Senator Walsh Protests Abolition of Montana Land Offices
Washington report notes Senator T J Walsh sent a letter to President Coolidge objecting to abolishing eight of Montana’s ten land offices. He argues the cut harms frontier settlers, cites acreage and receipts figures, and compares Montana with Colorado Oregon Idaho and Wyoming to justify keeping more offices.
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Sfrator Walsh
Montana
Washington, D. C
Independent
T.J. Walsh
Coolidge
Walsh
United States Senate
Committee On Public Lands
Bozeman
Glasgow
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Miles City
Missoula
Great Falls
Billings
Birth Control Conference Sees Plan For 1926 League Bid
New York March 31 The sixth International Neo Malthusian and birth control conference ends after a week of sessions and will reconvene in Geneva in August 1926 It endorses funding to aid birth control efforts and discusses legalizing information distribution. The report includes Montana land office notes and a recommendation to retain four offices.
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Montana
General Land Office
Preas
New York
Geneva
League of Nations
Charles W. Drysdale
London
Margaret Sanger
American Birth Control League
Eugene Humbert
France
Silent McCormick boy finds life in a factory hard
Milwaukee March 11. Fowler McCormick son of Harold McCormick and Edith Rockefeller McCormick works nine hours daily for $21 a week in a Milwaukee factory. He says he is enjoying the change and explains his alleged romance with Mrs. Stillman is not real, while Mrs. Stillman visits him at the plant, then dines with him after he is revealed as “Mac” to his coworkers.
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Milwaukee
Fowler McCormick
Harold McCormick
International, Harvester
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Chicago
Fifi
Mac
Fifi Potter Stillman
French interest in second disarmament conference wanes
The French government shows little interest in a second arms talks conference as its navy remains below the ratio set by the first Washington accord. Washington observers note no official France stance has reached the State Department or White House. Senator Borah voices support after meetings with President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg. The disarmament issue hinges on two facts: high global taxation and ever larger military establishments, intensifying misery and demoralization. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress has been translated into over 2,000 languages and dialects.
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Montana
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
J. D. Scanlan
Miles City
T. J. Walsh
The
White House
Washington
United States
State Department
France
Borah
Coolidge
Kellogg
John Bunyan
Grocery Price List Summary
Readable items list: Corn Syrup gallon 12 lbs Navy Beans four packs Macaroni Spaghetti or Noodles one pound Hill's Bulk Coffee 100 lbs Sugar.
Careless Official Sparks Bride Panic in Naples
Naples reports that marriage licenses and vital records issued under the district mayoralities were voided after vice mayor Troise disappeared for weeks, leaving papers unsigned. About 300000 lire vanished with him, prompting authorities to seek steps to legalize the irregular births deaths and divorces left behind.
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Naples
Preg
Troise
Sugar Association Court Order Prompts Possible Appeal
The Sugar Association faces a court order and may appeal to the High Court. Details outline 1923 contract changes by W. D. Lippett, including a higher guaranteed minimum price, removal of a fire and strike clause, recognition of the association as a marketing body, and a two cent per ton dues collection if 135,000 acres are contracted in Colorado.
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Wyoming
Montana
Helena
Miles City
Glasgow
Havre
Lewistown
Sugar Association
W. D. Lippett
Sugar Company
Colorado
New Motor Fuel From Prickly Pear Found in Australia
Sydney reports Dr. William Sinclair of Adelaide announced a process to extract powder alcohol from the prickly pear, a plant covering hundreds of thousands of acres in Queensland and other states. A company has been formed to exploit the discovery, with potential use as motor fuel.
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Sydney
Australia
Associated Press
Queensland
William Sinclair
Adelaide
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Westby
New Great Falls Land District
City of
Boston
Yank
Land Office
Treasury
Congress
Colorado Land Offices
Montana Land Offices
He Acka
Oregon
California
Idaho
Idaho Land Offices
Lanpher
Northwestern
SAMD
GOZA
Montana and
Nor, Wyoming
D. J
HIVE
Great
McCormick
Mrs. Stillman
Harvester King
John Bd, Rockefeller
OWL Creek
Utah
Eureka
Bear Creek
6Th Avenue
Alber
Golden Gate
Hill
Swift
Ethel
Union Bank & Trust Co
Helena, Montana
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