Welfare Board Claims Attorney General Abandoned Its Cause
The welfare board asks the state supreme court to disregard the attorney general brief in a suit by a Butte resident to restore April and May old age pension payments to March levels. The board accuses the AG of faithless public service while attorney Philip O'Donnell seeks to strike the memo as irrelevant and contemptuous. Clarence Hanley defends the AG role as interpreting the welfare act and presenting all facts.
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Public Welfare Board
H. J. Freebourn
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Butte
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Philip O’donnell
Clarence Hanley
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1st State Regiment To Hold Reunion in Lewistown
The 1st Montana regiment that fought in the Spanish American War will gather for a reunion in Lewistown June 11 and 12 amid the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment. Secretary of War Woodring may attend or send a staff officer. Army pursuit planes are expected to escort visitors to Lewistown, with cannon salutes at the airport. More than 100 regiment members from Lewistown walked 125 miles to Great Falls for the five day journey. about 75 veterans remain today.
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Montana
Lewistown
Joe Montgomery
Woodring
Great Falls
G O P to Choose Scanlan Successor in Montana
At Great Falls on Saturday the Republican State Central Committee will select a successor to Joseph T. Scanlan of Miles City, who resigned earlier this month as Montana’s national committeeman. Scanlan cites health and personal business as reasons for stepping down after 30 years on the committee.
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Republican State Central Committee
Joseph T. Scanlan
Miles City
G.O.P
Montana
E. K. Cheadle, Jr
Shelby
Scanlan
McCrone Talks to Federal Officers After Long Litigation
William McCrone of Butte, who lost his appeal to the U S Supreme Court in a contempt case, finally answered questions from Internal Revenue agents. No announcement of the discussion was made. This ended a year of legal wrangling after Judge James H. Baldwin had ordered the talk and McCrone had refused, triggering jail threats.
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William McCrone
Butte
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. District Court
Internal Revenue Department
McCrone
James H. Baldwin
Montana
Baldwin
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
State to Inspect All Package Goods
Inspectors from the division of weights and measures of the state department of agriculture, labor and industry launch a statewide campaign to ensure all packaged goods show net weights and contain exactly the amounts marked. Legal action will follow for misweighed or unlabeled packages. the weights and measures pamphlet is available from the department.
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Division of Weights and Measures
State Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
John T. Kelly
Kelly
State Department of Agriculture
Decision Reversed On Railway Taxes
Treasure county and the state supreme court ruled the Northern Pacific railway can recover taxes paid under protest after a district court dismissal. In 1937 the county levied 19 mills per dollar of taxable value, but the court held state law caps the levy at 16 mills. excess payments are recoverable.
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Treasure County
State Supreme Court
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana State Finances and Warm Springs Hospital Update
State Treasurer Ray N Shannon reports state banks held 8 639839 dollars at end of April up from 7 145809 a year earlier. April receipts totaled 2385200 versus 2060394 last year. Disbursements in April 1938 were 2012140 vs 2545673 last month. Warm Springs State Hospital census May 1 showed 1903 patients, down 14 from April 1. Thirty five new patients were admitted and 49 were paroled died or escaped.
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Ray N. Shannon
Warm Springs
B. L. Pampel
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