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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
4
The piece surveys animal intelligence from beavers to grizzlies and dogs, noting wild animals communicate by signs while domesticated animals express themselves with humans. It cites Dr Horna day on monkey chatter and ends with the claim that humans are the only talking animals.
Abbreviated performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance will be the Carpet hour feature tonight from 9 to 10 o clock. Barbara Blanchard Mary Groom Gwynfi Jones and Harold Dana star with an accompanying Five o Clock Girl selection and orchestrations from Henry VIII and other numbers. The NBC Pacific Coast Network stations KHQ KOMO KGW KGO KPO and KFT will carry the program.
Montana political managers seek to amplify small vote blocks through loud demonstrations at the national convention. Republicans split over Hoover and Lowden while Democrats unite around Smith with Walsh as a tentative second choice. Montana delegates rally in Helena with no clashes and a calm path toward a fireworks-filled national campaign.
Renowned naturalist William T. Hornaday, at 75, lists the most intelligent animals based on decades of wildlife work and studies at the New York zoo. Top ranks go to the chimpanzee and orangutan, followed by the gorilla, Indian elephant, domestic horse, white-tailed deer, mountain goat, and big-horn.
The Hoover campaign explores front porch wrap, radio and film outreach from Washington to reach voters. Radio use is supported by the FCC, while motion pictures may show Hoover's relief work. questions linger on theater acceptance and nonpartisan industry rules.
The Dodge Brothers present three ten minute segments tonight from 10 to 10 30 on NBC Pacific Coast Network. The program features quarte t music with At Sundown and Barcelona and Nevada University Fighting Song played by brass sextet. Finale includes Some Day from Friml The Vagabond King with baritone ensemble and orchestra.
A transit of program distribution spans KHQ Spokane KOMO Seattle KGW Portland KGO Oakland KPO San Francisco and KFI Los Angeles. The rollout wires a shared feed to six Pacific Coast stations expanding regional coverage and audience reach.
NBC Pacific Coast Network airs a new half hour program titled Around the Philco Campfire from 10 30 to 11 00 p m Tonight The show features Philco quartet Harold Dana Jennings Pierce Harry Stanton and Irving Kennedy Charlie Marshall with guitar and Will R Hill reciting poems The stations taking part are KHQ Spokane KOMO Seattle KGW Portland KGO Oakland KPO San Francisco and KFI Los Angeles
The Los Angeles studio presents a concert hour on NBC Pacific Coast Network from 11 to 12 featuring Pryor Moore Concert Orchestra with Saint-Saens Wedding Cake Suite and Wagner Fantasie. Everett Stidham sings The Two Grenadiers while Marguerite Le Grand plays Liszt Concerto prior to Verdi La Traviata excerpts. ANGORA ruling limits single women teachers at Turkish public balls unless accompanied by a parent.
May 17 1918 Alderman H H Logan of Anaconda was summoned to Spokane by a message that his brother Gus was gravely ill. J Clark Johnstone traveled from Anaconda to Butte and then to Georgetown. Mrs R L Davis of Butte departed for a several week visit with relatives in Deer Lodge. Frank Zoldivak returned to Butte on a two week furlough from Camp Lewis to visit his parents Bazil J Wells of the United States secret service.
Mr and Mrs Charles Lamb of Butte are registered at the Montana while visiting friends in Anaconda. Professor E O Sourwine returned to Anaconda on the late train from Missoula after spending several weeks there. George S Hay and Ben Mooney fished at Silverlake and report a successful trip. Mr and Mrs Frank Schlichting left Butte yesterday on a visit to their old home in Germany. Mrs Roy S Alley and baby returned to Butte from Chicago where they spent several weeks with relatives.
Mr and Mrs Ed A Tipton and their children arrived in Anaconda for a visit in Kentucky. Captain Dillon of Company G First Montana volunteers arrived in Anaconda on a two day leave and will return to Helena Thursday. L O Evans of Butte traveled to Helena on business and has just come back after a stay in the capital. Mrs W C Dierks left Butte for several weeks with relatives in Bloomes Wisconsin. A daughter was born to the wife of J P Martin of Butte yesterday.
The list names John F. Hylan as mayor of New York City and Albany, identifies Crown Prince Umberto, mentions Diamond, and contrasts Anarchism and Socialism with their views on government and economic control.
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