One Man Dead And Two Near Death In Cold
Grim winter toll in Butte and vicinity reported one death and two near death from exposure. John Hinz of Anaconda was found frozen to death after being missing over a week. John Craddock of Butte remained in critical condition with limbs frozen after being found in his cabin. George Taylor near Deer Lodge had arms and legs frozen to the hips and elbows. Authorities notes two more men near death from exposure in the Butte area.
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Butte
John Hinz
Anaconda
John Craddock
George Taylor
Deer Lodge
Rock Creek Lake
Craddock
North Main Street
Beef Straight Gulch
Steve Karlock
Italy Seeks No Favours as US Debts Collected
The United States Treasury reports $98,685,910 collected of $125,509,341.48 in war debts from six nations paid, four defaulted, and Estonia not yet paying. Britain paid $95,550,000 while France defaulted on nearly $20,000,000. A Senate bill would charge nonpaying countries $5,000 per passport to deter default.
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Washington
U.P
United States Treasury
Esthonia
McKellar
Tennessee
Britain
Great Britain
France
Ronald Lindsay
The
Treasury
Mills
Paul Claudel
Stimson
State Department
Claudel
United States
Mrs Roosevelt remarks on the girl of today praised
Mrs Susan E Stevens, chairwoman of the Liberal Civic League, commends Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt for remarks on the girl of today and liquor. She cites Kansas protests as misreading the clear vision, noting there are 50 women in Topeka or elsewhere who misunderstand.
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Boston
Susan E. Stevens
Liberal Civic League, Inc
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Laval proposes world debt confer to ease payments
Pierre Laval told United Press France may withhold war debt payments until a world debt conference includes the United States and Germany. He urged U S debt reduction and German reparations only as agreed by experts, arguing debts should be payable in a much shorter period.
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United Press
Paris
U.P
France
United States
Germany
Pierre Laval
Laval
Herriot
New York
Washington
Albert Lubrun
Senate
Santa Claus Spends Day in Mining City Streets
Santa Claus appeared on the streets amid holiday shoppers in Mining City as merchants report steady business but urge last minute buying. The finish included a lit Christmas tree in a store display and Santa collecting funds as a charity chimney box drawing cheers from children.
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Santa Claus
Mining City
Santa
Chautemps to Form New French Government as Herriot Holds Debt Stance
Paris December 15 Camille Chautemps interior minister in the fallen Herriot cabinet accepted President Lebruns invitation to form a new government. Herriot declines cabinet posts until Americas debt is honored, while Chautemps reports back on success tomorrow morning.
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France
Herriot
Lebrun
Paris
U.P
Camille Chautemps
Albert Lebrun
Chautemps
Radical-Socialist Party
Edouard Herriot
Pointblank
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Daladier
Theodore Steeg
L. Lamoureux
Albert Sarraut
Charles Danielou
Fourteen Dead in Tokyo Shirokiya Department Store Fire
A devastating fire at Tokyo’s Shirokiya department store killed fourteen people and left sixty seriously injured with fifty others hospitalized. About 1,300 employees and numerous shoppers were inside as sections of the eight story building burned, trapping many on upper floors before firefighters containment after two hours. Imperial guards aided rescue operations as the fire swept through artificial trees and Christmas toys amid a Christian display in a Buddhist city.
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Tokyo
Shirokiya
Kwannon
Japan
Imperial Bodyguard
Montana Highway Commission Lets 680000 in Contracts
Helena December 15 The Montana highway commission recessed after letting construction contracts totaling 678 098 29 dollars bringing the yearly total to more than six million dollars. About 3 5 million will be carried over to next year and next year’s work remains uncertain.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
O. 8S
Montana Forecast: Fair East. Snow Likely West
Montana weather forecast calls for Friday and Saturday to be fair in the east while the west sees unsettled conditions and probable snow with temperatures rising.
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Montana
Bootleg Price Cards At Midtown Skyscrapers
In midtown Manhattan on December 15, small boys handed out neatly printed bootleg liquor price cards with telephone numbers promising a free bottle to buyers spending more than five dollars, signaling pre Christmas business.
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New York
U.P
Butte Builders and Unions Sign Broad Arbitration Wage Pact
A new agreement between the Butte Building Trades Council and the Builders' Exchange creates a standing arbitration board to settle disputes and minimize work stoppages. The contract runs to May 1, 1934 with a 15 percent cut in daily wages, negotiated to prevent interruptions during construction.
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Butte
Builders’ Exchange
Butte Builders’ Exchange
Building Trades Council
Man Braces for Machinery with Ingenuity and Hope
New York December 15 UP A. W. Robertson head of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing says fears of machines destroying humanity are unfounded. He notes the U S economy is rising from a low mood and predicts machines will create wealth and pleasures, citing rising manufacturing employment from 69 to 72 per 1000 between 1893 and 1929.
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Br United Press
New York
A. W. Robertson
Westinghouse Epectric and Manufacturing Company
America
Robertson
Hendrick van Loon
Army plane dives in San Francisco Bay. two airmen dead
An army airplane with its cockpit hooded as the pilot flew blind on a practice run plunged into San Francisco bay, killing two aviators. Lieutenant John J. Miller of Oakland and Lieutenant Donald W. Armagast, formerly of Colorado, were recovered by coast guards after witnesses said the plane nosedived from about 1,000 feet near Angel Island.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
John J. (Laddie) Miller
Oakland
Donald W. Armagast
Colorado
Miller
Coast Guards
Ange Island
Wilbur Granted Extended Leave From Stanford Presidency
San Francisco December 15 Trustees of Stanford University approved an extended leave of absence for Ray Lyman Wilbur president and secretary of the interior. The extension allows him to stay in the Hoover cabinet until March 4 and still return to his university post if he chooses.
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San Francisco
U.P
Stanford University Today
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Wilbur
Hoover
Butte Officer Honored at Montana Police Meeting
Representatives from police protective groups across the state elected Butte assistant chief Jack Duggan as president at the Montana Police Protective association meeting in Missoula. W B Carroll of Great Falls was named first vice president with George Sweeney of Billings as second vice president L Matteson of Missoula as secretary and T A Cullen of Anaconda as treasurer.
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Missoula
Dee
Montana Police Protective Association
Jack Duggan
Butte
W. B. Carroll
Great Falls
George Sweeney
Billings
L. Matteson
T. A. Cullen
Anaconda
OMARP Reduction in Farm Produce Reported
Washington December 15 The agriculture department reports 1932 total crop acreage rose about 1 percent from 1931 but output of wheat cotton tobacco and rice fell sharply. Feed crops surged with hay higher and feed grain production the largest since 1920. The movement back to farms helped keep acreages up.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kay
Beer Measure Approved by House Committee in Speedy Vote
The Ways and Means Committee approved a 3.2 percent by weight beer bill 17 to 7. A separate wine bill would be discussed tomorrow. The measure imposes a $5 per barrel tax a $1,000 license fee and a $20 retail fee. Provisions align with state laws on manufacture sale and distribution.
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Washington
U.R
House
Ways and Means
United Press
Hawley
Ore
Crowther
New York
Timberlake
Colorado
Ragon
Arkansas
Cooper
Tennessee
Morgan
Senate Judiciary
John J. Blaine
Wisconsin
Requisition Signed for Fugitive Author Burns Extradition
Georgia Governor Richard B. Russell signed a requisition for Robert Elliott Burns the author of I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang for extradition from Newark New Jersey to Georgia Hobnobbed warden John Howell Hardy headed north with the papers Burns may contest the move Hardy said he would spend Christmas in New York if needed Burns was captured early this morning in Newark
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Atlanta
State of Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Robert Elliott Burns
Newark
N. J
John Howell Hardy
Troup County
Burns
Hardy
Little Ol
New York
Agriculturists Back Abolition of Farm Board
National farm groups vote for ending the Hoover farm board and press the House Agricultural Committee for a relief bill. They withhold direct knowledge of President-elect Roosevelt's stance on the domestic allotment plan they advocate. Frederick T. Lee testifies that farm leaders unite behind the allotment principle and seek the new administration's approval.
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Washington
Hoover Administration
Farm Board
House Agricultural Committee
Roosevelt
Clarke
New York
Frederick T. Lee
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