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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1927
Page
1
Planes and boats are used to deliver aid to thousands marooned as floods persist in Louisiana. Juores vow not to quit, withHouser tops stubbornly remaining in danger zones. Inhabitants in flooded areas are urged to take shelter on farms despite water depths of six to eight feet.
In Northeastern Louisiana rescuers battle flood waters from May into early June to reach thousands stranded by rising Missisippi River banks. Airplanes reported over 5 000 people stranded on levees and rooftops as back waters push currents, forcing evacuations and emergency searches.
The Associated Press reports Henry Judd Gray testified about a woman’s magnetism drawing him 300 miles to aid Mrs. Ruth Snyder in the murder of her sleeping husband Albert Snyder. Gray described the killing as a murder during cross examination, detailing the sash weight blow and the couple’s plot as he recounted the dramatic recollection from Syracuse to New York.
In Managua on May 5 General Moncada, commander of the liberal forces, said after meeting with Henry I. Samson and under U.S. pressure he is ready to lay down arms and turn control to U.S. troops. He asserted the Diaz provision cannot be signed but hopes peace will restore order and allow Uberaix to gain legitimate control in the 1928 elections supervised by the United States. He plans to announce his decision at Teustepe.
Governor J. E. Erickson told 200 Eastern Montana Sportsmen's Association delegates in Laurel that Montana faces its best economic and financial outlook. He cited fishing streams parks and wildlife as key assets and predicted the state will become a top national summer playground.
In Little Rock Arkansas on May 6 Governor Martineau ordered state troops to guard the city after a grand jury probed the lynching of John Carter and ensuing disorders. He met with Mayor Charles Moyer and Sheriff J. McHaynie, saying police could have prevented the lynching, and that officials would not be removed from office.
Mary K. Sands, former Montana teacher and later admirer, arrives in Jacksonville to testify about Hugh de Autremont character. She served as a witness for the defense amid the Siskiyou train holdup murder case that killed Charles C. Johnson and three others in 1923.
Butte’s municipal course at the city park will open Sunday May 15 with dedicatory services. Fred Holbrook says greens fees will be waived during the week before the formal opening to encourage all residents to visit and learn the game. Fred Murphy, course pro, outlines 12 tournaments starting May 22 with trophies donated by local merchants.
In St Louis on May 9 Glenn T Hicks, brother of the deceased and chief beneficiary of Clifford M Hicks life policy, was arrested along with Harry W Hostelman and William Davis. Detectives say Hicks gradually admitted involvement, noting he, Davis and another man visited the slain attorney Kalners office about an hour before the body was found and he telephoned the stenographer to report the murder.
London reports intensify over American war debts dispute. Churchill states no further steps are possible as Downing Street officials back his stance. Britain laments renewed Anglo American strain while Mellon’s letter circulates across Europe, jeopardizing continental financial recovery.
Police pursue a solo bandit who robbed the Miners' Savings Bank on West Park Street, escaping with $1500 to $1600. Assistant cashier Hugo Kenek handed the money during the holdup as four other employees stood nearby unaware. An incriminating slip was pushed toward Kenek. Police split up a pursuit by car, hoping to nab the assailant tonight.
County Surveyor M. J. Loughran remains head of the county road department after a crisis with the board of commissioners was resolved without court action. The board will scrutinize bills and set pay, while Loughran continues administration amid disputes over a discharged employee and daily rates for road supervision.
J H Rowe a state highway official urged county commissioners to let residents vote on a $75 000 to $100 000 road building and maintenance program for Silver Bow county funded by county funds and federal aid A special election would be needed and Rowe offered to staff polling places at no county cost The key project is the east approach to Butte via Big Park road creating a federal aid route into the city extending toward Woodville Elk Park and improving 16 miles of highway from the east The item notes that other counties are using federal aid for road improvements and that the Woodville Elk Park project will finish this summer
About 400 inmates at the Halifax county prison farm near Raleigh North Carolina went on strike demanding a 55 hour work week and a Saturday half holiday. National guard units were kept under surveillance as the strike continued amid the inmates being without food and water after the prison water supply was shut off last night.
Walter T Boothe, 18, lay in a life threatening condition as doctors battled to sustain him with artificial respiration for a third time. Despite a normal heart action and preserved consciousness, his body remained paralyzed below the shoulders from a dislocated vertebrae. A team of physicians reported little change in his status but kept up the oxygenation efforts.
Associated Press reports from Washington on May 6 that Republican National Committee Chairman Butler described strong GOP sentiment in the West after a tour through ten states. He said the trip aimed to strengthen party organization nationwide, avoided discussing specific candidates, and noted questions about President Coolidge’s renomination. He mentioned fundraising and convention planning for next year, with decision on a convention city to come from the committee in December.
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, denounces federal enforcement of the eighteenth amendment as abusive. He questions why only this amendment should be kept in the constitution and argues for constitutional change, citing Lincoln and Supreme Court limits on constitutional power.
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