Nationalist Victory in Tsinanfu Sparks International Tension
Peking reports the capture of Tsinanfu, Shantung, as the era’s greatest nationalist triumph since Nanking in 1927. Foreign friction grows as Japanese infantry move from South Manchuria toward Dairen and Tsingtao to aid beleaguered forces. Chiang Kai-shek leads the nationalist command in the crisis.
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Associated Press
Peking
Tsinanfu
Shantung Province
Nanking
Tsunafu
Japan
Manchuria
Dairen
Tsingtao
Chiang Kai-shek
Navy sets record for heavy planes
The PN-12 seaplane broke the world endurance record for C-2 type aircraft aboard the Philadelphia navy yard. Lieuts. Arthur Gavin and Zeus Souck piloted the craft for 33 hours, beating the old PN-9 record by four hours and 24 minutes. Commander Weyerbacher reported two mechanicians aboard and fuel to exhaust.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Arthur Gavin
Zeus Souck
C. H. Sevhiidhauer
Ralph E. Weryerbacker
Navy Yard
Weyerbacher
Gavin
Souck
Delaware River
Reedy Island
Gloucester
N. J
Italia dirigible flight delayed by Arctic gales and snow
Oslo dispatch says General Umberto Nobile postponed the Italia overnight due to snowstorms and forecast gales in the Arctic Ocean. The airship, after landing at Vadsoe, Norway, prepares for a flight to King’s Bay Spitzbergen with fresh fuel and a planned months long exploration program.
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Associated Press
Oslo
Norway
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Arctic Ocean
Vadsoe
Stolp
Germany
Vadsee
Arctic
King’s Bay
General Nobile
Methodist bishops face trials over dogma disputes
Opening of Bishop Anton Bast of Copenhagen's trial on charges of impropriety is joined by Rev. Francis J. McConnell of Pittsburgh facing possible action for violating church dogma. McConnell is accused over his conduct at a 1927 Wilmington conference and his pamphlet endorsing evolution in a Civil Liberties Union publication. Bishop Bast will be judged by McConnell, noted liberal leader, as proceedings begin.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Anton Bast
Copenhagen
Methodist Episcopal Church
Francis J. McConnell
Pittsburg
George A. Cooke
Wilmington
Dela
McConnell
American Civil Liberties Union
Changes Not Sufficient In Mississippi Flood and Farm Relief
President Coolidge weighs veto over two key congress bills as farm relief and flood control face limited revisions. He finds only minor changes meet his objections, with the farm equalization fee and crop stabilization core issue and the flood measure still containing disallowed elements. House leaders push conference on the farm bill while Mississippi flood bill nears final conference steps.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol
Congress
Coolidge
House
Senate
White House
Sargent
Yellowstone Red Passes in Alaska Pioneer of the Great West Dies
A. H. Yellowstone Red Anderson a famed Montana Yellowstone district figure and North West Mounted Police veteran dies at 79 in Dawson City Yukon Territory. Born in Ireland he married Sitting Bull’s sister and lived a life spanning mining plains and early Yukon days.
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Associated Press
Dawson City
Y. T
A. H
Yellowstone
Anderson
Sitting Bull
Yukon
Old World mine operators study Montana methods
Three German mine operators led by O Fitaner Harold Ganse and Dr O Fisher visit Butte to learn Montana mining and smelting methods. They oversee 120600 tons of zinc concentrates and 1,000000 tons of coal annually for German properties allied with Anaconda. They employ 20500 workers with wages around $2 daily plus housing.
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Butte
O. Fitaner
Harold Ganse
O. Fisher
Giesche Corporation
Germany
Anaconda Company
Intersts
United States
Fisher
Utah Delegates to G. O. P. Convention Uninstructed
Salt Lake City May 4 Eleven Utah Republican delegates to the national convention were named today to attend in Kansas City uninstructed for any presidential candidate. Harold P. Fabian was elected national committeeman and Mrs Jeanette A Hyde national committeewoman. The slate includes Reed Smoot Carl R Marcusen Louis S Cates Harry S Bristol John E Booth and Mrs Charles M Morris. Delegates from the first district are Don B Colton Hirschel Bullen and from the second district E O Leatherwood and Mrs John W Thornley. The delegation was kept uninstructed after rejecting a Hoover instruction proposal by former Salt Lake Mayor W Mont Ferry.
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Associated Prose
Salt Lake City
Utah
Man Without Country Fights Deportation To Stay In U S
Peter Mickalaeski a $4 sailor born in a region once Russia now part of Lithuania sits months in Alameda county jail while U S immigration weighs his status. He says he was born in Russia and has no native land and intends to stay in the United States despite deportation orders.
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Central Press
Oakland
Cal
Peter Mickalaeski
United States
Alameda County
Peter
Russia
Lithuania
Immigration Bureau
Washington
San Jose
Mickalaeski
Walsh Withdrawal Consolidates Smith Delegation in Montana
The withdrawal of Senator T. J. Walsh as a candidate at the Houston national Democratic convention removes any prospect of division among Montana Democrats and solidifies the Smith delegation, say prominent party members in Butte.
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T. J. Walsh
Houston
Montana
Smith Bailiwick
Butte
Democrats Ready to Appear Before Campaign Probers
The special Senate campaign funds committee plans to begin inquiry into preconvention financing next Monday by questioning congressional candidates for the presidential nominations. Governors Smith and Ritchie may testify. Hoover's secretary would appear when called.
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Associated Press
Washington
Democratic
Special
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Congress
Smith
Steiner
Albany
Ritchie
Maryland
Hoover
Winant Dies After Beating at Drinking Place
Cornelius T. Winant broker and brother of former New Hampshire governor John C. Winant died after a beating at a drinking resort. An autopsy cited loss of blood from a broken nose as the cause. Detectives said he told a friend he was beaten and expelled from a speakeasy.
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Associated Fre
New York
Cornelius T. Winant
Winant
John C. Winant
New Hampshire
Princeton
Gonzales
Walsh Withdraws From Democratic Presidential Race
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana announces his withdrawal from the Democratic presidential contest. He notes Democrats favor Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York as their likely nominee, while Senator James A. Reed of Missouri criticizes the move as muddied waters in the California primary leading to continued fight. The withdrawal is conveyed in a letter to former Montana official W. W. McDowell.
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Charles P. Nevin
Smith
Silver Bow County
Walsh
Houston
al Smith
New York
Associated Press
Washington
Thomas J.walsh
Montana
Senate
Teapot Dome
Alfred K. Smith
James A. Reed
Missouri
California
W. W. McDowell
Plane loses wing kills three in Dayton crash
A Dayton air plane crash on Johnson field resulted in three deaths. Harold Forshay an army reserve pilot Walter Clark a machine operator and Blair Cross a plumber all from Dayton were killed when a wing separated at altitude of about 1500 feet. Forshay borrowed the plane from Alfred Johnson the field owner to give Clark and Cross a ride.
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Associated Rose
Dayton
Ohio
Johnson Field
Harold Forshay
Walter Clark
Blair Cross
Forshay
Alfred Johnson
Clark
Cross
Greenville dam collapse threat prompts mass evacuations
Greenville South Carolina residents flee a 50 mile stretch as 5 billion gallons of water threaten to break the new Greenville Water Company earth dam at Table Top Cove. H W Perry, head of city waterworks, warns collapse could come any moment as nine miles away a telephoned report notes weakening the 700 foot by 140 foot structure.
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Associated Press
Greenville
8. C
Greenville News Early Today
Greenville Water Company
Table Top Cove
Here
S. C
South Saluda River
H. W. Perry
City Waterworks
Perry
Union Pacific to Spend on Butte Section Upgrades
Union Pacific plans a 50000 dollar outlay for telephone service and six heavy Micado freight engines on the Oregon Short Line between Butte and Lima to handle rising Montana traffic. A new metallic double circuit telephone line Butte to Pocatello, 264 miles, with 528 miles of copper wire, is to be built by Oct 1 without displacing telegraphers.
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Butte
Lima
Oregon
Union Pacific
Henry Coulam
U. P
Montana
Poca
Utah
Idaho
California
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Tilson
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Alaska
German Giesche Corporation
U. S
Reed
Waterworks Head
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