Bonus plan for ex servicemen aims for insurance loans
Senate votes to pass a noncash bonus for World War I veterans as twenty year endowment insurance certificates with loan options. Cash option defeated 87 to 64, lawmakers expect possible future cash amendment if a Democratic administration wins. Cost projections range from about 2.2 billion to 3.63 billion, with initial year costs over 100 million.
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Hearings Open on Liquor Liberalization Proposals
The House Judiciary Committee began hearings on 59 bills to amend the Volstead Act to legalize 2.75 percent beer and light wines. Samuel Gompers spoke for the American Federation of Labor's 4,000,000 members, urging reform as the session drew wide public interest.
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Teapot Dome debate shifts as Lewis backs rapid reserves move
James Of Lewis, petroleum engineer, testifies that Dame policy aims to move naval reserve oil from Teapot Dome into storage quickly. He warns rapid development could yield recoverable oil in two years, while exhausted gas pressure would delay recovery by decades and raise costs. He labels Teapot’s oil estimate as far below Bureau of Mines figures 12,000,000 to 24,000,000 barrels versus 135,000,000.
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Wheeler and Burns tied to plot against Wheeler exposed
Hearings before Borah and Brookhart committees recount claims that W J Burns and Mal Daugherty devised an early move to target Senator Wheeler in Montana. Capt Scot Seaife testimony on a trunk of whisky referenced, while Harry Daugherty defended his resignation and alleged communist ties.
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Japan backs government stance on immigration limits
Japan's privy council reportedly endorses the government line on the immigration exclusion measure. Japanese protests against the U S policy continue with no retaliation as Osaka hosts a rally urging President Coolidge to veto the bill. Ambassador Honinhara clarifies the note stating grave consequences were not a threat. Representative Johnson counters, saying Congress acted before the note and the exclusion clause was not aimed at the ambassador.
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Pinchot Loses Delegation Bid He Blames Wets
Governor Pinchot’s interference in the Senate inquiry into the internal revenue bureau cost him a seat as Pennsylvania delegate at large. Representative Ware and others accused him of disloyalty, and Ralph B. Strassburger defeated him by a clear margin. Coolidge delegates dominate PA NJ and DE, with reports he favors Frank Lowden as running mate or temporary chair and keynote speaker. The Democratic committee reportedly weighs a woman as temporary chair in New York.
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Notables Die in Latter Disease and Rail Wrecks
The week saw the deaths of Eleonora Duse the Italian tragedienne in Pittsburgh after influenza and Marie Corelli the English novelist. Doctor Helfferich former German finance minister died in a Swiss railway wreck.
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Montana News Highlights Coal Mine Near Bridger
E W Miller reports a fine coal vein found in a tunnel near Cottonwood Bridger area. The government lands claim the mine but Miller’s holdings are crossed by the vein, promising a convenient supply for an extensive district east of Bridger. The report notes accessibility and potential for development.
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Notable Montana Pioneer Deaths Across States
Obituaries report Henry Knippenberg former Hecla Mining president dying at his daughter’s home in Short This Ned. Willard Bennett pioneer and sheepman dies at 85 in Helena after arriving in 1881. served in the state legislature. M G Mains former Billings jeweler dies in Seattle at 80, native of Billings since 1952. George Whitesel Flathead Reservation pioneer dies at 69 in Polson after moving from Virginia at age 11. John T Rosen Yellowstone County commissioner dies near Columbus at 77, native of Germany who arrived in 1884.
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Quotations of Interest to Montanans
Market items list Montana grain and livestock prices with bids for wheat corn flax and hogs cattle and sheep noted along with New York metals prices for silver copper and lead. The fragment cites No 1 dark northern No 1 northern D North Dakota futures and regional price averages.
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Log Drives Held Up by Cold Weather in Missoula District
Forest Service reports 197 log drives in western district hall area near Missoula halted due to cold weather. Lumberman EL Knouf notes high water limits progress this spring as operators struggle to move timber. Forest crews supervise brush piling and burning to clean up after logging in national forests.
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Depositors Support Waiver Plan for Yegen Bank Reorganization
Depositors at the Yegen bank in Tillings signed waivers totaling about 175000 as signatures grow for a plan to reopen the bank under reorganization. A depositors committee finished its April 23 letter detailing investigation results and recommendations. Under state law waivers covering 75 percent of deposits tied up by the closing must be procured, with a 25 percent capital guarantee for the new bank.
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Army armory planned for Bainville guards
Bainville unit plans a new armory with a 10 foot setback as subscriptions exceed needs. Proposals point to a location near the business district for use as show house, dance and community hall, with Headquarters Company housed there.
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Creamery at Froid Proves Successful and Expands
The Froid creamery, serving the local dairy needs, reports a profitable month with 1051 dollars paid out for cream under manager Jed Mogler. With warmer weather, plans include expanding to handle more cream and production for the local trade and nearby towns. Dairy cattle on the farm remain a steady income source for area farmers.
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Menzemer Sends For Rest to Portland After breakdown
I J Menzemer president of the Boulder state institution for deaf and blind has gone to Portland Oregon suffering a complete nervous breakdown. For five weeks he has been confined to bed and a specialist says rest of several weeks will restore him. He is accompanied by Mrs Menzemer and J K Shattuck a local board member.
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High Grade Cows to Aid Montana Farmers Program
The Montana Martual Dairy Loan Association of Missouri to place over 2000 high grade cows with Montana farmers via a Montana Chattel program. Purchase of a WW4 acre farm near the state fair grounds announced by Montie Levinson as general purchasing agent for the Montana concern.
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Montana Concern
Locker blaze at Great Pats exposes copper mill loss
An early morning fire at the Anseanda Copper Mining company locker room in Great Pats caused over 10000 dollars in damage. The blaze began in a locker, likely from a mouse gnawing a match left by a worker, with steel fireproof lockers and building structure cited as mostly resistant aside from the roof.
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Teachers Get Salary Raise In Great Falls Schools
The Great Falls school board raised the salary schedule for instructors by $0 a year to restore the 1922 basis after prior cuts. A $50 restoration last year was followed by this raise, increasing the budget by $8,000 yearly. Minimums rise to $1,100 for grade school and $1,400 for high school teachers.
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Dixon appoints John W Cole war den of state penitentiary
Governor Joseph M Dixon selects John W Cole to head the state penitentiary succeeding M W Potter who resigned Cole, a Cornell trained engineer, has led road construction convicts near Drummond and worked on the Valier Irrigation project and a large scale farming venture near Chateau Cole is 389 years old W is a second lieutenant of engineers in the war married with a daughter.
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