World Greets New Year As Caucus To Name Leaders
Montoya's 26th legislature opens with party caucuses at the Placer hotel at 8 pm. Democratic and Republican leaders, including Sen Leonard Pleuk and Rep Robert Faline, prepare to open caucuses, elect speaker candidates, and choose floor leaders. Two Republicans seek the speaker’s post. Continued on page 2.
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Montoya
26Th
Legislative Assembly
Placer Hotel
Senate
House of Representative
Leonard Pleuk
Liberty
Tle
Democratic Party
Concus
Naucur
Ses
Robert Fauline
Flathead
House of Representatives
Mill G. Goodwin
Silver Baw
For
Rathekellar
Ihe
Tel
Henry Green
Duwaom
Green
Democratic Howse
Seasion
Entirunes
D. M. Manning
Tromayre County
Archin D. McLeod
Cancade County
Ieader
Melvin Holness
Yellows Atone
Fred Ladbury
Lewin
Huge Dividend Declared by State Liquor Board
The State Liquor Central Board announced a profit dividend of 250000 to be distributed to state funds before year end. Administrator LM A Wasa noted it was the largest dividend in two years, lifting total profit to 1500000 for 1988 after excluding excise tax and retail licenses. Excise tax added 425009, with profits from liquor funds funding the teachers' retirement and temperance commission as well.
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Wad Mundo
LM. A. Wasa Pat
Mqnor
Gale
Htanor
Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Temperance Commission Fund
Wasa Auld
President May Appoint New Attorney General By Noon
Speculation swirls as Washington contemplates a noon Monday appointment for the next attorney general The possible choice includes Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan a New Deal ally who lost a recent race Roosevelt aides cited a long dall with Attorney General Cummings while pledging consultation and praise.
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Washington
Dec
APJ
Moone Rese
Witte Houde
Homer
Cumming
Frank Murphy
Arichigan
New Deal
Raciochan
Roosevelt
Burglar Suspected as Envelopes Reveal Missing Funds
Thornville Ohio December 31 AP three businessmen ponder if a thief turned new year trick. a grocer received 100 dollars while auto dealers got 50 additional. all sums mailed in marked envelopes from Columbus.
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Thornville
Ohio
Arroggint
Dilla
Columbus
Horgiar
Father takes own life and infant dies in car
Cleveland Tet 31 The coroner reports a father Andrew J Macy killed himself and his 16 month old daughter Carole Ann by leaving a car running with a hose in the car. He wrote a note to his wife Mary expressing despair and intent. Police say the wife disappeared after a hospital visit.
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Rho
Toroner
Andrew J. Macey
Clara
Jané
Gerber Xald Macay
Macy
Mary
Carole Ann
Ady
Mia
Macey
Wilbur Hartwig Dies Sudden Heart Ailment at 37
Wilbur Hartwig 37, a Helena native and valued former motion picture operator turned cigar stills maker, died early yesterday at his home on 2 South Benton. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 PM at Opp and Conrad chapel, burial in Resurrection cemetery. He is survived by his wife Margaret Morris, parents W. G. Hartwig of this city, two sisters, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements and out-of-town relatives noted, with local and California connections mentioned.
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Heleng
Soang Brainendman
Hin
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Opp
Conrad Chapel
Resurrection Cemetery
Gonagge University
Spokana
Wash
Nora
James Siggioe
Higgina Cigarture
Hawans
Helena Nerle No
Exglea
Ifo
Wen Bald
Esteam
Thane
Jim
Eoon
Ato
Higatoa
Margaret Morris
Whitehall
Alno
Long Teach
Calif
Mra
A. H
Washington rejects Japan plan to reframe China order
Washington flatly refused to recognize Japan’s bid to grant herself special privileges in war-devastated China. The State Department asserted the United States reserves all rights in China and would not concede any rights or changes to the old international order. The note signaled a likely broader shift in U.S. strategy as foreign policy faced a pivotal year.
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Washington
Japan
China
United States
Ina
State Department
Ordinance blocks baby’s hospital transfer in fatal case
In New York a case involving 1 month old Mary Ann Tet shows a city ordinance preventing her removal to a hospital. Patrolmen Edward Call and John Canavan faced quarantine and uniform destruction as they transported the infant, who died of measles, toward a Manhattan hospital several miles away.
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Dae
Mary Ann Tet
Taxtrole
Edward Call
John Canavan
Queens Coward
Manhattan
Mary Ann
CaVatham and
Canavan
Ety Board
Extimate
Automobile Horn Triggers Helena New Year Cheer
An electric horn blared in Helena on Main Street as two minutes of 1909 began, prompting drivers to honk in celebration. The unexpected start rattled the crowd and set off a festive, enthusiastic scene with legislators and visitors in town.
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Helena
Main Street
Gonte Hart
Nazi Resolution 15 Seeks More Power Next Year
Berlin reports a New Year statement from Hitler calling for stronger Germany with a bigger army navy and export trade. Goebbels in a hospital chamber urged unity for the year ahead as propaganda notes claimed the world belongs to the conquerors.
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Hitlee
Hitler
Germany
Centurion
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Brogdevolt
Corrigann
Godbhals
21 Trapped as Rescuers Fight Mine Fire
At Crown Hill Mine near Clinton Indiana a rescue team battled flame smoke and gas on New Years Eve to reach 20 or 21 miners trapped 308 feet underground. Signals heard through a telephone line guided rescuers as a crowd of about 8000 gathered outside. Continued on Page 4.
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Ind
Dee
Crown HI Iniue No. 0
Niet
Groun
Met
Liemann
Bank clearings for month top those for last year
Comparative bank clearings by month show 1938 totals below the previous year. December clearings reached roughly 14.0 million, with January to December totals surrounding 12.4 to 14.1 million in various months, indicating a weaker annual performance than the prior year.
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Menry Christman
Tisfrens
Tor Ho
Helena
Inet
Kontembor
Detohor
Price of silver fixed at 44.04 cents per ounce for 1998
Washington reports President Roosevelt fixed the price of newly mined domestic silver at 44.04 cents per ounce by proclamation effective to January 9. The move keeps mint delivery mandatory through that date with further changes possible after June 30, 1999 if Congress does not renew. Western congressmen warn against price cuts risking miner jobs as critics question Treasury price alignment with world silver trends. Continued on page 4,5.
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Rooetecit
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Orien
Siver
Treasury
Revelry 49 Hiked With Bloody War
Sunday 1938 saw revelry fade into history as world banners toasted the new year.China Spain and Europe faced brutal conflict while Axis powers pressed forward. Japanese bombings hit Kwanghung Hunan and nearby provinces as Germany warned of destiny for 1939.
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Europe
China
Spain
Tuntirgout
Franco
Ines
Unrcelona
Briday
Flood Control Surveys In State Coming
Major General Julien L. Benveys, chief of the army engineers, told Senator Wheeler that a report on engineers’ combined flood control prospects for the Big Horn and Yellowstone rivers in Montana is expected by December 1, 1989. Colonel Clarence L. Burderant was directed to join the two investigations and thoroughly study the Yellowstone basin.
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Washington
Dec
Julien L. Benveys
Army Engineers
Srintor Wheeler
Mont
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Ichley Wild
Clarence L. Bturderant
Kansas City
Yellowstone Basin
OMINOUS NEW YEAR TO FACE AN EUROPE CRISES TONE
A turbulent year of prison war and upheaval in Europe sets an ominous tone for 1939. Officials warn it may test democracies against dictators as leaders predict a decisive year yet uncertainty remains about avoiding further conflict.
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London
Nee
Marrow
Adolf “Hiver
Suajor
Yasr
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