Senate Takes Up $60 Million Farm Relief Bill
Washington dispatch reports Democrats push a $60 million farm loan drought bill with food advances while defeating the administration’s plan to pass a $30 million substitute. House rules failed to suspend, 205 to 159, with party and bipartisan support. The measure goes to the agriculture committee under Gilbert Haugen for possible compromise.
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Herbert Little
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
New York
Paul Kvale
Minn
Agriculture Committee
Gilbert Haugen
Iowa
Longworth
Haugen
Fire kills Browns as son burns Farm tragedy shocks county
Wounded farmhand Chester Bunge recounted that Paul Brown, 28, shot his parents at their Indiana farm, then set the house ablaze. The farmhouse burned with the youths missing body, posses formed to find him as neighbors arrived too late to rescue. Purdue alumnus Paul Brown allegedly fled after injuring Bunge. Police found the house destroyed and continued the search.
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Nashville
Ind
Lee Brown
Paul
Chester B
Young Brown
Bunge
Purdue University
Brown
Brown Farm
Four Century Suit Is Settled in One Minute
In Transylvania on December 15 a long running land dispute between Feldioara commune and a Swabian neighbor ended with a one minute solomonic settlement. Each side accepts 500 hectares of land, ending the suit over 1,000 hectares claimed from a lost document.
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Transylvania
Romania
Feldioara
Chief Goes on Trial in Prohibition Conspiracy Case
GAUNT, chief of police at Great Falls, and five other officers went on trial yesterday on charges of conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition law.
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Ray
Gaunt
Great Falls
Trial Focuses on Police Conspiracy Over Prohibition Fines
In Great Falls on December 15 two police officers testified in a federal trial of Chief Ray Gaunt and five officers alleging they conspired to violate the national prohibition law. Lt. D. L. McElliott and Ray E. Blanchard said fines were collected from bootleggers at definite periods to allow operation. Blanchard said he prepared a list of bootleggers and Gaunt censured him after obtaining the list. Gaunt kept a record of the fines.
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Great Falls
D. L. McElliott
Ray E. Blanchard
Ray Gaunt
McElliott
Blanchard
Gaunt
Eagles Initiate 25 Members At Lodge Hall Meeting
A class of 25 new members was initiated into Butteserie No. 11 Fraternal Order of Eagles at the Lewisohn building. The large gathering ended with a social session and dance as Byron E. Cooney presided. A committee led by John Rowe listed members including D. Oulette and Albert Wilbur.
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Butteserie
Order of Eagles
Lewisohn
Lodge
Byron E. Cooney
John Rowe
D. Oulette
Albert Wilbur
Dan Dooley
J. O'Neill
James O’brien
J. J. Kelly
Frank Sweeny
John Collins
Edgar An
National Education Association Leader To Visit Butte
Dr. Willis A. Sutton, president of the National Education Association from Atlanta, will visit Butte on January 2 on his way home from California and Oregon. He aims to meet school officials and teachers and discuss higher educational standards. Butte has not hosted an N E A president before.
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National Education Association
Butte
Willis A. Sutton
Atlanta
J. G. le
Sutton
California
State Educational Association
Oregon
Washington
America
Ragsdale
Joshers Open Headquarters to Aid Needy Families
The Joshers opened headquarters at 44 East Broadway to carry on Christmas aid work. Delivery starts one week from today as Chief Josher James T. Finlen announces a larger checker force to thoroughly investigate applications. Applications accepted through December 17 with no prior exclusions. The Policeman-Fireman football benefit has boosted Josher finances.
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Joshers
Yuletide
Famous Butte Organization
Josher James T. Finlen
East Broadway
Josher
James T. Finlen
Mr. Finlen
Finlen
Crippled Kiddies to Enjoy Annual Christmas Event
The crippled kids auxiliary and local businessmen prepare a Christmas tree for district children. The tree will be presented December 23 between 4 and 6 p m. Mrs C L Berrien chairs the committee and invites all district crippled children to attend the ceremonies and program. Officers for the new year were elected.
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Crippled Kiddies’ Auxiliary
Butte
C. L. Berrien
Communist Bandits Take Chinese Town
Unconfirmed dispatches report that communist forces captured the town of Kanchow Ki in southern China. British and American missionaries are stationed at Kanchow Ki as unrest continues in the area.
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Shanghai
Kanchow Ki
Anchow 1 Ki
Tragic Eureka II Fire Claims Multiple Lives in Miami Beach
Federal and state probes began into the Eureka II excursion boat fire off Miami Beach as officials sought the dead, missing, and rescued. Three confirmed dead, three missing. about 135 listed as survivors, 114 identified, with others unnamed. An inquest is set for Wednesday into three deaths. Survivors recalled men pushing women from life preservers to save themselves.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Frank J. Keefe
Providence
Haeg
Pomona
Calif
Mary Holler
Milwaukee
Wilfred I. Stiles
Justice of the Peace
Thomas
Ferguson
H. C. Grimm
McCook
Neb
Mamie Sawyer
Miami
Clarence Vine
Haverill
Mass
Earl P. Watson
Stil
Mexicans Race Through Juarez Streets For Quick-Serve Contest
Waiters and bartenders in Juarez practice for a weekend race through the main streets. Contestants must carry a tray with whisky, a water chaser, beer and a bottle over 16 blocks, with cash prizes for the top three finishers who spill nothing.
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Juarez
Mexico
Billings Minister Named Secretary-Manager for Montana Association
The Rev. Guy G. Emery of Billings has been chosen secretary-manager of the Montana association. The statewide group aims to advance Montana industries agriculture business and resources with headquarters planned at Helena. The first general meeting is set for late January.
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Billings
Guy G. Emery
First Christian Church of
Montana Association
For the Advancement of
Montana
Emery
Frank B. Connelly
W. 8. Thompson
Butte
R. C. Bricker
Great Parls
Charles Ruzicka
Helena
Connelly
Philippine Prelate Apostolic Visitor Audience Held
Vatican City December 15 reports the ape granted an audience to Jesuit Father Gioachino Villanice an apostolic visitor from the Philippines and asked him questions about conditions on the islands and progress of Catholic education. He imparted the apostolic benediction.
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Vatican City
Gioachino Villance
Philippines
Fate Strikes Cruel Blow at Butte Woman
Mrs. Jennie Llewelyn of Butte endures repeated loss as three of her sons die in heroic acts and on battlefields. the latest reports say Arthur Llewelyn at 360 East Broadway was injured in a Seattle harbor accident with some chance of recovery.
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Butte
Jennie Llewelyn
France
Arthur
Doctors testify alcoholism may have caused Mrs Shepard death
In federal court at Kansas City, defense doctors testified Mrs Zenana M Shepard died from alcoholic psychosis and showed no will to live, countering prosecution claims that Maj Charles A Shepard murdered her with bichloride poisoning to marry a stenographer.
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Richard L. Harkness
Kansas City
Kan
Zenana M. Shepard
Maj
Charles A. Shepard
Shepard
Fort Riley
Mauretania Brings Record Christmas Mail Load to New York
The Mauretania arrived with a record cargo of Christmas mail for New York. Six mail boats carried 10,000 sacks from the liner at quarantine and 5,187 sacks were discharged at the pier.
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New York
Northern Pacific presents evidence at board hearing in Glendive
At the interstate commerce commission hearing in Glendive the Northern Pacific showed exhibits supporting a 24 mile feeder from Woodrow to Bloomfield in Central Dawson county to aid agricultural development. J L Taylor and J M Hughes testified, detailing a 197000 acre service zone and regional rail access.
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Glendive
Northern Pacific Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woodrow
Bloomfield
Dawson County
A. G. Hagerty
Northern Pacific
Create Northern
J. L. Taylor
Glendive Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Hughes
Taylor
Bloomfield Railroad Committee of
Hughes
F. G. Dorety
Great Northern
Montana Weather Forecast For Tuesday And Wednesday
Montana forecast calls for a fair and warmer east portion on Tuesday with unsettled conditions and possible snow in the west. Wednesday should be generally fair across the state.
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Montana
Spanish rebels gain grip as king may flee Madrid
A Paris dispatch reports Spain's revolutionaries gaining ground and suggests King Alfonso might depart Madrid. Gibraltar note says the government is recalling part of the Spanish foreign legion from Morocco to face the unrest.
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Foreign Legion
Morocco
London
Paris
Daily Mail
Alfonso
Madrid
Gibraltar
Spanish Foreign Legion
Revolt of Spanish Airmen Ends in Disgrace
By CLARENCE DUBOSE Madrid dispatch reports a revolt by Spanish airmen failing badly with Maj. Ramon Franco among those detained in Lisbon after clashes in Madrid this morning and Portugal tonight. Continued on Page 2 Col. 5.
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Clarence Dubose
Madrid
Portugal
Ramon Franco
Lisbon
Bride's Pie Is Remembered for Six Years
Chicago report details a municipal court quarrel sparked by a pie made six years earlier. Mrs Zieba recounts her husband’s reaction and a later incident in which he held her under a running faucet claiming the pie caused his indigestion.
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Chicago
Charles Zie
University seeks 1.183 million appropriation for next biennium
Helena December 15. The State Board of Education will request annual appropriations of 1.183 million dollars for university units and activities for the next biennium. Chancellor M A Brannon presented the final budget revision showing increases, expected revenue from a new 3 mill tax levy and delinquent tax collections, with a 15 percent contingency. Details show raises for several schools including the School of Mines, East Montana, Northern University, and College.
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Washington
Treasury - Post Office
Senate
House
Spokane
Helena
Montana
State Board of Education
M. A. Brannon
School of Mines
Mont
Northerner University
College
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