Tornado toll rises in Wisconsin and Minnesota towns
RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN HIT BY TORNADO KILLING TEN AS FOREST LAKE AND OTHER MINNESOTA SPOTS REPORT FATALITIES. NAMES OF DECEASED INCLUDE C. F. BRYAN OF TAYLOR FALLS AND MARIE TS GYM OF RICE LAKE, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS IN FOREST LAKE AND CLAYTON.
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Duluth
Minn
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Forest Lake
C. F. Bryan
Taylor Falls
Richard Pittman
Reeves
Wis
Martha Raane
Basil Traiscoms
Marie Ts Gym
Lewis Reed
Rice Lake
John Salmon
Clayton
Lindgren
Oil group limited production plans challenged by attorney general
Attorney General Mitchell ruled the American Petroleum Institute cannot proceed with US and global oil production limits without federal sanction, stating no such authority exists. Ralph C. Holmes of New York, head of a half trillion dollar Texas oil group, calls the position untenable and frank in reply.
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Lb American Newspaper Alliance
Mitchell
American Petroleum Institute
United States
Ralph C. Holmes
New York
Texas Company
Frank
Hoover eyes government reorganization for possible tax cut
President Hoover plans reorganizing government departments to secure economies and enable another tax reduction despite higher expenditures. White House officials say there is no basis to yet determine if or when a tax cut will be possible.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
U.P
Hoover
White House
Six Inches Snow Dazes Butte In Winter Weather
Six inches of snow coated Butte overnight as a quick weather reversal brought subfreezing temperatures and intermittent snowfall. Montana Power reports statewide chill with snow in northern central and western sections. A rising barometer hints at storm easing and warmer weather ahead with Montana forecast calling for mostly fair conditions. Downtown stood at 10 above last night after a 19 above morning, the day’s low at 17 above and the mercury dropping from a 52 degree high on Thursday.
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Butte
Montana Power Company
Montana
Butte Becomes Shell Distributing Center
Butte’s role as a distributing hub grows as Shell Oil Company Purchases land south of the railway yards to build a warehouse and multiple distributing stations. The Holland corporation with plants across the temperate zone follows precedents set by General Motors Acceptance, Texaco, and Penney stores in establishing headquarters here.
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Butte
Shell Oil Company
Holland Corporation
Shell Company
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Texaco Company
Penney Stores
Shell
Wreck of Bucharest Express Kills 27, Injures 65
A Bucharest Jessy express train derailment near Bezen in snowbound conditions leaves 27 dead and 65 injured. Victims include Romanian businessmen and soldiers. many bodies and wounded pinned in burning coaches as doctors race to reach the scene.
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Bucharest
Romania
Bezen
Governor Names Bozeman Man to Agriculture Post
A. H. Stafford of Bozeman, a longtime farmer and rancher in the Gallatin valley, was appointed commissioner of agriculture by Governor Erickson, succeeding A. H. Bowman. Stafford, former Montana Farm Bureau president, will move to Helena to assume duties, with a long record in state farming circles.
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Bozeman
Helena
Mont
A. H. Stafford
Gallatin Valley
Erickson
A. H. Bowman
Montana Farm Bureau
Gallatin County
Stafford
Montana
Butte Officer Captures Slayer Who Fled Prison
R Horace McCoy formerly known as Jack Kelly, who spent a month at a Butte mine, will be shipped to Salt Lake to resume a life sentence for murder and bank robbery. The 36 year old was found in a Butte shoe shop as described, with continued details on page 2.
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R. H. M’coy
Utah State Prison
Butte
Murphy
Powell
R. Horace McCoy
Jack Kelly
Salt Lake
McCoy
Americans Near War Zone to Be Protected
The United States and Secretary Stimson take steps to shield Americans in Sonora and Sinaloa as rebel activity near Mazatlan escalates. Washington warns rebel leaders again and dispatches Maj. Lassiter to San Antonio to convey seriousness. Gen. Cohell to visit Gen. Topete over repeated bombings near the border.
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Washington
Mexico
Sonora
Sinaora
Naco
Ariz
Stimson
Good
William Lassiter
San Antonio
Frank 8. Cohell
Arizona-New Mexico
Fausto Topete
Topete
Sinaloa
Mazatlan
State Department
Autoists Burned By Battery Acid In Wreck Near Meaderville
Roy McElroy Clifford Godman and Mervin Rock were trapped when their car skidded and overturned west of Meaderville. They were rushed to St James hospital with acid burns to faces and heads and a deep cut to Rocks face. Motorists rescued them and transported them to care.
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Meaderville
Roy McElroy
Clifford Godman
Mervin Rock
West
Granite Street
St. James Hospital
Rock
Fred Bateman
Willow Street
J. C. Shields
Neil O’keefe
R. W. Rose
Three Trustees to Be Elected at School Polls Today
The voters of school district No 1 will cast ballots to elect three trustees. Voting begins at 8 am across 32 precincts with a noon to 1 pm break and polls reopen until evening. Officials list 96 judges for the 82 precincts and the names of polling places, staff, and clerks are to be announced.
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Board of Trustees
Butte
Garfield Perier
Flood Forces 300 Families From Michigan Homes
Midland Michigan residents evacuate as four dams fail and 14 hours of rain push the TaDa Bowassee river 12 feet above flood stage. More than 500 people flee lowlands while about 2,000 acres stay under seven feet of floodwater. Eastern Michigan power plants face heavy strain as the Sandford dam break releases a large water head.
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Midland
Mich
Tittabawassee River
Michigan
Sandford
San
Tornado Hits Minnesota and Wisconsin Causes Unknown Deaths
A tornado swept through northern Minnesota and Wisconsin causing unknown deaths and injuries. Four dead reported in Minneapolis, four in Forest Lake, and two in Roberts Wisconsin, with one confirmed death Andrew Hanson 42 near Minneapolis. Twenty two treated at General hospital, four critically injured and many others with minor injuries.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Forest Lake
Roberts
Wis
Andrew Hanson
General Hospital
Mystery ship Nomand and customs case muddle
Customs officers still puzzled over the fate of the ship Nomand and its crew as agents eyed possible charges after Leland H. Ross was dismissed for lack of proof in liquor smuggling. Seamen Harry Bush and Richard French faced unclear charges while Captain John’s fate remained unresolved.
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Hillier Kreighbaum
United Press
Philadelphia
Leland H. Ross
Federal
United States
Patterson
Ross
Customs
Harry Bush
Richard French
Bush
French
Rogs
John
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