Senate Set After Christmas To Consider Kellogg Pact And Cruiser Bill
The Senate will reconvene January 3 to tackle both the Kellogg treaty renouncing war and the 15 cruiser construction bill on equal footing. Borah backs the peace pact with unanimous consent, while Hale’s bid to fast track the naval bill was blocked. King and Norris plan to push the treaty ahead of the naval measure once sessions resume.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Hale
Naval Committee
King
Utah
Norris
Nebraska
American woman sets air record at Roosevelt Field
Viola Gentry, flying solo in an open plane through rain and sleet, stayed aloft eight hours six minutes and 37 seconds, the longest solo flight by a woman. A Curtiss Field-trained pilot with about 130 hours solo, she plans further exploits and has funded her aviation work by waitress work and cashier stints.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Viola Gentry
Gentry
Curtiss Field
County Inmates to Receive Elks Christmas Gifts
Butte Elks Lodge No 240 plans a Christmas Eve gift program for every inmate at the county hospital. Each will get house slippers cigars candy and nuts. Adolf Wetstein 317 North Jackson Street leads the arrangements with a planned lengthy program featuring the Winter Garden orchestra and the Elks quartet.
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Butte Lodge
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Elks’ Temple
Adolf Wetstein
North
Jackson Street
Elks
Winter Garden Orchestra
Elks’ Quartet
US seeks padlocking of 100 bootlegging places in Montana
The United States plans court orders to padlock more than 100 alleged bootlegging establishments in Butte and nearby cities during the current federal term. District Attorney Wellington D. Rankin announced after Judge Bourquin set abatement cases for Dec 31. Seventeen liquor violators were sentenced, with seven jail terms and fines. one acquitted, one dismissed, one bond forfeited.
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United States
Butte
Wellington D. Rankin
George M. Bourquin
Hopes Rise for King George Recovery in Britain
London reports doctors express cautious optimism about King George VI as they update the nation after a medical consultation. The statement, issued in the afternoon, indicates slow but possible progress in the king's condition.
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London
King George
Floral Park District Premieres Outdoor Christmas Lights
The Floral Park district in the Great Falls area lights seven blocks along Central Avenue signaling the holiday season. A large community tree felled in Elk Park will be erected on Flora Boulevard and decorated, rivaling the east Broadway display. The Floral Park Men's Club supports the effort as about 100 lawn trees are expected to line the district.
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Floral Park
Butte
Great Falls
Central Avenue
Floral Boulevard
Oo Loe
Elk Park
Flora Boulevard
East Broadway
St Seretions
Trial opens in Billy Ranieri kidnapping case amid threats
Opening of the Ranieri kidnapping trial was delayed after a letter threatening the judge and witnesses arrived. State witness Mike Divito testified he was marked for death as two defendants, including Andrew Cappellano, denied knowledge of Billy’s kidnapping at Cappellano’s Bourbonnais home.
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Chicago
Billy Ranieri
Robert Gentzel
Ranieri
Mike Divito
Divito
Andrew Cappellano
Billy
Bourbonnais
Ill
Tony Perconti
Romano
Cappellano
Snoden Charged With Murder Of Lima Shoemaker
Dillon Dec 20 Special charges of first degree murder were filed against Lima sheepherder Al Snoden by County Attorney Thomas E. Gilbert. Snoden to be arraigned tomorrow and, if pleads not guilty, to stand trial at the January term opening January 14 with John Collins as his attorney.
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Fred Rife
Butte Opens Christmas Shopping Night to Crowds
Butte enjoys its first 1928 evening of pre Christmas shopping with mild weather and large merry crowds. Merchants report excellent business across all stores from shoes to druggists as illumination gives a carnival air. Al Gusdorf of the Butte Photo Shop notes doors jammed as shoppers flood the entry.
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Uptown
Butte
Crown Vi
al Gusdorf
Gusdorf
Beware of fires during Christmas warns fire chief
Fire Chief Fred Martin of the Butte fire department urged caution during the pre Christmas period. He asked residents to avoid candles near trees and curtains and to inspect electrical cords and insulation to prevent fires.
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Fred Martin
Butte Fire Department
Iain Tae Ead
Hit and Run Car Injures Pedestrian at Park and Ohio
Pinon Christense, 45, of 341 South Arizona street, was struck as he alighted from a street bus near Park and Ohio streets. He suffered a broken leg and was taken to St. James hospital. Police say the fast moving car, traveling west on Park, struck him as he crawled to avoid it.
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Park and Ohio
Pinon Christense
Arizona Street
St. James Hospital
Park Street
Christense
Butte Joshers Aid Feeds Hundreds During Christmas
More than 700 Butte families will be helped by the Butte Joshers club during the holidays. About 2,500 people are expected to be fed through gifts from local men. Sixteen trucks were used to deliver boxes, with 35 volunteers packing and loading. Work continued into the evening and resumes today.
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Butte
Butte Joshers
Joshers
Judas Must Pay for Pane Broken in Battle Royal
Denver police broke up a battle royal at the city auditorium where actors playing Christ and Judas clashed over jealousy. George Fassnacht struck Adolph Fassnacht, breaking a window in the box office. Elsa Fassnacht, Magdalene, aided her husband. All three were detained. Adolph had minor cuts. Judas to pay for the broken pane.
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Denver
Christ
Aurg
Pasar
Jae
Geting
George Fassnacht
Judas
Adolph Fassnacht
George
Adolph
City Auditorium
Elsa Fassnacht
Magdalene
Mystery Besets Ruth McConnell In San Francisco Visit
Ruth McConnell a 26 year old musician arrived in San Francisco for a vacation amid reports of a family friend bent on marriage. Her uncle by proxy Kenneth Coulter a Rochester broker disputes that relation, while Dr David Meeker races from Omaha to encourage her return to health. A companion woman identified as Mrs Anderson of Cheyenne adds to the intrigue.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ruth McConnell
Miss McConnell
New York
Rochester
N. Y
Kenneth B. Coulter
Dispatches
Coulter
Henry McConnell
Indianapolis
David O. Meeker
Omaha
Meeker
Salt Lake City
Sphinx
G. M. Anderson
Chey
Forward body of mother to South
After tragedy struck a family of newcomers to Butte the bodies of Mrs Virginia Lee and her infant daughter were en route to West Virginia for burial. The husband lies critically ill from pneumonia and two young children remain in the care of a woman unfamiliar to them. The 25 year old woman died a week after giving birth following pneumonia illness.
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Butte
Virginia Lee
West Virginia
Three Albion students drown in Michigan crash
Three Albion college men Norman Campbell Stephen Leighton and Ralph Doolittle died when their car slid in a blinding snowstorm and plunged into a drainage ditch near Nuncia Michigan. The car overturned and trapped them beneath about two feet of water. Police later investigated a separate decapitated head found in a house on East Fortieth Street, with authorities unsure of the link.
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Michigan City
Nuncia
Mich
Albion College
Norman Campbell
Muskegon Heights
Stephen, Leighton
Whitehall
Ralph J. Doolittle
Tekonsha
Shams
East Fortieth Street
Blaze Knocks Out Whitehall Hotel Telephone Service
A fire in the Modern hotel boiler room in Whitehall disrupted the local telephone system for about two hours on the Butte to Three Forks line. Volunteers fought the blaze quickly, confirming only nominal damage besides smoke and water. The trunk line burned, leaving Whitehall communications down for at least a day.
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Whitehall
Butte-Three Forks
Inquest Yields Few Answers on Mrs Hammond Death
Coroner's inquest into the death of Mrs Cecilia Hammond, possibly Mrs Jeff Salisbury, offered little clarity on her injuries from a Chevrolet auto collision. Jurors said the verdict confirmed injury by a Chevrolet but did not identify the driver. John Regan remained in custody last night as deputy county attorney pressed for formal action.
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Cecilia Hammond
Jeff Salisbury
John Regan
Fir Street
Techni
N. A. Rotering
Coll
Nesses
Uest
Seta
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