Merger Bill Goes to Governor Today Erickson to Give Early Consideration
The Senate approved a deficiency bill providing nearly 125 million dollars for immediate employment and drought relief. It would create work for over 30,000 people once enacted. An additional 3 million for medical supplies to drought areas was approved, with 20 million more for public works in navy army and Indian reservations. The bill returns to the House for amendments while agriculture aid awaits.
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Washington
Senate
Jones
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Barkley
Kentucky
Caraway
Arkansas
Nator Jones
McNary
Oregon
Madrid student strike erupts in clashes with police
In Madrid on January 22 hundreds of university students walked out in a general strike, clashing with police and guards. Demonstrators shouted against King Alfonso XIII and Premier Berenguer, demanding the release of Professor Fernando de Los Rios and 11 students held since the December uprising.
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John DE Gandt
Madrid
U.P
Alfonso XIII
Damaso Berenguer
University of Madrid
Fernando de Los Rios
Cumpus
Flyer Missing From Pacific Coast Airline Flight
Walter E. Case, pilot on the Portland to Salt Lake route, is reported missing after radio contact was lost between Portland and Prosser Washington. Four planes searched the area as fog prevented landing near Stevens Pass and attempts to reestablish radio contact failed.
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FLYER
Seattle
Wash
Walter E. Case
Portland-Salt Lake
Portland
Prosser
Case
Stevens
Oregon City
Ezra Meeker Train Member Dies in Tacoma
Henry E. Light, 79, an Ezra Meeker emigrant train member who traveled west as an infant in 1852, died at his Tacoma home after a long life in Washington. He lived most of his years in Steilacoom area.
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Tacoma
Wash
Henry E. Light
Plains
Ezra Meeker
Steilapanonas
Steeg Regime Loses Vote in French Chamber
Theodore Steeg and his ministry saw a vote defeat over the farm program in the chamber of deputies. The cabinet resigned, leaving France without a government.
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Theodore Steeg
France
Chamber of Deputies
Steeg Ministry Falls as France Votes Down Farm Relief
Paris January 22 The Steeg government ends abruptly after a cabinet defeat in the chamber of deputies on the farm relief program. The vote 293 to 283 ousts Premier Steeg and leaves France without a government for the twentieth time since World War I. Deputies from the right and center erupted while the left held silent as ministers prepared a formal resignation letter.
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Paris
Theodore Steeg
Chamber of Deputies
France
Steeg
Resig
Furious Mob Seeks Negro for Assault
Crowds of angry citizens milled through Brownsville Texas at night as posses searched for a negro who attacked a young white girl at a cemetery where she knelt by her mother's grave. The girl lay seriously injured and confined to her home as police and armed citizens guarded exits and combed the colored district.
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Brownsville
Texas
Jury unable to agree in Daisy De Boe case
Los Angeles jury deliberated for hours but failed to reach a verdict in the Daisy De Boe case. Foreman Ralph Boynton said the panel was unable to agree, then returned for further deliberations as Miss De Boe and supporters waited. The judge planned to avoid a Sunday extension.
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Daisy DE Boe
Los Angeles
William Doran
Ralph Boynton
Boynton
Bny
Miss de Boe
Girl Students to GE Vocation Meeting Guests
Butte hosts the first girls vocational congress for senior women from Central and Butte high schools on Saturday January 31. The American Association of University Women sponsors the event with over 100 attendees expected. Principal speakers include Dr. Jessie B. Richardson and Mrs. Harriet Ledman. A survey by Miss Dora Drowatsky notes stenography as a career option.
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Butte
Central and Butte High School
American Association of University Women
Montana State College
Bozeman
Marguerite McDonald
Jessie B. Richardson
Department of
Harriet Ledman
the State University At
Missoula
Dora Drowatsky
Consolidation proposal eyed by voters in Butte and Silver Bow
A bill proposing city county consolidation for Butte and Silver Bow county advances in the Montana legislature. Governors sign would trigger a special election within 40 days, with primaries for a mayor seven commissioners and a municipal judge if consolidation passes.
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Silver Bow
Senate
Butte High Seniors Named Debate Team Winners
Harry Hoffner and Spencer Thompson, Butte high school seniors, were named debate team winners and will represent the school on the state debate squad. Coach Miss Lillian Kerrigan announced the decision after last nights tryouts reduced eighteen entrants to the final six.
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Spencer Thompson
Harry Hoffner
Butte High School
Lillian Kerrigan
Henry Ludendorff
John
Utah Senator Introduces Bill to Repeal Dry Law
Senator Knox Patterson Democrat introduces a proposal in the Utah legislature to repeal the state prohibition amendment under the title Resolution Relating to Alleged Prohibition. The report notes the bill was introduced in Salt Lake City on January 22.
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Salt Lake City
Knox Patterson
Utah
Wives Confession Ties Major Toohey to Gun Arsenal Raid
The wife of Major F. J. Toohey admitted that she and her husband ran a sporting goods firm linked to a central gun distribution hub in Detroit. A raid seized over 150 rifles revolvers and spare machine gun parts at the Sequoia Importing offices. Prosecutor Toy says the find confirms a previously suspected weapon distribution center.
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Detroit
F. J. Toohey
Toohey
Seattle
Honolulu
Sequoia Importing Company
Harry 8. Toy
Butte Silver Bow consolidation bill clears Senate
The Butte Silver Bow consolidation measure passed the Montana Senate unanimously and moves to the engrossing committee before executive consideration by Gov. Erickson. Supporters say it would end duplication, improve efficiency, and save over 100000 annually. a 15 day window to call a special election follows enactment.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
J. E. Erickson
Senate
Helena
Erickson
Tom Walker
Pavlova dies in Holland after illness
Madame Anna Pavlova, the famed Russian dancer long hailed as the world’s top ballerina, died in The Hague after several days of illness from influenza and pleurisy. She had arrived from Paris and became ill soon after, with her husband Victor D. Andre by her side as her condition worsened.
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Anna Pavlova
The
Hague
Mme
Mme. Pavlova
Globe
Paris
Victor D. Andre
Noted Missouri Politician Walter Dickey Dies at 68
Walter B. Dickey 68, clay products maker and principal owner of the Kansas City Journal Post, a Republican figure, died at his home after a heart attack following a severe cold. He was a prominent Missouri political actor and business leader.
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Kansas City
Walter 8. Dickey
Kansas City Journal Post
Osage Youth Fetes Bride With Ponies Flags And Car
In Pawhusk a Oklahoma on January 22 a 15 year old Osage Indian Elmer Pryor married Lorene Wood 16 in a full blood Osage ceremony. The groom paid with 48 ponies a silk flag and an automobile to his bride uncle. The couple and their tribesmen followed traditional customs.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Elmer Pryor
Lorene Wood
Antwine Pryor
Elmer
Yo Pryor
General Pershing WWI instalment on page three
Today's installment of General Pershing's World War story continues on page three. Readers gain more context on his campaigns and strategic decisions as the narration progresses through the war years.
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General Pershing
Train Robbers Strike on Big Four Between Carey and Bellefontaine
Six masked thieves shot one passenger and robbed five others on a Big Four Pullman car between Carey and Bellefontaine. Edwin K. Nelson Jr. of Tampa, Florida, was shot to silence him as he woke. Passengers were herded into a drawing room and a man near death. Nelson was taken to Mary Rutan hospital with a chest wound. doctors feared for his life as the train continued to Bellefontaine without incident by crew or conductors.
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Bellefontaine, O
Carey
Edwin K. Nelson Jr
Tampa
Fla
Bellefontaine
O Man
Nelson
Mary Rutan Hospital
Locomotive Panic in Romanian Cinema Crowd
In GEOROVESTI Romania Jan 22 a motion picture showing a locomotive roaring from screen into a hall caused a stampede wounding twelve, as peasants unfamiliar with film fled toward doors wrecking fittings in the hall during the thriller screening.
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Georovesti
Romania
Hoover Oversees Wick Commission Revision Debate
Washington January 22. Senator Fess of Ohio said President Hoover did not close the door to revision ideas for the Eighteenth Amendment and note there was no sign the president had a specific revision in mind. The dispute over the commission’s report reveals ongoing controversy without direct evidence of Hoover shaping it.
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John F. Chester
Washington
Hoover
Wicksham Commission
Fess
Ohio
White House
Republican National Committee
Watson
Indiana
Prohibition
Congress
Capitol Hill
Commission
Miners Rescued After 18 Hours In Hanley Pit
Five miners were entombed for more than 18 hours in a Shelton Iron Company mine at Hanley Eng and were rescued suffering from shock.
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Stoke-On-Trent
Eng
Shelton Iron Company
Hanley
Roosevelt Home Damaged by Blaze
Fire at the Sagamore Hill home of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay New York was extinguished by firemen after causing damage estimated at not more than 1000 dollars.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Unsettled Montana Weekend Forecast Hits Snow Western Regions
An unsettled forecast for Montana predicts snow in the western portion and a somewhat colder spread to the eastern areas Friday, with improving conditions by Saturday.
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Montana
Department Officials of Montana Power Meet Here
The Montana Power company held its regular quarterly meeting at the Butte general offices with about 40 attendees. Executives listed include Frank M. Kerr vice president and GM John C. Ryan and S P Hogan among others from multiple divisions.
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Montana Power
Montana Power Company
Butte
Frank M. Kerr
John C. Ryan
S. P. Hogan
J. R. Thomas
Treas
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