Snowstorm Closes Roads Across Montana State
Heavy snowfalls hit Montana with 2.5 to 10 inches across the state in the 24 hours before last night. Deer Lodge reported 10 inches, Livingston five or more, Missoula six, Billings two and a half. temperatures plunged to as low as 18 below at several northern towns. Roads around Livingston and Deer Lodge were clogged as snow and cold disrupted daily life.
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Livingston
Deer Lodge
Montana Power Company
Tutte
Wix
Missoula
Canyon Ferry
Billings
Great Faltx
Butta
Mystle Lake
Yellowstone Park
Zere
Chingak
Wavre
Glasgow
Liveingston
Helena
Primrose
Mim
Paraguay and Bolivia on verge of war again
From Asuncion Feb 17 AP dispatches report Bolivian patrols making frequent incursions into the disputed Chaco territory after months of clashes. Paraguayan officials fear new clashes may erupt into full conflict between the two nations as Indians retreat before invading forces near the Middle Chaco region. The Paraguayan charge d affaires at Washington reported the situation yesterday.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Chaco
State Department
Chaca
Washington
Snowbound Europe in Flood Peril if It Thaws
London reports indicate only a slight easing in Arctic severity across Britain and Europe, with little relief for some time. Weather disruptions persist as ice, frozen harbors, and halted rail links hamper communications from Poland to Germany, Galicia, Warsaw, and Danzig amid mounting fears of floods if thawing continues.
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London
Britain
Continent
Arctic
Poland
Galicia
Tarnopol
Governmente Fins
Aleighs
Tolder
Cggduia
Danzig
Warsaw
Danish State Railway
Beverly Hills mobster Doheny shot. secretary Plunkett dead
Edward Lawrence Doheny Jr. and his confidential secretary T Hugh Plunkett were found shot at Doheny’s Beverly Hills mansion. Officials say Plunkett killed Doheny then shot himself when a physician arrived. Coroners and doctors deem Plunkett mentally disturbed. Mrs Doheny admitted him to the home as police arrived.
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Tos Angeles
Cal
Edward Lawrence Doheny
of Magnate
T. Hugh Plunkett
Doheny, Jr
Beverly Mills
Plunkett
Doheny
Trict
Baron Fitts
Frank Nance
E. Fishhaugh
Fishbaugh
Tewenty
Rudderless Vessel 3 of FE Reported Safe After Search
New York dated report says the freighter Padasay had steering gear damage but crew repaired faults and signaled safe. An SOS from Captain William Ring of the President Harding indicated the ship was heading to destination. Search efforts by three ships lasted through the night with no further details released.
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New York
William Rind
United States
President Harding
Ine
Saipa
Pada- 1
North Atlantic
Patnsay G. IC
Ring
Inj Skinning Ocheles
Padasay
Hiner
Tarding
Bremen
Germany
Spanish Must be Awful Mashers Almeria Market Permit Rule
In Almeria Spain on February 17 AP reports AM males barred from the Public Square markets in morning hours. Buyers must hold a same day permit to enter or verify purchases. Governor defends move as protection for women from molestation during domestic duties. Fines await violators.
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Almeria
Spain
Row Over Gambling Dominates Louisiana Power Circle
A political rift grows between two powerful Louisiana figures once allied, with the controversy centering on gambling policy. Friends of the colonel expect a reply to the governor's statement tomorrow as tensions remain high after the latest public remarks at Lake Charles.
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Louisiana
T Louwistana
Wong
Lalon Rouge
Lindy in Capital Plans Westward Inspection Trip
Col Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Washington after two layovers in the Carolinas due to bad flying weather. He announced plans to depart within days for an inspection trip to the Pacific coast along the Trans Continental Air Transport route, traveling through the south. The report notes local coverage of gambling raid discussions and critical editorials linked to state affairs in Franklin and New Orleans.
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Washington
North
South Carolina
Miami
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tallingie
Ife
Pacific Coast
Trans-Continental Air Transport Company
Butte Murder Over Booze Ends in Fatal Shootout
In Butte on February 17 Tom Kal las of AZ was fatally shot by Louis Gust 56 after an altercation in a local coffee house. Kal las died two hours later. Gust was arrested after being found at a friend's ranch home and later signed a statement admitting he fired the shots while intoxicated.
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Butte
Tom Kallas
Louis Gust
Wallas
Guel
Tragic double murder suicided by husband in Chicago
In Chicago on February 17, Joseph Baumruk enraged by his wife Georgianna's refusal of reconciliation shot and killed her and their 2 year old son Joseph Jr who she held, then killed himself at the home of her father. Baumruk and his wife had been estranged according to police.
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Chicago
APJ
Georgianna
Joseph Baumruk
Joseph, Jr
Factions in Austria Readying for Clash
Vienna reports Austrian socialists and anti socialists arming for rival demonstrations in Mehling workmen district next Sunday. Chancellor Seipel has approved the meetings amid a long feud between the Hemwehr fascist forces backed by the clerical government and the Schutzbund Republican Defense League supported by the social democrats. The hostilities peaked in July 1927 with a mob burning the palace of justice and about a hundred people killed.
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Meilhng
Weiner Neustadt
Seipel
Hemwehr
Schutzbund
Republican Defense League
Social Democrats
Palace of Justice
Son of Noted Editor Wallace Rogers Ends Life
Wallace Rogers, 18, son of Bruce Rogers, noted economist and The Nation editor, was found dead in a Greenwich Village apartment. Police report lethal gas from three burners and a self-inflicted death. The father said they had agreed on privacy for the night after dinner, and he later learned Rogers had asked to be left alone. Shippey, below, saw the body after securing the door.
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New York
Wallace Rogers
Bruce Rogers
the Nation
Greenwich Village
Alans
Wallace
Hartwell S. Shippey
Shippey
Senate and House Convene at 10 This Morning
The senate and the house of representatives will convene at 10 o'clock this morning. Both chambers prepare for daily sessions with prioritization of routine business and debates.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Silverton and Eureka Are Cut Off
Durango Colorado February 17 Relief from a growing food shortage was in sight as workers cut through snow to free Silverton and Eureka. Avalanches buried the Denver Rio Grande tracks under 6 to 80 feet of snow, delaying a relief train. Officials expect the first train in five weeks to bring food and supplies to the mining camp near Eureka.
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Durango
Colo
Silverton
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Eureka
Five Car Train Crash Injures Crew and Shakes Passengers
A Third Avenue elevated train in New York crashed into an empty car near the Bronx terminus, injuring the motorman, conductor, and seven passengers, while about 50 others were shaken up. The scene is near Fordham University on a long curved section.
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New York
Third Avenue
Bronx
Fordham University
Body of Man's Kin Found in River. Lover in Custody
The Dauphin County district attorney announced a decision tonight on whether Harry Bowman will be formally charged in the wool murder. An autopsy was not officially released, but authorities said the woman's head bore severe bruising and water was found in the lungs, suggesting the injuries occurred before drowning. A long search continued.
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Auton
Robert T. Fox
Harry Bowman
Dauphin County
Marshal Foch Improves, May Leave for Convalescence
Taris February 17 AP Marshal Ferdinand Foch is steadily improving. Doctors say unless a relapse occurs he may leave for southern France to continue convalescence before the month ends.
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Taris
Ferdinand Ford
France
Fear for Vanished FourYearOld Girl in San Francisco Park
Police fear four year old Voris Virgina Smith Murphy may have been abducted after disappearing last Friday near a public park. A group of playmates reported seeing a man speaking to children as he walked along the path. Investigators disclosed a suspect who worked for a local company and claimed to have spoken with several children in the area.
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San Francisco
Voris Virgina Smith Murphy
Sainee
Jola A Williams
United Ies
Mniley
Pole Heliine
Haha
Movie Director Burns to Death in His Car
Warbank Cal Feb 17 Trank Gallagher motion picture director burned to death in his automobile after a highway collision. Gallagher's car was driven by Mack Meaverton 17 high school student and the other a mobile fiery in the accident was driven by Yyron Starner north Hollywood fireman. Mr and Mrs Wo Folland and their 12 year old daughter of Pasadena were bruised. Harner held under arrest on a charge of manslaughter.
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Warbank
Cal
Trank Gallagher
Gallagher
Mack Meaverton
Yyron
Starner
North Hollywood
Wo €. Folland
Pasadena
Passegers
Harner
Washington Estate Sold to John C Rockefeller Jr Buy
New York February 17 CAIN Porc chase by John Rockefeller Jr. of 267 acres of the Wakefield estate where George Washington was born in West Moreland County Virginia announced today.
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New York
Cain
John
Rockefeller, Jr
Wakefield Estate
George Washington
West Moreland County
Viegsray
Fatal Crash Delays Family Visit to a Dying Relative
In Chisago, Fez, 17 APIA Chicago and Northwestern fields, a car accident harmed Salvadore Cascino’s family as they rushed to a bedside. Three relatives died en route and several others were injured, including Mary 22 Toy 11 Virginia 17 Mrs Caseino and Mariey 18.
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Fez
Apia
Chicago
Northwestern
Salvadore Cascino
Kallingy
Ams
Mary
Toy
Virginia
Caseino
Mariey
Five Killed When Train Strikes Car in New Jersey
A train struck a car in Woodbridge, New Jersey, killing five people from a single family. Driver Joseph Plescia 32 survived, while Mrs Andreae Barcia and their two daughters, Virginia 24 and Franca Prisesa 54, died in Lodi.
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Woodridge
Donndrene Chan
Erweerath
Joseph Plescia
Linh
Des Marchirte
Andreae Barcia
Vagelina
Franery Prisesa
Lodi
Barrows Seen As Manila Post Choice In Pacific Gossip
Pacific Coast political gossip says David P. Barrows, co president of the University of California, may take the Manila post after General Wool's death. The note links Barrows with Stimson and a possible Philippines appointment within Hoover era circles.
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Stimson
Phiippines
Hoover
David PL Barrows
University of California
Manila
Pacific Coast
Barrows
Missing militiaman found sleeping in haystack
Dallas Feb 17 AP A policeman and National Guard members who hunted for Howard Mathis 30 a National Guard private thought kidnapped by thieves targeting the armory he guarded learned he had curled up in a haystack and slept the night away
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Dallas
Texas
National
Howard Mathis
National Guard
Mathis
Five Important Measures Go To Final Passage Today
Five Montana house measures were slated for final passage. Bills 179 180 and 181 involve bank regulation and hit and run and drunken driving penalties. Bills 37 37 direct reform on drunken driving. Bill 206 targets rural dance hall regulation. Representatives Dougherty MacRae aided by Bell Barry address driving under influence and hit and run with stricter penalties. Continued on page ten.
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Harry GC
Baker Hive
Montana
House of Representatives
Dougherty
MacRae
Barry
Ballard
Girl Poisoned butte Man Under Arrest
In Butte a 22 year old woman, Mrs Panny Mobrose, died at her home shortly after returning from a party. A partly bloodied bottle of poison was found beside her when police answered the call. A man named James Mee was taken into custody as the suspect. Police stated the investigation continues.
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Butte
James
Panny Mobrose
McGee
Copper futures trading eyed by National Metal Exchange
The New York committee of the National Metal Exchange studies the feasibility of standard copper futures trading. Only tin futures are currently traded on the exchange, but copper shows rapid growth in importance and interest.
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New York
Med
National Metal Exchange
Trotzky in Constantinople critically ill in Soviet consulate
Constantinople February 17 AP reports Leon Trotzky is so critically ill in seclusion at the Soviet Consulate that removal to Ankara or elsewhere is not possible. He remains bedbound, attended by nurses and the four guards who brought him from his exile in Alma Ata, Russian Turk.
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Constantinople
Leon Trotzky
Angora
Tus Wate
Alma Nata
Chicago Gang Killing Linked to Detroit Men
Chicago prosecutors tie a series of seven gang killings to Detroit suspects. Police search intensifies as leads point toward Canadian syndicates and the Purple Gang in Detroit. A secret conference with Detroit officers signals arrests expected soon.
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Chicago
Detroit
Fon O
St. Vadenumne
Stork
Offeers
Aoatel
George Moranixang
Hah
Detroft
Sixtean
Purple Ganas
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