Japanese pressure on British to cut cruiser tonnage in talks
Geneva reports indicate Japan and the United States pressuring Britain to reduce cruiser tonnage below the 400 000 tons target to meet Washington limits. British delegation weighing further reductions as Tokyo signals willingness to concede to a lower cap to prevent an arms race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Geneva
Japan
Washington
East
United States
Great Britain
America
Boys Escape from Kidnappers in Coalville
In Coalville Utah July 12 Ellis Richins 13 and his brother Richard 11 were kidnapped by an unknown man but Ellis was returned home after breaking a chain and fleeing more than a mile and a half to town. Sheriff J C Clark oversees the pursuit with plans to continue the manhunt. Richard escaped earlier and alerted locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalville
Utah
Ellis Richins
Jerod Richins
Richard
Eilis
J. C. Clark
Summit County
Associated Press
Butte Students Pass Eighth Grade Tests in Record Numbers
Four hundred sixty nine children of Butte and Silver Bow county passed state eighth grade exams, with only 23 of 501 total candidates failing. Agnes Meade Hanratty announced the results, noting 285 grammar school and 216 parochial students participated, and cards may be picked up at her office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Silver Bow County
Agnes Meade Hanratty
Whittier
Blaine
Harrison
Emerson
Levine seeks passage back with Captain Courtney
Charles A. Levine offered Capt. Frank T. Courtney ten thousand dollars to take him as a passenger in the Dornier Napier whale plane for a planned westward transatlantic flight amid hopes the trip could be arranged this week or postponed to August. Courtney weighed the option but would not delay the flight. Chamberlin and Levine discussed the plan after Levine met Courtney at Calshot with the flying boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
North American Newspaper Alliance
Great Britain
Westminster Gazette
Calshot Naval
England
Charles A. Levine
America
Bellanca
Maurice B. Drouhin
Frank T. Courtney
New York
Levine
Drouhin
Courtney
Columbia
Atlantic
Biddon
Southampton
Clarence Chamberlin
Germany
Irvine
Chamberlined
Californians Welcome Pacific Fliers Home
Two California cities San Francisco and Oakland greeted the first airmen to fly from Hawaii to the mainland with unprecedented enthusiasm. The returned heroes were toasted amid parades and patriotic fervor as residents hailed their daring journey across the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Pacific
Hawaii
San Francisco
Oakland
Malley Elected Exalted Ruler Of Elks
John P. Malley of Springfield Massachusetts was elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks over Lee Meriwether of St. Louis at the annual convention in session. The vote was 1290 to 226. Los Angeles was chosen as next convention city. Dr Ralph Hagan of Los Angeles was elected to the board of trustees succeeding Robert S. Scott of Linton Indiana.
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Cincinnati
John P. Malley
Springfield
Mass
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Lee Meriwether
St. Louis
Order
Los Angeles
Ralph Hagan
Board of ‘Trustees
Robert 8. Scott
Linton
Ind
Moners Field Day Greatest Ever Plans Aug 1 Gala
The annual gala day will be held on August 1 at Columbia Gardens featuring sport and fun activities for all. Moners plans describe a day of events and communal celebration with local participation and entertainment.
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Columbia Gardens
Miners Hold Tenth Field Day At Columbia Lens
Miners of Batt lie will hold the tenth annual Miners Field Day at Columbia lens with a holiday program of sports and entertainment for miners and families. The first aid contests will pit the Anaconda company lines from Butte and Anaconda and Great Falls works for the state championship, aiming to enter the national finals in Pittsburgh later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battlies
Columbia Lens
Anaconda Company
Tines
Butte
Works of Anaconda
Great Falls
Pittsburg
Knowledge Box Quiz and Historic References
A composite prompt asking who I am and the roles and successors of a secretary, plus a set of trivia: a Moroccan treaty aftermath, a canal oat type, grotesques on medieval buildings, a notable American author with a house of many gables, a Bible quotation about sowing the wind, and a note that answers are on Page 4.
Indiana Klan Leader Promises Documents on Graft
Stephenson’s lawyer Lloyd Hill says he will reveal papers alleged to link Governor Ed Jackson, Congressman Harry Rowbotom, and others to political favors in Indiana. Hill claims compacts between Stephenson and office holders show how the former klansman influenced state business. Jackson denies any bribery and says the charges are unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Stephenson
Lloyd
Hill
Michigan
Stephenson
Indiana
Indianapolis
Marion County
William H. Remy
Jackson
Hills
Harry E. Rowbottom
Evansville
Ind
Claude M. Worley
Rowbottom
Worley
D. ©. Stephenson
Ed Jackson
Plans for Hutte reception in honor of Lindbergh
Butte officials and civic groups planned a western style welcome for Col Charles A Lindbergh as he arrives to speak for aviation. Mayor M Kerr Beadle extended the freedom of the city and promised immediate committee setup once the arrival date is confirmed.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Butte
M. Kerr Beadle
Harry F. Guggenheim
New York
Lindbergh
America
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
T. C. Witherspoon
Valhalla
John Lindquist
Lindberg
Venire Expanded as Birger Trial Enters Fifth Day
Bent on July 12 Charles Miller issued a summons for a new venire of 20 men to examine for the trial of Charles Birger Art Newman and Ray Hyland of the Southern Trio gang. The total summoned reaches 100 in five days with 80 examined and only four accepted by both sides, all tentatively.
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Benton
Charles Miller
Charles Birger
Art Newman
Ray Hyland
Southern Trois
Missoula Doctor E W Spotswood Elected Grand High Priest
In Montana annual session the Montana Royal Arch Masons elected Dr E W Spotswood of Missoula as most excellent grand high priest. One hundred delegates from 35 local chapters attended at Melita island Flathead Lake with officers named including Ray Armour Great Falls and A J Rowland Miles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
E.W. Spotswood
Montana
A.J. Rowland
Miles City
E. C. Day
Helena
L. T. Hauberg
E. M. Hutchkinson
Whitefish
W. J. Flachsenhar
Terry
Sojourner
R. D. Miller
Pair Loot Bank at Bynum Then Escape in Hill
Sheriff expects to capture suspects after a bank robbery at Bynum ended with a vehicle abandoned in a canyon. Details indicate a car theft, pursuit, and escape in a hill area as authorities coordinate efforts to locate the pair.
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Bynum
Hill
Bank Robbery Near Bynum Sums $1800 In Cash
Two masked men robbed the First State bank at Bynum in Teton county at about 2 3 p m taking 1800 dollars in currency. They bound bank clerk Miss Horrocks then fled toward the mountains on foot after abandoning a machine at a canyon ford. A posse led by Sheriff J L Collins pursues.
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Great Falls
First State Bank
Bynium
Teton County
Rocky Mountains
Ft J.L. Collins
Bynum
Sevveral
Musenna’ Horrosks
Miss ‘Horrocks
Montains
Thetar
Ford
Teton’ Canyon
Collins
Earthquake Kills 1000 Inhabitants Inhospitable Area
London dispatches cite British aviators estimating over 1000 dead in the earthquake zone, mainly in Transjordan. Reports detail casualties at Maan Ramleh and Amman, with Mosque and air force depot destroyed and antiquities at risk as authorities fear further shocks.
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London
Cairo
Transjordania
Daily Mail
Maan
Ramleh
Amman
Daily Express
Ladd
Jericho
Syed Abdul Raouf
High Court
Allahabad
Mecca
Egypt
Butte Man Friend of Lincoln Dies at 91
Onslow Joseph Peters of Butte aged 91 died at 933 South Wyoming street after a three day illness. He was longtime proprietor of the Holand Rink Bottling works and a broom factory. Peters rode the circuit with Lincoln and was childhood friend of the future president. Surviving: two sons O M Peters and John H Peters, two daughters Anna Peters and Katherine McMurray, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Butte
Lincoln
Onslow Joseph Peters
Abraham Lincoln
Wyoming Street
Mr. Peters
Holand Rink
Peters
Circuit Court of Illinois
Onslow Peters
O. M. Peters
John H. Peters
Anna Peters
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Tive
ELKS
France
Spain
Venice
KLAN
Exponent Serving Life Prison Team
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