Plane crash near Fort Peck kills three Lincoln men and rancher
Three Lincoln Nebraska men D H Campbell Alva H Andrews and Dr F W Ryman and Garfield County rancher James Slim Erickson died when their airplane crashed on a hill 35 miles south of Glasgow Montana. Erickson died en route to a Glasgow hospital. The plane burned and victims were identified by rings and papers. The crash site lay south of the Missouri river about 17 miles from the Fort Peck dam. The cause was not yet determined. An aeronautics inspector E E Hughes was due to arrive.
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Glasgow
Lincoln, Neb
Garfield
Mont.) County
D. H. Campbell
Cosmopolitan Old Line Life Insurance Company
Lincoln
Alva H. Andrews
F. W. Ryman
James “Slim” Erickson
Erickson
Missouri River
Fort Peck
E. E Hughes
Department of Aeronautics
Honeymoon Robbery Around Miles City by Armed Bandits
Two armed bandits halted Mr and Mrs F H Douglass near Billings Montana nine miles east of town. They forced the driver to take detours and stole money and jewelry while slashing tires. Mrs Douglass saved a $10 bill by biting it and discarded her diamond ring. Sheriff E M Birely pursued Claude Vance linked to other crimes as the case unfolded.
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Billings
F. H. Douglass
Miles City
E. M. Birely
Claude Vance
Wyoming
Big Horn County
Wyo
Here
Douglass
Big Timber
Indefinite Start Time For Stratosphere Flight Near Rapid City
Weather delays a planned launch of the high altitude balloon piloted by Major William Kepner and Captain Albert Stevens. National Geographic Society and the Army Air Corps coordinate with seven Midwestern states for landing support with mobile bases at Peoria and Des Moines and police units on standby.
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Rapid City
S. D
William Kepner
Air Corps
Albert W. Stevens
Washington
S. C
National Geographic Society
Army Air Corps
Albert Stevens
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Peoria
Des Moines
Annual outings mark two city groups gatherings
Cristoforo Colombo lodge celebrated its golden anniversary at Pipestone Springs with a noon picnic and races, while over 300 members and friends of the Butte Exchange Club met at Camp L. O. Evans on Georgetown Lake for their annual gathering. The day included luncheon, music by the Butte Mines band, and political candidate talks, with astrology talk the previous night and a dedication piece for L. O. Evans.
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Cristoforo Colombo Lodge
Pipestone Springs
Butte Exchange Club
Camp Fire Girls’ Lodge
Camp
L. O. Evans
Georgetown Lake
P. M. Bonino
Cristoforo Colombo
Art Chappelle
Mary Merivat
Bonino
Copicnickers
Butte Mines
Sam Treloar
J. X. Newman
Mines
Treloar
T. B. Moore
Instructors and Aides Named for Montana Women's Camp
Miss Agnes Pauline announced the selection of instructors and aides for Camp Castle Rock, ten miles south of Butte, the first unem- ployed women's camp in Montana. Sixty-seven women applied, with 78 accepted, including 20 from Anaconda. Miss Connie Hoover of Helena will direct the eight week encampment, bringing Camp Fire Girls experience and a state relief office background. Mrs. Miriam Hawkins Smith will supervise class work at the camp.
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Montana
Camp Castle Rock
Butte
Agnes Pauline
Montana Relief Commission
Anaconda
Connie Hoover
Helena
Miss Hoover
Camp Fire Girls
Women's Department of the State Relief Office
National Camp Directors’ Association
Miriam Hawkins Smith
Chateau
Four Die in Austrian Disorder in Vienna Woods Clash
Four people killed in turbulent Austrian political disorder as gendarmes clashed with outlawed republican guards during a secret socialist meeting near Kaltenleutgeben in Vienna woods. A wave of bombings and mail box destruction spread across Austria as Nazi opponents clash with authorities.
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Republican Guardists
Woods
Vienna
Austria
Kaltenbeutgeben
Engelbert Dollfuss
Dollfuss
Italy
Violence at Green Mountain mine injures worker
Violence around the Butte Green Mountain mine escalated as hoodlums stoned a man in the face during a clash with pickets. Workers repairing an airline valve were threatened as the crowd blocked repairs and officers escorted them to restore order after a car carrying laborers was harassed.
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Butte
Green Mountain
Mountain Con
Heavy Showers Hit Uptown Butte. Light Rain at Airport
Heavy showers drenched uptown Butte yesterday afternoon washing gutters and prompting water on sidewalks. The airport logged a light .01 inch reading as storms cooled the day after a high of 87 degrees and a low of 49. Cooler weather and possible moisture were expected to ease a drought.
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Butte
Visual specialists converge for Pacific Coast Oto Ophthalmological meeting
Northwest experts in otolaryngology and ophthalmology arrive for the twenty second annual Pacific Coast Oto Ophthalmological society gathering at the Finlen hotel. The convention runs through Thursday with related meetings at the Murray clinic and Western Ophthalmological society. Registration and informal socializing occurred in the hotel lobby.
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Pacific Coast
Oto-Ophthalmological Society
Oto- Ophthalmological Society
Finlen Hotel
American Board of Oto
Montana Fossil Field May Be Greatest in Country Eight Dinosaurs Located
Leader of the American Museum dinosaur expedition in Wyoming reports a field in Montana may be the nation’s largest fossil find. Eight skeletons have been cleared from blue-white clay and sand, with more likely to emerge. The tangled bones suggest a dense herd rather than two sauropods, and identification awaits further study.
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Montana
Barnum Brown
American Museum
Wyoming
American Museum of Natural History
Billings
Big Horn
Donor of Blood and Recipient Lie Together in Death
In Lewistown two caskets lie side by side at a mortuary Major O. P. Davis deputy state veterinarian who helped in World War I donated blood for Angus McAlister of Billings a former Wyoming oil field worker McAlister died after the transfusion and Davis collapsed and died later that evening McAlister's funeral moved to Billings while Davis was interred in town Services were held from separate churches.
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O. P. Davis
France
Angus McAlister
Billings
Wyoming
McAlister
Davis
Roehl Ranch
Montana Weather Outlook Sees Scattered Thunderstorms
Unsettled conditions dominate Montana with scattered thundershowers forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Cooler air follows, though Helena may experience a warmer spell Monday.
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Montana
Helena
First Checks Mailed Under New Allotment for Wheat
Official notes that an extra 30 million dollars in payments to wheat farmers began today, bringing 1934 wheat outlays to about 97 million. The first checks go to 58 producers in Ralls county Missouri, with 9 cents per bushel on domestic allotments. Total benefits to 577,000 growers who retire 7.5 million acres will range from 50 to 500 dollars per farmer.
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Washington
Ralls County
Missouri
Roosevelt plans second fishing stop on Hawaii voyage
President Roosevelt aboard the Houston on a Hawaii trip orders a detour toward Clipperton Island for deep sea fishing. The plan is to anchor there Tuesday afternoon if weather allows, while the cruiser remains about 1,000 miles from Clipperton at noon. The route follows toward Hawaii off the Mexican coast.
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JU. S. S. New Orleans
Roosevelt
Houston
Hawaii
Pacific
Clipperton Island
California Bay
Mexican
Drowning Tragedy Near Butte Claims Two Lives
George Badovinac age 25 of 214 South Atlantic street and Margarito Acevedo 14 of 839 East Galena street drowned while swimming near Butte. Badovinac body recovered at Homestake pond. Acevedo body found late yesterday on Lake Avoca shore after searches. Coroner Kyle Scott reported conclusions and further searches were planned today.
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George Badovinac
South Atlantic Street
Margarito Acevedo
East Galena Street
Butte
Badovinac
Homestake
Lake Avoca
Acevedo
Continental Divide
Kyle Scott
Jefferson County
Whitehall
Sherman & Reed
General Strike Paralyzes San Francisco Railways
San Francisco faced a near total halt as the third general strike in history disrupted transit. By 2 a.m. Market Street railway workers walked out and California Street Cable Car crews joined by dawn, leaving only municipal cars running under heavy difficulties. Pickets guarded car barns while municipal services faced jeers as the city braced for further paralysis.
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San Francisco
United States
Market Street Railway
California Street Cable Car Company
Municipal Street Railway
President approves national power policy committee
President Roosevelt by wireless orders creation of the national power policy committee to draft legislation for interstate energy regulation and to push cheap electricity to homes and factories. Secretary Ickes will head the committee formed within the Public Works Administration to coordinate federal efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ickes
Public Works Administration
National Power Policy Committee
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June DE Long
Miss de Long
Hollywood
Gloria Marsh
Film Extra
Dave Allen
Central Casting Corporation
Dillon
Pipestone Exchange
Georgetown
Castle Rock
Uptown
Associated Press
Cooney
Frank H. Cooney
Dead Man’s Basin
Musselshell River
Shawmut
Frank C. Bennett
Roundup
Musselshell County
Northwest
Butte Doctors
Lewistown
George E. Farrell
Farrell
Sckies
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