Roosevelt to deliver first annual message January 3
Roosevelt will deliver his first annual message to Congress on January 3 read by a house clerk. Speaker Rainey noted the president may not appear in person, while advisers press for a joint session. The budget is expected to request over six billion dollars for 1934, including two point six billion for ordinary expenses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Rainey
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Snow and Cold Weather Hit Montana Holiday
King Winter delivered a frigid Christmas to Montana with sub zero readings east of the Rocky Mountains and zero to freezing temperatures west of the divide. Six to eight inches of snow fell in Bitter Root valley while Havre dropped to 16 below, Billings area snow covered, Great Falls clear and cold, Helena near zero, with continued unsettled conditions forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Montana
King Winter
Rocky Mountains
Continental Divide
Bitter Root
Havre
North Dakota Line
Billings
Great Falls
Helena
Christmas Cheer Sweeps World For Optimism Amid Turmoil
Amid festive scenes across Christendom, holiday spending rises in the US with a buoyant 1930s mood. Franklin D Roosevelt grants amnesty to 1500 draft resistors as King George V and Herbert Hoover send messages of sober recovery, despite later accidents.
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Associated Press
Christendom
Washington
United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Dickens
Tiny Tim
George V
Onow Blankets City With White For Christmas
A snowstorm with soft flakes settled over Butte on Christmas Day. Most residents stayed home as streets emptied and only essential shops remained open. Many attended midnight mass and families enjoyed Christmas dinners and gifts in a quiet, contemplative holiday atmosphere.
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Butte
Unsettled Montana Weather With Snow Possible
Montana forecast shows unsettled conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with occasional snow in the south and west portions. Temperatures are not expected to change significantly.
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Montana
Drug store blaze endangers block of businesses in city
Fire at Park Drug store 58 West Park street caused about 40000 in damages. Over twenty tenants in the Ansonia block woke to smoke and fled as flames spread, with the fire department fighting the blaze for more than two hours. The clock at the drug firm alone valued over 20000, while nearby sites including Ansonia hotel Ellis Paint Brownfield faced threat.
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Park Drug Store
West Park Street
Ansonia
Butte Fire Department
Drug Company
West Park
Ellis Paint Company
Brownfield
Children die in Christmas fire in Mexico City
In Mexico City two children were burned to death and 30 others were injured during Christmas celebrations as businesses and government offices closed for the holiday. The disaster occurred as crowds gathered for seasonal festivities.
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Mexico
D. F
Catalonian Chief Executive Francisco Macia Y Llusa Dies
Barcelona mourns as Colonel Francisco Macia Y Llussa president of Catalonia dies at 74 in the city. The longtime political figure was a storied public leader and a prominent Catalan personality.
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Barcelona
Spain
Francisco Macia Y Llussa
Catalonia
Torrential flood wrecks Oregon home killing four family members
A Christmas day flood near Clatskanie Oregon unleashed a torrent that buried a house, killing Milo Allen 50 and three of his sons George 30 Robert 12 and Donald 7. Mrs Allen and two other children Eldon 17 and Clifford 8 survived. Debris filled with logs and mud swept down a creek forming a natural dam and destroying the residence. Rescue crews recovered two bodies as waters receded, leaving Western Washington transportation strained by flooding in the region.
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Clatskanne
Ore
Milo Allen
George
Robert
Donald
Allen
Northwest
Washington
Columbia
Parents urge suspect in slaying to surrender
Grand Rapids Michigan December 25. Police seek William McCann 20 in the murder of Margaret Peevey 22 a deaf mute whose body was found last Saturday in a field near Grand Rapids with three bullet wounds to the head two teeth knocked out and clothing torn. His mother and stepfather appealed through newspapers for him to turn himself in.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
William McCann
Margaret Peevey
Fred Kelley
McCann
Missing boy found dead in cargo of debris near Columbia
A blood smeared hair fragment and a battered skull ended the 48 hour search for Herbert Harris Jr., 15. A iron bar lay nearby and cotton waste formed a grave like mound over the body. Authorities pursue a possible motive linked to the boy’s father and a kidnapper.
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Columbia
D. C
Herbert H. Harris Jr
Food conveyed to 10 isolated towns threatened by flood
Superior, Dec 25. Sheriff Mayo says pack horses may be needed to reach Saltese and De Borgia, cut off by train disruption and washed roads. About 250 residents face potential shortages of flour butter eggs and a few other staples as St. Regis river falls back and weather remains cool.
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Superior
Joseph A. Mayo
Saltese
de Borgia
Man
St. Regis
Militia Patrols Southern Town After Feud Flare
A man convicted of a killing a year ago is freed on furlough and suspected in an attempted assassination on Main Street in an Arkansas town. A battle ensues as the governor orders troops to the area to quell the violence and restore order.
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Arkansas Town
Marshall
Ark
National
Marshall J. H. Barnett
Leland Henley
W. W. Findley
Findley
Barnett
Rupert
Oscar
Henley
Ralph
Leland
Nobel
Jack
Bennie Matthews
Barnetts
Henleys
Little Rock
Searcy County
North Arkansas Mountains
Fay
Brown
Clarksville
Futrell
Jack Holt
Harrison
Increased Force for Marines 15 Asked by Chief
Major General Ben H Fuller, commandant, in his annual report, calls for an 1 800 man increase to 17 000. He cites insufficient strength and urges congressional action to relieve long officer tenures and improve promotions.
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Washington
Ben H. Fuller
The
Marine Corps
Bureau of the Budget
Aerial Santa Boots Cheer for New England Lightkeepers
Captain Wincapaw, famed New England aviator, and four companions flew a seaplane from Boston to Monhegan Island delivering newspapers magazines and coffee to 70 lonely lighthouses and coast guard stations along the coast. Adriel Bird of Boston funded the gifts as part of the Christmas outreach.
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Santa Claus
New England
Boston
Coast Guard
Monhegan Island
Maine
Bill” Wincapaw
Adriel Bird
Wincapaw
Sta
Captain and Crew Drown as Schooner Capsizes off Newfoundland
Meagre reports say Captain Levi Button and his new crew of four on the Monica Hattery of St Johns perished when the schooner turned over in rough Atlantic seas near Roseblanche Point. The upturned hull was sighted Saturday and three bodies were recovered. In California, the Quaker Liner Peter Kerr, with a 40 man crew, grounded near Asuncion Bay in fog. a cutter was readied to aid and refloat hoped at high tide tonight.
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N. F
Monica
Port Aux Basques
Levi Button
Roseblanche Point
San Pedro
Cal
Peter Kerr
New York
Asuncion Bay
Government warns of pulling funds for public works delays
The Public Works Administration said it will withdraw allotments from local governments that delay putting men to work as funds dwindle. Administrator Ickes noted only about 200 million of a 3.3 billion appropriation remains and that many payroll funds are tied up in contracts awaiting action.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Ickes
PWA
Speec
Fall From Window Fatal To Woman In Detroit Hospital
Mrs. Cora Meyerhoven aged 44 died after plunging from a hospital window on the sixth floor where she had undergone an operation for gallbladder two weeks earlier. No further details given.
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Detroit
Cora Meyerhoven
Film Director Eddie Sutherland Remains Critical
Eddie Sutherland a 37 year old film director was stricken with pneumonia last Saturday night and remained critically ill in a Los Angeles hospital tonight He had been placed under an oxygen tent to aid his respiration according to physicians.
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Los Angeles
Eddie Sutherland
Sutherland
Volcanic Eruption and Typhoon Hit Philippines
Reports from Sor Sogon province indicate nine deaths and extensive property damage after a volcanic eruption and a typhoon triggered tidal waves. Four bodies were recovered with many missing as floods and ashfall impacted towns along the Trosin River and Capiz.
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Manila
Sorsogon
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Poets
Jose Verda
Trosin
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Capiz
Philippines
Bulusan
Taal
Bataan Islands
Formosa
Apo
Snow does not halt civil works in Butte city area
Officials in charge stated yesterday that snowfall will not interfere with the civil works program in Butte. Workers will proceed today with minor shoveling mainly in sewer ditches on the South Side. They stressed the need to avoid any loss of pay and noted severe weather could change the situation.
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Butte
Economy Act modification eyed by war veterans group
Washington reports an active push to modify the Economy Act as it affects veterans expenditures. The American Legion proposes a four point plan to be introduced by Rep Rankin on opening day, with an estimated cost of 70 million dollars. The plan seeks free hospitalization for improvident veterans and wording changes from pensions to compensation for service connected death and disability payments.
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Washington
American Legion
Rankin
Democrat
Mississippi
House Veterans’ Committee
Legion
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