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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1928
Page
1
Crowds gathered for a grand fireworks display following the conclusion of the pageant at both presentations. Spectators, families, and visitors filled viewing areas as lights lit the sky in a celebratory close to the event.
Italian aviators depart for an overseas sprint aiming to extend the World Duration Flight Record. They plan to span the Atlantic from Europe to South America, hoping to set a lasting endurance mark.
The pageant The Beginning of Time will be shown this evening and tomorrow at Clark Park starting 8 30. Rain checks issued after last night's storm will be honored both nights. Performers report 8 00. Only the first scene was shown yesterday due to rain but spectators call it the most remarkable pageant yet in Butte. Fireworks will follow each performance.
Four days of preliminaries culminate in the peak of Butte's giant Fourth of July celebration. The event began with the June 30 comic parade and has built momentum through a series of large-scale activities, with further details continuing on Page 14, Col. 4.
A historic daily program lists a mammoth patriotic parade led by marshal M Kerr Beadle at 9 a m, a noon aerial bombardment by Jack Lynch and Bert Mooney, a 12 30 p m free act featuring Florence, dog races at Highland Kennel Club with Hansen loving cup stake at 2 p m, another Florence act at 7 30 p m, and a monstrous fireworks finale at Clark Park at 8 30 p m with 50 cent admission.
The Republican campaign will focus on a protective tariff as its main issue, announced by Dr. Hubert Work, chairman of the Republican National Committee. He outlined the tariff front as the key element, with prohibition and farm relief measures playing subordinate roles. Work met with President Coolidge after a long day of talks, signaling the strategy's prominence.
Reports from Le Bourget indicate unfavorable Atlantic weather late today. The Polish fliers Captains Idzigowisky and Kapula had prepared for a flight, but the attempt is postponed by 24 to 48 hours due to conditions.
Mayor M Kerr Beadle of Butte performed Montana's first state marriage ceremony with Dr John Dimon of Three Forks officiating as groom. Bride Nona Mondloch, native Butte girl, formerly of Seattle and Los Angeles, wed at the New Finlen hotel in a small gathering.
Heat wave grips the Middle West with threat of thunderstorms on the Fourth of July. Illinois reports six heat related deaths, four in Chicago, as past storms leave damage from flooding and wind. Northwest states recover from a recent stretch of electrical storms in Minnesota Wisconsin North and South Dakota.
Vern Augustus took his wife on an auto ride from Battle Mountain and returned to town about 3 AM. He shot her dead and then turned the pistol on himself. Surgeons say he cannot survive. Augustus formerly worked at the Betty O'Neal mine and had recently returned. no cause is known per the sheriff.
Berlin reports Dr Hermann Mueller's coalition cabinet presented the longest policy declaration in years. The program promises social, labor, taxation and democratization reforms, support for League of Nations and Kellogg pact, and continuation of Stresemann foreign policy.
Gen Umberto Nobile remains seriously ill aboard Citta di Milano after rescue from the Italia disaster off North East Land. Fever and fatigue mark his recovery as he frets over missing expedition members and Amundsen’s party. Nobile praises Amundsen’s unselfishness amid pole flight controversy of 1926.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. married Mary Weir Logan of Reno in a Reno ceremony performed by Rev William Moll Case of the Federated Presbyterian Congregational church. Logan recently divorced Waldo Hanock Logan of Chicago, a broker there.
Capt. Arturo Ferrarin and Maj. Carlo Delprete launched from Montecelio flying field at 7:51 p m aiming to cross the South Atlantic to Pernambuco Brazil without descent. They hold the world duration record and hope to break the previous 4,635 mile distance record set by Chamberlin and Levine last year.
Osborne Kan July 3 County authorities exhumed the bodies of Alfred Kaser and his wife and their six children found dead in the ruins of their burned farm home near Covert Kan May 31 Each victim had been shot twice with a 32 caliber revolver Fred Kaser 30 brother of Alfred living nearby was brought to Osborne for questioning by Sheriff James Davis
Gov Alfred E Smith says he is fit to begin his presidential bid but will not rush the opening moves. He will wait for the national committee meeting on July 11 and will iron out strategy later. He plans two patriotic addresses at Tammany Hall and City Hall tomorrow.
President Coolidge remains puzzled by Secretary Hoover's travel plans to visit the summer White House. Washington reports hint at a Hoover move, but Coolidge has received no direct word. He plans to name a successor to Dr. Hubert Work who resigned to chair the national Republican committee, with resignation effective upon appointment.
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