louis to take place next June. Date and venue to be determined by promoters Mike Jacobs and the principals. Schmeling agreed to 20 percent of net receipts, down from 30 percent, aiming to regain the title he lost to Jack Sharkey five years ago and to challenge Louis whom he knocked out last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Mike Jacobs
Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
Louis
North Carolina convict identified as Bozeman murder victim
Federal records confirm Knox Brown a former North Carolina convict and Valdese resident was shot in his car near Bozeman on August 27. Investigators seek the second suspect who March into Missoula, with hitchhiker Ray Chapman aiding in clues.
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Bozeman
Mont
Federal Department of Justice
Knox Brown
North Carolina
Valdese
N. C
Lovitt I. Westlake
Gallatin County
Westlake
Dock
Josie Brown
Sarah
Burke County
Morgantown
Missoula
Ross ¥. Wilson
Highland Ave
Columbus
Ohio
South Dakota
Brown
Ray Chapman
Chapman
Toston
Holiday Death Toll Falls Short of Anticipated One Thousand
The Labor Day weekend in the United States saw at least 428 violent deaths, with motor traffic as the main cause. AP survey shows 302 auto fatalities across 44 states, while California and Pennsylvania reported heavy tolls. overall total under safety council expectations of about 1,000.
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Chicago
United States
Associated Press
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
New Jersey
Texas
National Safety Council
Senators Murray and O Connor Visit Sweet Grass Dam Site
Senator James E. Murray and Congressman James F. O Connor arrived in Big Timber to view the Sweet Grass dam location and discuss water needs with residents. About 40 people attended a dinner at Brannin Bros. ranch and heard updates on the project and regional water conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Murray
James F. O’connor
Big Timber
Sweet Grass Dam
T. T. Olson
W. H. Halls
Sigurd Lavold
William Glass
C. C. Nicholson
F. M. Lamp
A. A. Lamp
A. C. Boyles
W. W. Pickens
J. F. McGuire
J. J. Lack
J. J. Lacklen
Messrs. Murray
O’connor
Water Conservation Board
Helena
PWA
E. R. Cook
C. M. Rein
Sweet Grass County
Senator Murray
Montana
Livingston
Governor Proclaims Constitution Day September 17
Gov Roy E Ayers designates Friday September 17 as Constitution Day and urges Montanans to observe the 150th anniversary of the U S Constitution adoption. The Constitution was adopted September 17, 1787.
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Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Mountanans
United States
Epidemic Delays Opening of Chicago Schools
The infantile paralysis outbreak peaks as parochial schools postpone opening. Fourteen new cases set a 24 hour high, with two deaths and 22 suspected cases. Public schools stay closed indefinitely and under sixteen barred from playgrounds and wading pools.
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Chicago
President Roosevelt urges calm in labor disputes on Labor Day
President Roosevelt aboard the Potomac off Rhode Island on Labor Day urged both sides in employer worker conflicts to use sanity and reason. He said the conference table must replace the strike and noted mistakes by both sides. The remarks followed John L. Lewis's radio critique but were not a direct reply and were prepared days earlier.
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Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Long Island Sound
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
Hail Damages Crops in Billings Territory
Midland Empire farmers report a severe hailstorm Sunday night causing heavy damage to nearly all crops. A drenching rain washed out Northern Pacific railway grading near Glendive delaying trains for hours, and 20 feet of the Billings Laurel highway was washed out by floodwaters. Rail and highway travel were restored Monday. farmers expect beet crop delays due to train disruptions.
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Billings
Midland Empire
Northern Pacific Railway
Glendive
Billings-Laurel
Indian Killed Walking on Highway Near De Smet Station
Eneas Charlo a 35 year old from Evaro and son of Chief Charlo of the Flathead tribe was struck by an automobile on highway 1093 near De Smet station in Missoula at 7 45 tonight. The driver John M Buckhouse of St Ignatius did not see the pedestrian.
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Missoula
Mont
Eneas Charlo
Evaro
Charlo
de Smet
John M. Buckhouse
St. Ignatius
Governor Langer Proclaims Crop Moratorium to Protect Debtors
Governor William Langer issued a proclamation to prevent crop seizures to satisfy creditors. The moratorium applies where after threshing and labor costs there remains only enough to sustain the grower and family at a healthy standard of living.
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Bismarck
N. D
William Langer
Wheeler Defends Court Reform Stand Before Young Democrats
Sen Burton K Wheeler urged continued fight against Roosevelt court reform in a Polson talk before about 250 Montana Young Democrats. Gov Roy Ayers lauded state government changes and improved cooperation at the state house.
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State House
Grand Army of the Republic Holds 71st Convention Session
In Madison Wisconsin on September 6 veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic gather for the 71st annual national convention. They attend despite being outnumbered ten to one by affiliates and listen to the United States Marine Band as the event opens.
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Madison
Wis
United States Marine Band
Grand Army of the Republic
Dust Bowl Families Flee Midwest to Pacific Northwest
Walter A. Duffy, regional director of the resettlement administration, said 12,000 families about 60,000 people left dust bowl areas of the midwest and settled in Oregon Washington and Idaho from January 1936 to July 1937, indicating a major relocation trend across the western states.
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Portland
Ore
Walter A. Duffy
The
Resettlement Administration
Midwest
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Joint Bar Association Meet in Yellowstone Park Big Event
The Yellowstone and Montana bar associations held a joint convention in Yellowstone Park with tributes to Senators Wheeler and O Mahoney for their role in the supreme court revision fight. Frederick H. Stinchfield praised their work and noted bar association challenges in uniting lawyers. Willis Van Devanter addressed the event at Canyon Hotel, stressing stability of the Supreme Court and ongoing docket pressures.
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Joint Bar Association
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Wyoming
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Supreme Court
Frederick H. Stinchfield
Minneapolis
American Bar Association
Stinchfield
White House
Wheeler
O’mahoney
Willis van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
Canyon Hotel
Justice van Devanter
Storm in Bitter Root Valley Claims One Life
A hurricane strength windstorm in the Bitter Root and Missoula valleys kills Robert Clark 30, near Florence while driving a caterpillar tractor. The Harper Logging foreman died after a tree fell on his vehicle. The storm toppled a 150-foot chicken house and damaged poultry farms near Missoula, damaged cars, and reduced visibility with dust rain.
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Missoula
Robert Clark
Florence
Harper Logging Company
Rock Creek Irrigation Dam bids opened at Helena
The Jerome C Boespflug Construction of Miles City submitted the low bid of 12311 for spillway repairs and lad der work on the Rock Creek irrigation dam in Carbon county Montana. Other bids were Woodrow Construction Sheridan Wyoming 14271 McLaughlin Great Falls 15955 Staunton Great Falls 15963. The contract may be awarded early next week while the water conservation board meets in Helena.
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Helena
Jerome C. Boespflug
Woodrow Construction Company
Sheridan
Wyo
McLaughlin Construction Company
Great Falls
Thomas Staunton
Kelly
Water Conservation Board
Roosevelt Acts On Key Congressional Bills In Poughkeepsie
President Roosevelt announced four actions during a day of errands at Hyde Park and on the river route to Poughkeepsie. He approved a 526 million housing bill, authorized a government helium monopoly, backed federal aid for wildlife restoration, and vetoed a DC airport improvement measure citing fog and long-term land lease concerns.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hudson
Manhattan
East River
Long Island Sound
Hyde Park
Poughkeepsie Dock
Wagner-Steagall
Senate
District of Columbia
Hoover Field
Rosebud County Sheriff Ends 12-Year Tenure With Suicide
Forsyth reports Sheriff C. S. Patterson 61 shot himself in his Rosebud County courthouse office. The inquest ruled death by own action due to disordered mind from chronic pain from a 1936 train collision. Patterson served since 1925 and was veteran of Spanish American War. He is survived by his widow, a stepson, a mother in Ohio, a brother and two sisters.
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Forsyth
C. S. Patterson
Rosebud
F. F. Haynes
Lame Deer
Jim McGraw
R. ‘W. Blakesly
McGraw
Blakesly
American Expeditionary Service
Philippines
Patterson
Rosebud County
Peoagate State Sheriffs’ Associaon
Ohio
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Big Park
Lost Lad
Congressman O’connor
Billings Territory
Gov. Langer
Sen. Wheeler
Polson
Presbar Association
Bitter Root Valley
Rock Creek
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