Great Falls deputy sheriff shot dead by husband then kills self
In Great Falls, Montana, Robert C. Combs, a locomotive fireman, cornered at a service station shot and killed Cascade County Deputy Sheriff Herbert Locke and then killed himself after firing at Deputy Sheriff Peter Bross. The killings followed Combs harassing his recently divorced wife outside the county courthouse.
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Great Falls
Robert C. Combs
Herbert Locke
Locke
Cascade County
Montana
Jerry Locke
State Industrial Accident Board
Peter Bross
Combs
Bross
King’s Condition Alarms Nation Amid Family Bedside Rush
Midnight bulletin reports Condi tion pronounced unchanged by doctors as nation learns of king’s critical state. Son speeds to bedside amid mounting concern and widespread coverage of the royal health crisis.
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King
Son
Hoover
Argentine
King Georgestead Life Update From Buckingham Palace
A special Daily Express edition reports King George showing improved condition at Buckingham Palace with some sleep recorded overnight. AP notes the news is part of distributed updates as London monitors the royal health.
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London
Daily Express
George
Buckingham Palace
Cafeteria Plan Defeated Again At Board Meet
In a two to two vote with Trustee Boyle absent and Chairwoman Mrs Frank Ward absent, a motion to install a cafeteria at Butte high school was defeated. The plan will be reconsidered at an adjourned December 27 meeting, with supporters Boyle Darsh Wallace and Mrs Ward committed to the idea and opponents Scott and Tutty seeking more time to investigate. The board also tabled the Christmas closing recommendation from Superintendent Douglass.
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Boyle
Frank Ward
Butte High School
Darsh
Wallace
Ward
Scott
Tutty
Douglass
Tragic Death of Mother Stuns California Town
A well known local figure, AL GREEN, was found lifeless in his California home. The death adds to a troubling mystery as police and family await word on a strange name that puzzles his children who were summoned to the scene.
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AL Green
Lts
California
Death ends life of longtime Butte resident P. J. Brophy
P. J. Brophy, longtime Butte resident believed to have died of natural causes, passed away at the Alexandria Hotel in Los Angeles. Detectives reported death likely from natural causes. the coroner ordered an autopsy. Brophy founded a notable Butte bar on North Main Street, sold his interest in 1912, amassed wealth in mining ventures, and maintained substantial Butte realty interests. Will executors Joe Harmon and Thomas F. Hinds oversee an estate valued above 100000. No surviving relatives noted.
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al. Green
Butte
Alexandria
Los Angeles
Mr. Green
Green’s
North Main Street
Green
Superior
California
Joe Harmon
Thomas F. Hinds
Man Drowns When Gambling Barge Founders Off Long Beach
Six crew members of the gambling ship Monfalcone were aboard the Blue Sea midway barge when a heavy storm drove it to founder off Long Beach California. One crewman died at sea, five narrowly escaped, and four others were rescued by the USS Procyon as searchers recovered the body of John Shortly. P. J. Brophy, prominent Montana pioneer businessman, died of pneumonia after two weeks of illness, with funeral arrangements set for Friday at St. Patrick's Church in Butte.
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Long Beach
Cal
Midway
Monfalcone
H. B. Garrich
P. J. Brophy
Butte
Montana
John
Los Angeles
D’arcy
New York
P. J. Jr
Salt Lake
Mr. Brophy
West
Granite Street
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Brophy
P. J
City
Treasury deficit may exist after takes paid back
Treasury officials warned that a surplus for the coming fiscal year could turn to deficit as President Coolidge asks Congress for a supplemental appropriation of 53 million dollars for tax refunds. The added outlay leaves about 55 million more in outgo than previously estimated, altering the forecast from a small surplus to red ink. The 1929 budget had assumed 130 million for refunds, later raised 20 million, with today’s request pushing the total higher.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Coolidge
Helena Woman Dies After Auto Crash Misidentified
Three children of Mrs. E H Hammond learned that their mother who died at St James hospital on December 7 had been misidentified as Mrs Salisbury. The 49 year old mother separated from her husband, an itinerant saw filer, and was hospitalized for over a month after the crash. Her sons, loggers in Washington state, and a married daughter were unaware of the injuries until a telegram announced the death.
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Butte
Jeff Salisry
Helena
Washington State
Vigilance 15 Maintained Argentine Plot Against Hoover
Buenos Aires police disclosed a plot against President-elect Herbert Hoover and said details would be withheld to prevent alarm. Authorities, backed by military and naval guards, will shield Hoover from arrival at the frontier until his Saturday departure for Montevideo. The crackdown follows prior attacks on American interests in Argentina including bombings near the National City Bank and the cathedral steps incident.
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Buenos Aires
Herbert Hoover
Graneros
United States
Hoover
National City Bank
Argentina
Frontier
Montevideo
Physicians of State Seek Additional Liquor Permits
Helena December 11 Special The district prohibition office reports a flood of requests from physicians statewide for emergency liquor permits to treat influenza patients. The law limits 100 prescriptions per 90 days, and authorities have not suspended rules. The policy remains conservative versus a decade ago.
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Helena
O. K. Nickerson
Bureau
Nickerson
Woman Intervenes For War Veteran In Court
A gray haired spectatorwoman urged clemency for W J Collins 25 a disabled World war veteran in police court He collapsed from illness as six others were arraigned Collins testified he had tuberculosis and shell shock The judge dismissed the case and the veteran was taken to a doctor then to a government hospital for treatment
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W. J. Collins
Collins
Butte
Veterans’ Hospital
Fort Harrison
Helena
Shea
Joe Williams
Government Hospital
Army officer on trial for death of soldier at Fort D A Russell
Capt R W Corrigan faces general court martial in Cheyenne on charges under articles 93 95 and 96 after soldier Lawrence J Prim died from injuries after being struck by Corrigan s automobile October 23 at Fort D A Russell Companions of Prim questioned during opening session noting details of the accident and scene
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Cheyenne
Wyo
R. W. Corrigan
Fort
D. A. Russell
Lawrence J. Prim
Corrigan
Prim
Butte Hosts NBC and Great Northern Leaders at Luncheon
At the Butte Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Silver Bow club officials from the Great Northern Railway NBC and executives Harold Sims J F Pewters J F Becket Edward Bierstadt and Raymond Knight discussed an ambitious Montana broadcast plan. The visitors toured the city and mines before leaving for Helena.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow Club
Great Northern
National Broadcasting Corporation
Butte
Montana
Great Northwest
Harold M. Sims
J. F. Pewters
J. F. Becket
Great Northern Railway
Edward Hale Bierstadt
Raymond Knight
NBC
Helena
Harold N. Sims
Willard Thompson
Chamber of Commerce
Samuel Parker
Pneumonia Chief Death Cause In Month In Butte
Pneumonia and flu caused 41 of 126 Butte deaths in November per Miss Kathryn Harrington city health clerk. Highest monthly total in two years, boosted by four personal crisis reports, one homicide, two auto crashes, one head accident. Also two wood alcohol poisonings, one acute alcoholism, one narcotic overdose. Heart disease caused 14 deaths. 19 other diseases accounted for the remainder.
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Butte
Kathryn Harrrington
City Health Bureau
Ust
Lynch Announces Criminal Court Term For Jan. 14
Judge J. J. Lynch said a jury will likely be called for a criminal term starting January 14 in Silver Bow. County attorney elect Harrison J. Freebourn will immediately handle prosecutions when he takes office, with a tentative district court term also set to begin January 14. Downey remains in office during the three weeks TEF.
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Harrison J. Freebourn
J. J. Lynch
Silver Bow
Lynch
Freebourn
Downey
Butte Pioneers Host Newsboys Christmas Event
Newsboys and children of the Pioneer club will be guests at a Christmas celebration at the Moose hall on East Quartz street January 16. It will be the Kids night with program numbers by the children. Refreshments to follow. Committee members include Miles J. Cavanaugh J Kimball Delia Peets Mc Dermott Ed Land Art Trembly and Elmer Binder.
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Butte
Pioneer Club
Moose Hall
East
Quartz Street
Miles J. Cavanaugh
J. Kimball
Delia Peets
McDermott
Ed Land
Art Trembly
Elmer Binder
Kellogg Treaty Consideration Before Senate
Washington December 11 The Kellogg antiwar treaty faced final consideration delayed to Friday by the Senate foreign relations committee after questioning of the secretary of state. Chairman Borah aims to vote Friday if the tentative understanding holds, with potential opposition from Senators Reed and Moses, noted as staunch opponents of the old group that backed the league of nations.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Reed
Missouri
Moses
New Hampshire
League of Nations
Police Target Undesirables in Butte Drug Crackdown
Police press the purge to rid Butte of drug addicts and vagrants. After a citywide warning, numerous suspects were arrested for vagrancy as part of a continuing drive led by M Kerr Beadle Chief Jere Murphy and Officer Lar- under.
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Butte
Ae M. Kerr Beadle
Jere Murphy
James Mooney
Mas Calpin
Charles Rodda
Ack
Lar
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Vigilance 15
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