Finger severing reveals edge of struggle for 10 year old Virginia Brooks
Autoopsy shows Virginia Brooks fought to protect herself from a knife during abduction on February 11. The right hand index finger was cut to the bone, the only injury on her body. Dr Mundkowsky disputes theories of surgical knowledge and body dismemberment.
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San Diego
U.P
Virginia Brooks
Camp Kearney Mesa
Ernest Mundkowsky
County Hospital Laboratory
Virginia
Notorious Chinese Communist Leader Defeated at Lachih
A sister of General Holung led 3000 Chinese bandits into battle at Lachih but was defeated by government forces. Forty-eighth division under General Hsu Yuan-Chan halted the attack at the Hupeh Hunan border, leaving heavy casualties on both sides and the invaders routed.
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Shanghai
Holung
Lachih
Hupeh-Hunan
Hsu Yuan-Chan
Daisy De Boe Denied Freedom Request
San Francisco reports the California Supreme Court refused Daisy De Boe a freedom request. She remains in Los Angeles County jail pending a decision on her bid for a new trial in a grand theft case involving Clara Bow.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court Today
Daisy de Boe
Clara Bow
B&Éil
Miss de Boe
Los Angeles
Butte Market Festival Opens With Auto Show Parade
Butte gears up for a five day Spring Market Festival from March 19 to 23 at Columbia Gardens featuring a 36 piece Butte Mines band a display of 70 automobile models and 85 businesses showcasing new spring merchandise. Grand prize draws 100 in merchandise. Boy Scouts will distribute festival pennants citywide.
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Butte Mines
Butte
Columbia Gardens
Radio link planned between NPA airliners and hangar soon
A new radio transmitter tested by E. J. Seeley will connect National Parks Airways airliners with the local hangar within days. A route survey between Great Falls Butte and Salt Lake will map ground station sites to be built this year.
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National Parks Airways, Inc
E. J. Seeley
Raido
Great Falls
Butte
Salt Lake
Seely
City Council Sets Garbage and Ash Supervision Plan
The public works commissioner will supervise garbage and ash removal until Cronin and Duffy take over the contract. The Tierney contractors’ term ended March 8 and the new bid winner awaits start by April 4 with potential late start in April. The council also considers self handling of waste at the most reasonable cost until the primary elections.
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Public Works Department
Cronin and Duffy
City Couns
Tierney Brothers
Dan Cronin
Jim Woods
Ex-Representative Denies Ownership of Dripping Suitcase
Former Illinois representative Edward E. Denison testified in the District of Columbia supreme court denying he was a drinking man and denying that the trunk with 24 bottles of liquor found in his office on January 19, 1929, was his. He spoke after government witnesses concluded and after Judge Peyton Gordon denied a defense motion for acquittal.
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Washington
Edward E. Denison
Illinois
Denison
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Peyton Gordon
Official in Diary Case Signals New Investigation
A second San Diego party linked to a case involving a 16 year old girl from Los Angeles is under review by the district attorney. The development follows the arrest of Alexander Pantages, Jesse F. Shreve and John P. Mills as authorities pursue the alleged child abduction. The identity of a man who found the girl's name in a diary is turning documents over to Los Angeles police.
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Los Angeles
U.P
San Diego
District Attorney's Office
Alexander Pantages
John P. Mills
Self defense plea in husband’s death by beauty queen
In Nice France Mrs Fred G Nixon Nirdlinger, former Miss St. Louis, claims self defense after shooting her Philadelphia theater magnate husband in their Riviera apartment. Police examined bruises on her arms and neck and a bullet was found in the bedroom door, indicating a struggle.
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Nice
France
G. Nixon-Nirchinger
Charlotte Nash
Fred G. Nixon- Nirdlinger
St. Louis
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Riviera
Peadleau
Red Triangle Derby Set for April 8 20
Roundup Club prepares for the annual Red Triangle Derby at the Y M C A course from April 8 to 20 to raise 30000 in memberships and contributions for the 1931 program. Prominent owners entered top racers with noted jockeys and head trainers announced at the spring gathering. Alex Blewett named official starter and R W Osenbrug as judge as about 200 Roundup members assembled.
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Butte
Alex Blewett
R. W. Osenbrug
Gallant Fox
Exterminator
Flying Ebony
Whiskery
Clyde van Dusen
Butte “Y
Upward Labor Trend Noted Since 1929 Shake
Washington reports February employment rose beyond seasonal norms marking the first satisfactory indicator of a general upward trend since the 1929 stock market collapse. Secretary Doak announced the increase covers 13,377 manufacturing jobs and reflects improving industrial activity.
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Washington
Doak
Montana Weather: Light Snow Possible in West
Unsettled conditions Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. Occasional snow likely in the extreme western portion of the state.
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Montana
Pluto Celebrates First Birthday As Ninth Planet
The article notes Pluto's discovery announced a year ago at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. It recounts Percival Lowell's dream, the unrecognized photos, Mt Wilson findings, and Pluto's status as the ninth planet with a diameter similar to Earth, a 250 year year, and a 3.8 billion mile average solar distance.
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Howard W. Blakelee Flagstafy
Ariz
Pluto
Lowell Observatory
Percival Lowell
Lowell
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Flagstaff
Earth
Annual Banquet Enjoyed by Butte Teachers
About 200 public school teachers gathered at the Silver Bow club for the Montana Teachers Welfare association annual banquet. Dr Francis A Thomson of Montana School of Mines spoke on Democracy and the Teacher. Alice Maguire presided and Jesse G Ragsdale introduced speakers. Miss Margaret Nagle led publicity committee. board members attended. The event was praised as the most enjoyable social in years.
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Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Silver Bow Club
Montana Teachers’ Welfare Association
Dr. Thomson
Alice Maguire
Greeley School
Jesse G. Ragsdale
Margaret Nagle
Webster School
Butte
Indivi
Engineer starts Boulder Dam project in Black Canyon
Frank T. Crews, Six Companies, Inc. superintendent, begins the Boulder dam job with a $48 890 995 contract. He opens an office in Las Vegas and outlines plans for a construction camp as crews prepare to tame the Colorado River in six and a half years.
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Las Vegas
Colorado River
Frank T. Crews
Six Companies, Inc
San Francisco
Boulder Dam
Black Canyon
Butte Elks Plan Charter Special Train to Seattle
Butte lodge No. 240 announces plans to charter a special Montana delegation train to the national Elks convention in Seattle in early July. Delegations from Billings Great Falls Lewistown Helena Dillon and Anaconda with each chapter drum and bugle band will assemble in Butte for the departure with entertainment en route at Missoula and Spokane.
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Montana
of Elks
Seattle
Butte
Billings
Great Falls
Lewistown
Helena
Dillon
Anaconda
Missoula
Spokane
My Experiences in the World War
Chapter 61 titled No Peace Until Germany Is Completely Crushed recounts Pershing telling Foch of a supreme effort and plans for 1919 while a general foresees an end in 1918. It notes withdrawal of Allied instructors, U S troop training, preparations for the St Mihiel drive, and a Yankee ruse said to fool the Germans.
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Germany
Pershing
Foch
U. S
St. Mihiel
High School Basketball Championship Narrowed to Eight Teams
GAMES ARE THRILLERS BOZEMAN March 12 Tonight with completion of the first round of games the field of contestants for the Montana high school basketball championship has narrowed to eight teams. Undefeated teams include Livingston Billings Dillon Whitefish Forsyth Butte Miles City and Belfry. Plains Poplar Lewiston Twin Bridges Anaconda and Le wiston remain in the running for ay though once nee 1930 Close Thriller.
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Bozeman
Montana
Livingston
Billings
Dillon
Whitefish
Forsyth
Butte
Miles City
Belfry
Plains
Poplar
Lewiston
Twin Bridges
Anaconda
Aged rancher kills son-in-law in farm quarrel
March 12. W. P. Hunter, 71, shot and killed Clyde Baker, 34, a disabled veteran, at their farm home after Baker interfered in a quarrel between Hunter's wife and Norine, the 18-year-old stepdaughter. The sheriff said Hunter retrieved a gun after Baker slapped the girl. The first bullet hit Baker's back near the spine. a second bullet struck above the armpit as he turned.
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W. P. Hunter
Clyde Baker
Baker
Norine
Hunter
Closed Season on Montana Streams Starts March 15
Montana anglers face a closed fishing season from March 15 to May 21 with three exceptions. The Kootenai Ye stone and Missouri rivers may remain open during the closure. Last year the season stayed open by request, but no permission is granted this time.
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Montana
Kootenai
Yestone
Missouri
Wickersham Replies to Critics of Prohibition Report
Boston March 12 George W Wickersham chairman of the law enforcement commission defended the prohibition report amid harsh wet criticism He said the critics were mainly prohibition opponents and that the conclusions did not contradict the panel’s findings He noted the Massachusetts liquor survey and suggested the papers were mislaid while addressing the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
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Boston
George W. Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Viecoroey
Massachusetts
Congress
South Dakota
Nebraska
California
Boston Chamber of Commerce
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