Floods threaten Louisiana sugar bowl as Mississippi rises
Reports of new floods in Arkansas Missouri and Illinois trigger a Red Cross warning and a weather bulletin. The Mississippi flood prolongs inundation in the Tensas and Atchafalaya basins delaying crops and hindering recovery efforts. About 2000 people face displacement as floodwaters push residents from the St Francis basin and nearby areas toward levees and camps in Tiptonville and Hickman Kentucky.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Sugar Bowl
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Red Cross
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Tensas
Atchafalaya
Southewestern
St. Francis River
Madrid Bend
Tiptonville
Hickman
Death of actress to be investigated in Hollywood
Police renewed inquiry into the alleged suicide of 22 year old actress Helen St. Clair Evans in Hollywood California. Investigators say she apparently took poison after an argument with her husband Arthur Frederick St Clair a scenario writer. The couple wed about three months ago and Captain Knowles planned to request further information from New York police.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Cal
Helen St. Clair Evans
Arthur Frederick St. Clair
Evans
St. Clairs
Knowles
New York
Assassination of Soviet Minister Volkoff in Warsaw
A young Russian student shot Soviet minister Peter Volkoff in Warsaw as he walked with former Soviet chargé d’affaires A. P. Rosengolz at the Central railway station. Volkoff died after being rushed to a hospital. The assailant, Boris Kowceda, 19, a Vilna high school student, reportedly said I killed Volkoff and claimed months of planning. Polish officials fear worsened Poland Russia relations.
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Warsaw
Poland
Peter Volkoff
A. P. Rosengolz
London
Moscow
Volkoff
Rosengolz
Boris Kowceda
Russian Monarchist Party
Vilna
Voikoff
Russia
Flag observant on Flag Day message from Coolidge
Washington June 7 President Coolidge urged citizens to observe Tuesday June 14 as Flag Day and cherish what the flag represents. He linked liberty and union, freedom of thought and speech, and protection of life and property to the nation’s constitutional ideals and justice at home and abroad.
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Washington
Coolidge
Butte to Meet on Tree Blight Watch
The parks and playgrounds committee of the Butte city council will meet today to discuss ridding city trees of frost blight. Alderman John Linquist notes the city’s vital interest in foliage and will seek expert advice on identifying and combating the blight. Nurserymen describe trunk spots and limb blisters, with dry rot spreading from infected areas to kill trees if undiscovered. Many owners are removing infected limbs and replacing dead trees as Butte rallies to protect its woods.
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Parks and Playgrounds
Butte
John Linquist
Linquist
Standard
New Dress For The Standard Reader Friendly Type
The Standard unveils a new legible dress for readers, adopting Mergenthaler Linotype 7 point Tonic No 5 type praised by optometrists. Montana Association of Optometrists minutes note the move improves readability and eye comfort, with old type soon scrapped.
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Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Montana
Mergenthaler Laboratories
N. A. Lyman
Montana Association of Optometrists
Butte
Lyman
N. A. Tyman
Hamilton
Montana Association “of Optometriats
O Iten
Butte Eyes Pacific Flight Plan With Miss Butte Plane
Aviation fever gripped Butte as veteran pilot Jack Lynch backed by locals pursued a 3600 mile Pacific crossing from San Francisco to Honolulu in a Ryan monoplane named Miss Butte. supporters pledged funds around $13,000 for construction and expenses while crowds gathered at the Butte airport to wish him well.
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Iss Butte
Pacific
Jack Lynch
Birdman
Lindbergh
Butte
Slim
Butte Airdrome
Lynch
West Coast
Pacific Islands
Butte Airport
Helena Surgeon Found Dead After Marriage
Dr M W Kyde a prominent Helena physician who wed Miss Genevieve Smith in Butte yesterday was found dead in his Montana club apartment by a steward who entered after the physician failed to respond. The startling marriage had been the talk of Helena and Butte social circles.
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Helena
M. W. Kyde
Butte
Genevieve Smith
Montana Club
Carroll Resumes Journey to Cell
Earl Carroll a New York theatrical producer boarded a sleeping car in Greenville South Carolina to be sent to Atlanta where he will begin a year and a day sentence for perjury tied to his bathtub party The train was scheduled to depart at 1 20 a m.
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Ansoc Ntearas
Greenville
S.C
Earl Carroll
New York
Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary
Butte Undertaker Mike J Walsh Dies After Illness
Mike J Walsh a longtime Butte undertaker died about 2 15 this morning at Deaconess hospital after a two day illness. Born in Ireland he located in Anaconda nearly 40 years ago and for 30 years ran a mortuary in Butte. Known for his generosity he was beloved by hundreds of Butte families and is survived by an uncle in Chicago and a sister in Los Angeles.
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M. J. Walsh
Butte
Deaconss Hospital
Walsh
Montana
Ireland
Anaconda
Chicago
Los Angeles
Lindbergh to Receive Hubbard Medal for Historic Flight
Col Charles A Lindbergh, famed for his New York Paris flight, will be awarded the Hubbard Medal by the National Geographic Society. The presentation, likely by President Coolidge, will honor his epochal achievement with a ceremony to be announced.
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Ashington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Memphis
National Geographic Society
Richard Evlyn Byrd
Pressidge
North Pol
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Coolidie
Byrd
Lindvergh
Peary
Pole
Roald Amundsen
Robert A. Bartlett Groves
Carl “Gilbert
Ernest “H. Shackleton
Vilhjalmur Steffan
Cherbourg
Atlantic
Nder
A. C. Read
Special Session Appeal Gains Ear of Coolidge Now
Washington June 7 Appeals for a special session of Congress in the fall gain the ear of President Coolidge who will confer with Senator Smoot on flood control and tax reform. He favors early adjournment to accommodate elections but doubts a brief session would rapidly execute flood control measures. The Mississippi disaster drive continues to mount.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Smoot
Utah
Mississippi Valley
White House
House
Senate
Sesson
Finance Committee
Mississipi
Bankers Describe State Prosperity At Group Session
Prosperity in Butte and nearby cities emerged from reports at the ninth annual Montana Bankers association meeting held in Butte at the Silver Bow club. More than 100 attendees included officials from 17 banks across Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Powell, Beaverhead, Jefferson, and Madison counties. A. R. Robert of Whitehall State Bank was named term 6.
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Butte
Montana Bankers? Association
Silver Bow Club
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Powll
Beaverhead
Jefferson
Madison
A. R. Robert
Whitehall State Bank
Good Riddance of Bad Rubbish Sign on Grave
Deputies say Paul Bender of Broken Bow Oklahoma placed a placard bearing good riddance of bad rubbish on his father's grave at Calvary cemetery. He is jailed on a charge of defiling the dead, punishable by up to five thousand dollars or one year in jail, per a sworn complaint by his stepmother who said the act followed disputes over the will.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Paul B. Bender
Broken Bow
Oklo
Bender
Calvary Cemetery
Berlin Welcomes Airmen Charmed by 150000 Spectators
Berlin crowds cheered Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Lindbergh as they descended in the Bellanca Columbia at Belhofen airfield. German planes escorted the arrival amid a festive scene after a restless wait. Spectators packed the field, watching for the famous aviators as a brass band added carnival atmosphere to the wartime greeting.
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Associated
Pro Berlin
Hocks
Belhofer Airdrome
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Nally
Sin
Bellanca
Columbia
Berlin
Coast to Coast and Back in Seven Days Record Autoist Sets
Louis B. Miller of San Francisco completed a 6700 mile round trip from the Pacific coast to New York and back in seven days, claiming a new cross country auto travel and elapsed time record. He left San Francisco a week earlier, reached New York City late Friday, spent one minute there, then arrived in Los Angeles today at 10 am, beating the previous cross country record by about three hours and fifteen minutes.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
New York City
Louis B. Miller
San Francisco
Miller
Western Union Company
Metropolis
Automobile Company
Rain and sun boost crops across Montana regions
Four days of clouds and heavy precipitation gave way to three days of sunshine improving crop prospects in Montana. Early wheat stands two inches high. corn and other grains sprouting. hay becomes abundant. sugar beets thinning underway. Potato planting two-thirds done. beef and sheep markets active with 25 thousand fleeces sold in Blaine county at 35 cents.
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Helena
Ine
State Department of Agriculture
Arly
Billings
Sidney
Chinook
Yellowstone
Montana
Rosebud
Madison
Blaine County
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National Geographics
Pennsylvania Avenue
National Capital
H. E. Lackey
Lackey
France
Banks
Robert
Chamberlin
Levine
Department of Agriculture
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