Butte Float Parade Results Highlight Local Honors
The top row honors include Butte hospitals group with honorable mention for The Spirit of 76 float, the Hennessy company float, and Miss Quality first prize. The bottom row features Symonds Goods Garden float, Gregson Hot Springs bathing beauties Miss Gregson, Miss Liberty honorable mention, and floats by the Butte Chamber of Commerce and Forest Service with 500 peonies from H A Riggs of Conner Montana.
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Butte Hospitals’ Group
The
Hennessy Company
Miss Quality
Symonds Goods, Company
Gregson Hot Springs
H. A. Riggs
Conner, Montana
Youthful Victim’s Body Recovered From Deer Lodge River
In a July 4 report from Deer Lodge three days after a child disappeared in a local slough, Maurice McClaughly nine, and John Trask seven, were found. Maurice on a sand bar two miles north at 6 30 p m, with Trask missing as the search continues.
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The
Standard
Deer Lodge
Maurice McClaughly
J. McClaughly
John Trask
Frank Trask
Al Smith Boom for Next President at Tammany Fourth
New York July 4 Tammany Hall marked Independence Day with a strong push for Governor Al Smith as the next president. Speakers from Maryland to New York urged Smith, praising state rights and opposing federal regulation of education while criticizing religious intolerance and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Associated Press
New York
Tammany Hall
al Smith
Kers Fromovernor Ritchie
Maryland
United States
Smith
Tammany
Ku Klux Klan
Butte Delivers Gorgeous Parade For Fourth of July
Butte stage a mammoth three mile Fourth of July parade that drew crowds by the thousands. Organized by a wide coalition of civic groups and businesses led by the parade committee the display featured masterful floats in color and design. The event filled the streets with pride and set a high bar for Montana cities in celebration spirit.
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Butte
Montana
President Coolidge Hosts Birthday Dinner Aboard Mayflower
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge sail aboard the Mayflower at Marblehead Neck for a fifty third birthday dinner. Guests include Frank W. Stearns and Mrs. Sanders with Capt Adolphus Andrews and Mrs Andrews. A 21 gun salute marks the event despite rain and wind.
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Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
President Coolidge
Marble Head Neck
Coolidge
Frank W. Stearns
Sanders
Adolphus Andrews
Airplane lands Kelly dangling from a rope stunt
Intrepid stunt artist Mad Anthony Kelly hung from a 20 foot rope on the running gear of a soaring plane yesterday. Pilot Jack Heseer executed a flawless pancake rescue, bringing Kelly to earth where he lay unconscious after a tumble. He was rushed to St James hospital as rumors swirled of his death.
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Catigue
Anthony” Kelly
Jack Heseer
Kelly
St. James’ Hospital
Mag Anthony
Spirit of Amer ica pageant draws 7600 at Clark park Butte
Crowds pack Columbia Gardens and rodeo grounds with totals surpassing prior records. The Spirit of America pageant at Clark park draws about 7 600 spectators as 100 voice chorus belts Dixie and Old Black Joe. Fireworks ignite finals and insignia as sound amplifiers make Judge Jackson's remarks audible.
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Butte
Columbia Gardens
Nuner
Clark Park
Nation
Montana
American Legion
Joseph RK. Jackson
Jackson
Neal Silent on Evolution Defense in Dayton Trial
Dr John K Neal senior counsel in the Recope evolution case remained silent on defense plans as the trial set to start July 4 in Dayton. He promised a statement later that night to address an erroneous impression. Officials announced the defense may take the case to federal court.
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Nashville
John Kk. Neal
Dayton
Neal
Wes
Federal
Defense Test Volunteers Fall Short of Septembers Enrolment
Reports from nine corps area commanders show civilian response to the one day volunteers at about two thirds of the September 12 enrollment. Totals for Regular army, national guard, organized reserves and one day volunteers are given, with Fourth corps area still awaiting figures.
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Washington
War Department
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
Regular Army
National Guard
Davis
Pershing
Hines
New York
Chicago
Senate
Organized Reserves
Dawes
Une
Hale
Sixth Corps Arma
W. & Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Twelve Bodies Recovered After Hotel Drefus Collapse
Searchers at the Hotel Drefus ruins in Boston report 12 dead after a holiday party for 126 people collapsed early today. Firemen and wrecking crews remove debris by steam shovel and trucks as searchlights beam on the site near the Pickwick club.
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Prensa
Boston
Drefus
Pickwick Club
Five youths badly hurt by Fourth of July cap explosion
A box of mite caps ignited and exploded at nine last night injuring five youths. One lost three fingers on a right hand, another lost sight in one eye, and three others suffered powder burns and injuries. A second accident occurred on Montana street involving a car collision.
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McQueen
Tee
Montana Street
Denver oil worker kills two children then shoots self
Denis Partin Mares an oil field worker from Casper came to Denver for the Fourth of July with his family. After a quarrel with his wife he killed his two children Rose 15 months and Jennie 3 and then shot himself in the head behind the Mares home at 8000 West Holden Place.
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Associated
Denver
Partin Mares
Casper
Rose
Jennie
Mares
Holden Place
Stolen Relics Hit Vatican Treasury in Vain Break-In
Thieves broke into St. Peter's second treasure room at the Vatican and carried off irreplaceable religious and historical relics valued at one to three lira. Four painters and two laborers who worked in the basilica plus Giovanni Bellini, a nearby room sleeper, were arrested as suspects. Police noted glove use and no fingerprints. Witnesses report seeing three prowlers and hearing an automobile.
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Ly the Assonciated Press
Rome
St. Peter's
Vatican
Lira
Giovanni Bellini
Bellini
Treasury
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Chimney Sweep
Littl Lad
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Jimmy Walker
Lynn
Anthony
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