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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1926
Page
1
Governor Erickson seeks sanity review for death row prisoner. Dr Bolton of Warm Springs Hospital to examine the man under death sentence as requested in state action. The convention selection is announced for Bozeman in 1927 by Treasure State clubs.
Attorney M. B. Galasso seeks stay of execution for Butte laborer Ton Vettere by filing for a writ of probable cause while awaiting minor appeal. Governor Erickson plans to consult Dr. H. A. Bolton to test Vettere's sanity and decide on a reprieve. Reanelate Justice Holloway advised Galasso to pursue the motion with the full court.
Rescue crews pressed in at Salem Kentucky where five miners remain entombed after an August slide at the Hudson mine of Zinc and Spar company. Efforts extended to abandoned shaft sites as investigation and machinery delays hampered progress.
Richard Whittemore, awaiting execution for murder, remains calm and resigned as habeas corpus papers are filed. Judge Taher Stanton issued a show cause order returnable noon tomorrow after a locally hired negro lawyer filed the application. Whittemore eats well and sleeps through visits with his wife Margaret and father Rawlings while guards report no break in composure.
Missoula August 10 Severe winds have driven fires across Kaniks districts. Rangers and extra crews are being rushed to battle the flames as Col W B Gresley US forester warns conditions are unusually dangerous with high winds.
The opening rehearsal for the Standard's Revels of 26 was held at the American Legion hall by Director Lewis Lacey. Attendance was good and the work moved smoothly as preparations for August Broadway performances with lavish scenery and costumes proceed. Local talent receives strong support from prominent Butte figures, including young performers, vocalists, and dancers, all welcomed by audiences. The rehearsal showed undoubted potential awaiting polish before the public debut.
The Mexican business world faces new alarm over silver depreciation and ongoing Catholic church state policy conflict. A government finance committee studies the economy while a boycott bites groceries, women’s trades, and cinema attendance. The Good Will mission praises education and social reform as essential for Mexico’s welfare, with Calles defending nonconformist Protestants amid the dispute.ਅ
In Los Angeles an apparent attempt on child actor Jackie Coogan and his parents ended with the shooting of Joe Block a 42 year old watchman. Block fired at a man hidden by shrubbery then fled in a roadster while the assailant identified as Don McRae alias Don Shepherd escaped. Bernstein Coogan's manager said he received a death threat shortly before the gun battle.
John D Ryan chairman of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co arrives in Butte from New York to discuss Montana mining strength and the copper market. He says Butte and Montana face a prosperous period with high copper and brass production, noting global demand and rising output at Anaconda and American Brass.
Early returns from about one third of 4624 precincts show Gov Donahay and U S Senator Frank B Willis leading in the Democratic nominating race. Albee, Florence Allen, and Charles Wharton trail, while Republican contenders Cooper and Mildebran gain modest support. The tally favors Donahay by a wide margin with Willis second among Democrats.
Western Montana regional convention of the American Red Cross held in Butte today with district and chapter representatives. Sessions begin at 10 o clock and continue into the afternoon. Harry Gallwey presides in the absence. Continued on page 2 column 7.
The Montana Kiwanis district closed its annual convention in Anaconda with Dan J. Heyfron of Missoula elected governor and John W. Hanley of Lewistown and Frank C. Peterson of Kalispell named lieutenant governors. Dietrich conceded after a four vote margin in a tight gubernatorial contest. Delegates endorsed a better roads program for Montana and praised Anaconda hosts.
Seattle August 10 William Kent acting chief of detectives announced the department is on verge of proving that Walter Gaines did not murder his daughter. Kent described Pit Brown who confessed in Needles Cal to wholesale strangling of women and matched a description given by Mrs Dorothy. Sylvia was beaten and choked to death on the Greenlake lake shore on June 16.
James T. Stanford, pioneer banker of Montana, died in Conrady Mont in the afternoon from pneumonia aged at an unspecified time. He recently left Great Falls for a northern trip with companions, once a member of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. At death he was president of the Conrad Banking Company of Great Falls.
Helena dispatch reports wheat harvest under way with yields expected across major grain counties. 15 counties produced nearly two thirds of spring wheat last year. spring wheat acreage near 2,000,000 in 16 counties with varied conditions from fair to excellent. Sugar beets excellent, second alfalfa crop yields lower, livestock movements up in eastern Montana. Labor supplies adequate. reports from Bainville and Great Falls note slight surplus.
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