Desperadoes Leave Nine Dead In Their Wake
In Hall Montana a pistol duel at a service station left Leslie McGowan and Harris Buchanan dead and McGowan wounded. The dispute concerned Buchanan's estranged wife. Sheriff Angus McDonald reports the incident ends an old feud with multiple shots fired.
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France
U.S
Leslie McGowan
Hall Farmer
Harris Buchanan
Hall
Drummond
Buchanan
Angus McDonald
Granite
Recovery push gains momentum as relief programs unfold
Washington dispatch reports a federal industrial recovery program and a 3.3 billion dollar public works plan accelerating, with cotton price support and wheat tax measures preparing. Forest recovery under the CCC already benefits about a million Americans from reforestation work.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Britain Delays June Debt Payment Citing Political Costs
The British government foregoes full June reparations arguing that payment now would threaten the Lausanne terms and political stability. The U S notes emphasize politics over immediate economic solvency and outline expected future discussions with debtor nations. Finland praised for timely payment as notes cover France Britain Poland and Belgium debt questions.
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United States
Britain
Rosso
Congress
Roosevelt
France
Poland
Belgium
Phillips
State Department
Great Britain
Finland
Printing in Butte Could Move Jobs Homeward
The piece notes that far more than 286 workers in Butte's printing trade would gain employment if all local printing were done domestically, highlighting economic potential in decentralizing printing work.
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Butte
Montana Farmers to Get Fair Treatment in Loans
Montana farmers will receive sympathetic consideration when applying for loans under the emergency farm mortgage act of 1933. D. O. Robinson, deputy agent farm loan commissioner, says Montana applications will be acted on rapidly. Scollard, head of the district including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, aims to reassure farmers of fair and impartial processing. Continued on Page 6 Col 1.
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Montana
D. O. Robinson
D. A
Scollard
Spokane
Mr. Scollard
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Scolard
Robinson
Butte
Roosevelt rejects European dollar stabilization plan
The Roosevelt administration rejects European proposals for monetary stabilization, outlining definite limits for American action and signaling no immediate restraint on commodity prices. Under-Secretary Acheson says the London conference suggestions are too crystallized for American approval amidst ongoing currency stability talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Amer
Treasury
Acheson
Treasury Department
Montana Forecast: Unsettled Sunday with Showers
An unsettled Sunday in Montana brings scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions across southern and eastern areas. Monday turns generally fair with warmer conditions in the west and central regions.
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Montana
Full Ransom Paid For Brewer Montana Silver Association Drive
Montana Silver association strengthens push for silver rehabilitation ahead of Congress. Secretary Charles E. Brazier and Capt. H. S. Bruce arrived in Butte to organize a local branch and launch a membership drive. They report strong civic support and view remonetization progress as a victory for silver advocates.
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Montana Silver Association
Charles E. Frazier
Butte
Charles E. Brazier
H. S. Bruce
Helena
Messrs. Brazier
Bruce
Brazier
Old Custom May Be Revived Here as U S Elects to Keep Nose Out of City Business
The Butte police report three arrests for maintaining a nuisance as bootleggers, a move rooted in a revived city custom of forfeiture fines. Suspects Rose Gilss, Robert Welden, and John L. Godman faced $150 bonds each and await Police Judge Louis A. Buckley’s Monday appearance. the case follows a federal judge in Utah ruling cities can handle such matters locally.
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U.S
Utah
Uncle Sam
Butte
Rose Gilss
West Mercury Street
Robert Welden
John L. Godman
Jere Murphy
Louis A. Buckley
Ransom Paid for Kidnapped William Hamm Jr
In St Paul June 17 the Hamm Brewing Company reports the $100000 ransom for kidnapped William Hamm Jr has been paid and Hamm will be back in the morning. Herbert J Charles says arrangements are made and Hamm will return by dawn. He adds that Hamm will be home and ready to resume work.
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ST. Paul
William Hamm Jr
Hamm
Herbert J. Charles
Hamm Brewing Company
Charles
Pla
Youth Guilty of Horse Stealing in Grass Range Court
In Grass Range district court a youth was found guilty of horse stealing and faces sentencing Tuesday. Albert La Fountain’s trial on a parallel charge began today. Floyd Barney, the first of three horse theft defendants, was found guilty with a four year sentence and parole recommendation.
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Grass Range
Albert la Fountain
Floyd Barney
Barney
Pilot Burned to Death in Montreal Crash
Bernard Martin chief pilot of Fairchilds Aircraft Limited Montreal was burned to death when the airplane he piloted burst into flames late today in Montreal. The crash occurred during a flight near the city, with investigators examining the wreckage and cause.
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Montreal
Bernard Martin
Fairchilds Aircraft Limited
Justice Dept. Agents Track Raceteers After Cafrey Slaying
Attorney General Cummings orders a nationwide dragnet on racketeers and gunmen after the slaying of Justice Department operative Raymond Cafrey in Kansas City during the Nash incident. A special detail is dispatched from near Kansas City and agents review Leavenworth files seeking the killers.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Kansas City
Raymond J. Caffrey
Justice Department
Frank Nash
Oklahoma
Cummings
Department
Roosevelt
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Nash
Heart Attack Fatal to Native Butte Man in Washington
Charles Chuck Kirk 29 a structural steel and concrete engineer for the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington died yesterday after a heart attack two weeks prior worsened by extreme heat. A native of Butte he was identified by his brother Ed Kirk of Butte. Continued on Page 6 Col 3.
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Charles
Chuck) Kirk
Butte
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Kirk
Ed Kirk
Covert Street
Mr. Kirk
Nationwide crime spree shocks Midwest with mass shooting
United Press reports a wave of violence leaving at least nine dead and a major kidnapping in progress. In Kansas City four officers and their prisoner were killed near Union Station while a ransom case targets Hamm’s Brewer William Hamm in St Paul. Authorities pursue Verne Sankey amid a series of shootings across Indiana Illinois and Missouri.
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United Press
White Stone Union Station
Kansas City
St. Paul
William Hamm
Hamm
Verne Sankey
Charles
Boy
Floyd
Jesse James
Lafayette
Ind
Chicago
Joseph Petitti
Witness recounts Kansas City gunmen in union station killings
Travel assistant Mrs Lottie West describes seeing a group of gunmen at Kansas City Union Station plot and execute killings of government agents city detectives the Oklahoma police chief and Frank Nash. She details the ambulatory capture of Nash and officers guarding him as the shooters prepare to move toward Leavenworth.
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Lottie West
Travelers’ Aid Worker
Kansas City Union Station
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Frank Nash
Union Station
Leavenworth
Nash
Floyd
Junior Service League to Sponsor Dance in Butte
The Butte Junior Service League sponsors a June 21 dance at Columbia Gardens to raise funds for community welfare and relief efforts. The event targets a large turnout with special music and tickets on sale for a summer crowd of about 1000. The league aims to cover obligations from its relief and fundraising work to avoid a deficit.
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Junior Service League
Butte Junior Service League
Columbia Gardens
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