Polson Plans Jubilee for Flathead Power Project
Polson will stage a jubilee when ground breaks on the $8,000,000 Flathead river power development. Mayor James Harbert says plans are under way for the celebration with a expected $150,000 monthly labor and material spending for 30 months. Senator T. J. Walsh and Interior Secretary Ray L. Wilbur will be invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flathead
Polson
James Harbert
Rocky Mountain Power Company
T. J. Walsh
Secretary of the Interior
Ray L. Wilbur
Montana Civic Events and Conventions Scheduled Through August
The calendar lists annual training camps and encampments in cities like Fort Missoula Bozeman and Great Falls. It includes state conventions for Knights Templars Eagles American Legion and more with dates from June through August across Helena Butte Missoula Havre Virginia City and other locations.
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Fort Misoula
G. A. R. and Women's Relief Corps
Bozeman
Great Falls
Knight Templars and Commandry
Lewistown
Montana Bankers Association
American Legion
Helena
Montana State Press Association
Butte
Kiwanians
Grand Lodge Montana Masong
Eastern Star
Missoula
Sunshine Trail Association
Rainbow Girls
Havre
Montana Elk’s Lodge
Virginia City
Montana Cities Begin Road Works And Community Projects
Work starts on grading and oiling Shelby Main Street while Forsyth plans to oil its main street. A 4 H sewing club forms among Opheim girls and water system repairs occur at Walier. The Missouri River bridge at Wolf Point was dedicated. Gas lines reach Sidney, Fairview and Williston by July 1. State tax receipts rise with over 500000 in license taxes collected by the state board of equalization.
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
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hill County
Terry
Senator Walsh
Helena
Butte Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Equalization
Highway Commission
Commission
Congress Overrides Hoover Stand On Pension Bill
News Review discusses Hoover facing a congress wary of election politics. Senate vote 61 to 18 overrides his veto on the Spanish war veterans pension bill, with 28 Republicans, 82 Democrats and one Farmer-Labor voting for the bill. The veto criticisms center on reduced disability service period and broader disability criteria for venereal disease and life-long conditions. The piece notes Cannon's anti Smith campaign ties and congressional investigations into his activities, plus Italian French tensions over Adriatic, Tunisian Italians, and Libya frontier issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Congress
Senate
Farmer-Labor
House
Grand Army of the Republic
Senate faces fate of London naval treaty in late session
Senators Watson and Moses urged postponement until after autumn elections, while President Hoover plans a special session after adjournment. Senator Allen proposed bringing the treaty after the rivers and harbors bill but before veterans’ legislation, aiming to speed action. Navy says no new warship contracts will be awarded this fiscal year until treaty decisions are made.
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Senate
Watson
Moses
Congress
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Hoover
Allen
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Adams
Minister Cannon Defies Senate Lobby Committee
Bishop James Cannon Jr a leader in temperance and Methodist church work challenged the authority of the Senate lobby committee to probe his 1928 campaign activities. He refused to answer questions relating to that inquiry and defied the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Virginia P
E. G. Jameson
New York
Virginia
Caraway
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senate
Ertain
James Cannon, Jr
Board of Temperance and Social Service
The
Methodist Church, South
Anti-Saloon League
Senate Lobby Committee
House Passes Wickersham Bill Ending Jury Trials in Minor Offenses
The House approved the Wickersham bill 218 to 117 to eliminate jury trials in petty prohibition cases. Defendants would get a hearing before a U S commissioner with judge final disposal, jury trial only on request. Bills define petty offenses and amend Jones act, altering liquor penalties. Pennsylvania Democrats move to repeal state and federal prohibition measures.
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House
Wickersham
United States
Democratic Party of
Pennsylvania
State Committee
Harrisburg
French deputies open summer session amid interpellations
The French Chamber of Deputies began its summer session with opposition interpellations demanding explanations on the naval treaty, a Red revolt in Indo China, national security, and an oil scandal involving senior officials. Observers in Paris predicted the Tardieu cabinet would not endure the summer.
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French Chamber of Deputies
Indo-China
Paris
Tardieu
France Blamed as Naval Race Grows in Europe
Italian Foreign Secretary Ting Grandi told the senate that France bears blame for the naval building race with Italy. He recalled a Geneva proposal to suspend naval construction for 1930 that Briand refused to consider. The senate approved expanding the Italian navy amid fears the Mediterranean could become a theater of future war.
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France
Italy
Ting Grandi
Senate
Grandi
Geneva
Aristide Briand
Mediterranean
Tardien
Palestine immigration curbs debated at League meeting in Geneva
Britain defends its Palestine regime as the League of Nations mandates commission meets in Geneva. Complaints cited British rules restricting Jewish immigration. Under secretary T Drummond Shiels says limits stay in place until an extra report from Sir John Hope Simpson on a new Palestine survey is received.
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Reat
Britain
Palestine
Mandates Commission
League of Nations
Geneva
Holy Land
T. Drummond Shiels
John Hope Simpson
Salt raids end as monsoon aids British in India
The monsoon rains halt salt works raids and aid British forces in India. Nationalist tax resistance grows more serious than salt incursions. On the northwest frontier British troops occupy villages and shell hill rebel positions amid unrest with Reds and tribesmen.
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India
Gandhi
Fights on Yellow River Amid Nationalist Rebel Clash
Reports say heavy fighting along the Yellow river between Chinese Nationalist forces and northern rebels with shifting victories. Northern troops reportedly crossed sixty miles east of Tsinanfu and reached the Tsinan Tsingtao line near Chowtsun, while Changsha fell to Red army rebels. Russians accused of frontier actions in Manchuria and raids on Taheiho opposite Blagovyeshchensk.
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Yellow River
Nanking
Shanghai
Tsinanfu
Tsinan-Tsingtao
Chowtsu
Graf Zeppelin Returns From New Jersey Flight
The Graf Zeppelin carried twenty two passengers and a large cargo of freight and mail from Lakehurst New Jersey for Friedrichshafen. A storm near Portugal slowed the voyage but officials expect a Chicago arrival in August for the national air races.
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Graf Zeppelin
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Atlantic
Portugal
Zeppelin
Chicago
Cameron Forbes Named Ambassador to Japan
Cameron Forbes of Boston a banker and former governor general of the Philippines has been tentatively selected as the new ambassador to Japan. Forbes is a close Hoover friend who chaired the special commission that recently completed a survey and report on the American administration of affairs in Haiti.
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Cameron Forbes
Boston
Philippines
Japan
Forbes
Hoover
Special Commission
Haiti
Hoover Receives Louis Livingstone Seaman Medal
The American Museum of Safety presents President Hoover with the Louis Livingstone Seaman gold medal for outstanding contributions in human service. Award decided before his nomination for the presidency. formal presentation noted.
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Louis Livingstone Seaman
President Hoover
American Museum of Safety
Hoover
Western Newspaper Union
Fergus Official Files Complaint in $1 Million Case
Startling disclosures about the Judith Milling company operating mills at Lewistown and Hobson surfaced when Fergus county attorney C. E. Baker filed a larceny charge against two company officials for grain valued at $13,000 belonging to district farmers. Banks and state officials have investigated the firm amid overhang of debt. The Hobson mill, later bought Lewistown plant rebuilt at about $100,000. Bankruptcy filings were made May 29 for the company and Basin Elevator, with J. W. Sherwood named receiver.
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Judith Milling Company
Lewistown
Hobson
C. E. Baker
Fergus County
A. H. Stafford
T. H. McDonald
The
Basin Elevator Company
J. W. Sherwood
Montana ranch notes cover pests and crops in 1930
A Montana roundup reports dogs killing sheep near Hinsdale, heavy rain improving Glendive crops, and county officials retaining W H Jones and 4 H leader Miss Mary Ebersole. Montana fair adds a new 4 H premium list. flax acreage grows. barberry control expands. mushrooms and Italian beans touted. game birds survive rodent poison tests.
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Hinsdale
Glendive
Fergus County
W. H. Jones
Mary Ebersole
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. Stephl
Bureau of Biological Survey
Bird names vary by region across quail and partridge
The text notes the quail is called bob-white in the North and partridge or Virginian partridge in the South. Barrows’ Michigan Bird Life places this bird in a separate family from grouse and ptarmigan, listing related species such as spruce partridge, spruce grouse, ruffed grouse, Canady ruffed grouse, and mentions chicken as a provided example.
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Barrows
Michigan
Don’t Worry club busted in Louisville scene
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the fate of the Don't Worry club after authorities cracked down on its operation. The question of why it failed centers on the risk of running a club and the need to address public concerns.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Gem of Thought on spelling and ignorance
Quote argues no credit in ignorance yet praise for right action, while condemning wrong. Credits and disgrace tied to knowledge of spelling, urging virtue in choice and conduct beyond mere correctness. G. F. Train attributed sentiment.
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G. F. Train
Safety's Sake Yentleman Cartoon Panel
A Montreal Star excerpt features a dialogue between two boys, Tommy and another character, about a muzzle and sending someone for candy. The scene evokes a playful street interaction typical of comic panels in early 20th century papers. The text captures cadence and humor rather than a full narrative.
Effect of Adversity When a Building Fails Mice Desert
Quippy aphorism conveys that when a structure is near collapse the mice abandon it leaving only the doomed edifice. Attributed to Pliny the Snider, the line samples classical wisdom on loyalty and survival in disaster.
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Pliny the Snider
Metal Cnesim Demonstrates Knife Cuttable Softness
The metal cnesim is described as soft enough to be cut with a knife, illustrating its unusually pliable properties.
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Mary Duff
Lawrenceville
Margaret Fr. Lower
American Red Cross
Henry R. Rea
Army School of Nursing
Great Harbor
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Brazil
Edward W. Pickard
Alps
Ricci
Adriatic
Tunis
Libya
Jugo-Slav
Fergus
Judith Basin
Ranch News
Philadelphia Bulletin
Bird’s
Gem of Thought
Yentleman
Tommy
Montreal Star
Oregon
Washington
American Tree Association
Inland Empire
Idaho
Dothan
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
Porter L.arno
S. St. Andrews St
Alabama
W.N.U
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