Prohibition Repeal Debate Hits Illinois Action
The federal government faces enforcement challenges as Illinois may repeal its state prohibition code. Anti prohibitionists cite census data showing Illinois among large populations lacking enforcement, while anti saloon league officials warn of broader evils from weak enforcement. Curran says Illinois move shows people rule in time.
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William C. Murphy JR
Washington
U.R
United States
Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois
Internal Revenue
Anti-Saloon League
Association Against Prohibition
New York
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Maryland
Montana
Nevada
Road Board Plans Aid for Highway To Park Access
Helena March 26 The Montana highway commission proposes two options to handle 8.6 miles not in the park approach system for the Red Lodge Cooke City road providing an eastern entry to Yellowstone park. The plan may be added to forest highway or the state federal seven percent system with final approval by interior and agriculture secretaries. The commission met with several communities seeking road improvements. Senator Tom Stout attended.
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Helena
Red Lodge
Cooke City
Yellowstone Park
Montana Highway Commission
Park
Scott Leavitt
Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture
Tom Stout
Wheat plantings to fall 15 percent under last year
Washington March 26 The agriculture department estimates that farmers plan to plant 14.7 percent less spring wheat than last year due to oversupply. The Farm Board had hoped for a larger cut, announcing its stance on Monday as farmers push toward a quieter planting season amid wartime inflation and market concerns.
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U.S. Agriculture Department
Washington
Agriculture Department
Farm Board
Final Phase of Mouse Argonne Offensive Opens
Pershing describes the final phase of the Argonne offensive with enemy forces overwhelmed along the front. The Americans counter and an 1870 exploit is reversed by U S troops. Machine guns aid infantry as tanks have a short supply. German retirement is noted in disorder. Foch praises U S troops.
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Pershing
Foch
Hoover Seeks Continuation of Island Aid Policy
President Hoover, returning from the Virgin Islands and Porto Rico, announced the government will continue aid and cooperation to improve agriculture and expand industry in Porto Rico. He aimed to help Virgin Islands pursue self-support to relieve federal costs and noted focus on island policy during the voyage north aboard the Arizona.
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Dupont
Montana Weekend Forecast Fair and Warmer
The Montana forecast calls for fair weather on Friday and Saturday. Temperatures rise Friday with warmer conditions continuing Saturday east of the divide.
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Montana
Divide
Burke Captured Quietly on Missouri Farm Near Milan
Fred Burke, once described as America's most dangerous criminal for alleged murders and robberies, was arrested without a fight at a farm house near Milan Missouri. St Joseph officers, a sheriff and a rural constable surprised him in bed and he surrendered. Chicago detectives rushed to St Joseph hoping to claim the prisoner and pursue warrants accusing Burke in the Moran gang killings on Valentine’s Day 1929. Prosecutor Cunningham and Sheriff Cutler left Michigan to try to bring him back for the St Joseph policeman death trial.
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ST. Joseph
Fred Burke
America
Milan
Chicago
Burke
Moran
W. N. Cunningham
Fred Cutler
Benton Harbor
Mich
Record cold grips Butte and Midwest with low temperatures
A new winter low of four degrees below zero was recorded by the Butte weather bureau with nearby sensors at six and ten below. Motorists faced slick streets but transit stayed on schedule. water outages occurred as homes felt the cold. Across Kansas City and states east of the Rockies, winds up to 72 mph disrupted rail and daily life as winter broadens its grip.
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Butte Weather Bureau
Leo McMullen
Butte Hill
South Side
Mercury
Kansas City
Rocky Mountains
Com
Griffith dies in Minnesota after health decline
W D Griffith safety engineer at West Colusa mine and longtime Butte resident died yesterday in Rochester Minnesota. He was 46 born in Butte. Survived by wife mother four sisters two brothers and a wide circle of relatives. Burial planned in Butte after body is brought home. He belonged to Mt Moriah lodge Masons Deer Lodge Royal Arch Masons Montana Commandery Knights Templar and Bagdad temple Shriners.
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W. D. Griffith
West Colusa
Butte
Rochester
Minn
George Griffith
Mr. Griffith
Robert
Anaconda Company
B. L. Davidson
Margaret, Gwendolyn
Lillian Griffith
Stanley
Griffith
Mt. Moriah Lodge
Masons
Deer Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
Montana Commandery
Knights Templar
Bagdad Temple of Shriners
Bowles murder trial pleads for gallows or freedom
In Hillsboro Oregon March 26 attorneys for Nelson Bowles and Miss Irma Loucks urged the jury to choose either death by gallows or release from prison. The prosecution contends Bowles killed his wife Leone Bowles 33 in November after a meeting at Miss Loucks apartment.
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Hillsboro
Ore
Oregon State Prison
Bowles
Nelson C. Bowles
Portland
Irma Loucks
Miss Loucks
Leone Bowles
Death of Timothy Healy longtime Irish Free State leader
Dublin March 26 Timothy Michael Healy aged 75 former governor of the Irish Free State and famed Parliament speaker died today after weeks of illness. Known for sharp sarcasm balanced by Irish humor his retirement years after earlier roles in the house of commons are recalled by veterans.
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Eagt
Irish Free State
Dublin
Timothy Michael Healy
House of Commons
Butte Pilot Survives Blizzard Flight After Grounding
In a fog swept Idaho desert a pilot named Henry C Hollenbeck endured a fierce blizzard while searching for missing tourists. He landed near an extinct crater to avoid overturning as the wind raged around his aircraft. Hollenbeck later signaled trains and awaited daylight as four Spencer men approached by scooter to confirm his safety.
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Hank
Butte
National Parks Airways, Inc
Felix
Hollenbeck
Spencer
Dell
Crippled Children Drive Nears Halfway Mark
A. E. Wilkinson and Mrs. T. J. Walker announced the Auxiliary for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children has raised 4200 dollars toward a 5800 needed to meet a 1931 budget of 10000. The drive reports 59 clubs at full membership as teachers and supporters vow to continue the humanitarian effort.
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Crippled Children
A. E. Wilkinson
T. J. Walker
Wilkinson Maie
Butter
Eeeeroesy
Balchen reports no new Viking disaster victims found
Bernt Balchen returned from a four hour ocean patrol near Horse Island without locating Varick Frissell or other missing crew. He plans to cease further search and return to Boston on Saturday.
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Corner Brook
N. F
Bernt Balchen
Horse Island
Varick Frissell
Boston
Democratic Women of Butte Elect Officers for Election Effort
Mrs Elizabeth Kennedy was elected chairman and Mrs Catharine Savage secretary of the Democratic Women's club at a meeting in the east parlor of the Butte hotel last evening. Kennedy defeated Savage for the chair. Today at 2 p m the group meets and the finance committee chaired by Charles P Nevin will discuss campaign funds in the west parlor. The finance committee includes P Nevin John K Claxton Harry Meyer Patrick Geagan Dan Holland James Peoples and Dr T J B Shanley. The executive committee is led by Don B King.
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Elizabeth Kennedy
Catherine Savage
Democratic Women's Club
East Parlor
Butte Hotel
Kennedy
Savage
Charles P. Nevin
P. Nevin
John K. Claxton
Harry Meyer
Patrick Geagan
Dan Holland
James Peoples
T. J. B. Shanley
Don B. King
Police Learn Secret of Winning on Punch Boards
Police arrest Jack Ray and H Hollis on vagrancy charges after claims they exposed the trick of altering punch board slips at Butte cigar store to win gold coin prizes. A third conspirator is at large. Emery cloth found on Hollis. Continued on Page 4.
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Jack Ray
H. Hollis
Hollis
Ray
Butte
Oklahoma shooting ties two suspects to NY banditry case
Stanley Cicero and William Schermnetzer, both of Broughton Pennsylvania, confessed to killing Sergt. John E. Frey of the New York state police near Okla. The pair said they traveled from the Atlantic coast to Oklahoma in a Buick with four cents for gas. They admitted armed robberies and named aliases. Police recovered two guns and matched a pistol serial number to trooper records.
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Mcalester
Okla
Stanley Cicero
William Schermnetzer
Broughton
John E. Frey
New York
Atlantic Coast
Oklahoma
John Walden
Sheriff's Office
Schermnetzer
Cicero
Troy
N. Y
Frey
Edward Updike
Doctors Demand Unrestricted Medical Treatment From Congress
At the annual convention of the American College of Physicians in Baltimore on March 26 a near unanimous vote adopted a protest against federal and state laws restricting physicians rights to prescribe drugs and perform medical measures. The resolution urged Congress to permit unrestricted medical treatment by licensed doctors without penalties for alleged abuses.
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Baltimore
American College of Physicians
Congress
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