Montana adjourns as House and Senate end session
The Twenty third Montana legislative assembly adjourned sine die at 12:50 this morning after an open session demand. Both houses reached agreement on pending legislation, with reports from special committees and discussions on the highway commission gas tax and the industrial accident board. The truck regulation bill failed and cooperatives remained under the store tax act while a 75 percent fund split was dropped.
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Highway Commission
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Industrial Accident Board
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Conference
Jehol City Falls Under Relentless Jap Attack
Chinese defenders reported demoralized as Japanese troops breach Jehol City the capital of Jehol province. Residents fled toward the Great Wall and Peiping while the invaders prepared a final dawn drive from Pingchuan, fifty miles east.
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Peiping
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Jehol Province
Chengteh
Pingchuan
Farewell to Senate Grandee Walsh at State Funeral
Washington March 3 Beneath the broad beams of the legislative hall the late Senator Thomas J Walsh of Montana will lie in state Monday mourned by colleagues and friends. At the widow Senora Nieves Perez Chaumont Walsh of Cuba requests a state funeral in the senate chamber Monday morning.
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Legislative
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Will le
Senora Nieves Perez Chaumont Walsh
Cuba
Senate
Paraguay Senators Vote Unanimously For War Declaration
Paraguay's senate and chamber of deputies met to consider a declaration of war against Bolivia over the Gran Chaco border dispute. The senate voted unanimously to approve the formal war declaration as the conflict continues.
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Asuncion
Senate
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Chamber of Deputies
Farewell to Republican Old Guard in Congress
Washington dispatch recalls the farewell for 172 members as Vice President Charles Curtis ends 38 years in service with tears. Democratic Leader Joseph T. Robinson is highlighted for his tribute as colleagues reflect on the boom era fading under a cloud of low mood.
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Republican Old Guard
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Senate
Charles Curtis
Joseph T. Robinson
St Patrick’s Day Banquet Chief Toastmaster Named
W J McMahon will act as toast master for the St Patrick’s day banquet March 16 at the Finlen hotel. Friendly Sons of St Patrick sponsor the event with three speakers and music by Judge McNamara’s orchestra. Reservations open to the public via Finlen hotel or K of C club. Anaconda will send its largest delegation yet to Butte.
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Finlen Hotel
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Knights of Columbus
J. J. Carrigan
H. A. Gallwey
British Press Seeks Roosevelt Leadership In Crisis
London reports inaugurating Franklin D. Roosevelt as a beacon for recovery and world leadership. Beverly Baxter of the Daily Express extols the presidency and hopes Britain will find a friend in the United States, urging Roosevelt to provide salvation amid economic hardship.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Beverly Baxter
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Hoover Ends Busy Last Full Day in White House
On Hoover's final full day as president, the cabinet met to discuss the economy with farewells and gifts. A late afternoon talk with President elect Roosevelt followed a private session with economic advisers and a final briefing for newspaper correspondents. He invites aides to visit his West coast home for further talks.
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Japan tidal wave and fire devastates northeastern island
Tokyo reports earthquake and tidal wave devastations in the northeast, with 1 535 known dead and 7 930 homes destroyed. Many areas still cut off as casualties may rise. schools and temples converted to hospitals to treat the injured. The tidal wave carried away 1 570 small boats.
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Low grazing fees continued for national forest pastures
Washington March 3 An order to continue the 1932 low grazing fees through 1933 for national forest pasture lands was issued as one of Secretary Hyde's final acts. Western congressmen seeking the measure expected the order to be released tomorrow.
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National Forest
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Woman Who Saved Roosevelt to Attend Inauguration
Mrs William F Cross wife of a Miami physician who grasped the assailants arm in Miami to save President elect Roosevelt plans to attend the Washington inauguration. She said the Democratic National Committee reserved a place on the platform near the Roosevelt family and she hopes to shake hands with the president.
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Miami
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William F. Cross
Denver Kidnapping Victim Quizzed By Grand Jury
Charles Boettcher II, heir to a vast fortune, returned home after 16 days missing as his father and others paid a $60,000 ransom. He appeared before a Denver grand jury with 13 other witnesses subpoenaed. intermediary Reuben Morse had not been served.
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Denver
Charles Boettcher II
Claude K. Boettcher
Reuben J. Morse
Weather Forecast For Montana Saturday Sunday
Fair conditions appear in the western part of Montana with unsettled and colder weather spreading east. Sunday is expected to be fair across the state as highs and lows shift with the unsettled pattern.
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Montana
New Chief to Whom World Looks Takes High Office Today
Franklin D Roosevelt is sworn in as president with world attention on the inauguration. Crowds fill flag bedecked streets as governors, dignitaries, and visitors arrive. parade weather predicted. ticket demand soars, with expected throngs exceeding 250000. Roosevelt plans a quick access to a special session of Congress.
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Woodrow Wilson
White House
Capitol
Warren G. Harding
Congress
Union Station
New York
Fair Weather Foreseen for Inauguration
A March 3 dispatch from Washington says a low pressure area pushed toward Greenland due to high pressure, promising fair weather tomorrow. It then rained heavily throughout March 4, 1929.
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Washington
Greenland
Mrs Roosevelt Aims To Stay Connected With Country
On the eve of Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration Mrs. Roosevelt urged staying in touch with all Americans. She warned against public life isolating leaders and insisted she wants to hear from friends across the nation and know the country, not just Washington.
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Washington
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt refuses bullet proof glass stand for inaugural parade
President-elect Roosevelt refused to stand for a plan to review tomorrow's inaugural parade behind unbreakable bullet proof glass. In a briefing, inaugural stand committee members said the measure followed the Miami assassination attempt and would have placed unbreakable panes at the front of the stand.
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Miami
City General Fund Exhausted Forces Budget Dilemma
The city treasurer reports the general fund balance on Feb 28 was 3619 dollars, insufficient for police and fire salaries. Transfers from other funds covered actual requirements but no warrants can be registered. Mayor McTaggart remains hopeful as legislation broadens 50 percent aid to Butte.
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