Father and Son Questioned in Kidnapping
FBI agents questioned a Florida father M. F. Braxton and his son J. W. Braxton in the kidnapping case of 5-year old Jimmy Cash. Braxton was taken to Miami, his son detained at Cape Sable, with a third family member under surveillance.
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Princeton
Fla
U.P
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jimmy Cash
M. F. Braxton
Cashes
Miami
Braxton
J. W. Braxton
Cape Sable
Here
FBI
Washington
Montana Supreme Court weighs Rogers Pass highway dispute
The Montana Supreme Court was asked to take jurisdiction in a suit to enjoin the Rogers Pass unit of the central Montana highway. The petition for a writ was filed by the state highway commission and attorneys argued the lower court acted without warrant in law. The court took the petition under advisement and plans to study it, with possible a decision tomorrow if time permits.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Rogers Pass
Montana
State Highway Commission
George Hurd
Great Falls
E. A. Peterson
State Highway Department
Lewis and Clark District Court
R. M. Mills
Lewis and Clark County
Mills
Highway Financial District
Highway Commission
Lloyd Hague
Missoula
D. A. McKinnon
W. O. Whipps
Commission
The
Supreme Court
District Court of
Gity Aldermen Confirm Breen as Police Chief
William H. Breen was nominated for chief of police and confirmed by the city council in a close 8 to 7 vote. He will assume command this morning after failed attempts to block the appointment and to address Walter I. Shay’s resignation and leave terms.
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William H. Breen
Walter I. Shay
Free trips for Butte kids to Columbia Gardens this summer
Anaconda Copper Mining company sponsors weekly free bus rides for children under 14 to Columbia Gardens. The Butte City Lines will run free shuttles Thursdays during summer vacation from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. or 12:30 p.m. depending on location, with return service from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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Butte
Columbia Gardens
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda Company
Butte City Lines, Inc
John G. Evans
Front Street
Oregon Avenue
Englewood
Race Track
Harrison Avenue
NLRB seeks withdrawal or remand in Ford case
The National Labor Relations Board asked the Sixth Circuit to allow withdrawal of its decision against Ford Motor Co or remand for further proceedings. Citing the Republic Steel ruling, the NLRB argued the Ford record is incomplete and lacks the final action required for judicial review, asking the court to reassess under the statute.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board Tonight
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ford Motor Co
Robert Watts
Covington, Ky
Supreme Court
Republic Steel Corporation
High
Third Circuit
Philadelphia
Republic
NLRB
Ford
Senate approves 212 million for price parity payments
The Senate by voice vote OKed a 212 million dollar amendment to the recovery relief bill for price parity payments to wheat cotton tobacco rice and corn farmers. Majority Leader Barkley did not oppose though the plan would require new taxes, while Roosevelt urged passing the large spending bill without strings to speed projects.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Meteor Seen in Heavens West of Butte
A large meteor lit the western Montana sky near Butte at about 8:40 pm last evening. Witnesses described a white trail after the initial flash, thought by amateurs to be smoke. Reports from several communities indicate the phenomenon was seen across western Montana.
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Butte
Associated Press
Montana
Meteor sighting over Montana and Missoula sparks smoke trail
A bright meteor was seen near Great Falls and Augusta around 8:40 p m with a smoke column rising to about 10 000 feet and visible for half an hour. Missoula watchers reported a 100 mile high meteor with a sunlit smoke trail northwest of the city from 8 30 p m until dark.
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Great Falls
Here
Augusta
Department of Air Commerce Bureau
Missoula
United States Weather Bureau
Gerard to receive honorary degree at School of Mines
James W. Gerard will receive the honorary Doctor of Laws at the Montana School of Mines commencement in Butte. Gov Roy Ayers will confer the honor in recognition of his World War era service to America and defense of German rights. Gerard arrives from New York on the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited for the thirty sixth annual commencement with 24 bachelor degree and five master degree candidates.
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James W. Gerard
Montana School of Mines
Francis A. Thomson
Germany
Butte
Roy E. Ayers
Gerard
New York
Northern Pacific North Coast Limited
Mines Gymnasium
Montana School of Mines Orchestra
Newlyweds Freed Slayers of Mates Marry in Idaho
Salt Lake City dispatch reports a newlywed couple, both released from Utah state prison for mate killings, spending their honeymoon in Idaho. The man had served five and a half years for killing his wife in Ogden and the woman completed a five-year term for killing her husband in Salt Lake City. Names were not released.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho
Utah State
Sheriff's Office
Ogden
Utah
Montana Weather Outlook Slightly Warmer Southwest
Partly cloudy Thursday with warmer conditions in the southwest and cooler temperatures in the far west. Friday brings unsettled weather to the west and partly cloudy skies in the east, with cooler air east of the divide.
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Montana
Mystery of legless newsboy cleared in probate papers
Estate papers filed in the district court reveal Shorty Alec Davidson born Axel Larvidson in Norrkoping Sweden on March 15 1869. He was a legless newsvendor at Broadway and Main who died August 11 1936. Surviving siblings Maria Sofia Nilsson and Karl Gustav Arvidson reside in Sweden.
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Shorty
Broadway
Main Street
Elmer Shea
District Court
Alec Davidson
Seven Seas
Alaska
Axel L. Arvidson
Norrkoping
Ostergotland
Sweden
Maria Sofia Nilsson
Karl Gustav Arvidson
Pels
Mother of Slayer Bewildered as town reacts
Mrs. Hilma Kunzie, 78, stands by a ramshackle Three Forks building amid a crowd after learning her son killed his elder brother. She pleads for news while neighbors and the sheriff respond to the shock of the dual killings.
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Hilma Kunzie
Three Forks
Mother Kunzie
John
Japan Rationing for War with China Amid Strain
Tokyo reports Japan enforces severe wartime rationing to fund the conflict with China. Analysts estimate daily costs around five million dollars since the July 7 incident of 1937, pushing total expenditures near two billion as the public bears the burden.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Triple tragedy ends in tear gas siege at Three Forks home
George Adams reports a mayor and his wife were shot dead on their lawn as John Kunzie barricaded himself with his mother in a nearby home. Law officers shelled the residence and forced the suspect to surrender after a gunfire exchange near the Missouri river headwaters.
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George Adams
August F. Kunzie
Three Forks
Missouri
John Kunzie
Lovett I. Westlake
Bozeman
Larry Weir
Butte
Adams Street
Weir
Nelson
Knutzon Slayer Emil Kunzie Defends Action in Three Forks Siege
John Kunzie 39 admitted to striking his half brother the Three Forks mayor and his wife after barricading in a home for two hours. He described using a public safety item and said he planned to defend himself against locals he claimed threatened him. He told officers where the weapons lay and recounted the confrontation near his residence.
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John Kunzie
Lovett I. Westlake
Bozeman
Larry Weir
Butte
Three Forks
August Kunzie
Kunzie
Workman
Another New Deal Foe Faces Election Fight
Rep. David J. Lewis announced he will oppose Senator Millard E. Tydings in the Maryland primary this September. The anti New Deal Democrat, son of a Welsh coal miner, is drawn into the administration reform battle.
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Washington
David J. Lewis
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Czech Incident Triggers Nazi Attacks Over Eger Clash
Berlin reports say a confrontation at Eger near the Czechoslovak border left two Sudeten Germans wounded when a Czechoslovak sergeant fired. Nazi-leaning papers cite provocations, while others describe the event as drunken Czech misbehavior. Berlin press warns of a record of incidents to be billed to Praha and allied capitals.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Eger
Germany
Nachtausgabe
London
Paris
Praha
Relief Must Be Local Endeavor
The American Bankers Association president urged that sound fiscal policy requires local relief efforts. He said the major portion of relief should be shifted to local communities, a stance announced in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
American Bankers’ Association
Arrangements Set for Montana Masonic Sessions in Dillon
Dillon reports preparations complete for state meetings of three Masonic groups next week. The Grand council of Royal and Select Masters meets Monday, the Grand chapter Royal Arch Masons holds its 49th annual convocation Tuesday, and the Knights Templar conclave meets Wednesday and Thursday. Sessions run 9 a.m. at the Masonic hall with Mayor Galt welcoming Monday.
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Dillon
Thomas W. Jones
Grand Council of the Royal
Masters of
Montana
Royal Arch Masons of
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar of Montana
Masonic Hall
D. A. Galt
Harlon L. Hart
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Gity Aldermen
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UHOP
Capitol Hill
School OF Mines
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Groves
John Kunze
al Workman
Westlake
Claude Isbell
T. H. Norley
H. B. Lang
Czech
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