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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1928
Page
1
Parties argue strength in numbers as delegates from Nogile and Leninland attend dual conventions. A giant dirigible named Giant Dirigible passes Arctic fog, maintaining steady course despite icy coating during the flyover.
The Italia dirigible, led by General Umberto Nobile, reportedly reached uncharted Arctic regions with no land sighted by 9 p m Greenwich time. Ice buildup slowed progress to 50 kilometers per hour as fog and wind challenged the voyage toward Leninland. AAP report notes fresh launch from Spitzbergen and ongoing preparations with the Citta di Milano support ship.
At a Butte Grill dinner 75 delegates from city clubs, city county and school officials pledged support for the Beautify Butte campaign. The Better Butte association promised cooperation with authorities and announced plans for a monster parade to launch the cleanup drive with new memberships pouring in.
In Helena on May 15 the Montana Democratic convention chose sixteen delegates with half a vote each for Al Smith while naming Senator T. J. Walsh as second choice to Houston. Kremer and Walsh were elected as delegates at large with strong applause for Kremer’s closing speech.
Dr Gustav Stresemann foreign secretary remains seriously ill in Berlin after a complex illness. Three doctors found intestinal symptoms not due to ptomaine poisoning but to vital weakening of an internal organ with both kidneys affected. The medical team uses stimulants and a strict diet to protect heart action.
British dispatches report Beijing's fall imminent as Chang Tso-lin loses power in the north. Advices from Peking say he plans to depart within days and Shanghai sources claim he may have already left in an armoured car.
Tens of thousands lined the parade route as the Bremen crew Baron von Huene feld Capt. Hermann Koehl and Maj. James Fitzmaurice paraded in St Louis. The fliers received gilded city keys at city hall after a reception before leaving for Detroit.
Washington May 15 detailed accounts showed forces for and against Herbert Hoover in the senate campaign expenditures committee hearings. Three Hoover organizations abroad and Politics magazine in New York are aiding different sides while California New York and Washington supporters pursue separate courses ahead of the Republican nomination.
President Coolidge signed the Mississippi river flood control bill transferring federal responsibility for flood mitigation from state and federal cooperation to a federal authority. The move ends years of joint effort and establishes a board of engineers and river commission leaders to plan the program for the lower Mississippi valley.
The city of Butte launches a ten day Beautify Butte campaign from May 21 to May 30 led by Mayor Kerr Beadle. The drive promotes health thrift fire prevention civic pride and home and city beautification through cleaning painting repairing and rehabilitation with citizen participation urged to keep the community clean thrifty safe and beautiful.
New York May 16 Inauguration planned within months of a combined rail and air service from New York to Los Angeles by airplane and railroad. Curtis Airplane and Motor company president C M Keys leads Transcontinental Air Transport Inc to cut current four day rail time to two via a rail air network backed by banking interests. First service will start soon as announced.
The Republican state convention named a 22 member uninstructed delegation with half votes each for the national convention, replacing a split 11 and 11. Members listed include Ashlock Baggs Benton Bergeson Brooks Brattin Cook Flachsenhar Husband Jones McKenzie McLeod Marlow Molumby Monahan Moss Murray Pauline Skinner Schnitzler Stockton Stony Stevensville Chinook Townsend Harlowton Billings Havre Missoula Helena Great Falls Butte Whitefish Glasgow Kalispell Red Lodge Froid Clarkston.
Helena Mont May 15 Montana will send 22 delegates to the republican national convention in Kansas City and they will go uninstructed. The convention here concluded smoothly with Hoover and Lowden camps both evident. delegates known.
The Montana Democratic state convention named 16 delegates with half a vote each for the national convention in Houston. Sen. T. J. Walsh and National Committeeman J. Bruce Kremer were elected by acclamation. others were chosen by vote. The delegation is pledged to Alfred E. Smith while nominaton remains possible, otherwise to Walsh. Delegation personnel include Walsh Kremer and several named members, with placeholders for towns Butte Anaconda Livingston Medicine Lake Valier.
At Helena on May 15 Montana Democrats met for their first nominating convention in 16 years. The gathering backed Smith for president with few dissenters amid a serene, satisfied mood and general enthusiasm.
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