Air Search Continues For Missing Sealing Crew
St John s Newfoundland March 24 Back from disaster the sealer Lagona today landed wounded survivors of the Viking explosion off Horse Island They reported fighting ice floes to save 126 men and search continued for more than a score missing a week Bernt Balchen Byrd s Pole pilot led a three hour air survey from Corner Brook with Dr Lewis Frissell hoping his son Varick Frissell may still be alive
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ST. Johns
N. F
Viking
Horse Island
Bernt Balchen
Byrd
South Pole
Corner Brook
Lewis Frissell
New York
Varick Frissell
Witness Points To Brothers As Single Slayer
Warren Williams, pedestrian in the Michigan boulevard subway during the Jake Lingle slaying last June, identified Leo V. Brothers in criminal court as the man who ran away after the shot. Williams, a former Michigan City police officer, testified as the first prosecution witness in the state's attempt to prove Brothers, a St. Louis man, was the Lingle killer.
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Chicago
Warren Williams
Michigan Boulevard
Jake Lingle
Leo V. Brothers
Criminal Court
Williams
Michigan City
Ind
Brothers
St. Louis
Lingle
Liberals Set Policy Line as Laborites Face Loss of Power
In a five and a half hour secret Liberal party meeting in London, MPs endorsed most of the Shadow Cabinet program and decided to issue a public declaration of policy. The move pressures the Conservative government and signals Liberal support may be essential for keeping the government in power, with a censure vote looming from the Conservatives and Labor needing Liberal backing to avert defeat.
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London
MacDonald
Lberals
Liberal Candidates’ Association
School Trustees Nominated by Women and Independents
Nominees for district No. 1 school trustees to be voted on April 4 were announced after mass meetings of the Women's Party and the Independent Party. Women's Party slate: Miles J. Cavanaugh and H. C. Benner. Independent Party slate: Mrs. F. W. Goldsmith and Jerry Harrington.
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Women’s Party
Independent Party
Women's Party
Miles J. Cavanaugh
H. C. Benner
F. W. Goldsmith
Jerry Harrington
Fire damages Long Island home of Anaconda official
Fire of undetermined origin swept about half of John D. Ryan’s North Hill estate in Roslyn, causing an estimated loss of 200000 dollars or more. The 34 year old wooden house held 40 rooms and suffered heavy damage as water pressure from a single hydrant hampered firefighters. Ryan questioned the final amount, while a cabinet maker was at work inside during the blaze.
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Roslyn
Long Island
N. Y
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
North Hill
Here
Europe
Ryan
East Seventy-Highth Street
Manhattan
Maggie Hannnarstrom
Hannarstrom
Mineola
Warrant Issued for Elliot Hathaway in Nurse Verna Russell Murder
A warrant charging Elliot Hathaway, son of state representative Louis E. Hathaway, with the murder of Verna Russell was issued in Newport. Russell, 20, a student nurse, was found dead in Tiverton from strangulation. Police searched for Hathaway after he vanished following a reported holdup and instruction to flee.
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Newport
R. L
Elliot Hathaway
Louis E. Hathaway
Fall River
Mass
Verna Russell
Miss Russell
Tiverton
Charles H. Bryant
Bryant
Montana Weather Forecast Outlook
A Montana forecast calls for likely rain or snow on Wednesday with a cooler air mass. Thursday remains unsettled with lingering precipitation and variable temperatures.
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Montana
Mother guilted in bathtub drownings of two children
Media Pa March 24 Mrs Ida Twaddell 38 was found guilty of first degree murder for drowning two of her four children in a bathtub. The jury sentenced her to life imprisonment in county court tonight.
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Media
Ida Twaddell
Illness Fatal to Admiral Plunkett
Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett retired, died of heart disease tonight in the naval hospital. He was in his sixty seventh year.
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Washington
Charles P. Plunkett
Naval Hospital
Butte Spring Market Festival Declared A Success
Merchants in Butte hail the spring market festival as one of the most stimulating business ideas in years. The event saw broad co operation among merchants and local committees, with most storefronts decorated and many cutting prices. The festival, terminated yesterday, is seen as A lasting feature of future springs.
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Butte
Auxiliary Drive Seeks All Butte Support For Cripples Aid
The crippled kiddies auxiliary appeals for ten thousand dollars in 1931 to fund its work. Officials say every Butte resident with sympathy for rehabilitation should contribute as six children require urgent Billings surgical treatment. John D. Ryan donated five hundred, Ray J. McDonald sent one hundred from Los Angeles.
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Butte
Kiddies’ Auxiliary
A. E. Wilkinson
Billings
Allard
John D. Ryan
New York
Ray J. McDonald
Los Angeles
10 Year Old Girl Fails to Foil Erie Bank Robbery
In Erie Kansas on March 24 an 18 year old Miss Lucille Craig attempted to stop a bank robbery to protect her father W E Craig cashier of the Allen State Bank. Two masked men seized the family and forced them to the bank where $1000 was taken including $440 in silver. The would be would be robbers fled in the car of the cashier, leaving the car a mile away.
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Erie
Kan
Lucille Craig
Allen State Bank
W. E. Craig
Craig
Butte Citizens Hold Mass Meetings for School Trustees
Two mass meetings were held to nominate candidates for school trustees. The Women’s party adopted a platform and nominated Miles J. Cavanaugh and H. C. Benner. A platform committee included Mrs. Sherman Keyser, Mrs. William Purdy, and Rod Kemna. The Democratic City Committee planned a campaign meeting at Judge Riley’s courtroom with seven ward nominees and Archie McTaggart as mayoral candidate among others.
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Butte
Women's Party
Judge Carroll
Miles J. Cavanaugh
H. C. Benner
W. L. Booth
W. D. Kyle
F. P. Oke
Sherman Keyser
William Purdy
Rod Kemna
Democratic City Central Committee
Frank J. Riley
Democratic Party
F. J. Coburn
Archie McTaggart
John L. Sulllivan
Louis A. Buckley
John T. Sullivan
Jerry G. Sullivan
Dispute Over Dayle Confession Dominates Trial Day
In East Lake City Utah on March 24 testimony showed Jean Dayle agreed to confess to the slaying of Sam Frank a Memphis jewelry auctioneer only after assurances her plight and past life would be kept from her mother. Police officers testified about the confession and the admissibility hearing was extended with two detectives denying threats or promises were used.
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East Lake City
Utah
Jean Dayle
Sam Frank
Memphis
Frank
Riley M. Beckstead
M. D. McGinness
Appointment of 96 judges for school election
Trustees of school district No. 1 met to appoint 96 election judges for the April 4 school election. The board confirmed payroll of March teachers amounting to 54071.75 and other bills totaling 5343.56. Easter vacation runs March 30 to April 6 with last day of school March 27, a nine day break.
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Garfield Porter
de Molay
Grant
Progressives Split Over Minimum Legislative Demands
Dissension erupted among congressional progressives over next session's program. Rep La Guardia's plan to unite independents behind four measures wins cautious support from Rep Kvale and Sen Norbeck. Norbeck objects to omitting farm relief, noting agricultural members suffer ten years of deflation and weak dollars.
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Rep. la Guardia
Washington
la Guardia
New York
Senate
House
Kvale
Minnesota
Norbeck
South Dakota
Muscle Shoals
Wagner Federal Employment Agency
Hoover
Congress
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Man
Subway
Labor Party
Britain
Rotana
Margaret M’hale
Butte Women
Lulu Christie
Edna le Sage
Beulah Enochson
Catherine Downing
Maud Boyington
Katherine Murphy
Miles Cavanaugh
H.C. Benner
Mrs. Goldsmith
J. Harrington
Juan OD
Ryan Hume
N.Y
Anaconda Co
James H. Rowe
State Highway Commission
Highway Board
Erickson
Wuth
Nur
Lonely Road
Plunkett
Organization For Rehabilitation of
Democratic City Committee
J. H. Rowe
Helena
Warden
Great Falls
Highway Commission
A. W. Moore
Marion
Flathead County
Percy Williamson
Miles City
Livestock Commission and Sanitary Board
Frank H. Johnson
Board of Charities and Reforms
John A. Donovan
State Board of Medical Examiners
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