Four Drown In Alaska Storm On Christmas Eve
Four people die when a skiff capsizes near Akutan in the Aleutians during a Yuletide trip. Elliott survives as others are recovered, while searchers pursue the missing Pioneer vessel amid a 70 mile gale and ice from the Copper River flats.
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Seattle
Wash
Gulf of Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Akutan
Aleutians
George Lemarquand
American Pacific Whaling Company
Game Commission
Seal
Chugach
Cordova
Pioneer
Katalla
William A. Taylor
Copper River
Kiwanis Conference In Butte Opens With Speeches
In Butte today Kiwanis of Montana delegates hear Mr. Pierce address the assembly followed by Ray Bowden on music in Kiwanis work. Sessions feature talks by Mr. Reif Snell and Abbott with an open forum. Governor Dietrich to order the meeting at 4 50 and dinner at 6 15 at Finlen hotel.
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Pierce
Ray Bowden
Reif
Snell
Abbott
Hawkins
Dietrich
Butte Club
Finlen Hotel
Hope for Four Is Almost Gone
Sturtevant and the coast guard destroyers Shaw Downes and Monaghan searched a 75 mile radius for Mrs Grayson and her companions Fred Koehler Brice Golds borough and Lieut Oskar Omdal continuing the coast guard hunt in a semi circle.
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Sturtevant
Coast Guard
Shaw
Downes
Monaghan
Mrs. Grayson
Fred Koehler
Brice Goldsborough
Oskar Omdal
Father Ready to Pay for Return of Boys
Chicago December 28 Associated Press reports two duck hunters missing since Monday near Glencoe. Alexander Maitland 25 and Robert Case 14 failed to return after a morning shoot and searches by air and lake rescue efforts continue. Stepfather Ernest Smith says he will talk money but does not believe kidnapping likely.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alexander F. Maitland
Robert Case
Lake Michigan
Glencoe
Maitland
United States Coast
Auto overturns in ditch near Shreveport kills three
An automobile overturned and plunged into a water-filled ditch at Gasagan near Shreveport Louisiana today killing Grover Allen 25 of Bossire City Miss Goldy Van 20 of Chicago and Mrs Milton Walker 16 of Alexandria and injuring two others.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Gasagan
Grover Allen
Bossire City
Goldy van
Chicago
Milton Walker
Alexandria
New Year Gifts Offered at Leys Store
A brief notice invites readers who received an unexpected Christmas gift to visit Leys at 20 N. Main St for a suggested New Year gift. The message emphasizes appreciation for thoughtfulness.
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Leys
Hickman on Murder Charge as Police Shakeup Occurs
Hickman faces arraignment tomorrow at 2 PM for the Parker girl murder while District Attorney Keyes and autopsy surgeon Wagner clash over death cause. A drastic police reorganization follows amid a rising crime wave, with top detectives reassigned to outlying stations.
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Herman Cline
Cline
Marian Parker
Central Detective Bureau
James Bean
Wilshire
Hickman
Frank Condaffer
Alfred Slaten
Bellevue Arms
Asa Keyes
H. F. Wagner
Wagner
Keyes
Educational body meets in Helena
Helena Mont Dec 28 That salary scales for teachers are used to stimulate more adequate training and longer tenure was the keynote of an address before the Montana Education association conference by Dr D E Davis president of the Montana State Normal college at Dillon He cited Cincinnati and Kansas City salary schedules as successful examples More than 300 delegates attend the conference with the delegate assembly to convene tomorrow morning The retirement law school finances dues and resolutions will be acted on later tonight no report on progress yet
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Helena
Mont
Montana Education Association
D. E. Davis
Montana State Normal College
Dillon
Davis
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Committee On
Motive explained in full in Hickman confession
The Examiner will publish Hickman's supplemental confession detailing the Marian Parker kidnap and murder. He describes strangling the girl with a towel and dismembering her, and cites self protection and securing ransom for college expenses as motives.
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Los Angeles
William F. Hickman
Marian Parker
Hickman
Asa Keys
Oregon
Butte Aviators Plan New Air Line Airport
Salt Lake already has a fine field. Mr. Lynch with 27 years experience taught Col Lindbergh. He and Mooney, each with years of flying interest, barnstormed in Western states six years ago and plan an air line project for Butte.
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Ent
Salt Lake
Lynch
Colonel Lindbergh
Mooney
Air mail route Salt Lake City to Great Falls awarded
Albert Frank of Salt Lake City wins the Salt Lake City Great Falls air mail contract with stops at Pocatello Helena and Butte at 2.475 a pound. He will organize a $100 000 business group to operate the 476 mile daylight service starting after 30 day contract period and linking with the transcontinental line in Salt Lake City. Departure times from Salt Lake and Great Falls are scheduled with midday arrivals at Pocatello Butte Helena and Great Falls.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Idaho
Helena
Butte
Albert Frank
Washington
Post Office Department
Frank
Salt Lake
Two Divorces Granted by Judge Carroll in City Court
Lydia Perodinketo received a decree of divorce from Warner Perodin keto and custody of their minor child with an extra $150 attorney fee. Anna Shea was granted a divorce from John Shea and may resume the name Anna Mayotte. no contest was entered. Trial in the Simpson vs Broadway Garage case is postponed to Jan 9. Estate inventories list values from $700 to $13,000 with guardianship and administration petitions scheduled for January.
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Lydia Perodinketo
Warner Perodinketo
W. E. Carroll
Anna Shea
John Shea
Carroll
Anna Mayotte
Shea
Robert H. Simpson
Broadway Garage Company
George Bourquin
Albert S. Nichols
Jeremiah J. Lynch
William F. Noyes
Robert McCaine
Arthur Mueller
Hattie Mueller
August Manula
T. A. Newman
Lillian Manula
T. F. O'Connell
Jane Jenkins
James Rule
Leona Campana
Pellegrina Campana
Lynch
Doctors Confer On Permit Gage In Helena
Butte and Anaconda physicians are reviewing permit issuance with the prohibition department. Nickerson says seven or eight doctors were discussed but no decision made. Some cases involve fictitious names writing prescriptions and multiple permits to one person in ten days. A meeting of the Silver Bow County Medical Association discussed the issue informally.
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Butte
Anaconda
Nickerson
Mr. Nickerson
Helena
Department of Prohibition
Silver Bow County Medical Association
New Year Merriment Promises Crowded City Celebrations
The 64th New Year will be greeted with dances and midnight snacks at Silver Bow club and special shows at Rialto Parkway and Broadway theaters. Revelers will party in streets with horns and flags while police warn against overindulgence and near beer as 1928 begins.
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St. Patrick’s
Silver Bow Club
Rialto
Parkway
Broadway
Oklahoma Senate in Capitol Stand Off with Guard
Oklahoma senators faced a National Guard presence at the capitol after an injunction barred their meeting. Adj. Gen. Barrett pledged force if needed while Johnston ordered troops to the capitol as senators gathered in hotel rooms and later moved to test the injunction's reach.
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Capitol
Adj
Charles F. Barrett
District Court
Mack. Williamson
Senate Group
Senate
Barrett
Williamson
Oklahoma
Clark
National Guard
Johnston
House of Representatives
Fred P. Branson
Supreme Court
Harry B. Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
State Supreme Court
State House
House
Lindbergh Reaches Guatemala City in Nonstop Flight
Lindbergh completes a nonstop Mexico City to Guatemala City flight of about 675 miles averaging near 100 mph. He is welcomed by President Chacon and officials with praise as crowds, media, and his mother look on. He plans onward stops to Belize and San Salvador during the Central American tour.
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Mexico City
Guatemala
Chacon
Lindbergh
Guatemala City
Evangeline Lindbergh
Ford
Paris
Havana
United States
el Faro
Oaxaca
Spirit of
Washington
Belize
British Honduras
St. Louis
Associated Press
San Salvador
Mr. Geissler
Aurora Field
Guatemala Club
Butte Doctors to Write Weekly Medical Articles
Butte physicians will provide weekly articles on various diseases in a series to be printed in local newspapers. The series was planned by Dr. Peter Potter Dr. R. C. Monahan and Dr. J. C. Shields during a Silver Bow County Medical association meeting. Dr. J. F. Lhotka read a paper at the session.
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Butte Physicians and Surgeons
Silver Bow County Medical Association
Peter Potter
R. C. Monahan
J. C. Shields
J. F. Lhotka
Two Lose Lives in Blaze on Steamer Clan Mac William
In Samoa on December 28 Captain W. Thompson and Chief Engineer Dishington perished when the steamer Clan Mac William burned at Vavau island in the Tonga group. The ship caught fire in her bunkers before reaching Vavau, was docked and burned, then towed to harbor where she sank after bow and stern buckled.
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Apia
Samoa
W. Thompson
Dishington
Clan MacWilliam
Vavau Island
Tonga
Vavau
New Year Feast Centers Turkey and Cranberry Sauce
The holiday menu again features turkey and cranberry sauce as the central elements of the New Year feast.
Teapot Dome Case Nears Final Decree In Navy Return
In Cheyenne Wyoming on December 28 the government lawyers Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene will meet with J W Lacey representing Harry F Sinclair to enter a final decree returning the Teapot Dome oil reserve to the United States Navy. The sole potential obstacle is Sinclair’s claim to Belgo titles tied to Fall lease quit claims. Sinclair argues titles should be returned.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Atlee Pomerene
United States
Ohio
J. W. Lacey
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
United States Navy
Sinclair
Belgo
Albert B. Fall
Fall
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Parker
West Side
Jerome Walsh
Sticks
Coronner
Frank Nance
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Cottonwood Falls
Kans
Bellevue
Marian
Lynch and Mooney
Tom and Jerry
Lindy
America
Valbuena Flying Field
Mark
Egypt
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