27 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1921
Page
1
A series of violent storms swept Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, and Nebraska. Four people were reported dead as tornadoes and accompanying lightning and strong winds caused damage across the region. Local officials were assessing affected towns and coordinating emergency responses.
A storm system brought blizzards to North and South Dakota and western Minnesota with 30 mile winds and temperature drops. Tornadoes near Worthington and Pocahontas County caused injuries and property damage. A wind storm near Hansen Nebraska produced barns blown from foundations with no fatalities reported. In Minnesota, Noble and Murray counties suffered a wind event with casualties.
The text states the president expresses empathy and wishes for the fullest measure of success in worthy efforts to contribute to the people, underscoring a focus on relief and public welfare.
President Harding forwarded a sympathy message to New York for the Irish relief meeting set for April 3, pledging aid from the United States and highlighting kinship with Ireland. In Dublin the Home Rule act preliminaries were set for April 19 with proclamations planned for May 3.
The Associated Press reports that nearly 3,500 Denver building craftsmen saw wages slashed from 1 to 1.30 dollars per day by the Colorado industrial commission. The 10 day hearing led to a wartime scale reduction of ten percent. the new rate takes effect in April.
Community opinions favor building an athletic field and stadium for the Montana State School of Mines as a tool for employment and school development. While some doubt timing and cost, most back early construction as beneficial to the school and wider Butte area, arguing state support may be justified if necessity is clear.
Democrats outline a two year program of economy and retrenchment with business administration for municipal affairs if elected. At the city central committee meeting in Judge Jackson's courtroom, W H Davey, Horace Casey, Dan Shea and aldermanic candidates spoke. The executive committee will direct the campaign and names Hilary Harrington as chairman.
The forecast suggests cool unsettled conditions with possible Easter bonnet plans affected. Yesterday afternoon, clear skies and a warm sun offered hope of a pleasant early spring in Butte, but northeast winds cooled the air and the thermometer fell as Wharton noted a rising barometer, keeping expectations tentative.
18 year old Lewis Adier was shot in the left hand and groin when a rusty revolver, shown by his companion Burt Grosso, discharged accidentally in the Leonard mine area near Meaderville. He was taken to the city emergency hospital. doctors credited him with a probable recovery.
A man charged with shooting his uncle at Quitman Texas arrived from a coma in Wash and startled police by walking in and confessing in 1918 he killed his uncle. He now searches for his captor while the captor seeks him.
Senator Bill Brennan of Flathead County discusses changes to the oil tax law and coal tax, arguing the 1 percent oil tax is not excessive and will not hinder oil development. He contrasts it with a proposed 4.8 percent rate and criticizes a bill about national committee selection as outrageous.
A terse notice reports another gold strike near Fairbanks with scattered references to Billy Jamon and Chisana, alongside unrelated court and district mentions in Silver Bow and Clark counties. The readable fragments imply mining activity but lack clear details or dates.
Helena March 26 A writ of supervisory control is expected to be the next move in the Montana GOP split. The battle pits old guard leaders Joseph M Dixon Doc Lanstrum and allies against C H P Shelley the national committeeman, with Attorney General Wellington Rankin backing progressives in a last resort power struggle.
A fragment notes supporters backing Hiram Johnson and sending a solid pledge to Chicago to back the Californian against foreign entanglements. The terse paragraph hints at political alignment and opposition to foreign entanglements within a party or alliance context.
Nine bodies tied to a Jasper county peonage investigation were found. Six Black men were unearthed at John Williams plantation by Justice Department agents led by Clyde Manning, who confessed to aiding in killings. Three others were found earlier near Yellow River. two-room cabin stockades and an old family feud were cited amid ongoing searches and indictments. Local and federal authorities, with the Georgia National Guard on alert, planned further diggings to recover two more bodies said to be in the Alcory river.
Baltimore reports a March funeral in which a pontifical Gregorian chant will be sung at the cardinal’s obsequies in the Sistine Chapel style. The Gregorian Choral Society of St Mary’s Seminary will perform the music, tied to a Vatican manuscript moved to Baltimore recently.
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