Montana eyes legal gambling and health checks for marriages
Montana lawmakers introduced a gambling legalization bill allowing card games dice and other forms with varied taxes per table and per game while also proposing a health certificate requirement for marriage dubbed the gin marriage act. Other measures include creation of a state bank to handle public funds and 20 new laws or amendments noticed for introduction. Greta Henkel travels to Flemington to testify for Hauptmann in the Lindbergh baby case, under guard, after meeting Fisch and Hauptmann’s wife.
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Helena
Montana
Nevada
House of Representatives
Greene
Fergus
Lovell
Anaconda
Out
State General Fund
J. BR. i
Congress
House
Brennan
Richland
Egan
Flemington
U.P
Greta Henkel
Isidor Fisch
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Anna
Miss Henkel
Fisch
Hauptmann
Insurgents Strike in Rules Committee Over World Court Vote
In Washington on January 21 insurgents in the powerful Rules Committee forced a recess and delaying tactics to block a gag rule on the administration’s 4.77 billion relief bill. Rebels including Smith Virginia Dies Texas Lewis Colorado and Cox Georgia push for freer House consideration while Republicans weigh a unified stance. The White House urges speed to avoid earmarking and ensure swift Senate action. The subcommittee heard from Morgenthau Fell and Admiral Peoples on fund purposes. Continued coverage on page 12.
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Washington
Jan
House
Rules Committee
Burns
White House
Senate
Buchanan
Texas
Appropriations Committee
Smith
Virgina
Dies
Lewis
Colorado
Cox
Georgia
O'Connor
New York
Congress
Ickes
Morgenthau
Fell
C. J. Peoples
Appropriations
America
Kidnaped Man and Auto Linked to Karpis Gang Chase
Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell, survivors of the Bremer gang, were rumored to speed through Ohio after releasing a kidnapped man and stealing his car. Dr. Horace Husicker reported being forced to drive them from Quakertown, Pa. to Wadsworth, Ohio, carrying an apparent machine gun. Federal agents mobilized in Bucks County to pursue the fugitives, who evaded police in Atlantic City and left behind a bullet-scarred car.
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Wadsworth
Ohio
U.P
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Bremer
Horace Husicker
Roy Kruger
Quakertown
Karpis
Campbell
Husicker
United States Department of Justice
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
N. J
New Jersey
Baltimore
New York
Haycock Mountain
Bucks County
Gangsteve
New Jersey City
Hauptmann story challenged as witness links ransom cash to theater box
Miss Cecilia Barr testified that Isidor Fisch handed five dollars to Bruno Hauptmann from the Lindbergh ransom fund and bought a theater ticket. Fisch and Hauptmann, once fur partners, allegedly planned to settle debts, with Fisch’s shoebox yielding fourteen thousand six hundred dollars after water damage.
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Flemington
N. J
U.P
Isidor Fisch
Germany
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Cecilia Barr
Loews
Sheridan Square
New York
Greenwich Village
Hauptmann
Bruno Hauptmann
Fisch
Highway Patrol Bill Proposed Amid Montana Auto Deaths
Montana senators introduced Senate Bill No. 26 to create a highway patrol as officials report 206 traffic fatalities last year. Vital statistics records show automobile accidents rose 179 percent in 1934 versus 1933, with 115 in 1933, 95 in 1932, and 130 in 1931.
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Helena
Montana
Cotter
Broadwater
Eaton
Yellowstone
Sparling
Daniels
Campbell
Missoula
Clifford
Hill
Senate
Lucien L. Benepe
State Board of Health
Senate Roads and Highways Committee
Open convention draws over 500 woolgrowers today
More than 500 woolgrowers gather for the opening of the Montana state convention. The event signals strong industry turnout as delegates convene to discuss prices and policy affecting livestock producers.
Sick Thermometer Comes Back After a Sinking Spell
Mining city residents awoke to relief as temperatures rose from 23 below to near freezing after a drastic cold snap. Hugh O Jones died from exposure on his back porch at 404 South Montana. Mrs. B L Searles, 60, died near her Walier farm after her stalled car left her exposed to the cold.
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Hugh O. Jones
Montana Street
Woolgrowers hold 34th Montana convention in Butte
More than 500 sheepmen from across Montana arrive in Butte for the 34th Montana Woolgrowers association convention at Fin Len hotel. The program includes a banquet style show dance and vaudeville acts plus theater outings for wives and a noon banquet with no speeches, while W C Gilbert presides and Archie McTaggart delivers welcome.
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Butte
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Finlen Hotel
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Fox Theater
Rialto
Temple
Chamber of Commerce
R. J. McDonald
Montana Snow Likely Tuesday and Wednesday
Montana expects occasional snowfall on Tuesday and Wednesday with little change in temperatures. The forecast notes scattered flurries and cold air, but no sharp warm or cold spell is anticipated. Weather officials urge motorists to heed travel advisories in affected areas.
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Montana
45 Rescued From Sinking Jap Vessel
Victorious in a battle against mountains seas and a north Pacific gale the passenger liner President Jackson carried 45 crew members from the sinking Hokuman Maru toward Victoria B C The Hokuman Maru listed to starboard and was doomed to sink as pumps could not cope with the flood of water. 1,200 miles east of the Bahamas the Scottish tanker Valverda tossed at sea.
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San Francisco
President Jackson
Victoria
B. C
Glasgow
Scotland
Valverda
Bahamas
Government relief worker convicted of anarchy in Arkansas
A 24 year old federal emergency relief administration worker and college graduate was found guilty of anarchy in a justice of the peace court in Marked Tree Arkansas. He attacked the East Arkansas sharecropper system and allegedly urged farm workers to riot. Sentenced to six months in jail and a 500 dollar fine. Ward H. Rodgers said relief will not come until the U S government abolishes the plantation system.
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Ark
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
East Arkansas
Ward H. Rodgers
United States
Sixty-seven to graduate from Butte High in February
Sixty-seven Butte high school students are set to graduate after the first semester with diplomas to be issued February 1 if they complete their studies. No ceremony will be held this year. students may join the June commencement to receive certificates.
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Butte High
Butte High School
Scott Fries
Helen Edet
Yvonne Tibbetts
James Ballard
Dolores al Charles Brown
John F. Buck
Alexander Bukvich
Marion Cadigan
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Act
F.D.R
U. S
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Hunt
Harry Ferguson
United Press
Hunterdon County
Control Commission
Lou Frank
A. J. Rossiter
Staney Granger
Mr. Frank
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