Father seeks child witnesses in manhunt for kidnapper
Tacoma father of 10 year old Charles Mattson urges G men to show his other children and Virginia Chatfield pictures of the Charles Ross kidnapper slayer. J Edgar Hoover and Peter Anders travel to Chicago to confront the suspect while weather delays continue.
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Anders
St. Paul
Chicago
Hoover
Tacoma
Wash
U.P
William Mattson
Charles Mattson
G-men
Charles Ross
Virginia Chatfield
Mattson
Feneral
Hearne
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Anders
Ross
Washington
Paul
Charles&. Ross
Los Angeles
Guerrilla Attacks Erupt Around Shanghai As War Intensifies
Chiang Kai shek orders widespread guerrilla strikes near Shanghai in response to Japan outlawing the national government. Fighting rages around the city and Japanese warships bombard Pootung across the Whangpoo. Foreigners in the area face danger as Britons and Americans resist withdrawal.
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Hanghat
U.P
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Shanghai
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Subscriptions Near 24000 in Butte Campaign
The Butte Better Business Builders campaign neared the 24000 mark with over 500 firms and individuals contributing 23301.75 by 5 pm yesterday. The drive aims to improve business and living conditions in 1938, with final totals expected near 24000 before Friday.
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Butte Better Business Builders
Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Peter Potter
Chamber
Fire Ravages Sacred Heart College Dormitory Tragedy
In Saint Hyacinthe Quebec a dormitory fire at Sacred Heart college leaves seventeen charred bodies including two priests among twenty injured and three missing. Rescue teams and volunteers pause the search as parents identify youths amid scorched ruins. Search to resume tomorrow.
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ST. Hyacinthe
Quebec
Sacred Heart College
Jean Baptiste
Lucius
Rene Cote
Survivor recalls blast that toppled him from bed at Sacred Heart College
Fourteen year old Roland Manseau from Winooski Vermont described an earthquake like blast that drove him from his fourth floor dorm bed as flames engulfed Sacred Heart College. He said metal escapes glowed red hot and pupils leapt into the snow below after a rapid fire sweep that left at least 17 dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Hyacinthe
Quebec
Roland Manseau
Sacred Heart College
Winooski
Manseau
New England Senator Attacks TVA in 5400-Word Speech
In Washington on January 18 a Republican from New Hampshire denounced federal power policy in a 5400 word speech criticizing the Tennessee Valley Authority. He accused the TVA of selling power to Tennessee valley corporations, fostering monopolies contributing to business recession. Southerners welcomed news that Senate leader Barkley would skip night sessions, amid talk of a Democrat split over anti-lynching legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Bridges
Republican
New Hampshire
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee
Barkley
Kentucky
Tragedy Strikes Family in Sacred Heart Fire Case
A Quebec couple rushing to determine if their son is among 17 recovered from the Sacred Heart college fire were killed when their car collided with a Canadian National train near the village. Their 5-year-old son was seriously injured, and their 12-year-old Emile remained missing.
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ST. Hyacinthe
Quebec
U.P
Sacred Heart College
Hugh Gendron
Richmond
Canadian National Railway
Montreal
Emile
Appropriation Bill Passed by Lower Chamber
The House approved a Treasury and Post Office appropriation bill for 1939 totaling $1,515,352,286, about $8.1 million below the budget estimates and $61.1 million under the current year's appropriation. Amendments adding $2.3 million were supported by Majority Leader Rayburn.
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Washington
House
Treasury Post Office
Rayburn
Ice on Tail Fin Is Suggested as Cause of Wreck
Testimony before a Department of Commerce board of inquiry in Bozeman indicated ice on the tail fin may have caused the Northwest Airlines crash 14 miles northeast of Bozeman on January 10, killing ten people. Witnesses described ice on vertical stabilizers during preflight and at takeoff, with one pilot noting ice removal before departing on a later flight.
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Bozeman
Jan
Northwest Airlines
Department of Commerce ‘Board of
Bert B. Castellano
Western Air Express
Butte
Arthur J. Theis
Norris
Seattle
Nick Mamer
Spokane
Theis
H. B. Rueschenberg
Spa
Chautemps Forms New French Cabinet With Socialist Backing
Paris observers report Camille Chautemps wins support from Socialists 86 to 25 to form a new cabinet after last Friday’s collapse. Leon Blum’s faction agrees to backing, though the party will not join the reconstituted government. Yvon Delbos named foreign minister and Edouard Daladier minister of national defense.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
France
Chautemp
Socialist Republican Unionists
Chautemps
Leon Blum
Yvon Delbos
Edouard Daladier
Montana Weather Outlook Clouds and Snow Possible
Partly cloudy to cloudy Wednesday and Thursday in Montana with snow probable in extreme west Thursday. Temperature expected to change little across the period.
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Montana
More wreckage found from Haida ship carrying China war materials
West coast Vancouver Island finds another Haida wreckage fragment. An oar bearing the Haida name and a cabin door with part of the Union Jack were recovered near the San Juan de Fuca strait mouth. Earlier, an oar and lifebuoy were found at Carmanah point. Officials suspect sinking by a Japanese vessel or foundering in a gale.
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Victoria
B. C
UPR
Seattle
Hongkong
Vancouver Island
D. Holliday
San Juan de Fuca Strait
Carmanah Point
Marine Department
Japan
Bitter Weather Grips East With Subzero Cold
Bitter cold New England winter blasts moved along the eastern seaboard after heavy snows. Subzero temperatures spread over a large area with Mountain View New York reporting 36 below zero in the Adirondacks.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Mountain View
N. Y
Adirondacks
Big Game Animals Highlighted as Key Western Resources
The Forest Service says big game animals are a major natural resource for the West. In Montana and Idaho hunts, 743 nimrods spent 52010 in the Powell district of the Lolo forest, 308 elk were killed, while 3653 nimrods spent 86655 in the Flathead forest area. Officials note herd sizes remain above food supply limits in upper Selway and south fork Flathead regions.
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United States
Missoula
Forest Service
Montana
Idaho
Rocky Mountain
Powell District
Lolo National Forest
Powell
Flathead National Forest
Selway Country
South Fork
Flathead
Trade Pact Threat Sparks Montana Wool Growers Meeting
At Great Falls on January 18 the Montana Wool Growers association heard President H A Snyder warn that negotiations for a reciprocal trade pact with Great Britain threaten U S wool growers. Co J Faucett of Boston echoed the concern. Peter Pauly became president with Sen T O Larson as VP and Kathleen Nielsen as secretary treasurer. The executive committee includes H C Gardiner Anaconda Wallace Kingsbury Walter C E Sime Bozeman J Russell. The convention adjourned for a fat lamb auction where 4 H winner Emmett Douglas Whitehall sold at 81 cents per pound and Future Farmers champ James Drummond Deer Lodge at 61 cents. Prize wool honors went to J H Hahn Townsend L F Huddleston Bozeman and Siguard Lavold Melville. Broadwater county won the collective fleece exhibit.
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Great Falls
Great Britain
H. A. Snyder
Billings
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
Snyder
Montana
Co. J. Faucett
Boston
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Peter Pauly
Deer Lodge
T. O. Larson
Chateau
Kathleen Nielson
Helena
H. C. Gardiner
Anaconda
Wallace Kingsbury
Walier
C. E. Sime
Bozeman
J. Russell
White Sulphur Springs
4-H
Emmett Douglas
Whitehall
James Drummond
J. H. Hahn
Townsend
L. F. Huddleston
Siguard
Broadwater County
Woman slain in Portsmouth Square by knife attacker
In San Francisco on January 18, Mrs. Henrietta Schreiber, 55, was stabbed 12 times in Portsmouth Square before bystanders. Joseph Fraton, 48, wounded himself after the attack and told police he killed her over suspected poisoning and a belief she was flirting with other men.
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San Francisco
Henrietta Schreiber
Portsmouth Square
Joseph Fraton
Party Council Demands Walt in Stalin's Purge
Moscow reports the Communist central committee calls for curbs on party purges across the Soviet Union after more than 2000 executions and 10,000 arrests for wrecking acts. Provisions require individual investigations, reinstatement of expelled members, and revisiting pending appeals within three months.
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Moscow
Central Committee of
The
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Roosevelt Host to Congressmen
Senators and representatives crowded the White House for the annual congressional reception. Opponents and supporters of administration measures were received by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, including foes of the court reorganization bill such as Senators O Mahoney Burke Connally.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Burke
Nebraska
Connally
Texas
Film Actress Madge Evans Hiccuping Spree in Hollywood
Hollywood filing reports state Madge Evans has been hiccoughing since Friday due to influenza related respiratory convulsions. Dr W L Marxer, her physician, says she is weak but not seriously ill and remains under care in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Calif
Madge Evans
W. L. Marxer
Forrester Named Secretary of Montana I M E Chapter
J Donald Forrester is named secretary of the Montana section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers replacing F C Gilbert who resigns to head the Montana employment service in Helena. Forrester a University of Utah alumnus with M A and Ph D from Cornell, has been a geologist for Anaconda Copper Mining since 1929 and will attend the A I M E annual meeting in New York February 13 to 17.
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J. Donald Forrester
Montana
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
F. C. Gilbert
Gilbert
Montana Employment Service
Helena
Curtis L. Wilson
Forrester
W. E. Mitchell
Anaconda
J. D. MacKenzie
C. A. Hyder
Philipsburg
University of Utah
Cornell University
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
New York
Ane
Alex
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Port City
Tokyo
Treasury
Agialiots
China
Party Council
Walt
Stalin
C. L. Wilson
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