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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1926
Page
1
Misoula reports dry timber in the Kootenai Lolo and Bitter Root forests fueling large fires. Crews have moved in and are making progress despite struggles with shifting blazes. Ten men were dispatched from Missoula to aid a road crew as crews battle the flames along the coast.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a poet described as a controversial figure linked to attacks on a magazine in Missoula. It mentions postal authorities and censorship threats, with unclear names and dates, suggesting disputes over published poetry and alleged provocations. The text is fragmentary and hard to parse.
Vera of Catheart announces engagement to Ralph Neale, an English playwright, as she travels in the United States. The Countess sought U S officials help after a divorce tied to a stair incident with the Earl of Craven, aiming to admit his ancestry to the country.
In Florida, United States Senator Duncan A. Fletcher maintains a two to one renomination lead as returns from 142 precincts show Fletcher ahead with 18,088 votes. In the fourth district congressional race, Ruth Bryan Owens trails W. J. Sears with Owens at 3, and Sears at 8,015, from partial statewide counts. New York politics also dominates early reporting.
Special Dispatch from Bozeman Montana State College holds graduation with Edward D. Sisson Reed College professor to give the address and Dr Alfred Atkinson to present candidates for degrees. Notable graduates listed include Aline Burgess, Howard Clemmons, Benjamin Harrison, Arthur Sevrin, Dwight Johnson, Glenn Forbes, and others across education agriculture science architecture and more. The ceremony features Chancellor Brannon conferring degrees and Atkinson presenting candidates.
About 100 business and professional leaders attended a Silver Bow club dinner launching a $10,000 campaign to aid the Boy Scouts of Butte. John Peiper praised scouting as citizenship development and cited awards and bravery by scouts nationwide. The event highlighted the impact of the movement on youth and noted similar town campaigns achieving rapid goals.
Chicago June. Peter M Hartman sheriff of Cook county will begin serving a month in the county jail for contempt of court. The sentence stems from actions tied to liberties granted to Terry Druggan and Frank Eake while they served jail terms.
Celia Holland, eighteen, who was struck by a streetcar on South Montana, achieves her first steps in a plaster cast at St James' hospital. Doctors credit her courage more than medical treatment as she recovers from crushed fingers and four fractured vertebrae amid a worldwide man hunt story.
Montana weather notes show most regions dry and windy with only light showers in Chouteau Roosevelt and traces in Yellowstone Prairie. Several counties including Blaine Cascade Chouteau Custer Fallon Fergus Flathead Gallatin Hill Judith Basin Lewis and Clark Lincoln Madison Phillips Prairie Hopebud Sanders Stillwater Toole and Wheatland are listed as needing rain. Winter wheat heads and needs cooler, wetter weather for good fill while spring wheat prospers where moisture held.
Weather relief boosts farm prospects across the state as Governor appeals to residents to pray for rain. The message, issued from Billings, aims to mobilize support for alleviating drought while officials monitor crop conditions and potential input from agricultural agencies.
A river of fire swept through downtown Baltimore along Fallsway near Jones Falls, igniting the area and blowing smoke. Lombard Street Pratt bridges and the Fooly theater were damaged as explosions shook buildings and loosened pavement stones. The blaze likely escaped from a filling station near the large drain.
Mitchell enters the Montana congressional race in the district held by Republican Scott Leavitt who seeks re election. E Comer from Missoula quits as the first candidate for the Democratic nomination for supreme court justice. Three vie for the Republican nomination. Biophen J Cowley of Great Falls files for the Democratic nomination as judge of the Eighth Judicial district currently held by appointment.
Government keeps the pursuit of the De Autremont brothers from Eugene, Oregon alive after more than three years. The U S government and postal authorities press on with renewed searches and notices in the Mou nted area near the Siskyou tunnel as three youths remain at large since the October 11, 1938 incident.
By the Associated Press war measures continue as the Senate authorizes a bill directing 90,000 to purchase silver. Opponents protested that the measure could be called up any time for reconsideration. The bill, approved by the banking committee, faces a minority report by Senator Glass and other Democratic members.
Washington dispatch reports a Brookhart surge igniting national political turmoil as farm relief gains prominence. The episode reveals strains between President Coolidge and Vice President Dawes, with key Republican leaders cautious amid debate on the McNary Faugen farm plan.
The committee invites all local residents who wish to participate to notify officials by telephone 406 or in person this Friday.
The Butte Fourth of July committee seeks federal air support, citing Hardin Montana plane traffic for Custer celebration. Senator Wheeler has urged the War Department to authorize at least two, possibly three, planes to visit Butte, while the committee plans daily stunts with pirate plane acts and smoke writing amid a signed contract. Pageant events start July 5 at Clark Park with a tableaux at 1:30 pm and a chamber of commerce gathering.
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