Lake County seat in fever over dam plans
Polson residents react to a federal permit leasing Flathead river power rights to Rocky Mountain Power. Population 1453 in Polson and 2630 in the district with 250 farms. property values rise as land sales surge and offers pour in. Frank M. Kerr begins work on one of Montana’s largest construction projects since the early railroad era.
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Polson
Flatend Lake
Rocky Mounain Power Company
Flathead River
Rocky Mountain Power Company
Frank M. Kerr
Rocky Mountain Power Companies
Montana
Montana Fraternal and Civic Gatherings Calendar
A listing of upcoming events across Montana from June to August including Lions Club convention in Billings Fort Misoula training camp G A R encampment in Bozeman Spanish War veterans gathering in June Lewis and Clark pageant in Great Falls Knight Templars in Bozeman primary election July 15 Eagles convention Lewistown 4 H camp in Bozeman American Legion Helena meeting in August and more among banks bankers association meeting in Great Falls and Elk’s lodge in Virginia City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Billings
Fort Misoula
G. A. R. and
Women’s Relief Corps
Bozeman
Great Falls
Knight Templars and
Commandry
Order of Eagles
Lewistown
H Club
Montana Bankers. Association
American Legion
Helena
Montana State Press Association
Butte
Kiwanians
Grand Lodge Montana Masons and
Eastern Star
Missoula
Sunshine Tajk Association
Rainbow Girls
Havre
Montana Elk’s Lodge
Virginia City
Fire destroys East Helena Northern Pacific station
Sparks from a locomotive caused a fire that destroyed the Northern Pacific railway station at East Helena. Other local notes report on road work, Power company plans, county courthouse leasing, political candidacy, population trends, and veterans' home bonds in Montana.
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Northern Pacific
East Helena
Miles City
W. B. MacDonald
Mountain’ States Power Company
Kalispell
Commissioners
Petroleum County
Winnett
Montana Supreme Court
Congresman
Scott Leavitt
Montana
Fergus
Raymond Nelson
Great Falls
League of Nations Association
League of Nations
Montana Automobile Association
Chouteau
Deer Lodge
Flathead
Gallatin
Roosevelt
Lewis and Clark
Rocky Mountain Power Company
Federal Power Commission
Plains
Harsowton Veterans’ Organizations
Veterans
London Naval Treaty Delay Targets Senate Action
Review of current events notes that a special session after June 15 may finalize the London naval treaty. Senate and House leaders favor completing business, with opposition wary of rushing the pact. Navy witnesses warn the treaty could hinder trade route protection and cruiser reductions are criticized.
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London
Senate
Edward W. Pickard
Hoover
Congress
House
Johnson
California
Hale
Maine
Navy General Board
Navy
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations and
Naval Affairs
United States
America
Japan
Senate Debates Tariff Bill Delay as Conference Is Reopened
Debate on the conference report for the tariff bill paused when a point of order, sustained by Vice President Curtis, sent the measure back to conference. Final action is postponed at least a week as Republicans fear more points of order may delay rate items.
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Senate
Curtis
Tariff Commission
Campaign Expenditures Revealed in Senate Panel
Figures before the senate campaign expenditures committee show Senator Grundy of Pennsylvania spent 291.00 of his own money in his losing renomination bid and the total cost of that campaign reached 332,076. Secretary of Labor Davis who defeated Grundy said he spent and pledged 10,541.45 of his own funds, and contributed about 10,000 to his campaign. Francis H. Bohlen testified that the ticket backed by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment spent just over 200,000, with 10,000 contributed by the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimly
Davis
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Association
Supreme Court ruling rattles city leaders over liquor purchases
Some city leaders in the senate were more disturbed by the Supreme Court decision that the ordinary purchaser of intoxicating liquor is not guilty of an offense than by the prohibition ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard
Texas
Jones
Washington
Congress
Enforcement Bureau
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Senate
Supreme Court
Prohibition Official Lyle Indicted in Northwest Corruption Case
In Seattle a federal grand jury indicted Roy C. Lyle, prohibition administrator for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska, on corruption charges. Co‑conspirators include William M. Whitney, Karl Corwin, M. L. Fryant, and J. McKinney, with ties to the Olmsted whispering wires probe and related prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Roy C. Lyle
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Alaska
William M. Whitney
Mr. Lyle
Karl Corwin
M. L. Fryant
T. McKinney
Kentucky
Board of Temperance Testifies on 1928 Hoover Campaign
Deets Pickett, research secretary, told the senate lobby committee that the Methodist board’s Voice and Clipsheet circulated anti Smith material in 1928 and that it worked to elect Hoover and Curtis. He said the Department of Justice declined to prosecute for noncompliance with the federal corrupt practices act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sfncials
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Senate Lobby Committee
Deets Pickett
Clarence True Wilson
Hoover
Department of Justice
Tickett
the Voice
al Smith
Voice
Doctor Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Riots Spread Across India and Rangoon Amid British Rule
Rioting escalates daily as Indian natives resist British rule. Muslims and Hindus join forces in some areas and clash with police and troops in others. Separate violence erupts in Rangoon, Burma, with internecine fighting among factions.
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SSIVE
Rangoon
Burma
Mussolini’s fiery war talk ruptures naval talks with France
Premier Mussolini delivered speeches stressing Italy must be ready for war, breaking off negotiations with France on a naval limitation accord. French papers warn of possible war, while the French government remains conciliatory. Deputy Gray urged France to ally with Italy to present a united European front against America in a looming future conflict.
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Mussolini
Italy
France
F’rance
Gray
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
America
Nationalist Forces Defeated Near Chengchow in Henan
Nationalist troops in Henan Province suffered a severe defeat against the northern alliance led by Yen Hsi-shan and Feng Yu-hsian, about 200,000 strong. Government forces dug in and halted advances on Chengchow as reinforcements were awaited after battles along the railway south of the Yellow River since May 8.
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Henan Province
Northern Alliance
Yen Hsi-shan
Feng Yu-hsian
Chengchow
Yellow River
Supreme Court Upholds Texas New Orleans Railroad Injunction
Organized labor scored a major victory as the Supreme Court upheld an injunction restraining the Texas and New Orleans Railroad a Southern Pacific system subsidiary from forming a company union and interfering with the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks among its workers.
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Rganized
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Southern Pacific System
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Hoover vetoes Spanish war veterans pension bill
President Hoover vetoed a bill expanding pension eligibility for Spanish war veterans, which would add about 11 to 12 million dollars annually. He said he supports discharging the national obligation to those in need but opposes certain principles in the legislation that hurt veterans and the public.
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Hoover
Record flight New York to Glendale hits 18 hours 43 minutes
Claps Roscoe Turner piloted a Lockheed Vega from New York to Glendale California with one stop at Wichita. He faced strong head winds to Wichita and completed the 18 hour 43 minute elapsed flight. The Graf Zeppelin accompanied with nineteen passengers on the return leg via Pernambuco Havana and Lakehurst. Amy Johnson tours Australia after receiving 50 000 dollars in gifts from English admirers.
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Claps
Roscoe Turner
New York
Wichita
Glendale
Calif
Turner
Buenos Aires
Pernambuco
Havana
Lakehurst
N. J
Amy Johnson
England
Australia
Australian
Noted Leaders and Public Figures Die in Week
Cardinal Lucan, archbishop of Reims who stayed through WWI bombardment, dies. Mrs Katherine Keith Act dies in a France car crash. Lord Randall Thomas Davidson, former Canterbury archbishop, Daniel M. Lord of New York, veteran ad man, and Baron Ashton described as England's tidiest man, also died in the week.
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Everal
Cardinal Lucan
Reims
Katherine Keith Act
France
Lord Randall Thomas Davidson
Canterbury
Daniel M. Lord
New York
Baron Ashton
England
Western Newspaper Union
Montana 4 H Club Convention Set at Bozeman in June
The first annual 4 H Club convention for Montana will be held at Bozeman from June 17 to 20. More than 200 club members and leaders are expected and at least 33 counties will be represented. Miss Madge Reese from Washington D C will attend and discuss 4 H club work in Hawaii.
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Montana
Bozeman
Montana Extension Service
Madge Reese
Washington, D. C
Hawaii
Sugar beets thrive as Montana farmers cite favorable weather
The Yellowstone Valley reports exceptional sugar beet growth due to good weather. The Fergus County Herd Improvement association expands with more dairymen joining Grass Range. Montana wool shipments reach 25 000 pounds to National Wool Marketing through Montana Woolgrowers, with notable prices around 22 cents per pound. A 78-year-old man is killed by a mad bull at a Hamilton ranch. Ed McCall supplies 80 wild longhorn steers for Miles City roundup.
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Yellowstone Valley
Fergus County Herd Improvement Association
Grass Range
National Wool Marketing Company
Montana Woolgrowers Association
del Harlowe
Nick Lascoe
Thompson Falls
Montana
Frank L. Clark
Charles J. Webb
Ed McCall
Sugt
Mexico
Miles City
Nogales
Flathead Lake
Hinsdale
Missouri River
Roy
Peerless, Richland
Glentana
Montana Power Company
Opheim
Montana State College
Bozeman
Henry Robinson
Red Lodge
Sherman Smith
Francis Nevin
Fergus County
Valley County
C. H. Wilson
Martindale
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Lewistown
United States
Old Doctor Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin A Gentle Laxative
In 1885 Dr. Caldwell discovered a harmless prescription to aid biliousness headaches and low energy without gripe or habit formation. The syrup pepsin proved effective for women children and the elderly and became a world famous laxative available at drugstores.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Modern Maid Refuses Suitor Over Marriage Experience
Dialogue captures a shy exchange as a young woman questions a man's past love life and rejects marriage due to perceived inexperience, prompting a humorous misfire about prior emotional history. The brief exchange reflects social expectations around romance and propriety.
Expulsion Sparks Juvenile Truthfulness Debate
A fourteen year old student is expelled as teachers allege he cannot tell the truth. The Life section warns that without reform he may end up in the weather bureau.
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The
Weather Bureau
Right Way Out Policeman Fire Escape Exchange
A landlady tells the Cincinnati Enquirer that a flaming youth creating a disturbance fled down the fire escape as a policeman sought him.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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Lake County
Salt Lake City
W. W. Bruce
Delphi
Greece
Forby
Hanford
Gladys
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena Young
Ellsworth
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