Businessmen foresee sound conditions and 1928 growth
Leading U S industrial chiefs from steel copper oil railroads auto and other sectors predict better times in 1928 with prosperity, while oil and coal face overproduction woes. Treasury Secretary Mellon notes factors deterring 1927 may vanish, stabilizing prices and markets.
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Associated Press
New York
America
Treasury
Mellon
Cokerell Kelley
Anaconda Copper Company
Eugene G Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Wisconsin girl faces blindness after hurried world travel
Miss Carol Hovius, 20, a former University of Wisconsin student, plans to travel the world before darkness. Graduating with honors, she taught in Iowa and seeks to see as much as possible as doctors say she will be blind within a year.
Lindbergh Lands in Belize in Hair Raising Visit
Col Charles A Lindbergh landed at a 400 yard field in Belize for a goodwill flight to Central America. He flew 200 miles from Guatemala City to inspect the field and landed despite perilous wires and a crowded grandstand. The crowd cheered as he chose Belize over San Salvador, continuing the trip.
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Associated Press
Belize
British Honduras
Charles A. Lindbergh
Central America
Guatemala City
San Salvadore
Phantom Stabber Strikes In Bridgeport Again
In Bridgeport Connecticut the so called Phantom Stabber fatally injures no one this time but wounds Mrs. Charles A Hinman 35 in the right chest The assailant is described as a short stocky man in a lumber jacket He has attacked roughly every three months since February 1925 with varied locations including a library church department store and populated districts The stabbing tonight is his 26th attack in nearly three years and follows his 25th attack by three weeks
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Associated Press
Bridgeport
Conn
Charles A. Hinman
NCanity to Be Hickman’s Plea Attorney Avers
Lawyer Walsh says NCanity’s plea option was sent to the coast by the boy’s mother and California code offers four pleas in the life battle.
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Hickman
Walsh
Plea of Insanity Considered in Hickman Case
Jerome Walsh Kansas City attorney outlined Hickman defense options in the Marian Parker kidnapping and murder case. He cited four possible pleas: guilty, insanity, guilty and insane, or not guilty and insane, with potential two trials for guilt and sanity.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Jerome Walsh
William E. Hickman
Marian Parker
Walsh
Kansas City
Herman Cline
Missouri
Hickman
Supreme Court
Health conditions in Silver Bow improve over 1926
County health figures show 213 contagious disease cases in 1927, down from 367 in 1926, with declines across most illnesses. Chicken pox rose to 43 cases, while scarlet fever dropped from 207 cases to 2. A 5 day absence rule for students and a spring clean-up drive are credited with the improvement.
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Silver Bow
Silver Bow County
Clarence Freindenstein
County Health Bureau
Reveal
Health Bureau
Butte
Bureau
Los Angeles Doctor Jailed in Widow Murder Case
Los Angeles physician Dr Charles M McMillan 57 was jailed on murder charges in the death of Amelia Appleby wealthy Chicago widow. Police traced jewelry and examined real estate dealings while noting a penciled will in McMillan name found at Appleby home and a canvas wrapping similar to the funeral wrappings.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Amelia Appleby
C. A. McMillan
San Fernando
F. Appleby
Weathy
Charles M. McMillan
San Fernando Morgue
Unitil
Eeen
DCC Ovhatenn
McMillan
Appleby
North Hobart Boulevard
Duluth
Minn
Amelia Appleby McMillan
Mollie Burke
Amelia Ellen Brough
Sher
Hope Abandoned For Mrs Grayson's Crew
Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and her three man Dawn crew remain missing after a week with little hope of survival. The amphibian plane departed Roosevelt Field last Friday for Grace Harbor N F with Lieut Oskar Ormdal Brice Goldsborough and Fred Koeller aboard.
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Associated Press
New York
Frances Wilson Grayson
Dawn
Grayson
Oskar Ormdal
Brice Goldsborough
Fred Koeller
Roosevelt Field
Grace Harbor
N. F
Transfers and Promotions at Milwaukee Revealed
Milwaukee personnel shifts announced from Seattle by Max Hobst reveal D. E. Rossiter to become general superintendent succeeding Rummel. Eastern staff move west and western staff shift east as preparations for the new regime proceed amid ongoing receivership.
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Milwaukee
Seattle
Max Hobst
Butte
James 'T’. Gillick
Hobst
D. E. Rossiter
Rummel
Tacoma
Butte Suffers Deep Freeze as Autos Stall and Pipes Break
Butte endures a severe cold snap with hundreds of autos stalled and water pipes breaking. Thermometers record 32 degrees below zero at Montana Street substation, with uptown at 25 below and citywide heading toward 30 below. Montana Power notes subzero readings across the state, listing many below zero including Basin for the coldest level.
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Montana Street
Butte
Montana
Basin
Montana Power Company
East Portal
Conrad O
Hebgen
Mystic Lake
Hardin
Cee Livingston
Lavina
Gold Creek
Chinook
Harlowton
Billings
Madison
Big Sandy
Glasgow
Marysville
Corbin
Great Falls
Malta
Fort Benton
al Canyon Ferry
Havre
Thompson Fis
Butte Endures Freezing Night With Record Low Temperature
Butte entered a second day of subzero weather with broken water pipes delayed trains and frostbite reports. Cars stalled in unsheltered spots filled garages as two boiler explosions caused ice and steam damage at 805 Zarelda Street and Granite and Idaho streets.
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Butte
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
Burlington
Great Northern
Havre
Zarelda Street
Granite
Idaho Streets
Frank Air Mail Bid Is Accepted for 475 Mile Route
Salt Lake City Utah December 30. The air mail contract for the Salt Lake to Great Falls Montana route was awarded to Alfred Frank of Salt Lake City. His bid of 2.47 2 cents per pound was the lowest submitted to the Post Office Department for the 475 mile route. Frank is now in the East negotiating for planes.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake
Great Falls
Mont
Alfred Frank
Washington Today
Frank
Post Office Department
East
Tourists Die When Car Is Hit by Train at California Crossing
Four automobile tourists from Aberdeen Washington were killed at a grade crossing one mile west of Fullerton California when their car drove in front of a Union Pacific train. The victims were Mr and Mrs Charles Arland and Mr and Mrs Albert Arland. The gateman reported frantically signaling with a lantern to stop the vehicle. Charles Arland was long connected with the Washington lumber industry before retirement.
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Associated Press
Fullerton
Cal
Aberdeen
Wash
Union Pacific
Charles Arland
Albert Arland
Fullerton Hospital
Washington City
Washington State
Treasury Chief Outlook on 1927 Economy
Secretary Andrew W. Mellon states 1926 showed sound underlying conditions with a recession from peak activity but continued progress. He notes falling commodity prices yet a high volume of business and widespread adaptation toward economical production and cautious inventory management.
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Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Associated Press
Washington
Deaths From Wood Alcohol Drop in New York
Health Commissioner Harris reports a seven year decline in wood alcohol deaths in New York while chronic alcoholism deaths rise. He notes 771 alcoholism deaths this year and 16 wood alcohol poisonings to date.
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New York
Harris
Bhat
Police Court Receipts in 1927 Near Ten Percent of City Debt
Butte records show police court fines and forfeitures totaling $98,288 for 1927 with monthly averages above $8,000. Bootleggers and vagrants accounted for most revenue as judges sentenced jail terms to numerous offenders including motorists and wife beaters. Monthly totals ranged from $4,415 in December to $12,244 in June.
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Butte
Shea
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W. C. Teagle
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Alfred P. Sloan Jr
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Patrick Crowley
New York Central Railroad
Wisconsin
Carol Hovius
Anding Marvelous Feat
Phantom Stabber
Child
Brunswick
W. R. Sloan
Sloan
Rossiter
Mining City
Buoielo
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