Eisenhower landslide reshapes Montana political map
In Montana Eisenhower’s statewide total near 140 000 marks one of just a few presidential sweeps since 1912. He carried most counties and helped GOP gains as Gov elect Aronson faces a Democratic legislature and potential partisan tensions. The piece notes historical voting patterns and warns against overreaching by the new administration.
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Helena
Eisenhower
Montana
Ernest Immel
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred M. Landon
Landon
Roosevelt
Truman
Dewey
Wendell Willkie
B. K. Wheeler
Joseph M.dixon
John E. Erickson
Farm Labor Party
Robert LaFollatte
Senator Wheeler
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
la Follette
John W. Davis
Thomas J. Walsh
Walsh
Harding
Mineral County
James M. Cox
Sweet Grass
Woodrow Wilson
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Zales N. Ecton
Gallatin County
Farmers Union
Mike Mansfield
Glacier County
J. Hugo Aronson
John W. Bonner Aronson
Dillion Social News Highlights Visitors and Shopping
Mrs A G Dantelson reports a busy Dillon Saturday with Christmas shoppers including Mr and Mrs Ted Renfro and son Joe, Mr and Mrs James Prohosky and girls, and Mrs Victoria Stocker of Spokane visiting Al Walde mar. Various locals attended funerals and trips to Roberts Idaho Boone North Carolina Washington DC and Virginia.
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Ted Renfro
Joe
Dillon
James Prohosky
Victoria Stocker
Spokane
Wash
al Waldemar
Harry Simpson
Roberts
Idaho
Simpson
Given Brown
Tommy
Boone
N.C
Washington
D. C
Virginia
Elmer Gordon
Francis
Gordon
Barrett Hospital
Jake Zumbrenner
Walter
Dalene Lessey
Rosalee Bastian
J. R. Gravely
Carl Guse
Jesse Brown
Meeds
Lyle Fournier
Walter Bastian
Lorraine
Viola
Ron
Show attendees noted in Dillon and nearby towns
Ald Jensen and Baxter Brown attended the show in Dillon with Rosalee and Lorraine Bastian. Mr and Mrs H E Wornbacher were in Dillon on Monday.
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Ald Jensen
Baxter Brown
Rosalee
Lorraine Bastian
Dillon
H E Wornbacher
Dilon
Dillon Employee Attends Montana Power Safety Course
Oliver Thompson of Dillon, an apprentice lineman for Montana Power, attends a two week safety and educational course in Butte. The program runs December 1 to December 12, covering high tension line maintenance, transmission distribution, and power generation theory under supervision.
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Oliver Thompson
Dillon
Montana Power Company
Butte
Thompson
C H Kirk
One Word English Juror Sits Through Six Trials
From Windsor On Canada comes the tale of Omer Bissonette a farmer who speaks only the word present yet served on six juries before a damaged judge learned of the language gap. He says he wished to fulfill his citizen duty and did not shirk jury service.
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Windsor
Canada
Omer Bissonette
Bissonette
Present response on jury reveals Bissonette
The article notes Bissonette could speak English and was told to say Present when his name was called. A yes and no poll of the jury in a sixth case revealed his defect as jurors answered yes or no. Bissonette stood, smiled, and said Present, but he is not present on that jury now.
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Eisenhower
Montana
Aronson
Soley
Bissonette
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Beaverhead County
Purina
Children’s Home and Hospital
Helena Ave
Children’s Home & Hospital
Shhooair
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Helena, Montana
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