Direct relief to be resumed here today in Silver Bow
Silver Bow county relief office will reopen to disburse aid as officials report after a Helena conference with the state attorney general. The county will continue warrant registration and run the relief bureau on its regular schedule while the Supreme Court reviews the test case against the state department of public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
Helena
State Attorney General's Office
Dan D. Sullivan
Sullivan
Montana Supreme Court
Addis A. McGrath
H. A. Tyrand
S. V. Stewart
Albert Angstman
Supreme Court
Silver Bow
Tyrand
Attorney General's Office
Ralph Anderson
McGrath
State Department of Public Welfare
Idaho Senator Pope Defeated in Primary By Conservative Opponent
Supporters were silent as James P. Pope, an administration stalwart, lost to conservative Democrat Worth Clark in Idaho’s primary. GOP leaders hailed the result as repudiation of Roosevelt’s push for pro administration “yes men” in 1936 politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
F.D.R
Washington
James P. Pope
John Hamilton
Roosevelt
Yes
Worth Clark
Pope
Roosevelt backs Camp in Georgia Senate race
President Roosevelt endorsed Lawrence S. Camp, Atlanta federal district attorney, in his bid to unseat Senator Walter F. George in the Georgia senatorial primary. Camp pledged full loyalty to the administration and attended a luncheon with Governor E. D. Rivers at the Warm Springs Foundation where the President spoke briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Lawrences
Camp
Atlanta
Walter F. George
Georgia
E. D. Rivers
Warm Springs Foundation
Slower Progress on Harrison Avenue Street Light Fund
Community safety campaign for Harrison avenue lights raises to 2449 dollars toward an 8000 dollar goal. Police and residents urge contributions, praising new sodium vapor lighting to improve night vision and reduce fatal accidents, with WPA labor and maintenance shared by city and property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Avenue
South Side
Tom Calpin
Chamber of Commerce
Harrison
Atlantic Street
Harvard Avenue
Fatal Crash Kills Six Year Old Mary McCleery
Mary Catherine McCleery aged six of 3125 Keokuk Avenue was killed when a car she rode in collided with another vehicle driven by G H Murray at Amherst and Thomas Streets. Her mother Mrs Alice McCleery and grandmother Mrs Mary Dee McCaffery were injured. The Murray car overturned. driver Sylvester Manley and passenger Mrs Manley also injured. Coroner and authorities investigate as the Chamber of Commerce promotes safer streets on Harrison Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. McCleery
Mary Catherine McCleery
Keokuk Avenue
G. H. Murray
Amherst
Thomas Streets
Murray
Montana Hotel
West Broadway
Alice McCleery
St. James Hospital
Mary Dee McCaffery
Sylvester Manley
McCleery
Harrison Avenue
Silver Bow
Mary
M. F. Duff
Montana Patrol
Harvest 1938 Montana wheat crop tops records
Montana's 1938 wheat harvest is projected at 177.58 million bushels, the third largest on record, with winter and spring yields totaling 22.05 million and 55.53 million bushels. Value to growers may reach $39 to $45 million, aided by protein value boosts. Rust and grasshoppers hit eastern Montana, while western areas fared better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Helena
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau
Diamond
Wheat loan program opens in Montana farms
Helena August 10 government wheat loans secured by chattel mortgages on farm stored wheat may be made now, per S A Bingham Montana examiner for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Loans backed by receipts for grain in approved public warehouses are not yet available since no Montana warehouses have storage agreements with the CCC. Application blanks for interested farmers were received by Bingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
S. A. Bingham
Montana
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Bingham
Large Variety of Foods Available for Distribution to Needy People
Public welfare notice from Helena Montana dated August 10 1938 urges commodity supervisors in Butte and Anaconda to distribute surplus foods to prevent hunger. Items listed include rice beans canned peas flour cereal powdered milk fruit juice and fruit. Federal supply shipments are expected to continue and the director Dwight Sohn commits to replenishing stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Anaconda
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Department OF Public Welfare
Dwight Sohn
Woolgrowers invite 1939 Montana convention to Butte
The Montana Woolgrowers association invites its 1939 convention to be held in Butte, with the executive committee in Helena to consider Monday. The invitation came from the Chamber of Commerce convention committee, and the event is expected to be accepted and held in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Woolgrowers Association
Butte
Woolgrowers' Executive Committee
Helena
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Corn Crop Forecast Indicates No Mandatory Marketing Referendum
The Agriculture Department announced a 2,566,221,000 bushel corn crop forecast, below the 2,913,000,000 bushels threshold for a poll on quotas. With an estimated 320,000,000 bushels surplus carried over, total supply is about 2,886,000,000 bushels, allowing farmers to sell or feed all production. The report also estimated winter and spring wheat at 995,989,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Montana Supreme Court orders welfare grant review
The Montana Supreme Court directs the state board of public welfare to show cause why a $28,000 monthly grant for Silver Bow county general relief should not be approved. An alternative writ and hearing were set for August 22 after a night session with Justices Stewart, Anderson and Angstman. The case was unusually scheduled during the summer recess due to its humanitarian stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Montana Board of Public Welfare
Silver Bow County
Sam V. Stewart
Ralph J. Anderson
A. H. Angstman
Board of County
Montana Forecast Signals Warmer Thursday and Mixed Friday
The Montana weather desk says generally fair and warmer conditions Thursday. Friday is unsettled with cooler air in the western portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
West Portion
Surgeon's Fear as Two Sight Restorations Prompt Hope Flood
A San Francisco surgeon warns that successful corneal grafts restoring sight to two men may raise false hopes for thousands of blind people. The operation used cornea from Margaret Carr and involved a Russian refrigeration technique. the doctor urges caution as a waiting list grows. Rev A E Harding of Portland and Arthur Morton Jr of Sacramento were among the patients. Morton plans marriage to Charlotte Boley once released. Harding and his wife will return to Portland after discharge.
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San Francisco
Uup
A. E. Harding
Portland
Ore
Nazarene
Arthur Morton Jr
Sacramento
Margaret Carr
Berkeley
Harding
California
Carr
Russia
Morton
Charlotte Boley
Leda Boley
Montana summer session enrollments rise across four schools
Helena August 9 four Montana colleges report total summer session enrollment of 1436, up 171 from 1937. Montana State University at Missoula leads with 865 students, followed by Montana Normal at Dillon with 230, Eastern Montana Normal at Billings with 258, and Northern Montana College at Havre with 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
H. H. Swain
University of Montana
Montana State University
Missoula
Montana Normal
Dillon
Eastern Montana Normal
Billings
Northern Montana College
Havre
Russians and Japanese Sign Armistice on Manchukuoan Front
Moscow says Russia and Japan declare an armistice on the Manchukuoan Siberian border effective at noon Thursday local time. The pact ends hostilities, preserves current positions, and calls for talks to settle boundary details with representatives from Japan Manchukuo and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchukuoan Zone
Moscow
U.P
Russia
Japan
Tokyo
Manchukuo
Changkufeng
Vladivostok
Butte School Board Hires Staff and Approves Stadium Contract
School trustees voted to hire janitors and several new teachers and awarded a $3 449 50 plumbing contract to Reardon Plumbing and Heating for the field houses at the new high school stadium. German language may return as a course but not guaranteed this year. Independent Christian Brothers Montana School of Mines to pay 50 per game with a 20 share if gate receipts exceed 50. Memorial stadium naming request discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Al«ton Bloom
Genevieve Squires
Florence Stanbury
May Murphy
Catherine Hagen
Alice Brome
Laura Brome
Cecelia Leary
Josephine Bechtold
Stadium Plumbing
Reardon Plumbing and Heating Company
Butte High School
Fred Taylor
Christian Brothers School
Montana School of Mines
Bion Hall
Pred Lehn
Leo Morrissey
American Legion
McCarthy Re-Elected Democratic County Leader
William T. McCarthy was reelected by acclamation as chairman of the Democratic county central committee at a courthouse meeting preparing for the fall campaign. Steve Sullivan was re elected secretary. Mrs Elizabeth McCarthy became treasurer. William D Murray son of Senator James E Murray elected state committeeman. Jessie Roscow named state committee woman by acclamation after other workers declined. Mae Narvaez declined nomination and spoke briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. McCarthy
Democratic County Central Committee
Steve Sullivan
Elizabeth McCarthy
William D. Murray
James E. Murray
Jessie Roscow
Roscow
Mae Narvaez
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Nmnaveiney Vullide
Bach Or
Rid
Pupe
Col. O
Roogevelt
George
Lawrence S. Camp
Senate
William B. Ardery
Mary C. McCleery
Mary McCleery, Sie
J. G. Diamond
State Welfare Board
Weather Forecast
Maxim Litvinov
Mamoru Shigemitsu
M’carthy
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