Montana as Screen Gold Mine for Fox Film Plan
The writer argues Montana offers unmatched dramatic material for a Western film. He cites color-wrapped frontier scenes, buffalo hunts, wagon trains, and iconic figures from Montana's founding. He notes Fox Film seeks early Montana stories and urges using firsthand material from pioneers and state records.
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Montana
West
Viva Voce
Fox Film Corporation
Montena
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Clark
Columbia
Pend d'Oreille
Lewis and Clark
Snowfalls Blank Northwest Dakotas Four Inches Deep
A section of the Northwest including Fargo North Dakota received about four inches of snow. The precipitation began shortly before dusk and continued heavily through midnight as winter weather extended across the region.
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Associated Press
Fargo
N. D
Tragedy on East Park as two shot murder shocks city
A 20 year old Mexican woman, Damacia Martinez, was killed by two or three gunshots near a boarding house on East Park street when an ambush paused her escort Andres Sanchez. A third shot narrowly missed Mrs. Bryant at 617 East Park. Police detained Adolfo Rivar Herman Rosas Pedro Asencioc Jose Zavate and Jesus Rodriguez as investigations continue.
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Damacia Martinez
Elizabeth Bryant
East Park Street
Andres Sanchez
Sanchez
Bryant
Costello
Pedro Frago
Wolves Invade Italian Villages Near Naples
Wolves driven from mountains by extreme cold invade villages near Naples. They entered houses and barns, killing goats. Beating with poles, residents repelled them. Hunting parties set out and reportedly pushed wolves back to the mountains.
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Associated Press
Naples
Convicted Naval Officers Downgraded in Rank by Denby
Secretary Denby approved court martial sentences for Captain Edward H. Watson and Commander Donald T. Hunter. Watson loses 150 numbers and drops to the foot of the captains list, while Hunter loses 100 numbers and sits at position 149 in the lieutenant commanders list. The decisions followed scrutiny by Latimer and Long who endorsed the results as inadequate but noted long meritorious service. The naval department will furnish papers to the House Appropriations Committee examining losses from Honda for the upcoming bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward H. Watson
California
Point Honda
Donald T. Hunter
Delphi
Denby
Watson
Hunter
Department
San Diego
J. J. Latimer
Andrew T. Long
Bureau of Navigation
Fire Toll At Chicago State Insane Asylum Reaches Seventeen Dead
The Chicago State Insane Asylum fire leaves seventeen known dead and twenty nine inmates still missing as rescue efforts continue. Officials brace for higher toll while investigators review the blaze and containment measures. The tragedy prompts renewed calls for safety upgrades and facility overhaul.
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Chicago State Insane Asylum
Youth Sacrifices Life Protecting Sal From Negro
In Globe Arizona a 20 year old University of Arizona student Ted Grosh is killed and 19 year old Maxine McNelly is wounded when an armed black man assaults them on a road north of Globe. A white barber and a Black porter are jailed as investigators seek evidence. Governor Hunt offers 500 dollar reward for the slayer while threats of lynching arise but fade after officials pledge no definite evidence yet.
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Associated Press
Globe, Ariz
Ted Grosh
University of Arizona
Maxine McNelly
Grosh
Globe
Hunt
Phoenix
John Renee
J. A. Edwards
Two Negroes Dead After Christmas Day Firefight Near Georgiana
In Industry, near Georgiana Alabama, Christmas Day violence left two black men dead and a third dying after over 100 shots were fired by whites and blacks amid rising tensions. The clash followed Nilen Joiner, a white man, allegedly shooting Dempsey Powell, a Black man, on Christmas night.
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Associated Press
Georgiana
Ala
Industry
Nilen Joiner
Dempsey Powell
Burned to appease ghosts in Maine exhumation and fire
In Damariscotta Maine on December 26 the county attorney links an old belief about burning a murder victim to the exhumation of John Snow from Jefferson and the subsequent burning of the body in the nearby farmhouse where three people were killed.
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Damariscotta
Weston M. Hilton
John Snow
Jefferson
American Mineral Sold for Million in Valley Transfer
Spokane, December 26. Sale of the American Mineral Production company property at Valley to Northwest Magnesite company of Chewelah for about one million dollars was announced by C. R. Moore, general manager. Transfer is expected around February 1 and includes the mine and mill plus a six mile railroad.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
American Mineral Production Company
Valley, Wash
Northwest Magnesite Company
Chewelah
C. R. Moore
American Company
Moore
Valley
Life savers win battle with sea off Newport
Eight Yaquina coast guard crew members withstood a brutal storm in an open launch for over 40 hours to rescue crab fisherman Victor Webb. A tug later reached them with supplies and fuel as they rode a buoy near the harbor and struggled through Christmas Day and into the night before finally arriving in port.
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Associated Press
Newport
Ore
Yaquina Coast Guard
Victor Webb
Honduras to Pay Part of Her Debt
The Honduran government signed an agreement to reduce debt payments. For each bond of 100000 pounds, holders of bonds issued in 1868 and 1870 will receive 20000 pounds. Honduras borrowed 5398570 pounds in 1867 1869 and 1870 to fund a trans-oceanic rail project that failed. No interest has been paid since 1872 and arrears to Jan 1 1921 totaled 22326112 pounds.
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Honduras
Associated Press
Tegucigalpa
Great Britain
Frame Structure Traps Victims In Chicago Fire
In Chicago at the state hospital for the insane a frame dormitory fire killed or disabled many tubercular patients. Fifteen patients were confirmed dead with about 600 people in the building. 50 left but many returned. Fire began with an overheated boiler causing chaos as guards rushed to safety.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago State Hospital For Insane
Dunning
Hines Arranges to Help Wounded Vets Near Boston
Director Hines of the veterans bureau after visiting New England hospitals announced plans to add 160 beds to the Chelsea hospital near Boston with work to finish in early January. He said Congress could provide about $6,000,000 more, bringing the bureau’s total to roughly $11,000,000 for completing the hospitalization program, with $5,000,000 remaining from the Langley bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
New England
Chelsea Hospital
Boston
Congress
Prince Escapes Assassin in Tokyo Auto Attack
An attempted assassination struck at Prince Regent Hirohito as he traveled to a Diet session. He escaped uninjured while Crown Prince Michi-No-Miya Hirohito, heir to the throne, is noted for guiding earthquake recovery and plans to marry Princess Nagako Kuni on February 6.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Hirohito
Diet
Michi-No-Miya Hirohito
Japan
Yoshihito
Nagako Kuni
Judge 13 Disqualified In Suit Over Needle Worth Billions
Kiel Germany Dec 26 A darning needle sparked a lawsuit moved from Holstein district court to a higher tribunal because law bars district judges from cases involving articles worth more than half a billion marks. The holder who lost in lower court contends the needle’s ownership in a dispute with a neighbor. the needle now costs a billion paper marks.
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Associated Press
Kiel
Germany
Holstein
Canada’s Wealth Put At 22.48 Billion in Dominion Report
Ottawa reports Canada’s national wealth at 22,482,841,122 dollars with farm values at 6,953,351,789 based on the 1921 census. City real estate totals 5,944,000,000, railways and utilities at 2,865,000,000, forests 1,244,343,100, and mines 659,513,154.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
R. H. Coats
Dominion Statistician
Seco
Hut Steam and Electric
Dominion
Deserters Help Rebels in Guadalajara Advance
Deserters join rebels as government troops under Gen Lazaro Cárdenas approach Guadalajara. Two thousand federal soldiers clashed with the rebel army at Tamazula, capturing the town, taking 200 prisoners, and pursuing the insurgents toward Guadalajara. Obregon directs the campaign from Irapuato with federal forces entrenching near the Jalisco-Nayarit frontier.
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Associated Press
Nogales. Ariz
Lazaro Carenes
Interior of Mexico
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Tamacula
Enriquez Estrada
Obregon
Tepic
Nayarit
Jalisco-Nayarit
Irapuato
Guanajuato
Mexican federal forces join rebellion at Morelos Guerrero line
A bulletin from San Antonio reports federal troops under Generals Arneles and Sierra defecting to the Mexican rebellion led by Adolfo de la Huerta. The surrender occurred near the Morelos Guerrero boundary, prompting Puebla garrison withdrawal and Gomez to retreat toward Mexico City.
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Preas
San Antonio
Texas
Romulo Figueroa
Rafael Toscano Arneles
Jose Bolivar Sierra
Ruben Vizcarra
Adolfo de la Huerta
Morelos
Guerrero
Arnulfo R. Gomez
Mexico City
Puebla
Gomez
Genoveve de Lao
Sinclair Oil Group Wins Long Persian Concession
London Dec 26 The Sinclair group secured a 50 year concession to exploit oil fields in four of the five northern Persian provinces. The fifth province remains reserved for the Anglo Persian company after prolonged negotiations.
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Associated Press
London
Sinclair Group
Daily Mail
Teheran
Anglo- Persian Company
Missing Dixmude Dirigible Sparks Algeria Search Effort
Paris reports no trace of the giant Dixmude five days after disappearance. Officials say the airship may have landed in Tunisia or the Sahara, with last contact on December 21. Authorities broaden searches into southern Algeria as planes scan across Tunisian and Algerian fronts.
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Associated Press
Paris
Tunis
Africa
Sahara
Minister of Marine
Riverta
Tunisia
Sidi Abdallah
Bizerta
Malta-Tripoli
Algeria
Oea
Higeria
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