Gang in Kidnap Case Nabbed Five in Amarillo Texas
Kansas City police report arrest of five suspects including two women linked to the Mary McElroy kidnapping. W. H. McGee identified as leader, captured in Amarillo with accomplices as police recover ransom cash and follow connected leads. The case centers on a $30,000 payment and a nationwide investigation culminating in multiple arrests.
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Amarillo
Texas
K. C
Kansas City
H. F. McElroy
Mary
Kansas
Reppert
Leavenworth, Kan
W. H. McGee
McGee
Windell Johnson
Hazel Johnson
L. R. Gilbert
Clarence Click
McElroy
Montana School Of Mines Graduates 20 Students Master Degrees
The report notes 20 graduates of Montana School of Mines were awarded master degrees. In Washington, a vice presidential tie vote halted a revolt in the Senate against the economy act while a Connally amendment limited veteran disability and pension reductions and added 170 million dollars to the independent offices appropriation bill. The measure, sent to conference with the House, totaled about 715.7 million dollars, with potential savings cited by Connally despite higher projected costs. The White House had not commented, but House acceptance was anticipated.
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Washington
Senate
Independent Offices
Garner
Connally
Texas
Burns
South Carolina
House
Byrnes
White House
Roeder receives Medal of State Engineers at Montana School of Mines
In a full gymnasium, Montana School of Mines graduates a large class as Chancellor Bran non delivers his final commencement address. Dr Thomson presides while 20 degrees are conferred and Fred A. Roeder of Anaconda wins the Montana Society of Engineers medal. Gaetzschmann prize essays awarded to Smith Wendell Rabbitt. Dr Thomson also announces a valuable mineral presentation.
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Montana School of Mines
Melvin A. Brannon
University of Montana
Doctor Brannon
Francis A. Thomson
Fred A. Roeder
Anaconda
Montana Society of Engineers
Wheat Farmers Set for Harvest in Southwest
Kansas City dispatch notes a small wheat crop with prices around 60 cents a bushel as farmers and workers prepare for harvest. Government estimates peg the present crop at 99,486,000 bushels, against last year’s 179,000,000 across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Butte Bandit Returns After Moustache Interlude
A local bandit nicknamed the Butte bandit resumes crime after a two week moustache growing break. He robbed a beer bar at 24 East Park street, taking $45 from the till before vanishing into the crowd near Police Alley.
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Butte
East Park Street
Petroni
Butte Chamber Backs Highway to Yellowstone Scenic Point
The Butte Chamber of Commerce endorses a 25 mile road linking Gallatin Gateway with Yellowstone park to access the northwest corner via Big Horn pass. The proposal aims to join Roosevelt public works, with Bozeman Chamber and Horace Albright to be approached. It promises jobs and greater tourist access for western Montana and adjacent states.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Gallatin Gateway
Yellowstone Park
Mammouth
Norris Geyser Basin
Park
Big Horn Pass
Montana
Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
Horace Albright
National Park Service
Washington
Idaho
Chamber
Livingston
West Yellowstone
Milwaukee Railroad
Yellowstone
Nine Western States to Spend 185 Million on Schools
A Bank of America report estimates eight western states will allocate about 185 million dollars for education in 1933, funding roughly 90,000 teachers. California leads with about 110 million, followed by Washington 22.75 million, Montana 15 million, Wyoming 5.7 million, Idaho 9 million, Arizona 8.5 million, Utah 7.9 million, and New Mexico 5.775 million.
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San Francisco
Bank of America
California
Washington
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Fugitives From Kansas Prison Back in Custody in Oklahoma Timber
Reinforcements joined a posse pursuing fugitives from a Kansas prison as they were believed surrounded in the timbered western Ozark foothills. Deputy Floyd Glenn captured Lewis Bechtel, 25, at a farm home, after Bechtel sought food from Mrs. Bell. Bechtel was the first of 11 escapees retaken following Decoration Day escape from Lansing prison.
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Cloris Wears
Louise’. Wood
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Miss Wood
M. J. Wood
Miami
Okla
Kansas State Prison
Carl Curtis
Jay
Gove
Ozark
Curtis
Floyd Glenn
Lewis Bechtel
Andy Bell
Bechtel
Kansas
Decoration Day
Glenn
British to Pay June War Debt to U S Regardless of Action France Takes
London reports indicate the British government will likely make the June 15 payment of 75.95 million dollars to the United States despite France’s actions. Neville Chamberlain’s vague Commons statement followed by a recess as MacDonald’s ministry faces dwindling opposition. The exchange equalization fund may supply profits to cover the debt, with reports of about 48 million dollars earned since last July.
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London
France
United States
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Exchange Equalization Fund
Perfect Husband Accused in Stanford Wife's Death
David Lamson a Stanford Press sales manager is charged with murdering his 28 year old wife Allene Thorpe Lamson. Warrant signed by Sheriff Emig alleges he crushed her skull with a blunt instrument and placed her nude body in the bathtub at their Stanford cottage on San Juan hill near Hoover Mansion. Friends recall a romance begun in student days and doubt the murder, suggesting accidental death from a fall.
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Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
David Lamson
Allene Thorpe Lamson
William Emig
Stanford Press
Buford Brown
San Juan Hill
Herbert Hoover
Lamsons
Lamson
Lamar
Hawks set new coast to coast flight record
Lieut. Commander Frank M. Hawks with a robot pilot completed a nonstop transcontinental flight in 13 hours 25 minutes, surpassing his previous 17 hour 36 minute mark. The record for coast to coast without refueling remains held by Capt. James Haizlip at 10 hours 19 minutes.
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New York
Frank M. Hawks
America
James Haizlip
Ocean
Weather Outlook for Montana Weekend
Montana forecast shows scattered thundershowers in the west and central regions on Saturday and in the east on Sunday. Cooler conditions expected in the north central and far west on Saturday and in the far east Sunday.
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Montana
Suny
Bridges Swept Away by Aging Montana Streams
The Associated Press reports several bridges washed out and road damage as Montana streams swollen by deep mountain snow surge downstream. A Pine Hills rain damaged a highway under construction and flooded the Yellowstone Trail. two western Montana bridges disappeared, including one at Paradise on the Clark’s Fork highway. The Clark’s Fork, Missoula and Flathead rivers rose steadily while Stillwater and the Yellowstone swelled in southern regions.
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Associated Press
Montana
Pine Hills
Miles City
Continental Divide
Paradise
Clark's Fork
Missoula
Flathead
Stillwater
Yellowstone
Butte Anglers Stock 50 000 Trout In Nearby Stream
Butte Anglers Club launched its season by planting 50,000 Eastern Brook trout in a stream tributary to the Big Hole near Divide. William Carpenter and Larry Hamilton announced. The group will also receive 50,000 native trout eggs and 1,000,000 rainbow trout from government hatchery at Bozeman. Red Rock creek reopened to fishing.
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Big Hole
Divide
Butte Anglers’ Club
William Carpenter
Larry Hamilton
Georgetown
Butte Club
State Fish and Game Department
Bozeman
Maiden Rock
Red Rock Creek
Collection of Rare Metals Is Exhibited at School of Mines
The finest small collection of mineral specimens in the world was unveiled at the School of Mines commencement last night. Willed to the school by the late W A Clark III the display is now a source of pride for faculty and Montana mining men. Arthur J Andrews presented the gift on behalf of W A Clark Jr and James E Murray accepted for Gov. Frank H Cooney who was absent. Murray called Clark’s gift fitting as a memory of Butte’s citizens and a family friendship with the institution.
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F. A. Thomson
School of Mines
W. A. Clark
ITI
Montana
Arthur J. Andrews
W A. Clark Jr
Explosion and Fire Kill At Least 20 In Long Beach Refinery
A blast at the Richfield Oil compressor plant in Signal Hill near Long Beach kills at least 20, wounds 40, and destroys a 10 acre area of derricks and tanks. Firefighters work four hours to control the blaze as navy and local police encircle the stricken zone.
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Big Area
Kansas City
Long Beach
Cal
U.R
Signal Hill
Richfield Oil Company
Navy
Los Angeles
Roosevelt orders bank bill change in emergency deposit plan
President Roosevelt urged congressional conferees to strike the Vandenberg emergency bank deposit provision from the Glass bank reform bill. The talks produced no agreement on the measure.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Frosty Peters' Mother Dies in Montana At 62
Mrs. Dora E. Peters mother of Forrest Frosty Peters former University of Illinois football star died at her home in Billings Montana She was 62 Peters is playing baseball with a team in Helena Arkansas as of the report indicating his current location and activity
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Billings
Dora E. Peters
Forrest
Frosty) Peters
University of Illinois
Peters
Helena
Ark
Senate Panel Strips Licensing From Industrial Bill
The Senate Finance Committee voted to remove the licensing provision from Roosevelt’s national industrial recovery bill. The clause would have empowered the president to issue and revoke licenses to trade associations to enforce minimum wages hours and trade rules. The panel plans to seek restoration when the bill reaches the Senate floor.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
National Industrial Recovery
Harrison
Com
Mittee
House
Senate
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Frosty” Peters
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