Remains of Ben Fleming Taken From Slide Today
Ben A. Fleming, a Montana rancher and trapper, was reported buried by a massive snow slide five miles from Clydehurst in Park county. Sheriff Bartels and neighbors pursued the body, details recount a perilous rescue, and Fleming’s life history is noted including Arkansas birth, Montana move, and roles as cowboy, stock inspector, and deputy.
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Ben Fleming
Ben A. Fleming
Boulder Country
Ed Bartels
Jess Clements
Noah T. Ball
Ralph Brannin
Earl Wright
Roy S. Engel
Wade Koontz
Harry Kaufman
Clydehurst-on the-Boulder
Fleming
Bartels
Speculator Creek
Warren
Arkansas
Oscar A. Fallang
Fox West Coast Theaters Files Bankruptcy Petition
Fox West Coast Theaters Inc. the holding company for about 50 western Fox cinemas filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court in Los Angeles. Receiver Charles F Skouras of Skouras Brothers was appointed. A schedule of assets and liabilities will be filed within 10 days. High rents costly purchase contracts and low admission prices were cited as causes, with several theaters possibly to be closed.
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Los Angeles
Fox West Coast Theaters, Inc
Fox
Charles F Skouras
Skouras Brothers
Skouras
Boettcher Released by Kidnappers in Denver District
Charles Boettcher II, a young Denver millionaire, was released by his captors in an outlying residential district on Wednesday night after being held since February 12 when he was abducted from the curb as he prepared to park his car.
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Denver
Col
Charles Boettcher, II
Montana Senate backs income tax with targeted splits
The Montana Senate approved a bill to tax for incomes with exemptions of 1000 for singles and 2000 for married filers. The plan allocates 25 percent to state general fund 25 percent to common school interest and income fund and 50 percent to school equalization. The Donovan amendment to divert all proceeds failed 21 to 28.
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Helena
Montana Senate
House
Senate
Donovan of
Kane of Ravalli
Ruffcorn
Donovan
Walsh Marries Senora de Truffin in Havana
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana wed Senora Mina Perez Chaumont de Truffin of Washington and Havana in Havana with a civil ceremony and Catholic rites. The couple, accompanied by guests and witnesses including U.S. diplomat Harry Guegenheim, planned a Washington trip, while noting an uncertain future.
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Miami
Fla
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Senora Mina Perez Chaumont de Truffin
Washington
Havana
Washingon
Senator Walsh
Roosevelt
Walsh
Antonio Millas
Manuel Arteaga
United States
Harry F. Guegenheim
Edwin L. Reed
Felipe Mencia
Leopoldo Casas
Francisco Menendez Arias
Regina Truffin
Senora Maria Teresa Perez de Abreu
Alberto Herrera
Viriato Gutierrez
Andres Perez Chaumont
Jose B. Rionda
Montana Senator Walsh Marries Mina Perez Chaumont de Truffin
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana wed Mina Perez Chaumont de Truffin in a secluded Buena Vista Marianao Havana ceremony. The couple departed by airplane for Miami shortly after the nuptials.
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Havana
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Senora Mina Perez Chaumont de Truffin
Buena Vista
Marianao
Miami
Thomas J. Walsh A Democratic Leader From Wisconsin to Montana
Thomas J. Walsh born in Two Rivers Wisconsin June 12 1859 rose from public schools to high school principal ranks earning a life certificate and a B S from the University of Wisconsin. He practiced law in Redfield South Dakota and Helena Montana later joining Col C B Nolan. He ran for Congress in 1906 and United States Senate in 1910 and 1912, helped secure a Democratic legislature, won election with the largest vote total, and was reelected in 1918 1924 and 1930 by a united House and Senate.
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Thomas J. Walsh
Two Rivers
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Redfield
S. D
Henry Comer Walsh
Helena
Mont
Col. C. B. Nolan
State
Congress
United States
Thomas H. Carter
Henry L. Myers
Legislature Near Adjournment At Last Montana Senate Action
Helena March 1 The Montana senate sped through budget appropriation bills on the last legislative day indicating possible adjournment by Thursday night The finance committee chair noted house sums were insufficient but no conference was sought Bills moved to third reading and passed along party lines 36 20 34 22 with Kane Ravalli leading the floor effort
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Helena
Senate
Montana Legislative Assembly
Finance and Claims Committee
House
Kane of Ravalli
Reed Pushes Expulsion Of Pro Roosevelt GOP Senators
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania proposed to expel independents who backed Franklin D. Roosevelt in November from the Republican Senate caucus. He argued minority status gives leverage to oust rebels like Johnson California Cutting New Mexico La Follette Wisconsin Norris Nebraska. House and party leaders signaled opposition and urged states to define their own GOP loyalties.
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Washington
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Johnson
California
Cutting
New Mexico
la Follette
Wisconsin
Norris
Nebraska
McNary
Oregon
Mayor Cermak Expected to Recover from Wound
Miami physicians said Mayor Anton Cermak should live barring unforeseen circumstances after the assassination attempt on Giuseppe Zangara. They noted he is on the upgrade, overcoming the wound and ensuing pneumonic complication and remain confident of recovery.
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Miami
Fla
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Giuseppe Zangara
Cermak
Frederick Tice
Zangara
Roosevelt
Dr. Tice
House approves bill to aid water users
The House passed a Senate bill extending the moratorium on construction payments for federal irrigation projects. Voting 113 to 24, it defers payments for the last half of 1932 and all of 1933, affecting about 4.5 million dollars. Western projects benefit as interest on deferred payments drops from five to three percent.
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Washington
Senate
House
Cook County Stands Against Funding 1933 World Fair
Cook County refuses to vote a $10 000 appropriation for the 1933 exposition. Commissioner Peter M. Kelley urged county board action while noting the federal government has provided $1 000 000. Commissioner Dan Ryan argued funds are needed for the unemployed and local institutions.
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Chicago
Cook County
Peter M. Kelley
Dan Ryan
Watch Stops Bullet In Narrow Powell Narrowing Shootout
Louis Schwartz of Powell escaped a fatal pistol shot when a watch in his pocket absorbed the impact. John Winkelman, a farmer, fired at Schwartz after a feud allegedly rooted in Schwartz's ties with Mrs. Winkleman, who is divorced from Winkelman. The weapon misfired due to the embedded watch.
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Powell
Wyo
Louis Schwartz
John Winkelman
Farmer
Schwartz
Winkleman
Inauguration Week Preparations Near Completion
Washington crowds may reach 200000 as Roosevelt and Garner replace Hoover and Curtis. Decorations line streets with Happy Days Are Here Again as weather worries loom. Security plans are tight for the parade, oath, and White House events with a busy schedule for January 20 inauguration festivities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
Hoover
Curtis
Weather Bureau
Favor Retaining Low Forest Grazing Fees
The Senate approved a resolution urging Secretary Hyde to keep national forest grazing fees low through 1933 and sent it to the House. Sponsored by Senators Carey Wyoming and Steiner Oregon, the measure seeks to maintain the 1932 fees of 3 cents per month per sheep and 7 14 cents per month per head for cattle, half of 1931 rates.
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Washington
Senate
Hyde
National Forests
House
Carey
Wyoming
Steiner
Oregon
Senate approves county consolidation plan in Montana
Helena Feb 25 The Montana state senate on Saturday favored a provision for county consolidation directed by the legislature and subject to voter ratification. The measure responds to the lack of a constitutional provision for abolishing dual offices after consolidation. Senator Kemmis urged district voters should fix boundaries rather than the legislature. The amendment would allow the legislature to enact laws enabling consolidation.
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Helena
Montana State Senate
Kemmis
Richland
Wallace and Farley Named for Cabinet
President elect Roosevelt announced on Sunday that Henry A Wallace of Iowa would serve as secretary of agriculture and James A Farley of New York would be postmaster general. Wallace, a farm periodical publisher, is among democracy’s youngest leaders and follows his father Henry C Wallace who held the same post in the Harding Coolidge era.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
James A. Farley
New York
Democracy
Wallace
Henry C. Wallace
Harding
Coolidge
Judge Louderback Impeached On Misdemeanor Charges
Federal Judge Harold Louderback of California was impeached by the House on five articles alleging misconduct in receivership cases. The vote 183 to 142 sent the articles to the Senate, where a two thirds majority is needed for conviction. The motion surprised supporters after the judiciary committee had opposed impeachment.
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Washington
Harold Louderback
California
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Louderback
Grand Jury Indicts Insull Family and Others in Fraud Case
A Chicago grand jury charges Samuel In sull Sr his two family members and 16 others with using the mails to defraud in a $150 million securities firm collapse. The 25 counts carry up to 125 years in prison and $250000 in fines.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Bankrupt
Corporation Securities Company
Insull Utilities and
Greece
Samuel, Jr
Martin
Canada
Stanley Field
Marshal Field
Continental-Illinois National Bank and Trust Company
New York
Once
Insull
Auditing Corps
United States Bureau of Investigation
United States
Samuel, Sr
Illinois
Field
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T. J. Walsh
Senora DE Truffin
Wilson
N. C
Florida
Senator Reed
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White House
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Secret Service
John N., Garner
Texas
Wallace and Farley
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