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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1927
Page
2
Captain Courtney postponed the planned Westward sea flight after ensuring the whale’s apparatus needed adjustments. He cited readiness concerns and favorable weather as motivations for delaying, while Marconi experts found vibration and noise issues requiring a new generator and propeller.
King Ferdinand died after a long illness caused by cancer and pneumonia. He was cared for by Queen Marie and despite operations and radium treatment his condition worsened, leaving Prince Michael to assume future duties as regent. Bucharest shut down shows, censorship imposed, and Carol expelled as the government maintains iron control.
A plane crash at Lomax Illinois killed Jack Carlock and left pilot Charles Baughn with severe burns likely to prove fatal as they prepared to fly home to Watertown New York.
A divorce decree granting Mrs. Louis Knowlton Dodge custody of Delphine and Horace E. Dodge III and awarding a property settlement around 600000 plus fees was signed today in Detroit by Judge Vincent M. Brennan.
The document notes an emergency appropriation of 1800 for the police department and a 28392 salary roll for the garbage and ash department. Legislative and executive salaries total 9760 annually with the mayor at 4000 and 16 aldermen at 360 per year each. The budget was submitted, read and referred to the judiciary committee.
A women’s debate costumes the bachelorhood issue, with speakers from Idaho to New Jersey arguing whether marriage awaits or independence governs. They discuss moral responsibility, tax reforms to aid single mothers, and the role of romance in marriage, as Lena Phillips’ leadership is noted and Mackinac Island eyed for the 1928 convention.
Bernt Balchen, silent member of Commander Byrd's transatlantic crew, spoke to 2,000 New Yorkers at a Merchants Association luncheon. He praised Byrd and shipmates Neville and Acosta, and radioed his pride at representing America. The report also notes $200 million worth of American typewriters sent abroad in 15 years.
Thousands in Montana report relief from sleepless nights and stomach distress after using Dr. Luntz’s Herbal Flaxolyn. Endorsed by Dr. A W Herr and Dr. George Starr White, the remedy is promoted as a natural laxative aiding digestion and sleep without side effects. The product is sold for $1 per box and recommended by Lindlahr Sanitarium and other health institutions.
Lynch promotes a northern air route from St Paul to Seattle via Butte and Helena with minimal winter hazards. Government to supply night flying lighting and ground equipment. Aviator Lynch notes improved East lines after postal rate cut. St Louis–Dallas order for $138,000 in new planes.
Geneva report notes mid August as likely end date for tri partite conference halted by British delegation recall. Differences linger over secondary cruiser armament with six inch guns favored by Britain and Japan proposing slicing Hawkins class guns, while the United States resists limits that would bar future wartime upgrades.
President Hoover presents a flood relief program aiming to aid levee bondholders amid crop losses. A sweeping plan calls for higher wider levees spillways safety valves and extended funding of 15 to 20 million dollars annually for ten years to cover flood control navigation and power on the Mississippi system. Smoot urges early congressional session and action.
The Weslyn Methodist conference at Bradford, England, voted 239 to 209 against admitting women to the ministry. A speaker warned circuits would resist women ministers, and a woman delegate said women were not wanted in the ministry, recounting early missionary vows being broken. The article also notes linen mill workers in Northern Ireland remaining busy after two years of idle periods.
Health committee urges appointment of a city plumbing inspector. Opposition cites $2400 cost and missing budget provision. Reports trace through several committees before adoption. Other actions include hospital and physician bill policy, tax roll help funding, and city payroll and fire department finances.
The rebel leader asserts he would rather die than surrender liberty, defending constitutionalism of Dr. Sacasa and denouncing U S actions under President Coolidge. Tiscapa fort on a Managua hill now hosts Marines, with Maj. Ross F Rowell directing aerial reconnaissance to monitor the city.
ARE BUTTE VISITORS Mr and Mrs Frank H Cooney Packie and Virginia Cooney and Miss Marjorie Wilkinson all of Missoula arrived in Butte yesterday While in the city they plan to visit with John P Cooney Mrs W V Kingsbury and other local friends Mr Cooney plans.
A brief note indicates a party plans to depart to the northern part of the state in a few days. They will be accompanied by his son Tyler and by Rod. The context suggests a personal or family relocation or travel update.
Members of the Pioneers' club dance committee met to discuss the organization picnic to be held at Columbia Gardens on August 14. Transportation and commissary details are to be arranged, according to M. J. Cavanaugh.
The organization will provide coffee and light lunch specialties, while picnic attendees supply staple articles for the meal.
W B Enochson of the Montana hotel hosts his father B A Enochson and sister Mrs W E Seger who arrived Tuesday from Columbus North Dakota. The relatives traveled overland by auto and will remain in Butte for a week or two.
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