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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1926
Page
17
Crowds gather as Butte opens a five day event with daring air stunts by pilots and performers. Spectators watch with bated breath as risk and stuntmanship create a tense, thrilling scene.
Crowds fill Butte as grand five days of Italy festival opens with music from six orchestras banners on every lamp post and bright sunshine. An enormous airplane soars over the valley drawing cheers and a tense farewell as it lands near the Rialto theater amid eager spectators.
Special correspondent reports a perilous 420 mile air trip from Harbin to begin a final run by train and ship toward Yokohama. The pair claim to aim for a globe circumference record despite delays and changing routes.
A three year old named Charles Hershey was found lying in the Kik Park road about six miles from Buite. He died from injuries while being taken to Murray hospital last night. Officials believe he fell from a wagon and was knocked unconscious.
Washington July 1 Congress nears adjournment as both houses clear calendars. The Senate held a pension session to avoid jam before adjournment and the House foregoes a night session due to lack of pressing legislation. The resolution for adjournment was in abeyance but signals point to a close.
The Butte Pioneers club started a movement to place a Lewis and Clark monument in Butte. A general committee of civic, fraternal and labor figures will guide the effort with Dr. Witherspoon as chair. A five member Helena committee was sent to present the site plan to the legislature appointed group. Chief Justice L. L. Callaway chairs that panel.
The program lists baseball at Clark Park at 6 30 p m with aerial circus Loomis Winter Garden jazz band and entertainers the Troubadors Porter's Melody Kings 2 30 and 9 30 p m C K Stuart tight wire act 90 feet above Main street without net or prop the Whirling Dervish Act Other street acts Harding clown Lawson and mammy doll The Howard Sisters Wild Irish Haddock motor car stunt Parachute drop over Butte National Airport at 7 30 p m
The Kalb county Missouri case questions whether the late Senator William A. Clark of Montana deserted his wife and four daughters, or if another William A. Clark is involved. The jury was sworn and opening statements were made as the trial began.
Butte Rotarians heard J Bruce Kremer urge Americans to defend the principles that birthed the nation. He urged following forebears toward representative government and duty, noting a campaign by Inter Mountain Union College to raise funds beyond a goal of 83 000 with 5 000 pledges and 384 505 contributed.
Agua Prieta Sonora mayor Ernesto Boubion tells Arizona Daily Star a signed statement alleges evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was taken from Douglas in an automobile to a shack four miles east of Agua Prieta on June 22 and later returned near town before finding her way to Agua Prieta.
Reports say Padang was destroyed by a Tuesday earthquake with at least 200 killed. Evacuees crowd relief centers as search and rescue teams rush in, while many injured may die without aid.
Eleven year old George Kavoacich dashed into a surge of water rushing down a gulch near the Ane nda refinery and saved Lucille and Kate Knez, ages 12 and 9. Nora Knez, eight, was swept away and rescued downstream by Arthur Moughtin. Nora survived with bruises. Lucille and Kate remain with their rescuer as the most credited hero.
Precautions for King Alfonso and Queen Victoria amid a foiled assassination plot in France are tightened as Spanish guards, including Uniformed detectives and Yard men, accompany the royal party. The king, uneasy with hosts, continues his heavy security routine while the Prince of Wales and others visit the Spanish king. The royal visit includes a Wimbledon outing and a theater performance.
Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Princess Louise visited Montana on a special train from Washington and were welcomed by Governor Erickson and about six thousand Montanans. The prince received honorary citizenship and praised the warm reception as he and the princess toured Livingston and Yellowstone National Park in a rainstorm with the park director and superintendent.
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