Butte Veterans Parade Honors Fallen Heroes With Ceremony
Butte observed Memorial Day with a citywide parade, music and oratory. Airplanes circled the march, stores closed, and national colors adorned streets. At Mount Moriah and other cemeteries, graves of veterans from three wars were decorated as Lincoln era lines and G A R, American Legion, and Spanish War Veterans groups conducted services. The parade started at 9:30 from the courthouse, moving through Granite Main streets to the Daly monument, then to the cemeteries where formal remembrances took place.
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Butte
Abraham Lincoln
Arma
Graves
Butters
Uf Gray
American Republic
Maine
Granite
Main
Daly “Monument
Broadway
Arizona
Park
Covert
Montana
Galena
Mount Morial
Mount Moriah
Ht. S. Makinson
Lincoln
American Legion
United Spanish War Veterans
H. 8. Hall
Henry ‘Lawton
Lincoln Post
West Granite Street
Order Ballots Sent Out Upon Wage Question
The Executive Council of Brotherhood takes unanimous action to determine worker sentiment, ordering ballots to be sent out on the wage question.
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Executive Council of Brotherhood
Non-Union Workers Called To Vote On Wage Cut Strike
Detroit May 30 The United Brotherhood of Maintainers of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers executive council voted to dispatch strike ballots to 475000 members and willing non union workers affected by the wage cut ordered by the railroad labor board. Grable will send ballots immediately and a strike could start July 5 if approved with the wage cut effective July 1. Other railroad brotherhoods may also hold referendums.
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Detroit
Mich
United Brotherhood of Maintenants of Way
E. F. Grable
United States Railroad Labor Board
Grable
Ion
Executive Council
Uni
Labor Board
Srike
Skulls Crushed In Auto Collision At Independence Race
By the Associated Press Kansas City May 30 Charles M Reynolds of Detroit Mich was instantly killed and William Jackler of St Paul sustained three fractured ribs when their cars crashed in the sixth lap of a six mile race at Independence Missouri They swerved to avoid a torn board from the fence The Reynolds car was demolished and he died beneath the wreckage with a crushed skull Jackler was injured and taken to a sanitarium The track is half a mile long
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Charles M. Reynolds
Detroit
Mich
Wiliam, Dackler
St. Paul
Independence
Reynolds
Jackles
Retail coal dealers protest proposed price plan
Washington May 30 A coal price program calling for a minimum of 3 a ton for mines is opposed by retail dealers who plan to file protests with the commerce department. A delegation led by L F Ferguson will meet Secretary Hoover to challenge any approval and note contracts already in place for smokeless coal at 1 75 per ton f o b mines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secretary Hoover
Department of Commerce
L. W. Fernson
Chicago Coal Merchants’ Association
Hoover
Mr. Ferguson
Memorial Day Address Honors Local World War Heroes in Philipsburg
Byron E. Cooney lauds valor of fallen servicemen at Philipsburg Memorial Day ceremonies under the Woman's Club auspices. Two trees planted for the dead, graves decorated, monument unveiled for Private John A. McDougal. Judge Durfee delivers eulogy as taps and volleys mark the tribute. Cooney addresses crowd after praising Montana vistas and Granite County heritage. Continued on page 3 column 4.
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Philipsburg
Granite County
Woman's “Club
Anaconda
Butte
Deer Lodge
Ollers
J. J. Carmichael
J. J. Carmichael of the Women's Club
John A. McDougal
Daniel McDougal
Heer
D. M. Durfee
Oscar Burke
E. McClees
Byron E. Cooney
Cooney
Montana
Union
Canada
Xico
Honolulu
Japan
Montana Taxpayers Cite 27 Million Dollar Last Year Tax Bill
The Montana Taxpayers' association releases a bulletin urging no new taxes and economies, noting last year’s general property tax totaled across sectors including schools cities and towns and state government, with breakdown figures cited for 811,677,442 for schools, 10,684,106 for cities, and 2,820,000 for state credit among others.
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Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Montana
Iowa Knights Move to Oust Flaherty from National Office
Des Moines Iowa May 30 The resignation of two national officers of the Knights of Columbus is demanded in a resolution from the Town Knights of Iowa Columbus Susie Knight J A Flaherty of New Haven Conn and Supreme Advocate Joseph Pelletier of Boston Mass are named The resolution also demands Flaherty apologize to the Massachusetts Supreme Court for impugning its motives Pelletier is accused of malfeasance in office The action follows similar condemnations by other state councils of the Knights of Columbus
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Organization of of Columbus
Susie Knight
J. A. Flaherty
New Haven
Conn
Supreme Advocate
Joseph ©. Pelletier
Boston
Mas
Town Knights of
Supreme Knight
Flaherty
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Court
Pelletier
Suffolk ‘County
Massachusetts
Ofice
Tax Burden Examined in Montana Wheat Era
The bulletin notes the tax bill surpasses a million dollars beyond Montana's 1921 wheat and other crop values and excludes license taxes, special improvements, irrigation and other funds. It questions how much could have been saved by timely economy before levies, and examines school and county costs, with officials urged to control levies and textbook funding, continued on Page 3.
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the Bulletin
Montana
Bulletin
Columm
Sharp clashes on border line in Tyrone and Derry action
Belfast dispatch reports intensified fighting along the Irish border with Ulster and Southern forces clashing near Pettigoe in County Donegal and near Lifford. Armored cars and machine guns join engagements as fires devastate towns, with 78 reported blazes and damage around £500,000 as refugees flee. Churchill labels the turmoil a recurring crisis while Lloyd George, Griffith, and Collins confer, seeking to surmount negotiations.
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Pettigoe
County
Dene
Ulster
Lifford
Bane
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of | Commons
Lincoln Memorial Dedication Marks Nation’s Tribute
Washington May 30 The dedication of the Lincoln Memorial drew thousands as President and Cabinet members paid solemn homage to Abraham Lincoln. Robert Lincoln joined the president at the statue’s base while crowds surged to glimpse the marble shrine and hear speakers reflect on Lincoln’s legacy and the nation’s gratitude.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Carnelia
Ation
Sae Mit
Arterna
Grmcg
Rands
Robert Lincoln
New Revolt Breaks in Southern Mexico
The Associated Press reports a fresh revolutionary movement in Chiapas prompting the Mexican government to withdraw General Francisco Serrano, minister of war and navy, from Tabasco where he had been suppressing a rebellion led by General Greene. The new uprising is said to grow quickly aided by its proximity to the Mexico Guatemala border.
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Associated Pres
San Antonio
Texas
Chiapas
Ge Francisco Serrano
Tabasco
General Greene
la Prensa
Mexico
Guatemala
World Financiers Ready for Mexican Conference
Financiers from Great Britain France and the United States arrived in New York aboard the Olympic to join Mexican finance minister Adolfo De La Huerta in a conference on Mexico debt and financial problems. Participants include Thomas W. Lamont Edward Peacock J Chevalier and E F ready, with De La Huerta ill but improving and set to work tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New York
Great Britain
France
United States
Olympic
Mexico
Adolfo de la Huerta
Finance
Thomas W. Lamont
J.P. Morgan & Co
Europe
Lamont
de la Huerta
Leon Salinas
National Railways of Mexico
Amance
Mexico City
Mexican Financial Agency
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Maintenance of Way
Lord
Iowa Knights
Omagh
Griffith
Collins
Lloyd George
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Six Bounty
Aoithden
Melleck
Fermanagh
Parc
Banlakunl
Brattonshire Regiment
Derg
Tyrone
Neva
Arthur + Griffith
Michael Collins
Harding
Councils of America
Gray
America
Temple of Freedom
Germany
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