Second U S War Defense Test Begins at Dawn
Washington prepares for a second national defense test with Maj. Gen. John L. Hines and General Pershing observing. The war department and staff reach a simulated war footing as nine corps area commanders coordinate muster plans begun nine months earlier. Officials caution the one day volunteer turnout may disappoint compared with last September’s 1.5 million.
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Washington
America
War Department
General Staff
John L. Hines
General Pershing
National Guard
Middle West Heat At Year's Record
Heat sweeps the Middle West with Chicago reaching 96 after a 77 noon start as Springfield tops at 102. Prostrations total three in Peoria yesterday and five in Canton while Canton and other cities report extreme heat. Forecasts promise cooler weather and thunderstorms tonight ahead of Independence Day.
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Associated Presse
Chicago
Middle West
Mercury
Springfield
Ills
Peoria
Canton
Urs
Fourth Celebration Reaches Its Height With Today's Events
Butte hosts a full day of patriotic events including a courthouse ceremony with the Star Spangled Banner and Declaration reading by Charles R. Leonard, a 15 minute address by Senator Lee Mantle, a flying display, a street carnival, rodeo, baseball games, a parade of music and the Spirit of America pageant at Clark Park, concluding with Miss Liberty and a $10,000 fireworks display followed by dancing in all pavilions.
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Butte
Charles R. Leonard
Lee Mantle
America
Columbia Gardens
Clark Park
Clarks
A.C
Spirit of America
James W. Evans
Deer Lodge Boys Missing. River Search to Resume
In Deer Lodge on July 3 a major river search for two boys, John Trask aged 7 and Walter McClaughney aged 9, presumed drowned after a Wednesday incident, will restart with a boat now ready to cover about 10 miles under Mayor Frank Conley. Relatives and residents await word as teams revisit areas already combed.
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Deer Lodge
John Trask
Walter McClaughney
Frank Conley
Santa Barbara Rebounds After Quakes With New Plans
Santa Barbara resumes business as usual after three distinct shocks. County supervisors hire an architect for a 1,000,000 courthouse and a 200,000 hospital, with provisions to double county business in ten years. Street repairs continue, and streetcar service and electric lights are promised as Fourth of July events unfold.
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Associated Press
Santa Barbara
Cal
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Coolidge urges Europe to form mutual security covenants
In Cambridge on the 150th anniversary of Washington assuming command, President Coolidge urged European nations to form mutual covenants for security with American moral support. He praised Washington, called for leadership based on good faith, and suggested such covenants could aid Europe’s revival and restore international credit.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
George Washington
Continental Army
Coolidge
Europe
Cambridge Common
Washington
Mra. Coolidge
Swampscott
America
Old World
Six Are Drowned in Wyoming Flood
Six occupants of an automobile drowned in a Wyoming flood near Hay Junction twelve miles north of Rock Springs after a cloudburst at 4 30 pm. A man named Fertig, three children, and a woman perished as a torrent 20 feet high swept the canyon. Rescuers recovered Fertig’s body then the other five.
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Associated Press
Rock Springs
Wye
Hay Junction
Here
Fertig
Union Pacific Company
Union Pacific
French vote to send debt mission to the United States
Paris July 3 The French government approved a plan to dispatch a mission to the United States to negotiate with the American debt funding commission over France’s debt payments. The move was endorsed by the council of ministers.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
American Debt Funding Commission
France
Four-story Pickwick club collapses on Fourth of July
Six people died and about 15 were hospitalized after the Pickwick club on Beach Street collapsed during a July Fourth celebration in Boston. Rescue crews pulled victims from the rubble as the five-story brick building caved in, trapping dozens beneath debris.
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Associated Press
Boston
Pickwick Club
Beach Street
Parade of Floats and Aerial Exhibits Thrill Butte Crowd
More than three miles of decorated floats and comic displays will roll through Butte today starting at 10 o clock. Aviator Harold Lynch will perform air stunts from Lincoln Ned with no mechanic, and the human fly will dazzle spectators from the plane wing and a trapeze. Jack Duggan serves as parade marshal with aides Capt Al Lav ingstone and Major L P Sanders.
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Butte
Harold Lynch
Lincoln
Ned
Jack Duggan
Marshal Duggan
Capt
al. Lavingstone
L. P. Sanders
Women to Fly in Navy Airships During Governors Visit
In Bar Harbor Maine the Navy grants women permission to board the airship Shenandoah as governors touring Maine plan to ride tomorrow. Governor Nellie T Rosas of Wyoming and Meek Lee Trinkle signaled intent to go aloft. The dirigible arrived from Lakehurst for governors entertainment amid a parade last week.
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Navy
Maine
Alort
Lakehuret
N. J
Nellie T. Rosas
Wyoming
Meek
Lee Trinkle
Virginia
Lakehurst
Sunny Ekles
Cambridge
Mans
Coolidge
Scopes Case May Skip Dayton for Federal Injunction
The defense under Clarence Darrow moves to take John T. Scopes case to federal courts seeking an injunction to block Tennessee's anti evolution law. Dr John W Neal of Knoxville to file petitions soon, potentially delaying the Dayton trial and possibly halting prosecution if the federal court finds the law unconstitutional.
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Darrow
Dayton
Associated Press
Chicago
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
Knoxville
Chattanooga
John W. Neal
Neal
United States Supreme Court
J Ross Clark in California Report
J Ross Clark a wealthy banker and railroad man and brother of the late Senator William A Clark of Montana is seriously ill on a ranch near Victorville California. He is 76 and retired to the ranch with Mrs Clark after months of failing health. Family members say they have no word of his condition.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Examiner
Victorville
Cal
J. Ross Clark
William A. Clark
Montana
Butte Fourth of July Celebration Promises Grand Pageant
Crowds pour into Butte for the big day as a three mile parade leads to the declaration reading by A. J. Poore and a patriotic address by Senator Lee Mantle. Flying circus rodeo and games headline a full program with dancing at several pavilions and a Spirit of America pageant planned for the evening.
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New Aires
Kelly
Butte
A. J. Poore
Lee Mantle
Dakota Street
Park
Clark
Court House
Federal Building
Main Street
Hutte
Auto
Great Falls
Billings
Miles
Wizards of the Horseshoe Tie for State Honors
In Butte, Montana, Dr T Watkins and Joe Dubie battled seven games for state honors in horseshoe pitching at Thornton hotel. Watkins won the title as crowd applauded. final totals show Watkins 328 ringers, 359 points. Dubie 198 ringers, 300 points.
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Wizards OF the Horseshoe
Dr. T. Watkins
Joe Double
Montana
Butte
Thornton Hotel
Duble
Watkins
Aiz
Robert Pratt
Watkin
Dubie
Montana Barnyard
Warriors
Neward
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