Warden Of State Pen Gets Free Joy Ride
Florence prison escapeer Raymond Stickler 23 kidnapped Warden Lorenzo Wright and drove off with the warden’s son in Arizona. After robbing the pair near Chandler he fled toward the hills. Authorities and a $100 reward pursued him as Wright and guardians searched for the kidnapper.
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State Pen
Phoenix
Ariz
Haymond Strickler
Arizona State Prison
Lorenzo Wright
Florence
State Penitentiary
Wright
Chandler
Raymond Stickler
Stickler
Tucson
Southern Pacific Railroad
Maricopa County
Warry Tiscon
Iran An Tawa
Stobbery
Congress Stalls to Holiday Recess as Bills Move
Congress pushes toward Christmas adjournment amid friction over drought relief and employment measures. The Senate rewrote farm and power funding while the House sped approval of agriculture aid and irrigation loan bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Norris
Repubican
Nebraska
Lucas
Power Commission
Claude Draper
Wyoming
Ralph B. Williamson
Washington State
Wheeler
Montana
Commission
Agriculture Department
Irrigation Committee
Federal aid plan funds road work with emergency grants
States unable to match federal highway funds would get aid to cover the shortfall for five years starting 1953, enabling major road construction otherwise stalled. National forests and parks funds do not require state matching, under the Park Service, Public Lands, and Indian Affairs offices.
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Pennsylvania
Fez
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Hawaii
National Park Service
Public Lands’ Office
Governor Erickson Becomes Porto Rico Child Feeding Honorary Chairman
Montana Governor J E Erickson agrees to serve as honorary chairman of the Porto Rico child feeding committee after a request from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The national effort highlights malnutrition among island schoolchildren, with funds targeting lunches funded by Insular government administration under Dr Padin.
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J. E. Erickson
Montana
Porto Rico
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
United States
Erickson
Hoover
3. S. Grumbine
American Health Association
Theodore Roosevelt
H. M. Beardsley
Frederick H. Ecker
John H. Finles
Charles Evans Hughes
John Harvey Kellogg
Augustus P. Loring
Samuel Mather
Paul P. Moody
William Cooper Proctor
Owen D. Young
Porto Rieo
Padin
Great Falls Faces Police Vacancy Surge After Prohibition Convictions
Great Falls Montana sees a flood of applicant interest for six police posts held by officers convicted of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. Mayor J Fousek suspended the six and a hearing set for each officer. 60 applications have already reached the mayor.
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Great Falls
Monl
Upwand
May Gaunt
J. Fousek
Police Commission
Fousek
Metropolitan Police Law
Gaunt
David T. McElliott
Ernest Goings
Latest Cancer Facts For Publicity In Seven Countries
The American Journal of Cancer debuts with its first issue summarizing developments from over two institutions in seven nations. Dr. Francis Carter Wood edits the 506 page volume funded by the Chemical Foundation, featuring articles from Columbia Harvard Mayo and more. It questions whether age is a cancer factor amid diverse international research.
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New York
American Journal of Cancer
United States
The
Chemical Foundation
Francis P. Garvin
Francis Carter Wood
Columbia University
America
Japan
England
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
Columbia
Harvard
Memorial Hospital of New York
Mayo Foundation
Willem H. Woglem
Institute of Cancer Research
Sunlight and Irritants Linked to Cancer Slow Ways
The article notes sarcoma and carcinoma rise with age and possibly long life. Dr Woglom suggests age may not drive cancer, but prolonged irritant exposure could. It also praises sunlight in cancer care, recommending open air activity and a moderate tan to reduce pallor and boost resistance.
Rail Shares Take Up Swing In New York
New York reports a sharp rally in railroad securities with rail bonds seeing the strongest gains and rail stocks rebounding from November lows. The standards index rose 1.7 points for rails, while overall bond values jumped as investors cover shorts and expect improved equipment and liquidity.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Frisco
Wall Street
Mayor Thompson Files Million Dollar Slander Suit
Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson sues Col. Robert Randolph for 1 million dollars over a letter Randolph wrote to the federal radio commission about Thompson's prosperity plan. The suit alleges the letter and its publication injured Thompson’s reputation and hindered his policy to boost business and employment in Chicago.
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Chicago
Col
Robert Randolph
Oocration of Commerce
William Hale Thompson
Superior
Randolph
Federal Radio Commission
Thompson
United States
Iainois
Radio Commission
Cotone Eareek
Moline
Mississippi River
Post Office Department
Washington
Denver Attorney Is Reported Guilty On Three Counts
A referee appointed by the state supreme court in the disbarment case against Granby Hillyer former U S district attorney filed a report finding him guilty on three of four counts. The referee did not make a recommendation. Charges were brought by the state bar grievance committee in January and Hillyer denied the allegations of gross professional misconduct.
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Denver
State Supreme
Granby Hillyer
U. S
Hillyer
State Bar Association
Wiliger
State Bar
Masel
Hiliger
Colorado Lawyer Hillyer Found Guilty on Multiple Counts
Referee Robert L. Sterns found Hillyer guilty on counts accusing him of misappropriating a client’s funds and failing to properly represent a client and using money for mining property redemption from a tax sale. The fourth count involving arresting a stockholder to block a meeting was not sustained.
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Hield
U. S
Lamar
Prowers County
Colorado
Robert L. Sterns
Hillyer
Sterns
Members Try To Dodge Extra Session
Washington dispatch reports Republican leaders fear a spring extra session as a World Court dispute and stalled appropriation bills threaten government funding. Hoover reportedly will not call a special session to handle the World Court, while Muscle Shoals and large appropriation measures loom after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hoover
Senare Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
White House
House
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Lindbergh Fire Incident Delays Flight in Baltimore
Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh encountered a fire in the engine of their red and black monoplane in Baltimore. They and a mechanic fought the flames with a hand extinguisher while Mrs. Lindbergh shut off fuel and ignition. National Guardsmen assisted as the duo, fresh from Washington, prepared to depart for Newark.
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Baltimore
Charles A. Lindbergh
William H. Wilmer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Wilmer
Gencet N. 3
Lindberghs
Newark
Lindbergh
Montana Highway Contracts Promised in January
The Montana highway commission plans a special January meeting to let fourteen highway contracts totaling between 2.5 million and 23.09 million dollars. O Warden says federal funds to relieve unemployment will flow after Washington passes the bill, with Montana to receive about 1.471 million immediately to begin matching funds.
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Helena
Montana
State Highway Commission
Washington
O. &. Warden
Warder
Highway Commission
Highway ‘Commission
Montana highway funds set to relieve unemployment
The article details federal and state highway appropriations totaling around 3 million dollars for road work and forest improvements in Montana. It notes immediate availability of about 2.5 million dollars to relieve unemployment, with a state match of 1.671 million over five years. Fourteen projects are ready to begin, aiming to employ thousands as soon as construction can start. Chairman Warden departed for Great Falls after confirming readiness of the highway commission’s engineering department.
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Montana
Warden
Great Falls
Engineering Department
The
Highway Commission
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