Montana Senate Rejects Legalized Gambling Plan
The Montana state senate voted 34 to 19 against legalization of gambling to raise relief revenue after an hour of debate. The chamber meanwhile upset a judiciary committee report on a water conservation bill by 35 to 19, setting up approval of board appointments by the governor subject to senate ratification.
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Helena
Montana
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Water Conservation Board
Senate
House
Roosevelt reviews new budget with Democratic leaders
President Roosevelt conferred about his new budget with Democratic congressional leaders at the White House in a three hour meeting. Leaders left noncommittal and denied that the monetary program was under discussion as they anticipate the budget message to Congress likely Wednesday or Thursday. The talks included Vice President Garner Speaker Rainey and Capitol Hill financial chiefs with Senate Democrats earlier canvassing the legislative outlook. Senator Robinson predicted the monetary policies would be upheld.
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Executive Mansion
Congress
Garner
Rainey
Capitol Hill
Senate Democrats
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
California Flood Kills and Displaces Hundreds on New Year
A severe storm in southern California after January 1 caused about 30 deaths and 19 missing, with thousands homeless and hundreds injured. Rain totals near 12 inches in 24 hours swamped Los Angeles area, washing out bridges and flooding Glendale Montrose, Verdugo wash damage, and halting traffic as rescue efforts recover bodies.
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Los Angeles
California
Montrose
Glendale
Verdugo
Arroyo Verdugo
Hollywood Studios
Echo Park Lake
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
County Road Department
Lincoln
Elwood Plumb
Long Beach
Clyde Dowell
Tujunga
Chester Herrera
San Fernando
Frank Gereghty
North Hollywood
Phyllis L. Reihl
Margaret Smith
la Crescenta
Clark Harmon
Sam Wilson
Betty Lorraine Klaas
van Nuys
CWA
E. B
Opechee Way
Virginia Pulliam
Phyllis Brooks
Joan McDonald
Edith Warfield
Charles Warfield
E. H. Higley
Eva Thomas
Rosemont
Roy
Correa
Ralph Kniffin
Marshall Gray
Ida Hamilton
Peggy Hamilton
Mary Hamilton
George R. Young
Woodrow Wilson Day Echoes and Roosevelts Stand
On Woodrow Wilson Day the president urged supplementing and implementing his 1913 pledge against territorial conquest. Roosevelt echoed by opposing armed intervention and framing it as a continental concern if intervention becomes necessary.
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Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Mobile
United States
Roosevelt
Butte Returns To Work After Two Day New Year Holiday
After a lively New Year celebration Butte resumes normal life with quiet streets and family dinners. Many workers such as peace officers streetcar crews hospital staff and newspaper staff continue duties while religious services draw large crowds. Evening theater shows also attract patrons as the city moves past the holiday observance.
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Butte
Quiet New Year gains noted in 18 cities across nation
A New Year survey finds 42 fatalities linked to New Year celebrations, down from 150 last year and 200 in 1931-32. Chicago reports four deaths, New York City four, Buffalo none, while Kansas City records no fatalities for the first time in five years. One youth, John Troglia, 18, killed in a car crash amid celebratory events.
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Chicago
U.P
Buffalo
N. Y
Kansas City
New York City
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Houston
Tex
Denver
Los Angeles
Birmingham
Memphis
John Troglia
Butte
Senate committee chair changes approved in Democratic meeting
The Democratic steering committee announced shifts in senate assignments. Senator Wagner of New York would head the public lands committee, McAdoo of California would take over the patents committee, and Senator Adams of Colorado would chair the irrigation and reclamation committee. Finalization depends on Wagner accepting the public lands post.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
New York
Public Lands Committee
McAdoo
California
Adams
Colorado
Irrigation and Reclamation
Republican Party Rebuilds After 1932 Defeat
Senator McNary named a nine member committee to guide the campaign for next fall’s Senate elections. Senator Hastings of Delaware heads the panel, which aims for a united front supporting all Republican nominees without probing their faction. Senator Dickinson of Iowa has criticized the split in the party.
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Washington
McNary
Senate
Hastings
Delaware
Dickinson
Iowa
Wife of Sugar Company Worker Slips on Snow
Mrs. Mamie Tews Murphy, 36, wife of Spencer Murphy a Great Western Sugar employee, died after slipping on a snow coated concrete step at her brother Fred Tews Jr's home in Billings. She fell momentarily after knocking at the rear door and broke her neck. she was pronounced dead minutes later.
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Billings
Jan
Mamie Tews Murphy
Spencer Murphy
Great Western Sugar Company
Fred Tews Jr
Tews
Montana University Student Injured in Auto Crash
Philipsburg reports Roberta Metcalf daughter of Mayor Metcalf and Loyce Bowers of Helena were hurt in a head on collision on the Anaconda Philipsburg highway. Metcalf and Bowers were rushed to a Missoula hospital with severe facial cuts and serious injuries. Roy Sjollom of Anaconda and another man were less seriously hurt.
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Philipsburg
Jan
Roberta Metcalf
R. D. Metcalf
Here
Anaconda
Miss Metcalf
Montana State University
Loyce Bowers
Helena
Missoula
Bowers
Roy Sjollom
Montana Weather Outlook Snow Likely Tue-Wed
Montana forecast calls for unsettled conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday with probable snow and little change in temperature. Residents should prepare for light travel disruption and keep updated on storm timing and accumulation estimates.
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Montana
Never Agains With Flat Purses Rally on Waterwagon Excursion
Chicago reports on New Year’s excursion aboard a 1934 waterwagon with crowded aisles as more people seek relief from headaches and deflated pocketbooks. Census data show sharp rises in totals from yesterday linked to costs of bourbon and cheaper spirits amid changing social habits.
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Chicago
Turkey buzzard strikes pilot in midair near Louisville
A turkey buzzard weighing 8 to 10 pounds swerved into a speeding mail plane at 120 mph near Louisville causing the bird to crash through the windshield and strike Pilot Harry Musick on the cheek. Musick received first aid and safely landed at Bowman Field.
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Louisville
Here
Harry Musick
Musick
Nazi regime executions surge after coming to power
Berlin reports show 59 executions across the Reich in 1933 after Hitler took power January 30, largely for political offenses against the regime. Only four occurred earlier in Loh.
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Berlin
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Loh
Death Toll Rises in Southern California Floods
A revised list reports 30 bodies recovered and 13 unidentified. Nineteen people remain missing including multiple residents from Glendale Montrose and Mont Elwood Plumb. The casualty roll includes children and adults with numerous unclaimed remains and several unidentified drownings.
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Los Angeles
California
J. E. Moore
Martha
San Gabriel
Sherman Hubbard
Toots Hubbard
Wilmington
Moore
Dorothy Carter
Monterey Park
New Year Babies Born in Butte Two in 1934
The first babies of 1934 in Butte arrive within hours of each other. The Buckmasters greet a son at St James hospital New Year's morning, followed by the Clarks’ daughter shortly after. Both families report mothers and babies in fine condition.
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Mining City
Butte
P. J. Clark
South
Wyoming Street
L. Buckmaster
South Gaylord Street
Buckmasters
St. James Hospital
Clarks
Pasadena Parade of Roses Opens Under Driving Rain
Nearly 200000 spectators braved a heavy rain to view Pasadena's forty fifth Tournament of Roses parade. A flower covered float on hidden wheels wowed crowds as 8,000,000 blossoms decorated 100 motorized exhibits. Miss Fasla Nell Clayton of Santa Ana fell ill but was treated and released.
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Pasadena
Cal
Royal Neptune
California
Herbert Hoover
Fasla Nell Clayton
Santa Ana
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