Teachers Fund Value Reaches 169 199 As Pension System Tops Reserve
The Montana retirement fund reports total value including cash on hand as of March 9 1927 at 169 199 dollars the minimum required by law. Quarterly pension payments due December 31 will be 36 dollars per recipient, down from 50 in September. The new law preserves 600 dollar annual annuities only if surplus allows. 134 pensioners in September plus 10 added at the last meeting, with eligibility set at 30 years of teaching and age 55. Changes to the funding board include incoming state treasurer F E Williams and Elizabeth Ireland as superintendent of public instruction.
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Retirement Fund Board
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Universal Week of Prayer Declared By Federal Council
The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America proposes the annual Universal Week of Prayer for January 6–12. The program centers on The Vision of the Kingdom and the Power for Service with topics including Thanksgiving Humiliation the new Church Nations and Governments Missions Families School and Universities Home Missions.
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Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ In America
Earth Inquiry Sparks Talk On Continents Formation
Dr Bailey Willis of Stanford spoke at the American Association for the Advancement of Science on the origin of continents. He described continents as granite plateaus above basalt seas, with asthenoliths and millions of years needed for may shifts and eruptions. He suggested the earth remains active with future land shifts over millennia.
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Bailey Willis
Stanford’ University
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Willis
Association
Globe
Pacific
Earth
November trade and industry show gains despite building slump
Early holiday buying boosts business activity in November with increases in coal, pig iron, steel, autos, textiles, and machinery. Export gains driven by manufactured products, while building permits fall back. Regional death rates vary, with Kentucky highest for negro residents and Washington state near ten per thousand.
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Frank Greene
Nation’s Business Magazine
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Greene
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Foreign Trade Council
Kentucky
Arkansas
Minnnesota
Ccceeenee
Montamad
Nebraska
LDS
Washington
Wyoming
Nation Death Rate 11.4 Per Thousand Across U S
The Commerce Department reports a national death rate of 11.4 per thousand. Idaho has the lowest rate at 7.1, while California Vermont and New Hampshire tie for the highest at 13.9. The figure comes from 42 states plus D C with formal birth and death records.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Idaho
California
Vermont
New Hampshire
States
District of Columbia
Judge Myers Plans Return to Billings Private Practice
Associate Justice Henry L. Myers to retire from the Montana Supreme Court January 7 and relocate to Billings to resume private law practice. Myers served in the U.S. Senate from 1911 to 1923 and was elected to the Senate in 1910 by the state legislature.
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Henry L. Myers
Supreme Court
Billings
Justice Myers
J. E. Erickson
L. L. Holloway
Myers
Montana
United States Senate
Senate
Mye
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