Five Bills Advanced in Montana Legislature in Helena
Montana lawmakers moved toward action on multiple fronts with five bills advanced in the senate and house. H R 31 may see an adjusted $150,000 liquor control appropriation. H R 40 proposes diverting net profits to county relief funds. Additional measures cover banking collateral, land cession for Fort Peck, federal recovery funds, fairground leasing, and a manganese tariff. Governor Cooney signed three measures including H R 22.
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Helena
Montana
State Senate
House
Senate
National Bank
University At Missoula
Cooney
Committee On Education
Chicago Firms Report Biggest Christmas Boom Since 1928
A Chicago survey shows wholesalers retailers jobbers mail order firms and department stores reporting record volumes for four years with glassware the strongest since 1914. Stores note shoppers buying better quality gifts and luxury items as demand expands across the economy amid NRA driven jobs and renewed confidence in recovery.
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Chicago
America
State Street
NRA
Montana timber to be used for 245 mile power line
Governor Cooney announces that Montana timber will be eligible for the 245 mile Great Falls to Fort Peck dam power line. War Secretary Dern is sending new specifications allowing larch poles in addition to cedar. The project requires about 17,000 poles for the double pole route.
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Montana
Helena
Great Falls
Fort Peck Dam
Frank H. Cooney
George H. Dern
Cooney
War Dern
Montana Rail Unions Fight Freight Rate Laws
Montana railway unions formed to repeal the fourth section of the Interstate Commerce Act known as the long and short haul rule. At a New Finten hotel meeting, Harry Lee of San Francisco outlined the plan as unions and carrier agents organized a Montana chapter with S. B. Winn as chairman and L. D. Brill as vice chairman, J. C. Koerner as secretary. They will organize locals at division points and terminals.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Montana
New Finten Hotel
Harry Lee
San Francisco
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Western Conference Commission of Standard Railways
S. B. Winn
Deer Lodge
Brotherhood of Railway Engineers
Milwaukee Railway
L. D. Brill
Missoula
Northern Pacific
J. C. Koerner
Havre
American Association of
Bolivia Agrees to Truce in fifty year Chaco War
Bolivia accepted a proposal for a truce with Paraguay at the Pan American conference to allow arbitration of Chaco claims. Paraguay urged the armistice to enable talks. Details to be set by tomorrow. A midnight start to end December 31 is anticipated with hope of extending into a longer armistice.
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Bolivia
Paraguay
Montevideo
Gran Chaco
Chaco Boreal
Unemployment Pushes Urban Workers Toward Rural Life
Secretary Ickes reports a back to the farm movement driven by widespread unemployment in industrial centers. He notes hundreds of thousands leave cities for the country while farm families move to the city, and highlights a $25 million subsistence homestead program beginning with West Virginia coal miners to teach farming and rural crafts under federal supervision.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Interior Department
West Virginia
Montana Snow and Cold Wave Forecast
Weather forecast for Montana calls for snow on Tuesday and Wednesday with a colder trend on Tuesday. Severe cold wave expected in the south portion east of the Divide, affecting travel and daily activities.
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Montana
Divide
C W A Pay Day Spreads Joy In Mining City
In Butte C W A funds disburse wages due Dec 1 to 14 totaling over 115000 dollars. Checks began yesterday and will run today and tomorrow to finish all pay for the Dec 17 period. A Friday Saturday pay day for the Dec 7 14 group is slated to aid Christmas purchases. Clerks work overtime to meet the schedule.
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Butte
Alex McDonald
Butte Stores Open Late for Christmas Shopping Surge
Evening shopping returns for the season with tile and food stores open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and all stores closing 6 p.m. Saturday. Merchants report heavy traffic, strong demand for ornaments and gifts, and a brisk parcel post trade as Christmas approaches.
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Butte
Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Dr Savage Re-elected Chairman of Crippled Children’s Auxiliary
At the annual Crippled Children’s auxiliary election held by the Chamber of Commerce, Dr F E Savage was elected chairman of the board for the eighth consecutive time. Ernest Sylvester secured secretary for the twelfth time and W B Daly became chairman of the finance advisory board for the tenth time. George N Short and Ray J MacDonald were reappointed to the finance advisory board for the eighth term. Louise Schrupp reported 209 treatments to 44 children.
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Crippled Children’s Auxiliary
Chamber of Commerce
F. E. Savage
Ernest Sylvester
W. B. Daly
Finance Advisory Board
George N. Short
Ray J. MacDonald
Louise Schrupp
Youth Found Hanging After Class Detention
Ray mond Goodman a nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Goodman was kept after school for whispering in class and later found hanging from a beam in the family blacksmith shop in Billings. His brother Edward aged fourteen saw him but misread the situation. No inquest was planned. The child survived by six siblings who had bought his Christmas presents.
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Billings
Raymond Goodman
Fred Goodman
Raymond
Edward
Tax Revisions Move Toward Easing Burdens in House
The House Ways and Means Committee shows shifting support for proposed income tax revisions. President Roosevelt backs a bill reported by the committee, while Morgenthau urges discarding depreciation cuts. Critics call changes to partnership loss deductions harmful to small businesses.
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Washington
Dec
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
United Press
Roswell McGill
Treasury Tax
Morgan and Company
Federal
Montana House moves to license all games of chance
Helena reports the Montana state house advanced Sub. H. R. 13 to license all games of change promising $750000 yearly relief. Proponents argued 5000 slot machines and 304 roulette wheels already operate, generating $600000 from slots and $100000 from roulette, while opponents urged enforcing or not legalizing the activity.
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Helena
Montana
Nevada
State House of Representatives
M. R. Marshall
Missoula
Merle C. Greene
Lewistown
Greene
Albert Besancon
Great Falls
Butte
I. D. Rognisen
Flathead County
Revenue Committee
Missoula Pioneer F T Sterling Dies at 70
Funeral services for F. T. Sterling, a Missoula pioneer businessman, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. after an extended illness. He arrived in Missoula fifty years ago, helped build the Eddy Hammond & Co. store into the Missoula Mercantile, and rose from hardware manager to vice president. He also served as a company director.
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Missoula
F. T. Sterling
Sterling
Montana
Eddy Hammond & Co
Missoula Mercantile Company
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