Worn Bank Book Key to U.S. Fortune
A Norwegian home child’s plaything leads to a Montana estate matter. A worn bank book sent to America reveals more than $10,000 deposited at the First National Bank of Dillon. Ole Peterson died April 15 leaving funds that grew with interest. District court in Dillon schedules Monday hearing on letters of administration to C. G. Christiansen.
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Dillon
America
C. G. Christiansen
Plentywood
Ole Peterson
First National Bank of
A. D. Brattland
Ada, Minn
Peterson
Theodore Nelson
Beaverhead Valley
Nelson
Norway
Dillon Bank
Auto industry code fight reaches Roosevelt for decision
The NRA code for auto workers faced a clash over Section Seven on collective bargaining. President Roosevelt would decide tomorrow at Hyde Park after the administration sent the code by plane. Donald Richberg said labor board recommendations accompany the code.
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Washington
The
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Donald Richberg
Labor Advisory Board
Johnson
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Pier Collapse Injures Twenty-Two at Lighthouse Point Swim
A section of the docking pier at Lighthouse Point collapsed after a cross-harbor swim, throwing about 75 people into the harbor. Twenty-two were injured, five taken to hospitals. Mrs. Mary Sullivan, 70, of Naugatuck, mother of race winner Alex Sullivan, was treated for submersion and cuts.
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New Haven
Conn
Lighthouse Point
New Haven Harbor
Mary Sullivan
Naugatuck
Alex Sullivan
Rockefeller urges full sacrifice for Recovery Act goals
John D. Rockefeller Jr. urges Americans to endure sacrifices to reduce unemployment and raise purchasing power under the National Recovery Act. He warns against half measures and calls for sturdy support of President Roosevelt and the recovery effort in a Seaside Maine appeal. He praises Gen. Hugh S. Johnson and officials for acknowledging the act’s experimental, revisable nature.
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Seal Harbor
John D. Rockefeller
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
Hugh 8. Johnson
Treasurers Charged in Kansas Bond Forgery Scandal
State Treasurer Tom Boyd was arrested in Topeka on a federal mail fraud charge tied to the million dollar Kansas forged bonds case. Ronald Finney and office manager Leland Caldwell face 100 counts of issuing and uttering forged bonds in jail here.
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Topeka
Kas
Tom Boyd
Kansas
U. S
S. M. Brewster
Ronald Finney
Leland Caldwell
Finney
Caldwell
Acreage Cut Figure Delayed in London Wheat Talks
The Department of Agriculture postpones announcing the 1934 acreage reduction plan as details of the London wheat agreement, affecting three exporting countries, remain under discussion. Officials say general principles are agreed but the supplement details await all four exporting nations to sign.
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London
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Weatherman Dizzy Over Wet Weather Across Region
Yesterday brought heavy variable weather with a drizzly shower totaling 0.33 inches. Forecasts warn of more wet weather as Jupiter Pluvius delays warmth, with snow possible on higher terrain and up to 48 degrees in the warming trend. Hunters report muddy openings for sage hen season at Butte.
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Jupiter Pluvius
Divide
Butte
Western Nebraska Flood Deluges Swamp Roads and Basements
Rainfall from 1.5 to over 3 inches drenched western Nebraska last night washing out culverts and small bridges paralyzing highway traffic. Basements in homes and businesses flooded with merchandise damage reported. Water swept across the main highway between Peetz and Sterling Colorado with walls reaching car tops. Alliance reported 1.25 inches of rain.
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Sidney
Neb
Nebraska
Peetz
Sterling
Colo
Alliance
Screen Actress Karen Morley and Husband Welcome Son
Hollywood today welcomed a six and a half pound boy born to screen actress Karen Morley and her husband, film director Charles Vidor. Attending Dr. H M Romney said mother and child were doing well.
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Hollywood
Cal
Karen Morley
Charles Vidor
H. M. Romney
Premium on hogs 10 to be resumed at two markets
Washington August 26 The farm administration said premiums on pigs weighing 25 to 80 pounds would be lifted Monday morning at Chicago and Omaha markets. Earlier, premiums were suspended at six markets due to heavy hog receipts under the emergency marketing campaign. Dr A G Black director of the hog program said authorized processors at Chicago and Omaha would again receive shipments Monday.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Chicago
Omaha
A. G. Black
Montana Weekend Forecast Looks Warmer East of Divide
Sunday and Monday forecast for Montana call for generally fair skies with rising temperatures, especially east of the Continental Divide. Light winds and dry conditions expected to persist as high pressure dominates the region.
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Montana
Divide
Kidnap Victim Bernard Bitterman Feared Life Endangered
Fears for the life of Bernard Bitterman, a Denver department store executive, grew after kidnappers made no contact following a note mailed from Cheyenne. Attorney Ira C. Rothgerber cited absence of communication and the May Company ties as motive for the abduction.
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Denver
Bernard Bitterman
Ira C. Rothgerber
Bitterman
Cheyenne
Alfred Thefus
May Company
Trefus
Roosevelts Unequalled Recovery Drive Gains Steam
President Roosevelt told residents at Vassar College that the national recovery effort for more jobs and higher wages is succeeding with unprecedented unity. He described the downhill drift as turning into an upward surge and urged a complete reorganization of local government while stressing community responsibility.
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America
Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar College
White House
Republican
Public Enemy Ma chine Gun Jack McGurn Arrested During Western Open
Vincent Gehardi known as Ma chine Gun Jack McGurn and public enemy No 4 was arrested on a vagrancy charge while playing in the Western Open at Olympia Fields. He teed off on the eighth hole after a police warrant but halted his game, shooting 83 yesterday and then continuing under police guidance.
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Chicago
Vincent Gehardi
Jack McGurn
McGurn
Alphonse
Scarface al
Capone
Olympia Fields
Frank McGillen
Winter Forestry Project Plans Outlined By Governors
Washington August 26 State governors were asked by Robert Fechner director of the conservation corps to forward by Rept 15 their recommendations for winter forestation work. The move follows President Roosevelts decision to continue the forest conservation program this winter. Fechner estimates five to six hundred of the 1 446 forest camps now occupied would have to be moved with cold weather.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
The
Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
Fechner
War, Interior and Agriculture Departments
Elliott Roosevelt Becomes Aviation Editor at Los Angeles Examiner
Elliott Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt, joined the Los Angeles Examiner as aviation editor. He had been general manager of the Gilpin Air Line in Los Angeles for months but resigned after moving to Nevada to establish residence for a divorce from his first wife.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Los Angeles Examiner
Gilpin Air Line
Nevada
Anglo American talks eyed on currency stabilization plans
United Press reports that a definite U S monetary policy may be formulated soon via President Roosevelt's planned talks with Montague Norman governor of the Bank of England Lewis Douglass director of budget George L Harrison New York Federal Reserve head and acting Treasury Secretary Acheson. Discussions center on an Anglo American to stabilize currencies and possible inflation implications. Norman arrived in the U S for secret discussions with Harrison and Douglass and may meet Roosevelt at Hyde Park next week.
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New York
United States
Roosevelt
Montague Norman
Bank of England
Lewis Douglass
George L. Harrison
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Dean Acheson
Treasury
United Preas
Great Britain
Norman
London
Acheson
Douglass
Hyde Park
Craze Man Blows Self After Killing Woman In Oregon
In Portland Edward Morrill shot and killed Mrs Delia Stitt and wounded his wife before dying in a dynamite blast at his Sylvan farm. The dead woman died instantly. Morrill’s wife was in critical condition at Multnomah County Hospital.
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Portland
Ore
Edward Morrill
Delia Stitt
Morrills
Morrill
Multnomah County Hospital
Merrill
Sylvan
Texas dry forces claim lead as repeal wins big
U P reports 360 752 votes from 222 Texas counties with repeal at 222 718 to 138 034 and beer at 176 565 to 95 485. Wiggins of the dry statewide group concedes the election while results linger across counties.
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Dallas
Tex
U.P
Texas Election Bureau
Texas
William Nehemiah Wiggins
United Forces For Prohibition
Butte Poultry Fans Win Big Prizes at North Montana Fair
Butte fanciers captured 48 first prizes in singles and 13 first prizes in pen exhibits at the North Montana fair in Great Falls. Fifteen Butte exhibitors showed 193 birds across 25 varieties out of 1,260 on display, earning 120 first and second ribbons and ranking second to Cascade county.
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Butte
A. R. Atkin
A. J. Connelly
A. J
Montana School of Mines students start annual mapping expedition
Twenty three sophomores will depart from the city led by Vice President A E Adams for a four week survey trip along the Big Hole river canyon. Professor Adams will be aided by William Mee Laughlin. The camp will be on an island near Maiden Rock. Work includes traverse topographic highway mine surveying with recreation of baseball football fishing and swimming. The region holds historical interest.
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Montana School of Mines
Big Hole River Canyon
A. E. Adams
Adams
William Mee Laughlin
Maiden Rock
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R. A. Millikan
Norman Bridge Laboratory
C. K. Leith
University of Wisconsin
Frank B. Jewett
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc
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Hugh 5. Johnson
John D. Rockefeller Jr
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