Loyalist forces assault Madrid Clinico hospital in renewed attack
Loyalist defenders intrude into University City hospital Clinico to free 2,000 rebels trapped for two weeks. Aided by air raids in the capital, the assault met machine gun fire and was reportedly repulsed. Other fronts near Madrid remained quiet as smoke hung over ruins and rescue squads searched for victims. Heavy fighting continued north of Madrid in the Humera Pozuelo sector with scant details.
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Madrid
U.P
Holt Refuses Special Legislature Session
Helena December 2 Gov Elmer W Holt said he will not call a special session unless state interests require enabling legislation for federal social security benefits. He warned of a possible session between Christmas and New Year if forced, while Ayers may take office in January. Federal rule deadlines loom as states await Washington signals.
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Helena
Elmer W. Holt
Holt
Roy Ayers
Washington
Complete check of irrigation plans urged in drought era
John C. Page, acting reclamation commissioner, pressed for a complete inventory of western irrigation possibilities. He noted about 400 applications for investigation are on file and recalled past funding limits that left many studies unfinished. He argued thorough study would prevent infeasible projects and guide future development.
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Washington
John C. Page
Reclamation Bureau
Page
Dr. Elwood Mead
Idaho
Black Hills
South Dakota
Roosevelt sails home after inter-American peace conference glimpse
President Roosevelt sailed home from Buenos Aires aboard the Indianapolis after a rain soaked farewell. He planned a brief Montevideo stop preparing for a Venezuela backed peace project joining five treaties into one document. The Argentine Justo received honors as Roosevelt urged Senate ratification of a sanitary accord.
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Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Rio de la Plata
Montevideo
Indianapolis
Venezuela
Agustin P. Justo
Argentina
Gil Borges
Felipe Estil
Cordell Hull
United States Conference
Justo
United States Senate
Youths crime careers end as two jailed one dies
In Merced California on December 2 two youths were jailed over a short lived crime spree by three San Francisco desperadoes. Frank L. Crone alias Frank Gonzales 22 and Ernest Pla 18 were in custody after the third youth killed himself. The escapee from the group remained at large.
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Endo
Crisis in Britain as King Edward Faces Abdication Crisis
New York Times dispatch from London says conflict between King Edward and his cabinet may force abdication tomorrow. Rumors say Mrs. Wallis Simpson could leave the country and the king might accompany her, amid a cabinet ultimatum and constitutional crisis.
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London
Edward VII
Stanley Baldwin
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Simpson
Baldwin
Edward
New York
The
New York Times
Times
Duke of York
Times Dispatch
10 Downing Street
Child Seeks Home in Denver Paper Ad
A nine year old girl named June Davis sought a home in a Denver Post want department. Her mother Mrs June Agnes Davis said financial hardship and tuberculosis forced them to part. The reporter visited their roominghouse apartment as the mother spoke of impending death and giving June away. A physician said the mother is seriously ill.
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Denver
Post
June Davis
June Agnes Davis
T. B
June
Man Held for Polson Officers
Spokane police arrest Stanley Perie 24 on a grand larceny warrant from Polson Montana authorities. The arrest follows a sheriff's incident report filed earlier today in Spokane.
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Polson
Spokane
Wash
Stanley Perie
Mont
Biological Survey Men Outline Game Program
U S biological survey representatives met with the Montana game and fish commission and the Rocky Mountain Sports club to discuss hunting and fishing restrictions. They planned to attend a district wild life club meeting in Anaconda with delegates from five counties to address state enabling act fears and local sporting interests.
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Finlen Hotel
U. S. Biological Survey
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen’s Association
Montana
City Council approves bills payrolls and light contract
Last night the city council authorized payment of bills totaling 13 358 74 and approved a payroll for the last half of November totaling 1 341 58. Aldermen suspended the rules to pass transfers from the general fund to improvement funds. Mayor Hauswirth and City Clerk Wilson were instructed to contract with Montana Power Co for street light maintenance at 45 311 76 yearly, a saving of over 3 800 annually versus the previous system. a second option for power at 34 069 32 yearly was also considered.
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Charles Hauswirth
Beryl] Wilson
Montana Power Company
Judicial Ballot Recount Scheduled Amid Court Instructions
A recount of judicial ballots from 40 of Silver Bow county's 63 precincts is set for Friday at 10 am under an order by Judge Frank P. Leiper in Glendive. J. J. Lynch seeks the recount alleging 700 fraudulent ballots and malconduct by Judge Frank L. Riley, with other candidates named in the petition.
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Leiper
Lynch
Riley
Silver Bow County
Frank P. Leiper
Glendive
J. J. Lynch
Mr. Lynch
Montana
Frank L. Riley
T. E. Downey
H. A. Tyrand
Aged Prospector Marches Youths 19 Miles to Jail
In Reno Nevada two young men were delivered to the Washoe county jail by 75 year old prospector Frank Blondin after a 19 mile march at gunpoint. He accuses Herbert Hess 22 and his brother Jesse aged 11 of killing his horses near his mine on the Pyramid lake road Nov 22. They face prosecution under a special statute for killing horses.
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Reno
Nev
Washoe County
Frank Blondin
Nevada
Blondin
Herbert Hess
Jesse
Ernest S. Brown
Pyramid Lake
Hawaii Faces Canned Milk Shortage Threatening Babies
Hawaii warns of near total canned milk exhaustion by Monday, risking infant mortality. Lyle G. Phillips and Governor Poindexter urge retailers to reserve canned milk for infants as the maritime strike blocks mainland shipments and dairy feed, with only seven percent of needed fresh milk available.
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Honolulu
Territory of Hawaii
Lyle G. Phillips
Territorial Medical Association
Joseph B. Poindexter
Hawaii
Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Ranchers Confident They Can Sell Water From Beaverhead Dam
A delegation of farmers and ranchers from between Twin Bridges and Dillon told the water conservation board they can sign up enough water users to justify Beaverhead rock irrigation. The federal share totals 1 145 454 dollars for the project and delays stem from not securing contracts for the 81 000 acre feet of storage. Delegates planned to organize committees in Whitehall to start signing up users.
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Helena
Twin Bridges
Dillon
Water Conservation Board
Beaverhead Rock
Board
Whitehall
Montana Forecast Sees Snow Flurries and Colder Days
The Montana forecast calls for snow flurries and cooler temperatures on Thursday and Friday with generally fair conditions following.
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Montana
Tourists Spend 30 Million in Montana in 1936
Helena Dec 2 Tourists spent more than 30 000 000 in Montana this year according to state highway engineer D A McKinnon. The 1936 survey shows 1 413 750 entrants in 435 000 cars and 30 293 400 spent. Average car occupancy 3.25, visitors stayed 5.58 days. 57 percent vacationers with rest for business visiting relatives or passing through.
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Helena
Montana
D. A. McKinnon
Highway Department
Castor Oil Out As Drunk Punishment Plan
A Spokane legal opinion scuttled Police Judge Frank Yuse's plan to punish drunks with castor oil. Assistant Corporation Counsel Louis Conyard said only punishments allowed are those in city ordinances and Washington state laws.
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Spokane
Wash
Frank Yuse
Louis Conyard
Yuse
State of Washington
Boettiger on way to Seattle post stops here
A tall dark young man and a tall blonde woman, son-in-law and daughter of President Roosevelt, arrive by North Coast Limited at Union depot. John Boettiger heads to Seattle to take over Hearst's Seattle PI. reporters surround but obtain no interview.
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Boettiger
Seattle Post
North Coast Limited
Union Depot
Roosevelt
John Boettiger
Seattle
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