17 Year Old Floyd Hewitt Faces Execution Tonight
Floyd Hewitt, 17, convicted of slaying Mrs. Fred Brown and her 5 year old son in Conneaut, awaits execution in the Ohio Penitentiary after clemency denial. His attorneys argued feeble mindedness. Gov Donahey refused to intervene. Hewitt remained noncommittal, saying nothing as his last hours approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Floyd Hewitt
Vic Donahey
Ohio Penitentiary
Ceveland
Hewitt
Fred Brown
Conneaut
Doty Wins Croix de Guerre for Gallantry in Lebanon Fight
Bennett J. Doty recalls in a 1928 narrative his French Foreign Legion service near Damascus. He describes moving to El Chaba, a farm post, a direct hit on headquarters, a long relief march, Druse resistance, and a colonel mortally wounded demanding his stretcher bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doty
Company
Lebanon
Bennett J. Doty
French Foreign Legion
Standard and North American Newspaper Alliance
North American Newspaper Alliance
Damascus
el] Chaba
Druse
Legion
Andrea
Beirut
Sueida
Jebel Druse
Ezare
John Harvey
A Hero of the Big Snows Opens at the American
Rin-Tin-Tin stars in a Warner canine adventure set in the Canadian wilds with a hunger mad wolf pack. Alice Calhoun leads the action against the pack with an empty gun as Don Alvarado yields transformation. Leo Willis plays a villainous trapper while Mary Jane Milliken charms as the baby sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rin-Tin-Tin
Warner
Alice Calhoun
Miss Calhoun
Don Alvarado
Ed Nolan
Wastrel
Broadway Critics Laud Pansy in Fast Workers at Broadway
The Slade Taylor company receives praise for Cleo Taylor in the Pansy role in Fast Workers, with Lois Wilson starring in The Gingham Girl closing the double bill. Additional text recounts military duties, Croix de Guerre awards, and movements from Damascus to Halwee and Beirut areas amid World War II era postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slade
Mike) Taylor
Cleo Taylor
Miss Taylor
Taylor Company
Lois Wilson
Butte High Students Engage in Public Speaking and Activities
January speaking topics were announced in all classes at Boys' Central High. Seniors begin their speeches Monday. The December honor roll omits Joseph Powers, a senior, reducing the senior list to 16. Students earn Remington typewriting certificates. library hours extend after closing due to holiday returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Powers
Tom Daly
John McIntosh
Neal Shea
Remington Company
The
Maroon
Centerville and Walkerville News Notes
Local items report residents returning to study, illnesses, and social events. Miss Lillie Thomas returns to State Normal College. Jake Binney ill at 1409 South Fifth. New Year gatherings hosted by the Sons of St. George and Centerville clubs. numerous hospital and home visits noted for local families and members of the Junior Epworth league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Thomas
Williams Street
Dillon
State Normal College
Willakey Thomas
Jake Binney
South Fifth Street
Sons of St. George
Centerville
Lois Squires
Hazel Cloke
Henry Howard
Mario Tamietti
Edwin Thomas
Jack Maloughney
William Job
John Chespaglio
John Kelly
Margaret Pullman
St. James Hospital
Clifford Pullman
Bennett Street
Ella Egan
U. D. T. Club
Nellie Nettleton
Lester Smith
Dorothy Rogers
Marjorie
Eloise Egan
Margaret Nettleton
Mesdames Mamie Stride
Blanche Pollard
Lenore McQuaig
Kate Anderson
Dora Mitchell
Rose McDonald
Nora L. Curran
Margaret Boyle
Mary E. Schaad
Amy Krabler
Agnes Goodman
Frieda Hugo
Gladys Willis
Gertrude Rucker
Margaret Smith
Mary Schaad
Mount Bethel Church
Epworth League
Ladies’ Aid
Trinity Church
John Peters
West Pacific Street
Harold Johnson
Emanuel Johnson
East Center Street
Helena
Mount St. Charles College
F. T. Spencer
Trinity
Mount Bethel
League of Mount Bethel
Trinity Junior League
Joseph Pelletier
North Main Street
Ina Freedle
Floyd
Mont
Hurst Warns Men Off Hollywood Acting Field
Paul Hurst, supporting Ken Maynard in The Overland Stage at the Ansonia, warns hopeful male actors away from the crowded Hollywood market. With 17 years in film and 18 hospital rests, he suffered three broken ribs during production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Paul Hurst
Ken Maynard
First National
Overland Stage
The
Ansonia
Hurst
Rotary talk calls on Butte youth to imitate Lindbergh
Fred Furman urged four championship boys football teams at a YMCA Rotary luncheon in Butte to emulate Col Charles A. Lindbergh. He praised the aviator for humility and emphasized clean bodies and minds as key to athletic success, as team captains received banners and pictures of the wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furman
Rotary Club
Butte
United States
Greece
A. H. Douglass
Butte Public Schools
Harry A. Gallwey
Butte High Third Eleven
Washington
Franklin
Monroe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fred Furman
Colonel Lindbergh
The Gorilla Adapted for Rialto with Mulligan and Garrity
The Gorilla a Broadway mystery comedy by Ralph Spence is adapted for the Rialto cinema starring Charlie Murray and Fred Kelsey as Mulligan and Garrity. Alfred Santell directs a strong supporting cast including Alice Day Walter Pidgeon Tully Marshall Claude Gillingwater Gaston Glass Syd Crossley and Aggie Herring. Pola Negri appears in Barbed Wire for its last night tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gorilla
Ralph Spence
Charlie Murray
Fred Kelsey
Mulligan and
Garrity
Rialto Theater
Alfred Santell
Alice Day
Walter Pidgeon
Tully Marshall
Claude Gillingwater
Gaston Glass
Syd Crossly
Aggie Herring
Pola Negri
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Board of Pardons
D’ Armes
France
Order Arms
Halwee
Mount Hermon
Fort St. Nicholas
Marseilles
Central High
Walkerville
Newe Telephone
Rotarians
FUPEL
New York
Great Northern Fur Co
la Vogue Millinery
M. Alderman
Prop
Broadway
Dakota Butte
Rialto
First National Bank of
Butte, Mont
W. A. Clark & Bro
Bankers
W. A. Clark
J. Ross Clark
J. K. Heslet
E. J. Barker
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