Plans Well Guarded No Hint Offered From Usual Saturday Meet
The article notes there will be no decision in the gold cases on Monday from the Supreme Court. President Roosevelt and Attorney General Cummings held a two hour conference outlining possible actions if the court issues an adverse decision. The justices met in their Saturday Capitol session with no clear word on timing of the rulings.
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Capitol
Washington
Roosevelt
Cummings
Supreme Court
Indiana car crash kills 3 students near Bedford
A fog bound drive ended on Devil's Backbone cliff near Bedford Indiana when three high school students died in a crash. A fourth passenger escaping with minor injuries reported lacerations and bruises.
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Indiana
Bedford
Ind
Devil's Backbone
Here
Hoover Cheer at Chicago Stop Before New York Trip
Former President Herbert Hoover drew loud cheers at Northwestern Station in Chicago as suburban commuters greeted him en route to New York. He smiled, posed for photographers, took a taxicab to a Loop hotel, and said his Eastern visit had no political significance.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Northwestern
New York
Employment up in 1934 manufacturing gains
The Chamber of Commerce reports a 25 percent rise from 1932 as production and employment improved in 1934. December payrolls show about 1.3 million more wage earners than two years earlier, with manufacturing payrolls $190 million higher than December 1932. The data suggest January held December levels or rose further.
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Nation
C. of C
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
Recovery task to private business urged by Jones
Jesse H. Jones, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, told the National Democratic Club that private business should do the principal work of finishing recovery. He cited improving conditions but warned of dangerous forces still beneath the surface.
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New York
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
National Democratic Club
Applications speed up for 1935 auto licenses
Applications filed with county treasurer Mervin J. Dempsey for 1935 license plates total near 3000, with sheriff’s and city police cooperation speeding the process. Sheriff Larry Weir says the drive will continue until motorists obtain licenses. County road funds are low and road repair may wait until state reimbursements arrive. Applications go to the county treasurer then to the registrar in Deer Lodge, and plates are mailed to applicants.
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Mervin J. Dempsey
Larry Weir
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Deer Lodge
British King's Son Races To Aid Seth Parker At Sea
In a South Pacific gale the four masted Seth Parker, commanded by Philip Lord, sent distress calls as the Australian cruiser Australia with the Duke of Gloucester aboard sped from Apia to reach the stricken vessel. The Seth Parker, about 720 miles east of Samoa and 600 miles northwest of Tahiti, faced 24 hours of heavy seas with 14 aboard.
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Duke of Gloucester
England
Australia
South Pacific
San Francisco
Seth Parker
Philip Lord
King George
Tahita
Apai
Samoa Islands
Balboa
Canal Zone
Lord
National Broadcasting Company
Mackay Radio
P.S.T
United Press
Radio Corporation of America
8. S. Franconia
Globe Wireless
Federal Judge's Son Goes On Trial For Murder Monday
Phil Kennamer, 19, son of a federal district judge, faces first degree murder trial in the slaying of John Gorrell Jr. The case was moved from Tulsa to Pawnee jail on venue change. Key witness Floyd Huff testified about Kennamer's admission to killing Gorrell to avoid extortion.
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Tulsa
Phil Kennamer
John Gorrell
Pawnee
Garland Marrs
Kennamer
Frank E. Kennamer
Floyd Huff
Kansas City
Huff
Gorrell
H. F. Wilcox
Wilcox
Virginia Wilcox
Homer
FIRST LADY HOME IN HYDE PARK
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park to help fight unemployment. She has aided a furniture factory for jobless and promoted metal working for skilled youths and will attend a town meeting to discuss a general economic rehabilitation plan.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roads Good But Warning Issued On Frost Spots
The state highway commission warns of frost on roads despite favorable conditions in the Butte area. Early morning and late evening travel is risky due to slippery crust and occasional slides on Flint Creek hill. U.S. 108 segments near McDonald pass and Whitehall to Butte show bumps but remain travelable. Small slides occur as temperatures swing and surface dries with sun.
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State Highway Commission
Butte
U. S. 108
McDonald Pass
Whitehall
Dillon
Crackerville
Warm Springs
Flint Creek Hill
Roosevelt to Take Direct Hand in Work Bill Battle
President Roosevelt plans direct involvement as Congress debates the 4.88 billion work and relief measure. A report suggests a move to strike the prevailing wages amendment, with Senator McCarran insisting the fight will go to the full Senate regardless of committee action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
McCarran
Dnev
Daring Marauders Take Two Cars From Dillon Garage
Two to three masked men stole a light sedan and a pickup from the Montana Auto Supply in Dillon before dawn. Deputies found the sedan on a local street and the pickup on Cemetery Hill two miles away. both cars still had gas and were abandoned for unknown reasons. Harrison Kellum, an employee, slept as the thieves entered and fled with the vehicles.
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Dillon
Montana Auto Supply Company
Cemetery Hill
Harrison Kellum
Rudy Vallee Court Drama Near Free-for-All
In New York on February 9, Rudy Vallee’s court case risked violence as he clashed with opposing counsel during a motion by Vallee to dismiss his wife Fay Webb Vallee’s suit to end their separation agreement. Judge Salvatore Cotillo reserved ruling until next Wednesday morning amid caustic exchanges.
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Rudy Vallee
New York
Salvatore A. Cotillo
Vallee
Rudy
Benjamin A. Hartsein
Fay Webb Vallee
Tax proposal targets labor saving machinery in Congress
In a House Ways and Means hearing today the committee studied the administration social security program and discussed a plan by Chairman Connery of Massachusetts to tax labor saving machinery. The move aims to raise revenue and influence labor economy policy.
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Washington
Congress
House Ways and Means
Connery
D.-Mass
House Labor Committee
Montana House Rejects Haight Bill On Liquor Control
The Montana House of Representatives rejected the public morals committee report on the Haights bill to shift liquor regulation to the state board of equalization. The measure was sent to the judiciary committee for further study after Haight urged reconsideration and amendments.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
Public Morals
State Board of Equalization
House
Judiciary
Herbert Haight
Fergus
Liquor Control Board
Board of Equalization
Burris
Anaconda
Public Morals Report
Shepard portrayed as love schemer and poisoner in court
Major Charles A. Shepard, a former army surgeon, was depicted as infatuated with Grace Brandon and a poisoning threat to his wife Zenana as prosecutors laid out the murder case in Fort Riley. The retrial arguments were to continue into the evening, with the jury hearing claims of motive and opportunity. Weather: Northern Rocky Mountain region expects generally fair conditions with light snow in mountain districts later in the week.
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Shepard
Topeka
Charles A. Shepard
R. T. McCluggage
Zenana
Fort Riley
Kas
Grace Brandon
McCluggage
Rocky Mountain
Arkansas House Rejects Huey Long Invitation
The Arkansas House of Representatives in Little Rock rejected a resolution to invite Senator Huey P. Long to address the chamber, first by a vole and then again hours later by formal vote.
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Huey
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
Lindbergh Baby Case Ends Witness Testimony
Testimony closed in the Hauptmann kidnapping trial as Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow rebut defense claims about Violet Sharpe. Anne Morrow listened in sorrow while witnesses James Miller and Catherine Minners testified they were with Sharpe the night of March 1, 1932.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charlies
A. Lindbergh, Jr
Dwight W. Morrow
Violet Sharpe
Associated Press
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Ernest Miller
Catherine Minners
Lindbergh
Morrow
Yonkers, N. Y
Government slum clearance case reaches Supreme Court
The first legal obstacle to the governments slum clearance program was appealed to the Supreme Court from Louisville Kentucky where a federal district court ruled the United States lacked eminent domain power to condemn property for slum clearance and housing under the national industrial recovery act.
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Washington
Louisville
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
United States
Frosty Weather Keeps Butte Thermometer Low
Frosty conditions kept Butte readings near freezing with 21 degrees at 1 30 pm and a 4 degree low plus a 32 degree high yesterday. The sun warmed shaded areas and several offices washed windows to prove it was not too cold. Precipitation in the last 24 hours totaled .04 inches.
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Butte
Tornado Hits Texas Airport Destroys Planes and Hangar
A tornado struck the airport four miles southeast of Marshall Texas destroying two airplanes and the hangar. No injuries were reported tonight.
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Marshall
Texas
Here
No Gold Decision Delayed by Court Adjournment
Washington Feb 8. The Supreme Court postponed until Monday any ruling on the gold case ending the prospect of an impending decision today. The adjournment ends speculation and pushes the court's ruling to the start of next week.
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Washington
Supreme Court
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Raymond Hamilton
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