Shanghai conflict eases amid terms for truce and US stance
Middle of the week shows prospects for cessation of hostilities in China as Japanese forces reinforce Shanghai and seek to seize a decisive victory before the League of Nations meeting. Talks in Geneva and aboard British ships raise hopes for a conference, while the United States and Britain oppose an economic blockade. Kidnapping of Lindbergh baby dominates domestic news as police widen searches and ransom demands.
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Japan
Shanghai
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Tsai Ting-sai
Chapei-Kiangwan
Line
League of Nations Assembly
Rathler
Geneva
Siir Howard Kelly
Council of the League
Joseph Paul-Boncour
John Simon
United States
Tokyo
Araki
Great Britain
League Assembly
State uses 1991 Montana school fund to share 878693.71 among counties
Treasurer distributes 878,693.71 from the Montana schools permanent fund to counties based on 5.17 per school pupil aged 6 to 21. Census lists 161,372 school ages. Silver Bow leads with 18,692 pupils and Yellowstone 10,225. Cascade and Missoula follow, with totals shown for all counties reflecting the statewide distribution.
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Williams
Montana
Silver Bow
Mineral County
Cascade County
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Carbon
Carter
Chateau
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Fallon
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Garfield
Glacier
Golden Valley
Hill
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Lake
Lewis and Clark
Liberty
Lincoln
McCone
Meagher
Missoula
Musselshell
Park
Petroleum
Phillips
Pondera
Powder River
Prairie
Ravalli
Richland
Roosevelt
Rosebud
Sanders
Sheridan
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Treasure
Valley
Wheatland
Wibaux
Yellowstone
Montana News Briefs Highlight Prohibition Raids And Weather
Across Montana March brings stormy weather and ongoing winter. Bar fixtures seized in prohibition raids at Butte are hard to sell under federal rules. Montana Automobile Association opposes federal gasoline taxes. Libby high water damages highways. Val A. Lechner becomes Billings police chief on March 1. O Neill schoolhouse in Musselshell County burns down. February records show highs of 68 in Havre and Miles City and 65 in Helena. Unemployment drive reports 166 workers hired at Havre since Feb 15. Plans favorable for an air mail route across eastern Montana Dakotas and the Twin Cities. Gasoline tax receipts total 161940 last month versus 307962 in February 1931. County poor tax cap set at 68 percent. Attorney General Foot issues opinion to J Justin Bourquin. Salyard urges motorists to repair cars to aid unemployment relief. Cream grading campaign begins March 1 to improve butter quality. Wild game feeding drive spreads across several counties with thousands of ducks and other birds on rations. Montana Supreme Court rules on Ray Gaunt and others convicted of federal prohibition violations.
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Butte
Montana Automobile Association
Libby
Lincoln County
Val A. Lechner
Billings
Bert Talgo
O'Neill
Roundup
Musselshell County
Mercury
Havre
Miles City
Helena
Dakotas
Twin Cities
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Foot
J. Justin Bourquin
Silver Bow
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Phillips County
Lake County
Flathead
State Game Department
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Ray F. Gaunt
Great Falls
AVID JAYNE HILL DIES. noted educator diplomat and scholar
Avid Jayne Hill former Bucknell University president for nine years and Rochester president from 1888 to 1896 died in Washington. He later became ambassador to Germany in 1907, served as minister to Switzerland in 1903 and minister to the Netherlands two years later. He sat on The Hague tribunal council and was an American delegate to the second peace conference.
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Avid Jayne Hill
Washington
Germany
Doctor Ill
Bucknell University
University of Rochester
Switzerland
Netherlands
Hague
The
Finland in Crisis as Lapua Rebels Rally
President Svinhufvud imposes a new safety law granting military powers to quell unrest as Lapua members threaten civil war. Army and civil guards mobilize to back the government and arrest Lapua leaders if possible, with disturbances centered in southern Finland around Mantsala. Britain’s era of free...
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Finland
Lapua Party
Pehr Evvind Svinhufvud
Lapua
Mantsala
Bayer Aspirin Warms Cold Days for Druggists
Cold, damp days lose their terror for those who carry Bayer Aspirin in the familiar little box. Drugstores urge customers to keep a supply for relief from aches and pains and to stay prepared during winter weather.
Holy Thorn Draws Devout Throngs to Glastonbury Legend
The Holy Thorn at Glastonbury draws visitors during Yuletide as legends tie it to Joseph of Arimathea and the Holy Grail. The site features the Chalice Well and sacred springs said to bear a red tint, linked to Saxon and Celtic saints and kings, with pre Roman traces still visible.
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Christmars
Yuletide
Joseph of
Arimathea
Wirral Bhm
Weargall
St. Joseph
Redeemer
Patrick
St. Brighid
St. Aldhelm
St. Dunstan
Syrup Pepsin Tonic Promised for Kids and Adults
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild stimulant for digestion. It claims benefits for children and adults, improving bowel movement regularity and reducing sickness, recommending it as a safer alternative to harsh laxatives available at drug stores.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Boys with adenoids and later snoring husbands
Advice to parents about adenoids in boys and potential snoring in adulthood. Mentions Barnum's “suckers” and suggests being an active interested father as a hobby.
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