Highway bill fate hinges on retention of auto tax
Observers expect more veto messages from President Coolidge this week as Congress weighs disapproval of the McNary Haugen farm relief bill and other measures. The fate of the 75 million dollar state aid for roads rests on whether the automobile tax is repealed in the pending revenue bill, a step the White House says will occur if the bill becomes law. House leaders doubt Coolidge would veto the roads measure, citing long standing state federal agreements.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
House
Bremen plane 40 percent demolished during takeoff attempt
An AP dispatch from New York reports the Bremen was 40 percent demolished in a Labrador takeoff attempt. Junkers expert Fred Melchior escaped injury, jumping to land about a hundred yards from the plane. Curtiss Field mechanics rush to assemble a duplicate Bremen No 33 for the return of the crew.
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Associated Press
New York
Bremen
Labrador
Fred Melchior
Junkers
Otto Scherer
Ebhardt Junkers
Junkers Corporation
Herta Junkers
Melchior
Civilization
Curtiss Field
Germany
Tax bills face confident defense in Washington
In Washington on May 20 officials expressed confidence that they could beat down any attacks on the principal provisions of the tax bills. The article notes continued discussion and defense of key measures as lawmakers brace for further debate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dog Leads Father to Body of Drowned Boy
A family visit near a street excavation ended in tragedy when 10 year old Leonard Lindsey drowned in an overnight excavation filled by rain. His father followed a muddy dog to the edge where the boy’s clothing lay and volunteers recovered the body.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Leonard Lindsey
Lindsey
Two Brothers Die On Cass Lake Bridge In Train Tragedy
In Cass Lake Minnesota on May 20 two brothers aged 6 and 8 died on a railroad bridge as a passenger train passed overhead. Their playmates escaped by clutching supports or swinging under the bridge. Parents are Mr and Mrs Amos Pankow.
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Associated Press
Cass Lake
Minn
Bobbie
William
Amos Pankow
Beautify Butte Parade Set for Tonight
Butte prepares a 7 PM parade led by a small air fleet to launch the Beautiful Butte clean up campaign. Citizens join a proposed annual event to rid the city of un cleanliness, backed by civic groups and property owners.
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Butte
American Woman Shatters Water Mark of German
Mattoon Illinois mother Myrtle Huddleston extended a water endurance swim to 47 hours breaking the men's record of 46 hours set by Otto Kemmerich of Germany and surpassing the previous women’s mark of 32 hours 20 minutes by Miss Nyle Austin of San Bernardino California. Huddleston is 30 years old.
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Chicago
Myrtle Hudleston
Otto Kemmerich
Germany
Nyle Austin
San Bernardino
Cal
Huddleston
Wheeler seeks renomination in Montana Senate race
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana announces reelection bid in a letter to Mayor H. B. Mitchell and files his Democratic nomination petition in Helena. He cites his six years in office, argues for better farm prosperity, support for the McNary Haugen bill, and lower freight rates for Montana producers.
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Harry Mitchell
Great Falls
Washington, D. C
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
H. B. Mitchell
Mont
John W. Mountjoy
Helena
Wheeler
Mitchell
Mayor Mitchell
United States
Canada
Mine Disaster At Mather Claims Dozens In Deadly Blast
Rescue crews recovered 36 bodies and searched tunnels for 120 missing miners after a gas fueled explosion at the Mather mine in Pennsylvania. Unofficial counts showed 160 miners underground. 26 dead, nine escaped, and five gravely hurt. Life at the surface was tense as families waited in rain for news.
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Associated Press
Mather
Mather Mine
Waynesburg
Recreation Hall
Lover Disappears After Fiancee Marries Another
Mystery surrounds Louis Thompson a Cardwell man about 40 who vanished days after his fiancée wed another man. Sheriff investigators found his cap flashlight and a dog on the Jefferson River bridge and believe he jumped into the swollen river.
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Associated Presse
Boulder
Mont
Louis Thompson
Cardwell
Thompson
Jefferson River
Three Hungry Butte Boys Return From Lost Mountain Hike
Francis Scannell 13 Donald Arel 8 and Georgie St George 11 hiked from Columbia Gardens to Lake Delmo Saturday and got lost in the Rockies east of Butte. They staggered into a prospector's cabin near Homestake yesterday as volunteers and Scout troops searched the area.
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Scannell
Bud” Arel
Georgie St. George
Continental Divide
Butte
Rockies
Francis Scannell
Idaho
Bud
Donald Arel
Touraine Apartments
South Main
Homestake
Georgie
Lake Delmo
Columbia Gardens
Delegates in Texas Hold Key to National Conventions
Washington reports that selection of delegates to the national conventions will slow this week with Texas the only state still unsure how Republicans and Democrats will lineup for Kansas City and Houston. By weekend 1989 Republicans with credentials will be designated except 19 WV delegates from the May 29 primary. Both parties meet conventions in Texas Tuesday as Hoover supporters push for 26 Texas delegates amid a contest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Texas
Kansas City
Houston
West Virginia
Herbert Hoover
R. B. Creager
Nobile Readies North Trip From Spitzbergen
At King’s Bay Spitzbergen General Umberto Nobile plans a third expedition toward the North Pole aboard the airship Italia likely Monday night or Tuesday weather permitting. Preparations at the base continued as the crew rested from the recent 68 hour flight covering about 2000 miles.
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Piere
King's Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Umberto Nobile
Italia
General Nobile
United States Notes North China on American Safety
Shanghai May 20 United States notes to the Nanking government regarding protection of American lives and property in North China were confirmed by American consul general Edwin Cunningham. Civilians crowd streets as Japanese authorities intensify house to house searches amid unrest. US troops arrive at Tientsin to bolster calm and defense preparations.
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Mrone
Shanghai
China
Nanking
United States
North China
Edwin
Cunningham
U. S
Associated Press
Tientsin
15Th United States Infantry
Tongshan
Portland Socialist Candidate Dies Attempting Rescue
Frank Johns of Portland, a presidential candidate on the socialist ticket, perished while trying to save a 12 year old boy from drowning in an Oregon incident reported May 21.
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Frank 7. Johns
Portland
Boy Who Stole Auto To Visit His Girl In Boulder Jail
Donald L. Burbank 19, of Charlo, a chemistry student at Montana State University, was taken into custody in Boulder after stealing Mrs. Carey Quanintance’s car to visit his girlfriend. He returned the car after a troubled conscience. no charges filed yet.
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Boulder
Mont
Donald L. Burbank
Charlo
The
State University At
Missoula
Carey Quanintance
Burbank
Helena
Dillon
Butte
Koehl Receives Medal From Man Who Fought Him On High
In Boston the Bremen fliers received honors including American Legion medals. Captain Koehl accepted his medal from Capt. Robert F. Raymond Jr. whom he battled with in the Toul sector during World War I. Both men were shot down the same day, imprisoned, escaped, and later met in Switzerland. They recalled the clash with mutual respect as the visit continued with services and banquets.
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Koehl
Associated Press
Boston
Aviation
Bremen
United States
American Legion
Robert F. Raymond Jr
Newton
Toul
Koeh
Raymond
Switzerland
Albany
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