Anaconda Winter Carnival Ends as Plans Grow Next Year
Curtains fell on Montana’s first annual winter sports carnival in Anaconda as ski jumping and skating crowned a week of events. Mayor Provost praised the turnout and promised a bigger, better show for January with state-wide backing and a larger crowd. The closing day featured an amateur ski jumping tournament the state’s first, with top national competitors testing the new course.
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Vern Haugland
Montana Standard
Montana
Anaconda
Frank Provost
Bitter Cold Grips Butte as Temperatures Plunge
A severe cold wave hit Butte and surrounding areas with subzero readings. Butte city temperatures ranged from -39 to -14 while Elk Park and Trask reported -50s to -60s in the morning. Airport readings anchored the day's cold with average thermometers at -23 and light traffic due to travel delays.
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Butte
Elk Park
Trask
Elk Park Inn
Butte Hill
Montana
Montana Legislature Heads Third Week Amid Key Bills
Helena January 20 with Montana's bicameral legislature entering the third week of the twenty fourth session. 69 measures filed in both houses, but liquor control act consolidation of counties and county unit school system top the agenda as 26 days remain for new bills.
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Helena
Montana
Twenty-Fourth
Legislative Assembly
House
Senate
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Montana Education Association
Karpis and companion escape after Atlantic City raid
Alvin Karpis once dubbed public enemy number one and Harry Campbell sparked a police chase in a small Atlantic City hotel. They fired on officers, stole a car, and attempted to rescue two women before speeding off with guns blazing. One officer was wounded, and one woman hurt while another arrested. Florida tips led to the Coast garage and Dan Mar hotel trail.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Alvin Karpis
America
Harry Campbell
Dolores Delaney
Karpis
Louise Campbell
Harry
Campbell
Winona Burdette
Tulsa
Oklo
Edward Bremer
St. Paul
Minn
Florida
Coast
South Kentucky Avenue
Board Walk
Dan-Mar Hotel
Dan Mulhern
George Brennan
Possibility of Gold Case Decision Today Seen in Washington
Washington observers await a Supreme Court ruling on the gold cases with speculation circling about a potential decision tomorrow or later. Some expect a February 4 filing or later after a two week court recess following tomorrow’s session. The central question remains unresolved as arguments and procedural timelines shape the anticipated outcome.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Modie Widow Grace Hobbins Modie Dies in Missoula
Grace Hobbins Modie wife of Dr C R Modie a Missoula figure in church and social circles died Sunday night at 6 15 after over two months of illness Born in Madison Wisconsin she helped found the University of Wisconsin Women Athletic Association and was the first woman to earn a varsity athletics letter She organized St Hilda's guild and remained active in Church of the Holy Spirit Survived by husband daughter Margaret Modie Watrus Madison Wis mother Lois Hobbins Rockledge Fla two sisters four brothers and a niece The body lies at the Lucy chapel funeral plans not yet made
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Missoula
Grace Hobbins Modie
C. R. Modie
Madison
Wis
Modie
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Women's Athletic Association
Delta Delta
Margaret Modie Watrus
J. W. Hobbins
Rockledge
Florida
Lois Hobbins
Frances St. Sure
W. J. Hobbins
J. N. Hobbins
H. M. Hobbins
Oak Park
J. R. Hobbins
Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Mrs. Modie
Mrs Sophie Geiger 74 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Sophie Geiger 74 longtime Butte resident died after months of illness at her home 915 Caledonia street She and husband M J Geiger were married 53 years forty one in Butte She was active in First Presbyterian church and life member of WCTU and Good Templars Survived by daughter Mrs T H McCabe and others Funeral set for Wednesday at First Presbyterian with Rev Lee officiating at Mount Moriah cemetery
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M. J. Geiger
Butte Camp
Caledonia Street
Mr. Geiger
Butte
Herman Fillans
Walter Fillans
New York City
Duggan
Merrill Mortuary
First Presbyterian Church
E. J.ee
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Hauptmann to Face Jury After Prosecution Rests Case
In Flemington New Jersey Bruno Hauptmann prepares to take the stand in his own defense after two more days of testimony. Prosecutors will rest their case then and seek the life he risks for the Lindbergh baby murder. He analyzes his finances from 1932 onward to show he could not have funded lavish purchases. The case centers on alleged $50 000 ransom and a maple box delivered in St Raymond's cemetery.
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Isidor Fisch
Bruno Hauptmann
Arthur Johnson
Germany
America
Minna Steiglitz
Fisch
Johnson
Pincus Fisch
Hannah
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Maine
John P. Condon
St. Raymond's
Montana Woolgrowers Convene In Butte For 34th Annual Meet
Delegates from across the state gather in Butte as the Montana Woolgrowers hold their 34th annual convention. Registration opens at 9 30 in the Finlen hotel with programs, committee room assignments, and ticket sales handled that morning. Dr H C Gardiner leads the general resolutions committee and a Fashion Parades in Wool show is planned for Temple bar room at 6 30 Tuesday night. Weather outlook calls for unsettled conditions with possible snow west, warming temperatures east.
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Montana
Butte
Montana Association
Boston
Masrs
Des Moines
Iowa
Finlen Hotel
Murray E. Stebbins
Helena
H. C. Gardiner
General Resolutions Committee
Temple Bar Room
Roosevelt Seeks Garner as 1936 Running Mate
Washington reports confirm President Roosevelt wants Vice President Garner to run with him again in 1936. The move ends speculation by liberal Democrats who favored Ickes or Wallace. Democratic leaders now turn to potential Senate candidates for the next election.
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Roosevelt
Garner
Washington
Jan
Ickes
Wallace
Sen
Democrats Press To Speed Roosevelt Relief Bill And Social Security
Washington aides outline a rapid push on President Roosevelt s 4 880 000 000 relief package this week with a gag rule to clear it by Wednesday and then move to social security legislation. Congress also plans two probes into munition makers and war profits as the draft and cash bonus issues loom.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nye
House Military Committee
Burns
Patman
Texas
House Appropriations’ Committee
Buchanan
Bitter cold grips Montana as records fall to 29 below
Frigid air swept across eastern Montana and the western plains leaving residents shivering. The U S Weather Bureau predicted warming trends for the state, with rising temperatures expected tomorrow in the west and Tuesday in the east. Helena logged a record 29 degrees below zero on January 20, surpassing the previous low of minus 22 set in 1883 and 1927. The Elk Park Airways station details continue on page 2.
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Associated Presa
Treasure State
Montana
Rockies
United States Weather Bureau
Helena
U. S
Airways
Elk Park
Tot Trapped by Fire in Home Dies in Flames
Gladys Cole three pleads for help from an upstairs window as her home near Pikeville Kentucky burns early today. Her parents Charlie and Mrs Cole and neighbor William Keene are seriously burned in their efforts to rescue her.
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Tot
Pikeville
Gladys Cole
Here
Charlies Cole
William Keene
First Woman to Travel Dawson Trail Dies at 88
Mary Ellen Russell, 88, of Saskatoon, regarded as the first white woman to travel the Dawson trail, has died.
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Dawson Trail
Saskatoon
Sask
Mary Ellen Russell
Truck Fire From Warming Carburetor Damages Vehicle
Yesterday in the 1400 block of Missouri Avenue a truck owner tried to warm the carburetor with a fire under the vehicle. Firemen saved the remnants after considerable damage. the truck valued at 150 dollars. Earlier fires from overheating damaged a chimney, roof, and garret at 1305 East Second Street. A small fire from an overheated electric motor at Coneco Gas Station on Montana and Silver Streets caused only slight damage.
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Missouri Avenue
William Kitto
East Second Street
Coneco
Montana
Silver Streets
Lithuanian Troops Concentrate Along Memel Frontier
Berlin reports and Lithuanian minister Jurgus Saulys confirm troop concentration along the Memel border. He says no unusual mobilization is underway and notes German reserves from 1907 and 1908 are in three months practice, with concentration along Memel not surprising.
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Berlin
Jurgus Saulys
Memel
Lithuania
Solons Aim to Bar Ickes From Work Relief Leader Role
In Washington January, lawmakers push a provision to block Secretary Ickes from directing the four billion dollar work relief appropriation. The move reflects personal resentments toward Ickes and a clash over control of the program.
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Solons
Ickes
Washington, Jan. C
House
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