Gillette adopts performance based pay for new president
Gerard B. Lambert will not draw salary until Gillette Safety Razor posts a net profit of five dollars per share. Upon reaching that milestone he will receive 20,000 organization shares, with another 20,000 shares possible if profits exceed six dollars per share. An additional 20,000 shares may be reserved for officers and employees. Bonus payments require executive committee approval.
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Gillette Safety Razor Company
Gerard B. Lambert
Lamber
Bethlehem Steel Company
Gillette Company
Court action ends effort to block Montana Power franchise
Montana Supreme Court dismissed C A Hauswirth appeal in the dispute over the city of Butte granting a natural gas franchise to the Montana Power Co. The ruling upheld Judge Frank L. Riley’s finding that the injunction sought was meritless. Page 3. Col. 5.
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Butte
Montana Power Company
Montana Supreme Court
C. A. Hauswirth
Hauswirth
State Supreme Court
Frank L. Riley
Supreme Court
Montana Weather Forecast Unsettled midweek
Forecasters call for unsettled conditions in Montana with cooler trend on Wednesday. Showers or light rain possible across mountains and eastern plains through Thursday. Moderate temperatures expected, lingering into the second half of the week.
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Weathler
Montana
France Braces for National Assembly Presidential Vote
May 12 Paris reports election fever as Versailles prepares for the national assembly to elect the twelfth French president. Ariste Briand and Paul Doumer head the race while royalist students protest Briand in the Latin Quarter. Briand remains favored despite doubts over a first ballot victory.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Versailles
Aristide Briand
Paul Doumer
Senate
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Doumer
Mrs Angelia Lehn Elected Legion Auxiliary Head
Mrs Angelia Lehn was elected president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion at a meeting last night. Officers named include Mrs Tina Richards as first vice president and Mrs John Schultz as second vice president with Miss Freda Trethewey as secretary treasurer. An installation is planned for June 23 led by Mrs Ida Boggs of Anaconda and Poppy Day is set for May 23.
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Angelia Lehn
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion
Tina Richards
John Schultz
Freda Trethewey
Martha Smithers
Marion Miller
May McCormick
Ida Boggs
Anaconda
Pope to Issue Labor Encyclical Aimed at Global Reform
Vatican City May 12 The announcement that Pope Pius will issue an encyclical on labor supplements the Rerum Novarum issued by Pope XIII. The move arouses tense interest due to the worldwide scope of the subject.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Pope XIII
Highway Commission Plans Preliminaries to Projects
Helena May 12 The state highway commission decided several weeks must pass before construction can begin under the funding plan. Four counties lack reports and after the governor's proclamation further formalities include a 30 day ad by the treasurer. Engineering and right of way prepare projects for future work as the $6,000,000 emergency program remains in use.
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Helena
State Highway Commission
School District Reports Ample Funds For Semester End
The 1930 31 report shows a general fund balance of 83 931 37 to cover remaining term costs. Outlays total 608 891 with administrative 22 346 93 compulsory education 2 026 91 miscellaneous 2 275 66 instruction 452 061 08 operation 82 631 94 maintenance 33 630 60 auxiliary agencies 13 017 90 bonds outstanding listed as continued on page 2.
County to Cut Debt by 195000, Rooney Announces
Silver Bow county plans a 195000 debt reduction this summer announced by county treasurer Paul A. Rooney. About 35000 in road bonds will be paid around July 1 on the 525000 1921 bond issue for the Butte Anaconda highway project, with 180000 already paid. An August 16 payment of 100000 will begin a 300000 refunding issue by School District No. 1 to settle other debts, funded by a sinking fund.
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Silver Bow County
Paul A. Rooney
Butte- Anaconda
Japan U S flyer forced back to Iturup
Seiji Yoshihara, a Japanese flyer, took off from Tokyo toward San Francisco but after 40 minutes was compelled to return to Iturup Island in Naibo Bay Kurile Islands on May 13.
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Naibo Bay
Kurile Islands
Japan
Seiji, Yoshihara
Tokyo
San Francisco
Iturup
Montana Pioneers Set August Convention in Butte
The Society of Montana Pioneers will hold its state convention August 12 13 14 in Butte with the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers joining. Miles J Cavanaugh vice president for Silver Bow county and secretary by appointment announced the dates and noted the gathering aligns with the Battle of the Big Hole anniversary.
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Society of Montana Pioneers
Butte
Miles J. Cavanaugh
Silver Bow County
Frank D
Cavanaugh
Chamber of Commerce
Entertainmnt
Chamber
Harry A. Gallwey
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Prohibition Issue Shadowed as 1932 Campaign Outlined
Washington May 12. Senators La Follette Walsh and Hastings presented three views on the 1932 presidential campaign. Economic conditions, tariff, farm relief and armament reduction dominated their radio outlines on the National League of Women Voters network, with prohibition largely ignored.
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Washington
National League of Women Voters
National Broadcasting Company
la Follette
Wisconsin
Walsh
Montana
Hastings
Delaware
Six-Cent Gas Seen in Oklahoma City
Predictions that Oklahoma City residents will be able to buy gasoline at six cents a gallon including the five cent state tax were made here tonight by retailers as the price war continued.
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Oklahoma City
U S I told to mind own business at Kansas grain meeting
R J Smiley of Topeka urged the federal government to get out of business including grain and all other activities before the Kansas Grain Dealers association in Salina. He blamed a growing bureaucratic federal government for overreach.
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Salina
Kans
U.R
R. J. Smiley
Topeka
Kansas Grain Dealers Association
Smiles
Smiley
Forest official tests new sleeping bag on mountain
James N. Templer assistant supervisor of Deer Lodge National Forest test slept in a kapok filled government issue bag at a remote Douglas ranger station to determine warmth and comfort for fire crews. If effective the service will order dozens of bags to improve mobility without camp shelters.
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Uncle Bam's
National Forest
James N. Templer
Deer Lodge National Forest
Douglas Ranger Station
Rockies
Drummond
Forest Headquarters
Templer
Uncle Sam
Forest Department
Martial law extends in Spain amid anti religious riots
In Cordova and Madrid reports indicate martial law after mobs attacked convents and churches. Soldiers fired on rioters. seven cities declared under martial rule to quell extremist disturbances targeting Catholic properties and newspapers.
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Cordova
Spain
U.P
San Cayetano
William H. Lander
Madrid
Republic
Alfonso XIII
Malaca Alicante
Seville
Malaga
Murcia
Cadiz
Alicante
Cartagena
Jerez
Granada
Guillena
Barcelona
Motorist Finds New Wheels On Car In Overnight Swap
S Hukola of 450 East Broadway woke to a Ford with new front wheels. Police reported the car had been parked overnight and someone swapped in different wheels, taking Hukola’s tires while leaving newer ones on the vehicle.
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S. Hukola
East Broadway
Hukola
Driver Tries Smoke and Teeth Loss After Crash
McLaughlin blames a cigar for a collision on Harrison avenue. He lighted a fresh smoke as his car hit a fire plug causing a water spray and his five teeth to loosen. He was booked on a reckless driving charge.
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R. S&s
McLaughlin
Harrison Avenue
M'Ljaughlin
Manufacturers Head Believes Business Has Headed Out
John E. Edgerton of Lebanon Tennessee, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, said in Omaha on May 12 that he found evidence on his tour to study conditions that business has scraped bottom and is headed out in the open again. He predicted a rapid recovery once fear is eliminated and confidence returns, arguing the low mood stems from punishment for violating economic law and that work has become unpopular in this country.
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Omaha
Neb
John E. Edgerton
Lebanon
Tenn
National Association of Manufacturers
Sixteen Die In Motion Picture Theatre Fire
In Shiribishi Hokkaido sixteen people were burned to death when a temporary motion picture theater burned swiftly last night. The blaze destroyed the structure and many occupants were unable to escape.
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Shiribishi
Hokkaido
Japan
150 U. S. Projects Underway
President Hoover announced that 150 public works projects have begun in the last three months at a total cost of 120 million 123 thousand 900 dollars. The projects span infrastructure across multiple states under federal funding.
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Washington
Hoover
Motorman Is Unhurt In Fatal South Main Crash
Frank Turnbull a disabled war veteran, died fifteen minutes after his southbound car struck a street car at Gold and Main. Three bystanders pulled him from the burning vehicle before firefighters arrived. Sid Osborne motorman narrowly escaped injury from flying glass as the front of the street car was damaged and spectators swarmed the scene.
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Frank Turnbull
Main Street
Turnbull
Sid Osborne
Gold
Main Streets
Lice
F. L. Barrett
South Main Street
William Silver
Fremont Street
Marcus Sweeney
Platinum Street
St. James Hospital
Ed Mathews
Walkerville
Osborn
35 Cases Listed for Trial in Criminal Court
A total of 35 cases appear on the docket for the coming term of criminal court opening before Judge Jeremiah J. Lynch on May 25. Records show not all will go to trial. about seven or eight of the 15 direct criminal court actions may be tried, with the rest likely dismissed for prior convictions or other reasons. Five justice court appeals, mostly assault charges, may proceed while many of the 15 police court appeals are unlikely to be tried. One defendant is dead and the action will be dismissed. Actions direct in criminal court that are almost sure to be tried include a hit and run driving case.
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Jeremiah J. Lynch
Justice Court
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Briand Ang Doumer
N. Y
North American Newspaper Alliance
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Hungary
Austria
Italy
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Supreme Tribunal
New Executive
Doumergue
Pope
Highway Commission
Captain Dollar
Robert Dollar
San Rafael
Calif
Scott
Pioneer
Rooney
U. S
Society
Forestry
Saint Cayetano
Manufacturers
South Main
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