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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
1
Captain Ferrarin and Major Del Prete completed a 24 hour nonstop flight covering d000 miles, passing over the Cape Verde Islands at 6 PM Wednesday. The voyage marks a remarkable milestone toward the longest nonstop air journey.
Two Italian airmen Capt Arturo Ferrarin and Maj Carlo P Del Prete are believed to be over the South Atlantic en route from Rome to Pernambuco Brazil. They were sighted near the Cape Verde Islands about 5 p m Greenwich time, with the most dangerous leg remaining over open water. Communication from the Sonic Star reports all well as the crew presses toward Brazil.
Crowd fills every corner of a spacious park as spectators jam the grounds and many are refused entry. Enthusiastic turnout proves the event drew large local interest despite limited access.
Mrs Birdie Cooper Adams Clayton and her brothers Hugh and Russell Cooper are charged with first degree murder in the death of W G Clayton. His body was found with a bullet wound in the head weighted down by rocks in Frog Bayou near Van Buren Arkansas. The widow and Hugh Cooper are jailed while Russell Cooper is sought. She denies knowledge of the slaying and no motive has been established.
Bobby Linza seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linza disappeared from his Montana hotel cottage in Anaconda after permission to watch a Fourth of July parade. Police aided by city county officers, Legionnaires and citizens conducted an all day search, but found no trace by nightfall. The anxious mother waited at the family home as the search continued into the evening.
Jerome Prat alias Pierre Rey, France's alleged killer of three women and tied to 15 disappearances, arrives from Algiers. Police shield him as a mob gathers at the harbor calling for his death while Prat mocks them and faces possible life imprisonment in a French jail.
In Little Rock Arkansas Senator Joseph T Robinson praised religious liberty at a July 4 celebration. The event, organized by American Legion posts, featured a parade with Mrs Robinson and Robinson’s speech urging church state separation. He condemned bigotry and urged equal treatment in public life.
Secretary Hoover turned Independence Day into a full holiday with no official duties and limited calls to personal friends. He planned rest with prospects of activity later in the week as Republican leaders prepared for continued work.
Captain Alfred Loewenstein a Belgian financier and one of the world’s richest men vanished from a cross channel air flight from Croydon to Brussels. The plane landed near Dunkirk and authorities later confirmed his drowning. The accident occurred as the craft traveled over the English Channel with several staff aboard unaware of the disappearance.
Butte’s 1928 Fourth of July celebration culminated with a grand parade through the business district. Spectators crowded rooftops and windows as 20 blocks of autos, bunting, flags, and banners framed a long line of patriotic, fraternal, and civic groups, floats, and decorated cars led by Hansen Packing Company’s mile long entry and a white-clad double line.
Judges announced parade winners with floats from Hansen lacking company. Second place tied Simons and Hennessy, third the Butte lodge of Elks 249. Organizational honors went to Improved Order of Red Men and Modern Woodmen of the World South Putte camp. Special mentions cited Rocky Mountain Garden Club and others.
Hollywood July 4 Syd Smith a 36 year old film comedian died suddenly after a beach party with film colony friends. Doctors said he muttered about gin he drank at the party and a severe stomach cramp preceded his death.
The pageant The Beginning of Time staged with such success at Clark park last night will be presented again tonight in full with the same fireworks display. It starts at 8 50 and early arrival is advised as many were turned away from the box office last night due to seating limits.
Seven thousand persons in Butte witnessed the greatest pageant ever seen in the West. For two hours Clark park reverberated with applause as each episode of The Beginning of Time moved smoothly to a finale. The audience remained riveted from start to finish.
The Russian ice breaker Krassin, trying to reach marooned crew of the dirigible Italia near Foyn island, has been halted again by heavy ice. A message from the base ship Citta di Milano states the fire sheltering the men is drifting as rescue efforts continue.
In Helena on July 4 the state political dopesters converge at the Placer hotel lobby to size up candidates ahead of the July 17 primary. Democrats and Republicans mingle as their managers seek the latest sentiment and strategize outreach to voters statewide.
New York July 4 Governor Alfred E Smith speaks at Tamany Hall and at City Hall in two patriotic remarks his first public appearances since nomination. He criticizes caustic Tammany references and urges first time voters to exercise civic duties amid crowd and bright lights.
Four men drowned and a fifth narrowly escaped after their rowing boat overturned in the back wash of a speeding launch at Estral Beach Michigan on July 4. Witnesses on shore rescued one man who was unconscious that night. Continued on Page 8.
On July 4 at Melita Island Montana a record crowd gathered at the Masonic playground on Flathead lake for Fourth of July events. The ferry ran every 30 minutes as visitors from western Montana arrived. Knights Templar leaders held a brief session, H H Parsons spoke, water sports featured a speed boat regatta won by Elmer Phillips, boats capsized during races, and a grand fireworks display closed the day.
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