Doctor Boasts Perfect Crime In Virginia Brooks Case
San Diego dispatch reports two notes claiming the killer of 10 year old Virginia Brooks. One signed The Doctor, boasting of a perfect crime and leaving no clue. Police pursue the letters with little credence while a criminologist analyzes debris at the victim's home.
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San Diego
Virginia Brooks
Virginia
Arthur Hill
George Sears
Leutenant
Brooks
Rex Welch
Rescue Efforts Under Way After Arctic Viking Sinking
Captain Carter reports sighting ten stranded seamen ten miles from the Boothic with five on an ice floe and five in a dory. Six score Viking survivors reach Horse Island after 36 hours amid ice and wreckage, as Lagana Foundation Franklin and Sagona steam to aid.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Carter
Boothic
Associated Press
Horse Island
Newfoundland
Viking
Floes
Arctic
Lagana
Foundation Franklin
Sagona
Snow Gives Up Body of Lost Woman
The body of Miss Norma Newby, who had a long extramarital history with a middle‑aged man, was found beneath a snow drift in Elk Grove forest. Police arrested Frank J. Kurgey, 47, the salesman husband of 17 years, who finally disclosed Miss Newby’s disappearance a week after the incident.
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Chicago
Norma Newby
Elk Grove
Frank J. Kurgey
Missok
Murray
Henry Tagge
Lillian Sheehan
Jubilee Banquet Tonight For Ruth Chapter No 2
More than 650 reservations crowded the new Masonic temple banquet hall for Ruth chapter No 2 Order of Eastern Star golden jubilee dinner at 6 30 tonight followed by a lodge session An informal reception at 6 o clock Mrs Jeanette Fischer matron will preside with musical talks by grand officers and others Ruth chapter chartered March 19 1881 with Elmira Noyes as first worthy matron
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Ruth Chapter No. 2
Order of Eastern Star
New Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
Jeanette Fischer
Ruth Chapter
Ruth
Elmira Noyes
Henry J Grimes Former Police Judge Dies At 72
Henry J Grimes 72 a former city police judge carpenter and pioneer resident of Butte died last evening at a local hospital after years of ill health He was born in Stafford England and educated in its public schools He learned the carpenter trade and married Charlotte Faulk in 1880
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Henry J. Grimes
Butte
City
He J. Grimes
Mr. Grimes
Stafford
Staffordshire
England
Charlotte Faulk
Blaze in Butte Attic Threatens Downtown Buildings
A stubborn fire in an attic of the Western Union Telegraph and Calkins building on East Broadway blocked traffic in Butte's heart of the business district for nearly an hour. Firefighter Pete O'Brien suffered a severely burned hand as he steadied a ladder to save a colleague. A second alarm sent a crew to a brush fire at Porphyry and Main streets, which was extinguished without spreading. The blaze in the Calkins building attic Storeroom gained headway before discovery but was brought under control with limited damage.
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Butte
Western Union Telegraph Company
B. E. Calkins Company
East Broadway
Pete O’brien
O’brien
Porphyry
Calkins
Airplane Escort Planned for Butte Spring Market Parade
Butte's Spring Market Festival opens March 19 with a grand parade of 70 autos and a first time airplane escort. Bert Mooney of Butte Aircraft Corp will pilot the plane linking aviation with the motor corps as part of the festival events.
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Mooney
Columbia Gardens Pavilion
Butte
Bert Mooney
Butte Aircraft Corporation
Aviation Department
Motor Corps
Columbia Gardens
Ward Fanning
Montana Weather Forecast Extends Fair Conditions
Montana forecast for Wednesday and Thursday calls for generally fair skies with possible showers in the extreme west portion. Little change is expected in temperatures or conditions across the state.
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Montana
Witnesses Describe Fatal Widening Rift in Jewelry Auction Murder
In Salt Lake City on March 17, prosecutors sketched the breakup of the friendship between Sam Frank an elderly jeweler and Jean Doyle a 21 year old cabaret performer as Abe McGillis testifies about the auction day slaying involving Frank and his partner Martin Perel and the defendant and a second woman.
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Jean Dayle
Center
Ida Lane
Seattle
Court House
Salt Lake City
Sam Frank
Memphis
Jean Doyle
Abe McGillis
Frank
Martin Perel
Dublin man rejected for color blindness enlisting
Patrick Ireland of Dublin Ga tried to enlist in the marine corps but was rejected for color blindness after failing to recognize the color green.
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Atlanta
Patrick Ireland
Dublin
Marine Corps
Ireland
Missoula Officer Killed in Burglary Arrest
Missoula police officer Alexander D. Ross 60 was shot during an attempted burglary as Eddie Kernaghan 25 of Great Falls was being taken to jail. The burglar was killed by returning fire as officers pursued him, and accomplice William Keane 24 of Butte was arrested.
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Missoula
Alexander D. Ross
Eddie Kernaghan
Great Falls
William Keane
Butte
Kernaghan
Keane
Women Bridge Players Ordered to Check Guns at Door
In Kansas City on March 17 the South Central Businessmen's association required women to check firearms at the door for a St Patrick’s day bridge party while men played separately in another room. A hostess handed out miniature revolvers to guests and men found blank life insurance applications at their seats amid heightened security following Mrs Myrtle Bennett’s acquittal for shooting her husband after a failed four spades bid.
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Kansas City
South Central Businessmen’s Association
Myrtle Bennett
Road Gravel Yields Good Crop of Gold
Twin Falls Idaho March 17 The first cleanup in placer mining from ancient Snake River bed yields 15 pounds of mineral with 75 percent gold W A Gibbs manager Mafia City Placer company Twin Falls says gold at $10 an ounce equals 1800 for 70 hours work Gravel beds lie at the rim of the canyon 11 miles northwest of town News notes rim Yock operations draw interest and old timers recall prior diggings 60 to 80 years ago from canyon bottom
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Snake River
W. A. Gibbs
Mafia City Placer Company
Gibbs
Snake River Canon
American Legion Forms Juvenile Auxiliary for Veterans Son
Silver Bow post No.1 American Legion plans a Friday meeting at the Legion hall to organize a boys auxiliary. Bill Chapman, chairman, says the group aims to serve sons of veterans as the ladies’ auxiliary serves wives, with national scope hoped.
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Silver Bow Post No.1
American Legion
Legion Hall
Bill Chapman
Ladies’ Auxiliary
De Molay Orders Honor Degree For Youth Gribble
Robert A. Gribble of 1040 Missouri Avenue has been elected to receive the Legion of Honor degree of the Order of De Molay. The honor, highest in the grand council, marks the fourth time a Butte boy has earned it. message comes to Er nest Thomas, Highland area advisory council chair, from Chandler C. Cohagen attending the Washington D C session.
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Robert Gribble
Butte
Grand Council
Robert A. Gribble
Missouri Avenue
Legion of Honor
Order of de Molay
Ernest
Dad) Thomas
Highland Are
Chandler C. Cohagen
Washington, D., C
Young Gribble
Minneapolis Firm Submits Bids for Montana Building
Washington March 17 The Phelps-Drake company of Minneapolis submitted the lowest bid among eight for the United States station at Babb Piegan Montana. The bid of 76800 covered the main station dormitories and the tank and pumping plant with 80900 for the same with six cabins added.
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Washington
Phelps-Drake Company
Minneapolis
United States
Babb- Piegan
Mont
Treasury asked to provide 500 million for veteran loans
Veterans Administrator Hines urged the Treasury to supply 500 million dollars by April 11 to fund loans to World War I veterans on compensation certificates. He said about 75 percent of veterans would apply, totaling about 1 billion dollars, with 1,372,006 applications and 282,874 checks totaling 104,035,366 issued so far.
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Washington
Hines
Treasury
Mellon
Boy 10 Near Death From Knife Wounds Police Arrest Woman
Mike Tomich 16 of 218 East Curtis Street critical at St James Hospital after a knife wound to the abdomen. Irene Collins 226 South Wyoming Street held on first degree assault. Grace Brown 226 South Wyoming Street held on vagrancy probe. Tomich found on South Wyoming Street and identified Collins as his assailant. Collins allegedly tried to discard the knife while in custody. Tomich said he had been drinking. both women said they had never seen him before.
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Mike Tomich
East Curtis Street
St. James Hospital
Irene Collins
South Wyoming Street
Grace Brown
Young Tomich
O'Connor
Collins
Powell, Hannigan
Roe
Tomich
Police Foil Plot Against Life Of Gang Investigator
Denver district attorney says a plot to kill Ray Humphreys, chief investigator, was foiled after two men were arrested in connection with the conspiracy. Officers hunt a third man and a shop for machines guns as violence in the gang war escalates following the bombing of Pete Carlino’s home.
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Denver
Pete Carlino
Colorado
District Attorney's
Ray
Humphreys
Earl Wettengel
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NFS
Dodo
Uncle Sam
de Molay
New Foundland
Isle
Snow
Mining City
Western Union and Calkins Company
Associated Presse
Weather Forecast
Green
Son OF
Erin
Watchman
Auxiliary For Veterans
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