Weather prospects for plane chase to Hawaii from Oakland
Reports from San Francisco on July 14 show Ernest L. Smith and Emory B. Bronte flying from Oakland to Hawaii at about 92 miles per hour over 630 nautical miles from the city. Efforts to contact the steamer Frank H. Buck 800 miles out and to reconnect with radio stations continued as two pigeons released earlier were not yet accounted for at 10 p.m. The birds were expected to reach land, possibly the Farralon Islands, as pilots tracked position.
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Associated Press
AN Francisco
Ernest L. Smith
Emory B. Bronte
Oakland
Cal
Hawaii
San Francisco
Frank H. Buck
San_ Francisco
Farralone Islands
Simplicity marks burial of actor's ashes at old home
John Drew, who died last week in San Francisco, is laid to rest in Mount Vernon cemetery Philadelphia in a quiet ceremony attended by three relatives. Louise Devereaux, her husband, and Ethel Barrymore accompany the urn to Mrs. Drew's grave as earth is replaced. Floral tributes arrive after interment.
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Philadelphia
John Drew
San Francisco
Mount Veronon
Louise Devereaux
Ethel Barrymore
Jobh Drew
Mrs. Drew
Actors Equity Association
Railway chiefs bring messages of promise to Northwest
Col. T. H. Lantry of the Northern Pacific and H. C. Pierpont of the Milwaukee tell Butte of 1927 prospects for farmers, wool growers, cattle men, and business. They predict crops of high quality Montana fleece, more sheep, better forage, rising tourist travel, and broader prosperity with more locomotives, cars, workers, and transportation along Northwest lines.
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Northwest
Butte
T. H. Lantry
Northern Pacific
H. C. Pierpont
Milwaukee
Pierpont Sees Great Northwest Tourist Travel Rise
Pierpont and Hicks, railway executives, toured Alaska and northwest states in July. They praised rising tourist travel and crop optimism, noting Montana and nearby states expect strong harvests, with corn growth steady and frost unlikely to threaten feed supplies. The visit highlighted a prosperous agricultural outlook boosting overall business.
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Northwest
HO. Pierpont
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. N. Hicks
Butte
Alaska
Montana
Lowden Delegates Leave for Illinois
Governor Adam McMullen and Nebraska delegates board a special car for the East to pursue former Governor Lowden as a presidential candidate. Delegates join in Omaha and proceed to Aurora, Illinois, to present a written plea urging Lowden to accept the demand of Republican and independent voters. The Nebraska party will offer a resolution urging the GOP to redeem its platform promises and safeguard agriculture prosperity.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Adam McMullen
Mlinois
Lowden
Chicago
Omaha
Aurora
Til
Oregon
McMullen
Nebraska
President Coolidge Considers Yellowstone Visit
Rapid City report states President Coolidge is weighing a summer trip to Yellowstone National Park as part of his Northwestern Wyoming visit. If undertaken, the park would be reserved for the presidential party for five or six days, with fishing and horseback riding options noted by Wyoming officials and citizens. No date has been set, and Wyoming welcomes him as a break from the Black Hills or upon return to Washington.
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Rapid City
Yellowstone National Park
White House
President Coolidge
Wyoming
Black Hills
Coolidge
Park
Kendrick
Emerson
Yellowstone
Mr. Coolidge
Washington
Lantry stresses crop importance for railways in Northwest
Col. T. H. Lantry, Northern Pacific general manager, tours St Paul to Spokane and stresses crops as vital to rail traffic. He notes the Northwest relies on crops, stock, wool as freight, with lumber demand fading and shipping routes shifting, underscoring agriculture’s impact on rail profitability.
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Jupiter Pluvius
Northwest
Great Lakes
Col
T. H. Lantry
Northern Pacific Railway
Butte
Lantry
St. Paul
Spokane
Pacific Northwest
New York
Delegates Outline Aims At Plenary Session
Geneva July 14 The tripartite naval conference enters a tense plenary session with US Britain and Japan outlining their cruiser problem positions. Delegates show divergent views and no immediate agreement, while pressing for renewed effort before week’s end as talks adjourn.
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Geneva
Tripartite Naval Conference
United States
Britain
Japan
Sec
Cosgrave assumes two cabinet posts in Dail
President Cosgrave announced in the dail that he would act as minister of justice and minister of external affairs, posts vacated by Kevin O Hodgins who was assassinated Sunday. Ernest Blythe becomes minister of finance and vice president of the Free State council.
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Associated Dublin
Cosgrave
Dail
Kevin O'Higgins
Ernest Blythe
Mr. O'Higgins
Free State Council
Navy to administer oil reserve lands again
The Navy resumes control of naval oil reserves from the Interior Department on August 1 under a Wilbur Work agreement. The arrangement reverts leases to pre-1921 status, with Interior still managing three producing wells until Congress acts. The Navy aims to conserve oil, already closing 21 wells in California Reserve No 1 and seeking compensation from neighboring operators for increased production.
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NAVY
Associated Prem
Washington
Interior Department
Coolidge
Wilbur
Work
Harding
Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Pall
Edward L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Interior and Navy
California
Congress
Navy Department
Orl
California Reserve No. 1
Convicts Ready For Gallows After Joliet Jail Escape
Three condemned men Charles Dichowski Walter Stalesky and Roberto Torres await dawn execution at Joliet prison after escaping on May 1 1926 from Will County jail and killing a deputy warden. Guards patrol Joliet streets as Sanity hearing petition for Torres is filed and judges are reportedly unavailable.
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Roberto Torres
Greult Court
Charles Dichowski
Walter Stalesky
Torres
Countess Markievicz Irish Leader Dies
Dublin dispatch reports Countess Markievicz, longtime Sinn Fein leader and advocate for workers, died early Friday after two appendicitis operations. Hospital notes say she remained serious but improving. she was revered by Dublin's wage earners for her care of laborers and national cause.
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London
Dublin
Markievicz
Ireland
Markievicr
Sir Patrick Dunn's Hospital
Countess Markdevics
Sinn Fein
Penniless Pair Try Double Suicide Over Poverty
An itinerant couple, Chatman and his wife, slashed their wrists with razors in a Park Street room after four days of joblessness and poverty, both later in St James hospital. They believed the act was simultaneous and hoped to end their hardships, with the landlady noting their desperate state and a report on Page 4 Column 12.
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Park Street
Chatman
St. James’ Hospital
Rodgers Block
East Park Street
Collision between Helper Engine and Milwaukee train
A collision near Donald Montana involving Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line Westbound Columbian train No 17 and a helper motor fan mountainside left the front tracks derailed both engines and lightly injured several trainmen and passengers. Motormen escaped by leaping to safety as crews aborted. Investigation ongoing with indications the helper engine crew misread time.
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Chicago, Milwaukee , St. Paul
Donald
Butte
Insane Patients Held to Quarters as Fire Wipes Out Buildings
More than 2000 patients at the southwestern states insane asylum near Antonio were kept in place as a fire destroyed two principal one story structures the mattress factory and a storage house. Attendants reported little panic as smoke drifted away and city firemen extinguished the blaze after a three mile run.
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Antonio
Southwestern States Insane Asylum
Asylum
Mattress Factory
Thousands Seek Beaches Amid Heat Wave Death Toll
New York and eastern states endure a three day heat wave with 40 deaths reported regionally. Greater New York and New Jersey each tally seven deaths, Connecticut three, Massachusetts two, Pennsylvania nine, and Upper New York state twelve. Storms later promised cooling, rain began in New York City before five, while other areas faced continued high humidity and strain on hospitals. Thousands still crowded beaches despite forecasts of more storms and heat relief.
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Greater
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Upper New York State
New York City
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Upper
New York State
Weather Bureau
New England
Lake Ontario
Blonde 19-year-old foiled bank robbery attempt
Saginaw Michigan July 14 a blonde 19 year old girl attempted to obtain 5000 from People's Savings Bank teller E. E. Speckhardt by forcing a decrepit revolver to the face and handing a 5000 check. She was disarmed by patrolmen and taken into custody claiming mortgage debt compelled the act.
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Associated Press
Saginaw
Midh
People’s Savags Bank
E. E. Speckhardt
Silver Bow County to Build Airfield for Derby Route
Silver Bow County officers announced plans to construct an L shaped airfield on 0 acres as an aviation station south of the city. Major John T Fancher visited Butte and said the area could become an air mail and Derby stop. Construction timing unclear but field shaping will precede the September air derby.
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Silver Bow
Board of County Commissioners
Butte
John T. Fancher
Fancher
Spokane
Tim Kearney
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Northwest States
Pierpont
Illinois
Yellowstone Park
Nation
U.S
Dmwn
Countess Markievicz
F. B. Chatham
Atlantic
Coney Island
Silver Bow County
Air Derby
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