May mean new system proposes federal flood control takeover
Washington reports that Congress will expand flood legislation to include New England alongside the Mississippi valley after hearings to be opened by the House flood control committee. Chairman Reid plans scientific and professional input with Army Engineers to devise a nationwide flood policy and seeks quick relief, anticipating delegations led by Chicago Mayor Thompson and delegates from many states.
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Washington
New England
Mississippi Valley
Congress
House
Mississippi River
American Society of Civil Engineers
House Committee
Army Enginers
Thompson
Chicago
Reid
Mis
Floods in New England Kill Dozens Across Vermont and New Hampshire
Disaster follow floods in Vermont and New Hampshire as death toll rises with scattered reports of at least 123 lives lost. Authorities, including President and Governors, coordinate relief while communications improve in Montpelier and surrounding towns amid widespread property damage and hunger.
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Associated Press
Boston
Vermont
New Hampshire
Waterbury
Bolton
Merrimac
Connecticut
New England
Richmond
Winooski
Burlington
Montpelier
Governor Erickson to greet Emerson at Wyoming clash
Cheyenne dispatch notes Armistice day plans hinge on the University of Wyoming versus Montana game in Sheridan. Governors Emerson and Erickson will attend the grid classic and then travel to Billings for a ranchers meeting. Emerson tours irrigation projects and attends Worland corn show.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Montana
Sheridan
University of Wyoming-Montana
Emerson
J. E. Erickson
Billings
Emersor
Big Horn Basin
Worland
Mexican Leader Faces Squad
Gen Arnulfo Gomez joined by death with Gen Francesco Serrano as the presidential office announces Gomez was captured and executed near Teocelo Veracruz. The rebels against President Calles end as Serrano and Gomez fall after a pursuit by General Escobar.
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Mexico City
Francesco Serrano
Gomez
Teocelo
Vera Cruz
Serrano
Calles
Escobar
Orizaga
Dillon Preacher Got Evidence In Gambling Gases
Attorney General Foot pressed his drive to end gambling in Butte. Ten men were arrested on gambling charges, a new complaint filed, and an abatement proceeding begun as card rooms shut down and chairs were stacked on tables, signaling a police campaign. Details continued on page 15.
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Dillon
Foot
Butte
Explosive in Auto Kills Three Near Central City
In Central City Kentucky a car explosion claimed three lives and injured five others. Chemists found the tank’s gasoline carried over half nitroglycerine, based on samples from the wreckage. Dr. E. D. Porter was the vehicle’s owner, and investigators questioned how the volatile compound came to be involved.
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Associated Press
Louisville
E. D. Porter
Central City
Montana sheep shipments near 1926 mark in 1927
Dr. W. J. Butler reports Montana’s 1927 sheep shipments approach the 1926 peak. Through Oct. 25 the state inspected 334,228 sheep, with total annual shipments likely around 1,100,000. some were sent without local inspections to markets in Colorado and other states.
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Associated Press
Helena
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W. J. Butler
Montana Livestock Sanitary Board
Colorado
Butler
Montana Snowstorm Delivers Moisture Spurs Spring Prospects
A general early season storm blankets Montana with snow across cities including Helena and Great Falls while Missoula logs 2.03 inches of rain. The long stretch of moisture boosts grain ground conditions and promises a better growing season, with moderate temperatures and mixed rail disruptions in Bitter Root.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Great Falls
Billings
Bozeman
Lewistown
Anaconda
Butte
Missoula
Bitter Root
Stevensville
Chief of Woodmen to Visit Butte Wednesday
Two national officers I I Boak head consul and T W Midkiff head sentry will visit Butte Camp 153 Woodmen of the World on Wednesday afternoon and evening. Mrs Boak C J Nugent and local officers accompany them arriving 2:30 at the Great Northern station. Dr R G McNaul will head the local reception committee.
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I. I. Boak
Denver
T. W. Midkiff
Great Falls
Butte Camp No. 153
Finlen Hotel
Mrs. Boak
Mr. Midkiff
Hagen Captures Fourth PGA Championship Title
Walter Hagen recalls a break in the Big Match as he birdied three times in a row to seize a late margin. The undefeated American golf champion clinched his fourth PGA crown at Cedarcrest Country Club in Dallas, finishing with two pars to halve the home hole and secure a historic five times overall record.
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Walter Hagen
Niwapaper Alliance
Cedarcrest Country Club
Dallas
Texas
Joe Turnesa
Alex Pirie
Chicago
United States
Cedar Crest Country Club
Butte Shows Montana Goods To Restore Local Preference
Butte Chamber of Commerce hosts a Montana products show on November 10 to 12 to promote buying locally grown potatoes apples cherries and honey. Backed by the Montana Extension Service Montana Potato Improvement Association and the State Horticultural Society the exhibit aims to cut imports from Idaho and Washington by proving Montana products match or exceed imported quality and appeal.
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Montana State College
Newcastle
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Montana Extension Service
Montana Potato Improvement Association
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State Horticultural Society
Plane believed found near Panama in Dole flight
San Francisco reports a Panama dispatch describing a boat shaped wreckage likely from a Dole flight aircraft. Observers say the Golden Eagle, the all wood torpedo shaped plane piloted by Jack Frost and navigated by Gordon Scott, fits the description as the only seaworthy missing plane.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Panama
Jack Frost
Gordon Scott
Bartlett Stephens
Millsfield
Marine turns 10 tampering trial witness in Sinclair case
A newly enlisted US marine, Douglas Catchim, may testify before the grand jury in the Henry Sinclair jury tampering probe. Catchim, formerly Burns Detective Agency assistant manager in Washington, was subpoenaed after being surveilled while jurors linked to the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy case. The grand jury session today heard testimony from a high school girl and another juror.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Haiti
Harry F. Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
Douglas Catchim
Burns Detective Agency
Sinclair Oil
Catchim
Hampton Roads
Port Au Prince
Norfolk
Nuisance tax schedules on committee agenda in House Ways
Washington November 5 The House Ways and Means Committee adjourned for the weekend with tax revision hearings about halfway complete. Treasury recommends limiting reductions to 225 million while witnesses press for corporate tax cuts and faster resolution of some 16,000 tax appeals.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Cormittee
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