Border Montana Warms Slightly as Snow Bales Travel
Montana pockets cooled but relief from bitter cold brought fresh snow across the south and west. Livingston reported 22 inches of snow with plows clearing sidewalks while Butte saw about seven inches. some districts exceeded 12 inches. Glasgow Chinook and Malta hit 30 to 35 degrees below zero and other eastern areas stayed frigid.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Livingston
Butte
Glasgow
Chinook
Malta
Montana Power Company
Harlem
Chateau
Havre
Big Sandy
Billings
Sand Coulee
Cascade
Conrad
Mystic Lake
Gold Creek
Hebgen
Madison
Beaver Canyon
Hauser Lake
East Helena
Basin
Harlowton
Stanford
More
Neihart
Corbin
Belt
Hickman Prepares for Legal Battle
The case centers on Hickman and Welby Hunt in the Thoms Drug Store holdup murder. Hickman admits Thoms was killed and probes into A R Driskell death near a high bridge in Pasadena continue over missing money. Former deputy district attorney Joseph Ryan declines to join Hickman’s defense as Hickman walks the jail corridors under guard.
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Hickman
Thoms
Welby Hunt
Alhambra
A. R. Driskell
Hunt
Pasadena
Driskell
Joseph Ryan
Walsh
Ryan
Negros Delivered From Old Bondage in Sierra Leone
Freetown January 2 All the negroes of the Sierra Leone protectorate began the new year free as about 250000 domestic slaves gained emancipation under Cree. Lady Simon credited for exposing conditions and pushing for freedom. Many freed will not see full fruits, others face bewilderment at sudden change.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
Africa
Simon
John Simon
General Storm Takes 48 Lives Across Regions
This report details a major cold snap causing at least 48 deaths, with Chicago fatalities reaching 25. The West and Northwest faced subzero temperatures, heavy snow, and blocked roads, while the Pacific Northwest and California saw blizzards and stranded motorists. In New York City, three men froze to death as the cold wave hit the area with shelters at capacity and liners iced up in the harbor.
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Middle
Atlantic Seaboard
Florida
Pacific
Chicago
Central States
Associated Press
Kansas City
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Spokane
Kelso
Wash
Feather River Meadows
Cal
Red Bluff-Westwood
St. Louis
Burlington Junction
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Rough Seas Halt S-4 Salvage Work at Provincetown
Rough seas and freezing temperatures halted salvage of the sunk submarine S-4 at Provincetown Massachusetts. Crew prepared equipment and trained divers while naval inquiry officials arrived for a preliminary survey and witness lineups aboard the Bushnell and Falcon.
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Associated Press
Provincetown
Mass
Provincetown Harbor
Naval Board of Inquiry
Boston Navy Yard
Leslie Bratton
C. H. Dunbar
Bushnell
Falcon
Equality for agriculture stressed by Bozeman speaker
W L Stockton Montana Farm Bureau president urged equality for agriculture rather than farm relief in his address to the Montana Farm Bureau annual meeting in Bozeman during Farm Week at the State college. Hundreds of farmers from across the state attend sessions with State college experts addressing farmer problems.
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Associated Press
Bozeman
Mont
W. L. Stockton
Montana Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
State College
Court fight for lake front sites to be opened today
In Chicago the long legal battle over the Lake Michigan lakefront reaches the United States circuit court of appeals. Heirs contest title to property including the Drake hotel and Lake Shore drive corridor once held by Cap’n Wellington Streeter, who died. The case resumes with heirs seeking control of the Gold Coast amid a century of disputes and encroachments.
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Lake Front
Associated Press
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Wellington Streeter
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Streeter
Ma’ Streeter
Drake Hotel
Lake Shore Drive
Gold Coast
Cap’n” Streeter
Heavy Snow Disrupts Rail Service Across Montana
Snowfall hindered rail traffic with Eastbound trains halted on the Cascades and Milwaukee routing No. 2 and No. 4 via Helena. A special replaced No. 2, arriving in Butte at 11:45 PM. No. 1 and other Milwaukee trains ran hours late. Northern Pacific mixed schedules. Great Northern and Union Pacific faced delays, while Montana towns endured subzero lows from Glasgow to Havre and beyond.
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Mercury
Cascades
Milwaukee
Butte
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Helena
No. 15
Great Northern
Havre
Great Falls
Union Pacific
Dawn Plane Missing Near Cape Cod Rumors Grow
The Dawn disappearance story gains credibility after Capt. R V Comeau reports hearing plane motors off Nauset Beach Light on December 23 before a heavy splash. Igon Sikorsky official L Shoumatoff says little hope remains if the craft went down off Cape Cod, winds pushing debris seaward at about 120 miles daily.
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Jerome Knowles
Oakey L. Alexander
Grayson
Cape Cod
R. V. Comeau
Nauset Beach
Belliveau
Nova Scotia
Portland
Salem
Mass
Associated Press
New York
L. Shoumatoff
Igon Sikorsky
Three Killed Three Injured In Georgia Train Collision
A head on crash near Glover's station Marietta Georgia killed three people and injured twelve as freezing weather affected signal lights and brakes on interurban electric cars. Passengers include Mrs Irwin McIntyre and T G Hudson with Meyer Metzk dying en route to hospital.
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Marietta
Glover's Station
Atlanta
Irwin McIntyre
Jonesville
T. G. Hudson
Meyer Metzk
Georgia Power Company
Reinforcements Move Fast to Quilali in Nicaragua Fight
American forces including the Nicaraguan national guard reinforced Quilali after a Friday capture of the rebel stronghold. Marines faced 400 insurgents under General Sandino near Bapotilla Ridge and drove them into the mountains. First Sergeant Thomas G. Bruce was killed. Lieut. Merton A. Richal and four others were wounded. Captain Richard Livingston, wounded by a bomb splinter, is improving and expected back soon.
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Thomas G. Bruce
United States Marine Corps
Honduran
Richal
Quilali
Sandino
el Chipote
Coco River
Richard Livingston
Philadelphia
Hospital Supplies Sought After Telpaneca Battle
A radio from Marine Corps Headquarters Telpaneca Nicaragua requests urgent hospital supplies and reinforcements for the Marine detachment that fought yesterday. One marine was killed, one seriously wounded, three others slightly hurt, as troops occupy a position to be held. The the Navy Department notes the first official word of the engagement.
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Washington
Navy Department
Marine Corps
Telpaneca
Nicaragua
Department
Butte Post Office Posts Record Year and Holiday Mail Surge
The Butte post office set a record in late December 1927 with a gain of about 25,000 first class pieces over December 1926. Postmaster Brimacombe credited 11 extra clerks, seven carriers, four special delivery workers, and three extra parcels trucks, all civily tested and on eligibility rolls, plus the regular staff, for handling the holiday flood.
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Butte
Brimacombe
Civil Service
Post Office
Ogden
St. Paul
Sos Skp Hs Nyt
Cvs
Mummers Parade Despite Cold in Philadelphia
In 17 degree weather about 6000 members of New Year clubs marched up Broad Street and the Parkway. Tens of thousands watched as paraders battled the cold, with hundreds requiring hospital care and several collapsing during the festive but frigid celebration.
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Philadelphia
Broad Street
Boy Bravely Guides Uncle From Fire After Christmas Tree Blaze
Denver, Jan 2. Andrew Campbell 16 ran through smoke to rescue his invalid uncle Joe Solis 40 from a burning home. The fire partially destroyed the residence starting from a Christmas tree.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Andrew Campbell
Joe Solis
White House New Year Reception Draws Diplomats and Citizens
King George of England and ambassadors attended the New Year reception in the East Room with guards and medals as Danish ambassador Constantin Brun and Belgian envoy Prince Albert de Ligne joined President Coolidge. Citizens queued for hours outside while others waited in doorways for a turn to greet the president and Mrs Coolidge.
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George
England
Constantin Brun
Belgium
Prince Albert de Ligne
White House
Washington
J. W. Huntsfield
New Hampshire
Cal
Father and Son Survive Gas in Garage Rescue
Dr. Long assisted by Mr. Crandal and neighbors revived a man and his son after exposure to fumes in a garage while thawing a radiator. The father and boy were found unconscious. oxygen and artificial breathing saved them. They were removed to St Ann's hospital.
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Dr. Long
Crandall
St. Ann’s Hospital
Mullen
Long
James
Coleman Jr
Mary
Brookhart Proposes Lower Fed Rates and Banking Reforms
Senator Brookhart of Iowa on the Senate banking committee proposes amending the federal reserve act to fix the rediscount rate at 3 percent. He would also allow fed reserve banks to conduct re deposit business and ban speculative loans for rediscount by national banks.
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Brookhart
Washington
Federal Reserve Banking System
Republican
Iowa
Federal Reserve Act
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve
Man Stabbed in Fray Over Woman in City
Oscar Lane of East Granite street was stabbed in the chest and injured on the face during an early morning fight in a Covert street room. Police seek Alex Louni. Maggie Niva is jailed on vagrancy and investigation charges while Lane's condition is serious but not life threatening.
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Oscar Lane
East Granite Streets
St. James Hospital
Covert Street
Alex Louni
Lane
Maggie Niva
Leo Crowley
White
Rodda
Louni
Life of Charles M. Kittle Senior VP to Sears President
Charles M. Kittle 47 died after a two week illness in Chicago. He began as a water boy at 14, rose through Illinois Central to senior vice president, served as federal manager during WWI era, and became president of Sears, Roebuck & Co. in 1924. He was married twice and funeral plans were not announced.
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Chicago
Charles M. Kittle
Illinois Central Railroad
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Kittle
Illinois Central System
Horatio Alger
Elkins
W. Va
West Virginia Central
Pittsburg
Illinois Central
Julius Rosenwald
Rosenwald
Mr. Kittle
Jane Dabney
Louisville
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General Storm
Middle West
Georgia
U. S
St. James’ Hospital
Chicage Company
Sears-Roebuck
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