Police Solve $78,000 Film Gem Robbery
Chicago police say they solved the 87 000 Zukor jewel robbery linked to a 250 000 mail robbery and a 200 000 Bremer kidnapping. Six women and two men are detained, including James Weinberg and his wife Eula plus others. Authorities plan to question Weinberg about the Bremer case.
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Chicago
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
William Shoemaker
Adolph Zukor
James Weinberg
Eula
Elsie Delaney
Miss Delaney
Dorothy Jacobs
Robert Vestal
Helen
Estelle Melton
Jean Edger
Iara Weinberg
Loop
John J
Bremer
Melvin H. Purvis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Weinberg
Lumber Price Cut Under NRA Housing Program
The NRA announces a 8 to 10 percent reduction in lumber and timber products for housing construction, with an overall 14 to 15 percent price drop to consumers when combined with earlier dealer markups. The move follows President Roosevelt's housing program and is approved by code authority and Hugh S. Johnson.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Hugh 8
Johnson
Code Authority
France and Britain Have No Strong Rivalries as Barthou Visits
The text notes that unlike 1914, Britain resists continental alliances, while France and Britain share noncompetitive commercial and imperial interests. It stresses that longstanding ties exist beyond diplomatic pacts, with no desire for territorial expansion and mutual focus on stability.
Fear mounts as missing boys feared drowned in Deer Lodge
Two 13 year old boys, Paul Campbell and Lawrence Pitcombe, vanished from their Deer Lodge homes on Sunday. Fear rose after a second day passed without clues. Sheriff Lou Boedecker urged anyone with information to contact him at once.
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Deer Lodge
Paul Campbell
James Campbell
Lawrence Pitcombe
John Pitcombe
Lou Boedecker
Powell County
Montana Standard
Gangs Hit Butte Mines With Rocks and Fire
Violent acts around Butte mining properties reported last night target Mountain Con and Leonard yards. Rocks and scrap iron struck workers and damaged a machine while high tension wires were tried to be shorted. Firemen cooled a small office fire at the Mountain Con.
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Mountain Con
The
Leonard
Belmont
U. S. Rejects German Plans To Bargain On Interest
The United States rejected Germany’s proposals to bargain over interest on bonds due American investors. Ambassador Dodd delivered an aide memoire demanding Berlin pay interest to American holders as it does to British holders, without negotiation, following Germany’s July 1 moratorium on foreign obligations.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
William Dodd
Germany
America
Great Britain
Montana Supreme Court Upholds Sanitarium Bond Plan
Helena July 16 The Montana supreme court denied T L Hawkins petition to block bonds for a PWA loan to build at the state tuberculosis sanitarium The court said the legislative act authorizing the project and repayment did not violate the constitution The ruling noted bonds would state the state not obligated to pay beyond special funds and thus no vote was required The decision marked the fourth upholding of public building projects with PWA money and bonds including a student union at the State university a building at Eastern Montana Normal and a Butte high school project
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Helena
T. L. Hawkins
Board of Examiners
PWA
Montana Supreme Court
S. V. Stewart
the State University
Eastern Montana Normal School
Butte
Montana Weather: Fair Continued Warm Through Midweek
The forecast for Montana calls for generally fair skies on Tuesday and Wednesday with continued warm conditions. No precipitation is expected and temperatures remain above average for the period.
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Montana
Butte’s Peak 1386: Montana Heat Stuns Parts of State
The Associated Press reports Montana endured a heat spike Monday with Miles City at 100 Ever 98 in Havre and Livingston reaching 94 the year's high in that city. Tuesday forecasted generally fair and warm weather ahead for primary election day as Butte recorded its hottest day in weeks with 88 degrees amid a cooling evening breeze.
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Associated Press
Montana
Mercury
Miles City
Havre
Livingston
Butte
General strike grips San Francisco area with partial easing
San Francisco July 16 the long threatened general strike began at 8 am paralyzing the metropolitan area. Labor's steering committee eased some pressure allowing a wider opening for life essential channels to run. Commotion followed as Bay Area balance was disrupted and reports noted troops being ready to move though unconfirmed.
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San Francisco
Labor
Bay Cities
Navy
Montana Primary Elections Open At Noon For Statewide Races
Montana voters head to the polls today to choose candidates for state county and township posts in the upcoming general election. Polls run from noon to 7 pm with 247 248 registered voters statewide an increase of 14876 since 1932. Silver Bow shows a slight drop in registration from 25481 to 24965 while six counties report population declines.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
Montana
Silver Bow
Fergus
Golden Valley
Judith Basin
Meagher
Sheridan
Riley
Mother Keeps Silent Vigil as Son Is Recovered From Lake Avoca
A grief struck mother waits at Lake Avoca shores through the night for her drowned son Margarito Acevedo 14 missing since Saturday. Swimmers found and recovered the body at noon with help from Sheriff and Deputy. Coroner rules accidental drowning no inquest. Funeral set for Thursday at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Lake Avoca
Margarito Acevedo
John Agliarri
Galena Street
Margarito
John McNellis
Amherst
Joe Nevarro
East Galena Street
Larry Weir
Joe Boric
Don Murphy
Young Acevedo
Holy Cross Cemetery
New Trade Pact Under US Tariff Act Near Completion
Washington July discussions on the first of America's reciprocal trade pacts under the tariff act, a Cuba agreement, with Secretary Wallace and Sumner Welles consulting on the details.
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Washington
America
Cuba
Wallace
Sumner Welles
Freight Rate Hearing On Sugar Slated In Mining City
A major sugar rate hearing by the Interstate Commerce Commission will be held in the mining city today to decide the Montana to San Francisco rate. Montana refiners reportedly set wholesale prices at the San Francisco rate for Hawaiian sugar plus Montana freight. The Montana state railway commission will attend along with ICC officials.
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Montana
Railway Men State
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montana State Railway Commission
San Francisco
Mantana
Bobby Connor Missing in Hartsdale Manor Disappearance
Four days after Bobby Connor vanished from his parents home in Hartsdale New York state police joined the Westchester search under Governor Lehman. Investigators questioned 51 year old itinerant salesman Harry Lee Forestier matching a peddler description. Forestier denied involvement as officers intensified the inquiry.
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Robert Conner
Hartsdale Manor
N. Y
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Investigation
Department of Justice
Charles Conner
Hartsdale
Bobby Connor
Tyke
Herbert Lehman
Westchester
New York
Harry Lee Forestier
Harisdale Manor
Bobby
Forestier
Connor
Nebraska Faces Heat Wave Threatening Crops Across State
Sun baked Nebraska and surrounding states endure readings above 100 for a sixth straight day with 110 to 112 degrees in many counties. Grand Island 111, Lincoln 108, Omaha 102, and forecasts warn drought will doom corn and feed crops unless rains arrive. Livestock sales may rise as drought relief purchases of cattle continue. federal officials anticipate lasting shifts in cash crop farming.
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Neb
Nebraska
Grand Island
O'Neill
Fremont
Omaha
York
Cozad
North Platte
Big Springs
A. E. Anderson
Honeymooners Refinance Trip After Holdup
Two men named Walter Lutz and Sig Star were arrested in Coeur d Alene Idaho for the holdup of honeymooners Mr and Mrs F H Douglass of Miles City. Luggage and jewelry missing from the couple were recovered. The Douglasses flew to Seattle and the bride's father came from Miles City to refinance the trip.
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Billings
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
F. H Douglass
Miles City
Walter Lutz
Sig Star
Douglasses
Douglass
Seattle
Advances in Optics At Pacific Coast Oto Ophthalmology Meet
Opening session of the twenty-second annual Pacific Coast Oto Ophthalmological Society convention at the Finlen hotel featured world famous physicians discussing recent advances in eye treatment. Scientific sessions continue today and tomorrow with the Western Ophthalmological Society meeting Thursday. Boards held and examinations given for prospective members by American boards of Oto Laryngology and Ophthalmology.
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Finlen Hotel
Western Ophthalmological Society
American Board of Oto-Laryngology
Murray Clinic
American Board of Ophthalmology
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