Britain Ends General Strike Amid Mixed Signals
Edward W. Pickard reviews Britain's settlement of the general strike after TUC calls off action. Government credit for end, but miners reject terms. Archbishop of Canterbury praised conciliation, while labor disputes linger over wages and conditions. Byrd and Amundsen reach polar milestones. Poland faces a wartime style coup as Pilsudski allies versus Witos. Senate passes railway labor act establishing mediation boards and emergency arbitration. Farm relief debate swirls with fee reforms and new stabilization plans.
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Britain
Trades Union Congress
Laborites
Sir Herbert Samuel
Baldwin
House of Commons
Herbert Samuel
Royal Coal Comnission
Arthur Pugh
Miners’ Federation
Drchbishop
Canterbury
Liberal Party
United Kingdom
Senate
Watson-Parker Railway Labor Act
Marcs
Ute
Federal Railway Labor Board
Germany Faces Drive to Restore Monarchy and Fascist Plot
Police uncovered plans for a fascist dictatorship and a return of the Hohenzollerns. Raids targeted leaders and 50 000 member athletic groups linked to royalist plots. Judge Class housed Kaiser letters and a draft constitution as Luther resigns after a failed flag dispute.
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Ermany
Judge Class
Kaiser
von Hindenburg
Luther
Reichstag
Belgian Cabinet Resigns. King Asks Brunet to Form
In Belgium, Rosper Poullet's cabinet resigned and King Albert requested M Brunet Socialist president of the chamber of deputies to form a new government. Brunet is tasked with establishing a stable administration amid political shifts and ongoing negotiations among parties.
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Rosper Poullet
Belgium
King Albert
M. Brunet
Chamber of Deputies
Nother air mail expands routes and schedules
A major air mail advance was announced with twelve hour service between Chicago and Dallas and twenty four hour service New York to the Southwest via Chicago. A northern Chicago Minneapolis branch will open June 7.
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Chicago
Dallas
Texas
New York
Southwest
Minneapoli
Yen forms new Chinese cabinet amid foreign trained ministers
Hina in inaugurating a wartime style cabinet with Alfred Sze as foreign minister and Wellington Koo as finance minister backs by Marshal Wu Pei-fu while Marshal Chang remains silent. Americans in China are embarrassed by reports Wu's troops seized over 10 000 rifles with ammunition stamped 1917 and linked to the Russian government amid Soviet arms trade suspicions.
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HINA
W. W. Yen
Alfred Sze
Washington
Wellington Koo
Wu Pei-fu
Chang
China
America
United States
Coolidge to vacation in Adirondacks at Kirkwood estate
Secretary Saunders announces President Coolidge will spend summer at the Adirondacks estate of Irwin S. R. Kirkwood publisher of the Kansas City Star. The site includes a large lodge with modern amenities, tennis courts, bath houses, a bowling alley and a billiard cabin on Osgood Lake.
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Saunders
Coolidge
Adirondacks
Irwin SR. Kirkwood
The
Kansas City Star
Osgood
French and Spanish Advancing in Campaign Against Riffians
Loriga and Gallarza, Spanish aviators, completed their Madrid to Manila flight as France and Spain press the campaign against the Riffians. Cuba ends its railway strike with President Machado acting as umpire while Mexico faces a rebellion in Guerrero. Alton B Parker, Democratic candidate for president in 1904, dies in New York.
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Loriga
Gallarza
Madrid
Manila
Cuba
Machado
Guerrero
Alton B. Parker
New York
Water for irrigation works to begin on Sun River project
The Interior Department authorization removes prior restrictions and funds the Gibson dam and Sun River reclamation to irrigate about 60 000 acres north of Great Falls. A contract was signed with local farmers to cover costs with government credit and treasury payments planned, enabling early work within weeks.
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Gibson Dam
San River
Great Alli
Congresshin
South Leavitt
Aledds
Sun River
Wo Interior Department
Gihe Son Dtu
Bodo Nepes
Rovermuett
Pradesh
Walter
Daet
Ivernice
United States Treasury
Dredging Project Tests River Bed to Bedrock Range
West Coast Capital backs a dredging program along the Yethoyesne river between Laurel and Meyda Tine. The Geliit Sand company will test the river bed over long distances using exploratory devices and sediment analysis. Preliminary results show promising prospecting values with gold and other metals in the sand and gravel deposits.
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West Coast
Vadis
Crop in State Not Damaged by Dry Spell Says Report
Montana state agriculture department notes crop outlook is favorable with no lasting damage from drought. Recent rains across the state over ten days relieve dry conditions, restoring drought weakened crops and improving soil prep for corn beans and potatoes.
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State Department of Agericuiture
Helena
Montana
Department
Three to Exposition: Montana selects reps for Philadelphia
Montana will send one boy, one girl, and one school teacher to the sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia. The expenses will be paid by the state. As of now no applications have been received. blanks are at Miss May Trumper's Helena office for state superintendent of public instruction.
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Exposition
Philadelphia
Montana
Miss May Trumper
Helena
Petitions for August Primary Must Be Filed by June 24
Secretary of State C. T. Stewart orders all nominating petitions for party nomination at the August 3 primary filed no later than June 24. The ruling specifies deadlines for candidates seeking the primary nomination.
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C. T. Stewart
Oil storage delay hits Kevin Sunburst field
Another oil storage problem arises in the Kevin Sunburst field as several large wells finish and the Illinois Pipe Line company fails to complete its new 80 000 barrel tanks on schedule. Some wells may have to be shut in.
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Kevin-Sunburst
Illinois Pipe Line Company
Poison scattered in fields not menage
Tests announced by Dr. Wd. Butler state veterinarian show Montana chickens immune to gopher poison in poisoned wheat, while a Chinese pheasant was found dead from starvation near the Helena valley. State and county officials plan no appreciable effect on game birds from the scattered poison.
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Montana
Wd. Butler
der Tadleigh “Marsh
Tutler
Helena Valley
Visions of Railroad Realized in West
Visionary plans for the Milwaukee extension reach Sunset Hill in the near term. Crews will work across the summer finishing grading and bridge work to connect the Blackfoot valley line with the Milwaukee system, with traffic still pending until a bridge is completed.
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West
Blackfoot Valley
Dave Lone
Milwaukee
Sunset Hill
Taiber
Treasure State Turmoil and Plans Across Montana
Movements in mining power and rail service unfold through 1925 updates from Montana. Bonds pass, canneries resume, arsenic mines close, and Montanan power firm expands to Matta city while Yellowstone ex ercises prepare with special trains from Livingston to Gardiner.
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Steht
Bitter Pool
Tirianten
Stevens Ville
Jardine
Cnet
Monten Peanle
Livingston
Gardiner
Yellowstone Park
Elye
Co. Innibis
Datbo
Offfelwds
Stillwater
Military Band Prospects At Fort Missoula Camp
Prospects for an excellent military band formed by students of the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Missoula in June are unusually bright.
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Citizens Military Training Camp
Fort Missoula
Heikkala Sets New State Javelin Record at Bozeman Meet
Heikkala of Montana State College won the cross country event at Bozeman and broke the state intercollegiate javelin record with a 174 feet 3 1/4 inch throw in the track and field meet between letter men and non letter men. The mark surpassed the former record by about 4 feet.
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Vyrank. Heikkala
Montana State College
Bozeman
Montana Ranch News
Ranching beats and county updates headlined by Montana agriculture notes from John Dexter. Cattle prices, grazing data, and local farm events fill the column with practical rural detail.
Jansma Herd Leads State Fourth Time in Butter Test
The Holstein herd of Jan Jansma, Yellowstone Cow Testing Association, leads state for the fourth straight month with March output averaging 30.5 pounds of butter fat and 1152.4 pounds of milk. In large herds, W. J. Bennett & Sons’ Lake County herd is second, Homer Phillips’s Lewis and Clark and Broadwater County Association third. In small herds under 15 cows, T. S. Hockersmith’s grade Holsteins tops with 45.5 pounds butter fat and 1436 pounds milk. L. W. McCarthy’s mixed Lake County herd second, Guernsey-Totstein herd third. Yellowstone Association has the state’s highest per-cow average at 81.8 pounds butter fat and 867.8 pounds milk, with Simmslab and Cascade Association following.
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Jan Jansma
Yellowstone Cow Testing Association
Lake County Association
W. J. Bennett & Sons
Homer Phillips
Lewis and Clark and Broadwater County Association
TI. S. Hockersmith
Cascade County Association
L. W. McCarthy
T. R. Crawford
Vatler Club
Yellowstone Association
Simmslab
Cascade Association
Hope for 3500 Club Members in Montanarex Extension
The Montanarex extension service targets 3500 boys and girls enrolled in outreach programs statewide by TO28. In 2 689 youth were regularly in club work, with counties set to raise memberships by 8 to 15 percent. Clubs to be organized include Bee, bean, beef, corn, canning, clothing, dairy, foods, maiden, home furnishing and potato. Eligible ages are nine to twenty one.
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Montanarextension Service
Civeage
Expect Huge Spring Wheat Yield in Montana Forecast
Officials of the Northwestern Grain Dealers Association predict the largest spring wheat crop in Montana history if current conditions hold. Reports say state wheat conditions are excellent with spring acreage up 2 to 15 percent this year while winter wheat acreage declines but yields are expected to be much heavier.
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Northwestern Grain Dealers Association
Montana
Beet Acreage Slows in River Worn Valleys
Jolly Sugar officials report about 8 000 acres of beets slowed in the River Worn and Luge Bier Worn valleys, roughly ten percent below last year's harvested acreage.
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Jolly Sugar Corporation
Sheep ranchers say lamb crop up to 140 percent
In the Browning area sheep output is reported to be about 140 percent of normal with most twins being aged. Ranchers claim the old belief that sheep ruin the land is unfounded and the region expects revenue from the flock this year.
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Browning
Cooperative meeting to standardize farm shipping roles
Eastern Montana local and county cooperative shipping associations met at Miles City to discuss problems and to work out uniform roles for shipping livestock and other farm products. Eight associations were represented.
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Montana
Miles City
Four cows produce over two thousand pounds of milk in March
Fergus County Cow Testing Association reports four cows tested in March yielding more than 2000 pounds of milk. Cows were milked three times daily, reflecting strong production.
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Fergus County Cow Testing Association
Sheep Car Fleet at Browning Moving to Montana Pasture
Forty cars of sheep and a flat car with two sheep herders’ wagons were unloaded at Browning where grazing privileges are secured. The sheep are shipped annually from Washington to pasture in Montana for the season.
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Browning
Washington
Montana
State Fish and Game Dept. records highest yearly cash receipts
Between May 1, 1925 and April 39, 193R the department under Game Warden TR T Hill collected 204,507.24 dollars, the largest cash receipts total in its history.
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State Fish and Game Department
TR. T. Hill
Dobins Two Bits Roundup Nets Priceless Sale Record
In district No 1 near Philipsburg a roundup gathered fifty seven horses and 24 were claimed while 33 were sold. Reports cite some animals fetching two for 30 cents, a record price for the event.
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Philipsburg
Best corn planting window given by Montana agronomist
In Montana, under normal conditions, the optimal corn planting period runs from May 5 to May 20 according to A J Ogaard, agronomist at Montana State College.
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Montana
A. J.°. Ogaard
Montana State College
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