Cooney pitches $42 million Montana public works plan
Gov Frank H Cooney travels with State Engineer James and Relief Director Spaulding to Washington to press 164 Montana public works projects totaling 42.33 million dollars. The list includes major dams and irrigation schemes across multiple counties aiming to create about 15 800 jobs over two to four years.
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Helena
Frank H. Cooney
Washington
Cooney
J. S. James
T. C. Spaulding
Montana
Mississippi Valley Water Commission
Sam D. Goza
William S. Bardon
L. A. Campbell
Missoula
State Public Works Advisory Board
D. A. McKinnon
Holton
Garfield County
Big Horn
Big Horn County
Big Hole
Beaverhead County
Missouri River
Broadwater County
Tongue River
Rosebud
Citizens Hold Meeting To Discuss Highway
A city hall meeting on a location for the state highway drew 87 participants from business and professional ranks. Voters favored Sixth Avenue with 42 ballots, two votes coming from four businesses, while two votes backed First Avenue. A proposed McLeod to Fourth Avenue route faced opposition from Deputy Postmaster Bryan and switched to Sixth Avenue. various local figures spoke for and against the options.
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Sixth Avenue
McLeod
Fourth Avenue
Boulder Bridge
State Highway Commission
Busse
the News
The
Pioneer
Highway Board Maps Feeder Road Bid Plans In Helena
Montana highway commission spent Wednesday hearing delegations from Blaine county and Big Timber as it prepares to open bids Thursday on 16 road and bridge projects. No action on the sale of 1933 state highway debentures due to awaiting PWA reply.
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Helena
Montanas Highway Commission
Public Works Administration
Blaine County
Big Timber
Cardwell Estate Worth 125000 Urges Probate
The estate of the late Edward Cardwell, who died September 16, is valued at 125000 in a probate petition filed in district court. The will names widow Sarah Cardwell executrix and primary beneficiary with real estate in Yellowstone County 50000 Stillwater County 10000 and Vancouver BC 2000. Personal property includes 600 head of livestock and 150 shares of Security Trust and Savings Bank totaling 20000 plus interests in Jefferson and Stillwater counties. Two sisters each to receive 300 annually while Mrs Robert Cardwell of Weyburn Sask receives 500.
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Billings
Edward Cardwell
Sarah Cardwell
Yellowstone County
Stillwater County
Vancouver
B. C
Security Trust and Savings Bank
Jefferson
Stillwater
Bessie Ann Cardwell
Jennie Parker
Robert Cardwell
Weyburn, Sask
Hardin Woman First to Get Home Loan Help
Mrs. Jeannette M. Scott of Hardin became the first Montana resident granted a loan through the home loan owners corporation. State manager E. C. Car ruth said tonight. Scott, widow of a Civil War veteran, sought funds to pay several years of arrears taxes and to make repairs.
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Great Falls
Jeannette M. Scott
Hardin
Montana
Home Loan Owner’s Corporation
E. C. Carruth
Big Timber Sees Twenty Public Works Applications
Montana state advisory board received twenty new public works project applications totaling 1,703,000 in grants on Saturday. Notable entries include the Wyoming Montana Railroad loan request for 79,404,912 and projects from Polson Lake County courthouse to Bozeman Ga l atia county courthouse and multiple water, sewer, and school building plans across the state.
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Helena
Montana Public Works
State Advisory Board
D. A. McKinnon
Wyoming-Montana Railroad
McKinnon
Wyoming-Montana Railroad Company
Polson—Lake County
Columbia Falls
Plentywood
Sheridan County
Treasure County
Big Tullock
Ekalaka
Fairview
Forsyth
Frazer
Bozeman
Galatia
Hot Springs
I Ae
Libby
Lincoln County
Montana State College
NG Cene
Polson
State University of Montana
Missoula
Water Users Irrigation Company
Dillon
Wolf Point
Announcement of Federal Aid for needy Montana districts
Helena Mont Sept 21 Announcement that needy school districts may receive federal aid was outlined by Miss Elizabeth Ireland state superintendent of public instruction She said about 700 districts across Montana would require up to 100000 in federal funds Eligibility depends on population under 2500 teachers on relief rolls and use of funds only for teachers salaries Terms must match 1930 31 and districts must levy a reasonable tax and use all funds from the common school equalization fund Final federal allocation pending official totals
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Helena
Mont
Elizabeth Ireland
Montana
Miss Ireland
Ireland
Washington
New Federal Plan to Channel Unemployed to Concentration Centers
Harry Hopkins, director of the Federal Emergency Relief, proposed relocating transient unemployed to federally run concentration centers for care and education. He urged states to arrest transients under vagrancy laws and deliver them to federal centers, where they would receive food clothing housing and schooling plus job-oriented instruction. Hopkins argued the existing commissary system harms morale and that work or cash relief is the proper solution.
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Chicago
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
United States Conference of Mayors
Higher Bread Prices Reported in Several Cities
Washington reports a price rise in bread at Butte Montana and other cities over two weeks. Dr. Fred C. Howe, consumers’ counsel for the AAA, said the American Bakers association must further explain disparities in city prices before he is satisfied.
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Washington
Butte
Mont
American Bakers Association
Fred C. Howe
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Howe
Washington, D. C
Jacksonville
Detroit
Louisville
Frank Cone's Children Sue for Damages in Missoula Crash
Curtis and Celeste Cone, children of J Frank Cone of Hamilton, sue James M Brown in district court for 50000 damages after Cone died in a July 31 collision near Elliston with a car driven by Mamie A Riley of Helena. Browns alleged reckless driving linked to both suits. guardian ad litem appointed for the two minors.
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Helena
Mont
James M. Brown
Missoula
Curtis
Celeste Cone
J. Frank Cone
Hamilton
Cone
Brown
Ellist
Mamie A. Riley
Riley
The
State Senate
W. H. Poorman
Will James Wife Seeks 500 Monthly Alimony in Suit
Alice James, suing in district court, seeks a 500 monthly alimony, attorney fees, and suit money from Will R. James, famed author and artist of the Pryor country. She alleges desertion after their Reno marriage on July 7, 1921, with a show-cause order issued to restrain disposal of property pending the case.
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Billings Gazette
Will R. James
Pryor
Alice James
James
Reno
Nev
Billings
O. F. Goddard
Gov Arthur Seligman Dies Sudden in New Mexico
Gov Arthur Seligman of New Mexico died suddenly after a sharp chest pain while addressing the New Mexico State Bankers association. He collapsed near a convention room and died within 15 minutes of Dr W R Lovelace arriving. Lieutenant Governor A W Hockenhull automatically became governor.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico State Bankers Association
Arthur Seligman
New Mexico
Oscar Love
Love
W. R. Lovelace
A. W. Hockenhull
Clovis
Hog Prices Hit 4 on Kansas City Market
Hog prices reached 4 dollars per hundredweight on the Kansas City market, tying the 1932 peak. The day’s values averaged about a dollar above last week’s low, with gains dating back to late 1931, as traders weigh government pork reductions. In St Joseph Missouri the top price was 5.10 dollars, the highest since late 1931.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
Life and Property Loss Great in Mexico
Reports from Tampico after last night's hurricane describe heavy loss of life and massive property damage. Officials estimate thousands dead or missing, with figures ranging up to 5,000, while Tampico city is described as largely destroyed and hundreds left homeless.
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Mexico
D. F
Tampico
Department of the Interior
Eduardo Vasconcelos
Department of Interior
S. S. Sapinero
Interior Department
Capital
Veterans Cut Dividend Rate 53 Per Cent
The Veterans Administration reduced dividends on life insurance policies by 53 percent to build reserves and offset lower earnings. About 613,000 policyholders hold $2.768 billion in obligations. For payments this year, $3.65 million is allotted versus $7.27 million last year, with an estimated 12.67 dollars per policy previously. The next rate will be set after December 31.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Park City Rancher kills family and farm hand in Montana
A 55 year old rancher and former railway repairman surrendered to authorities after allegedly shooting his wife Maude May Perry 37 his stepdaughter Madge Tilma Perry 16 and farmhand Ernest Vannice 33 at his Stillwater county farm near Laurel. He claimed infidelity prompted the acts and showed remorse for his stepdaughter.
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Billings
Laurel
Stillwater’ County
Chris W. Demel
Vernon P. Perry
Jack Benjamin
Columbus
Maude May Perry
Madge Tilma Perry
Ernest Vannice
Perry
Retired Montana Teachers To Receive Quarterly Pension
Seventy five Montana public school retirees will get 85 dollars each as a pension for the last quarter of the year. Miss Jessie McKenna, secretary of the state retirement fund board, announced after the board’s quarterly meeting. Checks will be mailed to eligible teachers after September 30.
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Helena
Montana
Jessie McKenna
State Retirement Fund Board
Helena to Install New Bishop Hayes October 5
The Diocese of Helena will install Most Rev Ralph Leo Hayes as bishop on October 5 at St. Helena Cathedral with a public reception that evening. Hayes arrives around October 4 and succeeds Bishop George J Finnigan who served until his death in 1932. The diocese began with Bishop Brondel in 1883 and later Bishop Carroll who founded Carroll College.
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Rocky Mountains
Francis Norbert Blanchet
Joseph Signay
Quebec
Modesto Demers
Pacific Coast
John Baptiste Brondel
Helena
John Patrick Carroll
Carroll College
Remnants Club to hold reunion in Billings
Helena Sept 24 The Remnants club annual reunion will be held in Billings September 30. The group includes members of the 362nd Infantry of the 91st Division in World War I. A large majority of the unit’s men hailed from Montana.
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Helena
Remnants Club
362Nd Infantry
Billings
Montana
Vernon Perry Found Responsible for Triple Butchery
Coroner's jury in Stillwater county blamed Vernon Perry of Park City for the deaths of his wife Madge Perry, his 16 year old stepdaughter, and a hired man Ernest Vannice from gunshot wounds. Autopsy evidence showed the daughter was shot twice in the head amid a struggle. Perry admitted to county attorney that he regretted the shooting and said the bullet struck during a scuffle as the girl reached for the gun.
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Billings
Benjamin
Laurel
Herbert Bailey
Stillwater
Perry
Dennel
Columbus
Yellowstone County
Vernon Perry
Park City
Perry Place
Stillwater County
Madge Teroy Perry
Ernest Vannice
Sally Rand Convicted For Indecent Dance In Chicago
Sally Rand, known for fan dance performances, was found guilty of presenting an indecent dance by a Chicago jury in Municipal Judge Joseph H. McGarry's court and received a one year jail sentence.
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Chicago
Sally Rand
Joseph H. McGarry
Government 10 Distribute Pork in Montana and Nationwide
President Roosevelt ordered a federal purchase of surplus foods including beef dairy and poultry to aid relief work. About 75 million dollars of purchases will be made at market price to supply unemployed families through state relief administrations. The plan aims to reduce surpluses stabilize markets and produce cloth from cotton while overseen by the relief and agricultural adjustment administrations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fed
Department of Agriculture
Federal Relief Administration
Stephen T. Early
Harry Hopkins
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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