Industrials Lead Rise New York Stock Market Opens Strong
Bull market excitement drives a sharp start to 1929 with major gains in leading issues. General Electric jumps to a record high of 245.25, Radio Corporation hits 395, and Inter-Sepp Nickel Certificates surge to 275 as trading volume soars and January dividends lift sentiment.
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New York
Associated Press
American International Corporation
Kennecott Copper Co
General Electric
Radio Corporation Common
Inter- Sepp
Butte Auto Dealers Back Two-Cent Gas Tax Plan
At a meeting in the Howard Pierce building the Butte Automobile Association voted unanimously to support a proposed two cent gasoline tax increase slated for Helena. The group endorsed a statewide federation of dealers to boost auto legislation and road building, and planned the annual auto show with a committee to set 1929 dates. About 35 Butte dealers attended.
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Butte Automotive Association
Butte Automobile and Accessory Dealers
Howard Pierce
Helena
Montana
Treasure State
Butte Association
Butte
Four Out for Speaker
Montana visitors pour into Helena as the 21st legislative assembly nears. The January session opens January 10 at 1 am, with hotels and eateries gearing up for about 300 visiting lawmakers and staff over 60 days in the capital.
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Byron E. Cooney
Montana Standard
Montana
Twenty-First Legislative Assembly
Boniface
Storms cause heavy loss in Japan with dozens dead
Tokyo reports at least 56 killed as storms sweep the Hondo coast southwest of Niigata. Several hundred houses are destroyed and scores injured with around 20 villages inundated by high seas yesterday.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hondo
Niigata
Railway Department
Schnitzler Sees Montana Light Year Ahead in Prosperity
Senator John W. Schnitzler of Roosevelt county voices optimism for Northeastern Montana saying the region is in prosperous condition despite little snow. He notes high wheat acreage, banking deposits at Freid and Culbertson, and highlights the University of Montana bond issue as a key upcoming legislative issue.
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Montana
John W. Schnitzler
Roosevelt County
Republican National
Butte
Helena
Senator Schnitzler
Schnitzler
Freid
Culbertson
University of Montana
Legislative Assembly
Daughter of Anaconda Head to Wed in New York City
Plans for the wedding of Miss Frances Kelley daughter of Mr and Mrs Cornelius Francis Kelley of 907 Fifth Avenue to Henry Donnelly Keresey son of Mrs Mary Donnelly Keresey of 9 East 93rd Street were announced. The ceremony will be January 12 at St Patrick's Cathedral with Cornelia Kelley as maid of honor and a list of bridesmaids and ushers from New York and St Louis.
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Anaconda Head
New York City
Frances Kelley
Cornelius Francis Kelley
Fifth Avenue
Mary Donnelly Keresey
East 93Rd Street
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
O’gorman
St. Ignatius’ Loyola Church
New York
Dewey Area SeWeR Project Bids Called for February
The GITY council approved a $12000 Dewey street sewer project after a year of delays. Bids will be opened February 6 with completion expected in March as winter work eases installation. Alderman Morgan led the action amid earlier protest over notice and petition validity.
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Dewey Street
Thomas R. Morgan
Northcott says she was railroaded into confession
Mrs Sarah Louisa Northcott repudiates all confessions alleging murders at Wineville chicken ranch. She claims she pleaded guilty to save her son Sanford Clark, says she never touched the victims, and that others framed Sanford as the killer. Warden Holohan made no comment.
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San Quentin Prison
Cal
Sarah Louisa Northcott
Wineville
James B. Holohan
San Francisco
Sanford Clark
Sanford
Mrs. Northcott
Sandford
San Quentin
Holohan
Butte to Erect Radio Station at Shiner Furniture Store
The Symons Broadcasting company will install KGIK at Shiner Furniture, 75 East Park, using five rooms on the fourth floor. permission granted by city council. Operation to begin within two weeks with 250 watts and possible upgrade to 500 watts. Antennas planned at Park Wyoming corner and store roof. daytime 100 mile, nighttime 300 mile range.
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Shiner
East Park Street
Symons’ Broadcasting Company
Spokane
Pcnlissivil
Sam Shiner
Shiner Furniture Company
E. B. Craney
Symons Broadcasting Company
Butte
KGIK
Department of Commerce
Montana
Billings
Havre
Missoula
Shiner’s
Park
Wyoming
Hangar Planned at Butte Municipal Airport for National Parks Airways
James H. Rowe announced that a modern 80 by 100 foot hangar will be erected at Butte Municipal Airport to house tri motor planes for National Parks Airways. The board authorized construction in Salt Lake City, with city site designation to follow. Rowe noted Chicago field trends of multiple hangars and reported favorable airport remarks.
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National Parks Airways Company
Butte
James H. Rowe
Montana
Salt Lake
Great Falls
Salt Lake City
Rowe
Nger
al Frank
Chicago
Myron T. Herrick Shows Improvement After Illness
Myron T. Herrick United States ambassador to France since 1912 suffered asthma influenza and bedridden at Gates Mills home. Relatives reported he was resting easily and in high spirits, with doctors noting no cause for alarm as he improves.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
Gates Mills
Northcott trial opens as judge is replaced
Riverside California January 2 1933 Gordon Stewart Northcott 22 goes on trial for murder of three boys at his Wineville chicken ranch His mother Mrs Sarah Northcott pleads guilty to one murder and takes full blame then recants in a jail visit. judge O K Morton steps aside and Judge George Preeman assigned to hear the case. a Mexican detainee is found with a pistol in the jail yard. trial adjourned to January 3 with sanity questions pending.
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Riverside
Cal
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Wineville
Sarah Louisa Northcott
Ban Quentin
Young Northcott
Northcott
O. K. Morton
George K. Preeman
Morton
Norbert Savay
Savay
Henry Esparza
Sanford Clark
Lewis
Nelson Winslow
Walter Collins
King and Queen Start On Outing
Brubbls Belgium Jan 2 7 King Albert and Queen Elizabeth depart for Switzerland for their annual winter sports trip. They travel with Princess Marie Jose and will be away for the customary period.
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Brubbels
Belgium
King Albert
Elizabeth
Switzerland
Marie Jose
Alaska Governor Returns Home To Get Warm
Alaska Governor George A. Parks said in Omaha that it is cold and that he will likely head back to Juneau to warm up. He visits as guest of Walter W. Head and travels to Washington, D. C. for his annual trip.
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Alaska
Omaha
George A. Parks
Juneau
Walter W. Head
Governor Parks
Washington, D. C
Congress Sets Early Fight Over Kellogg Treaty and Navy Bill
Congress returns from recess facing quick votes on the Kellogg peace treaty and the naval construction bill in the Senate while the House prepares tariff revision hearings. Senators Borah and Hale foresee swift votes, with West’s Interior nomination and seating contest for Vare also under Senate review.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Borah
Hale
Roy O. West
Chicago
Interior
Vare
Pennsylvania
West
Senate Lands Committee
Special Campaign Funds Committee
Reed
Democrat
Missouri
Ware
Woman Is Sentenced One Year In Prison In Rothstein Case
Miss June Boyd was sentenced to a year and a day in prison after conviction in federal court on a violation of the anti narcotic laws connected to the Arnold Rothstein case. The arrest stemmed from the New York gambler's slaying investigation in Chicago.
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Chicago
June Boyd
Arnold Rothstein
New York
Ninety Christian Brothers Students Make Honor Roll
Ninety Christian Brothers high school students earned honors after the semester. To qualify, grades needed 90 percent or higher. The junior and senior classes led with 23 and 20 honorees respectively, comprising over half of each class. Senior classical and scientific list includes Joseph Ryan and others. senior commercial list names William Carden and peers. junior scientific list features various names.
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Christian Brothers
Christian Brothers High School
Joseph Ryan
Gus Carmody
Edward McGowan
Glen Norton
Emmet Regan
Howard Murray
Patrick O'Leary
George Martin
Raymond Murphy
William Doonan
James Lowney
John Sullivan
Rudolph Ferlic
James Flynn
Nell Murphy
Charles Slatt
Andrew Grob
Raymond Sullivan
Thomas Kelly
Curtis Bray
William Carden
Richard Grace
John Doran
John Hagerty
John Hanley
Leonard Horan
Ge Sullivan
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Las Eee
New York Exchange
Back State Association
Bricker
Reed, Moss
Leavitte
Ohio
Melvin Horst
Raymond Horst
Orville
Cincinnati
GITY
Dewey Area
Shiner Furniture
KGIR
Council
East Broadway
National Parks Airways
Tarife
Campaign Funds Committee
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