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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1926
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard notes unusual calm, warmth, and changing Pacific patterns affecting Montana. Scientists debate the causes from sunspots to ocean currents as Montana enjoys a rare winter. The piece warns that return to harsher weather could come, with snow needed to protect the fields and tests.
The Anaconda company will install electric hoisting machinery at three mines, capable of lifting 1,500 tons daily from 5,000 feet below the surface, as shaft work reaches 3,500 feet. The project follows refinery expansions at Great Falls and signals a brighter, more permanent future for Butte with increased regional ore output and renewed communal confidence.
A Montana diary notes an unusually gentle winter while the world reports heat waves, freezes, and shifting weather patterns from Alaska to Venice. The article highlights extended sunny days, pure air, and light winds that combine to form a healthy, pleasant climate in the state despite global fluctuations.
The Jewish Council of Greater New York hosted a meeting in New York City where about 3 500 attendees urged Congress to pass the Wadsworth Perlman bill to reunite families separated by oceans. They backed proposals to let wives and children of citizens enter as nonquota immigrants and discussed domestic worker entry with tight oversight and a path to citizenship for compliant entrants.
A famed American air expert predicts rapid growth in civil aviation by 1930 with dense air lanes, air freight, multi engine planes, radio guidance, private carriers, and air cooled engines. Europe leads aviation, but the U S. will soon surpass and could host as many lines as railroads by 1980. The rest of the piece notes quips about crime reporting, winter hardship in the East, and ongoing World Court politics.
Sam H. Thompson of Quincy Illinois newly elected president of the American Farm Bureau Federation is shaping a congressional farm program. A farmer by background he offers extensive experience in marketing tax reform and negotiations with railways to secure favorable tariffs. He heads Quincy bank and led the Tiknol Agricultural Association for three years, focusing on grain surpluses and rural prosperity. He was born on an Adams county Illinois farm and at 26 married Miss Lemmie Dickhut. they have seven children all engaged in farming or farming wives.
The listing compiles station names from WGN Chicago to KPO San Francisco detailing program blocks, orchestras, vocalists, and times in Mountain Pacific and Pacific zones. Highlights include Drake concert ensemble, Harmony Peerless orchestra, Bill Hatch's Oakmont dance orchestra, and Mary Christine Albin among others.
Two teenage girls age 18 and 17 ask Mrs Thompson about whether to tell their parents of engagements to two 19 year old boys or run away to marry. The letter expresses love, money concerns, and fear of parental disapproval, followed by a long unrelated astrology style block.
Readings note an uncertain vacation day with later afternoon favored by astrologers. Deception and double dealing are warned by the planetary rule, which highlights selfishness, greed, and distorted judgments on world events.
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