Governor Sees Banner Season For Montana Agriculture
Governor John E. Erickson predicts a strong agricultural year for Montana with early season momentum and large lamb crops. He notes wheat flax beets and other crops thriving while defending the state board of equalization against farmers' complaints over gas refunds processing. He said refunds are handled swiftly given thousands of daily claims and that haste could cause inequitable settlements.
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John E. Erickson
Montana
Erickson
Warm Springs
State Board of Equalization
Montana association event calendar for summer and fall
A compiled list of meetings and conventions across Montana from May through August including the Montana Stockgrowers Association Lewistown convention May 27 28 and other state gatherings such as the Montana Livestock Show Lewis town Fort Missoula Encampments G A R and Women's Relief Corps in Bozeman June 23 25 the Spanish War and Foreign War Veterans and the Lewis and Clark Pageant in Great Falls July 4 5 plus July 7 10 Knights Templars in Bozeman July 7 10 and major annual meetings of the Montana Bankers Association American Legion Montana Press Association Kiwanians Grand Lodge Masons Eastern Star Rainbow Girls and other groups through August 26 aiming to coordinate summer state events.
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Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Lewistown
Fort Misoula
G. A. R. and Women’s Relief Corps
Bozeman
Great Falls
Knight Templars and Commandry
Butte
Kiwanians
Grand Lodge
Montana Masons and Eastern Star
Missoula
Sunshine Trail Association
Rainbow Girls
Havre
Montana finances and tourism noted in 1929 figures
State accounts show 1929 total funds in all offices at 14.39 million with 3.38 million distributed to 56 counties. Montana hosted about 800000 tourists in 1929 driving 250000 autos and spending 15.23 million, per Forest Service estimates.
Senate Rejects Parker for Supreme Court Justice
Omination of Judge John J. Parker from North Carolina to the U S Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate by a narrow margin. Debate focused on Parker’s labor injunction ruling and his past stance on the negro question, with party and regional politics shaping the vote.
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Edward W. Pickard
John J.parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Washington
Hoover
Fenton Whitlock Booth
Court of Claims
John W. Davis
Newton D. Baker
Oho
Wilson
Judge Parker
Parker
Norbeck
South Dakota
Farmer-Labor
Supreme Court
Tolin Jutledze
South Carolina
Wheeler TH
Peckham
Justice Holmes
Controversial tariff provisions face house vote split
RESIDENT TIOOVER credited with a decided victory as the house passed on controversial admin istrative provisions in the tariff bill. A 161 to 231 vote defeated a motion to accept the senate export debenture amendment Hoover opposed strongly. A 154 to 232 vote rejected a motion to accept the senate amendments repealing flexible provisions. The President supports executive power to alter duties on tariff commission advice. Both chambers sent the measure to conference. yielding reportedly planned on both points.
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Tioover
House
Senate
Hoover
Tariff Commission
Canadian election hinted over tariff retaliation issue
Premier Mackenzie King told the Canadian House of Commons that a general election would likely be held early in August. The main issue is Canadian tariff retaliation against the United States for impending U S tariff increases. The announcement interrupted Richard Bennett's three hour speech.
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Mackenzie King
House of Commons
United States
Canada
House
Richard B. Bennett
Bennett
Anti-Saigon League witness details deficit and leadership shift
Scott McBride testified before the senate lobby committee that the Anti-Saigon League faces a deficit and that control has moved from its leadership to the executive committee of about thirty city organizations. He said the league remains an active lobby and seeks to influence federal appointments with timely recommendations. It also surveils federal judges and briefs prosecutors in liquor law cases to guide district attorneys.
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Scott McBride
Su Fce
Senate
League
Defensive Alliance
Arrest of Mahatma Gandhi Triggers Renewed Indian Riots
British authorities move Gandhi to Yerada jail and later Purandhar sanitarium as civil disobedience kinship escalates. Rioting erupts in Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Chittagong and Lahore with casualties while moderates meet in London over potential dominion status. Also notes Star Mothers pilgrimage of 235 women from New York to France to honor WWI fallen.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Jalalpur
Yerada
Poona
Purandhar
Gandhi
Ohis
Bombay
Delhi
Calcutta
Chittagong
Lahore
London
Wedgwood Benn
New York
France
Burmese Tide Rushes Pegu and Rangoon in Destructive Wave
A dangerous tsunami struck Pegu then Rangoon causing about 600 deaths and widespread damage. The disaster is linked to civil unrest over Gandhi's arrest as police redirected efforts from rescue to riot suppression and looting of foreign clothing.
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Pegu
Burma
Rangoon
Veen
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Cardinal Lephcier Represents Pope at Carthage Congress
The 1980 Eucharistic Congress of the Roman Catholic Church opened in Carthage with about twenty thousand attendees including top church dignitaries. Cardinal Lephcier stood in for Pope Pius as ceremonies started in the old St. Louis cathedral and extended to Tunis for several rites over five days.
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Carthage
Loman
House committee strikes praise from naval pact report
The House Appropriations Committee cut commendatory language about the London naval agreement from the naval supply bill report. The bill proposes 877 million dollars for 1931 naval construction and maintenance, including 47.3 million for new work and battleship modernization, a rise of 14.6 million over the present year and 1.7 million below Hoover's 1931 estimate.
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London
House Appropriation Committee
Burton French
Idaho
Hoover
Senate committees set open hearings on London Treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold open hearings starting May 12 with Secretary of State Stimson as the first witness. The Naval Affairs Committee also planned hearings on the pact. Senator David Reed, last delegate from London, arrived and predicted ratification.
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Senate
State Stimson
David Reed
London
Washington
WE National Live Stock Marketing Association Organized in Chicago
The WE National Live Stock Marketing Association, the fourth national commodity marketing concern under the Farm Board, was formed in Chicago with a $1,000,000 capital after approval by 17 livestock cooperatives. The Farmers Union and Central Live Stock Producers Association declined to join.
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WE National Live Stock Marketing Association
Federal Farm Board
Chicago
Farmers’ Union
The
Central Live Stock Producers’ Association
Farmers National Grain plans five regional branches
President C B E Huff announces growth plans for the Farmers National Grain Corporation to establish five branches: Kansas City Missouri for southwest territory Spokane Portland for the Pacific northwest St Paul or Duluth for spring wheat and Buffalo for mill and export outlet and St Louis or Indianapolis for the soft wheat territory from Missouri to the seaboard Henry W Collins of Pendleton Oregon named manager of the operation.
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National Grain Corporation
C. B E. Huff
Kansas City
Southwest Territory
St. Paul
Duluth
Minneapolis
Spokane
Wash
Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Henry W. Collins
Pendleton
Buffalo
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Missouri
Seaboard
Western Newspaper Union
Montana bean production and regional futures discussed
The piece notes Montana ranks seventh nationally in bean production with Great Northern beans dominating the crop. It cites 1927 1928 1929 averages, centralization around Billings counties, and stresses standardizing on Great Northern, plus a push for a permanent dairy and crop marketing program and new farming aids.
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Montana
Yellowstone Valley
Federal
Billings
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Carbon
Stillwater
Treasure Musselshell
Golden Valley
United States
Montan
Great Northern
Huntley
E. J. Gilmartin
National Dairy Council
National Wool Marketing Association
Murray E. Stebbins
Montana Woolgrowers Association
C. W. Doherty
Great Western Sugar Company
Walsh
Wheeler
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Old Pipe Tastes and Traditions Stir Pipe Smoker Interest
The speaker argues a new or broken-in pipe with Sir Walter Raleigh’s blend changes everything. Sir Walter is milder and fragrant with body and flavor from Burley, blended to perfection, offering smokers a superior experience.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter
Paper from Wheat Straws Near Rosario Argentina
A factory near Rosario Argentina will produce paper from wheat and linseed straws. The project aims to use agricultural byproducts to create sustainable paper, potentially boosting local industry and jobs.
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Rosario
Argentina
Old Salutation Traced to Slang Evolution
The phrase so long is traced to the word salagm, a slang form said to derive from ancient usage. Linguists note the shift from formal farewell to casual parting over time.
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William Hosking Reveal
United States Forest Service
T. F. Rucker
Montana State Press
Rucker
S. W. Straus & Co
New York City
New York Company
Fireman’s Fund Record
Ray C. Culver
Helena
Montana Automobile Association
King George
Nashua
N. H
Herman Bernstein
Albania
United States Congress
Persia
Urumiya
Rezaleh
Salmaast
Zoroaster
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Irire
N. S
New Jersey
Long Island
Staten Island
WEAF
Ie Walter G2
Yi Lele
Hanford
Phillips
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