Zangara Sentenced 80 Years in Roosevelt Attempt
Giuseppe Zangara pleaded guilty to four counts of attempt to murder President-elect Roosevelt and received eighty years in prison. He taunted the court for a hundred years and claimed motive from his hatred of capitalists amid his stomach pains. Trial actions and possible death penalty for Mayor Cermak or Mrs. Gill were discussed as injuries to them improved.
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Homesteaders May Have Two Years More Time
The Senate Public Lands Committee authorized a favorable report on Senator Walsh's bill to extend the final proving up time for homesteads on public lands by two years. The extension would cover July 1, 1931 to December 31, 1933 for homestead entries and January 1, 1933 to December 31, 1934 for desert land entries.
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Sheriff Finds No Trace of Mitchell at Reed Point
Sheriff Floyd McAllister and deputies searched the Yellowstone river below the Reed Point wagon bridge for M. A. Mitchell, who vanished before the Price posse killing. They cut through ice 30 to 40 inches thick and lowered a light but found no sign of the body. Mitchell's car and belongings remain with Sheriff Bartels.
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Death takes Fr. McVeigh of Carroll College
The Rev Patrick F McVeigh Ph D head of the science department at Carroll college Helena died unexpectedly Monday after a heart attack He was born in Butte in 1893 and was its first graduate from St Charles college He studied at St Marys seminary Cincinnati and Catholic University Washington before his ordination in Butte July 10
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Supreme Court Upholds HB22 Bond Issue Validity
Helena, Feb. 18. The Montana Supreme Court upheld the validity of HB22 a $4 500 000 bond issue to refund the state floating debt The decision came after a suit by taxpayer W D Tipton challenging the act The court found no constitutional violation and declared the measure valid and subsisting The ruling cites alleviating warrants backlog and cash flow relief as grounds for the act.
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Cabinet lineup announced for Roosevelt administration
President-elect Roosevelt released a full cabinet outline naming Hull as secretary of state Walsh as attorney general Hall as state, Woodin as treasury Dern as war Walsh as justice Farley postmaster Swanson navy Swanson interior Ickes agriculture Wallace commerce Roper labor Perkins. Theodore Roosevelt Jr to be replaced as Philippines governor general by Homer Cummings former Democratic committee chair.
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Virginia
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Illinois
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Iowa
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North Carolina
Frances Perkins
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
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Connecticut
National Democratic Committee
Twenty-Eighth Annual Big Timber Fire Dept Ball Draws Crowd
The Big Timber Volunteer Fire department held its 28th masquerade ball with a full house and city musicians from Livingston and Bozeman. Total receipts reached 265 with prizes awarded to numerous attendees across ladies and gents categories led by organizers Mrs. Meisner and H. E. Halvorson.
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Governor vetoes bill to abolish chancellor
Helena Feb 22 The Montana senate rejected a proposal to cut its membership from 56 to 32 and heard talks on the legislature’s organization. The senate committee recommended passing senate bill 151 to permit county consolidation by referendum and rejected several other measures including an income tax bill and optional assessor offices. The governor vetoed a bill to abolish the chancellor position.
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Walsh Says Congress Finished With Prohibition
Senator Walsh of Montana told New York Times correspondents that Congress ended its involvement with prohibition repeal with the submission of the new amendment. He said the issue now rests with the states and that the Roosevelt administration would likely follow Chief Justice Marshall precedent on not issuing advisory opinions.
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Senate Sustains Greater Universities Support
The senate sustained funding for the Greater Universities program, reinforcing ongoing support for research and student initiatives. No further details available in the readable text.
Senate votes to repeal 18th Amendment by wide margin
The Senate approved a repeal resolution by 63 to 23, pushing the effort to the House with hopes of quick passage. The measure moves submission to state conventions for ratification, shielding dry states from liquor imports, while another proposed constitutional ban on saloon return was rejected. House leaders expected action by Monday.
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Marshall L Baker Dead in Spokane Washington
Spokane hospital obituary notes Marshall L. Baker age 77, Montana rancher since 1884 who moved to Spokane in 1919. His first wife died in 1909, his brother Jim died in Texas after a street fight, and Baker reportedly defended himself with a knife during the altercation.
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James J Corbett Dies at Age 66 in Bayside Long Island
James J. Corbett once famed for toppling John L. Sullivan died in his sleep at his Bayside Long Island home. The ex heavyweight champion aged 66 succumbed to a combination of illnesses that weakened him for a year and led to a fatal heart failure three weeks earlier.
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Billings Man Sentenced to One Year in State Penitentiary
Dodge Shannon of Billings was found guilty on counterfeiting materials charges by a district court jury in Helena. He received a one year term in the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge.
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Butte Police Hunt Reputed Killer of Four
Butte Montana February 16 a wide manhunt for Charles Kumzey described as the reputed killer of at least four men was launched with Kalispell authorities signaling uncertainty after Bob Bales the recluse trapper from the nearby mountains bore little resemblance to the suspect. Fingerprints will be compared to confirm identity.
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Kimzey
Roosevelt Relates Chicago Attack That Seriously Harmed Mayor
President elect Roosevelt recounts the Miami to New York train ride details of the February 15 incident in which Mayor Cermak was struck during a shooting attempt. He describes the moments after the blast, the fall, and the drive to the hospital with Cermak whose pulse revived en route.
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