Senate battle over Muscle Shoals and postal pay veto
The senate rejected the Henry Ford backed Muscle Shoals ownership plan and approved a substitute risk bill, while the veto of the postal employees pay raise stood. The administration plans to push the Moses bill for wage hikes and rate increases, though chances remain slim this session.
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Senate
Coolidge
White House
Curtis
Oil
King
Owen
Shields
McKenna Retires as Supreme Court Justice and Stone Nominated
Justice Joseph McKenna retires after 26 years on the Supreme Court. President Coolidge nominates attorney general Harlan Fiske Stone to succeed him. A ceremonial farewell commenced with a bench rose and quiet audience.
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United States Supreme Court
Harlan Fiske Stone
Beck
Coolidge
Charles Beecher Warren
Michigan
Japan
Mexico
Congress
Groesback
Couzens
White House
Teck
Silas Strawn
Chicago
Secre
Senate Passes Interior and Agricultural Bills in Snapshot Vote
The senate approved the Interior and Agricultural department appropriations with minor changes while the Treasury-Post Office measure moved. The house advanced an emergency deficiency bill totaling 147 million dollars for immediate spending including 150 million for Inland Waterways refunds and 3.5 million for Dam No. 2 at Muscle Shoals.
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Committee
Norris
Committee On Agriculture
Henry Ford
House
Underwood
Jones
Secretary of War
Secretary of Agriculture
Canekress
Muscle Shoals
Interior and Agricultural Departments
Treasury-Post-Office
Inland Waterways Corporation
Internal Revenue
Ala
New Orleans
Oakland
Cal
Coast Guard
Manning
Appropriations Committee
Mioney
St. Tarwrence
Murthy Madden
Congress
National prohibition law group meets in New York
The National Citizens Committee of One Thousand on Law Enforcement held its annual meeting in New York. It adopted resolutions urging officials to uphold the law and to follow President Coolidge in obeying the eighteenth amendment. The group sent a committee to Washington to present its resolutions at breakfast with Coolidge.
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National Citizens’ Committee
New York
Washington
Coolidge
Our Republic
United States
Congress
Scott
Michigan
Ladd Denounces Republican Split Over Roosevelt Return
North Dakota Senator Ladd, one of four Republican backers ousted by the Senate caucus, criticizes the purge and warns it would fracture the party as Senator Edge hints at reconciliation if Ladd signals future loyalty. Democratic Senator Dial also clashes with colleagues over remarks on the November defeat and seeks to unite his party.
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Lads
North Dakon
Lalolette
Senate
Edge
Senator Ladd
Roosevelt
Dial
Congress
Teave
Liis
Supreme court limits Chicago drainage water withdrawal
The Supreme Court bars withdrawing more than 4 167 cubic feet per second from Lake Michigan after 60 days for the Chicago drainage system. Lake cities warn of lowering lake levels and river valley contamination sparks calls for sewage overhaul at high cost. Chicago congressmen seek relief from the War Secretary and Congress.
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Hicago
Mississippi Valley
Echles
Great Lakes
United States Supreme Court
Lake Michigan
Chicago Drainage Canal
Chicago
Illinois
Mississippi River
Secretary of War
Congress
Allies Near Settlement On Dawes Plan Reparations
Talks in Paris with Col James A Logan and Winston Churchill indicate progress toward amicable settlement of America's claims for occupational army costs and war damages under the Dawes plan. Kellogg Terrick representatives joined in discussions as Britain eases objections to payments from reparations receipts. Interallied war debts also discussed unofficially with France pursuing settlements through diplomacy.
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America
Allied Financial Conference
Paris
James A. Logan
Winston Churchill
Kellogg and
Terrick
Colonel Logan
France
Great Britain
Mussolini Tightens Grip as Fascists Dominate Italy
Premier Mussolini clears the situation by empowering prefects and enforcing rule while Parliament debates a new electoral law. Opposition remains, but public disorders are reassured during the holy year with thousands of pilgrims expected in Rome.
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Mussolini
Italy
Fascisti
Rome
Wyoming inaugurates first female governor Mrs Nellie T Ross
The state of Wyoming inaugurates Mrs Nellie T Ross as its first woman governor in a simple ceremony. She pledges economy as a guiding principle. In Texas on January 20 Mrs Miriam Ferguson becomes governor and has chosen women for secretary of state and for a seat on the state Supreme Court bench.
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Amy American
Nellié T. Ross
Wyoming
Ross
Miriam Ferguson
Texas
Supreme Court
Montana inaugurates John Erickson as seventh governor
John Erickson of Kalispell is inaugurated at noon January 5 as Montana’s seventh governor as the nineteenth state legislature convenes. New appointments follow, with W. E. Harmon becoming state treasurer and Leonard C. Young joining the railroad commission. Governor Erickson’s message urges budget reform, consolidations, and cost cuts across state government, including abolishing duplicate agencies and shifting agricultural, health, and laboratory work to state institutions.
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Kalispell
Montana
John A. Matthews
Supreme Court
Wellington D. Rankin
W. EK. Harmon
C. TL. Junod
Hos
Leonard C. Young
Lee Dennis
Railroad Commission
J. FE. Erickson
Nineteenth Legislative Assembly
Sueguests Bank Guarantee
Agricultural Department
Hivestock Sanitary Board
State College
Health Department
Warm Springs
Consolidated Boards
Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Highway Commission
Montana Legislature Organized in 19th Assembly
Lieutenant Governor presided as the senate elected F A Hazelbaker as president pro tem and W M Duncan as floor leader for the Democratic side. Frank Cone was secretary, John Allen sergeant at arms, Rev John Hosking chaplain, and Charles T Stewart called the house to order as RC Bricker of Judith Basin was named speaker.
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McCormack
Senate
F. A. Hazelbaker
Beaverhead
W. M. Duncan
Madison
Frank Cone
Ravalli County
John Allen
Dixon
John Hosking
Anaconda
Charles T. Stewart
House of Representatives
Nineteenth
Legislative Assembly of
Montana
RC. Bricker
Judith Basin County
Montana House Begins Law-Making With Budget and Bank Bill
The Montana lower house opens its session with 16 notices and measures including an appropriations bill and a bank depositors guarantee law. A joint resolution seeks ratification of the child labor amendment. Larsen of Sheridan presses for minority party representation on the banking committee amid parliamentary questions.
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Montana
House
Labor Committee
Larsen of Sheridan
Senate
Larsen
Sheridan
Secretary of the Senate race yields Cone on second ballot
In the secretary election four candidates faced off including Cone former Senator Mains Joseph Hodgson and R T Vettlesson of Livingston. Cone won on the second ballot with Griffin Oliver and Henderson elected to the employment committee on the first ballot. Hosking won the chaplain contest defeating Kahler Hulser Smith among others.
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Senate
Cone
Mains
Joseph Hodgson
R. T. Vettlesson
Livingston
Griffin
Oliver
Henderson
Committee On
Hosking
Kahler
Hulser
Helena
Mr Smith
Dinon
R. Hosking
Treasure State Notes mark Deer Lodge mayor’s thirty second year
Montana brief notes report Deer Lodge mayor Frank Conley begins his 32nd year in office. Other items include fund-raising over 1500 dollars for infantile paralysis in Missoula, a gas fire injury near Bukee, and elections within the state sheriff and dairy associations.
Prison Doors Close Behind Banker Great Falls
L B Lockhart former president of the State Bank at Belt and Sand Coulee is now in the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge. He was turned over Jan 1 by Deputy Sheriff Fred Huotart. Lockhart is serving a sentence of one to two years after a jury conviction in Judge Leslie's department for making false entries about the Miners State Bank.
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Deer Lodge
Missoula
Billings
Kenneth Ross
Albert Hepperle
Bukee
Arthur Saunders
Hil
Duncan
Farm Congress
Bozeman
Helena
Retail Merchants' Association of Montana
Tne
Nenying
Mike Ladum
Josephine Norick
Butte
Josephine Novak
Murray Hospital
W Mountjoy
Jefferson County
Montana Sheriff's Association
Potter
Seattle
Son
Arthur St. Germain
Northern Pacific
Hugh de Hart
Montana
Livingston
Dillon
State Capitol
Charles T. Stewart
Great Falls
Butterfield
Loch Leven
Giant Springs
West
Brunson
Montana Fisheries Department
L. B. Lockhart
State Bank
Belt and Sand Coulee
Fred Huotart
Lockhart
Lesiie
State
Ank
Gluten content in Montana wheat tops for bread makers
Extension agronomist A. J. Ogaard of Montana State College notes Montana wheat leads in gluten content. A study of 47 Montana cars found 14.39 percent gluten on average, versus 12.46 percent in 40 North Dakota cars and 12.2 percent in 44 South Dakota cars. Montana wheat commanded premiums up to 23 percent, while North Dakota and South Dakota commanded smaller premiums.
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Bozeman
Montana
A. J. Ogaard
Extension Agronomist
Montana State College
Ognand
North Dakota
South Dakota
Defunct Huntley State bank to pay $18000 dividend
Depositors in the defunct Huntley State bank will receive checks totaling $18,000 within days after Judge R C Stong approved Receiver W E Dowlin's recommendation for a 20 percent dividend. The court was persuaded by the receiver's report that the payout is feasible, underscoring a Montana comeback for bank creditors.
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Huntley State Bank
District Court
R. C. Stong
W. KE. Dowlin
Montana
Electric Shovel Installed at Colstrip Mine
The Colstrip mine now yields 2,500 tons daily with 73 workers across two shifts. A large electric shovel with an eight ton dipper is being built for the Rosebud coal run and should arrive by early February, boosting output to 5,000 tons in 24 hours once installed.
Fallon County Delinquent Taxes Fall 1924 Collection Rise
Fallon county records show over 23000 in delinquent taxes on farms and city property collected this fall. County Treasurer Charles Hartle notes 1924 levies totaled 244708, with only half due last November already surpassed by receipts. Delinquents cluster on city and town lots, while rural areas expect lighter totals.
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Baker
Fallon County
Charles Hartle
Narrow escape as ground caves near Rutledge home
Mr and Mrs I F Rutledge and their three children narrowly escaped when a lot adjacent to their house caved in, leaving the home balanced on a 50 foot wide chasm. A vacant house opposite was undermined and toppled. The mine workings blamed are from the Old Dago mine, abandoned over 25 years ago.
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Chasm Edge Butte
Hatchery Livingston Incorporation Expands Northwest Hatchery
Incorporation papers for the A. W. 7. Anerson fish hatchery at Emigrant are filed and plans call for expanding the facility to 15,000,000 spawn capacity. A shipment of 100,000 German brown trout will be secured while the hatchery will specialize in German brown and rainbow trout.
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Livingston
Anerson
Emigrant
Northwest
Deserter Livingston Captured in Utah Arrest
Fred Williams aged 21 was arrested at the Carlson ranch on a wife desertion charge from Beaver Utah and will be held for Utah officers arrival. Williams denied the charge and claimed regular letters to his wife. A circular with his picture and description led to his arrest.
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Livingston
Fred Williams
Beaver
Utah
Carlson Ranch
Williams
William
Richland County Tax Take Near Quarter Million
County Treasurer Dotson reports 1924 tax collections and delinquent recoveries indicate Richland County will approach 250000 dollars for the year. Officials expect minimal delinquent properties once this fall’s receipts are tallied.
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Geta
Sidney
Richland County
Dotson
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