Farm Board Head Days Feed Grain
At a Bozeman meeting attended by 700 farmers and business men Alexander Legge chairman of the federal farm boards urged Montana growers to feed surplus grain to livestock to raise value per ton. He warned against dumping grain and advised trimming wheat production by 25 percent to match domestic consumption. He noted ongoing U S wheat surpluses since 1919 and predicted Russia would enter the world market within two years.
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Bozeman
Montana
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Boards
United States
Ceain
Legger
Farm Board
Legge
Russia
Treasure State locals eye reopening of Tri-valley Creamery
Montana communities report varied developments from a planned reopening of the Tri-valley Creamery plant in Ekalaka to the 15th annual Yellowstone Glacier Bee Line meeting set for Kalispell on September 6. Production figures show Montana coal up 2.5 percent to 3,407,526 net tons with gains in Musselshell and Rosebud counties.
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Tri-valley Creamery Company
Ekalaka
Carter County
Yellowstone-Glacier Bee Line Association
Kalispell
Montana
Musselshell
Rosebud
Colstrip
David Hilger
Society of Montana Pioneers
Billings
Butte
Soap Creek
G. W. Heinrich and Associates
Minneapolis
Wyoming-Montana Pipe Line Company
Laurel
Black
Basin
Wyoming
American Legion
State Department
Organization
Anaconda
Mississippi Valley
United States
Glacier Park
Wallace Newcomb
Glaser Park
Warm Springs
Logan Pass
Glacier Park District
Farm Notes Reflect Drought Struggles and Good Wheat Prospects
Montana agriculture reports mixed conditions with calcium chlorate trials for thistles, grasshopper damage in Sergus county, and silos under construction in Flathead valley. Oats yield expectations reach 60 bushels per acre in Sun River district, while 60 acres of Supreme wheat near Fairfield could hit 40 bushels. Northern Pacific adopts emergency cattle and sheep rates to aid drought areas, Wolf Point shows wide wheat yields from 5 to 35 bushels per acre, and Canada’s spring wheat condition remains around 85 percent of the 10 year average by July 31.
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A. L. Myers
Sun River District
Fallon County
Baker
Montana
Sun River
J. A. Shoquist
Fairfield
Shoquist
Flathead Valley
N. J. Bruger
Charles Jellison
Fred Loeffler
Northern Pacific Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Dakota
Minnesota
Northern Pacific
Wolf Point
Canada
Drought relief plan approved amid White House conference
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hyde unveil a drought relief program with federal state and county coalitions to aid farmers and prevent famine. Freight rates on livestock and feed are cut by 50 percent with certification to railroads to target acute drought areas.
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Pee
White House
Troover
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Washington
National Grange
Farmers’ Union
American Farm Bureau Federation
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Federal crop report predicts Montana yields for 1930
A Helena based federal crop reporting service release forecasts Montana harvests for 1930 with wheat at 3 450 000 bushels and oats, flax, potatoes, apples, beans and beets showing mixed results. Winter wheat averages 9.3 bushels per acre, spring wheat eight, durum higher than other springs. hay down due to drought. sugar beets lead with a record 480 000 tons. overall crop carryover light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Helena
Montana
Sounewives Warn Against Price Gouging in Foodstuffs
Citizens urged to avoid panic over food shortages as lawmakers report profiteering in New York City with price hikes from 20 to 35 percent. Hyde vows government action to curb middlemen and safeguard farmers, while barley and rye substitution for corn rises across the country amid a bumper dinner crop and cooler weather aiding relief.
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la Guardia
Hyde
New York City
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Corn
Insurgent Leader in 1920s Republican Strife
A prominent insurgent figure challenged the 1928 Républican ticket and backed Al Smith, shaping party rifts during the tumultuous campaign era. The figure also played a central role in organizing intra party opposition movements and aligning with reformist blocs.
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al Smith
Sen
Fess Flags Tariff Law as Key 1930s Campaign Issue
Senator Fess of Ohio the new Republican chairman says the Hawley Smoot tariff will dominate fall campaigns. He notes prohibition may influence some districts but calls it non national and argues both parties avoid making dry law enforcement a main issue. Under Robert I Lucas the committee to run two bureaus will push an educational campaign against Democratic tariff propaganda. Fess accepted Louise Dodson’s resignation as women’s director and appointed Ellis R Yost of Virginia to the post.
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George W. Norris
Nebraska
W. M. Stebbins
Arthur J. Weaver
Harry QC. Palmer
Omaha
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Jennie M. Callias
Callfas
Llerbert [Loover
Charles W. Bryan
Norris
Beatrice Fenton Craig
Lincoln
Joe Robinson
Larvey Parnell
Arkansas
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Senate
Thomas J. Heflin
Smith
Oklahoma
W. H. Murray
Thomas P. Gore
Enator Fess
Ohio
The
Robert I. Lucas
National Committee
Fess
Louise M. Dodson
Republican National Committee
Ellis R. Yost
Virginia
Wa. Co. T. U
Aviation records fall across multiple feats and continents
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brien recapture endurance record in Greater St Louis aiming for 1000 hours. Captain Frank Hawks flies Los Angeles to New York in 12 hours 25 minutes with two fuel stops aboard a Travelair Whirlwind. Kronfeld clocks 97 miles distance gliding from Wasserkuppe to Gersfeld amid a gale. Laura Ingalls sets a barrel roll mark of 714 in St Louis. R 100 dirigible departs Montreal with one engine disabled en route home.
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Yanors Aviation
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Greater St. Louis
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Hunters
St. Louis
Frank M. Hawks
Los Angeles
New York
Germany
Robert Kronfeld
Wasserkuppe
Gersfeld
British Forces Defend Khyber Pass and Peshawar
British troops hold the Khyber Pass and Peshawar against Afridi tribesmen aided by others. Bombing planes hinder the invaders, who threaten other fortifications as the danger grows. Prison leaders and Gandhi are placed together to seek peace, with peacemakers negotiating a pause until the London round-table conference in October.
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Khyber Pass
India
Peshawar
Mahatma Gandhi
London
British India governance shifts and World War II fronts
The report contrasts wartime Chinese fronts with censorship in Nanking and Chiang Kai-shek’s campaign in Taiwan. It then traces Indian constitutional evolution from the East India Company to the Government of India Act 1919, detailing council expansions, electorate expansion, provincial powers split, viceroy and governor roles, and the Simon Commission reevaluation.
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Changsha
Nanking
Tsiwan
Shantung Province
Gon
Chiang Kaishek
Taiwan
The
East India Company
Crown
India
London
Lord Morley
Lord Minto
Indian Council
Legislative Councils
Hambers
Montagu
Lord
Chelmsford
Government of India
Senate
United States
House of Lords
England
Simon Commission
Commissioners Meet on Uniform State Laws in Chicago
More than forty commissioners held a major session in Chicago and reviewed over fifty proposed acts. They recommended forty three for adoption by the American Bar Association and state legislatures to harmonize conflicting laws across states and push toward a general legal framework.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
MTORG Reports Record US Orders for Soviet Farm Machinery
MTORG Trading corporation, the Soviet commercial agency, says in the last two months orders to the value of 40.5 million dollars for agricultural machinery and tractors were placed in the United States. About 85 percent are tractors, 12 percent combines, and the rest other machinery and parts. The orders are described as the largest for farm machinery export in a corresponding period.
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Mtorg Trading Corporation
United States
Women World War heroines die this week
Women who gained fame in World War I were reported dead in the week. Maj. Gen. Charles T. Mencher, once commander of the Rainbow Division in France and former chief of the Army Air Corps, and Gen. Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, who helped save the Allied retreat at Mons by bold disobedience to Sir John French’s orders.
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Charles T. Mencher
Rainbow Division
France
Army Air Corps
Horace Smith- Dorrien
Mons
Sir John French
Unlog
Hindu Spring Festival Observed With Public Suffering in Puri
Report from Puri in Orissa describes the Hindu spring festival with rituals of self-mortification. Pilgrims crowd streets while many sadhus and beggars perform ordeals such as burial alive, standing on the head, and lying on beds of spikes to illustrate discipline and bodily control.
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India
Puri
Orissa
Western Newspaper Union
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Treasure State Locals
Chinook
Sergus County
Hoover
Edward W. Pickard
Providence
Paul Montgomery
Murphysboro
Jil
Montgomery
President Moorer
Boy ‘Scouts of America
Douglas MacArthur
Charles P. Summerall
United States Army
Frank Haucke
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Government OF
Capt
L. R. Claud Robinson
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