Montana organization formed to advance state industries
A Montana association was named at Helena to aid state development. Temporary president is Billings dealer IF B Connelly with Willard Thompson of the Butte chamber as secretary. A statewide meeting will follow in three months to finalize plans and raise funds, concentrating on industry and agriculture with county representation.
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Advancement of
Montana
Montana Association
Helena
IF. B. Connelly
Billings
Temorary
Willard Shompson
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Montana Development, Congress
A. H. Stafford
Montana Calendar Of Conventions And Civic Events
A list of upcoming Montana events spanning May to August includes Montana State Music Teachers Association in Great Falls May 12 13 Rotary International in Bozeman May 16 17 Montana Stockgrowers Association in Lewistown May 27 28 Montana Livestock Show in Lewiston May 26 28 and other gatherings. Also notes changes and announcements on census, seed loans policy, fuel developments, and local elections.
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Montana State Music Teachers Association
Great Falls
Rotary International
Bozeman
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Lewistown
Montana
Fort Misoula
G. A. R. and Women’s Relief Corps
Knight Templars and Commandry
American Legion
Helena
Montana State Press Association
Butte
Kiwanians
Grand Lodge Montana Masons and
Eastern Star
Missoula
Sunshine Trail Association
Rainbow Girls
Havre
Naval treaty signed as Stimson faces Senate test
The London naval conference produced a five power treaty led by the United States Great Britain and Japan to limit tonnage and ships with France and Italy in part. Debate grows in the Senate led by Hale over parity and naval position in the Far East and the overall disarmament plan.
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Edward W. Pickard
Stimson
United States
Senate
Queen Anne
St. James’ Palace
MacDonald
Aristide Briand
Rejiro Wakas
Great Britain
Japan
America
England
France
Italy
League of Nations
Far East
Orient
Prohibition Debate Hearings On Economic Prosperity Weighs On Nation
EBUTTAL evidence before the house judiciary committee included key witnesses such as Iferre S. du Pont a major chemical and munitions figure. Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards commander of the Twenty sixth division. Elizabeth Harris representing the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform. and Clarence F. Buck of the Federal Dispensary Tax Reduction league. Du Pont argued against the claim that prosperity rests on prohibition while Edwards criticized prohibitionists for the Eighteenth Amendment and cited military reserve issues and postwar outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Judiciary Committee
I'ferre S. du Lout
Millionire Chemical
Clarence R. Edwards
Elizabeth Harris
Women’s Organization
Clarence F. Buck
Federal Dispensary Tax Reduction League
du Pont
Edwards
Special Senate Probe Targets Ostats Substation Leases
A Senate committee prepares inquiries into O stats substation leases amid federal investigations of at least one official. Reports forecast a scandal comparable to Teapot Dome, alleging high level officials in a conspiracy to divert government funds and wrongfully profit while harming thousands of investors nationwide.
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Ostats
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
High Post Office
Senate rejects Parker nomination to Supreme Court
The Senate Judiciary Committee reports against the nomination of Judge Parker of North Carolina as associate justice. The panel voted 10 to 6 to oppose the nomination, with defections by three administration Republicans and organized labor driving the radical votes. The measure now goes to the Senate floor.
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Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Administration
Prison Fire Tragedy Claims 318 at Ohio Penitentiary
A Columbus fire chief warns 318 inmates died in a blaze at the Ohio state penitentiary in Columbus, due to locked cell tiers and a likely short circuit. An official inquiry will determine blame as hundreds of prisoners escaped to aid responders and a warden faces questions over fire protection and inside access.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
A. FE
Nice
P. E. Thomas
Ke Most
Lindbergs Set Record Flight in Lockheed Sirius Monoplane
Colonel Lindbergh and his wife completed a Los Angeles to New York flight in 14 hours 45 minutes 32 seconds with a refueling stop at Wichita. They flew at 14000 to 15500 feet to show faster air travel possible in thinner air, while Mrs. Lindbergh navigated and sometimes controlled the plane.
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Olonel Lindbergis
Los Angeles
New York
Wichita
Lindys
Plane tragedies and finance reforms dominate Montana news
Among the victims of airplane accidents were two noted men Count Henri de la Vaulx of Paris president of the International Aero nautical federation and Maj Lionel M Woolson of the Packard Motor Co killed in crashes in Jersey City and Attica. The Basel bank for international settlements prepared to issue shares after ratification of the Young plan as Germany repair talks proceed.
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Henri de la Vaulx
Paris
International Aeronautical Federation
Jersey City
Lionel M. Woolson
Army Air Reserve
Packard Motor Company
Packard
Attica
New York
Major Woolson
Commander Rogers
Honolulu
al Williams
Ith Gates W. McGarrah
Leon Iraser
Pierre Quesnay
Bank For International Settlements
Basel
Switzerland
Great Britain
Italy
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
McGarrah
Chicago Crime Commission labels 28 public enemies
The Chicago crime commission named 28 men as the worst gangsters in the city and urged police to arrest them on sight. Police Commissioner Russell pledged cooperation in harassing the group, but no new arrests followed amid public scrutiny of corrupt politicians and lawyers aiding gangsters.
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Viticago
Chicago Crime Commission
Russell
Savery
Chicago
Crime Commission
Riots Spread as Nationalist Uprising Grows Across India
The nationalist revolt against British rule deepens beyond Gandhi’s passive resistance. Riots erupt in Karachi, Chittagong, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Peshawar as authorities deploy troops. casualties reported among natives and some soldiers.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Chittagong
Indian
Karachi
Arabian Sea
Burma
Bompay
Calcutta
Madras
Peshawar
Spring Seeding Underway Across Montana State
Montana reports variable rain with showers in southern and southeastern counties. Soils hold moisture aiding seed bed prep and spring wheat seeding is underway. Rain needed to aid winter wheat and emerging grass. some winter wheat damage from soil blowing. Acreage shifts to alfalfa flax barley rye and other feeds. Sugar beets planting starts early and will generalize soon.
Farmers of Montana Do Not Need to Join Co operatives to Get Grain Loan
W. J. Kuhrt of the Northwest Grain Association announced federal farm board loan privileges in North Dakota and Montana for all producers whether or not they are in co operatives. Cash advances on wheat at loan prices will be available, with the condition that borrowers deliver their 1930 crop to the association and become temporary individual stockholders. A 4 cent per bushel handling charge applies plus standard storage fees.
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Oregon
Montana
State Board of Equalization
W. G. Kellogg
America
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Federal Farm Board
Rosebud
Harry Lay
Montana Livestock Association
Lewistown
Manhattan
W. O. Zirnstein
Butte
Montana Service Corporation
Butte Chamber of Commerce
State Division of Publicity
Billings
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Buffalo
N. Y
New England
State University At
Missoula
Montna
W. J. Kuhrt
Northwest Grain Association
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Farm Board
Kuhrt
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Elizabeth Treland
Marengo
Broadus
Wolf Point
Wolf Point Dome
T. P. Jones
Shelby
Floyd A. Anderson & Sons
Ekalaka
T. J Walsh
Democratic State Central Committee
Republican Committee
Hale
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Arkansas
Furance
Westwood
Mass
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the
Pierre du Pont
Curran
Wisconsin
Washington
United States Supreme Court
T. W. Phillips, Jr
Justice Stone
Justice Sanford
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Sabin
Ers
Thomas D. Thacher
Heinrich Breuning
German Republic
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Western Newspaper Union
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Wall
Raleigh Revue
WEAF
N. B.C
Stir Walter
Plains
Kansas
Hanford
Makeshighes
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical ‘O
Charles H. Phillips
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