Elaine Barrie Files for Divorce from John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie, once a New York schoolgirl, files for divorce from John Barrymore in Los Angeles. She cites extreme cruelty after a New Year’s Eve quarrel at the Trocadero Cafe and seeks a share of property, $10,000 in attorneys fees, $1,000 for court costs, alimony, and restraining orders against disposal of community assets.
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Los Angeles
Elaine Barrie
John Barrymore
Yuma
Ariz
New York
Elaine
Barrie
Barrymore
John
Montana House Eyes Easy Divorces And Free Textbooks
Helena, Jan 15. Two favored reform bills, easy divorce and free textbooks, reemerge as the Twenty-fifth general assembly convenes. Rep Sherman W Smith drafts a 30 day divorce bill to cut residence to 30 days. Rep E J Stromnes pushes free textbooks for all grades. Both ideas failed previously in Montana legislatures.
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Helena
Twenty-fifth
General Assembly
Sherman W. Smith
Lewis and Clark
Senate
House
Smith
Byrd Opposes RFC Powers but Senate Extends Lifeline
Senator Byrd fights to limit the Reconstruction Finance Corporation power extension as the Senate approves a resolution extending RFC authority to June 30, 1939. He warns longer life would postpone his plan to abolish agencies and cut costs while the House committee also backs the move. The RFC chief says the agency will remain a standby lender if needed.
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Washington
Byrd
Virginia
Senate
Reconstruction Fiore Corporation
RFC
House Banking Committee
Jesse H. Jones
Roosevelt and his strenuous path toward reform
Walter Lippmann assesses Franklin D. Roosevelt as an ardent advocate of the strenuous life. He notes Roosevelt leads a vast partisan majority and heads the strongest political coalition in U.S. history, while proposing a program that cuts into core privileges of supporters. The president faces a hard winter plan, unlikely to be easy for him or his followers.
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Roosevelt
White House
French envoy to work for war debt agreement
Paris reports France will send George Bonnet former cabinet member to Washington to negotiate a new Franco American war debt settlement. He will replace Andre de Laboulaye as ambassador during the talks aimed to begin before the June debt installment. The move follows long preparatory talks by Ambassador Bullitt and ties to a broader Anglo Franco American economic accord.
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Paris
France
George Bonnet
Washington
Bonnet
Andre de Laboulaye
America
William C. Bullitt
Quai d'Orsay
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Wreckage Found of Mexican Airliner 13 in Jungle
The Mexican Aviation company announced the missing airliner has been found in dense jungle in Vera Cruz state. All nine occupants appear dead after a crash and fire during a routine Mexico City to Minatitlan flight. Pilot Al McCullough.
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Mexico City
Mexican Aviation Company
Vera Cruz
Minatitlan
al McCullough
Three Cornered Scrap Seen In GM Strike Talks
Labor observers expect a three sided dispute in next week’s talks over the General Motors strike. The parties likely to clash are General Motors Corporation United Automobile Workers and the American Federation of Labor over recognition as the sole bargaining agency. John L Lewis emphasized the AFL stance in discussions with workers representatives.
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Washington
General Motors
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
American Federation of Labor
Auto Workers
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L. Stand
Vandenberg Attacks Resettlement Report as Waste
Senator Vandenberg charged the Resettlement Administration’s annual report is a costly propaganda piece. He said it costs $1.07 per copy and praises its salesmanship while claiming relief funds suffer. He proposed future publication require joint congressional committee on print approval.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Today
Joint Congressional Committee On
Montana Weekend Snow Likely With Cold Wave
Weather forecast for Montana calls for snow on Saturday and likely Sunday. Expect colder conditions in the west and south central areas with a moderate cold wave affecting southwest portions.
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Montana
Italian Press Opens Anti Red Drive in France
Italian papers with government consent begin a campaign alleging Communist influence in France to block non intervention in the Spanish civil war. They claim Spanish frontier provinces in France are controlled by Communists who refuse to obey Paris, amid Goering talks with Mussolini.
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Rome
France
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Mussolini
Paris
Scientist and Boyhood Friend Reunite in Butte
Dr. William M. Mann director of the National Zoological Park in Washington renewed a 40 year old friendship with Jay A. Smith of Helena as they met briefly in Butte. The pair, once schoolmates near Helena, discussed old friends and Mann’s expeditions while sharing memories of their youth.
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William H. Mann
National Zoological Park
Washington
D. C
Jay A. Smith
Butte
Helena
Dr. Mann
Seattle
Orient
Sumatra
Mr. Smith
William M. Mann
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Jay
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Monroe Street
Mann
LaRue
Johnson Boys
Daly Johnson
Big Timber
Frank Johnson
Spokane
Jay Smith
Great Falls
Explorers’ Club of
New York
Cosmos Club
Martin Johnson
California
Martin
Butte Temperatures Rebound After Cold Spell
Butte saw warmer weather with daytime highs around 30 degrees after days of extreme cold. The warmest 24 hour low in over 10 days reached three degrees below zero earlier, and snow turned to slush as crews widened streets. Open mines and roads eased travel without chains. Park and Main recorded 19 degrees above zero in the morning, rising to 30 by noon.
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Butte
Park and Main Street
Snowbound Highways Cut Shelby Area Routes
Snow blocks highways west north and south of Shelby creating travel disruption. State highway crews work to reopen routes as heavy snow impedes movement around the town. Authorities advise drivers to stay off roads and monitor updates for road condition changes.
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Helena
Jan
Shelby
Northwest Tourist Travel Expected to Double in 1937
Ray Clark of Seattle said the Pacific Northwest Tourists' Association will spend nearly 250000 in advertising to attract travelers to the region. The group will hold its annual session in Spokane with directors from the Dakotas Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and British Columbia.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest States
Ray Clark
Seattle
Pacific Northwest Tourists’ Association
Dakotas
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Suspect in Everett Kidnapping Questioned in Slaying Case
Chief William H. Cole of the Washington state police questioned a suspect said to be the son of a prominent Everett physician and reportedly mentally unbalanced. A second man matching the abductor's description, with a grudge against the upper class, was sought in the Pigeon Creek district.
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Everett
Wash
William H. Cole
Washington State Police
Charles Mattson
Pigeon Creek
Suspects Questioned in Seattle Area Child Slayings
Federal agents grilled two men in the Charles Mattson kidnapping and murder case. Fred Orrin Haynes, a California ex convict, walked into the Seattle police station and was booked on an open government and city charge. In Bellingham, Lee Hassell Fowler, 36, was questioned after being arrested four days before the victim's body was found.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Fred Orrin Haynes
California
Exconvict
Seattle
Bellingham
Lee Haskell Fowler
Charles
Kidnap Suspect Tip Probed On Eastbound Train
Law enforcement investigated a Seattle youth on an eastbound train after a tip about a Mattson kidnap suspect. DOJ agents and sheriffs examined the nervous passenger whose credentials matched Seattle bulletins issued yesterday.
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Mattson
Department of Justice
Jack Duggan
Seattle
Mining
Early Western Montana settler Luella Sloan Byers dies at 85
Mrs. Luella Sloan Byers, 85, among Western Montana’s first settlers, died at her Boulder valley ranch home. Born November 2 1852 in Clinton county Missouri she arrived in the valley in 1863 with Asa Sloan after a Missouri River voyage. The Byers homestead began in 1866.
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Luella Sloan Byers
Boulder
Rocky Mountain Divide
Boulder Valley
Clinton County
Missouri
Asa Sloan
Fort Benton
Mont
Missouri River
St. Joe
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