Butte Sees New Year Open With Record Cold Spell
Twelve below is recorded at the hill station and Montana street substation with a cold wave grip lasting over 50 hours. Sixteen below zero marks the coldest reading as Butte enters 1928 amid wrecked water systems and ice-bound streets, the harshest New Year weather since 1924.
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Butte
Montana Street
Thompson Falls
Montana Power Company
Sand Coulee
Conrad
Mystic Lake
Hebgen
East Portal
Chateau
Gold Creek
Chinook
Livingston
Lavina
Harlowton
Butte Weather Bureau
New Year Celebrations Close 1927 In Capital
Washington observers bid farewell to 1927 with festive crowds in downtown areas and at venues across the city. A trumpet fanfare from the White House roof signaled midnight as the old year faded and the new year began.
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Associated Press
Washington
National
White House
Motion for sanity test for Remus heard Tuesday
In Cincinnati probate court a motion for a new sanity test for George Remus and a bond release was filed but postponed until next Tuesday. Counsel said the filing aims to perfect the record for an appeal of the prior insanity ruling. A habeas corpus petition by his brother in law also awaits settlement next Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
George Remus
William H. Lueders
Charles H Elston
Remus
Lueders
Gabriel Ryerson
Mrs Lindbergh Forced Down In Storm On Return Flight
The air liner carrying Mrs. Evangeline L. Lindbergh and party was forced to land at Whiting Indiana due to terrific head winds and sleet while returning from Mexico City to Detroit. Pilot Harry Brooks reported a safe landing and the group continued to Chicago.
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I’resa
Detroit
Evangeline L. L. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Mexico City
Whiting
Ind
Ford Motor Car Company
Harry Brooks
Chicago
Plane Crashes in Test Flight Kills Five in France
A hydro airplane during a test flight plummeted 1200 feet over Etang de Berre near Marseilles killing all five occupants. The accident's cause remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Marseilles
France
Etang de Berre
78 000 Phone Calls Handled by Butte Office
The Butte district set a record for 1927 with an estimated 78,000 local calls in a single day ending at 8 this morning. The operation showcased staff efficiency, with 28 young women on duty handling calls amid flashing lights and rapid connections.
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Butte
Central
Butte Telephone Exchange
Colorful Butte Welcomes 1928 In Festive Fashion
In Butte, a crowd braved 15 degree below weather to ring in 1928 with one of the citys grand New Year celebrations. Mine whistles, long a symbol of Both past and future, led the revelry as residents poured from parties, cabarets, and shows to join the cheers and a few fired shots into the night as the old year faded and the new year began.
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Uptown
Butte
Woman Said To Have Role In Parker Crime
Los Angeles investigators sought a woman believed tied to the Marian Parker crime. They reported an unidentified woman visited William E. Hickman at the Bellevue apartments on Friday December 16, suggesting the slaying may have occurred then rather than Saturday.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
District Attorney's Office
William E. Hickman
Marian Parker
George Contreras
Bellevue Apartments
Hickman
Donald Evans
Former Missoula Residents Gibson Fatal Train Crash
Missoula, Mont. dec 31 Mr and Mrs A J Gibson pioneer residents of Missoula were killed instantly when their car was struck by westbound Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train 17 at a crossing west of the city. The auto was demolished parts strewn along the right of way for 50 yards. Mr Gibson 65 years old and a noted architect came to Missoula in 1888 from Butte after moving from Ohio. He was married to Maud Lockley of Butte daughter of the first editor of the Butte Intermountain.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Mont
A. J. Gibson
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Gibson
Butte
Ohio
Maud Lockley
Butte Intermountain
Montana
First Jackson Day Dinner Back To Historic 1924 Route
Messages from the Democratic National Committee show 1,400 invitations sent for the Jackson Day dinner on January 12. Chairman Clem J. Shaver expects the rally to be the party's largest in years and reunite central figures Alfred E. Smith and William G. McAdoo. Also invited are Reed, Walsh, Robinson, and Ritchie.
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Washington
National Committee
McAdoo
Smith
Associated Press
Dec. Jr
Democratic National Committee
Clem J. Shaver
Beleve
Madison Square C Garden
Alfred E. Smith
William G. McAdoo
Two Meet Death in Train Wreck at Lead South Dakota
A Burlington freight train out of control ran down a hill near Lead, piling into a deep snow bank. Engineers Lou Baschky, 43, and fireman Frank Brown, 55, died. two other crew members escaped and were recovered from the wreckage and taken to a Deadwood mortuary.
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Lead
S. D
Burlington
Lou Baschky
Frank Brown
Deadwood
Federal Reserve Board reports 1927 year of strong credit
The Federal Reserve Board notes abundant bank credit and low money rates through 1927 despite a recession late in the year. It records national savings as exceptionally large and securities flotations at record volume, with industrial activity in the final weeks of 1927 showing a further decline.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Slayer Guilty in Second Degree Murder in Five Minute Session
Alfred Hunter, 24, pled guilty to second degree murder of wife Beatrice Bowen Hunter in Laramie on Nov. 6. Judge Tidball sentenced him to 25 to 50 years in the state penitentiary after a five minute proceeding. He killed his wife and then shot himself in the head. he survived with headaches and is under mental state observation.
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Associated Press
Laramie
Wyo
Alfred Hunter
Beatrice Bowen Hunter
V. J. Tidball
State
Hunter
Fred Puls
Holy Savior Church Dedicates New Building in Meaderville
Dedication ceremonies mark the 25 000 church in Meaderville a Romanesque brick structure built for the Jugo Slav community. Mass at 10 30 will be led by Rev Joseph Pirnat pastor with Bishop Finnigan preaching the sermon assisted by Father Gilmore deacon and others.
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Church of the Holy Savior
Joseph Pirant
Meaderville-McQueen
Finnigan
Helena
Father Pirnat
Father Gilmore
Giacalone
Bon Tempo
Bochis
Sullivan
Pirnat
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Coolidge
Weather Bureau
Evangeline Lindbergh
Mother of Ace
William Gibbs M'Adoo
Alfred FE. Smith
Parker
Demograto
Capital
Shaver
Rivals
Reed
Missouri
Walsh
Robinson
Arkansas
Ritchie
Maryland
Don
Slayer
Holy Savior Church
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