Du Ponts questioned over wartime profits and taxes
Senate munitions committee hears four Du Pont family members recount wartime profits, stock purchases, and a $13.16 million retroactive tax in 1916. Pierre and Irenee Du Pont defend fairness while noting 90 percent tax payment amid large dividends.
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Washington
du Pont Company
Delaware
Senate
du Pont
Senate Munitions Committee
General Motor
du Ponts
United States
Bone
Pierre S. du Pont
Huge Concern
Irenee du Pont
Pierre
Irenee
Saulsbury
Four du Ponts
Morro Castle Captain Willmott death chem exam ordered
United States Attorney Martin Conboy ordered chemical examination of the charred remains of Captain Robert R. Willmott who died aboard the Morro Castle before the ship fire. Bones and ashes were moved to Asbury Park for testing by government chemists. Willmott reportedly died of heart disease and the death certificate cites likely cardiac insufficiency.
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New York
U.P
Robert R. Willmott
Morro Castle
United States
Martin Conboy
Asbury Park
Conboy
Willmott
Harvey W. Hartman
Monmouth County
Fewitt van Zile
Talmadge Wins Georgia Governor Nomination
Eugene R. Talmadge clinches the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor in yesterday's primaries, a result equivalent to election, defeating Judge Claude Pittman who opposed New Deal policies. Other states report candidates advancing in governor and senate contests with Liberals, Republicans, and incumbents navigating early primary outcomes.
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Associated Press
Eugene R. Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Claude Pittman
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Harry W. Nice
Ritchie
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
United States Senate
Arthur J. Lacy
Detroit
William A. Comstock
Michigan
Comstock
Wayne County
Lacy
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Washington
John C. Stevenson
Arizona Street Paving Project Nears Finish
Linking the Helena highway through Butte to the Yellowstone trail, a summer long plan to improve East Park street and Arizona and Utah avenues will be completed tomorrow or Saturday, says J M Maguire, contractor for the state highway commission. The project started with buckled pavement, rough brick and cobblestone, and uneven street railway tracks making travel difficult. The route was long considered among the city’s worst.
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Helena
Butte
East Park Street
Arizona
Utah
J. ©. Maguire
State Highway Commission
Government buys 260000 Montana cattle in drought areas
The federal government purchased 260000 head of Montana cattle in 17 eastern counties, with cattle appraisal starting in Musselshell Golden Valley Petroleum Wheatland counties. The program expands to Stillwater Sweetgrass Fergus Peaverhead Broadwater as conditions worsen. Washington plans to slow purchases in two months to focus on feed distribution.
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Bozeman
Montana
J. C. Taylor
Montana Extension Service
Musselshell
Golden Valley
Petroleum
Wheatland
Stillwater
Sweetgrass
Fergus
Peaverhead
Broadwater
Washington
Farm Administration
Wallace
Citizenship hearing set Monday in Judge Downey's court
Twenty two petitions for United States citizenship will be heard at 10 o clock Monday morning before Judge T E Dow ney in district court. J C Harrington naturalization deputy said a representative of the immigration service from Spokane will attend. Petitions list names and home addresses including Lulu McDonald Nova Scotia Leonard London Canada Norman Atkinson England Mary Gorda Italy Shaben Ferris Syria Timothy Murphy Ireland Timothy Harrington Ireland Katherine Powers Ireland and other details continued on page 2 column 3.
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United States
T. E. Downey
J. C. Harrington
Immigration Service
Spokane
Lulu McDonald
Seal Terrace
Nova Scotia
Leonard Arnold London
Waukesha Street
Canada
Norman Atkinson
Delaware Avenue
England
Mary Gorda
Atlantic Street
Italy
Shaben Ferris
Utah Avenue
Syria
Timothy Joseph Murphy
Idaho Street
Ireland
Timothy Harrington
Wyoming Street
Katherine Powers
East LaPlatte Street
Ire
Coming Wedding of George and Marina Hailed as Love Match
The engagement of Prince George to Princess Marina of Greece was announced as a love match. In a Paris interview they described their happiness and plans to marry in England this autumn and make England their home. They discussed economizing on their wedding prep and her trove of trousseau shopping in Europe.
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Prince George
England
Marina
Greece
Salzburg
Austria
Rumor
George
Sen
United Press
Paris
Munich
Helen
Prince Nicholas
Yugoslavia
London
Prince of Wales
Union Officials and Company to Meet Today on Strike
Federal mediators P. W. Chappell and R. C. Jacobson said a morning session will be held at the Finlen hotel with union representatives and Anaconda officials to push toward a strike settlement. A previous day meeting involved miners engineers and Anaconda and Great Falls mill and smeltermen with company leaders.
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Anaconda Company
Finlen Hotel
P. W. Chappell
R. C. Jacobson
Butte
Anaconda and
Great Falls
Textile strike mediation board fails to reach arbitration
The mediation board failed to secure agreement from mill owners after two days of talks amid gunfire and rioting in strike centers. William Green of the AFL said the board would report to the president as Saylesville violence continued and both sides prepared for a protracted conflict. Governor Winant said officials remained ready for a new approach.
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Washington
Textile Strike Mediation Board
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
National
Saylesville
R. I
Leonard Waters Elected President of Floral Park Men's Club
Leonard Waters was elected president of the Floral Park Men's Club at a well attended meeting last night. The group discussed forming a volunteer fire department with initial equipment costs around 2000 dollars including a fire truck and hose. No action was taken and the topic will be revisited next Wednesday. Waters succeeds Frank La Sage while Charles Boulware is named vice president and Rube Schafer, Bill Coughlin, Carl Jordan, Frank Le Sage and J. W. Halloran are named trustees.
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Leonard Waters
Floral Park
Waters
Frank la Sage
Charles Boulware
Rube Schafer
Bill Coughlin
Carl Jordan
Frank le Sage
J. W. Halloran
Quintuplets Lose Weight as Weather Blamed
In Callander Ontario on September 12 Dr A R Defoe blamed a three ounce weight drop in Yvonne one of the Dionne quintuplets on weather conditions Two other babies shed small pounds Doctors plan to move the infants to the new hospital once it is free of paint fumes The hospital opens Friday and nourishment for the quintuplets increases starting tomorrow their milk supply rising to 134 ounces daily and tomato juice to 30 drops more.
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Callander
Ontario
Yvonne
A. R. Defoe
Dafoe
Old Fish and Game Commission Upheld by Court Ruling
Helena Sept. 12 The Montana district court upheld the rights of W P Sullivan Square Butte William F Flynn Anaconda and William Steinbrenner Missoula to hold office on the state fish and game commission after Gov Cooney revoked their appointments in a quarrel over a state game warden. The ruling follows a quo warranto suit begun by Sullivan and covers related members.
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OLD Fish and Game Commission
Helena
W. P. Sullivan
Square Butte
William F. Flynn
Anaconda
William Steinbrenner
Missoula
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Lyman H. Bennett
Virginia City
Frank H. Cooney
Harry P. Stanford
Kalispell
B. L. Price
Laurel
Cooney
A.C. Baumgartner
Great Falls
P. G. Gutensohm
Whitefish
J. J. Harper
Ray G. Lowe
Glendive
W. C. Keil
Billings
State Capitol
J. W. Carney
Department
Boarders Won’t Need to Take a Chance Now
Local report says a meat grinder theft at a Quartz Street boarding house ended with a police report. Judge Bennett upheld Sullivan’s rightful control of the office and dismissed Baumgartner’s claim as invalid, clearing Sullivan to recover costs.
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East Quartz Street
Carney
Sullivan
Bennett
A. C. Baumgartner
Cooney
Baumgartner
Federal Troops Asked as Mobs Break Windows and Loot Stores
The American Federation of Labor urged a central agency uniting business, labor, consumers and government to plan and execute a production program. It cited auto and home construction as examples and warned uncertainty limits expansion. The federation noted large demand for homes and autos remains unmet.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Montana Weather Outlook Sees Showers Likely Thursday
Unsettled conditions in Montana with showers probable Thursday and Friday. Cooler temperatures expected in the eastern and southern portions on Thursday.
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Montana
Rioting crowds looted Woonsocket businesses last night
Rioting crowds that looted Woonsocket's business section drifted toward their homes after 3 AM as five truckloads of National Guardsmen arrived to aid about 200 troopers repelling the crowd. Police Commissioner J Hector Paquin sought state help as the crisis continued.
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Woonsocket, RK. 1
Woonsocket
National
Body of Morro Castle victim found on Manasquan beach
The body of Charles Elias, 54, of Passaic, a passenger aboard the Ward liner Morro Castle, was found on the beach by two fishermen. Elias had been listed as missing and apparently drowned. both arms were burned.
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Manasquan
N. J
Charles Elias
Passaiee
Morro Castle
Elias
SOS Distress Signal Delayed From Bridge
New York report notes a man carried a long delayed order for an SOS distress signal from a bridge. Details continue on page 2.
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New York
U.P
Central graduates plan college entrance drives
Twenty six members of last June's graduating class of Girls Central and Boys Central high school will enter various colleges this fall. With 102 Butte high graduates continuing schooling, they will swell freshman classes nationwide. Boys Central sends 19 graduates to universities, a high share for this year. Girls Central seniors applying for transcripts include Genevieve Tansey Benita Adlard Francis Venus and Dorothy Nevin to St Marys College Leavenworth and St Catherines St Paul.
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United States
Boys' Central
Girls’ Central
St. Mary’s College
Leavenworth
Kan
Genevieve
Tansey
Benita Adlard
St. Catherine’s
St. Paul
Minn
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