Montana farmers optimistic as crops look to beat 1927
Montana extension reports for week ending May 27 forecast bumper crops across the state with higher farm incomes. Rains improved subsoil moisture then warm days spurred growth, hay and pasture prospects are excellent, corn flax and alfalfa acreage up, and livestock in good condition though lamb losses in Wibaux reached about 75 percent after flood rains.
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Helena
Montana
Prairie County
Wibaux County
Officers Say Young Wife Was Slain
Stanford University officers discuss the death of Mrs. Allene Lamson as a possible bludgeoning. A 10 inch pipe and cloth bits found in a yard bonfire show stains resembling blood while sheriff's officials maintain the wife of Stanford's David Lamson was beaten to death and found nude in a bathtub.
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Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
Allene Lamson
Frederick L. Proescher
Lamson
Santa Clara County
David
Stanford
Senate group to rewrite public works tax bill
Washington June 1 A Senate finance committee plans rapid revision of the administration public works tax bill as next week’s debate on the house income tax increase looms. The committee aims to adjust sections financing the 3.3 billion dollar bond program and to consider an administration oil substitute tied to Capper Marland measures.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Ickes
House
Ways and Means
Finance Committee
Star
Tariff Authority Bill Drafted Aimed At Ban On War Debts
Washington June 1. Speaker Rainey says a tariff bill giving the president power to negotiate reciprocal treaties could be sent to Congress this week after the railroad measure. The plan would let treaties take effect immediately with the senate allowed a later rejection period. The key issue is whether the president should also have power to raise tariffs.
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Washington
Rainey
Senate
Congress
Hull Says War Debts Issue To Be Decided In Washington
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, aboard the USS Roosevelt en route to London for the World Economic Conference, rejected British pressure to discuss war debts in London. He said the matter must be settled in Washington and that the U.S. delegation will push for lower tariffs to aid global trade.
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Roosevelt
London
U.P
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
Washington
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
England
MacDonald
Neville Chamberlain
France
Butte Musician William Harrington Dies in Portland
William Harrington, 27, a Butte musician and member of a local orchestra, died yesterday in a Portland hospital after seeking treatment at the St. Vincent clinic. He returned to Butte with his mother Mrs. Margaret Harrington and sister Mrs. Gertrude Lyden for burial arrangements at Daly-Shea mortuary and funeral at his home on 22 West Gold Street. Surviving relatives include three brothers Ed, Paul, and Ray, plus a sister and extended family.
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William Harrington
Portland
Harrington
Margaret Harrington
Gertrude Lyden
St. Vincent Clinic
Daly-Shea
Paul Harrington
Butte
Ray
San Francisco
Morgan Bank Partnership Details Revealed in Probe
Senate investigators disclosed that J. P. Morgan held final decision power in partner disputes and could compel withdrawals under a 1916 agreement. The records show possible profits from 1929 valuations, with Whitney noting Morgan & Co involvement of millions, as documents were released amid debate.
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Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgan
Banking Committee
Ferdinand Pecora
John W. Davis
Morgan
George Whitney
United Corporation
Whitney
Morgan & Company
Mines of Montana commencement includes Clark mineral bequest
Tonight at 8 in the college gymnasium Montana School of Mines holds a memorable commencement with a record number of Master of Science degrees to be awarded and the unveiling of the William Andrews Clark III mineral collection. Governor Cooney and others attend as twenty graduates from three nations and seven states are conferred degrees. Chancellor Brannon delivers the address Creative Curiosity.
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Brannon
Williams A. Clark III
Butte Technical College
Montana School of Mines
M. A. Brannon
W. A. Clark III
Mines College
Butte
F. H. Cooney
Morgan H. Wright
Montana Society of Engineers
William Meyer
State Board of Education
L. V. Bender
Anaconda
Sam Barker Jr
School of Mines
Arthur J. Andrews
Francis A. Thomson
William Andrews Clark III
Cooney
W. A. Clark II
Public Invited to Mont Mines Commencement Ceremonies
Citizens of Butte and Anaconda are invited to the Montana School of Mines commencement exercises this evening at 8 oclock. No printed invitations were sent as an economy measure. Francis A Thomson president, asks friends and graduates to attend.
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Butte
Anaconda
Montana School of Mines
Francis A. Thomson
Hollywood Jewel Robbery Nets Two Bandits $30,000
Zeppo Marx and his wife Marian were robbed of 30000 dollars in jewels at their Hollywood home. Allen Miller and maid Lillian Scott were bound with tape by two assailants who forced entry and held them in a bedroom.
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Hollywood
Zeppo Marx
Marx
Marian
Allen Miller
Lillian Scott
Eastern youth arrive to work in state woods
More than a hundred New York youths arrived at Fort Missoula as part of a caravan of 1,600 Atlantic seaboard youths sent to nine emergency conservation camps in Montana and nearby parks. The groups will head to sites near West Yellowstone Divide Bernice and other forest locations with units of 25 men.
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Missoula
Rocky Mountain
Great City
Fort Missoula
Great Pine Woods
Montana
Atlantic Seaboard
Yellowstone
Glacier Parks
Jersey City
Buffalo
Paradise Bridge Swept Away on Clark's Fork Highway
High water in the Clark's Fork river washed away the old Paradise bridge on the Clark's Fork highway west of Missoula. Traffic was detoured 27 miles from Perma and Plains through Camas Prairie while repairs or detours are arranged.
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Missoula
Clark’s Fork
Paradise
Clark's Fork
H. C. Tilzey
State Highway Commission
West Coast
Perma
Plains
Camas Prairie
Montana Weekend Forecast Warm Friday Thunderstorms Saturday
A Montana forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions Friday. Saturday is likely to bring thundershowers and a drop in temperatures.
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Montana
Two Oklahoma prisoners captured near Stuart after escape
Two convicted murderers who fled Oklahoma state prison were captured at Stuart, 20 miles west of McAlester. Warden Sam Brown returned the prisoners Jim Stribling and H. D. Bradbury to the prison. Marshals Dyke Ownsby and E V Estes of Stuart aided. The fugitives offered no resistance and had ditched an automobile after a failed attempt to board a train. Police in Tulsa continued to pursue another convict group.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Prison
Stuart
Here
Sam Brown
Jim Stribling
H. D. Bradbury
Dyke Ownsby
E. V. Estes
Second installment county taxes surpass 130000 in a day
Payments on the 1932 second installment received at treasurer Mervin Dempsey's office totaled more than 130000 yesterday, the largest single day collection to date. The overall tally exceeded 250000 with mail returns still awaiting processing, and final figures will take days.
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Mervin Dempsey
Dempsey
Bernard Holland
Holland
Anaconda Man Elected President of District Bankers
W W Jamesson of Anaconda was chosen president of district 6 of the Montana Bankers association at the annual convention in Dillon. J J Burke of Butte became vice president, J W Bowman of Anaconda secretary and treasurer, A W Robert of Whitehall a nominating committeeman, and Sam Wilkinson of Dillon joined the state association executive council. The next meeting is likely in Anaconda. The session at city hall was led by President Sam Wilkinson. Guy D Combes of Dillon served as secretary.
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W. W. Jamesson
Dillon
J. J. Burke
Butte
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Lou Meyer
Highgate
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Tulsa
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