Time thinking and citizenship in a changing world
Dr. Melvin A. Brannon urged graduating seniors to pursue time thinking over space thinking. He defined citizenship as the duty alongside rights, and outlined four principles: national unity, orderly development, liberty, and democratic duty. He warned against apathy and argued progress rests on individual effort and informed, active participation.
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State University
Missoula
The
State University Today
Melvin A. Brannon
Montana
Brannon
Jefferson
Calhoun
Hamilton
New Deal
Washington
America
Fugitives from asylum escape attempt details emerge
The article reports that 14 inmates remained at large after a successful breakout at the asylum. Guards captured two escapees, Ben Drussell and William O Neill, while Donald Reader and Tony Smith were among the remaining two bank robbers still free. A machine gun detail guarded the hospital entrance as the scheme unfolded on the second floor.
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Ben Drussell
William O'Neill
Liberty
Donald Reader
Tony Smith
de Vol
Corvallis Woman at Missoula Fete
Corvallis resident J. R. Rawlins hosts visitors as his daughter Mrs. Lloyd Terry and her son James Terry of Custer and another daughter Mrs. Donald Daly of Bakersfield Calif visit. Gomer Lockridge attends Missoula high school graduation where sister Margaret Wheeler barger graduates.
Lucky Luciano Convicted on All 62 Vice Counts
New York June 7 Charles Luciano known as Lucky by the underworld was found guilty on all 62 counts of a vice indictment by a jury. Eight co defendants were also convicted on the same counts.
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New York
Charles Luciano
Underworld
Lucky
Butte Residents Travel to Missoula for MSU Commencement
Montana State University commencement draws Butte residents to Missoula for ceremonies. James H. Rowe, a Butte civic leader, will receive an honorary degree as many Mining City people accompany him. Several local families and individuals depart for the event.
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Montana State University
Butte
Missoula
James H. Rowe
A. J. Davis
Peter Potter
E. G. Leipheimer
Alex Reniieas
Falls Music Winners Named At Two Day Convention
Winners in violin voice piano and band instruments junior clubs contest announced at banquet closing the Montana Federation of Music clubs convention in Great Falls. First place awards include blue ribbons and silver plaques with several Missoula Great Falls and Kalispell participants named among winners.
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Great Falls
Montana Federation of Music Clubs
John Alexander Jardine
Fargo
N. D
National Federation of Music Clubs
Maribeth Kitt
Nordica Junior Club
Missoula
James Turner
Electric City
Conrad Priess
Nordica Club
Winston Barkemeyer
George Stafford
Eleanor Geist
Margaret Evans
Lois Bennett
Electric City Club
Catherine Dierenger
Tempo
Kalispell
Dwight Pattie
Harmony Club of
Billings
Cleo Ehrig
Vivian Hall
Dwight Patie
Vern Clark
The
Girls’ Glee Club
Tempo Club
Mrs. Beman
Montana Swing to Gov Landon Delegation Caucus Weighs Roles
Montana delegates, led by John K. Powers, predict Landon will secure six Montana votes. The initial caucus will pick state representatives for convention committees and consider chairmanships for M. S. Gunn and Leonard Young. Arrival of Dan Whe tstone and Mrs Gladys Heinrich begins the gathering as Gunn, Powers and others join. The group aims to back a single platform pledge to stabilize western agriculture and livestock through reciprocal trade repeal and ongoing flood control irrigation and reclamation programs.
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John K. Powers
Bozeman
Landon
Montana
London
M. S. Gunn
Helena
Gunn
Leonard Young
Hobson
Scanlan
L. O. Evans
Butte
Dan Whetstone
Cutbank
Gladys Heinrich
Hardin
Young
Powers
J. B. Goose
Anaconda
T. O. Larson
Chateau
H. S. Thurston
Stanford
Doctor Moore of Butte Dies in San Jose at 58
Dr. Thomas V. Moore 58, formerly of Butte Montana, died at his San Jose home after several weeks illness. A Creighton graduate, he studied in Edinburg and Vienna and served in the U S Army Medical Corps in France during World War I. Survived by widow Genevieve and mother Mrs T V Moore. Funeral services set for Tuesday.
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San Jose
Calif
Thomas V. Moore
Butte
Mont
Genevieve Moore
T. V. Moore
Daughters of Isabella Set State Convention in Butte
The 1937 state convention of the Daughters of Isabella will meet in Butte in August after the national gathering. About 175 attendees registered for the two day meeting in Missoula where state officers were re elected and installed except for the treasurer seat.
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Missoula
Butte
the Daughters of Isabella
Mary Burke
Mabel Everett
Anaconda
Carl O'Loughlin
Margaret McDonald
Helena
Blanche Beaudette
Francis Kelley
M. Geary
Helmville
A. J. Lasalle
Great Falls
James J. Sheerin
Choteau
Army Pilot Flies 2600 Miles Blind Across Nation
Major Ira C. Baker and Major Eaker piloted single seated Boeing P-12 planes from New York to Union Airport Los Angeles. They flew 2600 miles with hooded cabins and relied on instruments, escorted by Major Kepner to avoid mishaps. The flight tested instrument reliability and pilot endurance in blind conditions.
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Los Angeles
Ira C. Baker
Army Air Corps
Union Air Terminal
William E. Kepner
Montgomery
Ala
Eaker
New York
Kepner
Kangang Draw Up Farm Plank in 1930s Meeting
National farm groups prepare a coordinated farm program approved by Governor Alf Landon or a presidential candidate. Kansas and Illinois delegates meet Monday to decide, with possible disclosure to the National Grange executive committee. Other groups like the American Farm Bureau Federation plan studies and a round table discussion led by Edward A. O'Neal. Neither Allen nor White comments on proposals.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Illinois
National Grange
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Farm Bureau
Organized Agriculture
Allen
Yv’hite
Montanan Returns From Grasshopper Parley in Egypt
Dr J R Parker senior entomologist with the U S Department of Agriculture and based at Montana State College reported from Cairo where he attended the fourth international locust conference with 26 nations present. Delegates backed poison bran as the most effective control and endorsed the Canada United States cooperative program to study and survey the pest problem.
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Bozeman
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
J. R. Parker
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Montana State College
Cairo
Egypt
Parker
Haile Selassie May Visit Rome If British Probe Fails
The fugitive Emperor Haile Selassie is reportedly considering a surprise trip to Rome to negotiate directly with Premier Benito Mussolini if Britain or the League of Nations does not yield satisfaction. The report circulated from London dated June 7.
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London
Emperor Haile Selassie
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
League of Nations
Coffin Samples Stolen From Car Near Finlen Hotel
A car near the Finlen hotel was found with coffin samples missing. Roy Stump of Spokane reported the theft to police. Tom Collins of Ford hotel noted two wheels and tires were gone from his car on East Silver street. Tom O'Brien of 1020 Hornet street reported his car taken from a parking place in the Empire street area.
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Finlen Hotel
Roy Stump
Spokane
Tom Collins
Ford Hotel
East Silver Street
Tom O'Brien
Hornet Street
Empire Street
Little Entente Warns Austria on Restoring Monarchy
At Screviste castle in Romania leaders of the Little Entente warned Austria against restoring the Habsburg monarchy or forming a union with Germany. Attending were Prince Paul regent of Yugoslavia and leaders from Czechoslovakia and Romania, who urged Austria remain independent and cited allied concerns.
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Romania
Austria
Hapsburg
Germany
Screviste
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
Eduard Benes
Carol of
George Tatarescu
Nicholas Titulescu
Kamil
Platform at Convention Aims for Merit based Federal Appointments
The publican platform declares abolition of spoils and substitution of the merit system in government appointments. It also says the National Peace conference would push for reciprocal trade, currency stabilization by international action, control of the munitions industry, an embargo on supplementary war materials, and a national defense policy focused on defending U S soil rather than abroad.
Montana rainfall boosts sugar beet crop prospects
J. G. Diamond, federal statistician, said rainfall was exactly what the sugar beet crop needed and June rains could yield Montana’s best crop prospects since 1932. Governor Elmer Holt noted he had not canceled the Billings conference on Mormon cricket control and cattle movement, but would welcome relief if rains ease the situation.
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J. G. Diamond
Montana
Elmer Holt
Billings
North Dakota Farmers Pray For Rain As Showers Come
In drought hit North Dakota farmers gathered for a statewide prayer for rain. Williston reports almost an inch of moisture by sunrise while Devils Lake shows .16 of an inch and Bismarck a trace. Thunderstorms forecast tonight and tomorrow as crops still suffer. Governor Walter Welford set aside the day for collective supplication to avert further tragedy.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Williston
Walter Welford
Providence
Rain showers reach drought areas but fail to relieve crops
Prayers for rain were followed by scattered thundershowers from coastal Louisiana to Central Virginia. The Atlanta weather bureau said the rains were not enough to ease the drought harming crops. Worshippers in Georgia and South Carolina prayed for relief from a drying spell stretching from Maryland to Alabama.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Virginia
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Georgia
South Carolina
Maryland
Alabama
200 Homeless in Oklahoma Storm
Red Cross, state and private relief agencies rushed aid into western Comanche county Oklahoma to shelter more than 200 people left homeless by a four wind series. The storm killed seven across Oklahoma in three days, with two deaths in Kansas and heavy property damage. In a 15 by 10 mile Comanche area winds wrecked 26 farm homes and wiped out a camp of tents.
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Lawton
Okla
Red Cross
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Kansas
Comanche
Veterans Told to Meet Tonight at Patriotic Hall
All veterans planning a joint encampment at Whitefish are asked to call at 8 30 tonight or 10 30 Tuesday morning. The transportation committee seeks a definite count. Organizers include the VFW Spanish War veterans G A R and auxiliaries.
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Whitefish
Patriotic Hall
Republican nominees turnout at Cleveland national convention
In Cleveland the expected attendance at the Republican convention centers on Borah arriving tomorrow morning while Landon plans to stay in Topeka. Knox aides say he may be near Cleveland for telephone contact. Hoover travels from California to address the convention Wednesday night.
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Cleveland
Borah
Idaho
Alf. M. Landon
Topeka
Kas
Frank Knox
Hoover
California
Borah Opposes Immediate Constitutional Wage Amendment
Senator William E. Borah Republican Idaho says he does not support an immediate move for a constitutional amendment to give states power to regulate women workers wages. He voiced opposition to the proposal as the GOP prepares for the national convention in Cleveland where he seeks the presidential nomination.
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Supreme Court
New York
William Allen White
London
Kansas
Senate
Borah
Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Republican Party
Cleveland
Hoover to speak at Republican convention in Cleveland
Former President Herbert Hoover, halted briefly in Grand Island Nebraska, refused to comment on the Republican National Convention until his convention address. He said the party appears to be formulating a united front and called the general synopsis fairly satisfactory. He would not predict early balloting or platform details.
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Hoover
Grand Island
Neb
Herbert Hooover
California
Cleveland
Southern Republicans Back Replogle For Vice Presidency
In Cleveland on June 7 the Southern leadership endorsed Florida resident J Leonard Replogle for the vice presidential nomination with Myra Brown of Tampa supporting the bid. The South may deliver about 187 votes from 12 states and plans caucus talks on expanding two party politics in the region.
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South
J. Leonard Replogle
Florida
Myra Brown
Tampa
Replogie
Pennsylvania
R. B. Creager
New York
Chicago
Washington
Former Montana judge Day dies after long career
Longtime Montana jurist and state political figure dies. He was educated at Washington and Lee University, practiced law in Cincinnati and St Paul, then settled in Livingston and Helena. Active in Masons and Episcopalian work, he held several bar and church offices and never married.
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Ginia
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Day
Cincinnati
St. Paul, Minn
National Law Reporter System
the West Publishing Company
Livingston
Grand Lodge of Masons of
Montana
Royal Arch Masons
Knights Templar
Court of Honor
Kadosh
Helena
Red Cross of
Constantine
Algeria
Temple of Shriners
Masonic Home of
Compromise on Tax Act Looms Over Congress Action
Senate in a one day session before recess as New York’s Wagner and Copeland push housing and ship subsidy bills. Both houses to approve conference reports and tackle Black lobby, anti price discrimination, and liquor tax measures. Conferees to reconcile appropriation bills before adjournment while Guffey coal bill hearings resume Friday with uncertain outcome.
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Senate
New York
Wagner
Copeland
Rain endures as Butte drains tackle storm damage
City engineer Frank Curran says the deluge caused no serious damage after storms. County Surveyor Jack Healy led crews to repair dirt roads near Roosevelt Drive where damage was greatest. Temperatures ranged 44 to 56 degrees with minimal change expected today.
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Frank R. Curran
Jack Healy
Roosevelt Drive
Butte
W. H
Billy) Davey
Davey
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