Montana General Assembly Opens with Five Bills Limit
Montana lawmakers opened a 60 day session and set a five bill limit for each member. House filed notices for five bills while the Senate slated three. First bill seeks constitutional exemption for residential property under 2500 dollars from taxation authored by James W Masterson.
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Helena
Montana General Assembly
House
Senate
State Board of Examiners
Montana
Assembly
Constitutional Amendment Committee
James W. Masterson
Miles City
Butte man believed poisoned dies en route to hospital
Richard Angrove, 53, recently with the WPA, died while being taken to St James hospital after consuming two bottles of poison. Coroner cites poison intake minutes earlier as reason. Landlady found him in the Cobban block room, seated, police notified as bottles were discovered.
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Richard Angrove
WPA
Cobban Block
Jonathan
St. James Hospital
Mike Duff
Angrove
Leaders rush embargo plan to stop Spanish arms shipment
The Roosevelt administration moves fast to push an emergency embargo through Congress to block a $7 million flow of airplanes and arms to the Spanish Loyalist government. Jersey City exporter Robert Case aims to load a $2,777,009 shipment of airplanes and engines before action, potentially by working through the night. Roosevelt will broadcast his annual message to Congress Wednesday at about 12 noon Mountain Time.
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Washington
Roosevelt Administration
Congress
State Department
Robert Cuse
Jersey City
Case
Roosevelt
NBC
CBS
MBS
Figure in gang blagt murder to prison
Harry Reeves aged 36 confessed he witnessed his gang wipe out a member with five tons of dynamite and received a 40 year robbery term sixteen hours after capture. Fugitives Nesbeth and Bradley sought after New Year Eve killings near Sioux Falls. Reeves was captured at a farm near Sioux City by Woodbury County authorities.
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Helen Sieler
Sioux City
Harold Baker
Baker
Butte
Sieler
Sioux Falls
S. D
Iowa
Harry Reeves
Reeves
William Nesbeth
Lee Bradley
South Dakota
Nesbeth
Bradley
Woodbury
William R. Rice
William Rice
Montana Weather Outlook Promises Snow Then Fair Skies
Weather forecast for Montana shows unsettled conditions on Wednesday with snow in the southern portion. Thursday is expected to be generally fair with continued cold temperatures.
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Montana
Billings Man Re-Elected President Of Wool Growers
More than 600 Montana Wool Growers association members close a three day thirty sixth annual convention with a fat lamb and wool auction. Harry A. Snyder of Billings is re-elected president with Peter Pauly of Deer Lodge as vice president. Kathleen Nielsen of Helena named secretary and treasurer. Nine trustees elected for three year terms: Howard Doggett Townsend Howard Morse Dillon and Wallace Kingsbury Walter. Two year terms go to H Gardiner Percy Williamson Miles City and C E Sime Bozeman.
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Billings
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
Harry A
Congress weighing embargo on arms to Spain
The article notes a new shipment valued at 4 507 000 dollars of airplanes rifles machine guns and ammunition for Spanish Loyalists licensed by the State Department under the neutrality act. Senate Foreign Relations Chair Pittman plans a resolution for a mandatory embargo and possible seizure if a steamer crosses three miles.
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New York Harbor
State Department
Richard Dineley
San Francisco
Case
Congress
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Spain
Congress Opens as Family Reunion Spirit Sets Tone
Congress convened to form a quick start on 1937 neutrality bill. The session blended ceremony with a family reunion feel as Vice President Garner and House Clerk South Trimble organized the chambers. The embargo on arms to Spain’s civil war looms as a key first task.
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Washington
Congress
Spain
Roosevelt
Garner
Senate
South Trimble
House
Montana Water Project Wins Approval in Powell County
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler announced that the Public Works Administration approved the Nevada Creek dam project in Powell county Montana. The plan seeks a $138,000 loan and a $112,909 grant toward a total $250,000 construction cost.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Public Works Administration
Nevada Creek
Powell County
Fire at Butte mattress factory roars in zero wind
Flames devoured the rear of Emanuel Lutheran church property housing the Butte mattress factory as firemen battled subzero winds and freezing water. Three lines fought the blaze. frostbite touched several firefighters, and a late model auto plus contents were damaged, with the building insured.
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Emanuel Lutheran Church
West Silver Street
Harold Fleming
Morris Mulcahy
Mike Sheehan
Mike Gilboy
Frank Sullivan
West
Silver Street
Butte
L. E. Jones
Montana Street
James Brophy
Sailor Kills Sister-In-Law, Wounds Two Women in California
In San Pedro a 27 year old sailor Paul McClelland enraged by his failed reconciliation attempt at attorney Clifford Hicks office shoots Virginia Davidson through the heart, wounds Jean Jenkins, then shoots himself. His estranged wife Pauline McClelland a key figure in divorce and the scene. Both victims were hospitalized in critical condition and McClelland faces murder charges.
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San Pedro
Calif
Joe Williamson
Paul McClelland
Pauline
Virginia Davidson
McClelland
Hicks
Miss Davidson
Miss Jenkins
Britain presses for swift action on Spain notes
London demands Italy and Germany decide by Saturday on banning foreign volunteers in the Spanish civil war. Britain seeks to limit the conflict while Berlin orders Spain to release sequestered Palos cargo or face reprisals. Spain’s ambassador defends the seizure as legitimate war materiel.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Europe
Britain
Berlin
Anthony Eden
Valencia
Strait of Gibraltar
One Death In Butte Attributed To Cold Weather
Severe freezing temperatures battered Butte causing at least one death and disrupting rail and air service. Paul Schneider a 53 year old street car motorman fell near Broadway and Main striking his head and dying en route to Murray hospital. Coroner Mike Duff reported the incident occurred about 2 40 PM yesterday. A second death was reported hours later involving another victim identified as Richard Angove.
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Butte
Paul Schneider
Broadway
Main Streets
Mike Duff
Selaidav
Toin
Ame Wee Ombhitu
First National Bank
Murray Hospital
Richard Angove
Maybe in Miami weather tease hits hard
A caller asks how cold it is and learns it is twelve below as a prank or quip. The woman on the line clarifies that the temperature is outside, prompting disbelief about the unusual location and cold.
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Miami
Despondent man dies after taking poison at East Broadway rooming house
A coroner ruled that a 53 year old man appeared despondent when he ingested poison at an East Broadway rooming house. He died within minutes, as residents and the town of Butte, Montana, faced shock and fear.
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East Broadway
Butte
Montana
New York Executioner Faces Grimest Task
Robert G. Elliott the New York official executioner prepares to oversee six electric chair deaths at Sing Sing starting at 9 p.m. under current arrangements. The grim duty marks the largest single execution burden of his career.
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New York
Robert G. Elliott
Sing Sing
Elliott
Lynch Wins 160 Vote Recount for Silver Bow Judge
Helena January 5 The state canvassing board certified J J Lynch of Butte as winner over incumbent Frank L Riley in a Silver Bow district judge race after a recount of ballots from six precincts narrowed an initial 81 vote gap to Lynch by 160. The canvassing board reported the recount findings to the secretary of state for transmission to the governor for Lynch's commission.
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Helena
J. J. Lynch
Butte
Silver Bow
State
Lynch
Silver Bow County
Frank L. Riley
State Board
Riley
District Court
Charles B. Elwell
Secretary of State
Butte Ends 1936 With All Funds Balance of 158 015
Butte reports year end 1936 receipts of 476 952 91 and disbursements of 255 606 01 leaving an all funds balance of 158 015 81. Cash on Sept 30 was 128 161 78 and Dec 31 balance 118 374 48. December receipts totaled 39 238 27 with expenditures 255 606 01, including 91 000 for redemption of the 1931 bond issue and 26 491 90 interest.
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Butte
Bernard Holland
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George Weyerhaeuser
Mattson
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