Daring One Man Seattle Post Office Hold Up
A lone bandit armed with two guns robbed the main Seattle post office cashier’s office late today and escaped with about $20,000. He entered after 5 pm, forced several clerks into a central cage, swept cash from the desk and an open safe, then fled through the business office into the lobby. He is described as about 35, six feet tall, with a cap over his eyes, a light brown overcoat, and strong liquor on his breath.
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Seattle
W. H. Hay
H. J. Lonctot
Debt Moratorium Ratified By Senate Amid Mixed Outlook
The senate approved the debt moratorium 69 to 12, a move seen with cautious optimism. European debtors kept payments suspended, while German reparations loom as the next major issue. An advisory report may urge unconditional payments to France if feasible. Tax loss selling could prompt new government rules, with potential retroactivity debated. Illinois Central forecasts allow over 3 million for junior securities, keeping dividend obligations on preferred stock satisfied. common shares may rise about 1.50.
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Senate
United States
Bank For International Settlements
France
Ilinois Central
Japanese Forces Threaten Band in Manchuria West of Liao River
The Japanese army headquaters in Mukden issued a statement vowing to eliminate undesirable forces west of the Liao river toward Chinchow. An all day train duel near Yingkow involved 60 Japanese and Chinese trains with the Japanese cavalry later aiding the attack on the Chinese train.
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Associated Press
Mukden
Liao River
Chinchow
Chang Mhsueh-Liang
Peiping
Yingkow
Manchuria
Tientsin
Rail ties shower injures forty on Brooklyn platform
A work crew unloading old railroad ties on a flat car caused a shower of timbers at the Brooklyn avenue station injuring nearly two dozen people. About 150 shoppers crowded the platform when the ties fell, trapping and stamping dazed passengers including women and children. Four injuries were reported serious, with fears some may die. Continuous updates awaited as officials investigated the incident.
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New York
Brooklyn
Newkirk Avenue
Santa Claus Rides A C M Trucks On Joyful Mission
Joy fills Twin Bridges and Galen as two A C M trucks arrive at state institutions carrying gifts for orphans at the state orphans home and the tuberculosis sanitarium. The visit honors children who often lack parents and gifts, thanks to Montanans linked to Anaconda Company leaders.
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Santa Claus
Orphans’ Home
Tuberculosis Asylum
Twin Bridges
Galen
A. C. M. Company
Dence
Santa
Culbertson Lightner Lead Bridge Match Reaches New High
Ely Culbertson and Theodore A Lightner extend their contract bridge advantage over Sidney S Lenz and Oswald Jacoby. They end the twelfth session with a 14 525 point lead and a 3 820 point gain for the night at the Waldorf Astoria. The match resumes Saturday.
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Culbertson
Shark
Theodore A. Lightner
New York
U.P
Ely Culbertson
Sidney S. Lenz
Oswald Jacoby
Waldorf Astoria
Lightner
Last Shopping Night Closes Holiday Season in Downtown
The final shopping night of the 1931 holiday season ended with large crowds braving the cold to seek sales, while sales girls finished long hours exhausted but satisfied for spreading Christmas cheer. Shoppers packed the streets as displays were cleared and stores prepared to close for the night.
Fifty Feared Lost After Sea Collision Near Tokio
Fifty people are missing and feared dead after the Osaka Tientsin liner Kansai Maru rammed and sank the coastwise vessel Yagoyama Maru in the Inland Sea. The collision occurred today as the Kansai Maru approached Tokio, prompting rescue efforts by coast guard ships.
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Tokio
Butte Post Office Annex Bid Approved for Construction
An Associated Press dispatch says a low bid of 241000 by a St. Louis firm was enough to keep the project under the 290000 government cap and work on the new annex to start soon after the new year. The building on Copper Street will adjoin the present post office and house all federal offices including forestry.
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Butte Post Office
Associated Press
Washington
St. Louis
Treasury Department
John M. Evans Jr
Copper Street
Forestry
Federal
Kilauea Volcano Starts Erupting With Ten Fountains
Honolulu dispatch reports Kilauea, Hawaii's most active volcano, begins erupting at 2 30 p m with ten fountains shooting high into the air. The eruption marks an active phase in the island chain today.
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Honolulu
T. H
Kilauea
Hawaiian Islands
Montana Forecast Sees Snow West. Warm East
Forecast for Montana calls for snow in the western portion and fair, relatively mild conditions in the east on Thursday and Friday. Temperatures show little change across the state with variable wind.
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Montana
Wet Yule in Store for New York Thirsty
Provident Fog and Smart Bartenders report a Christmas mood behind the bar with diverse spirits on hand including bacardi Cuba and oporto Spain. A veteran barkeep brushes off federal raids as harmless while noting liquor smuggling and foggy harbor conditions mask large imports. Champagne and top labels are offered amid festive signage and holiday chatter in New York.
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Sidney B. Whipple
New York
Bacardi
Cuba
France
Calvados
Normandy
Oporto
Spain
New York Harbor
Pol Roger
Billings Man Promoted to Northern Pacific General Agent
W. B. Elliott of Billings has been named general agent for the Northern Pacific in Butte, succeeding the late C. E. McMillan. Ray C. Murphy moves to succeed Elliott as city freight and passenger agent in Billings. Elliott joined the Montana staff in 1927 after transfers from Chicago and Detroit, earning a strong reputation as a rail solicitor.
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W. B. Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway
C. E. McMillen
Butte
St. Paul
Mr. Elliott
L. R. Challoner
Northern Pacific
Montana
Ray C. Murphy
Billings
Elliott
Babe
Federal court ends eight liquor cases in Butte area
Judge George M. Bourquin ordered one year closures for eight establishments across Butte Meaderville and Bannack for liquor violations. Bars and fixtures including pianos and radios were seized and will be auctioned. Four Meaderville sites were shuttered. an automobile belonging to Clay Roselle was forfeited. Continued on page 4.
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Federal
George M. Bourquin
Butte
Bannack
Meaderville
Prohibition
United States Supreme Court
Judge Bourquin
Dennis Lynch
Five Mile
G. H. Murphy
Blue Ox
Thomas Moore
East Park Street
Carl Swan
Parkway
U. S
Clay Roselle
Vigilant neighbors foil surprise at Glendale home
In Glendale California Dee 23 a man named Frank L Kibbey was spotted stealthily approaching a house with a mysterious bundle. Police arrived as he tried to enter the home and the bundle proved to be Christmas presents making the Kibbey family laugh at the prank on Dad.
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Glendale
Cal
Dee
Frank L. Kibbey
Kibbey
Daddy
Adjustment of War Debts Urged by Young Plan Advisors
Basel December 23 The Young plan advisory committee calls for adjustment of all reparations and war debts to fit the world financial crisis. The unanimous panel of 11 economists warns that resolving these debts is essential to avoid new disasters and notes Germany may struggle to transfer stability into the new fiscal year beginning July 1, 1931.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Associated Press
Basel
Switzerland
Young Plan
Germany
Choir Sings Christmas Masses Across Butte Churches
Catholic churches in Butte prepare for Christmas with Holy Night choral programs and midnight masses honoring the birth of Jesus. Special rehearsals, invited entry at St Patrick's, and repeated music at 11 am Christmas day accompany 7 pm to 11 pm low masses and hourly celebrations.
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Butte
Moratorium 15 Signed as War Debt Talks Loom
Washington reports a drastic revision of Europe debt payments to the United States as a one year moratorium is ratified. Indications grow that debtor nations will miss obligations with Congress blocking longer term revision. Basel officials say Germany cannot resume reparations payments at end of the holiday. Several debtors signal they cannot pay without Germany's arrival of funds.
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Byron Price
Washington
Europe
United States
Congress
Basel
Switzerland
Germany
Bandit Trio Tailed as One Is Shot Dead and Two Captured
Deputy Sheriff W. J. Fleming chased the robbers from a California bank, firing buckshot to halt the car. He killed one bandit identified as Robert Howell, 25, of Detroit, and captured the other two after pinning them to a fence. The heist netted $1200 in currency.
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Los Angeles
California
W. J. Fleming
Robert Howell
Detroit
Mich
Record shipment of dressed beef to Navy from Montana
The Hansen Packing plant in Butte sent the largest dressed beef shipment to the U S navy base in San Francisco on Christmas Day. A train of 10 dressed beef cars and 20 tons of frankfurters and bologna accompanied the meat.
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Hansen
San Francisco
Navy
Montana
United States Navy
Hansen Packing
Butte
Hansen Company
United States
America
Walter Hansen
Hansen Packing Company
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Manchurian
Chiang
Kuomintang Party
H. Allen Smith
N.P
Line
Dad
Olain
Bank
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