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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1927
Page
1
Coast guard and navy units scour the Atlantic coastline for survivors after the collision that sank the U S S 8 4 off Provincetown. Aboard the wreck, 46 officers and men are feared lost as crews attempt to attach a line to the sunken submarine and raise it.
American woman Doris McDonald and her husband George McDonald were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of taxi driver Adelard Bouchard in Valleyfield Quebec. The couple, extradited from the United States after a bogus-check arrest in Butte, faced the date March 23 1928 for execution.
The first appropriations bill of the session totaling 200 million dollars was sent to the White House. It includes 940 thousand for gun elevation on battleships Oklahoma and Nevada if allowed by the arms treaty, and over 8 million to start the administration’s building program with public works projects approved nationwide. Senate items for Juneau and Durango were cut.
Butte business man Louis Dreibelbis announced the purchase of the Baltimore block on West Park street. The deal marks his fourth major investment in Butte property in recent years and signals confidence in the city’s business future.
Louis Dreibelbis completed the largest realty deal in Butte since the Yegen block purchase by acquiring the Baltimore block. He plans a $25 000 remodeling to create a show and sales room for the Dreibelbis Music Company, moving from 77 West Park Street to the new site.
A survey of Butte merchants reports sales likely to be at least ten percent higher than 1926 in most stores. The slogan Way Better Than Last Year reflects widespread prosperity in the district with most lines improving, a few steady, and one noncommittal merchant, Jack Cohen, among the veterans praising current conditions. Continued discussion appears on page 14.
Mrs William Andrews Clark widow of the late Montana senator donates 100000 to defray costs of organizing the Corcoran Gallery of Art biennial exhibitions of contemporary American oil paintings. The gift funds a permanent trust and surplus supports American artists. The eleventh biennial show is set for next fall.
Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh will fly to Mexico City by a Ford tri motor to join her son for Christmas. The trip, announced by the state department, is seen as a goodwill mission amid U S Mexican ties. Colonel Lindbergh will attend a bull fight in Mexico City.
Montana prohibition officials notify doctors and drug stores in Butte that permits to write and fill liquor prescriptions may be denied in 1928. A meeting is planned to outline action with possible protests to congressional delegates. Some physicians have not received formal complaints, while others face immediate suspension of permits.
The Associated Press from SOS Angeles reports a chilling medical exam of Marian Parker's body. Detectives say the mutilation is unparalleled with arms severed at elbows legs gone at hips and the torso disemboweled with the cavity stuffed with rags. Death likely from chloroform or blood loss.
The 12 year old Marian Parker, kidnapped last Thursday noon, was found tonight tossed from a car at the feet of her father Perry M Parker who had gone to a northwest street corner with 1500 dollars in ransom. The head was exposed but other mutilation appeared limited. Police and deputies swarmed the scene as investigation continued.
Police identify the Marian Parker killer as a white male aged 25 to 30, 5 feet 8 inches, about 150 pounds with a slender build and waxed dark brown hair, well educated in English, seen in a brown gray overcoat and dark gray hat. He drove a dark Ford roadster with partial license 677-67. He holds 75 twenty dollar gold certificates, serials K 68016901 to K 62016975. Merchants urged to memorize numbers and watch for similar bills.
Secretary Wilbur informed President Coolidge of the submarine S-4 sinking off Provincetown Massachusetts. Coolidge expressed regret as details continue to unfold about the disaster and fate of the crew.
A large ship, likely the Japanese freighter Koyo Maru, was on the rocks near Point Firmin, California. Heavy seas and lack of radio hinder rescue attempts as RCA and the navy could not contact the vessel. A Wilmington tug reportedly tried to reach it amid a heavy gale along the Southern California coast.
Report from Shanghai notes ruthless expulsion of communists with shootings of women and girls tagged as red. At least 14 bobbed haired women killed in Canton, 19 Russians executed in the streets, including M. Kirisheff and his wife. Fifteen Soviet officials deported from Hankow, while Shanghai authorities order Russian registration to classify as red or white.
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