Robideau Killing in New York Mirrors Earlier Tragedies
A Kingston era report traces Joseph H. Liberty known as Frank Robideau through prison terms, escapes, and a 1910 double murder near Plattsburgh. The piece cites New York newspapers, detailing the Varno brothers shooting and a motive tied to pensions, with a note on the 1937 resurfacing of Liberty.
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Robideau
New York
Wheat Basin
Columbus News
Joseph H. Liberty
Frank Robideau
Frank Murphy
Plattsburgh
Murphy
Plattsburgh Daily Republican
Plattsburgh Daily Press
Clinton County
West Beekmantown
Henry T. Kellogg
Joseph
George Liberty
Clinton Prison
David Varno
Noel Varno
Joseph Liberty
Auburn
George
Dannemore
Beartown
Two Men Sentenced in Cattle Stealing Case
In Hardin on December 22 District Judge Guy C Derry sentenced Emmett Davisson 32 Hardin to four years and Louis Kerber 19 Custer to two years in prison after they pleaded guilty to slaughtering three yearling steers and a two year old heifer owned by Rancher Floyd Warren and attempting to sell the meat to Billings butchers.
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Hardin
Big Horn
Guy C. Derry
Derry
Emmett Davisson
Louis Kerber
Custer
Floyd Warren
Billings
Great Falls residents raid commodity store
The state public welfare board urged prosecution of Great Falls residents involved in the Dec. 11 raid on the commodity distribution office. Edward Teddy, the manager, said 45 to 60 people entered the office and removed about 379 clothing items for men women and children and bedding, with 85 participants recorded by the raid's end.
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Helena
State Public Welfare Board
Great Falls
Edward Teddy
Women seek invitations to Robideau hanging in Columbus
Sheriff Frank Murphy and Undersheriff Jack Benjamin report requests from women across Montana for invitations to attend the January 15 hanging of Frank Robideau in Columbus. Robideau awaits death at Yellowstone county jail. Custer county gallows will be brought to Columbus within 10 days. No invitations will be issued to women.
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Billings
Frank Murphy
Jack Benjamin
Columbus
Frank Robideau
Mike Kuntz
Wheat Basin
Robideau
Yellowstone County
Benjamin
Custer County
Miles City
Forsyth
Butte
Quake in Mexico City Kills Three
A powerful tremor struck Mexico City and much of southern Mexico lasting from nine seconds to over five minutes. At least three people were killed and widespread building and street damage reported. Ep center likely in Oaxaca state 250 miles south or off Guerrero. Seismographs damaged but lab officials confirmed dangerous center.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Oaxaca
Pacific Ocean
Guerrero
Wheat trading lively on Chicago Board of Trade
The Chicago Board of Trade saw the largest wheat futures business in seven years. Trading across all grains reached a peak not seen since 1933, with traders attributing the surge to greater public participation amid bigger crops.
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Chicago Board
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Grain Exchange
Congressional Leaders Say Balanced Budget Impossible
A group of senators from both parties warned that the current business downturn will push the deficit higher and tax revenues lower, making a balanced budget in the near term unlikely. They urged substantial spending cuts or a revival in business to restore receipts.
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Washington
Byrd
Virginia
Bailey
North Carolina
Adams
Colorado
Treasury
Bone
Bridges
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Montana
National Safety Council predicts 1937 auto deaths near 40000
The National Safety Council projected 1937 traffic fatalities around 40,000, an all time high. Through November 1937, 35,610 deaths marked a 6 percent rise from the same period in 1936, while gasoline use rose about 6 percent, tying to the toll.
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National Safety Council
Chicago
Newton D. Baker Dies In Cleveland On Christmas Day
Newton D. Baker former secretary of war who mobilized the great American army died in Cleveland after a heart attack. He had turned 66 on December 3 and had long lived at his home here while visiting his law office. Baker had recently appeared in court in Tennessee and had resigned as chairman of the Cuyahoga county democratic central committee.
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Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Ohio
Wilson
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Chattanooga
Tenn
Utilities
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cuyahoga County
Democratic Central Committee
Baker
Ohio man grapples rare bone disease with few cures
Akron Ohio December 27 doctors say a 35 year old man Thomas Lloyd has three years to live as he reveals a rare bone disease that causes bones to decay and disappear. Medical records show only 483 cases of multiple myeloma and no authenticated cure according to Dr G M Stevenson. Lloyd reported initial symptoms eight weeks earlier including loss of control of his right foot before other body parts were affected. He underwent X ray exams and sought diagnosis in osteopathic clinics in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Akron
Thomas Lloyd
G. M. Stevenson
Kent
Ohio
Lloyd
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Stevenson
Three Ex-Convicts Sentenced to Die for Kidnapping
In Huntington West Virginia on December 22 three former inmates were sentenced to death by hanging for abducting 79 year old Dr James I Seder a retired minister. The judge called the crime the most appalling in the region and linked the victim’s pneumonia death to his exposure after the Nov 1 kidnapping and Nov 11 discovery near an abandoned coal mine.
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Huntington
W. Va
James I. Seder
Arnett A. Booth
H. Clay Worth
Washington Pays Last Tribute To Kellogg
Officials and old friends gathered at the Washington cathedral to honor former Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. The service included remarks by Bishop Freeman who called Kellogg a prince of peace and coauthor of the pact for peace. Attending were top government officials, judges, and diplomats, with the widow arriving with relatives.
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Washington
Frank B. Kellogg
Washington Cathedral
Freeman
Kellogg
F. J. Ottis
B. B. Harris
R. D. Clark
St. Paul
Hull
Cummings
Commerce Roper
Hughes
Pierce Butler
Ronald Lindsay
Great Britain
Hiroji Saito
Japan
Stanley Reed
Shipstead
Minnesota
William D. Mitchell
Bert Fesler
Duluth
Minn
One Lesson Of This Kind Should Be Enough
Memphis Missouri reader recounts O L Wright and Mrs Wright aiding a driver after a skid near Farmington Indiana. They helped one car from a ditch, then encountered the same speeding driver again minutes later and did not stop to assist. The incident underscores the danger of reckless driving on icy roads.
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Memphis
O. L. Wright
Memphis Ice Plant
Shelbina Democrat
Wright
Yellowstone Park Official Leroy Hill Dies at 69
Leroy Hill 69 longtime Yellowstone assistant superintendent died at his daughter Mrs. R R Robinsons home in Mammoth Springs Iowa born Eastport Hill served Yellowstone from 1902 to 1931 including chief clerk in the army engineers office and later purchasing clerk and disbursing agent before retirement in 1927 due to ill health
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Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Leroy Hill
R. R. Robinson
Hill
Eastport
Iowa
Yellowstone Park
United States Army Engineer
Antonet Park Service
Christmas Season Ends in Heavy Toll Across Nations
The holiday period produced at least 500 violent deaths nationwide amid heavy travel. Traffic crashes caused most fatalities, while 14 people died by self harm and 30 by homicide or related violence. Illinois led with 50 deaths, followed by Pennsylvania, Ohio, and California.
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Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
California
Kentucky
Texas
Chinquapin
N. C
Unemployment tax to rise for employers after New Year
The payroll tax will go from 2 percent in 1937 to 3 percent in 1938, final federal rate set to become standard. Some states share the tax with workers, while exemptions apply to agricultural and certain domestic services and nonprofit activities.
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Washington
Social Security Board
California
Rhode Island
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Wisconsin
United States
Public service strike tests French government resolve
Paris reports a strike by 120,000 public service workers under the People’s Front leadership. Police evicted workers from six electric plants and two gas works as Premier Camille Chautemps pledged to compel returns to work if unions did not end the walkout. The stoppage disrupted bus and subway service for Paris’s 3,000,000 workers, including street cleaners sewer workers water gas and electric crews and garbage collectors.
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Paris
People’s Front
France
Camille Chautemps
French Communist Party
Trichinosis Outbreak Reported in Flathead County
In Flathead County Columbia Falls on December 27 doctors reported 33 cases of trichinosis the first local outbreak on record with one death. Ten year old Danny Hoerner son of Anton and Mrs Hoerner died at Kalispell hospital. Seventeen of eighteen Hoerner family members were stricken after the disease traced to hogs they brought from North Dakota.
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Columbia Falls
Flathead County
Danny Hoerner
Anton Hoerner
Kalispell Hospital
Hoerner
North Dakota
Connie Mack Celebrates 75th Birthday at Shibe Park
In Philadelphia at Shibe Park Connie Mack marked his 75th birthday with a luncheon for baseball writers umpires officials and players from his 37 years as Athletics manager. Though weak from illness he hosted the gathering that included members of his long standing baseball family dating back to 1902.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Shibe Park
Athletics
Self defense plea frees woman in ax death case
Viola Christiansen, 22, was released after a coroner’s jury found she acted in self defense when she fatally struck her estranged husband with an ax as he entered her home through a window. County Attorney Phil Greenan said investigation would continue.
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Great Falls
Phil Greenan
Viola Christiansen
Greenan
Christiansen
Martha Foster
Oza E. Foster
the Springs
Nine Montana projects approved by president
Senator Wheeler says the president approved nine Montana WPA projects totaling about 183 975 dollars. Projects include Great Falls airport 54287 dollars Great Falls water system 36848 dollars county buildings 12139 dollars Cascade county schools 18315 dollars Miles City fairgrounds 10613 dollars Livingston sewerage 34948 dollars Columbia Falls water 12116 dollars Harlowton high school gym demolition 2157 dollars Plentywood water 2552 dollars.
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Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Montana
Great Falls
Cascade County
Miles City
Livingston
Columbia Falls
Harlowton
Plentywood
Burning Question What Will Roosevelt Message Signal
Washington observers speculate on the tone of President Roosevelt's annual message to Congress opening the next session. Some believe a shift from recent policy toward a more forceful push for bills, while aides suggest a continuing hands off stance to let Congress shape its own record.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
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