Polson Plans Jubilee Over Dam Project
Polson will stage a jubilee when ground is broken on the $8,000,000 Flathead river power development. Mayor James Harbert says plans are under way for the event. The Rocky Mountain Power project will spend about $150,000 monthly on labor and materials for 30 months, with Senate T. J. Walsh and Interior Secretary Ray Wilbur to be invited.
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Flathead
Polson
James Harbert
Rocky Mountain Power Company
T. J. Walsh
Interior
Ray L. Wilbur
Montana Annual Civic and Fraternal Event Schedule
A list of regional gatherings and conventions with dates for events in June through August. Includes Fort Missoula training camp Bozeman encampments G A R Women’s Relief Corps Spanish War and Veterans Lewis and Clark Pageant Great Falls Knight Templars and State Council Bozeman July 7 to 10, primary election July 15, and numerous state meetings in Lewistown Butte Helena Missoula Havre Virginia City and Great Falls from July 16 to August 26.
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Fort Misoula
Women's Relief Corps
Bozeman
Great Falls
Knight Templars
Commandry State Council
Montana
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 Trail Association
Rainbow Girls
Havre
Montana Elk’s Lodge
Virginia City
Montana Road Work Advances Across Cities
Work has started on grading and oiling Shelby and Forsyth main streets while Opheim girls form a 4 H sewing club. Progress continues on Walier water repairs and a new traffic bridge across the Missouri near Wolf Point was dedicated last Monday. Natural gas will reach Sidney Fairview and Williston by July 1. State tax receipts reach over $500000 in licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Opheim
Walier
Forsyth
Missouri
Wolf Point
Sidney
Fairview
Williston
Montana State Board of Equalization
R. W. Armstrong
Glendive
Miles City
Montana Railroad Commission
Montana
Great Falls
Billings
Crow Reservation
Erickson
Hill County
Terry
Senator Walsh
Helena
Butte Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Equalization
Highway Commission
Commission
Hoover Faces Stiff Congress Over Spanish War Veterans Pension
News review outlines President Hoover clashing with a Republican-led Congress over a vetoed Spanish War veterans pension bill. Senate approval busted the veto 61 18 with cross-party support, while the House voted 298 to ? against the veto. The piece notes Hoover’s objections on disability definitions and the need element, and mentions lobbying and committee actions involving Bishop Cannon and Senator Caraway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Congress
Senate
Farmer-Labor
House
Grand Army of the Republic
Senate debate over London Naval Treaty action prompts strategy
Senators Watson Moses urged postponing treaty talks to after autumn elections while President plans a special Senate session after Congress adjourns. Senator Allen proposed bringing the pact before the Senate this session after rivers and harbors and before veterans legislation. Navy says no ship contracts will be awarded before the treaty action and no new warships this fiscal year.
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Senate
Watson
Moses
Congress
Henry J. Allen
Kans
Hoover
Kansas
Rivers
Harbors
Allen
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Adams
Bishop James Cannon Jr Defies Senate Investigation
Citizens weary from probing congressional committees cheered Bishop James Cannon Jr a militant temperance leader and Methodist official who challenged the Senate lobby committee's authority to investigate his political activities in the AGS campaign. He refused questions and defied its inquiry.
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Cannon
Alot
Virginia
I. C G. Jameson
New York
and Smith
Caraway
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senate
James Cannon, Jr
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Church
South
Anti-Saloon League
AGS
House approves Wickersham bill to end jury trials in petty offenses
The House passed the Wickersham bill by 218 to 7 to cut jury trials in minor prohibition cases. It sets hearings before US commissioners, with judges issuing final orders, and limits petty offenses to fines under 500 dollars or jail terms under six months. Pennsylvania Democratic party adopts wet platform calling for repeal of enforcement acts and Eighteenth Amendment removal.
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House
Wickersham
United States
Democratic Party of
Pennsylvania
State Committee
Harrisburg
French deputies open summer session amid interpellations
In Paris the chamber began its summer session with opposition interpellations pressing the government on the naval treaty the Red revolt in Indo China national security and an oil scandal involving officials. Analysts predicted the Tardieu cabinet might not survive the summer.
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French Chamber of Deputies
Indo-China
Paris
Tardieu
Italy and France Naval Race Sparks Senate Dispute
Foreign Secretary Ding Grandi accused France of delaying a naval truce proposal made in Geneva by Aristide Briand. He said Italy pressed for suspending 1920 naval programs, while Briand refused to consider it. The senate backed expanding the Italian navy amid war talk in the Mediterranean.
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France
Italy
Ding Grandi
Senate
Grandi
Geneva
Aristide Briana
Mediterranean
Serentiy
Tardion
Britain Defends Palestine Policy at League Mandates Meeting
The mandates commission in Geneva heard complaints about British rules restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine. Under secretary T Drummond Shiels said immigration was limited only while awaiting further report and recommendations from Sir John Tope Simpson, who is surveying Palestine.
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Reat
Britain
Palestine
Mandates Commission
League of Nations
Geneva
Holy Land
T. Drummond Shfels
John Tope Simpson
Britons Crack Down As Salt Racket Ends
Rain halts salt raids in India aiding British control while nationalist activity shifts to tax resistance. On the northwest frontier British forces seize villages, shell rebel positions on hills as Reds and tribesmen trouble the region.
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India
Turmoil on Yellow River as Nationalists clash with northern rebels
Fights reported along the Yellow River between Chinese Nationalist forces and northern rebels with shifting claims of victories. Northern troops reportedly crossed the river toward the Tsinanfu rail line near Chuantsan, while Changsha fell to Red Army rebels. Russians reportedly scale back Moscow talks and act along northern Manchuria frontier. Nationalist government accuses Soviet raids on Taheiho opposite Blagovyeshchensk.
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Yellow River
Nanking
Shanghai
Tsinanfu
Tsinan-Tsingtao
Chuantsan
Graf Zeppelin Returns From Atlantic Crossing
The Graf Zeppelin left New Jersey for Friedrichshafen with twenty two passengers cargo and mail. A storm near Portugal slowed the voyage but it was otherwise pleasant and swift. The ship is expected to arrive in Chicago late in August to participate in the national air races.
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CU Sreseng
Tifiedhurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Portugal
Zeppelin
Chicago
Forbes Named Interim Ambassador to Japan
W Cameron Forbes, Boston banker and former governor general of the Philippines, has been tentatively chosen as ambassador to Japan. Forbes, a close Hoover friend, chaired a commission that produced a survey and report on U.S. governance of affairs in Haiti.
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W Cameron Forbes
Boston
The
Philippines
Japan
Forbes
Hoover
Special Commission
Uaiti
Hoover Receives Louis Livingstone Seaman Medal
The American Museum of Safety presents the Louis Livingstone Seaman gold medal to President Hoover for outstanding contributions in human service. The award was decided before his nomination for the presidency and presented formally in a ceremony.
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Louis Livingstone Seaman
President Hoover
American Museum of Safety
Hoover
Melaye
Fergus Officials Face Grain Larceny Complaint in Mill Case
Fergus county prosecutor C F E Baker filed theft charges against two Judith Milling Co officials over grain worth 13000 stolen from district farmers. The firm heaved by 100000 rebuilds at Lewistown Hobson mills faced bankruptcy May 29 with Basin Elevator, J W Sherwood named receiver as investigators probe finances and capital strain amid market slump.
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Judith Milling
Lewistown
Hobson
C. F E. Baker
Fergus County
A. H. Stafford
T. H. McDonald
Montana Farm Roundup Sees Rich Crops and New Exhibits
Montana sees varied farm news from improved crops after rains in Glendive to a major shift at the Montana State Fair with a new 4-H county group premium list. Reports note flax acreage in Northern Montana, trials with mushrooms and lava beans, and reaffirmed efforts against barberry with a new Bureau unit.
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Hinsdale
Glendive
Fergus County
W. H. Jones
Mary Ebersole
Jeader
Montana
Market News Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Office
Helena
Mountain States Beet Growers Marketing Association
Hoover
Regina
Sask
Canada
E. C. Jones
Fort Belknap
A. D. Thomas
Bureau of Plant Industry
Cameron
Great Falls
Frank B. Gigliotti
Terry
Sheep Mountains
Gigliotti
Agricultural Department
Geo. L. Knight
O. E. Stephi
Bureau of Biological Survey
Bird Names Across Regions for Quail and Related Birds
The North calls the quail hob white while the South uses partridge or Virginia partridge. Barrows notes Michigan Bird Life places this bird in a separate family from grouse, ptarmigan and partridge, listing spruce partridge spruce grouse ruffed grouse and prairie chicken among related terms.
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Michigan
Wie
Don’t Worry Club’s Fate Questioned in Courier Journal
In a Louisville Courier Journal excerpt, readers ponder the future of a local “Don’t Worry” club after a quoted exchange about a bust, with skepticism over leadership and ongoing viability of the social group.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Gem of Thought Train Quote on Knowledge and Morality
A terse reflection notes that spelling skill carries no credit and ignorance brings disgrace. It argues that doing right earns no credit if evil is considered infamous, presenting a terse moral stance from a quoted voice.
Safety’s Sake Gentleman
A brief comic strip caption from the Montreal Star shows Tommy pointing a pistol at his brother while explaining he is sending him for candy. The scene relies on slapstick danger as a family joke with a cautionary tone.
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Tommy
Montreal Star
Effect of Adversity When a Building Falls
Quotation attributed to Pliny the Elder notes that as a structure buckles under stress, the mice abandon the edifice. The saying highlights how fear and collapse trigger mass withdrawal from danger.
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Pliny the Elder
Metal cuesim described as knife cuttable due to softness
A metal cuesim is characterized as soft enough to be cut with a knife, indicating unusually pliable properties for its type. This description notes the material's ease of cutting and potential implications for handling and use.
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Lawrenceville
Margaret Fl. Lower
American Red Cross
Henry BR. Re
Army School of Nursing
Great Harbor
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Lakehurst
Brazil
Edward W. Pickard
Alps
Ricci
Adriatic
Tunis
Libya
Jugo-Slav
Fergus
Mill Gage
Judith
Ranch News
Philadelphia Bulletin
Hanford
Gem of Thought
Droggiste
Oregon
Washington
American Tree Association
Inland Empire
Idaho
Dothan
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham
Porter L.anvoip
St. Andrews St
Alabama
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