Dedication of Polson Dam Draws Large Indian Assembly
A massive gathering of the Flathead tribes and thousands of white residents will attend the Polson dam dedication. Leaders include Gov. Roy Ayers U. S. Senator Wheeler and chiefs Koostata and Charlo. The event features a buffalo barbecue a regatta and ceremonial dances amid a 1920s Montana celebration of irrigation progress.
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Montana
Polson
Polson Dam
Great Northern Intermountain
Flathead
Pend d’Oreilles
Kootenais
Roy Ayers
U. S
Burton K. Wheeler
C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Koostata
Charlo
Frank M. Kerr
Butte
Department of the Interior
Women’s Civic League
Montreal
New Orleans
Returns on Election And Not Cheering
Washington dispatch notes final returns from Democratic primaries in Kansas Missouri Virginia and West Virginia show little cheer for Roosevelt followers with anti New Deal sentiment evident. Missouri yields Bennett Champ Clark as a strong 1940 presidential contender, signaling potential shifts in national politics and a possible challenge to the President if Clark wins re election.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Bennett Champ Clark
Soviet and Japanese Clash Near Manchukuo Frontier
Moscow reports describe defensive Soviet actions on the Manchoukuo border with Japan while warning of possible serious consequences if provoked. Tokyo advices say Soviet reinforcements near Changkufeng raise fear of wider conflict.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Changkufeng
Korea
Siberia
Manchoukuo
Manchukuo
Moscow
Manchoukuoan
Wages Rise for Anaconda Miners and Plant Workers
Wages for Anaconda company miners in Butte and workers in the smelters and plants at Anaconda and Great Falls are raised 50 cents per shift. The new Butte miner minimum is 5.25 dollars per day, tied to copper at 90 cents a pound for 30 consecutive days. The raise covers craftsmen and all contract workers under the company unions.
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Anaconda Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Lighting Campaign Praises New Harrison Avenue Lights
The Chamber of Commerce announced a community safety drive to install a modern sodium vapor lighting system along one mile of Harrison avenue. Philo King of the Butte Floral Company contributed 10 dollars, as WPA labor will complete installation funded by an eight thousand dollar fund from general subscriptions.
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Harrison Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Philo King
Butte Floral Company
Atlantic Street
Harvard Avenue
WPA
State Farmers Harvesting Greatest Crop in Years
Montana farmers report the current harvest as the best in years. Early winter wheat is of good quality and yielding well. Spring wheat harvest should start in about 10 days. Grasshoppers caused some damage in eastern counties, while western areas report little harm. Pea harvest near completion with good yields, and sugar beets progressing despite worm damage.
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Helena
Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Federal Weather Bureau
Thousands Arrive in Butte for Great Rodeo Opening
Thousands of visitors converge on Butte for a four day rodeo starting tonight. Hotels fill as the mining city turns into a western carnival with decorations and costumes. About 40 000 are expected over the event and 200 world class cowboys prepared for fierce arena battles. Street acts and a pageant planned for tomorrow noon, with boxing shows at Park and Main.
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Butte
L. I. Comstock
Merchants’ Promotion Committee
Dalbeanie
Jimmie O’connor
Grey and
Kathleen
Healy and
Mack
Dal
Workers Discuss Resolutions at Mine Mill and Smelter Union Parley
Delegates at the thirty-fifth annual convention of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers opened in Anaconda and planned to report resolutions to committees. The group voted to affiliate fully with the Committee for Industrial Organization led by John L. Lewis. Delegates to the CIO convention will be named later this week as the union reflects on its suspension and expulsion from AFL last year. The CIO will hold its first major convention next month and now includes 39 industrial unions.
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International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Washoe Park
Anaconda
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
American Federation of Labor
Special Values Section Highlights Butte Rodeo Sales
A special values section in the Montana Standard promotes one of the largest sales ever staged by Butte businessmen. Butte stores display fall styles and new merchandise at bargain prices during the rodeo sales event with four night shows and downtown matinees.
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Montana Standard
Butte
Coogan Accounting Suit Set for November 13 Without Jury
In Hollywood on August 3 a calendar court set Jackie Coogan's suit against his mother and stepfather for an accounting of his movie fortune for November 13 without a jury. Judge Ruben B. Schmidt denied a jury trial demand, citing equity and law issues.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Ruben 8. Schmidt
Calendar Court
the Kid
Coroner to Open Inquest Over Avon Tragedy
In Deer Lodge Aug 3 a coroner will hold an inquest Friday into a head on collision near Avon that killed four people, injured others, and left George Mills of Hoquiam missing. Walter Besaw of Great Falls died as truck driver, with Howard Provence of Thursby Alberta and Aubrey Dorn of Thursby among the deceased.
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Deer Lodge
R. W. Ross
Avon
George Mills
Hoquiam
Wash
Alice Mills
Walter Besaw
Great Falls
Howard Provence
Aubrey Dorn
Thursby
Alta
Canada
Blind American woman seeks aid to bring her Seeing Eye dog to Britain
Hazel Hurst a 22 year old blind American lecturer appeals to King George for intervention to waive six month quarantine for her Albanian Seeing Eye dog now aboard the ship Victoria and Albert in East London. She had also sought help from President Roosevelt and was offered a British dog guide and a cornea transplant option but refused. The Agriculture Ministry said it cannot grant a waiver keeping the quarantine rule.
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London
George
Hazel Hurst
England
Miss Hurst
Victoria and Albert
President Roosevelt
New York
Ministry of Agriculture
President Roosevelt Heads to Balboa for Canal Zone Reception
The U S S Houston carrying President Roosevelt sails from Cocos Island toward Balboa. He will host a reception aboard for Panama’s President Arosemena and other dignitaries, then meet 50 canal old-timers before traveling by train and car to inspect U S forces.
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Houston
President Roosevelt
Balboa
Canal Zone
Cocos Island
Panama
Presiident
Arosemena
Araias
Corrigan
Clarance Ridley
Panama Canal
David Stone
Walter N. Vernon
Yancey Williams
Special Service Squadron
Canal
United States
Butte City Budget Surpasses Million Dollar Mark
The Butte city council approves a final budget for 1938-39 totaling 1 021 783 35, the first time over a million in at least twenty years. Anticipated revenue is 1 120 250 87 with expenditures up from 1937-38. Expenditures include 185 000 for a federal funded improvement fund.
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John Lindquist
Ways and Means Committee
Weather forecast for Montana and Wyoming ahead
Montana and Wyoming experience generally fair skies on Thursday and Friday with warmer temperatures on Thursday. The outlook calls for mild to warm conditions across the region with no precipitation expected.
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Montana
Wyoming
Autumn Arrival Seen in Butte First Frost
William C. Jackson superintendent of mails at the Butte post office reports a light frost in Floral Park as evidence that autumn is approaching. He rises early around 6 am and notes frost on roofs in his neighborhood, corroborating the seasonal change.
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Butte
William C. Jackson
Phillips Street
Floral Park Addition
Jackson
Canvass Confirms Montana Primary Results
The Montana state canvassing board completed the July 19 primary canvass in Helena. No races changed from the unofficial results, with figures for chief justice and associate justice of the state Supreme Court listed for multiple candidates.
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STATE
Helena
Montana
State Board
Roy E. Ayers
Sam Mitchell
Ray N. Shannon
Supreme Court
T. J. Walker
Butte
H. A. Johnson
W. J. Cushing
Dillon
E. Felt
Billings
T. MacDonald
C. J. Dousman
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