Montana’s Budget Nets Tax Cut by State Board
Montana’s first tax cut in years, totaling about $500,000, was ordered by the state board of equalization after a budget balance declaration by Governor Ayers. The cut reduces the educational bond interest and sinking fund levy from 16-1/2 mills to 4-1/2 mills and takes effect immediately for payments due November 30. Chairman EA Dee said the action followed a conference with Governor Ayers and state accountant William Hosking.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
Roy E. Ayers
EA. Dee
Equalization Board
Ayers
Wiliam Hosking
Lewistown
Dre
Hoard
Sam D. Goza
John J. Greene
Four Drowned at Montana Reservoir Tragedy Of Ranch Party
Four girls at a Montana ranch reservoir near Laredo faced tragedy during a family swimming party. Drusilla Couch aged 14 and June Couch aged 10 drowned while Bernice Couch 11 and Rena May Sanguine 12 were saved by Glen Couch.
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Hatre
Drusilla Maxine Couch
June Ethel Couch
Laredo
Bernice Couch
Rena May Sanguine
Glen Couch
Drusilla Couch
President Roosevelt appoints Allred federal judge in rain
In Amarillo Texas President Roosevelt named Governor James V Allred as federal judge for southern Texas district and spoke in a heavy rainstorm about water conservation. He urged younger nominees and continued his cross country tour aboard a ten car train. Local officials and Senators attended as the president praised farm and cattle business principles amid noisy downpour.
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Amarillo
Texas
Allred
William B. Arvery
Tex
Roosevelt
James V. Allred
Wichita Falls
Indiana Democrats for Van Nuys Again in Indianapolis
Indiana Democrats gathered in the Hoosier capital for a convention with leaders predicting Senator Frederick Van Nuys would be renominated as his opposition to Roosevelt’s New Deal measures remains. Paul V. McNutt was expected to receive endorsement for president with a platform emphasizing support for state and national administrations while avoiding direct criticism of Van Nuys.
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Ross Rogers
Roosevelt
Tom Connally
Texas
Connally
Alfred
Sheppard
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
Allred
Earnest Thompson
Carl Hatch
Dempsey
D.N M
Jonee
Tex
John
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hoosier
Frederick van Nuys
Morrow
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Paul V. McNutt
White House
van Nuys
Platform Advisory Committee
McNutt
United States
Philippines
Washington Press Rift Faces Roosevelt Regulators
Mark Sullivan notes a deep rift between government and press in Washington. He cites Harlan Miller and argues regulators or discrediting may arise. He warns repeated Roosevelts remarks and WPA politics threaten newspapers and public trust, urging careful accuracy and remedies. The piece references Stokes Kentucky WPA investigations.
Montana Livestock In Best Condition In Ten Years
Montana cattle and sheep show markedly better condition than in a decade, with July ranges and cattle at 94 percent of normal and sheep at 6 percent, due to heavy May and June rainfall. Cattle numbers remain low, restocking slow, and marketings likely to favor finished grass fed beef amid feed and market conditions for 1938.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau of Aggricultural Economics
King George VI Falls Ill With Gastric Influenza
Windsor England July 11. King George VI battles gastric influenza as public duties prompt rest and postponement of engagements. Queen Elizabeth to host a Buckingham Palace presentation tomorrow while the king remains in bed to recover before a planned trip to Paris next week.
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Windsor
England
George VI
Duke of Windsor
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Atrenath
Paris
Great Crop Means Loans for Farmers
Washington reports the Federal Crop Reporting board estimates a wheat crop of 107,412,000 bushels, the second largest on record, triggering mandatory government loans to keep grain off the market. The near record yield is about 41,000,000 bushels shy of the 1915 peak, with loan rates tied to current prices.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Senator Wheeler Announces Dates of Speaking Tour
Senator Wheeler outlines a speaking tour through Minnesota North Dakota and western Montana with stops at the Minnesota Bar Association Devil’s Lake and Miles City water conservation meeting The trip follows a brief 24 hour visit home and he notes he will not participate in Montana primary elections to support clean and decent nominees
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B. K. Wheeler
Wontana
Ineluth
Minn
Duluth
Minnesota Bar Association
Elena
Wheeler
Billings
Helena
Dounty
North Dakota Bar Association
Devil's Like
Miles City
Montana
Tin Cabin Ai Glacier National Park
Campaign committee forms to back bond election for Shrine temple sale
Jack Hastin chairs four citizen committee to promote July bond issue to buy and convert the Shrine temple into a city civic center. The group will run an educational drive next week aimed at informing taxpaying electors of the need to unite city departments under one headquarters, with the Shrine rehabbed after the 1935 earthquake damage. The $8880 purchase would enable the conversion and centralized municipal operations for Helena.
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Jack Hastin
Shrine Temple
Hartin
Helena
Chinook Woman Dies After Fire Accident Injuries
Havre dispatch reports Mrs. Chetford Pidgeon, 24, of Chinook, died in a local hospital from burns suffered when a flammable liquid she used to start a fire exploded. The accident at the family home left Hyrry Pidgeon nearly covered in burns.
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Havre
Ford Pidgeon
Chinook
Pridgeon
Elks Urge National Pact Against Nazi Propaganda
Atlantic City July 11 The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks opened its 74th annual convention with Major Charles Spencer Hart of New York urging 500000 Fiks in the United States to join a movement to stamp out foreign propaganda. He warned against Nazi and fascist influence and urged vigilance. Charles Fdlson, assistant secretary of the navy, said a strong navy preserves peace. President Roosevelt sent a letter commending the Elks for defending adequate national defense.
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Atlantic City
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Charles Spencer Hart
New York
United States
Major Hart
Charles Fdlson
Navy
The
Elks
Moosevelt
Hart
Hughes and crew halve Lindbergh time in nonstop flight
Paris July 11. Howard Hughes and a four-man crew cut the New York to Paris time to 16 hours 35 minutes in a nonstop flight, then feverishly repaired the silver monoplane to attempt Moscow. The crew hoped to resume within hours but found a cracked fuselage bottom and tangled radio antenna, delaying the next leg.
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Paris
Howard Hughes
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Moscow
Jinghes
Bourget
Floyd Bennett
Lindbergh
Hughes
Atlantic
Mostow
Wiley Post
Tlfers
London
Heroic Rescue at Irrigation Reservoir Saves Helena Girl
Leonard Reinig, an employee of the Veteran, saved Cross Wilson a Helena High School junior from drowning at the W. W. Reinig ranch reservoir. Wilson nearly went under after stepping into a deep hole. Reinig swam out, pulled her to surface, and revived her with artificial respiration for about 30 minutes.
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Leonard Reinig
Cross Wilson
Helena
Dunior
W. W. Reinig
Dearborn
Reinig
Hughes completes Paris to Moscow world flight leg
Howard Hughes lands his silver monoplane at Central Moscow airport at 1 13 am after a 1541 mile nonstop leg from Paris. The seven hour forty nine minute flight faced rain and icing. Radio reports deny damage to the landing gear and note the gear is in normal position despite its retracted state. The Sahara to Moscow leg is ongoing as he traverses Central Europe.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Central Airport
Moscow
Paris
Richard Stoddart
Stoddart
Europe
Granrise
Dr Paul C Phillips seeks reinstatement at State U
Dr Paul C Phillips former faculty member and vice president of Montana State University appeared before the state board of education to ask for reinstatement. The decision rests on a report from the university service committee due by the August meeting. Sixty words?
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Paul C. Phillips
Faceulty
Montana State University
Philniitt
State Board of Education
Service Committee
The
State University
Wniversity
Dr. Phillips
Philips
University
Wallace Drennan
Phillips
David Meson
Law School
G. D. Shallenberger
Physica Pro
Norris Suggests Halt on Fascists in War Warnings
Waupaca Wisconsin July 11 Senator George Norris of Nebraska on his birthday at a summer home retreat spoke while painting a garage, saying he favors warding off fascists and wondered if an alliance of nations might be needed to prevent future wars though he would not vote to send the U.S. to foreign fields again.
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Waupaca
Wis
George Norris
Nebraska
Here
Ward
Mra. Norris
Hiesland
China
Spain
Amerka
France
Russia
World Union
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