Montana highway construction shows definite shape
State highway engineer Howard W. Holmes reports rapid progress in Montana as gasoline tax funds support state highway and bridge work. By Sept 23 the commission will have let 67 contracts totaling about 280.54 miles of highway and 20 bridges, with bridge spending near 409000 dollars and 300000 dollars of 1926 funds still under contract.
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Associated Press
Helena
Montana
Howard W. Holmes
Holmes
Highway Commission
Delay Granted in Oil Stock Case in California
Jacob Berman alias Jack Bennett, key figure in the Julian stock over issue scandal, pleaded not guilty to forgery embezzlement conspiracy and securities violations in Los Angeles Superior Court. Judge Stephens granted a 50 day postponement, setting October 31 as the trial date amid defense and prosecution scheduling conflicts.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Jacob Berman
Jack Bennett
Julian Stock
Bennett
S. C. Lewis
Julian Company
Albert Stephens
Crimea Earthquake Shakes Sevastopol and Regions
A strong earthquake struck Crimea with greater force than the July tremor, destroying houses in Sevastopol and forcing thousands to live outdoors. The quake was felt across Odessa Kiev and other South Russian cities.
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Sebastopol
Crimea
Odessa
Kiev
Russia
Lindbergh Lands in Spokane on Time from Butte
Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Spokane at 1 59 p m in the Spirit of St Louis from Butte Montana. Thousands welcomed him including Governor Roland H Hartley who told the aviator he had known his father. School children cheered as the national tour continued to Seattle tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Charles A. Lindbergh
Butte
Mont
Colonel Lindbergh
Roland H. Hartley
Fairgrounds
Lindbergh
Seattle
Lindbergh Begins Western Tour After Butte Sendoff
Colonel Lindbergh departs Butte after circling the city twice and waving farewell to the crowd then wings toward Spokane Portland Seattle and other western and southern stops on a tour that continues for two months. He plans to drop messages over Missoula and Wallace Idaho and is accompanied by a reception committee and convoy plane.
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Butte
Charles Lindbergh
Spokane
Lindbergh
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Reno
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
John C. Ryan
Spirit of
Actress Violet Manning Dies on Vaudeville Stage
In New York on September 12, actress Violet Manning aged 34 collapsed while singing on a Loew circuit stage. She died of heart disease before her husband could reach the dressing room, ending the Manning and Hull duo act.
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Associated Press
New York
Violet Manning
Manning
Hull
Northwest Crop Greatest in History Says NP Official
Northern Pacific general passenger traffic manager A B Smith, on a west bound NP train through Butte, predicts Montana and North Dakota crops will be the greatest in the region's history. He notes better travel conditions and growing passenger demand to Yellowstone park and the Pacific coast, while cautiously optimistic about harvests despite weather worries.
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Northwest
A. B. Smith
Northern Pacific
Butte
N. P
Western Territory
Montana
North Dakota
Smith
Yellowstone Park
Pacific Coast
Germany Opposes Postponing Armament Parley
The disarmament committee at Geneva debated delaying the league’s preparatory disarmament commission meeting set for November. Count von Bernstorff of Germany resisted postponement while J. J. Loudon urged a delay to allow direct negotiations. No decision was reached as discussions proceed.
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Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
League Assembly
League
J. J. Loudon
Netherland
France
United States
Navy designates three pilots for Spokane air race
Washington Sept 12 Lieut-Commander Gerald F Brogan of Michigan and Lieuts Herbert E Regan and Aaron P Stoors of New York, all with the Pacific fleet aircraft squadron, were named today as pilots of the three naval planes in the Spokane national air races later this month. They will enter the free-for-all and the navy marine corps pursuit plane race, flying Boeing pursuit ships with Packard 1500 horsepower water cooled motors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gerald F. Brogan
Michigan
Herbert E. Regan
Aaron P. Stoors
New York
Spokane
Train Wreck Near Centaur Dims Two Missing
Two persons are missing and believed drowned after eastbound Rock Island train No. 40 derailed and partly submerged in the Missouri river near Centaur, Missouri. Fourteen others injured, two seriously, including dining car conductor W Dunlap and Sam Compton of Salt Lake City.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Rock Island
Missouri River
Centaur
W. Dunlap
Eldon
Sam Compton
Salt Lake City
Hudtloff Re elected Leader Of Montana Lutherans
The Rev. M. Hudtloff of Missoula was reelected president of the Montana Lutheran pastoral conference in Billings as the Missouri Synod meeting concluded on Monday.
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Associated Press
Billings
Mont
M. Hudtloff
Missoula
Montana Lutheran Pastoral Conference
Missouri Synod
Hindu mystic to be moved after Mann Act trial
Dinshah P. Ghadiali, head of the Spectro-chrome Institute at Malaga New Jersey, who was convicted two years ago in Portland Oregon on Mann Act charges, will be moved to prison. The proceeding follows nationwide attention to the case and its implications for his organization.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Dinshah P. Ghadiali
Spectro-chrome Institute
Malaga
Portland
Ore
Flipping Leader Voices Approval Of Army Chiefs
Manila news reports Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippine senate, named Major Generals James G. Harbord and Douglas MacArthur acceptable to Filipinos for governor general, and Major General Frank McIntyre, as possible successors. Quezon defended himself against criticism for favoring McIntyre, reiterating opposition to a military governor but making an exception for these three.
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Associated Press
Manila
James G. Harbord
Douglas MacArthur
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Senate
The
Philippines
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Quezon
Senate
McIntyre
Leonard Wood
Harbord
MacArthur
Freshman surge at State School of Mines amid record enrollment
Registration at the State School of Mines shows 69 freshmen on the first day of fall term, up from 44 last year, with total enrollment expected near 150. Dr. George W. Craven, president, notes 33 in regular engineering and 36 in the new collegiate first year course. Fourteen sophomores, 15 juniors, 12 seniors, and 10 unclassed students are listed. upperclass classes start today and freshmen tomorrow.
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State School of Mines
George W. Craven
Craven
Cat Bandit to Plead Guilty on Five Counts in Chicago
William E. Baker, known as the cat bandit, faces five charges after being indicted by a Chicago grand jury. He is set to plead guilty to three robbery with gun counts and two burglary counts, with bonds set at $250,000 following witness testimony and grand jury action.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William E. Baker
North Side
Baker
Dempsey Tunney fight finances settled in Chicago
Certified checks posted with Illinois boxing commission settle all financials for the September 22 bout. Tunney receives 1,000,000 dollars, Dempsey 450,000. forfeits of 25,000 and 10,000 noted. New flat guarantees replace percentage shares, and a Soldier Field lease for 100,000 dollars is signed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tunney
Dempsey
Ilinois State Athletic Commission
Boxing Commission
Tex Rickard
George Gety
Soldier Field Stadium
Battleground
Rickard
State Athletic Commission
John C. Righeimer
Commision
Illinois Commission
Rocky Kansas
Illinois
Gene Tunney
Loss of vessel in Magellan Strait told by survivor
Calboa Peru Sept 12 The master and survivor of the Peruvian bark Birkdale arrived with a harrowing tale of the ship burning in the Magellan straits. Several men perished. The vessel left Hull England Feb 23 1927 and caught fire June 24. A Chilean cutter aided by rescuing the captain and most of the crew.
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Associated Press
Calloa
Peru
Birkdale
Magellan Straits
Hull
England
Pride of Detroit Holds Up Old Glory Search
The Kyle reports finding a wreckage piece from the missing transatlantic monoplane Old Glory at 4:30 PM near latitude 51 17 N and longitude 39 23 W, but no crew signs. Storm delays Pride of Detroit flight, pilots Brock and Schlee plan to wait for better weather before attempting to resume toward Tokio and Midway to try for the round-the-world record.
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New York Paper
Associated Press
ST. John's
N.ef
Kyle
New York Daily Mirror
Old Glory
TORIO
Omura
Detroit
William S. Brock
Edward Schlee
Tokio
Kasumiguara Naval Flying Field
Midway
Ex-Ticket Seller Loses Millionaire But Gets Fortune
In Cleveland on September 12, Mrs Helen Long Grasselli won a divorce from Edward Grasselli heir to the Grasselli chemical fortune on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Once a theater ticket seller earning six dollars weekly she now holds property over one hundred thousand dollars and a twenty four thousand dollar annual trust fund. The hearing revealed Grasselli's relationship with another woman he met in Miami and visits to Washington, where he met and supported her with gifts and trips.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Prince
Helen Long Grasselli
Edward Grasselli
Grasselli
Common Pleas
Miami
Fla
Washington, D. C
Washington
Mother of 12 awarded pension and gold medal by judge
District Judge J. J. Lynch and President Roosevelt praise large families. A widow with 12 children receives the maximum $50 mother’s pension, eight under 16, and a medal of gold is awarded in spirit. The judge notes community service and his own eight children.
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J. J. Lynch
Roosevelt
Lynch
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