20 Jun 1928
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1928
Page
1
Representatives of agricul turists present relief and prohibition concerns to the Democratic convention in Houston. Delegates pledge to take up the demands for discussion and action.
Mrs. Hazel Glab age 29 is jailed in Los Angeles with her niece and two others as police pursue a murder probe stemming from a night crime. The case centers on a coast city incident under investigation with multiple suspects in custody.
An open verdict was returned by a Butte jury in the Grace M. Kelly death inquest. The cerebral hemorrhage was linked to a beating by unknown assailants, with Deputy Sheriff Frank Mutch testifying neighbors reported the attack by Grace Kelly's husband John Kelly alias Joe Kelly. A suspect named Jack Duffy, matching broadcast descriptions, is held at Billings as fingerprints are checked by Butte police. another man, Harry Beadle, was arrested following a car pursuit.
Ohio Democrat leader W A Julian urged the Democratic National Convention to affirm in principle the McNary Haugen farm relief bill as vital to the nation. He argued the country faces disaster without relief for the agriculture sector and warned against neglecting this issue.
A week ending June 17 brought a shift from cool dry days to soaking rain across most counties. Eastern districts saw the heaviest moisture while central regions had good showers. Temperatures dropped in western areas as rainfall spread from Friday night to Sunday.
Four Bloomington men aged 48 52 27 and 36 were killed by lightning while sheltering under a tree on Indiana University grounds during a rainstorm. A fifth man, Harry Hobbs, was badly shocked. The victims had been working on the new athletic practice field.
Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in St Paul to discuss a potential New York to Seattle air rail corridor. He met with Louis W. Hill and Ralph Budd to exchange ideas on a northern route via Detroit or Toledo through St. Paul. He would not reveal specifics or timing.
12 year old George Monheit of Piedmont California survived five days in Yosemite National Park using clever climbing to reach Mirror Lake. Rangers praised his headwork and volunteers prepared a final search as he was rushed to a hospital after a San Francisco couple spotted him by the lake and assisted him to safety.
In Minneapolis on June 19 the Associated Press reports Naboru Ohtani urged a good will trip of U S Rotary members to the Pacific Rotary conference in Tokio next October. Ohtani, head of Japan's shipping industry and Tokio Rotary president, said delegation attendance would foster understanding between nations. He noted Japan's duty to family and country, praising Rotary service. Albert Bouchery of Brussels conveyed greetings from King Albert of Belgium, with the Belgian monarch previously speaking at Ostend in 1927.
The convicted parties in Washington V Police man face the full penalty for their crime. The court declares Luolidge will not interfere, upholding the fatal charge and ensuring the punishment proceeds.
Secretary Hoover and Senator Curtis met for several hours in a private conference during the 1978 campaign. They emerged silent, offering no statements on policy or strategy.
The Associated Press reports President Coolidge refused to commute the death sentences of Nicholas Lee Eagles John Proctor and Samuel Moreno convicted in Washington DC of first degree murder. Decision followed review of Justice Department report and defense briefs. transmission to the attorney general confirmed.
Secretary Hoover and Senator Curtis discussed campaign plans in Washington getting briefed by press, sharing luncheon, and holding a conference. Curtis arrived in the capital and planned to stay through Thursday with possible rest before further activity.
Four thousand war veterans and auxiliaries will meet in Butte June 25 to 27 for the largest patriotic gathering in the region. Luncheons dinners business meetings a barbecue boxing show and numerous minor activities fill the three day program with new features added by member organizations. A post pilgrimage to Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital is planned and a Helena area hospital trip is tentatively arranged for Legionnaires and their auxiliaries.
Mont Gardiner June 19 1928 park officials announce the Yellowstone National Park season will formally open tomorrow with hotel accommodations and services. Campers with their own equipment have been allowed entry since today, marking the start of the tourist season.
A boiler blast at a bath house in a Mexico City suburb killed nine people, including two children, and injured about thirty others. The Associated Press reports the incident occurred tonight with officials continuing to assess the scene.
The film star Mary Pickford and husband Douglas Fairbanks arrived from Europe with 12 trunks of apparel. U S customs raised the declared duties by about 1000 dollars after inspection, stating value rather than purchase price governed the bill.
Miss Amelia Earhart Pilot Bill Stultz and Mechanic Slip Gordon arrive in London after completing the first transatlantic flight with a woman in the crew. They landed at Barry Port prior and finished in Southampton then traveled to London to begin official tributes.
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention from Alaska Washington Oregon Idaho Nevada Montana Utah Wyoming and Colorado will stop in Kansas City an hour Saturday on their way to Houston. A bus tour of the city is arranged by the Chamber of Commerce.
There is no news tonight from Roald Amundsen and Rene Guilbaud who left Tromsoe in a French seaplane to aid the Nobile rescue. The pair may have aimed for Advent Bay as a base at Spitzbergen rather than King’s Bay, or may already be beyond North East Land pursuing the search.
Seattle June 19 Victor M Johnson spoke at Kiwanis twelfth annual convention tracing growth from 1915 Detroit luncheon meeting to a global organization of 100000 members. Detroit business leaders founded the group and kept records as it expanded worldwide.
Butte police identify a man who wounded C. T. Lomas and killed himself as John Allen of Long Beach. Fingerprints from the California bureau linked Allen, once arrested in 1926 for assault with a deadly weapon. The dead man’s record and photo have been forwarded to Butte.
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