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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1934
Page
1
Senate banking chair predicts a complete agreement on stock market regulation after night sessions. Conferees may accept House margin rules of 45 percent cash and a new commission to oversee exchanges, with both sides aligning on key provisions for final passage.
A discussion of how language fails to capture complex meanings as a broad vocabulary of generic terms like proposition floods discourse. The piece lampoons vague wording in business and law, illustrating with a patent lawyer’s quip about a round rubber proposition.
The 28 year old Joseph P. Monaghan a Montana Democrat and the youngest House member announced plans to run again. He serves on the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee and backs old age pensions remonetization of silver and New Deal measures while supporting veterans and labor initiatives. He will file his nominating petition with the Montana secretary of state in days and head back to Montana after adjournment.
Senator B. K. Wheeler filed his petition for the Democratic nomination to seek re election. He announced his candidacy in Washington on Wednesday. On the ballot his name will be followed by the slogan for Roosevelt bimetallism recovery and reforms.
Clyde Champion Barrow was buried at sunset on a Dallas hillside near his boyhood home while souvenir hunters gathered flowers from the grave. Bonnie Parker body prepared for transfer to her mother’s home for private services Sunday as authorities pursued their dozen killings across six states.
Bishop Ralph L. Hayes addressed 57 Boys' Central high school graduates at the Fox theater praising Catholic education as a remedy for societal evils. Principal C. G McMahon lauded the students and urged continued college study as gold medals honored top scholars.
Helena May 25 The state eight hour law applies to foremen superintendents and timekeepers as well as skilled and unskilled labor. Attorney General Raymond T Nagle says the law covers all government contracts and various plant and building roles including janitors engineers and caretakers and defines work as all physical or mental exertion toward an objective.
Dr Emanuel Sternheim renowned Butte rabbi speaks to 347 graduates at Fox theater as Principal Scott Fries introduces him. Exercises attended by about 2 500 with diplomas given by William McCarthy. Sternheim urges graduates to seek virtue, honesty, skill and courage and to associate with successful people.
Lincoln signed the Montana bill on May 26 1864 after Congress passed it May 4. The push began in winter 1863 with Idaho Territory delegates crossing rugged terrain to organize, while Salem Oregon served as the western court and Yankton North Dakota as the nearest capital.
American explorer William A. Robinson is recovering after an emergency appendectomy performed aboard the U S destroyer Hale near the Galapagos Islands. Surgeons led by Lt Cmdr Rollo W Hutchinson removed the appendix as the Hale headed to Balboa. The operation cost an estimated 1000 to 2000 dollars.
Hollywood court actions paint a chaotic day with divorces and suits. John Gilbert divorces Virginia Bruce while Jorgen Dietz faces a divorce suit linked to an affair accusation involving Doug Fairbanks, and Betty Boyd along with Henry Over Jr. confront a dog bite case as Billy Dove fights a second day in court.
A federal jury of six farmers and six businessmen was chosen in Bismarck to try Governor William Langer and seven co-defendants on charges of conspiracy to obstruct the operation of a federal act. The panel was completed in the federal courtroom today.
Butte’s Columbia Gardens hosts a first Children’s Day next Thursday by the Butte Electric Railway. Free rides, frequent car departures, and usual hours. Concessions ready with airplane swing roller coaster and a stocked confectionery stand. Women attendants oversee crowds from arrival to departure. Attendance expected from 2 500 to 5 000 children.
A Montana Stockgrowers jubilee in Miles City on May 25 1944 heard speakers express optimism about better times ahead after cattle industry tribulations. Officers were to be elected with Julian Terrett slated to become president and B J Metlen first vice president as Billings vies for the 1935 meeting against Havre and Helena.
Eastern Montana faces worsening drought with no rainfall as of May 25. Relief officials request federal designation of eastern counties as emergency drought areas while temperatures reach the 90s in Havre and Helena. A Montana stockmen’s convention drew crowds in Miles City amid the heat.
Rural rehabilitation leaders, stockmen, bankers and federal reps met in Miles City and urged emergency aid for Montana plains. They called for government purchase of marketable and cull cattle and sheep, grazing land openings, and water conservation by the state relief administration.
The Columbia Construction company of Reno Nevada was the low bidder at 8 972 650 dollars for the main spillway of the Bonneville power navigation dam on the Columbia river. Federal officials noted the firm is part of Six Companies Inc the majority of the Boulder dam bidders.
Bozeman Montana May 25 Special Decreased rainfall threatens Montana livestock industry. Dr Alfred Atkinson president Montana State College urges conserving breeding stock and locating range to extend feed. He notes states like North and South Dakota may ship cattle. urges holding feed prices down and easing public works to aid drought areas.
Miles City May 25 Plans to place 50 000 acres in the Yellowstone valley under irrigation as a stock feed reclamation project received broad support from the Montana Stockgrowers association. A resolution urged the PWA to speed formal funds applications for the Tusler to Glendive district and cautioned the state land commissioner to protect land users in land exchanges.
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