Budd Unveils $22 Million Great Northern Upgrade Plan
Ralph Budd president of the Great Northern announces a $22,000,000 program to modernize the line from Seattle to St Paul. Highlights include an eight mile cascade mountain tunnel, Glacier National Park terminal with sleeping car tracks, 110 pound rails replacing lighter stock, and extensive rolling stock upgrades.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Ralph Budd
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
Cascade Mountains
Budd
St. Paul
Washington
Wenatchee
Spokane
Montana
Glacier National Park
Freder ick C Hicks Dies At Belasco Theater
Frederick C Hicks alien property custodian collapsed and died at the Belasco theater in Washington. Appointed by President Coolidge in April he had led the eastern HQ of the Republican National Committee and served as a former NY congressman from 1915 to 1923. He was named special US minister to Peru in 1924.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frederick C. Hicks
Alien Property
Belasco Theater
President Coolidge
Thomas W. Miller
Fidac
International Veterans’ Organization
Hicks
Republican National Committee
House
New York
United States
Peru
Airplane Crash Fatal to Aviator in Cambridge
Sergt. Jesse de Ford died in a Cambridge hospital from a broken neck after an airplane he rode with Lieut. Samuel Carter of Los Angeles went into a tail-spin east of town Saturday. Carter was not seriously injured and to be taken to Walter Reed hospital in Washington tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Ohio
Jesse de Ford
Samuel
Carter
Los Angeles
Walter Reid Hospital
Washington
Mother slain in home as Glavinich goes trial
Miss Lena Jovica, wheel chair bound in robe, testified in Judge Lynch’s court against Tony Glavinich Yellowstone Park hotel cook. She describes the morning Sept 24 shooting at the Jovica home 801 Emma avenue as Glavinich fired at her and her mother. The injuries included bullet wounds to the thigh, shattered thigh bone, elbow fracture and severed blood vessel. Continued on page 2.
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Lena Jovica
Jeremiah J. Lynch
Tony Glavinich
Yellowstone Park Hotel
Emma Avenue
Jovica
Montana Men Warn Against Florida Realty Boom
Two Montana men question Florida land fever. Former Lt. Gov. W. M. McDowell urges Montanans not to be carried away by the craze. D. E. Wilder notes the phenomenon is puzzling, describing large land schemes, aggressive agents, and town-building aimed at wealthy buyers with little for wage earners.
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Montana
Florida
W. M. McDowell
South
D. E. Wilder
Butte Consolidated Railway Ticket Offices
National Ticket Agents
St Petersburg
McDowell
S. V. Stewart
Wilder
Havana
Cuba
Counterfeit Currency Ring Busted in Butte Jail
Joe M. Garcia, jailed on counterfeiting charges, led police to a Butte cabin where a crude operation produced tin dimes lead nickels and quarters. A Mexican gang used spurious money with a United States mint imprint on lead, with several hundred dollars planned from crude molds and equipment.
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Butte
United States Secret Service
Joe M. Garcia
United States Mint
Larkin and
Morrison
Grady Boatwright
Secret Service
Garcia
East Mercury Alley
Nye Likely Not Seated in Senate After Appointment
Washington dispatch reports the senate set to consider Gerald P Nye's seating after the North Dakota governor filled the late Senator Ladds vacancy. Nye predicted defeat as the elections committee favored an adverse report 9 to 2, saying the legislature lacked authority to appoint a senator.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Senate
Gerald P. Nye
Sorlie
North Dakota
Ladd
Nye
Senate
Committee of Elections
Elections Committee
Council Refuses Impeach Mayor
Seattle city council votes six to three against impeaching Mayor Edwin J. Brown after a grand jury report alleging vice flourishes in the city. The decision comes despite calls to remove him following the Dec. 3 recommendation.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Seattle City Council Today
Edwin J. Brown
Chapman Loses in Second Round of Battle for Life
Hartford December 14 Judge Thomas In United States district court denied Gerald Chapmans writ of habeas corpus and ordered return to the Atlanta fed detenido after the New Britain police man attack case continues on page 2 column 3.
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Chapman
Battle For Life
Associated Press
Hartford
Thomas
United States District Court
Gerald Chapman
P Layer
New Britain
Atlanta
Strawberries in October Draw Montana Department Attention
A Spokane inspector notes a Montana October shipment of Bitter Root valley strawberries failed U S No 1 grade due to a three inch snow cover. The car sold in Chicago yielded $2.50 per crate versus potential $3.00. Storm delays hindered packing, delaying effort to meet government grade.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculure
Washington, D. C
Montana
F. KE. Bailey
Spokane
Sipping Point
Washington
Oregon
U. S
Hamilton
House Approves Revenue Bill Cutting Surtax to 20 Percent
The House approved a sweeping revenue bill reducing the maximum surtax from 40 to 20 percent and lowering normal tax rates. Debate over the 26 and 30 percent proposals ended in rejection, while the exemption for single filers rose to 1500 and married to 3500. The five hour session also increased the earned income credit and set new tax brackets.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ratney
Illinois
la Guardia
New York
Garrett
Tennessee
Hip pocket search upheld for liquor in suspicious cases
United States District Judge ER. 8. Dean ruled that hip pockets may be searched for liquor if they look suspicious. The decision denied a motion to suppress testimony in the United States v Wood and Landis, stating the constitution does not prohibit all searches but only unreasonable ones.
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Portland
United States
Dean
Joe Wood
Alvin Landis
Landis
Prohibition
General Summerall Defends His Record Before Court Martial
Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, senior army officer, defended his record before the Mitchell court martial. He spoke on his time as commanding general of the Hawaiian department and his role last summer directing anti aircraft tests at Fort Tilden New York and night searchlight demonstrations at Camp Dix New Jersey.
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Washington
Charles P. Summerall
Army Active Service
Mitchell
Hawaiian Department
Second Corps
Fort Tilden
N. Y
Camp Dix
N. 2
Winter storm lashes western states with heavy snow
Winter's bitter thrust eased but left Colorado and Nebraska buried under up to 18 inches of snow. Rail and air mail traffic slowed as trains ran late and highways faced massive drifts. One death, Forest Reetor, 23, attributed to the storm near Deer Trail after a train derailment.
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Associated Prose
Denver
Colorado
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Cheyenne
Wryo
Wyoming
Leadville
Col
Forest Reetor
Deer Trail
Union Pacific
Kellogg Addresses Foreign Policy Aims and Locarno Faith
Secretary Kellogg outlines Coolidge administration foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He cautions American bankers against indiscriminate loans to German states and municipalities, reaffirms European rehabilitation efforts, and stresses the spirit of Locarno alongside its treaties. He hopes China gains freedom from unequal treaties and clarifies policy on global engagements.
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State Department
Locarno
China
Magee News Editor Faces June Trial Date
Albuquerque editor Carl C. Magee charged with manslaughter in the Lasseter death at the Meadows hotel in East Las Vegas New Mexico. Judge Armijo set June 8 for trial after Magee pleaded not guilty as lawyers sought an earlier session. Magee opposed the delay calling for a fast trial amid an altercation with ex district judge David J. Leahy.
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Associated Press
Las Vegas
N. M
Carl C. Magee
Albuquerque
John B. Lasseter
L. EB. Armijo
Magee
Lasseter
Meadows Hotel
David J. Leahy
Husbands and Wife Lose Pioneering Parents Same Day
O Cote of Alder and Mrs Rachael Theobald died within a day of each other in Montana. Desire Cote and Odilion Cote survive, with 39 direct descendants for Mr Cote and 50 descendants for Mrs Theobald. Funeral plans to be announced.
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Desire Cote
O. Cote
Alder
Cote
Montana
State
Theobald
Pennsylvania
Peter LeClair
C. Desjardines
Charles C. Goddard
East Mercury Street
Colorado
J. H. Crone
Butte
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