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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1927
Page
1
Virginia educators league supports a move to back a nationwide policy on evolution education. A resolution targeting forbidden subjects was approved by the committee and is slated for presentation Friday.
In Seattle on July 5 the National Education Association resolutions committee adopted a strong resolution opposing the Tennessee evolution law and laws dictating curriculum. It also protested political control of boards and backed federal aid for flood hit Mississippi Valley schools. Miss Cornelia S. Adair was nominated for national officer.
Grace the Hollywood stunt flyer will attempt another takeoff from Hawaii after a crash. The damaged airship is to be shipped to Pearl Harbor for rebuilding, with Eston B Roger aiming for a three week turnaround. The crash damaged the wing edge, fuselage, and landing gear while the motor and gas tanks survived. The stern post failure is blamed on material flaws.
Geneva July 5 The tri partite naval conference reaches a crucial stage as Britain and the United States spar over cruiser tonnages The US proposes a 400 000 ton ceiling yet aims to stay under it Bridgeman rejects claims of aggressive intent by Britain citing wartime needs and food supply interceptions
Two Maryland penitentiary convicts shot at a guard during a lobby gun battle as they tried to unlock the big door and escape outside. Charles Carey of Baltimore and Benjamin Spragins of Richmond opened fire seeking to repeat the 1925 Whittemore escape. a guard survived, Whittemore hanged in 1925.
Registration for the Butte and Anaconda Camp Fire Girls summer camp at Georgetown lake indicates the largest attendance ever. The camp opens Sunday and runs four weeks through August 6 with about 120 girls each week and substantial early reservations from Butte Anaconda and surrounding cities.
Butte is set to become a station on national air routes with the air service plan announced by Lieutenant WH Creighton. The Butte Chamber of Commerce has formed a committee to collaborate with other cities as part of the new transcontinental air network and preparations shift toward welcoming the first aerial visitors.
Aldermen prepare for the regular city council meeting to decide funds for the Harrison Avenue paving from Grand to Harvard. The report from the committee of the whole will guide the action, with consideration also given to several other improvement districts in Butte.
Zoe Beckley, famed reporter, interviews nationally prominent women across the country on Prohibition. The series presents fresh viewpoints based on experience in authorized interviews for the Standard and the North American Newspaper Alliance. Starting today on page four.
A. J. Breitenstein says Montana will gain 410 miles of new highways by 1927 end through 40 federal aid and national park projects funded by a $1.8 million gasoline tax revenue. He notes federal, forestry, and park funds plus $1.35 million from license sales support county roads. last year tourists spent $8 million in Montana.
Benton Illinois July 5 The Birger gang led by Charlie Birger and two confederates prepare to go on trial tomorrow for the murder of Mayor Joe Adams of West City last December. Sheriff Jim Pritchard has lined up strong precautions to guard order.
A Puget Sound Airway seaplane crashed into Lake Washington near Seattle shortly after takeoff from Sand Point. Four men perished: Olaf Johnson the pilot Roy Wolin an insurance agent John Bock Arrow Smith Lodge manager of Los Angeles and Fred Stancliffe a Seattle insurance agent. The craft spun and fell about 500 feet above the lake between Kirkland and Seattle.
Paris reports Commander Byrd to be the center of attention amid receptions and social events for American airmen. The government decides to confer the Legion of Honor on Byrd for his Atlantic crossing and pioneering feats.
In Racine Wisconsin on July 5 a 16 year old boy Charles Bartek was struck by a train but survived as his facial muscles twitched just before being loaded into a mortuary basket. He regave to eat fried chicken and paragus at a hospital that night. He was thrown clear of the tracks and only bruised aside from minor injuries.
A massive boardwalk fire in Atlantic City on July 5 razed a block between Missouri and Arkansas avenues. Three firefighters were overcome and more than 500 people were left homeless as eight hotels and several cottages burned or were damaged. The million-dollar pier faced imminent destruction while Remington Exhibit buildings burned and spectators watched from the beach as smoke obscured the city. The fire started from a lighted cigarette.
An express train homeward from the Fourth of July holiday plowed into a freight train on a siding near Jona Staten Island. Five killed and many injured as passengers in the front coach were telescoped into the baggage car. Boy Scouts from a nearby camp marines and tourists aided rescue crews.
Silver Bow county departments request 982 282 94 to cover operating costs for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The county commissioners will trim the total during budget and tax-levy talks on August 6, with potential removal of 80 000 for outside poor if the Supreme Court upholds Judge Bourquin. An added 20 000 for old age pensions appears new, while the sinking fund may be reduced from last year’s levy.
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