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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1928
Page
1
Helena May 13 Leaders of Montana political parties assemble for state conventions to name delegates to national meetings and presidential electors. Republicans meet Tuesday at 11 am Democrats at 1 30 pm with potential behind the scenes maneuvering over delegate lists amid a calm surface. Socialists also plan a gathering.
Eight people were killed and five injured when two racing cars crashed into a Pennsylvania passenger train at an Espeyville crossing near Erie. Among the dead were Mr and Mrs Clare Hays of North Shenango and their four sons aged 10 7 4 and 3. Also killed were Ward Thomas 60 of Pennside and his son William 32 of Albion. Mrs Ward Thomas was expected to die from a fractured skull.
General Yen advances after victory capturing Tsang Chow and clearing a path to a strategic city. American force at Place 4,000 men positions indicate heightened threat and potential engagement.
Nationalist armies claim decisive victory over northern forces in China. General Yen Hsi Shan reports Tsang Chow captured with 7 000 prisoners, large booty, and ammo. Southern army advances toward Tientsin, threatening a large foreign settlement. continued on Page 2.
Gen Umberto Nobile prepared to start another Italia flight in the morning from King’s Bay Spitzbergen as a three day snow storm abated and conditions improved. The base was buried under over a foot of snow with more snow falling, though officials said the dirigible faced no danger.
European aviators hurry to stage Atlantic efforts using dirigibles flying boats and land planes as they enter a wide sweepstakes. Butte delegates depart for state meetings in Helena with Democrats pledging 22 delegates and Republicans 11, aiming for an uninstructed national delegation in Kansas City.
Half a million residents greet the Ips Bremen fliers as Baron Gunther von Huenefeld Captain Hermann Koehl and Major James Fitzmaurice arrive at Milwaukee from Chicago. Gov. Fred R. Zimmerman Mayor Hoan and business leaders greet them at the airport before a parade and lakefront reception.
London reports a surge of European fliers eyeing the Newfoundland to North America flight. Following the Nobile polar flight and Bremen success, at least twenty aircraft are under construction or tuning for the long jump. Nations large and small, including Sweden and Holland, join the aerial race amid hopeful momentum.
Washington May 13 Congress moves to speed up its legislative program aiming to adjourn before the June 12 Republican convention in Kansas City. Leaders target May 26 for final action on the tax reduction bill and other major measures including the Mississippi flood control bill, the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, and the Jones-White merchant marine bill.
Montana expects to spend more than nine and a half million dollars on main highways and lateral roads this year. Funds include 1.98 million from the three cent gasoline tax and 1.55 million in federal aid, with totals rising as state and local revenues support road construction nationwide.
Plans to exhume Ruth Little a 17 year old from Alexandria Indiana began after James Hooven alias Huff in a Los Angeles jail claimed he poisoned the girl nine years ago. Madison county Sheriff Frank Daniel said action would proceed only after further word from Los Angeles authorities.
Frank Lowden of Illinois arrived in Washington to testify before the senate committee investigating presidential campaign expenditures. He will appear the next day after meeting reporters at the Willard hotel and offered no beyond the scene comments.
Showers appeared generally over Montana today as the state department of agriculture noted the rain was not needed but welcomed by farmers. Temperatures dropped, halting mountain snowmelt that threatened roads and bridges in some sections.
Chicago May 13 Gaetana Atti known as The Wolf The King of Black Handers and The Muscler was killed by four bullets found near Harvard Illinois. The detective bureau identified his body as Atti and said a trap for him last week failed when he did not appear. Police have no reliable clues.
In Chicago on May 13, chiropractor E F Mechelke was jailed for contempt after his sweetheart Miss Helen M Hauer 23 was imprisoned to cover his case. Miss Alice Campbell accused Mechelke of borrowing 250 dollars offering a mortgage on an auto as security and then denying ownership. Judge Frances Borrelli ordered both held. Mechelke fled Milwaukee when bond forfeited. He surrendered after learning of the imprisonment of his companion and Miss Hauer was released.
Butte celebrated Mothers Day with widespread activity across religion, commerce, and civic life. Florists sold bouquets and buttonhole flowers, merchants reported strong sales, and telegrams to and from mothers flooded Butte telegraph offices. Churches led special services and schoolchildren and clubs added honoring activities.
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