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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1928
Page
4
A sweeping outlook on electrically powered instruments predicts easier play and richer tones while risking loss of skilled labor. Paris musicians fear machine orchestras and canned music will dominate theaters, though debates over merit and taste continue amid modern novelty.
Analysts in the Middle West discuss Governor Bulow of South Dakota as Al Smith’s possible running mate. He is a farmer and lawyer, praised as a “friend of the farmers” with a pro farmer stance and dry enforcement record. Some favor him to boost farm relief and GOP support.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin shows U S wood use dwarfs many nations. With 6 percent of world population it holds 35 percent of railway mileage and high per capita timber use for transportation. Demand for newsprint paper and wood products grows, prompting urgent forest conservation against fires and overuse.
Scientists discuss tone production by electrical means and predict orchestras of electric instruments. The article compares this potential shift to a new era in architecture driven by modern materials and construction. Old instruments will remain for music written for them.
A column discusses ongoing calls to split New York into separate states, arguing the divide would expose stark political and economic divides between upstate and New York City. It notes the city’s political clout, tax contributions, and the persistent talk of severing the union, amid broader campaign chatter across the nation.
The page lists quiz answers: Winston Churchill as chancellor, writer. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Steppes. Washington DC. Psalms twenty seven ten.
Reports from New York dated June 3 say nine defenseless ships have been sunk by German submarines off the American coast. The chance of bringing home warships from the war zone is considered gone. In Montana news, A L Lewis of Anaconda transacted business in Butte, returning home on the late train. M L Mead visited Butte from the capital yesterday. Mrs F A Hazelbaker of Dillon was also a visitor in Butte yesterday.
J G Sanders of Butte visited Anaconda yesterday then returned home on the late train. E H Sherman departed Butte last night for an extended business trip to Chicago and other eastern cities. Thomas Casey of Butte plans several weeks in the East and aims to be home around June 15. Mrs Fred L Melcher left Butte yesterday for a eastern visit, with Boston and Wolfeboro NH on the itinerary before returning next fall.
Detective Jere Murphy of Butte arrived in Anaconda on official business and spent the night at the Montana. Buck Whiles traveled from Deer Lodge to Anaconda to see it in the rain. W. W. Dixon and family are guests at the Montana while visiting from Butte. Mr. and Mrs. Sewall Davis are visiting in Helena and will return to Butte this weekend. Mrs. Wilber Boyce, ill for two weeks, is greatly improved per physicians.
H. H. Makinson writes to the editor dated June 3 1928 correcting a misattribution in page 14 of the Standard. He acknowledges the verses are unique but says he is not the author.
A column reprints a reader list from a young woman using the nickname Ste nographer. The ten books include The Bible, Les Miserables, Plays of Shakespeare, Poems of Longfellow, Bridge of San Luis Rey, Walden, The Blue Flower, Poems of Sidney Lanier, and two unread but intended works The Man Nobody Knows and Napoleon.
The listing shows programs from 4:36 to 6:50 with featured acts like Roxy and His Gang and Musical Maids. Stations include WEAF WOW WHO WSM WSB WRC and others. Also noted are the 6:00 Riverside hour and a French General Motors Party program across multiple networks.
A dense schedule shows hourly radio programs across several stations including KDAF Kansas City KCCO Minneapolis KAOA Denver KVOO Tulsa and KHQ Spokane. Entries list talk, music, orchestra sets and special acts with times from late afternoon through late evening and mentions of Time to Retire Boys and Nighthawk among others.
A brief reflective excerpt cites St. Matthew Chapter seven verses 17 to 20. It contrasts a good tree bearing good fruit with a corrupt tree yielding evil fruit and warns that trees not producing good fruit are cut down and cast into the fire.
Detectives Kinney and Roe stopped two men after a nighttime chase near Lover's Lane. Regan and Baruch, arrested for multiple holdups, admitted involvement and named aliases. A stolen Nash roadster and identified watches tied them to prior robberies.
Miss Universe and 41 other contestants paraded along Galveston beach as 50 000 to 100 000 spectators watched the third annual International Pageant of Pulchritude. The event includes floats and 2 000 autos with ten entrants from foreign countries. Miss United States will be chosen tomorrow night.
A gift to the Afghan king includes a Persian document written with a finely made fingernail like pen. The unusual writing instrument highlights the ceremony and the value placed on the artifact.
The exiled ruler Chang Tso-lin faces a 70 000 strong force from Shantung and Chihli led by Sun Chuan-fang and Chang Tsung-chang. Sun Chuan-fang is in Peking, Chang Tsung-chang in Tientsin, and both leaders threaten the transfer of Peking to southern nationalist control.
The Associated Press reports Chang Tso-lin arrived in Mukden at 8 am after yesterday’s abdication of the North China dictatorship. He traveled from Peking and is shown arriving as authorities adjust to the political shift.
A report from Peking says Chang Hsueh-liang and Yang Yu-ting of the Fengtien party, sympathetic to nationalist ideals, intend to join forces with South China leaders and stay in Chihli with their armies. Fengtien refers to Mukden, Manchuria, home of Chang Tso-lin.
The forecast cites favorable planetary influence on leases and ventures with banks prospering and stock market activity urged by oil news. It predicts election luck for seasoned politicians, possible setback for women in politics, and a surprise high office for one woman. Also notes storms in Britain, travel surprises in Europe, and a year of financial luck for birthdate individuals. Noguchi dies after aiding tick control work.
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