Ill Fated Plane Crash Claims Ten Lives
A blizzard doomed a state plane injured in a crash killing ten people including Montanans Al Croonquist Billings Walter Borgenheimer Lloyd Levin Detroit and post office inspector Walter Ton. Pilot Nick Mamer a veteran Northwest Lines flyer perished in the wreck near Butte as rescuers searched the scene. The victims were traveling to reunite with families or tending ill relatives.
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al Croonquist
Billings
Walter E. Borgenheimer
Basin
Lloyd Levin
Detroit
Butte
Walter R. Ton
Twin Cities
Nick Mamer
Mamer
Levin
Thor Levin
Alabama Street
Spokane
Queer Quirk of Fate Costs Man His Life in Air Crash
Walter E. Borgenheimer of Basin died when the Northwest Air Lines plane crashed in a Wisconsin mountain blizzard after a last minute flight change. His wife and infant daughter survive. The wreckage charred beyond recognition, rescue teams slogged through deep snow to reach the site.
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Walter E. Borgenheimer
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Bergenhiemer
Butte
Soviet Enter Copper Market Drives Prices Higher
Soviet Russia became a strong buyer in the U S copper market pushing spot copper up as smelters raised the price by a tenth of a dollar. Day by day sales volume surged with 1418 tons on Saturday and 1994 tons on Friday while year to date purchases reached 9471 tons.
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New York
Russia
Roundup Man Alive After Bus Avoids Plane Crash
Earl Hunter of Roundup survived a crash near Bozeman by taking a bus to Billings instead of the Northwest Airlines plane. He phoned for the departure time, learned weather held the plane, and chose the earlier bus, calling himself the luckiest man in Montana.
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Billings
Earl Hunter
Roundup
Northwest Airlines
Bozeman
Hunter
Airlines
Butte
Montana
110 Butte Firms Aid Better Business Drive
A total of 16180 was subscribed yesterday by 110 firms toward the Better Business fund of the Chamber of Commerce campaign set to officially open January 17. The pre campaign promoters collected the money and promoted the chamber's wide activity including the recently opened new high school building.
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Better Business Fund
Chamber of Commerce
KGIR
James H. Rowe
O.R. Ashford, Jr
Ashford
Rowe
Minor earthquake rattles Manhattan area, no damage reported
A minor earthquake shock was felt in Manhattan at 4 19 PM rattling dishes but causing no damage. Residents were frightened but the tremor was not repeated. A similar minor shock was recorded in Bozeman earlier, noted on Montana State College’s seismograph.
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Manhattan
Bozeman
Montana State College
Treasury to Buy 16 Million Ounces of Silver from Mexico
Secretary Morgen thau announced that the Treasury will buy 35,000,000 ounces of silver from Mexico at 45 cents an ounce, supplementing monthly purchases of about 5,000,000 ounces. The move aligns with 1938 understandings with Canada and Mexico, including 2,000,000 ounces from Canada and 5,000,000 from Mexico in January.
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Treasury
Mexico
Washington
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Canada
Montana Local Snow Tuesday Colder East of Divide
The forecast calls for snow in Montana on Tuesday with colder conditions east of the divide. Wednesday will be partly cloudy.
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Montana
Divide
Airliner Crash Victims Named Near Bozeman
The victims of yesterday’s airliner crash near Bozeman include G A Anderson of Spokane Washington D McKay of Winnipeg Manitoba Lloyd Levin formerly of Butte Detroit Walter Ton of St Paul Minnesota Al H Croonquist of Billings Ted Anderson of St Paul L E Stevenson of Seattle Nick Mamer of Spokane pilot F W West of Spokane co pilot.
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F. W. West
Spokane
G. A. Anderson
West
D. McKay
Hudson's Bay Company
Winnipeg
Canada
Lloyd Levin
Detroit
Mich
Butte
Walter Ton
St. Paul
W. E. Borgenheimer
Basin
al H. Croonquist
Billings
Montana
Northwest Airlines
Ted Anderson
Bozeman
G.A. Anderson
Wash
Man
Minn
L. E. Stevenson
Seattle
Co Pilot West Passenger Pilot Graduate Of Kelley Field
Fred W. West co-pilot of the Northwest Airlines plane that crashed in Montana today was a University of California graduate listed Berkeley as his hometown. An Army air cadet at Randolph Field in 1934 and Kelley Field graduate in 1935, he served two years there and married. He joined Northwest Airlines on April 15 1937 and had resided in Seattle since then.
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Fred W. West
Northwest Airlines
Montana
University of California
Berkeley
Calif
Randolph Field
Kelley Field
West
Northwest Airlines crash victim tied to B. F. Goodrich
Spokane report says George Anderson, passenger on the Montana crash flight, was a territory sales supervisor for B. F. Goodrich Rubber. He had 10 years with the Seattle office and previously lived in Lewiston Idaho en route to Billings on a business trip. Mrs. Anderson and a daughter featured in continuation.
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Spokane
Wash
George Anderson
Northwest Airlines
Montana
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Billings
Mont
Seattle
Lewiston
Idaho
Anderson
Last Radio Message From Montana Crash Plane
Spokane report confirms the final radio from the Montana crash came at 3 05 p m mountain time. Northwest Airlines district traffic manager Ernest Code said the message stated cruising at 9 000 feet with everything OK. Position was not picked up.
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Spokane
Ernest Code
Northwest Airlines
Montana
O. K
Bozeman Crash First of Kind in This State
Helena dispatch reports Northwest Airlines jet crash east of Bozeman marked Montana s first airliner disaster. State aeronautics commissioner Fred Sheriff said records are incomplete on private plane crashes. last incident noted was Oct. 17 near Reichle, Joseph Polish 24 and his sister-in-law Mrs Rudolph Polish died in a second hand monoplane.
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Helena
Fred Sheriff
Northwest Airlines
Bozeman
Montana
Reichle
Joseph Polish
Inlaw
Rudolph Polish
Mamer Becomes Father of Northern Transcontinental Route
Spokane notes pilot Nick Mamer widely known as the father of the Northern trans continental route. He helped prove the route's feasibility for the US Post Office and logged over 10,000 air hours in 20 years. He never injured a passenger and flew coast to coast non stop for refueling.
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Spokane
Nick Mamer
Pacific Northwest
Northwest Airlines
St. Paul
Seattle
United States Post Office Department
Mamer
Butte Hit by Raging Snowstorm After Warm Day
Butte experienced a sudden snowstorm ending a day of mixed seasons. Temperatures rose from 25 to 40 degrees before snow flurries and colder weather were forecast for today.
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Butte
A H Croonquist Prominent In Plane Tourist Circles
A H Croonquist of Billings dies aboard a Northwest Airlines crash near Bozeman. At 47 he was a longtime Montana Wyoming public relations figure, Northwest official greeter, and early leader of the Dude Ranchers association, shaping its 1926 formation and activities.
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A. H. Croonquist
Billings
Jan
Northwest Airlines
Bozeman
Montana
Wyoming
Dude Ranchers Association
Mr. Croonquist
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