Public hearings on prohibition repeal begin in Senate
Edward W. Pickard reports that the wets win a key procedural compromise to open twelve days of public hearings in the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on modification of the Volstead Act and the Eighteenth Amendment. Senators Edge Edwards Bruce and Reed lead the drive with Wayne Wheeler coordinating the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Canada
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wets
Senators Edge
Rep
N. J
Edwards
Dem
Bruce
Reed
Congress
Edge
Walsh
Mont
Pennsylvania
Debt funding and reparations clash in Commons remarks
Churchill warns Britain bears nearly $500,000 daily debt burden to the United States under a three generation funding plan. He notes France pays little yet receives most reparations from Germany, while the US collects Germany’s total payments. Snowden denounces France's war damage estimates and peasant losses as historically discreditable.
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Inston Churchill
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
France
Germany
Europe
Churchill
Italy
America
Warstricken
Atlantic
Philip Snowden
Senate Defeats Gooding Bill on Rail Freight Rates
The Gooding long and short haul bill fails in the senate 33 to 46. Support comes from 18 Republicans and 15 Democrats. opposition includes 30 Republicans, 15 Democrats and 1 Farmer-Labor member. The vote blocks granting the Interstate Commerce Commission discretion to set Pacific coast rates to meet Panama Canal water competition.
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Senate
Farmer-Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Panama Canal
Hoover Seeks Lower Speed Limits at National Conference
Secretary Hoover urged speed limits of fifteen mph in business districts, twenty in residential zones, and thirty five mph elsewhere at a Washington conference aimed at safeguarding life on streets and highways. Despite efforts by many delegates to relax the model traffic code, the push for stricter limits persisted.
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Hoover
Washington
United States to Attend Geneva Disarmament Conference
The United States will be represented at the May 17 preliminary disarmament conference in Geneva under League of Nations auspices by Hugh S. Gibson minister to Switzerland. It is not likely the U S will attend the September league meeting in Geneva.
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HWE
United States
League of Nations
Geneva
Hugh S. Gibson
Switzerland
League
Navy Secretary Charges Marine Colonel With Intoxication
Secretary Wilbur announced Col. Alexander S. Williams commander of the Fourth Regiment of Marines in San Diego must face a court martial on intoxication charges at a hotel party. BrigaGen Smedley Butler filed the charges, Williams has right to defend himself, and Wilbur declined further comment on the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary OF Navy
Wilbur
Alexander S. Williams
Marines
San Diego
Cal
Willams
Smedley D. Butler
Williams
Marine Base
Subcommittee Report Sways Senate Election Contest
The subcommittee backed by the full privileges and elections committee finds Daniel I. Steck the 1924 Democratic nominee defeated Senator Brookhart by a 1 420 vote plurality. The report awaits House action with Steck likely to be seated and Brookhart expected to seek the Republican Iowa nomination against Cummins in June primaries.
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Brookhart
Rep
Town
Senate
Daniel I. Steck
House
Steck
Cummins
Iowa
Ambassador Herricks Heads to Morocco for French Campaign
Ambassador Myron Herricks travels toward Rabat and Fez to inspect the French war against Abd el Krim. Preparations anticipate tours of battle zones and a preview of French offensives featuring air bombing, tanks, armored cars, and artillery against Rif tribesmen with Mauser rifles.
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EEN
Myron T. Herricks
Morocco
Abd-el Krim
Rabat
Fez
High Command
Riffs
Tacna Arica issue moves toward nonplebiscitary settlement
ERU accepts the offer of U S good offices for a non plebiscitary settlement of the Tacna Arica question. Officials in Washington Santiago and Lima pursued an agreement by methods other than a plebiscite. Chile previously accepted an earlier tender through Ambassador Collier at Santiago.
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ERU
United States
Tacna-Arica
Santiago
Lima
Chile
Collier
Suntiago
Treasury receipts seen to surpass income tax estimate
The March income tax receipts are expected to greatly exceed Treasury estimates. If the $450 million estimate matures, total receipts for the current fiscal year from this source could exceed $1.8 billion.
Injunction Sought to Halt $40,000 Fergus County Land Sale
A. A. Franzke of Lewistown asks Montana Supreme Court to bar Fergus County from selling $40,000 worth of county land on time payments. He argues county legal to dispose of real estate only for cash and notes the sale advertisement allows credit. A temporary restraining order was issued and a show‑cause hearing set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus County
State Supreme Court
A. A. Franzke
Lewistown
Franzke
Icereus
County of
Fergus
First National Bank of
Relocation of Fort McKenzie by Fort Benton group
A party led by G C Schmidt J T Phelan and Frank Lell acting for the Fort Benton commercial club relocated Fort McKenzie on a Helena suggested site. They found a ash layer and charred wood a one and a half foot deep along with trade beads pipes and other artifacts. Efforts will also relocate Port Lewis for Montana Pioneer Society summer excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Lewis
Montana Pioneer Society
Attorney General Sends Prohibition Form Set to County Pros
The attorney general's office offers 20 form templates to aid county attorneys in prosecuting liquor law violations. Prepared by St J Collins, assistant AG, the forms aim to standardize actions and court procedures, recognizing county prosecutors often lack time or resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Foot
St. J. Collins
State Department
Livestock Feeding Experiments to Continue at Assinniboine
George Morgan reports the Assinniboine livestock feeding experiments will continue for at least one more year. Washington officials approved the plan after Morgan returned to Havre from assisting in compiling the station's annual report. Publications of four years of results are planned through the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station in Bozeman.
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Assinniboine
George Morgan
Havre
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Montana
Bozeman
Montana State University Board Authorized to Borrow for Hall
The local board of Montana State University in Missoula is authorized to borrow 50000 dollars for a new residence hall project. The estimated total cost for the hall is about 110000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State University
Missoula
Montana Power Company earns higher 1925 earnings per share
Montana Power reports 1925 earnings of $5.29 per share on common stock versus $4.48 in 1924. Gross earnings rise to $8,572,241 from $8,032,201. Surplus after interest taxes and depreciation but before dividends reaches $3,363,879, up from $2,911,238, with total surplus climbing to $5,698,456.
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Montana Power Company
Improvements Planned at Northern Pacific Hospital Missoula
President H B Smith of the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association announced a five thousand dollar improvement project for the hospital in Missoula, while touring hospitals and other properties along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Missoula
H.B. Smith
Northern Pacific Beneficial Association
Col Strip mining chief Lochren Donnelly dies at Glendive hospital
Lochren Donnelly, superintendent of mining operations for the North Western Improvement Company at Col Strip and son of Northern Pacific president Charles Donnelly, died recently at the Northern Pacific Hospital in Glendive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lochren Donnelly
Northwestern Improvement Company
Colstrip
Charles Donnelly
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Montana Court Rules Bank Tax Skim Not Discriminatory
The state supreme court upholds Montana taxation as non discriminatory against national banks. It affirms a district court ruling in favor of Commercial National Bank of Miles City and Miles City National Bank, allowing taxes paid under protest. The decision clarifies that personal investments not competing with banking business are not taxed as moneyed capital under federal law.
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Montana
State - Supreme Court
District Court
Custer County
Commercial National Bank
Miles City
Galen
Montana American Legion convention set for Great Falls
Montana's American Legion convention will be held in Great Falls on June 17 18 and 19 announced by State Adjutant W L Jones. John R McQuipy and John R Quinn are among notables likely to attend. Coolidge Dawes and Pershing invited.
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Montana
American Legion
Great Falls
W. L. Jones
Great Inalls
Montana State College Regimental
Louis L
W. R. Ballard
CN. Burgess
Townsend
Broadwater County
State Industrial Accident Board
J. H. Taylor
Dixon
Burgess
John R. McQuipy
The
John R. Quinn
Montana Department of the American Legion
Coolidge
Dawes
Pershing
Coyotes Remain Plentiful in Montana National Forests
Forest officials report 21,481 coyotes within Montana national forests despite bounty laws and U S Biological Survey efforts. The annual survey also lists 3,589 cats or lynx 475 mountain lions and 163 wolves as predatory animals in the same forests. State Game Warden Robert A Hill has a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Biological Survey
National Forests of
Montana
Robert A. Hill
Mountain Sons
Billings Churches Unite Against Modernist Ideas
About 300 members from several Billings congregations have formed an organization to defend the fundamental viewpoint of their churches against modernist ideas. The group aims to present a united stance on core religious teachings and uphold traditional doctrines in the community.
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Billings
Lewistown man named to Kiwanis agriculture committee
Jack Hanley of Lewistown is named a member of Kiwanis International committee on agriculture. The committee aims to foster better relations between people in country districts and those in cities.
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Jack Hanley
Lewistown
Kiwanis International Committee On Agriculture
Kiwanis International
Land Clearing Expands Cultivation in Western Montana Counties
Farmers in Flathead Lincoln and Sanders counties gain at least a thousand more acres for crops due to recent stump removing work. Since October six carloads of pyrotol have been shipped to farmers at cost, totaling over 125000 pounds used to blast stumps. Demonstrations by Montana Extension Service led by I E H Murdock showcase best usage methods with future meetings planned in Lincoln county to compare stump clearing devices.
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Flathead
Lincoln
Sanders
Flathead County
Tdncoln County
Montana
Montana Extension Service
I. E H. Murdock
Montana State College
Lincoln County
Northern Montana Alfalfa Growers Report Strong Harvest
About half of 600000 pounds of alfalfa seed harvested last fall by the Northern Montana Alfalfa Growers Association has been marketed and the rest sent to the cleaning plant to fill orders. The season is highly successful, with prices only slightly lower but high yields offsetting the dip. Roughly a fourth of the seed was Grimm variety, the rest common seed, and Grimm’s rapid adoption may soon end the use of common seed in the region.
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Montana
Alfalfa Growers’ Association
Grimm
Judith Gap lawyer farm pioneer expands sweet clover crop
G. S. Bills a Judith Gap attorney and rancher reports a successful sweet clover test. He will plant 75 acres this year and notes about 2000 acres are grown locally. Bills sees north Wheatland county as a future dairying region.
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G. S. Bills
Judith Gap
Tie
Bills
North Wheatland County
State sells land in Judith Basin and Fergus counties
land sales net Montana nearly 40000 dollars. T M Brandford registrar of state lands sold 600.28 acres at 15.42 per acre total 9255.50 at Stanford on March th. He then sold 1680 acres at Lewis town for 29760 at 17.71 per acre. The top price was 28 per acre.
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Judith Basin
Fergus Counties
Montana
Stanford
T. M. Brandford
Register of State Lands
Lewistown
Potato market to stay steady after winter price spike
Market analysts report a drop in potato consumption nationwide this winter due to high costs. They predict a fairly steady market through spring despite a very small last year crop as many garwers held potatoes over winter in anticipation of higher spring prices.
Montana Indians Lead Nation in Agriculture on Reservations
Bureau of Indian Affairs review shows Montana tribes among U S leaders in farming. Standingelk a Tongue River Reservation 14 year old produced five acre alfalfa patch and last year harvested alfalfa seed worth 600 to 700 dollars.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Montana
Poultry Group Plans Expanded Marketing Effort
Last month's Sun River Poultry Association meeting focused on cooperative marketing. The group aims to extend activities to eventually handle all members poultry products, with J. R. Scott of the Montana State Poultry Association as the chief speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun River Poultry Association
J. R. Scott
Montana State Poultry Association
Wool Growers Meet Discuss Pool Formation in Hobson
R. R. Waddell state livestock specialist of Bozeman and Charles Mountjoy county agent attended a Hobson wool growers meeting. They discussed forming a pool with assistance from M. E. Stebbins secretary of the Montana Wool Growers association. The gathering was another Hobson Community Club activity.
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R. R. Waddell
Bozeman
Charles Mountjoy
Hobson
M. E. Stebbins
Montana Wool Growers Association
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