Gow Reveals Fear After Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping
Betty Gow testified about the Lindbergh household fear when the baby vanished and described Charles Lindbergh’s reaction. Defense attorney Edward Reilly pressed on her private life while prosecutors challenged the scope of questions about who knew the plan to meet at Hopewell. Gow denied telling Bruno Hauptmann and said she told her sweetheart Henry Johnson.
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Edward J. Reilly
Lindberghs
Reilly
Hopewell
Betty
Henry Johnson
Bruno R. Hauptmann
Roosevelt submits budget predicting record US debt
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a budget totaling 8.52 billion dollars for the coming year with receipts of 3.99 billion and a 4.53 billion deficit. The plan projects the public debt at a new high of about 34.239 billion by June 30, 1936, citing unemployment as the barrier to a balanced budget and urging rapid government spending to spur private hiring.
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United States
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
President Roosevelt Stays Home with Persistent Head Cold
Washington January 7 President Roosevelt remained in the executive mansion to break a head cold that has lasted several days. White House officials said no fever and no concern for his condition were present.
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Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
White House
Montana Senate Elects Eaton Pro Tem After Coalition Victory
In Helena on January 17 a coalition of Democrats and Republicans elected Ernest T. Eaton of Billings a progressive Republican as president pro tem of the Montana Senate. Eaton defeated W. B. Hennessy and Robert Pauline in a 31 12 13 roll call. Eaton and a retinue of officers were chosen after a four hour caucus.
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Pondora
Robert Pauline
Flathead
Hennessy
Pauline
First Saar Plebiscite Vote Leans To Germany
In Saarbrucken on January 7, early balloting by civil servants railway and postal workers and police showed an overwhelming preference for returning the Saar to Germany. The plebiscite itself is set for next Sunday with results to be tallied tomorrow and Wednesday according to United Press reports.
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Saar
Germany
United Press
Pittman Re-elected Senate President Pro Tempore
The Senate organized with Senator Pittman of Nevada, a Democrat, re-elected as president pro tempore. Senator McNary of Oregon was re-elected minority leader at a Republican conference. Senator Vandenberg of Michigan was nominated for president pro tempore, with assistant leadership positions left vacant for now.
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McNary
Oregon
Washington
Senate
Pittman
Nevada
Vandenberg
Michigan
Morgenthau Forecasts U S Monthly Outgo At 835 Million
Secretary Morgenthau announced in the treasury annual report to Congress that federal spending would run 835 million dollars a month for the first half of 1935, creating a 4.869 billion dollar deficit for the year and a gross debt near 31.089 billion. He warned of ongoing heavy operating losses from emergency expenditures and projected further debt in 1936, with relief costs still high.
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Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Congress
Six youths killed in speed crash near Wake Forest
A speeding car collided with a concrete bridge abutment near Wake Forest North Carolina killing six occupants. The dead are Clayton Mizzelle and Leon White both of Windsor, James Morris of Windsor, Katherine Batchelor 17 of Durham, Pauline Whitfield 19 of Robersonville, and Doris Batchelor 15 of Durham.
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Here
Clayton Mizzelle
Windsor
Leon White
James Morris
Katherine Batchelor
Durham
Pauline Whitfield
Robersonville
Doris Batchelor
County Funds Balance End Of 1934 At $131833.70
County funds at year end 1934 totaled 131833.70 dollars per a report by treasurer Melvin J Dempsey and approved by county clerk and recorder John Holland December receipts were normal with general fund balances of 34820.09 and 121090.60 respectively.
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John Holland
Dempsey
Square Deal Party After His Puppets in Louisiana
The Square Deal movement spreads as mass meetings erupt in New Orleans and Homer amid Huey Long’s dictatorship. Baton Rouge protests Long’s clash with Standard Oil, while New Orleans faces a financial crisis hindering city operations and possible receivership rulings.
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Baton Rouge
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Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Square
O. K. Allen
Homer
Claiborne Parish
Attempt to Kill Hitler Denied in Berlin Rumor Roundup
Berlin reports dismiss an alleged assassination attempt on Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler as baseless gossip after officials checked multiple rumors. Government members express annoyance at repeated sensational fiction and note the absence of any credible evidence.
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Berlin
Anaconda Winter Sports Carnival Draws Big Interest
Anaconda expects thousands of visitors for the January 12 to 20 winter carnival, organized by local businessmen and residents. The event aims to showcase Montana as a premier winter playground and attract national and world ski champions to the Smelter city.
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Montana
Pices
America
RFC Continuation Sought by Jones in 1935 Budget Plan
RFC Chairman Jesse H. Jones said Congress will be urged to extend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for at least one more year beyond February 1 1935 with added power to handle railroad reorganization as part of the new budget push from Washington January 1931.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Supreme Court Invalidates Oil Code in First New Deal Ruling
The high court ruled that the National Industrial Recovery Act’s oil code clause overstepped federal authority. It voided federal control on oil production and interstate shipment of hot oil, illegal oil produced beyond state quotas.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oacs
Coconut oil tax revived in House battle returns
The coconut oil tax, a recurrent target in Congress, was brought again before lawmakers with a bill from Representative Dockweiler of California to repeal the levy amid a renewed confrontation as the new Congress opens.
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Congress
Dockweiler
California
Nile Daughters Fete Set For Tomorrow Night At Masonic Temple
Tirzah temple No. 3 Daughters of the Nile plans its annual winter ceremonial at the Masonic temple tomorrow at 7 with delegates from Anaconda Deer Lodge and Dillon. Mrs. Alice Johnson, temple queen, leads the event featuring a class initiation and patrol participation. A temple business session, officer elections, a social, and refreshments follow. Installation is scheduled for Feb 12.
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Daughters of the Nile
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Butte
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Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Alice Johnson
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Nurse Gow Identifies Lindbergh Baby Garments
Betty Gow, nursemaid to the slain Charles A Lindbergh Jr, identifies the baby’s last night garments and acknowledges she likely told of the Lindberghs movements during cross examination. She describes the thumb guard and knot used, aiming to place the infant’s death in Hunterdon County as Hauptmann's trial focuses on technical details and courtroom tension.
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Preas
Flemington
N. J
Betty Gow
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Lindbergh
Hunterdon County
Hauptmann
Miss Gow
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Laval Signs Peace Pact With Italy
Rome January 1 French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval and Premier Mussolini signed accords linking France and Italy in a policy of collaboration that could form the basis of a new European peace structure. Observers see possible Geneva return for Germany and France and a potential non intervention accord with Berlin in exchange for recognizing German rearma ment.
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Pierre Laval
Mussolini
France
Italy
Geneva
Germany
Berlin
Dillon Man Seriously Hurt In Truck Mishap
Mickey O'Brien 28 of Dillon lay unconscious at St James hospital after a truck he drove for Barnard Curtis Contracting plunged 40 feet over an embankment near Divide this morning. He was brought to the hospital at 11:30 by Oscar Strickland and Clifford Riofern. X rays were taken to assess skull injuries.
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Dillon
St. James Hospital
Divide
O’brien
Barnard Curtis Contracting Company
Oscar Strickland
Clifford Riofern
O'Brien
Montana Man Is Car Crash Victim In 1935
Great Falls Montana January 7 1935. Andrew Larson 55 of Geraldine died in Great Falls after being struck by a taxicab driven by Jack Little. Larson stepped into the road from a curb and was struck Saturday evening. He died at a local hospital today.
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Geraldine
Larson
Jack Little
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