Defense Attorneys Score Second Win in O Loughlin Case
In Denver a murder trial against Mrs. Pearl O Loughlin, accused of killing her 10 year old step daughter Leona, saw a key ruling by Judge Henley A Calvert. The judge sustained a defense objection and barred Captain A T Clark's testimony about a confession alleged to have been made to an officer.
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O’loughlin
Denver
U.P
Pearl O’loughlin
Leona
Henley A. Calvert
A. T. Clark
Russia's farm drive reshapes world food markets
Dr. J. G. Dickson of the University of Wisconsin, back from a nine month study tour in the Soviet Union, says high speed agricultural progress will force the United States to export only very high quality goods on a limited scale. He notes Soviet officials treated him well and that the nation shows unprecedented enthusiasm and rapid production gains, with hotels scarce in many areas.
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Madison
Wis
Russia
United States
J. G. Dickson
University of Wisconsin
United States Department of Agriculture
Dickson
Montana Rhodes Rhodes Scholarship Board Meets Today
The Montana committee selecting Rhodes Scholars will meet at the New Fin ten hotel at 9 30 this morning to assess eight Montana candidates including two at West Point one in Chicago and one at Palo Alto. The board is led by Dr C H Clapp with Dr Alfred Atkinson Andrew V Corry and James R Thomas.
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Montana
Oxford
New Finten
West Point
Chicago
Palo Alto
C. H. Clapp
University of Montana
Alfred Atkinson
Montana State College
Andrew V. Corry
Montana School of Mines
James R. Thomas
Fatal shooting case grips crowded court in Butte
Witnesses described a fatal slaying at a East Woolman street soft drink parlor on October 5. James Kelly testified long as McDevitt, 51, bartender, faced murder charges for Neil Shea, 24, with Judge Dan Shea and county officials observing a packed courtroom of over 500 spectators.
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James
Daime) Kelly
Joseph McDevitt
Neil Shea
Butte
Woolman Street
Kelly
Dan Shea
H. J. Freebourn
N. A. Rotering
McDevitt
Bullet Wound Ends Butte Man's Life At Home
Joseph Hicks 70, a longtime Butte resident and bricklayer, was found dead in his 681 South Clark street home from a gunshot wound to the head. A revolver with an empty shell lay nearby. Hicks died instantaneously, and his widow Rose Hicks, five sons Arthur Edward William Ernest James, a daughter Eva Hicks, two grandchildren Janette Er iest Hicks, and cousin Harry Bewes of Nevada survived him.
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Joseph Hicks
Montana
Butte
South
Clark Street
Mike Salot
Hicks
Rose Hicks
Arthur
Edward
William
Ernest
James
Eva Hicks
Janette
Eriest Hicks
Harry Bewes
Nevada
Mystery poison fog devastates Meuse valley in Belgium
A dense fog blanketed the Meuse valley for 72 hours killing 64 people and many animals. Authorities fear poison gas. theories point to buried German war material or industrial by products. Panicked villagers flee to shelters as Engis emerges as the epidemic center.
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Brussels
Belgium
Meuse
Liege
Panie
Engis
Epi
Government deficit seen at 355 million after relief acts
Washington reports a prospective fiscal year end deficit of at least 355 million dollars as new relief measures and public works funding add to the 180 million deficit predicted in the budget. Revenue pegged at 3.834 billion with expenditures of 4.014 billion. Congress urged to approve specified seed loans and speeding up public works.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Police Seek Six Escaped Maniacs in New York
New York police continued a city-wide search for six men who escaped yesterday from the state hospital for the criminal insane at Mattewan New York. No trace of any of the six had been found by press time.
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New York
State Hospital
Mattewan
N. Y
Preparatory Arms Commission Nears Close of Labors
The preparatory disarmament commission approved the final draft of a convention to serve as the basis for a general disarmament conference and began preparing its report to the League council. League circles hope the commission can finish its work by Tuesday night and pass out of existence.
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Geneva
Preparatory
Akron hoisting engineer survives six story fall at work
William A. Brand, a hoisting engineer in Akron, fell six stories down an elevator shaft but landed in a screen and escaped unharmed. He walked up the six flights and returned to work, treating the incident as no reason to pause.
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Akron
Ohio
Wilam A. Brand
Dominican order provincial named in United States
The Very Rev Stephen McDermott, prior of the Dominican house of studies in Washington, was chosen provincial of the Dominican order in the United States. He succeeds Very Rev Raymond P Meagher who held the post for 17 years. McDermott, a native of Eagle Grove Iowa, was ordained in 1913 and served as an army chaplain in World War I.
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Baltimore
Stephen McDermott
Dominican House of Studies
Washington
United States
Pather McDermott
Raymond P. Meagher
Father McDermott
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Pink Pajamas Divorce Case Tops Chicago Court
Leslie E Wheeler Reid, former Hollywood publisher, wins a divorce from his actress wife Olive Lillian Wheeler Reid in Chicago. He testified he found his wife in hotel rooms with his bookkeeper Delbert Sponey wearing his pale pink pajamas. He was granted custody of their 17 year old son Robert Patrick. Mrs Wheeler Reid has a divorce action pending in California.
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Chicago
Leslie E. Wheeler-Reid
Hollywood
Calif
Olive Lillian Wheeler-Reid
Wheeler-Reid
Blackstone Hotel
Delbert H. Sponey
Robert Patrick
California
Jury verdict in Bowles murder case in Portland
A coroner's jury in Portland returned a murder verdict declaring that Leone Bowles died from a knife wound inflicted with murderous intent. The panel named Irma Loucks Paris and Nelson C. Bowles as possible assailants, who face murder charges and remain jailed without bail.
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Portland
Ore
Leone Bowles
Portland Society
Irma Loucks Paris
Nelson C. Bowles
Noted Democrat Women Declare Day Law Failure
Two prominent Democratic women denounce prohibition as a failure and pledge to fight for repeal. Mrs. Carroll Miller of Pittsburgh, DNC member, says the fight continues until the Eighteenth Amendment is abolished. Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey notes progress toward repeal and backs a constitutional prohibition referendum. Ernest H. Cherrington, secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism, warns that a referendum would cost at least 25 million dollars and pose solvable issues.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Carroll Miller
Pittsburgh
Democratic National
Pennsylvania
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Cherrington
Girl Scouts Award Merit Badges at Troop Ceremony
More than 50 Butte Girl Scouts received merit badges at a Court of Awards last evening in the American Legion hall. Burnie Rice led the event in Mrs. Scott Fries’s absence, with parents attending as reels of wildlife films by Dr. John A. Donovan were shown after the ceremony at Camp Castle Rock during their vacation.
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Butte
American Legion Hall
Burnie Rice
Scott Fries
John A. Donovan
Camp Castle Rock
Court of Awards Committee
L. M. van Etten
Morgan Wright
F. H
Dance Rites of Aborigine Swirl to End
Mission San Xavier Arizona December 5 The PaPago Indians fire up the council fires as a tiring swirling circle of dancers nears the end of a three day ceremonial in honor of St Francis Xavier The performers have whirled since Wednesday depicting in ritual gesture the Papago creation myth from Baboquivari mountain The ceremonial dances conclude tonight.
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Mission San Xavier
Arizona
St. Francis Xavier
Baboquivari Mountain
Silver Bow Club to Observe Anniversary with Dinner
The Silver Bow club marks its 48th anniversary with a game dinner on December 13. Reservations are due by noon December 12. The assistant secretary Donald McMillan said the program would be announced later. The club is a well known Montana organization with a long history in the state.
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Silver Bow Club
Donald McMillan
Joseph Beau
Ralph Fournier
West
Montana
Butte Deaths And Births Report For November
The city health office records 48 male deaths in November versus 21 female deaths. all female deaths were natural while male deaths include four personal crisis cases, one automobile death, one gunshot, and one industrial accident. Male births totaled 34 with 24 female births.
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Butte
Lloyd George Attacks Labor Regime From Sickbed
David Lloyd George, a leading Liberal figure, rose from illness to deliver a sudden assault on the Labor government. He spoke at the National Liberal Club during a Radi cal and Liberal Candidates’ association meeting, criticizing the government after months of past support.
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London
David Lloyd George
Liberal Party
Labor
National Liberal Club
Lloyd George
Montana Weekend Forecast Calls For Fair Weather
The Montana outlook for Saturday and Sunday shows generally fair skies with little change in temperature. Highs and lows are expected to remain near seasonal averages, with no significant precipitation anticipated.
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Montana
Fatal attack on girl at party denied by youth
Crown Point Ind Dec 5 Virgil Kirkland 23 denied tonight his alleged confession to attacking Arlene Draves after a Gary card party last week He faces first degree murder charges with four companions accused of assaulting the 18 year old after drunken escalation Kirkland claimed she agreed to the affair and was as guilty as he The engagement to Miss Draves had been broken and she was engaged to another youth Kirkland said he did not force her and begged viewers to believe him as he sobbed
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Crown Point
Ind
Virgil Kirkland
Arlene Draves
Gary
Arlene
Kirkland
Miss Draves
Butte Curlers Club 25th Annual Banquet Tonight
The Butte Curlers Club will hold its twenty fifth annual banquet at 7 o clock at the Silver Bow club this evening with W B Daly named toastmaster. Speakers include James R Hobbins and Senators H A Gallwey Stewart Williams Leonard Walker Davis Charles and Capt W M Kelly of Anaconda. The club honors citizens of the year and names Marco Gillis as the 1929 outstanding citizen. Continued on Page 2 Col 8.
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Butte Curlers’ Club
Silver Bow Club
W. B. Daly
James R. Hobbins
H. A. Gallwey
T. P. Stewart
Anaconda
C. H. Williams
Deer Lae
C. R. Leonard
T. J. Walker
T. J. Davis
D. J. Charles
W. M. Kelly
Charles W. Goodale
L. O. Evans
Marco Gillis
Miners Return to Work on Temporary Truce in Scotland
In Scotland about 85,000 striking coal miners will resume work Monday under a temporary truce struck today at a Glasgow conference of miners' leaders. No settlement is yet in place and the return ends a weeklong stoppage.
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Scotland
London
Glasgow
Gifford Cochran, Wealthy Race Man, Succumbs
New York December 5. Claf ford A Cochran a multimillionaire sportsman and owner of the 1925 Kentucky Derby winner was found dead in his Manhattan apartment. He died of heart disease and acute alcoholism per Dr Robert O Fisher assistant medical examiner.
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New York
Clafford A. Cochran
America
Manhattan
Robert 0. Fisher
Bank Robbery at Hardwick Net $1200
Two masked men robbed The First National Bank of Hardwick today escaping with about $1,200. Posses set out in pursuit.
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Hardwick
Calif
First National Bank of
Aeronautical Men to Meet in Denver
The Western States Aeronautical association will meet next year in Denver after a two day convention in Portland Oregon. J D Wood of Idaho was chosen chairman and Roy Bishop of California was elected secretary treasurer for the coming year.
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Portland
Ore
Western States Aeronautical Association
Denver
J. D. Wood
Idaho
Roy Bishop
California
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