Montana wool clip largest since 1911 at 32.36 million pounds
Montana’s 1930 wool clip is estimated at 32,364,000 pounds, the largest since 1911’s 34,875,000 and above the 1929 clip by over 3,000,000. The state’s record has rebounded in a decade due to sheep industry expansion, with 1914’s 30 million cap exceeded again only recently. Joe C. Darrah of Roy Fergus County and his Treasure State Giants are featured in Railroad Magazine.
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Montana
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Texas
Railroad Magazine
Milwaukee Railway
Milwaukee
Fergus County
Joe C. Darrah
Roy
Darrah
Treasure State Briefs Highlight 1929 Montana News Items
Gas price cutting in Billings. chrome deposits in Carbon county noted as world class. Alfalfa seed crops north of Terry. Montana egg law draft meeting in Helena August 21. Browning and Glacier County see building booms. Square Butte gains hydro power. Auto license payments total 1.441 million. trout eggs set record at three spawning stations. Helena building permits around 68 thousand in July. Big Horn Oil refinery to produce fuel within 30 days. Montana mine ore value 66.95 million. taxes about 1.5 million. Wyoming Montana Pipe Line papers filed in Billings. Polson power site soon active. Newell tunnel expansion planned. Butter up 300k pounds higher first half year. bread and meat price cuts common in Helena and Butte.
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Billings
Carbon County
Terry
Montana
Helena
Browning
Glacier County
Square Butte
Montana Power Company
Tom W. Bogg
Big Horn Oil and Refining Company
State Highway Commission
Latter Day Saints
Bynum
Simms
Charlo
Mountain States, Telephone and Telegraph Company
State Board of Equalization
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Laurel
Wyoming-Montana Pipe Line Company
Montana Power
Polson
Plains
Thompson Falls
Newell Tunnel
B. F. Thrailkill
Department of Agriculture
Butte
Drought and drought prices dominate U S farm review
Protracted drought and heat threaten crops across the United States with a potential loss of at least 500 million bushels of corn. Prices surge as farmers seek substitutes while rainfall arrives too late for pollination.
President aids drought relief plan for farmers in crisis
Hoover met with Secretary Hyde to discuss government aid for drought threatened farmers and asked for rapid recommendations. The White House said railroad executives would cooperate by lowering rates for emergency livestock and feed movement. The Farm Loan Board offered to extend credit via intermediate and land banks as Congress considers funds and possible refunds to direct relief.
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Hoover
Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Legge
Farm Board
White House
Farm Loan Board
Farm Land Banks
Joint Stock Land Banks
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Congress
Mr. Noover
Drought Causes Widespread Fires and Water Shortages
The drought produced numerous destructive forest fires across the West and East. Talik shortages hit many regions while water supplies dwindled, impacting communities and ecosystems.
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Eicus
Southern Hoovercrats vow southern party unity against northern patronage
A Savannah conference of Hoovercrats from ten southern states announced plans to form an all southern Republican organization to counter northern patronage and non Southern leadership. They will reconvene in Atlanta on August 15 to finalize the structure and seek greater influence at the 1932 Republican convention. The GOP executive committee accepted Claudius M Sluston’s resignation as national chairman and named Senatoress successor, with Robert E H Lucas becoming executive director.
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Hoover
Horace Mann
Westmaster
Walter Hi. Brown
Mann
Republican National Executive Committee
Washington
Hoovercrafs
Savannah
Atlanta
South
Kansas City
Republican Executive Committee
Claudius M. Sluston
Senatoress
Robert EH. Lucas
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roosevelt Plans ReElection And Public Power Issue
Gov Franklin D Roosevelt discusses a 1930s re election on a dripping wet platform with John J Raskob and Al Smith. They may push public electricity rates as a leading issue at the New York state convention. Republicans split over liquor with wets led by James W Wadsworth pressing repeal of the 18th amendment. Dry faction threatens to form a new party if wets prevail.
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Franklin J. Roosevelt
New York
John J. Raskob
al Smith
Lynching of Two Suspects in Marion Indiana
In Marion Indiana a mob of about 5000 lynched two Black suspects after they were arrested for killing a white man and assaulting his female companion. Police and sheriff attempts to disperse the crowd with tear gas and fire hoses failed.
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Marion
Ind
RESIDENT HOOVER NAMES MACARTHUR TO ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF
President Hoover announces the appointment of Major General Douglas MacArthur to be chief of staff of the army succeeding Major General on an interim basis. The move sets MacArthur to lead the service during a period of organizational change.
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Ben H. Fuller
Marine Corps
Neville
Hoover
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Unemployment rises to over two million in Great Britain
JSEMPLOYMENT in Great Britain peaks at the highest level since July 1921 with 2,011,467 people registered as out of work. Last week railway layoffs hit due to reduced traffic as unemployment in Germany declines slightly and other nations see minor decreases. In the United States work resumes in Detroit area auto plants and major railway shops, with Chicago area builders showing improved prospects.
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Great Britain
Germany
France
Denmark
Sweden
Holland
Italy
Austria
United States
Detroit
Chicago
Mears Browns Flight Plan Scrapped After Newfoundland Crash
OHN HENRY MEARS and his pilot M J Brown postponed a world circumnavigation when their plane was wrecked while leaving Har bor Grace Newfoundland. German aviators Hirth and Weller halted their Berlin to Chicago run via Iceland Greenland due to lacking landing sites and gas delays. Capt Frank Hawks set a New York to Los Angeles record in 14 hours 50 minutes and 4 1/2 seconds aboard a swift monoplane at about 179 mph.
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Ohn
Henry Mears
M J. Brown
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Hirth
Weller
Berlin
Chicago
Iceland
Greenland
Reykjavik
Frank Hawks
New York
Los Angeles
Ilis
Census Figures Show U S Population At 122 Million
Official census figures place the continental United States population at 122,720,472 with possessions pushing the grand total to 137,501,561. The Filipino islands are estimated where no recent enumeration exists. East and west distribution remains nearly unchanged at 69.6 percent and 30.4 percent.
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Continental
United States
Philippine Islands
Mississippi
Western Newspaper Union
Wheat yields in state reported running high in Montana
Reports from the Judith basin and northeastern Montana indicate wheat yields from 10 to 35 bushels per acre. Farmers across the state report varied results with examples including 33 bushels per acre on 100 acres near Highwood and 28 bushels per acre in Nashua, amid overall fair to good conditions.
Montana Wheat and Farm News From Nashua and Beyond
A Nashua wheat special reports eight cars loaded on a Mon tana division run with 80 cars by end of trip. Voters may approve a $100000 bond for a Wolf Creek to Augusta federal aid highway. Montana farmers may save $440000 on grain freight rates effective Oct 1 across the region. Recommendations urge Sept 1 to 12 for feeding winter wheat with smut treatment. Lower Yellowstone project shows 7000 acres of beets and strong irrigation yields. Harvesting in Lewistown district runs at 40 cars daily on the Milwaukee line. Highwood area reports about 30 bushels per acre in wheat. Early spring wheat better than expected and flax fair, some late sown being disked for next year. Irrigated potatoes good, dry land fair to poor. sugar beets strong. Pea canning underway in Gallatin with two thirds seed peas expected. Grasshoppers halted in Centennial valley after brief menace. Summer fallow proves valuable as many dry counties harvest little grain, with other grains cut for hay or pastured.
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Nashua
Montana
Glasgow
Lewis and Clark Board of County Commissioners
Wolf Creek
Augusta
Illinois
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
State Railroad Commission
R. E. Cameron
Cascade County
Cameron
Lower Yellowstone
W. J. Burke
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Billings
Lewistown
Milwaukee Road
Highwood
Centennial Valley
Dillon
Bacteriology Student Studies Deadly Snake Bacteria
Roger Patrick, a graduate student in bacteriology at Iowa State College, works to discover and grow cultures of a deadly bacteria affecting poisonous snakes. Earlier, Minnesota used snakes in experiments died mysteriously, prompting investigation by researchers.
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Iowa State College
University of Minnesota
Roger Patrick
Bee
He Knew His Kitchen
A corpulent widower planning to remarry inspected an apartment and asked for a smaller kitchen saying he did not like to help wash dishes. The remark appears in the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis News
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Harry F. Woodring
Haucke
Jonathan M. Davis
Senator Capper
EAS
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East End
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Whiteriver
Malta
Blaine
Chouteau County
Fred Keuhn
Sir Walter
Sir Walter Raleigh
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Louisville, Ky
WEAF
N.B.C
Walter Raleigh
Cook Specialty Co
Orange Grove Ave
Pasadena
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Soltector Company
Shoemaker
Castoria
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