Hoover orders cabinet economies across departments
President Hoover directs cabinet members to cut civilian staff and overhead costs. After talks with Hurley and Adams, emphasis on reducing army posts and navy shore stations deemed surplus, with sites like Fort Lincoln, Port Meade, Fort Missoula, Fort Eustis and border posts under review for closure.
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Hoover
Sec
Hurley
Secretary of the Navy
Adams
Uurley
Fort Lincoln
North Dakota
Port Meade
South Dakota
Fort Missoula
Mantana
Fort Eustis
Virginia
War Department
Mississippi
Navy
Soate Allichit
Navy Department
Washington
Summer Fashion Edgings and Crochet Trend Highlights
A vintage fashion feature notes summer styles growing lighter and more romantic with sheer fabrics, hand crochet lace edgings, and velvet ribbons. It emphasizes narrow crochet edgings, lingerie collar sets, white accessories, and lingerie blouses shaping daywear. Designers stress easy crochet to trim dresses and frocks for a refined look.
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Dame Fashion
Thas
Butte youth Mike Sloan crowned state marbles champion
A Montana state brief notes Mike Sloan of Anaconda recognized as the state marbles champion. Other items include licensing figures for April 30 with cars trucks and motorcycles, firefighting in Clearwater forest, flood irrigation in Roundup, plumbing leaders elected in Shelby, and educational correspondence courses offered by Intermountain Union College.
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Butte
Mike Sloan
Anaconda
Helena
Montana
Missoula
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater
R. H. Heide
Cabin «Creek
Melstone
Shelby
Walter Tillman
Montana Master Plumbers’ Association
A. A. Pinski
Fred Briggs
Lewistown
Elwood F. Kuschke
Billings
Intermountain Union College
Stowell
C. C. Starling
State College
Public work contracts reach near one and a half billion
RRED Croxton, vice chairman of the President's emergency committee for undeployment, reported that for the week ending May 9 contracts awarded for public and semi public work totaled 904,709. The cumulative total since December 1, 1950 rose to almost 1.5 billion.
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RRED
Croxton
Buz
Briand Loses First Ballot in French Presidency Battle
French parliament elects Paul Doumer as president after Aristide Briand fails on the first ballot. Briand withdraws amid broken health and disappointment as political tides shift Europe toward hard nationalist stances. Briond’s fate in Geneva debates remains uncertain while Tardieu and Merrit face blame for the rejection.
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WGN
Minitster
Aristide Sriand
Paul Doumer
Senate
France
Europe
Briond
League of Nations
Geneva
Paris
Cocherel
Andre. Tardieu
Edouard Merrit
Tefe
Briand
Montana farmers seek federal aid at drought meeting
At Bozeman Montana Association meeting President Connelly led farmers stockmen and sheepmen with bankers railroads and government reps to decide if federal help should extend relief under emergency drought legislation. Governor Davis noted $1.9 million in seed loans already issued and warned that Montana summer fallow designed for the wheat crop faces jeopardy as farmers invest resources in this season’s seeding.
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Bozeman
Montana’ Association Inc
F. B. Connelly
Billings
United States
Connelly
M. L. Wilson
Montana State College
Davis
Montana
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Whitelay Reid
Westchester County
New York
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Duane
Fletcher
Morida
Senare Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
City
Inca
Interstate Commmerce Commission
Albert A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Pasadena
Gullit
Michelson
Poland
San Francisco
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Eugene Ysaye
Brussels
Belgium
Hermiin Dinein
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter A. Strong
Chicago Daily News
the News
Victor Lawson
Henry L. Stimson
Latin America
Stimson
Aoes
Stingon
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Prince of Wales
Gettle
Great Britain
Prince
South America
Wales
Elis
Britain
Wits
George Tastings
White House
French Strother
Uastings
Conference On Child Health and Protection
Dle
al Capone
Chicaga
Scarface
Cleaners and Dyers Institute
Institute
Capone
Chicago
Benjamin M. Squires
Swinson
Charles
Mueller
Special Grand Jury
Sen. Fletcher
Una B. Herrick
College of Household and Industrial Arts
Alfred Atkinson
M. Briand
Great
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