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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
4
The Italian dictator expands church protections and orders harsh measures against birth-control propaganda. He elevates traditional marriage, punishes race death by own action, and grants police broad powers for secret investigations with medical aid. Mussolini’s leadership is decisive and forceful.
The list provides six quiz facts including Edward L. Doheny as a petroleum figure, Mason and Dixon, Antonio Stradivari, The Union Jack, Daniel Boone, and Psalm 107:17.
Nine years after WWI Congress adopts a policy opposing confiscation of enemy alien private property. The act plans liquidation of alien property custodian holdings, return of German nationals seized assets, and cash payments for claims up to 100000, plus 80 percent of property to be returned.
Judge William H. Hunt resigns from the United States Circuit Court at age 70 due to ill health. A Montana icon, he helped launch the state judiciary, served as territorial attorney general, joined the Montana Supreme Court in 1895, and shaped state law. He later chaired the Porto Rico governor post after the Spanish American War and now leaves a legacy of high regard among Montanans.
Mussolini foreshadows a new civil and criminal code. Signor Rocco drafts reforms to be proposed to parliament in January. The plan includes reintroducing capital punishment for murder and protects religious sentiments while formally recognizing Catholicism.
London dispatch notes rapid bus growth in England altering village commerce and entertainment. Railways lose riders while villagers patronize city services and cinema. Snippets mention Kidnapping claims, Aimee McPherson, plans for New Year, Harry Thaw, and looming death of 1927.
Central standard time adjusted Montana time for numerous stations and programs. Listings include Milwaukee WTMJ and WOW Omaha KSD schedules with evening concerts, orchestras, Palmolive hour, ballads, opera, dance music, and NBC program blocks across multiple cities and frequencies.
A brief religious reflection quotes St. Mark 9 35 to 37 where Jesus teaches that true greatness comes from serving others. He places a child before the disciples and explains that receiving a child for his sake is receiving him and the sender.
Eloise Bumgarner 16 through guardian Oliver M. Taylor begins a second divorce against Van Bumgarner. Judge Carroll had dismissed the first suit for minority and lack of guardian appointment. The complaint seeks $50 monthly alimony, $100 attorney fee, and $15 suit money. In other filings Mabel Eichwald sues for divorce. Andrew Marras seeks $400 wages from William Hodge. estate valuations and appraisers listed for several Montana cases.
John E. Hunt, mill superintendent for the Mexico Corporation, has returned to Butte to spend holidays with his parents and family. He previously worked with Clark interests at the Timber Butte mill and Elm Orlu mine and plans to return to Mexico in late January. Mrs. Hunt and their children will stay until spring.
United States commissioner L M Van Etten returned to Butte after Christmas with relatives in Dillon. Harold Crary, longtime Butte Stand ard staffer, is set for training of enlisted men at Camp Lewis on January 5. The first Montana dressed beef shipment is ready from Hanen packing plant. E C Whyte leaves Anaconda for Ithaca to resume studies at Cornell. May Russell departs Anaconda for Dillon to attend county school superintendent conferences. E Johnson leaves Anaconda for Nampa Idaho for the winter.
George H. Hotchkiss returned to Butte from Great Falls where he stayed with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Frary on Christmas. J. B. Hollingshead of Boston & Montana’s Butte office spent Christmas in Great Falls. Miss Olive Nagle left Butte for Helena to visit friends. M. C. Smith and Martin Jensen returned to Butte from Helena. Malcolm Martin, brother of County Clerk, arrived in Anaconda after years away. Joseph Peters and family left Anaconda for Southern California for an extended stay. Adolph Pincus visited Anaconda. Fathers Pirnat assisted in mass at St. Peter’s church with about 400 attendees. Miss Claretta Spellman, nursing student at St. James hospital, is confined to her room but not seriously ill. Joe Shadwell and son from Billings holidaying with Mrs. M. Shadwell on West Galena. E. L. Poindexter, editor of the Dillon Examiner, spent Sunday in Butte. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hardcastle of Butte visited Anaconda guests. David Kaufman spent yesterday in Butte and returned to Anaconda on the late train. Edna Waterbury returned to Anaconda after a Missoula teachers meeting.
The Friday December 30 1927 horoscope predicts a favorable day for women in public life and social events. Housekeepers gain luck, entertaining improves, and society focuses on dinners and balls in many cities. Wealth rises in the United States, with expansion for restaurants and trade. cosmetics may suffer. stylish dress and beauty standards gain prominence. home purchases and gardens are favored. those born under this date may achieve public success, and children born then may attain fame if they fulfill their gifts.
H D Shepard of Butte says snowplows on county tractors keep highways passable, increasing winter traffic and boosting gas tax receipts for counties. He recently returned from a state trip and now represents Connelly Machinery in Butte after a Hamilton hotel project.
A Montana Idaho Wyoming dealer gathering heard Abe Parker disclose a forthcoming Chevrolet model with price details to be released Jan 1. GM’s low price car is promised to rival top lines as dealers anticipate strong 1928 sales and immediate delivery once design and price are revealed.
Philip F. Beaudin of Butte Montana was elected vice president of the East Butte Copper Mining company to fill the vacancy left by the death of James H. Reed of Pittsburgh. Beaudin has served as general manager and will now lead mining operations while returning from an East trip where he noted improving industrial conditions for the coming year.
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