Father Seeks Negotiations as New Rochelle Boy Is Kidnapped
In New Rochelle New York Father Murray Levine seeks to negotiate directly with kidnapers of 12 year old Peter Levine. Police withdraw to allow him to deal while authorities promise no interference. The boy disappeared after school last Thursday and is feared in grave danger. The ransom expected is about sixty thousand dollars.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
New York City
Murray Levine
Levine
Philip S. Tilden
Tilden
Hubert Levien
Louis Posner
New York
Fifth Avenue
Treasury plans no March 15 borrowing except bills sale
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said there will be no borrowing on March 15 beyond selling discount bills. About 450 million dollars of bills maturing around March 15 will be paid in cash from tax receipts, while 455 million of 3 percent notes maturing will be exchanged for new securities. A series of 50 million dollar weekly bills will be issued until 200 to 300 million is raised, with weeks chosen by tax collection results.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Auto Is Murder Death by Own Action in Texas
In Waco Texas on February 28 Ethel Davis age 20 and Richard Cory age 23 planned an automobile ride. She said Dick would take her to the highway for a death drive. Cory then sped the car into a concrete abutment at 90 miles per hour. both were killed. The coroner’s inquest indicated murder and death by own action.
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Waco
Texas
U.P
Ethel Davis
Richard Cory
W. H. Davis
Cory
Dallas
Miss Davis
Justice of the Peace
Claude Sergrest
Baruch says policy change can end low mood in economy
Bernard Baruch told Senate investigators that current insecurity and heavy taxation hinder business and spending. He urged a wiser tax readjustment and a government attitude shift toward business to spur a rapid rebound, aligning with President Roosevelt on a $100 billion annual national income potential.
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Washington
Bernard Baruch
Senate
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Pershing Gains Ground in Steady Rally at Hospital
In Tucson a hospital bulletin reports General John J. Pershing improving after a long rally since the prior day. Dr. Roland Davison says the old soldier is still weak but drinks fluids and shows further progress. son Warren visits. Uremic poisoning subsiding, doctors encouraged.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Davison
Pershing
Warren
Movie executive robbed of jewels
Maj. Albert Warner, motion picture executive, reported to police that jewelry valued at 90 000 dollars was stolen from his winter home in Miami Beach Florida.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Albert Warner
Tonight
Cold wave sweeps New York and New England
A bitter northwest wind battered the Eastern seaboard driving near zero temps across New York and New England. Planes were grounded in Boston and highways iced over while heavy seas halted coastwise shipping. In New York harbor a freighter was grounded and a boat house blown into Sheepshead bay. Over a dozen people were injured and a 50 mile an hour gale in Long Branch drew 175 firefighters to a spreading fire.
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Associated Press
Massachusetts
New York
New England
Boston
Sheepshead Bay
Long Branch
N. J
Banquet Tickets On Sale For Finlen Hotel Event
Civic club banquet at the Finlen hotel closes reservations at 5 pm via the Chamber of Commerce. Price is 1.50 per plate for a 300 person crowd. 6 45 pm start with Maj. W H Crane Lester FBI inspector chief Hoover staff as headline speaker on Crime Prevention and guests from Montana cities expected.
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Civic Club
Finlen Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Maj. W. H. Crane Lester
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Montana
Leper John Early Dies After Traveling Spree From Carville
Mountaineer John Early a 64 year old leper famous for roaming beyond the Carville leprosarium visited Washington Chattanooga Asheville Chicago and Milwaukee and farmed near Tryon North Carolina on a war pension of 72 dollars a month He urged federal operation of Carville and startled Congress with his identity and fearsome presence before a committee He died at the U S Public Health Service Hospital from leprosy relapse after Chaulmoogra oil treatment in 1928.
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Carville
John Early
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington
Congress
Carville Institution
Early
Chattanooga
Tenn
Asheville
N. C
Chicago
Milwaukee
Tryon
Plague Spreading Report From International Leprosy Group
Dr Victor G. Heiser, president of the International Leprosy association, warns of continuing plague spread in New York reporting circles. Further details continued on page 3.
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New York
Victor G. Heiser
The
International Leprosy Association
British Cabinet backs Halifax as foreign secretary in crucial vote
In the House, 226 to 99 supported Prime Minister Chamberlain's choice of Viscount Halifax to succeed Eden as foreign secretary. Critics leveled constitutional objections since Halifax sits in the Lords, while Britain and France seek Italian aid to preserve Austrian independence amid talks on halting Nazi incursions.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Tall
Viscount Halifax
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Halifax
House of Lords
Commons
Britain
France
Austria
Germany
Italy
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Kurt Schuschnigg
Axis
Rome
French cabinet tottering again sparks labor contract expire
Paris reports Premier Camille Chautemps faces a collapsing government as 7,000 collective labor contracts covering millions of workers expire and parliament remains deadlocked after hours of wrangling over a new labor code.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Butte High Names Temporary Superintendent Aide
8. D. Midge Griffiths assistant principal at Butte High School is temporarily reassigned to the superintendent's office to assist Douglas Gold who is ill and to act as assistant superintendent until Gold recovers. Gold has resigned effective at board convening but no later than August per Pred I Root. Illness prompted the resignation.
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Midge) Griffiths
Butte High School
Pred I. Root
Griffiths
Douglas Gold
Gold
Root
Critics Fire At Reorganization Bill On Senate Floor
Critics attacked the Roosevelt administration reorganization measure as it moved to the Senate floor. Senator Byrnes urged executive branch revamp while opponents including Bailey Byrd Wheeler Walsh questioned economy and scope of proposed changes.
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Washington
Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate
Roosevelt
Bailey
North Carolina
Byrd
Virginia
Walsh
Massachusetts
Wheeler
Montana
Byres
Pair of Bandits Hold Up Times Square Office
Two gunmen threatened Edward Jerome at Broadway and Forty-Second Street, forced him to hear opera arias for hours, and stole 600.75 dollars while seeking the safe combination in the Economy Sandwich shop executive office. The incident disrupted traffic as the pair waited for a boss.
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Charles E. Harner
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Times Square
Edward Jerome
Broadway
Forty-Second Street
Jerome
Tense Standoff as Austrian Troops Face Nazi Mutiny
In Graz and across Styria, Austrian army and mutinous Nazis stand on a hair trigger amid an armed truce. Troops patrol streets while 80,000 Nazis in uniform stay at home awaiting orders. Linz reports vandalized Jewish stores as Nazi tensions flare with Seysz Inquart due.
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Graz
Vienna
Styria
Carinthia
Upper Austria
Linz
Bavaria
Tires and upholstery slashed at Paul Karras car
Five tires and the car upholstery owned by Paul Karras at 429 South Ohio street were ruined when a knife cut through them. Police traced a garage break in at an East Park street location and a separate break in at Yorath service station at Harrison and Front streets. Officers Riley and Sullivan noted a trail of blood over four blocks where a rear window was smashed and a cut likely occurred.
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Paul Karras
South Ohio Street
Karras
East Park Street
Yorath
Harrison
Front Streets
Bart Riley
Emmett Sullivan
Montanan Nominated as Regional Director for Farm Security
President Roosevelt named Clifford H. Willson of Montana to be regional director of the Farm Security administration in a Washington nomination on February 28. Willson is the latest in a series of regional appointees shaping farm relief efforts during the era.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Clifford H. Willson
MontAna
Farm Security Administration
Montana Weather: Partly Cloudy Precipitation in Tuesday Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Montana on Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. Highs and overnight lows remain near current averages as fronts pass through the region.
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Montana
Congress warned US lagging in air power and defense
Glenn L. Martin told lawmakers the United States falls behind in aircraft development and defense needs. He urged expanding the naval and air programs to include experimental aircraft and aerial mines. Martin described a 250,000 pound airplane capable of 11,000 miles at 380 mph and 25,000 feet.
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Washington
Congress
Glenn L. Martin
United States
Pacific
Martin
Vinson
Georgia
House Naval Committee
Lester P. Barlow
Barlow
Old Mesopust Faces Annual Trial and Burning
The article describes an annual Butte event where the figure Mesopust, a straw man, is ritually judged and executed before Ash Wednesday. Celebrations began with a Sunday night dance at Rose Garden hall, followed by feasting and visits, culminating tonight with a public trial and execution.
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Mesopust
Butte Yugloslavs
Rose Garden
South Montana Street
International relations dinner held by Club Women
Foreign phrases in talks music and exhibits highlighted the international relations dinner of Butte Business and Professional Women attended last night. Ida Matson Clara Herman Julia Greiner Spier Lottie Smith Frances Toy Sophia Nyquist Julia De Workin and Eugenie Jaccard spoke for the committee. Catherine Harrington discussed International Federation History. She is past president of the Montana Federation of Women.
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Butte
Ida Matson
Clara Herman
Julia Greiner Spier
Lottie Smith
Frances Toy
Sophia Nyquist
Julia de Workin
Eugenie Jaccard
Catherine Harrington
International Federation
Montana Federation of Women
Nati
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Peroning
John C. Abbott
Top
Abbott
Charles Frankel
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Hitler
Seysz-Inquart
To. Griffiths
Reed Vetterli
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Arthur Seysz- Inquart
Schuschnigg
Butteman
Federal
U.s.a
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