Same gun used twice in Canton death case
Margaret Heldman of Lorain shot coal operator Bernard E. Fearn last Thursday night and then, on the way to surrender to authorities, died by suicide in an auto near Canton. Her husband W O Heldman said she confessed the slaying and left a death by own action note found at their Lorain home.
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Canton
Ohio
Margaret Heldman
Lorain
Bernard E. Fearn
W. O. Heldman
Fearn
Heldman
Heldman Previo
Wall Street Bonus Boom to Reach 100 Weeks Pay
Fifty percent more Wall Street employees will receive Christmas bonuses this year and total bonuses are expected to exceed 100 million dollars between now and the holidays. Banks and brokerage houses are said to distribute more than last year with some firms paying an extra full year's salary and rumors of a 100 weeks’ pay bonus at one house. Banks also payout 550 million dollars in Christmas club savings.
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New York
Wall Street
Butte High Students Kick Off Airmail Christmas Drive
Tomorrow eight Butte high school students, known as the flying squadron, will begin a campaign to mail Christmas greetings by air. Free special envelopes will be offered at greeting card shops, with stamps sold previously by the group that helped open the airport. Leaders include Elinor Isometta, Walter Eslick, Melbour n Hayden, Arthur Karsted, Kenneth Rhode, Warren Ackler, Clarence Watling and Wallace White under the chamber of commerce and Principal J. G. Ragsdale.
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Butte High School
Butte
Elinor Isometta
Walter Eslick
Melbourn Hayden
Arthur Karsted
Kenneth Rhode
Three Killed As Storms Wreck Towns In Texas
Tornadoes plowed eastern Texas and western Louisiana, killing three people and injuring many in Pearland and Sulphur Springs. Mrs. C. C. Pridell, 42, died, with injuries reported to her mother and Allen Shievers and others, as the storm delivered bright electrical display and heavy rain.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Louisiana
Pearland
Here
Sulphur Springs
C. C. Pridell
Allen Shievers
Bigamy Case Involving Sayville Woman and Herbert Leigh Manuel
Martha Jacobs Van Wyen of Sayville Long Island faced a bigamy case after marrying Herbert Leigh Manuel a church organist in New York while his first wife remained his spouse. The first Mrs Leigh-Manuel defends the second, claiming both planned a divorce.
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Martha Jacobs van Wyen
Sayville
L. I
Herbert Leigh-Manuel
New York
Leigh-Manuel
Herbert
King George Reported Better After Operation
Buckingham Palace circles say King George rested quietly and remained strong after yesterday’s operation. Bulletins note the monarch withstood the shock, though naturally weak and exhausted, with no loss of ground in his condition.
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King George
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Butte Women to Send Delegate for War Cause Meeting
The Butte Business and Professional Women club plans a members only meeting at wamer's to elect a delegate to the national conference for the Cause and Cure of War. The event will be held in Washington DC on January 14, 1929, with Miss Nell Baker presiding.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Butte Club of Business and Professional Women
Wamer’s
Nell Baker
National Federation Business and Professional Women
Prospects Bright for Butte to Spokane Air Mail Line
W R Walker National Parks Airways traffic manager says Salt Lake City to Great Falls route is growing and an extension from Butte to Spokane via Missoula is a bright possibility. The company is ready to bid and could start within a week if authorized.
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Butte
Spokane
W. R. Walker
National Parks Airways
Salt Lake City-Great Falls
Missoula
W. R
Montana
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Great Falls
Walker
Nine killed in fall over cliff in Caucasus
Moscow reports nine motion picture film men were killed today when they fell over a precipice in the North Caucasian mountains near Grozny. The group was engaged in filming a section of the mountain area.
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Moscow
North Caucasian
Grozny
Jeweler Fights Robbers Save Gems Worth Thousands
Chicago police report that jeweler Michael Koopman defended his shop on the 12th floor of a State Street building against two robbers. With help from an 18 year old, Koopman kicked one assailant. barbers and customers nearby rallied as the culprits fled down a stairway empty handed, leaving jewels valued at $250,000 secured in an open safe.
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Chicago
Michael Koopman
State Street
Koopman
incendiary blaze destroys home near skating rink
A single story frame building at Porphyry and Crystal streets was wiped out by an incendiary fire believed started after residents complained about heat sources for youths. Police officers allegedly started the fire following a residents' complaint to the chief.
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Porphyry
Crystal Street
West Side
Wood Side
Employment Near Peak In Montana Report
Helena, Dec. 13. Peak employment prevailed in indoor and outdoor industries during early November with a shift to winter activity in late November. About 250 men worked on the Gibson dam project as harvesting of sugar beets, potatoes, and fall crops ended early in the month. Many seasonal workers moved to metal mines or migrated toward the southern border and Pacific regions.
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Helena
Quince Record
U. S. Employment Service
Department of Labor
Denver
Gibson Dam
Border
Public Health Measures Aimed at Influenza Control
Washington December 13 Surgeon General Cumming released a precaution plan to curb the influenza epidemic. It urges isolation of cases avoiding crowds and treating at home when possible, while noting these steps may not fully prevent spread. Congress considered a $25 million emergency appropriation to bolster the Surgeon General’s force with physicians and staff.
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Washington
Cumming
Board of Strategy
Tennessee
Surgeon General
Cummings
Congress
Edwards
Democrat
Georgia
Beattle Grand Larceny Case Mentions Mayer and Smith
In Beattle, December 13, prosecutors warn that if Decasto E Mayer and his mother Mrs Mary Smith are convicted on a grand larceny charge, the outcome will have legal implications. The case names Mayer and his mother as principal defendants in the alleged theft and awaits trial.
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Seattle
Decastro E. Mayer
C. C. Skidmore
Mary Smith
William J. Steinert
Mayer
Mrs. Smith
Lindbergh and Wright figure at air meeting
At the International Civil Aeronautica conference in Washington Charles Lindbergh received the Harmon trophy for his New York to Paris flight. Orville Wright escorted him to the rostrum as Pierre FrinFlandin presented the award amid applause from delegates from 40 nations. Wright attended the plenary session recalling the early Kitty Hawk origins of aviation.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Charles A. Lindbergh
International Civil Aeronautica Conference
Harmon
New York
Paris
International League of Aviators
Lindbergh
Pierre Frienne Flandin
French Chamber of Deputies
Aero Club of France
William P. MacCracken
Commerce
Aeronautics
Wright
Kitty Hawk, N. C
Denver Man Granted Cruelty Divorce
Dickson, acquitted in a killing trial, was granted a divorce from his wife Zella Dickson on cruelty grounds in district court. The case followed the fatal shooting of Herb Powell, a grocery boy, whose death was linked to the suspect.
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Phens Dickson
Herbert H. Powell
Zella Dickson
Dickson
Powell
Henry Ford Says Hard Work Alone Won’t Build Success
Henry Ford told reporters in Washington that the common advice for youths to work hard and save money is partly wrong. Before attending a White House dinner with Supreme Court justices, he stated no successful boy saves money, spending it to improve himself, a view he shared recalling his friend Thomas A. Edison.
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Washington
Henry Ford
White House
Supreme Court
Detroit
Thomas A. Edison
Itinerant Laborer Fatally Shot In Plentywood Dispute
Plent ywood December 11 Walter Wheeler a transient laborer was fatally shot while stepping between Jack Beman and Tim Quigley during an argument over a card game. Wheeler died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Beman a coroner's jury ruled manslaughter charges to be filed against Beman. Wheeler had worked on Dan McCall's ranch and had no known relatives in town.
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Plentywood
Jack Beman
Tim Quigley
Beman
Quigley
Walter Wheeler
Wheeler
Erickson
Dan McCall
Flood Control Bill Advances in Senate Over Boulder Dam
The senate moved closer to final passage of the Swing-Johnson Boulder dam bill as a power plant issue neared settlement. Leaders reported the amendment withdrawl satisfied states’ interests, letting the interior secretary decide if the government or private firms build the plant.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Montana Miners Vote Today on Wage Scale
Montana coal miners will vote again tomorrow on the wage agreement reached November 23 after six weeks of negotiation. District No. 27 UMWA members rejected the plan two to one in a recent referendum, with stronger acceptances in most fields except Roundup and Klein. Operators warn that a rejection could mean continued suspension.
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Billings
Des
Montana
United Mine Workers of America
Klein Fields
Joshers Begin Delivering Christmas Cheer Baskets
The Butte Joshers plan December 20 deliveries for Christmas cheer baskets and require eligible recipient names by Saturday. Volunteers with spare trucks should report to James T. Finlen at the New Finlen hotel or on site. Baskets include cakes and candy with donations from Eddy bakeries and Butte Wholesale Grocery.
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Butte
James T. Finlen
Josher
New Finlen Hotel
Joshers
Eddy Bakeries
Butte Wholesale
Tom Green
Metropolitan Market
Eyat
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