Riot at Granite Reform School Ends With Prisoner Escape
Thirty-one inmates armed with pistols and machetes seized control of Granite Reform School in Oklahoma, killing tower guard Peter Vincie Pete Jones and forcing a chaotic breakout as visiting women and children sheltered behind a shield. Guards and authorities pursued fugitives through nearby hills, with several inmates reported wounded or dead and police descriptions noting a violent, premeditated escape plan.
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Delty Wierden
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Dhe
Diene
Tower Guard
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Sestern Oblahapia
Mra Goa
World News Whale Storms and Global Tensions Spark unrest
Fragmented world news notes describe gun battles in Granite Oklahoma and a U S Supreme Court hold vase. Washington faces budget clashes as Chamber of Commerce seeks 2 billion dollars. Foreign trouble areas include Cape Verde, Mal Codos, and Rome Massoltni a foretold emergency.
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Resonera
Euard
Wraxhington Nation
Washington
U18
Chamber of Commerce
Wil Wome
Willingay Cit
Voredgn
Praia
Cape Verde
Ustad-Mochantead
Mintelee
Ross
Frand
Muenan Alpes
Rome
Massoltni
Last Day for Introduction of Measures in the Senate
A report notes the last day for introducing measures in the Senate with a flood of proposals anticipated. Bills include a Planter measure to regulate railroads and a temperance commission bill by Campbell. Debates are expected on several items as committees prepare.
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Senate
California Gold Mines Under Guard by Deputies
Ameteein California reports state highway patrol and deputies guarding the Argon and Kennedy mines after clashes between union and nonunion workers. At the Argonaut mine reopened last Wednesday with about 60 nonunion workers. armed deputies moved workers between the mines and their homes. Vigilantes routed 120 miners from a nearby stronghold as tensions rise over the labor walkout.
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Ameteein
Calif
Deel
Argon
Kennedy
Pickering
Ptt
Wardty Pencottl
Argonaut
Suner
Train Derails After Collision. Two Die in Seaboard Line
Early today a Seaboard Air Line derailment killed the engineer and fireman and injured five others when a train struck a truck on a muddy track. Two men were killed and five injured as the engine left the rails and toppled into the ditch. several cars also derailed.
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Cee Ma
Movement 10 Put Up Roosevelt Again
The first Roosevelt for President club was formed to back President Roosevelt for renomination in 1946. Officers met at the courthouse, reorganizing as the Roosevelt for President club in the county, signaling local support and planning activities.
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Roosevelt
Florence
Atm
Courthoase
Pandardaln County
Ronsaevolt
California lettuce strike leaves two dead in El Centro
In El Centro two striking union lettuce workers were killed and four seriously injured at the William Wahl packing shed. Paw Knight and Kenneth Eldridge tamaker, both 24, were among about 400 pickets who confronted non union workers. Police say they were shot as the crowd charged the plant amid packed harvest. Three women and two men from the striking group were arrested. one non union worker was held for investigation. The Fruit and Vegetable Workers union, part of the American Federation of Labor, had called the strike over prize work and conditions.
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el Centro
Calif
Fea
William Wahl
Paw Knight
Kenneth Eldridge Tamaker
Knight
Hamiker
Immorial Valley
Anon
Thei Rirlking Gruimy
Wan
Fruit and Vegetable Workers Union
Anter Wan Federation of Laver
Congress Delays Major Administration Relief Plan
Congress enters its seventh week with no Roosevelt relief measure near final action. The delay pries at White House confidence amid Democratic majorities as lawmakers weigh the $4.88 billion relief bill and companion social security measure while Senate and House committees wrestle with governance. The president plans early talks with leading Senate Democrats to smooth action and may offer concessions next week.
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Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Supreme Court
Senate
House Ways and Menus
Senate Finance Committee
Major education bill before House as assembly starts last lap
The House convenes amid a push to clear approximately 335 bills in a race to the Senate before the 6th legislative day. Speaker Pikeram urges swift action while Rep Leavitt criticizes slow progress after a three hour session debating education measures including the county unit plan.
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Assembly
Pikeram
Ep. Leavitt
Custer
A Guide for Letter Writing from Washington Bureau
A booklet titled The UWANDY LETTER WRITER offers guidance for all kinds of correspondence including social letters and love letters. It promises standard recognized forms, immediate access, and mail delivery postpaid from the Washington Information Bureau.
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Uwandy
Washington Information Bureau
Rescue of Missing Alaskans by Plane After Week Stranded
In Anchorage Alaska February 17 1930 bruised and scratched seven missing Alaskans were rescued by a search plane after a week of exposure on the Yukon river near McGrath Their craft landed on a narrow river ice stretch amid trees and communication signals until a second plane returned to take two survivors to Anchorage while one remained for later extraction Pilot Howald Goorman and two passengers were aboard the initial plane with Water Call and Cecil Aleans aiding in the withdrawal The group endured severe conditions during their desperate week-long ordeal.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Howald Goorman
Evergreen Hough
Goodman
McGrath
Cecil Aleains
Carey confession fuels Montana court fight over misconduct claims
Tom Carey state official once pled guilty to indecent acts with young boys vows innocence in a notarized confession denied by Carey. The Independent reproduces the sworn statement as courthouses hold the original. publishers threaten libel suits if untrue. The piece also notes a February 17 supreme court ruling on New Deal monetary powers affecting citizens nationwide.
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Tom Carey
State Railroad Commission
Montana
Lewis Penwell
U.S
Internal Revenue
Western Progressive
Sherman Smith
Independent
Lewis and Clark County
Court House
Carey
Lewis Pennell
Daily Progressive
Statehouse
Thomas E. Carey
Penvwell
Monttana
Sielena
Tir
Anaconda Copper Company
Afrika
Sinen
Anaconda
Montana Tower Company
Wheeler
Jerry O'Connell
Power Trust
Washington
Supreme Court
Casey
Congress
Girl Kills Mama and Wounds Father in Family Tragedy
Cinburne Texas report says a teenage girl killed her mother with a shot intended for her father, seriously wounding him. She described the events to officers, then awaited funeral arrangements as authorities announced no charges would be filed against her.
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Mama
Cinburne
Texac
Web
Herout Wan
Officera
Shaananert
Gavan Jordan
Diss A
Rial
Alleracy Tenn
Jackson
NRA inquiry looms as Roosevelt hints at reforms
Washington February 17 reports say critics urge congressional probes into NRA enforcement and monopolistic code practices. Senators McCarran Nye demand impartial hearings. the NRA law expires June 16 with a push for a simpler agency less broad than the Johnson era.
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Songrens
Denmuty
NRA
OHL
Darrow Board
Wera
McCarran
Nev
Nye
Congressional
Senate
Hugh & Johnson
Wyoming Sales Tax Measure Passed to Ease Congestion
Cheyenne officials announce the Wyoming House approved a conference committee report on a 2 percent sales tax measure. Designed as relief, the new levy will take effect March 32, following adjournment at midnight. The move aims to streamline state revenue.
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Cheyenne
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