Western Oregon Faces Severe Floods and Storm Warnings
Heavy rainfall since 1911 hampered transport in western Oregon as a new Pacific storm moved in. Southeast gale warnings posted along coast. In Portland’s Lents district flood damage grew as crews stacked sandbags to contain Johnson Creek. One death reported Ralph H. McCullough, an attorney, either electrocuted or drowned.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Oregon
Pacific
Washington Coast
Lents
Johnson Creek
Willamette
Ralph H. McCullough
Ired Mother Knifes Baby of Neighbor
A New Jersey mother Sophie Arcuri 24 is arrested after allegedly killing five month old Christian Bordolon by slashing the throat with a paring knife under a Christmas tree. Neighbors and the crime stem from dispute over heating and money for a heating system. the victim's mother found the body in a pool of blood. The case concerns family tensions within the same house and follows an earlier heat quarrel between Arcuri and Bordolon.
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Greenbrook
N. J
County
Charles Alleger
Sophie Arcuri
Christian Bordolon
Arcuris
Bordolons
Louis Bordolon
Port Chester
N. Y
Arcuri
North Idaho Mines Close as Snowstorm Rages
A two day snowstorm cripples Coeur d Alenes mines halting work and severing communications. Jennie Carle suffers injuries after being buried in snow. Burke and Mullan mines shut, five mills idle, roads avalanches blocks transport and power outages persist.
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Wallace
Idaho
Coeur d’Alenes
Jennie Carle
Montgomery Gulch
Mullan
Kellogg
Mile High Lookout
Idaho-Montana Divide
Hecla
Burke
Jack Waite
Wallace-Burke
Spokane
Snow Blocks Major Montana Highways In Heavy Fall
The Montana highway department reports three major roads closed by snow with U S highway 10 the worst blockade between Alberton and the state line. Chief engineer Scott Hart says reserve snow removal equipment is en route and the road may reopen within 24 hours. Deep snow has fallen around Alberton and Superior over the past three days.
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Helena
Montana Highway Department
Scott Hart
U. S. Highway 10
Alberton
Montana-Idaho Line
Alberton-Superior
Severe gale damages Livingston in 90 mph winds
Terrific winds up to 90 miles an hour battered Livingston with glass shattered from a second floor office window and falling debris. Christmas decorations suffered heavy damage across residential and business districts as numerous windows, chimneys and roofs were blown down.
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Livingston
early-winter chinook lifts Butte temp to 40 degrees
An early winter chinook thawed in Butte with a high of 40 degrees, the warmest since December 16, and a 24 hour low of 31. Snow drifts from Sunday winds slowed traffic but county crews cleared Basin Creek Reservoir Road, Upper Nine Mile Road and Roosevelt Drive. All highways were reported open despite sub-zero readings elsewhere in the state.
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Butte
Jack Healy
Basin Creek Reservoir
Nine Mile Road
Roosevelt Drive
Glasgow
Business Clash Seen Between Liberals and Conservatives
Washington observers forecast a sharp clash between liberal and conservative forces in Congress as the 1938 session opens. Tax, anti monopoly, and wage hour issues loom while Roosevelt policies draw fire, and the recession has strengthened conservative independence while defending administration methods.
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Washington
Congress
Montana Snow Tuesday with cold south and west warming Wednesday
A weather forecast for Montana calls for snow on Tuesday with likely continuing snow into Wednesday. Temperatures will run colder in the southern and extreme western areas, then rise on Wednesday.
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Montana
Senator Borah Criticizes Auto Trust Case Handling
Senator Borah denounced the government’s antitrust actions against three large automakers, echoing earlier criticisms by Federal Judge Ferdinand A Geiger who discharged a Milwaukee grand jury that had received evidence against the firms.
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Washington
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Ferdinand A. Geiger
Milwaukee
Mussolini says no action possible against Japan
In Milan on December 27 the Popolo D Italia quoted Il Duce saying the United States liquidated the Panay incident and that really nothing can be done against Japan. The article mocked the Ludlow referendum idea in the United States and argued the notes exchanged with Japan were satisfactory to settle the episode.
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Milan
Italy
United States
Mussolini
Japan
Popolo D'Italia
Il Duce
Panay
Ludlow
China
Poison plot in Great Falls linked to overdosed flour
Cascade county officials probe an alleged poison plot after a man wife and son were overdosed by tainted flour used in hot cakes and dumplings. County attorney Phil G Greenan said chemists found poison in flour acting as an antidote to the three victims.
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Great Falls
Cascade County
Phil G. Greenan
Roe B. Ogden
Cecil
Here
Greenan
Ogden
Infected Pork Blamed for Rare Disease in Kalispell
Kalispell area reports 33 trichinosis cases traced to parasite infected pork from North Dakota hogs. One 19 year old, Danny Hoerner, died. Health officer Dr. F B Ross coordinates with state epidemiologist Dr. Kilbourne and deputy vet Dr. Wilkins as four Bachman relatives also fall ill after eating Hoerner pork. Rest and vitality therapy prescribed. disease not contagious.
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Kalispell
Columbia Falls
F. B. Ross
Flathead
Danny Hoerner
Anton Hoerner
Flathead County
Ross
B. K. Kilbourne
Helena
Howard F. Wilkins
Hoerner
John Bachman
North Dakota
Soviet ambassador to China arrives in Hankow
Foreign diplomats view the arrival of Ivan Luganets-Orelsky as signaling closer military ties between China and Russia. The 38 year old envoy arrived from Kansu and seeks a meeting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek at an undisclosed Yangtze valley headquarters.
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Hankow
China
Russia
Ivan Teofimovitch Luganets- Orelsky
Kansu
Chiang Kaishek
Mid- Yangtze Valley
Luganets-Orelsky
Moscow
Great Continental
U C Industry in Opposition to Monopolie
William B Warner president of the National Association of Manufacturers said American industry opposes monopolies in production and labor distribution. He commented on Robert H Jacksons Washington address as a potential anti monopoly move and urged calm non partisan consideration to improve living standards and employment. Warner cited the association platform as supporting his views.
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New York
William B. Warner
National Association of Manufacturers
Robert H Jackson
Washington
Warner
R Warner
Jackson
Association
Mysterious Fleet Rumor Off West Coast
The Daily News will report sensational rumors that an alien flotilla of submarines operates off the southern California coast. Navy seaplanes are said to scout the undersea craft as a mysterious informant ties tales to prior sightings near the Galapagos and a possible Japanese base at Turtle Bay.
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Los Angeles
the Daily News
California
Daily News
Washington
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
Pacific
Turtle Bay
U. S
Roosevelts Silver Program May Face 24 Hour Change
Officials say President Roosevelt may move to a 24 hour basis for the silver buying program with a possible Thursday or Friday action. The current proclamation fixes the domestic silver price at 77.57 cents an ounce, about 32 cents above the world price, and could expire Friday night if not extended. Mor genthau signals policy to pay more for domestic than foreign silver may continue, with a week promised to include a statement on silver.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Texan Would Require Cabinet Members to Tell Congress Plans
U S Representative Maury Maverick of Texas urged at the American Political Science association that cabinet members must explain and interpret their policies on the floor of Congress. He criticized secrecy and called for a 1937 Monroe Doctrine style pledge in the Western Hemisphere.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Maury Maverick
Texas
American Political Science Association
Congress
Butte Busy With Holiday Festivities Ahead of 1937
Readies for New Year events as Christmas passes. The Business and Professional Women host a Christmas dinner at the Silver Bow club, with multiple clubs and churches hosting parties at Pythian castle Patriotic hall Trinity and Unity churches. Tonight Rotana club yuletide dinner and Columbian Squires dance at K hall. Lodges Masonic temple host children party. Elks and country club hold New Year’s dances. Knights of Columbus plans its annual New Year’s Eve party at the club ballroom. Invitations from members or K C hall.
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Butte
Silver Bow Club
Princes of Syracuse
Pythian Castle
Butte Post
Patriotic Hall
Unity
Trinity Methodist Churches
Volunteers of America
Rotana Club
Columbian Squires
Mount Moriah
Highland Lodges
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Butte Lodge of Elks
Butte Country Club
Butte Council
Knights of Columbus
K. C. Hall
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Solons
Weather Forecast
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the Cat and the Fiddle
John Smith
U. C
Manufacturers Association
New Deal
West Coast
Navy
Business and Professional Women’s Club
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