Flood hits Cagayan valley in northern Luzon
The Philippine army reports thousands carried away and missing in a flood that began December 4 at 4 AM. At least 54 towns inundated as lines of communication collapsed. Isabela province notes the greatest flood in island history with many feared dead and region isolated.
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Manila
Philippine Army
Cagayan River
Luzon Island
Aparri
Tlagan
Cagayan
Neuva Vizcaya
Isabela
Neutrality pact proposed among 21 American republics
At the Inter-American Peace Conference in Buenos Aires Peru submitted a plan binding 21 republics against foreign aggression. It would aid in arming and supplying food to a Western Hemisphere ally in war while suspending traffic with the aggressor. The U S had earlier proposed a narrower inter American dispute framework. Uruguay urged a five year tariff truce and bilateral American trade pacts.
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Buenos Aires
Peru
U. S
United States
Uruguay
Madrid Battles to Defense as War Flares Again
Madrid officials brace for a fascist assault after apartments are razed by shelling. Refugees flee western districts while fighting near Guadalajara presses insurgents toward the city. Twenty three fascist planes bombed the area as Finland’s charge d affaires faces withdrawal over diplomatic incidents.
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Guadalajara
Madrid
Ministry of State
Legation
Thief Steals Butter From Creamery Truck in Butte
Police report a theft of 60 pounds of butter valued at 21.30 from a Mutual Creamery truck parked in an alley off Park Street. Officers joke the butter will grease the thief into jail if caught.
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Butte
Mutual Creamery Company
Park Street
Boeing large bomber crashes during test flight
Seattle reports Army Air Corps officials sealed details after the world's largest land bomber built by Boeing nosed over on landing in a test flight. The crash occurred at Boeing field as investigators began reviewing the incident.
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Seattle
Army Air Corps
Boeing
Canvassing Board Seeks Legal Aid Over Ballot Irregularities
Chicago reports a sanity hearing absolved Anthony Capoldi, 28, of murder charges in the slaying of 5 year old Antoinette Tiri tilli after confessing to slashing the child's throat on November 14. The board seeks legal guidance as ballots and voter tallies appear inconsistent.
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Chicago
Anthony Capoldi
Antoinette Tiritilli
Morris Hotel Clerk dies at 51 in Portland
Alonzo B. Morris, 51, chief clerk at the Leggat hotel for 20 years, died suddenly yesterday morning of a heart attack at St. Vincent's hospital in Portland. The body will be brought to Butte tonight for funeral arrangements at White's mortuary. The family home is 653 South Montana street. Mrs. Morris, informed by telegram, returned to Butte from bedside visits.
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Alonzo B. Morris
Leggat
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Portland
Morris
Butte
Northern Pacific
White’s
South
Montana Street
Recount Stalls in Lynch Riley Race as legality Questioned
A recount in select precincts for district judge between J. J. Lynch and incumbent F. L. Riley stalled as the canvassing board sought county attorney guidance on ballots with blurred or unclear stamps and ink color. Seven of 40 precincts opened. results known in four. Judge Frank P. Leiper presided. In Precinct 16 a hearing followed the discovery of 29 ballots or 19 more ballots than voters at Precinct 10 905 Empire street.
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J. J. Lynch
F. L. Riley
Lynch
Riley
Frank P. Leiper
Glendive
Empire Street
Montana Snow Flurries Forecast With Warmer East
A weather bulletin for Montana predicts snow flurries Tuesday and likely Wednesday. The northwest and extreme east portions are expected to be warmer, with a shift in conditions across the state.
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Montana
Ickes Calls for Permanent PWA to Plan Future
Secretary Ickes urged a permanent Public Works Administration to keep a reservoir of ready to start projects for future needs. He spoke on a Washington Evening Star forum, stressing careful planning and noting he would not back projects where prosperity already exists.
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Washington
Ickes
Public Works Administration
PWA
Washington Evening Star Forum
Crippled Kids Auxiliary Elects New Advisory Board
Delegates from local groups attend the annual meeting of the Butte Auxiliary for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children at the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. F E Savage presided and presented the annual report praising committees and noting the work to cut costs. The group thanked agencies including Northern Pacific for free transport to St Vincent's hospital in Billings and St James hospital for donated space.
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Crippled Kids Auxiliary
Butte
F. E. Savage
Butte Auxiliary For the
Chamber of Commerce
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Vincent's Hospital
Billings
L. W. Allard
St James Hospital
Co Eds Stage Near Riot During Visit by Movie Star Alumnus
At Pomona College Robert Taylor class of 33 visited campus causing a campus frenzy. Coeds mobbed the actor as traffic clogged College avenue and professors saw empty classrooms. Taylor autographed notebooks and joked about a student who had a D in economics.
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Pomona College
Robert Taylor
College Avenue
Hollywood Boulevard
Taylor
Simpson's Renunciation Gesture Praised by Papers
London dispatch reports the Glasgow Bulletin praising Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson for her stated willingness to give up King Edward VIII. It says the gesture earned the empire's gratitude and that only renunciation can close the episode, leaving heartaches for the two people involved.
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London
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Britain
Edward VIII
Baldwin
Downing Street
Stanley Baldwin
Wallis Simpson
New York City
Cannes
Glasgow
Bozeman Youth Killed in Navy Plane Crash
Maynard D. Smith a 22 year old from Minneapolis and Lloyd M. Barnes 24 from Bozeman were killed when their navy bombing plane dived into 1800 feet of water twelve miles off San Diego. The VB 1B squadron on the carrier Ranger conducted maneuvers as a naval board of inquiry opens. No bodies will be recovered due to sea depth.
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San Diego
Calif
Maynard D. Smith
Minneapolis
Stanley J. Michael
Naval Board of Inquiry
If I Were Wallie Question Sparks Butte Debate
In Butte last night a roving reporter asked six men the “If I were king” question while the women shared views on marriage. A stenographer would marry a king with government consent. a librarian calls the affair ridiculous. a nurse would not ask a husband to sacrifice empire for love. a telephone operator would give up a king if it dissolved his empire.
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Empire
Mrs. Simpson
Edward
Baldwin
York
Duke of York
Belvedere
No. 10
Downing Street
Butte
Parliament
Pope Pius XI to Resume Duties Despite Illness
The 79-year-old Pope Pius XI, recovering from Bright's disease and asthma, plans to return to work today. Vatican officials say leg inflammation has hindered walking but his condition is not considered immediately dangerous. He has been in bed four days and signed several state papers.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Bright
Vatican
Boy Scouts Plan Winter Sports Festival at Echo Lake
O E Hoover announces a winter encampment for second class scouts from Butte Anaconda Deer Lodge Dillon and nearby areas to be held December 27 to 30 at Echo Lake twenty miles west of Anaconda. Thirty scouts will be accommodated with meals prepared outdoors and indoor sleeping. Activities include skiing tobogganing skating and winter training in camping gear care and tracking.
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BOY
Butte
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Echo Lake
O. E. Hoover
Council
Court House
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Dr. Savage
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