Severe Late Winter Storm Paralyses Europe
Snow, high winds and bitter cold crippled transport across Europe. Ships delayed, trains behind schedule, and cars stalled in drifts as unemployed workers cleared streets and tracks. Berlin saw numerous injuries from icy streets. Munich and Berlin plows struggled. Basle and Berne reported heavy disruption as the storm raged.
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London
Europe
England
France
Germany
Austria
Berlin
Munich
Basle
Berne
Switzer
Montana high school tourney opens with large crowd
Butte 10 play today as Livingston, Billings and Dillon high schools win their first tests in the twentieth annual Montana high school basketball tournament at Montana State college. About 2,000 fans filled the arena, with Livingston and Billings routing Great Falls and Plains. Poplar edged Beaverhead County to stay within two points.
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Bozeman
Livingston
Billings
Dillon
Montana
Montana State College
Great Falls
Plains
Poplar
Beaverhead County
German war ace dies in auto crash
Santa Barbara, March 11. F W Murnau, 42, film director and German World War I ace, died from injuries after his automobile overturned on a highway embankment. Chauffeur John F Freeland was critically injured and valet Elizar Garcia was not seriously hurt.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
U.P
F. W. Murnau
John F. Freeland
Elizar Garcia
Harding Memorial Dedication Date Set
Washington march 11 tentative date June 16 for President Hoover to dedicate the Harding memorial at Marion Ohio. Former President Coolidge also asked to participate in the ceremonies.
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Washington
Hoover
Harding
Marion
Ohio
Coolidge
Montana Snow Plume Temperatures Rise Thursday and Friday
Snow is forecast for Montana on Thursday and Friday with colder conditions. Somewhat warmer readings are expected Thursday in the eastern portion as the unsettled system moves through.
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Montana
British Submarines to Wage Open War on Pirates
The British navy has begun open submarine warfare against roving Chinese pirates preying on ships in Bias Bay. Four new P class submarines join two existing units off the South China coast to reinforce the effort. Poseidon and Perseus are due in Hongkong this month. Pandora and Proteus are under repair after a Gibraltar Bay collision and will arrive later.
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Hong Kong
Bias Bay
Britain
South China
Poseidon
Hongkong
Pandora
Gibraltar Bay
Pantages arraigned in Love Mart patronage case
San Diego March 11. Alexander Pantages millionaire vaudeville magnate and John P Mills surrendered to police and were arraigned on charges of complicity in patronage of the Los Angeles Love Bazaar from which wealthy men allegedly procured for week end parties. Also named were Jesse Shreve Olive Clark Day and William Jobelmann. Preliminary hearing set for March.
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San Diego
Cal
Alexander Pantages
John P. Mills
Los Angeles
Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Mills
Jesse Shreve
San Diegan
William Jobelmann
Olive Clark Day
Thomas Whelan
Love Mart
Whelan
Jobelmann
Mrs. Day
Helen Livingston
Officials Fine Tune Details for Upcoming Primary Ballot
Butte voters prepare for a March 23 primary to select candidates for the April 6 general election. City Clerk staff recount contest details as Democrats field six mayoral hopefuls and Republicans name one. Democratic city treasurer candidate count is one, with no Republican challenger. Incumbent John L. Sullivan seeks re election. Police judge race features nine candidates split between parties.
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Sullivan
Butte
Kerr Beadle
Leo Boland
Frank F. Hayes
John J. Cullerton
Archie McTaggart
Barry O'Leary
Richard Brimacombe
John L. Sullivan
Hair evidence narrows hunt for Camp Kearny girl killer
In San Diego police linked two jet black hairs found in 10 year old Virginia Brooks to a suspect, guiding a wide manhunt. Captain Paul Hayes released the earlier detainee, saying authorities would round up known criminals for questioning as the search continued.
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San Diego
Virginia Brooks
Camp Kearny Mesa
Here
Virginia
Walter Macy
Police Department
Paul Hayes
Hayes
Anaconda Man Held On Narcotics Count
Fred W. Simpson, 42, was arrested in Anaconda on possession of narcotics charges. He claimed drugs came on prescriptions from Dr. T. A. Grigg of Butte, who is under indictment by an Idaho federal grand jury for conspiracy to violate the federal narcotics act. Sheriff C. W. Smith said he sought federal help in verifying Simpson’s story of four prescriptions in three weeks. Simpson, a drifter, arrived last October.
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Anaconda
Fred W. Simpson
C. W. Smith
Simpson
T. A. Grigg
Butte
Idaho
Smith
American Woman Held in Nice as Husband's Killer
In Nice France on March 11 Mrs Fred G Nixon Nirdlinger 26 formerly Charlotte Nash was arrested on the charge of murdering her husband a Philadelphia theater magnate. Police say she shot him at their private villa on the Promenade des Anglais.
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Nice
France
U.P
Fred G. Nixon
Nirdlinger
Charlotte Nash
Philadelphia
Promenade Des Anglais
Federal agents jail four men in prohibition raids
Four men were arrested and a large quantity of whisky gin and beer was seized in raids by Federal Prohibition Agents Ben Holter Ed Donovan and C A Olsen. Suspects Ed Clow 56 East Mercury Street Jack Collins 130 South Main Street Ed Casey alias Ed Sullivan 947 North Main Street and John Conley 103 South Main Street are held at the city jail and will be arraigned today before a United States commissioner on charges of possession and nuisance.
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Ben Holter
Ed Donovan
C. A. Olsen
Ed Clow
East Mercury Street
Jack Collins
South Main Street
Ed Casey
Ed Sullivan
North Main Street
John Conley
United States
Bulb Beam Lets Five-Mile Newspaper Viewers Read News
Cleveland March 11 A Westinghouse engineer demonstrated a bulb light that lets a reader five miles away discern a newspaper. Using a narrow Lake Erie searchlight beam, the beam spread was 12 feet per mile and could clearly reveal the Cleveland water crib five miles out. The device aids aviator cloud height checks.
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Cleveland
Ohio
W. A. Pennow
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Electrical League of Cleveland
Lake Erie
Pennow
Catalonia Parties Form New Republican Cadre in Spain
Reports in Madrid claim a bid for a Catalonian republic emerged from the merger of Accion Catalana and Accion Republicana forming a new Catalonian republican party. The group seeks administrative autonomy within Spain and plans a March 22 assembly to set a slate for April 12 municipal elections. Paris dispatches note an unsigned border manifesto calling for a Catalan republic.
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Madrid
Catalonia
Accion Catalana
Accion Republicana
Spain
Paris
Havas
Republic of
Barcelona
Democrats Can Defeat Hoover Say Kremer
Hon. J. Bruce Kremer of Montana reports that Democratic National Committee members believe no other Republican could defeat President Hoover for the party nomination next campaign. He says the Washington meeting on March 5 gave a false light due to Robinson and Morris criticisms of the Raskob report.
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Hoover
Democratic National Committee
Washington
J. Bruce Kremer
Montana
Kremer
Robinson
Morris
Raskob
Till Possession 3 Charged Following Explosion in Home
Howard Thompson of 1952 Harrison Avenue was arraigned before US Commissioner George Howard on four charges of possessing articles designed for manufacturing intoxicating liquor. He was released on bonds of $300.
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Howard Thompson
Harrison Avenue
United States
George Howard
Wilbur orders acceptance of Hoover dam bid
Secretary Wilbur signs action to start construction of the Hoover dam and power plant as part of the Boulder canyon project. Six Companies Inc. of San Francisco awarded a contract near 109 million dollars with a 5 million bond to secure timely completion within six and a half years. Construction to begin within 30 days of notice. Reclamation Mead moves to speed the start.
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William H. Wattis
Companies, Inc
Colorado River
Hoover Dam
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Washington
Wilbur
Boulder Canyon
Wubur
Western Construction
Mead
Denver
European naval accord limits French Italian shipbuilding to 1936
The London announcement outlines a British Franco Italian naval accord limiting battleship construction to two capital ships per nation by December 1936 with 12 inch guns, and restricting cruisers to six inch armament after the 1930 class. It aims to curb armament and advance peace efforts ahead of Geneva disarmament talks.
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Frank H. King
London
Geneva
France
Italy
New Peru President Takes Reins In Lima Swearing In
In Lima on March 11, David Samanez Ocampo 68 a soldier rancher and former exile took office as provisional president vowing to restore order among Peru's revolutionary forces.
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Lima
Peru
David Samanez Ocampo
Prince of Wales Keeps Busy With Argentine Social Events
In Marcel Plata Argentina on March 11 the Prince of Wales joined two flights and social engagements. He first attended a function hosted by George Mitre, director of La Nacion, then visited Estancia Chapadamalal owned by the Martinez de Hoz family. His younger brother Prince George spent the morning at the bathing beach amid photographers.
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Marcel Plata
Argentina
Prince of Wales
George Mitre
la Nacion
Estancia Chapadamalal
Martinez de Hoz
Prince George
Hit and run driver allegedly injures Butte boy
Nick Merrick, 12, of 8 West Front street, suffered a broken leg when struck at Raw avenue and Front street. Police say a man named Pat Morris of the Vroom hotel, arrested at Grand and Harrison, is charged with hit and run. Morris bonded $100 and was held at the hospital. Witnesses Mrs Rose McManus and son Ed McManus helped in pursuit.
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Nick Merrick
West Front Street
Raw Avenue
Front Street
St. James Ospital
Pat Morris
Vroom Hotel
Grand and Harrison Avenues
City
Herbert O'Neill
Morris
Rose McManus
Ed McManus
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