Arson Adds to Violence in Butte Miners Strike
Violence flares as arson hits Anaconda property at West Steward yard. Firemen faced stones and axe-cut hoses while attempting to douse a blaze that burned two and a half hours. Attacks on mine workers and motorists followed, with dynamite, rocks, and broken windows reported.
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Butte
Anaconda Company
West Steward Yard
Meaderville
Leonard Mine
Charles Staples
Anaconda Road
Staples
Outlaw Dillinger Shot by Justice Operatives in Chicago
John Dillinger, infamous criminal, was killed by federal agents outside a Chicago movie theater after drawing a pistol. About fifteen operatives surrounded the Biograph showing of Manhattan Melodrama as undercover information led to the fatal confrontation.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Age
Department of Justice
Melvin H. Purvis
Dillinger
Purvish
Manhattan
Biograph Theater
Purvis
Urgent call to strengthen army air corps
Washington reports the Baker board warns of the most serious air threat to the United States. After three months studying national air defense, the board finds the army air forces lag behind civil and naval rivals, cites budget cuts and slow promotions, and cites equipment shortages.
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Washington
U.P
Army Air Corps
Baker Board
Newton D. Baker
Army Air Forces
Congress
Desperadoes Escape From Death House at Huntsville
Three of the Southwest’s most dangerous desperadoes escaped from the state prison death house in Huntsville Texas in an armed plot involving about a dozen inmates. Raymond Hamilton Joe Pimer Blaine Thompson Whitey Walker and Charlie Frazer were named among the escapees with Walker Thompson gang ties. Walker was killed by guards and Frazer was critically wounded as the others scaled the walls.
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Huntsville
Tex
Southwest
Death
Raymond Hamilton
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie '‘trKer
Joe Pimer
Bla Te Thompson
Whitey Walker
Charlie Frazer
Walker-Thompson Gang
Kinnaird Begins War Study by Fighting In It
Clark Kinnaird author of the day by day World War II story for The Standard begins his prep for a full account on the war’s twentieth anniversary by participating in combat. He persuaded his mother to sign an age affidavit to enlist in the navy and served as a signal quartermaster until influenza sent him to sick bay. While convalescing he wrote pieces read by officers.
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Clark Kinnaird
Standard
Navy
Relief work sped in Panama quake torn region
Relief and salvage operations began in David and Puerto Armuelles after a second major tremor in five days. President Arias visited the zone and reported about 150 people injured from Saturday’s quake, with earlier fatality reports unfounded. A witness described houses collapsing under the quake.
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Panama
David
Puerto Armuelles
Aarmodio Arias
Puero Armuelles
S. J. Shreves
Anaconda Copper Mining Co Demands Law Enforcers Act
A letter from D. M. Kelly for the Anaconda Copper Mining Co to Sheriff Larry Weir asks police to suppress violence against company property amid a May 8 1934 miners strike. It notes the extensive mineral holdings in Butte and deep underground workings, outlining potential damages and risks to assets.
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D. M. Kelly
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Larry Weir
Butte
Montana
Lawrence Weir
Silver Bow
Vote Today May End Coast Dockmen Strike Forecast
San Francisco dated July 22 reports a planned secret ballot by 15 000 Pacific Coast longshoremen to decide if differences should go to arbitration. Airplane ballots were distributed overnight as the National Longshoremen board accelerates voting to return workers to duty across the western seaboard.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Western
Seaboard
National Longshoremen’s Board
Bus crash in Ossining leaves many dead and injured
A chartered bus carrying holiday makers plunged over an embankment in Ossining New York later catching fire. At least 14 of 38 passengers died and many more were injured with some bodies burned beyond recognition. Police expect criminal charges after survivor testimony about failed brakes and driver’s attempt to brake.
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Ossining
N. Y
U.P
Walter Thompson
Amos O. Squire
Young Men's Democratic League
30Th Assembly District
Brooklyn
Sing Sing Prison
Hudson River
Frank McLaughlin
New York Central
Roosevelt Nears Honolulu Aboard Houston on Vacation
President Roosevelt attended church services aboard the flagship 750 miles from Hawaii. The Houston steamed toward Kailua, with the U S S New Orleans in convoy, as Roosevelt directed officers to watch for five missing yachts from the Honolulu race.
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Houston
United Press
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Kailua
U. S. S. New Orleans
Honolulu
Fruitless search continues for Bishop Faber in Glacier Park
In Glacier Park on July 22, a detail of men with torches combed the Two Medicine lake district for the missing 74 year old Right Reverend William F. Faber, presiding bishop of the Montana Episcopal diocese. He disappeared Friday afternoon while hiking, with no trace found by nightfall and more men to join the search tomorrow morning.
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Bishop Faber
Glacier Park
Two Medicine Lake
William F. Faber
Helena
Montana
Two Medicine
Forest Belt Plan Aims at Midwest Drought Salvage
The Roosevelt program seeks a 100 mile wide belt of a billion trees stretching from Canada to the Texas Panhandle west of the Mississippi. With a $75 million price tag, it aims to modify climate and agricultural conditions and begins seed collection and nursery setup for 1936. Chief Forester Silcox leads plans for six nurseries to grow saplings for transplanting.
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Washington
Midwest
Roosevelt
Canada
Texas Panhandle
Mississippi
Heat death toll climbs as heat wave sours nation
The Associated Press reports a nationwide heat and drought siege with 278 deaths and record dryness. Crops wilt, water supplies dwindle while cattle losses mount. beaches and lakes become refuges for many amid a long lasting July scorcher.
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Associated Press
Southwest
Midwest
Mississippi River
Atlantic
Pacific
Chicago
Weather Forecast for Montana Shows Fair Monday and Tuesday
The Montana forecast calls for generally fair weather on Monday and Tuesday with cooler conditions in the southeast portion on Monday. Local highs are expected in the upper 60s to low 70s, with cooler overnight temperatures across the southeast.
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Montana
Outlaw Dillinger’s Death Ends Terror Era of Crime
Chicago dated report chronicles John Dillinger as the era’s most dangerous desperado. The outlaw and his gang raided banks, clashed with police, and escaped multiple times before his death. Highlights include ambushes, prison escapes, and a national notoriety that influenced politics and media.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
St. Paul
Law
Middlewest
Tucson
Ariz
Little Bohemia Lodge
Wisconsin
NRA urged to gamble on fall business rise
Washington July 22. Leon Henderson head of the NRA research division says experts expect a substantial fall rise in business and a smaller summer slump. He calls his forecast a careful gamble based on data showing less decline so far and signs of an uptick, with no boom expected.
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Blue Eagle
Washington
NRA
Leon Henderson
The
Henderson
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