Italia Dirigible Mystery Deepens Near Spitsbergen
Oslo May 29 The dirigible Italia on a North Pole voyage remains missing after contact was lost early Friday. Extreme cold heavy winds and snow hinder rescue efforts as the crew of 18 led by General Umberto Nobile faces an unclear fate in the Arctic waters north of Spitzbergen.
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Associated Press
Oslo
Norway
Italia
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Citta di Milano
Hickman Counsel File Final Plea in Parker Slaying Case
William E. Hickman’s lawyers filed closing briefs in the California Supreme Court seeking reversal of the superior court verdict and a new trial for the Marian Parker murder. They challenge the statute’s constitutionality, arguing it would be inoperative if unconstitutional. The court has 90 days to decide.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
William E. Hickman
Marian Parker
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Hickman
Slay mystery grips Toledo as girl snatched from bed
A young man detained by detectives is questioned over the April 29 abduction of Dorothy Sielagowski. A stolen car linked to the case was found abandoned near her home with a child’s handprint on the rear window and bloodstains on the interior. Police compare fingerprints to identify the suspect.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
Dorothy Sielagowski
Dorothy
Sielagowski
Stella
Leona
Caroline
Alex Sielagowski
Raymond
Josep Skibinski
House Probes Expand to Campaign Expenditures
The House adopts the Snell resolution to probe campaign expenses for vice presidential candidates and all major tickets, joining the Senate inquiry into use of funds by southern negro republican national committeemen for Herbert Hoover. The Lehrback panel will set its course and report by January 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Republican National
Snell
House
Senate
Representative Lehrback
New Jersey
Rules Committee
Veterans of Wars Hold Annual Remembrance in Butte
Butte will honor its departed veterans with ceremonies at cemeteries as schools stores and offices close. A firing squad will salute soldiers who served under Lincoln in the Civil War McKinley in the Spanish American War and Wilson in World War I while rosters are read by post or camp chaplains.
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Butte
United States
Lincoln
States
McKinley
Spain
Wilson
Rain brings soaking rains to Montana wheat regions
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena reports that Central and North Central Montana received long sought soaking rains on May 27 and 28, briefly ending drought. In Central Montana and the Judith basin showers soaked soils with water standing in pools, aiding wheat growth and moisture supply.
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Helena
Montana
Publicity Division
Extension Service
Judith Basin
Smith Runs Good In West Virginia Primary
Results from West Virginia primaries show Reed leading Smith for the Democratic presidential preference and Gore and Hatfield leading in the U S Senate race. Hoover and Goff competed for the Republican presidential preference with Hoover trailing Goff in the reported precincts. The presidential vote was nonbinding on delegates.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Goff
Hoover
Reed
United States Senate
Gore
Hatfield
Hosenbloom
Herbert Hoover
Guy Goff
Clarksburg
Alfred E. Smith
New York
James A. Reed
Missouri
Senators Clash Over Continental Trading Probe Report
Democratic committee members Walsh and Bratton challenged Nye's Senate Public Lands Committee findings in the Continental Trading investigation. Bratton argued parts of the report were not supported by testimony and pressed for disclosure of actual evidence. He noted Edward L. Doheny’s past political contributions and recalled a claimed $75,000 donation to the Democrats.
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Associated Press
Washington
Democratic Party
Nye
Senate Public Lands Committee
Continental Trading Company
Democratic Committee
Walsh
Montana
Bratton
New Mexico
Senate
Edward L. Doheny
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Orville Duffy Fatally Wounded by Idaho Officer
Orville T. Duffy, 32, a well known Butte man, was fatally wounded by Idaho Falls police officer William Hayward after an altercation in the Idaho Falls station last week. Duffy died Saturday with authorities stating the shooting followed a fight between the two.
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Orville T. Duffy
Butte
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Duffy
William Hayward
Hayward
Dodge Chrysler merger approves third largest auto combine
Merger of Dodge Brothers Inc and Chrysler corporation is approved by directors of both firms in separate meetings. The consolidation would rank third in the auto industry with about half a billion in market capitalization, behind General Motors and Ford.
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New York
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford Company
Wall Street
Boraw Settles Difficulty Ends Seventieth Congress Session
The first session of the Seventieth Congress closes after a tense Senate moment and a calm House. Vice President Dawes declines to answer the floor cries for speech while Speaker Longworth bids farewell with aloha. Both gavels fall at 5:30 as congress adjourns and members prepare to face campaigns in Kansas City and Houston.
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Associated P'ress
Washington
Dawes
Senate
House
Longworth
Aloha
Congress
Kansas City
Houston
Oakland to Sydney Hop Off Thursday
Air port buzzed with final preparations for the trimotored Southern Cross flight from Oakland to Sydney under Capt Charles Kingsford Smith. The proposed four stop hop covers 7788 miles with legs to Honolulu Suva Brisbane and finally Sydney.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Brisbane
Sydney
Methodist Church Expands Rules on Divorce and Remarriage
The Methodist Episcopal church at its quadrennial General Conference in Kansas City moved to recognize the full moral equivalent of adultery as grounds for divorce. It also to accept divorces granted by states, allow remarriage eligibility decisions by ministers, admit divorced persons to church membership, and launch an education program on marriage.
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Kansas City
Methodist Episcopal Church
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