District Attorney Fitts shot while driving to Monrovia home
District Attorney Baron Fitts was wounded in the left forearm when a small sedan ambushed his car near his father's Monrovia residence. He drove to Good Samaritan hospital in Los Angeles where doctors treated a non serious wound. Police seek three to four assailants after the attack.
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Los Angeles
U.K
Baron Fitts
Monrovia
Fitts
Buff Fitts
Good Samaritan Hospital
Douglas
Santa Monica
Foothill Boulevard
Benjamin Blank
Senate moves to nationalize warship and armament production
The Senate munitions bloc will introduce bills this week to nationalize shipyards and munitions makers, cutting private production and millions in private profits. Senators Nye Clark Pope and Bone draft the measure to fulfill a majority munitions committee report amid charges of racketeering and threat to world peace. The national council of American shipbuilders calls the plan capricious and a war hazard and warns the industry will resist.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Bloc
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Nye
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
James P. Pope
Idaho
Homer T. Bone
Munitions Committee
Congress
National Council of American Shipbuilders
Youthful Baby Slayer Kills Self After Double Tragedy
In Long Beach California Walter Wengert, 23, killed 20 month old Clyde Atherton and then shot himself after entering Ruth Atherton's home. Police say the motive was unrequited love as the suspect used the same gun on himself. Mrs Atherton reported the intruder entered via a window and she hid in a closet.
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Long Beach
Calif
Walter Wengert
Wengert
Ruth Atherton
Butte Girl Scouts Launch $2500 Fund Drive
Butte Girl Scout workers will begin a funding campaign today led by director Mrs. Paul Needham and run through Saturday noon. Local commissioner is Mrs. T. T. Taylor. A distinguished visitor to headquarters yesterday was Mrs. I.
Girl Scouts Aid Pioneers Convention Ushers in Butte
Do You Know reveals Girl Scouts served as guides for the Pioneers Convention in Butte and acted as ushers at the A A U W toy exhibit. They also helped with civic dinners at the Y M C A. A DeBlois of the national Girl Scout staff in New York City is cited.
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Butte
Y. M. C. News
A. DeBlois
Girl Scout
New York City
Former Montana educator succumbs in New Orleans
William J. Lowry 43 longtime Montana educator and Anaconda high school principal died in New Orleans after pneumonia struck at a National Education Association meeting. He held a Columbia University doctorate and served as Springfield Missouri superintendent and Montana Officials' association secretary. Funeral plans set in his birthplace Kingfisher Oklahoma.
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Anaconda
New Orleans
William J. Lowry
Springfield
Lowry
Columbia University
Whitehall
National Educational Association
Southern Baptist Hospital
Southern City
Montana
Montana Officials’ Association
Anaconda High School
Gallatin Gateway
Mont
Kingfisher
Okla
Expert Scoffs At Claim War Gases Can Wipe Out New York
New York March 7 An American chemical warfare expert Col Adelno Gibson scoffed at reports that new deadly gases could kill millions in minutes. He said such weapons exist only in thrill fiction and that future wars will adapt existing agents and focus on disabling troops rather than mass civilian slayings. He noted mustard gas remains the most potent agent discovered since World War I.
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New York
Adelno Gibson
Second Army Corps
Gibson
Berlin
Chicago
Montana Weather Forecast Sees Fair East Unsettled West
Montana forecast calls for generally fair conditions in the eastern area with unsettled weather in the western portion on Monday and Tuesday. Temperature is expected to change little across the state.
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Montana
Roosevelt to Launch Counter Barrages On Court Plan
President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Farley plan national broadcasts on Tuesday urging judiciary reorganization as Senate hearings begin Wednesday with Attorney General Cummings backing the bill. Roosevelt speaks from the White House Tuesday evening. Farley headlines in Chapel Hill. Roosevelt to delegate strategy to aides during two weeks of hearings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Igh
Cummings
White House
Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina Political Union
Warm Springs
King
City Plans Good Friday Observance Across Butte
Representatives from the Butte Ministerial association Catholic clergy and several lay groups mapped a city wide Good Friday event for March 26. The Good Friday observance committee will meet March 15 at 2 PM in the Knights of Columbus hall to finalize closing cards for shops. Tre Ore service runs noon to 3 PM in Catholic churches while Protestant pastors unite at Mountain View M E church North Montana Street.
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Butte
Knights of Columbus
Tre-Ore
Mountain View M. E
Montana Street
Groucho Marx Shares Health Tips For 55
Hollywood March 7 United Press. Groucho Marx, film comedian, outlines his health routine at 55 claiming he feels better than Mussolini would at the same age. He credits exercise and eating at home for staying well, jokes about firing the cook and walking to his garage each morning.
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Leo Baron
United Press
Hollywood
P.groucho Marx
Mussolini
Groucho
Baron Fitts Los Angeles Prosecutor Wounded In Night Attack
Baron Fitts a noted Los Angeles prosecutor wounded tonight began as an office boy for Earl Rogers. He rose to national prominence in 1928 as special prosecutor in bribery charges against former chief Asa Keys and served as deputy prosecutor since 1920. A World War I veteran he ran for governor and held part of a term as lieutenant governor.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fits
Earl Rogers
Fitts
Asa Keys
Germany
Roosevelt views to be heard at imperial parley
Prime Minister Mackenzie King will present President Roosevelt’s views at the upcoming imperial conference in London. King, who met Roosevelt after conversations with the president, said the discussions covered broad world issues though not trade matters. He emphasized seeking Roosevelt’s stance on problems facing Britain and Canada before the May gathering.
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Washington
London
MacKenzie King
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Canada
King
Authorities Probe Death of Four-Year-Old Beverly Ann Page
State authorities investigate the death of four-year-old Beverly Ann Page in Windsor Vermont. A five-year-old boy reportedly claimed the girl died after an incident in a mill stream involving another boy. Police Chief John Edmonds and Sheriff Ernest H. Schoenfeld will decide on further action after a conference.
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Windsor
Beverly Ann Page
Beverly Ann
John Edmonds
Ernest H. Schoenfeld
Windsor County
Alban Parker
Louis Thibault
Clare
Madrid faces massive last assault as Franco siege begins
Reports say Franco forces prepare a final colossal attack on Madrid while Loyalist artillery pounds the besieged city. A UN/neutral bloc limits foreign support, and France moves to reinforce other fronts amid Spain’s civil war.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
France
GUC WORKER Hit by Train Near Silver Bow
John Kukich a 21 year old COC worker died yesterday morning after being struck by a westbound Northern Pacific train near Silver Bow. He was found on the railroad tracks and died en route to St James hospital in Silver Bow. Deputies said Kukich walked on the track center when struck. the engineer stopped the train and moved him to town.
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John Kukich
COC
Silver Bow
Kukich
Anamoose
N. D
Ed Tyii
James Mulholland
Northern Pacific
St. James Hospital
James Garvey
Colony for Prisoners and Families Contemplated
Congressional leaders may study a federal penal colony on a remote island where long term prisoners and families would work the land. Hatton Sumners heads the House judiciary committee and will decide this week if the investigation will proceed. The move follows a resolution by Edward A. Kenney requesting study and potential legislation if frontier living would aid convict reform.
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Congressional
Aleutian Island
Washington
United Press
Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
House
Judiciary Committee
Edward A. Kenney
New Jersey
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Judiciary
Party For Action
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Paul Needham
Drive
W. J. Lowry
Georgia
Imperial
Paris
U.P
Jose Miaja
Valencia
GUC
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