Appropriations are Next in Congress Clash Over Railways
Washington January 2. Senate leaders push to finish appropriation bills by March 4 to avoid a spring extra session. Senator Brookhart threatens to force one if House blocks the Senate plan to curb railway consolidations. President Hoover’s stance on the world court could delay pen bills. The Senate to begin an independent survey of unemployment and relief after Woods Woods Payne and Red Cross chairmen report.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Congress
Senate
Brookhart
Republican
Iowa
House
Hoover
World Court
Arthur Woods
Woods
John Barton Payne
Red Cross
Fear of insanity drives father to kill two youths
In Lincoln Massachusetts a 5-year-old Watertown metalworker, Peter W. Fletcher Jr., shot and killed two boys after leaving a note stating he feared insanity and that his sons might suffer the same fate. He then took his own life.
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Lincoln
Mass
Peter W. Fletcher Jr
Watertown
State treasury shows 1930 year end balance of 4 018 733
Helena Jan 2 There was a balance of 4 018 733 in the state treasury at the close of 1930 Treasurer F L Williams reported today He said December disbursements totaled 1 771 493 and receipts amounted to 2 180 163
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Helena
F. £. Williams
Butte Gun Club Star Heads to Monte Carlo
E. W. Ted Renfro famed for Red Rock lake hospitality and national trapshooting titles sails east with two other Yankee teammates to defend the International cup at Monte Carlo later this month.
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E. W
Ted) Renfro
Red Rock Lake
Monte Carlo
Renfro
Butte
Turning Point in War Aided by Doughboy Ingenuity
Allied commanders credit American doughboys with a turning point in World War I as they seized an opportunity in late July 1918 to push German forces from the Chemin Des Dames area. The thrust followed German advances near Rheims and north of the Sois salient.
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Chemin Des Dames
Paris
Rheims
Sois
Long search ends in arrest of single slaying suspect
Chicago January 2 Seven months investigation costing possibly $100000 ends with the arrest of Leo Loeffler a left handed gunman in the killing of Tribune reporter Alfred J Lingle Loeffler a former Egens Rats member was seized after a tip from Scarface Al Capones gang aided by a state attorney custody arranged to avoid interference while investigators continue to trace Loefflers movements on June 9 and other details continue on page 2 column 7
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Chicago
Capone
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Leo Loeffler
Fred Burke
Egan's
Masked men attack Riverside woman on New Year’s Day
Mrs. Anna Wood, a homesteader, reports masked assailants smeared her with hot tar and feathers on her San Jacinto foothill ranch after years of cattlemen pressure. Deputies seek Indian cowpunchers tied to the incident. she was treated for burns and bruises.
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Riverside
Cal
Anna Wood
San Jacinto
Rayburn
Robbers Take Safe From Meat Market In New Year Break-In
Police found a 600 pound safe taken from the Standard Meat Market at Aluminum and Main Streets. The safe was moved to the sidewalk, loaded into a truck, and dumped into Silver Bow Creek after midnight New Year’s Day. Fingerprints were collected from the safe and several hundred dollars were reportedly missing.
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Aluminum
Main Streets
Silver Bow Creek
Marshal Joffre Nearing Death in Paris compa
Paris reports Marshal Joffre’s condition worsened overnight as his life waned in a coma after leg amputation. Doctors warned the end could come at any hour while Louis Barthou and Madame Joffre kept vigil beside the ailing hero.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Louis Barthou
Madame Joffre
Farm Board to Press Ahead Under Legge Criticism
Chairman Legge announced the farm board would continue its program despite critics. Dairy board member Schilling urged the American Warehousemen to join New York in condemning dairy product speculation. Chester H. Gray of the American Farm Bureau Federation opposed amending farm board law and urged no further exchanges of personalities with farmers unions.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
W. F. Schilling
Dairy
American Warehouse Men's Association
Orae
New York
Chester H. Gray
American Farm Bureau Federation
John A. Simpson
Oklahoma City
Farmers Education and Co-Operation Union
Simpson
Senate Agri
Kidnaper in St Louis Trades Boy for Freedom
Charles Abernathy, 28, fled after abducting 13 year old Adolphus Busch Orthwein, then traded the youth back to his parents for his liberty. Police identify the abductor as Abernathy. Pearl Abernathy, a real estate dealer, was arrested as the elder Abernathy said his son carried out the crime. The boy was held 20 hours in a Webster Groves frame house before being returned home. The case draws state charges against the suspect.
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St. Louis County
August A. Busch
ST. Louis
Charles V. Abernathy
Adolphus Busch Orthwein
Orthwein
Webster Groves
Charles Abernathy
Abernathy
Pioneer of Alaska Found Frozen to Death on Trail
Searchers found Thomas E. Garneau, 76, a pioneer, frozen to death while attempting to mush from Long Creek to Ruby. The body was found after he appeared to move in circles about eight miles out. Relatives in Wisconsin confirm his residence.
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Pioneer
Alaska
Fairbanks
Alas
Thomas E. Garneau
Long Creek
Ruby
Wisconsin
Surve
Pope Pius XI Unveils Pontifical Monetary System
Vatican City January 2 Pope Pius XI signed a decree creating a pontifical state monetary system using a gold ura of 0.07919 grams. The system adopts a decimal method with gold coins featuring the pope and Christ, and silver 10 lire coins bearing the pope and the Virgin Mary.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Pontifical State
Christ
Record Flight by Transport Pilot Lands in Newark
G. J. Samson of National Air Transport landed in Newark from Cleveland in two hours 10 minutes claiming the fastest scheduled airway flight. The 417 mile segment averaged 192.6 miles per hour as reported at the airport.
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Newark
N. J
G. J. Samson
National Air Transport
Cleveland
Montana Weather Forecast For Weekend
Montana remains mostly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with occasional snow in the western portion. Temperatures are expected to change little across the two days.
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Montana
Man Who Dreamed of Creating Empire in Burma Jungles
Tharawaddy India January 2 British troops dispatch a rebel stronghold master said to lead raids across jungle villages. Aged leader clad in royal symbols and turban dies of jungle fever after a siege that ends the insurgent threat. Soldiers burn the palace and drive rebels deeper into the jungle ending the campaign.
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Burma
Jungles
Tharawaddy
India
Sol
Willto A Button Delivers Message to Butte Teachers
President of the American Educational Association Dr Willis A Sutton spoke to the Butte district teachers at a high school breakfast. He urged teachers to recognize their influence on children, urged annual health and mental examinations for students, and insisted no bad boys exist—only children with mental or physical illness.
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Willis A. Sutton
National Education Association
Jesse G. Ragsdale
Butte
Yesay
Sutton
America
American Educational Association
Atlanta
Trade Wind Set for First Transatlantic Freight Flight
New York reports the monoplane Trade Wind ready for an attempt to fly from New York to Paris via Bermuda and the Azores carrying 200 pounds of food. Pilot Mrs Beryl Hart and navigator Lieut William B Maclaren aim to prove commercial viability and year round transatlantic flight.
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New York
South Atlantic
Paris
Bermuda
Azores
Beryl Hart
William 8. Maclaren
America
Europe
Hart
Maclaren
Navy
Panama City calm after swift coup atop new regime
A revolutionary junta seized control of Panama at dawn with eight dead as Dr Harmodio Arias became acting president and announced a cabinet including Francisco Arias Parades and Enrique Jiminez. Florencio Harmodio Arosemena resigned. U P reports calm in the capital with mounted civilians on patrol. Roy T. Davis, the U S minister, praised the move and pledged noninterference.
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Leigh Stevenson
Panama City
U.P
Panama
Harmodio Arias
Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
Dr. Arias
Francisco Arias Parades
Enrique Jiminez
J. J. Valerino
Ramon E. Mora
J. M. Quiros
Victor F. Goytia
United Press
Roy T. Davis
United States
Davis
Junta
Arias
Severe quake reported in southern Chile near Talca
La Estrella reported a quake of extraordinary violence striking southern Chile with particularly strong shocks near Talca, 140 miles south of Santiago, leaving the populace terror-stricken and fearing further tremors.
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Valparaiso
Chile
la Estrella Today
Talca
Santiago
Lost Pilot Turns Up Safe in Oregon
Pilot Russell Cunningham of Pacific Air Transport disappeared while traveling from Medford to Portland and was found in Oakridge Oregon. He landed his plane in a shallow lake four miles east of town, walked nine miles seeking a residence, then commandeered a car to complete the journey arriving six hours after his disappearance.
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Oakridge
Ore
Russell Cunningham
Pacific Air Transport Flyer
Medford
Portland
Here
Continental Oil Company Buys Lewistown Refinery
Continental Oil Company announced in Butte its purchase of the Bok interest in the Lewistown Oil and Refining Company at Lewistown Montana. The deal gives Continental outright ownership of the Lewistown refinery and all Montana Bok interests, including leases. Oil refined there comes from Cat Creek fields, which Continental owns 70 percent of.
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Butte
Continental Oil Company
Bok
Lewistown Oil and Refining Company
Lewistown
Mont
Continental
Ture
Montana
E. F. Battson
Boks
Detroit
Cat Creek
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