Blizzard Snow Grips Montana From Butte To Billings
A statewide blizzard battered Montana with 15 inches of snow in Great Falls and many High Line towns. Meteorologists tracked a rapid barometric drop from 5 PM as the storm moved from the north to the south and west, with reports reaching Helena, Glasgow, Havre, Billings, and beyond by 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Weather Bureau
Great Falls
Dakota
Idaho
Madison Valley
Billings
Wyoming
Helena
Smith River Valley
Basin
Glasgow
Havre
Fort Benton
Conrad
Lewistown
Contempt Denied in Sinclair Juror Case
Defense counsel argued why District Attorney Gordon did not cite juror Edward J. Kidwell for contempt after affidavits from Don K. King and J. Ray Akers alleged Kidwell spoke with them. Justice Siddons asked for a petition, but Gordon deferred citing Kidwell, saying the action was separate from the Sinclair case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Thew Wright
Gordon
Wright
Don. K. King
J. Ray Akers
Edward J. Kidwell
Kidwell
Sinclair
Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
300 Men Make Last Stand Against Coast Fires
Three hundred men fought a major brush and timber fire near the Rim of the World highway above San Bernardino as Southern California faced a weekend of blazes. The San Bernardino mountain fire was expected to be stamped out within hours after burning through timber on Plunge Creek canyon crest. Across the region, five other fires burned, with the Verdugo hills fire near Glendale and Burbank declared completely out. A hundred houses were destroyed in Sunset Canyon and many workers suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
California
San Bernardino Mountain
Plunge Creek Canyon
Verdugo Hills
Glendale
Burbank
Sunset Canyon
Darrow Moves to Take Stand Amid Contempt Clash
The trial slowed as Sibbald presented documentary evidence to Connors. Remus pressed to cite Dudley Nichols of the New York World for contempt while Taft, II, county prosecutor, delivered a fiery defense attacking Remus and challenging his cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibbald
Connors
Remus
Dudley Nichols
New York World
Nichols
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Twenty Five Men Lost in Montana Blizzard
Twenty five Hope engineering crew members working on a Great Falls Shelby pipeline are missing seven miles from Shelby as a blizzard cuts roads and hinders rescue efforts. Communications are down and temperatures fall below zero as rescue parties press toward the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Shelby
Mont
Hope Engineering
Great Falls
Blizzard Sweeps Prairie Regions From Edmonton To Bow Island
A severe blizzard moved across Alberta late tonight, beginning in the afternoon and extending from Edmonton to the U S boundary, reaching Bow Island to the east and Yoho to the west, with the storm being described as one of the worst in years.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prairies
Alberta
Edmonton
United States Boundary
Rooks and
Bow Island
Yoho
Suppressed League Report on International Traffic in Women
The League of Nations commissioned a global probe into white slave traffic. This introductory article outlines a two part report, suppression by states, and internal disputes over publishing the second part with country names and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
John L. Balderston
Standard and North American Newspaper Alliance
North American Newspaper Alliance
Geneva
League Council
Grace Abbott
United States
League
Council
Assembly
American Bureau of Social Hygiene
William F. Snow
Princess Christina Bandini
Italy
M. Hennequin
France
Paulina Luisi
Uruguay
Isidore Maus
Belgium
Demeuron
Switzerland
W. Harris
England
H. E. Sugimura
Japan
Sugimura
M. Suzuki
Luisi
M. Deluc
Riviera
Garibaldi
Bascom Johnson
League of Nations Council
Snow
Paris
Johnson
Chamberlain
Eric Drummond
Poland
Roumania
Greece
Argentina
Egypt
Committee of Experts
Lilliendahl Defense Testimony in Killing Case
Mrs Lilliendahl began her defense describing a night car theft by masked men on Atsion road. She testified she was dragged from the vehicle and heard a shot before regaining consciousness, then crawled to the road for help. She sobbed multiple times during cross examination and remained steadier under questioning by the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atsion
Moonshine Sentences Enforced in Local Court
The court imposed varied penalties on moonshine cases. John Liebe received five months and $200. James Bennett forty days and $150. A Z Ellis three months and $200. Beatrice Jeffers and others faced fines up to $300 and jail terms. Cranny found guilty on one charge. Mann paid $150 and costs. Ferris fined $1 for minor liquor possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Liebe
Liebe
John Cranny
James Mann
Mann
Cranny
George Ferris
James Bennett
A. Z. Ellis
William Knapp
Paul Martini
Dennis S. O'Brien
E. A. Robert
Jennie Popish
Kate Farlan
John Korn Jr
Ed Gorman
Pat Murphy
Foren Aguettue
Camillio Aguettue
Mak Zucco
Pat Brown
Charles Battenschleg
Sam Cote
Sherman Cummings
Robert Devine
Owen Fagan
William Green
Bill Harlan
Joe Legue
John Tissolo
H. C. Matson
B. E. Mattison
Joe Malano
William Monahan
Ed McConkey
Thomas McMahon
Evan Nevin
Lige Oglesby
Si Perkins
E. Krohn
Denniz Ozburn
M. J. Ryan
Beatrice Jeffers
Frank Yamer
Peter O’brien
Congress Opens With Partisan Theater and Narrow Quorum
Congress convenes as President Coolidge prepares the annual message. The House re-elects Speaker Longworth and officers after a 417-member roll call. The Senate faces Smith Ware seating disputes but begins with a brief session and a chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Coolidge
House
Senate
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
William Tyler Page
Z. B. Phillips
Ephiany Episcopal Church
J. J. Muir
Smith
Ware
Beck
United States
Pennsylvania
Tilson
Connecticut
Garrett
Tennessee
Curtis
Nebraska
Robinson
Arkansas
Coolidge
Congress
Capitol Hill
Soviet Refusal to Face Propaganda Hinders Anglo Russian Talks
In Geneva the Soviet government rejects responsibility for communistic agitation in England, as Maxim Litvinoff and Sir Austen Chamberlain discuss a possible resumption of diplomatic ties. The failure to find common ground deepens the rift between Britain and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Geneva
England
Maxim Litvinoff
Austen Chamberlain
Moscow
Russia
DOLY IS NOW IN AMERICAN HANDS
Bennett J. Doty of Biloxi Mississippi known to the French Foreign Legion as Gilbert Clare of Memphis Tennessee was released unconditionally from his enlistment at Fort St. Jean and turned over to American consul-general Wesley Frost. He went to the Paris embassy then home wearing a civilian suit donated by the Legion that fits only in spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Marceilles
France
Bennett J. Doty
Biloxi
Miss
French Foreign Legion
Gilbert Clare
Memphis
Tenn
Paris
Doty
Wesley Frost
Fort St. Jean
Legion
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MR. Donnelly
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Comedy and
FOX Films
Lilliendarl Tello
Lonely Lane
Dawes
Phillips
du Pont
Delaware
Jones
New Mexico
Walsh
Montana
Deneen
Illinois
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Eader
Doly
Westinghouse
MAZDA
W. J. Sewell
East Park
Iceland
Norway
Holland
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Rel
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