Hickman Admits Another Murder In California Case
In Los Angeles a jailed youth, William Edward Hickman, confessed to a second murder the killing of druggist Thoms during a holdup in Rosehill near Pasadena. His alleged partner Welby Hunt also confessed to participation while denying firing. The pair faced arraignment on kidnaping and murder charges as crowds watched in the Hall of Justice.
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Tom
Young Hunt
Driskell
Hickman
Hunt
Perry M. Parker
Marian
Thoms
Rosehill
Pasadena
Jall
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Myron Westover
Carlos Hardy
California
Hall of Justice
Superior Court
Walsh
Asa Keyes
Hardy
West
Keyes
William Edward Hickman
Rob
D. J. Oliver
Oliver
Alhambra
Edward
Frank Bernoudy
Welby Hunt
Bernoudy
Los Angeles
Bernaudy
Butte Veterans Apply for $840000 Claim in Three Weeks
In three weeks since a campaign warning of the Dec 31 deadline, about 700 veterans have applied for roughly $840,000 in adjusted government insurance. C Owen Smithers says average claims run around $1200. midnight Dec 31 is the cutoff and Legion aides will assist at headquarters. Many applicants are from Butte with others from nearby towns.
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Silver Bow Post
C. Owen Smithers
Legion Headquarters
Smithers
Legion
Butte
Seven School League Basketball Games Scheduled Today
Seven class C school league games are set at the Y and KC gyms with matchups including Jefferson vs Harrison and St Lawrence vs Grant at KC, and Hawthorne vs McKinley and St Patrick vs St John at the Y. Merriman, NP railroad agent, travels to Duluth for New Year visit then returns to Butte in two weeks. Greece cost of living hits a new yearly high.
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Grammar and Parochial School
K. C
Merriman
W. H. Merriman
Northern Pacific Railroad
Duluth
Butte
Greece
Teachers 10 Resuhms Proposal on Retirement
Helena December 29 Representatives of Montana schools at the State Education association delegate assembly adopted a resolution to reintroduce a house bill on retirement for public school teachers in 1928. The plan calls for larger payments to build a reserve with state tax support to match teacher contributions. Retirement age set at 60, maximum 75. The assembly also renamed the administrators' conference the Montana Society for the Study of Education to emphasize research and a broader program across three fall conventions.
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Preas
Helena
Montana
State Education Association
Constitutional Committee
Administrators’ Conference
Montana Society For the Study of Education
Scholastic basketball teams prepare for 1928 season start
Butte and Central basketball teams begin their 1928 seasons with two and three games respectively. Central opens at Anaconda on Wednesday versus St Peter's high and Loyola high of Missoula on Thursday. Saturday Missoula high visits the Central quint. Butte hosts Missoula Friday and then travels to Lima Saturday to face the local high school.
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Butte
Central
Purples
Maroons
Anaconda
St. Peter's High
Loyola High
Missoula
Scandrett to Become Board Chairman of Major Railroad
Longtime Union Pacific executive Scandrett aged 51 is named chairman designate, to base in Chicago after rising from traffic expert to vice president in 1925. He will lead the firm as Byram, 62, who began on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and later rose to president of the St Paul, remains a key figure among receivers. Soap firms now buying whale oil. Parisian women use rose lipsticks.
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Scandrett
Union Pacific
Graauation
Law School
University of Minnesota
Central Western Division
Union Pacific System
Chicago
Mr. Byram
Galesburg
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Great Northern
Rock Island
St. Paul
Road
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Metals Bank & Trust CO
First National Bank of
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Phillip
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Symons
George Redhantz
Paul Redhantz
Madison, Wis
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St. Lawrence
Grant
Greeley
St. Joseph
Whittier
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