Byrd's South Pole plane opens air route through Butte
A Fokker super universal flown by G E Haynes landed at Butte airport marking the first air mail leg through Butte en route from Salt Lake City to Great Falls for the August 1 start. The party included Al Frank Felix Steinle and Ray Elsmore. Beacons from Du Bois to Salt Lake planned. hopes of Salt Lake to Canada route this year.
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Salt Lake City
Great Falls
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Fokker Company
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al Frank
National Parks Airway, Inc
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Steinle
America
Byrd
South Pole
Fokker
Haynes
Montana
National Parks Airways
Ogden Field
Mgr
Frank
Pocatello
Helena
Department of Commerce
Dubois
Idaho
Canada
Mexico
Railroad Opposed to Consolidation
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad filed its brief with the Interstate Commerce Commission opposing the planned merger of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways. It argues the merger would not serve the public interest and would hurt competitive transportation in the Northwest. The brief was submitted during hearings in St Paul, Minneapolis, and Washington. The plan faces opposition from the Minneapolis & St. Louis, the Milwaukee Road, and other short line roads.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
Northern Lines
Northwest
St. Paul
Minneapois
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Milwaukee Road
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Havre Youth Weds Nebraska Bride in Chicago
Theodore V. Buttrey of Havre marries Ruth Scoutt of Kearney Neb in Chicago Friday evening. Buttrey, son of F A Buttrey, is a manager in the family business and Princeton graduate 1926, former captain of the wrestling team and national middleweight intercollegiate champion.
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Associated Press
Havre
Mont
Theodore V. Buttrey
Ruth Scoutt
Kearney
Neb
Chicago
F. A. Buttrey
F A. Buttrey
W. J Scoutt
Buttrey
Princeton University
United States
Citizens Pay Fine For Convict Camp Floggings
Kingston North Carolina. When Capt Frank Rhemn was convicted of flogging prisoners in a convict camp and fined one dollar a hundred citizens of Lenoir county contributed a cent each to pay the fine.
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Kingston
N. C
Frank Rhemn
Lenoir County
Parkway to Reopen as West Coast Theaters Venue
The Parkway theater on West Park street, once Temple and owned by Butte Masonic lodges, will reopen under West Coast Theaters Inc. Manager C. E. Jeffress said the venue will host large stage productions, road shows and revues. The house, closed recently, will feature deluxe entertainment formerly seen as Pantages vaudeville.
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West Coast Theaters, Inc
C. E. Jeffress
Rialto
American Theater i
Butte
The
Temple
Masonic Lodges of
Jeffress
West Coast Theaters
Big House
West Park Street
Mountain States Amusement Company
Army flier dies in plane crash at Pine Camp
Lieutenant Herman Leroy Von Lackum, 36, of the national guard air service, was killed and his companion, Lieutenant Joseph Hunter, was critically injured when their plane between New York and Pine Camp crashed near here. Both served in New York.
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N. Y
Herman Leroy von Lackum
National Guard Air Service
Joseph Hunter
New York
Ota
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