Senate May Override Him in Veto Battle
President Coolidge and Congress clash as he returns two vetoed bills and the House votes to override them on measures including the disabled emergency officers retirement bill and a bandmaster rank in the army. Senator Tyson moves to pass the emergency officers bill over the veto.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Capitol
House
American Legion
Senate
Tyson
Tennessee
Scofield Dam in Utah Weakens as Rain Falls
In Utah near Scofield Dam engineers report the water level eased after rains, with 12 000 residents warned to evacuate if the dam fails. About 500 volunteers and eight local merchants assist by reinforcing dikes as authorities predict the reservoir will drain over three days.
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Associated Press
Scofield Dam
Utah
Rolapp
Castle Gate
Heiner
Martin
Helper
Spring Glen
Price
Northern Capital Arranges Defense and Missionaries Refuse to Leave
London reports Chiang Kai-shek forces near Paotingfu retreating and Chang Tso lin preparing to defend Peking. Yang Yu ting concentrates troops along the railway to block the nationalists. American missionaries refuse evacuation to aid civilians and refugees amid the Chihli war zone.
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Associated Press
London
Chiang Kai-shek
Peking
Chang Tso-lin
Chang
Yang Yu-ting
Paotingfu
Wangtu
Chihli
Shantung
Tientsin-Pukow
North Butte Judge Bourquin Orders Mining Property Transfer
Judge Bourquin places mining property under the control of John Lindsay of Butte with a $50,000 bond posted to secure the arrangement.
North Butte receivers stripped of powers by federal judge
Federal Judge George M. Bourquin removed John W. Neukom and Matt L. Essig as receivers of the North Butte, ordering them to surrender property to new appointee Judge John Lindsay with a $50,000 bond. Lindsay takes control while conflicts over prior appointments and collusion are reviewed, stockholders install new officers, and trust company actions press a sale as bond interest accrued since July.
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John W. Neukom
Matt L. Essig
North Butte
George M. Bourquin
Neukom
Essig
John Lindsay
Bourquin
Minnesota
Oregon
Circuit
Montana
Hardy
Pray
Central Union Trust Company of New York
Bank Heist Ends With $9,000 Stolen In San Diego
May 22 San Diego bandits held five bank employees at gunpoint in the First National Bank on 30th street and University avenue. A Negro accomplice gathered cash into a sack while two men guarded staff and exited in a car with about $9,000. Police ordered a city dragnet within minutes.
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Associated Press
San Diego
30Th Street
University Avenue
First National Bank
Yukon Pocahontas Mine Disaster Kills 17 Miners
An explosion in Yukon Pocahontas Coal Company No 1 Mine at Yukon near Jaeger last night killed at least 17 miners. Thirteen bodies were recovered, with more possibly trapped, authorities reported from Bluefield West Virginia.
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Associated Frees Bluefields
W. Va
Yukon-Pocahontas Coal Company
Yukon
Jaeger
Standard Printing Exhibit Attracts Crowds In Butte
Hundreds of Butte residents attended the Standard's printing exhibit at the chamber of commerce opened yesterday and running daily through Friday. Next week the display moves to the Hearst library in Anaconda with W L Murphy of the Standard present to explain features. The American Institute of Graphic Arts provides literature including a Fifty Books of the Year catalogue.
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Butte
Standard
Chamber of Commerce
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Hearst Library
Anaconda
W. L. Murphy
Commercial Printing Department
The
United States
Butte Girl Dies After Mistaking Poison Tablets for Candy
Opal Nickell four, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Nickell of 401 Kemper avenue, died after eating sugar coated tablets containing 60 grains of strychnine each. The child found the bottle in a vacant room and was discovered with tablets in hand around 1 30. Dr D K Worden attended but could not save her. Further details to follow on Page 2.
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Opal Nickell
John Nickell
Kemper Avenue
D. K. Worden
Opal
Nickell
Truck Driver Almost Decapitated After Hitting Low Wire
Ted Hammock a 28 year old truck driver was nearly decapitated when his vehicle hit a suspended wire across a Denver street. The wire struck under his chin and threw him from the cab. doctors said he was dying. Seven Mountain States Telephone workers who strung the line were arrested and later released on their recognizance. The loaded truck rolled driverless for more than a block before stopping in a vacant lot.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Ted Hammock
Hammock
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Officers Seek Pair For Shooting Of Logan Resident
Logan, May 22 William Davis a cigar store keeper was shot and critically wounded by two unknown men in Logan. The assailants were seen boarding a westbound Northern Pacific freight train and had not been caught by nightfall. Davis was moved to a Three Forks hospital with a abdominal wound and doctors held slight hope for recovery. Sheriff Frank G Slaughter and deputies are investigating.
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Bozeman, Monit
William Davis
Logan
Northern Pacific
Davis
Three Forks
Frank G. Slaughter
Gas episode used to argue on peace
Berlin papers report shock after Hamburg phosgene gas disaster in a densely populated district. Eleven dead and many injured prompt calls to ban chemical warfare and warn that unfortified cities could be annihilated in seconds.
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Freas
Berlin
Hamburg
Lindbergh Named Chairman of Transcontinental Air Transport
Charles A. Lindbergh is appointed chairman of the technical committee of Transcontinental Air Transport Inc. The announcement from president Keys and Blair & Co. places Lindbergh in immediate charge, overseeing coast to coast operations from Los Angeles to New York and directing equipment, fields, service, routes and safety.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
Keys
Blair & Co
Lindbergh
Aeronautical Organization
New York
Texas Democrats Duel Over Delegates During Moody Smith Split
In Beaumont Texas May 22 the state democratic convention recessed without resolving who will pick Texas national delegates. Gov Dan Moody harmony forces and Gov Alfred E Smith backers who had united earlier defeated a Klan backed faction led by State Senator Tom Loveczar. After electing W L Dean as temporary chair a dispute arose over a plan to have a committee chair appoint the delegates. Smith leaders called the move a double crossing and urged each district to name its own delegates. The controversy continued with contests over seating in county delegations.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Texas
Dan Moody
Harmony
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Tom Loveczar
United Moody and Smith Supporters Compromised and Elected W. L. Dean
Smith
Moody
Committee On
District No 1 Faces 106 029 Deficit Next Year
School trustees foresee a deficit of about 106 029 dollars and 50 cents on July 1, 1929. Miss Margaret Leary, chief clerk, and board chair Mrs Frank Ward presented figures showing 1927 started with 189 697 dollars and 35 cents, 1928-29 receipts estimated at 716 581 dollars 73 cents, totaling 750 878 dollars 08 cents with existing surplus.
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Margaret Leary
Frank Ward
Miss Leary
Robber in Denver shot by watchman after pursuit
An unidentified robber slugged a waiter in a downtown Denver restaurant and fled with cash. Chased by two patrons, the thief hid in a building near the bank block. watchman J. H. Underwood fired when the man resisted, fatally wounding him.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
J. H. Underwood
Rescuers in Mather Mine Face Grim Toll Rising
Mather Pennsylvania May 22 grave fears spread as the death toll climbs to 125 of 211 miners trapped since the explosion. A lone survivor Frank Krubick emerged delirious with joy after 60 hours as rescue crews report the mine thoroughly explored and unlikely further live finds.
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Mather
Red Cross
Frank Krubik
Krubick
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Czarina
Ednah McKinley Lee
W. Virginia
Standard Printing
Transcontinental Air Transport Corporation
Myrtle Sizer
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Wayne
Neb
Wallace McAndrews
McAlester
Okla
Lone Star State
Kansas City
Creager
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