Editors for Good Roads
Governor J E Erickson told Montana editors the state will feed the nation with its fertile lands and will grow in manufacturing due to water power. The Montana State Press association elected officers with Billings chosen as 1926 meeting place. H O Weare, Martin J Hutchens, Joseph Gehrett, Charlie H Draper iti.
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Associated Press
Livingston
Amg
Montana
J. E. Erickson
Montana State Press Association
Billings
H. O. Weare
Chester
Martin J. Hutchens
Missoula
Joseph Gehrett
Laurel
Charlies H. Draper
Red Lodge
FE. Peterson
Great Falls
Gigantic booze conspiracy indicted in New Orleans
Walter J. Cohen comptroller of the customs for the New Orleans district Dr L A Meraux sheriff of St Bernard parish and 32 others including Alonzo Patterson and Arthur Battistella heads of a rum ring were indicted by the federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to violate the national prohibition act They allegedly planned to transport 4250 cases of liquor from Havana Cuba to New Orleans between June 1 and August 19.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
L. A. Meraux
St. Bernard Parish
Alonzo Patterson
Arthur Battistella
Federal Grand Jury
Cohen
Meraux
Havana
Cuba
Frank Novak Dies at Montana Street Crossing
Frank Novak a 56 year old flagman at the Montana street crossing of the Milwaukee railway near Mount Moriah cemetery was killed instantly last evening when he stepped into the path of a coal car during a drop switch. He handed mail to the crew before returning to the tracks unaware of the oncoming car. He is father of Joe Novak the California golf pro.
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Frank Novak
Montana Street
Milwaukee Railway
Mount Moriah
Novak
Joe Novak
California
Milwaukee Tracker
Clark Mill
Two Aviators Die as Planes Collide Over Maywood Field
Two United States army airplanes collided 560 feet above the Maywood air mail field during a Camp Grant exhibition. Lieut Talcott P. Smith and passenger William L. Heptig died after Smith’s plane clipped the Curtiss pursuit plane. Lieut R. W. Douglass barely landed. observers watched Heptig jump. Patients at Hines hospital witnessed the crash.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Army
Maywood Air Mail Field
Camp Grant
Army Air Fields
Dehaviland
Chanute Field
Rantoul I
Talcott P
Happy” Smith
William L. Heptig
Chicago Board of Trade
National Aeronautical Association
R. W. Douglass
Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens
Mich
Depsite
Douglass
Smith
William Page
Emith
Heptig
Edward Hines
Dentist on murder trial hangs himself in jail
Dr. Thomas W. Young a Beverly Glen dentist aged 47 committed suicide in his county jail cell by strangling with a copper wire. He had been accused of killing his wife Grace Grogan Young with gas and burying her in a cistern at a Beverly Glen cottage as prosecutors pursued a $1.5 million estate motive. The trial was set to continue with a reenactment of the scene when jurors would view the murder. The death ends the case and the estate passes to Patrick Grogan Jr., stepson of the defendant.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Thomas W. Young
Grace Grogan Young
Beverly Glen
Patrick Grogan
Olive King
Young
Patrick Grogan Jr
Dr. Young
Grace Grogan Youngs Cisup
Smith Charges Hylan With Klan Ties At 1924 Convention
New York August 27 Governor Alfred E Smith accused Mayor Hylan of being in conference with the Ku Klux Klan at the 1924 Democratic convention in Madison Square Garden. Smith spoke in Brooklyn in support of Senator James W Walker's bid for the mayoral nomination and cited discussions on the mayor's abortion stance and election efforts.
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Associated Press
New York
Hylan
Madison Square Garden
Alfred B. Smith
Bate
James W. Walker
Brooklyn
Ly Klan
Tori
Air Mail Pouch Vanishes Between Chicago and San Francisco
Postal inspectors in major cities questioned hundreds of air mail service employees tonight to locate a missing pouch consigned from Chicago to San Francisco. The pouch, containing valuable Chicago bank mail, disappeared en route, marking the first loss of a direct city to city air mail shipment in the service.
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Associated Preae
Chicago
San Francisco
United States Air Mail Service
Air Mail
Pacific Eoas City
Omaha
Denver
East Lake City
Final Appeal Urges More Solicitations for School House Repairs
An urgent call was issued by the fundraising committee seeking workers to spend an hour or two soliciting today. They report funds await in Buite to cover Silver How county's $10 000 goal and deliverable in Helena Saturday. They urge more solicitors to boost donations.
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A Campaign
Buite
Helena
Relief drive seeks volunteers to speed Gallatin school repairs
Funds for the Sliver Bow county earthquake relief are coming in, but organizers urge more men and women to report to the Montana Power office drive headquarters and volunteer a few hours. The main aim is to wind up the campaign quickly so Gallatin schools, damaged by the quake, can be rushed to completion.
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Bow County
Drive
Montana
Gallatin
George N B Short Ehair
Severe weather greets MacMillan Arctic expedition retreat
A National Geographic message reports worsening conditions as the Peary anchors near Walker Snow Point and must stay close to shore to find deep water. A blizzard of over 24 hours drives the sea movement, with 54 mile an hour winds and drifting icebergs impacting the air carrier’s repositioning near Akapahni.
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Washington
MacMillan Arctic
National Geographic Society
Zenith Radio Corporation of Chicago
Conical Rock
Walker Snow Point
Akapahni
Vanderbilt Plans Huge Atlanta Air Base and Cuba Route
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr announced development of a major Atlanta air base with lines to the west south and Cuba. Seven thousand acres near the city are tied up and operations may start by Christmas. Five years and several million dollars are projected for the project with ten planes to be in service by Sept. 1 on the Los Angeles to Biscayne City route.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Cuba
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Vanderbilt
California
Los Angeles
Bastlake City
Maintenance Affects Coal Miners Strike Debate
Philadelphia August 27 The suspension in hard coal fields begins September first as John L. Lewis demands a 10 percent wage increase and other labor terms. About 168000 miners are involved with 10000 left for maintenance work. Operators seek skeleton crews while miners push for full staffing during the emergency.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Action to speed foreign debt talks with smaller powers
Washington acts to hasten settlement talks with nations holding smaller US debts as Italian talks resume with data from the American debt commission. The Anglo French funding accord complicates Paris Washington negotiations over French debt, while the treasury and debt commission monitor new issues arising from London.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
American Debt Commission
Debt Commission
Treasury
London
Paris
Enormous Seed Pea Crop Boosts Gallatin Valley
W P J Peckens of the Milwaukee system reports Gallatin Valley's seed pea crop averaging about 33 bushels per acre on 23 000 acres, with potential earnings over 1 500 000 from seed peas plus 15 000 acres of canning peas. He notes soil and elevation yield hardy varieties and predicts future seed potato prominence aided by tests led by Professor Thebaut in Bozeman. The valley may ship 3 000 cars of grain and 3 000 cars of flour from Gallatin mills this year.
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Gallatin Valley
WP. J. Peckens
Milwaukee System
Mr. Peckens
United States
Thebaut
University of Louisiana
Bozeman
South
Montana
Peckens
Hapdie
Gallatin Mills
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Medi
Columbia Gardens
Butte
Lewis
Miners’ Union
KLAN
Macmillan
Thutte Mines
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