Inundation Devastates Liechtenstein and Surrounding Areas
Lichtenstein faced its worst flood since formation as a 5000 foot dam collapsed after swollen rivers breached borders with Switzerland. The disaster flooded towns, destroyed bridges, and halted rail and telecommunication lines while Lake Constance rose fifteen feet threatening nearby territories.
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Associated Press
Innsbruck
Austria
Lichtenstein
Switzerland
Governt
Absence of news on Koennecke’s overland flight
London dispatch notes lack of word from German flyer Lieut Otto Koennecke who departed Angora Saturday for Basra Iraq. With a wireless outfit aboard, the silence despite expectations of reaching Basra the same day raises fears of an air tragedy. Basra and Bagdad report no word received, Constantinople has opened special inquiry.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Otto Koennecke
Angora
Turkey
Basra
Irak
Constantinople
Bagdad
Miss Elder Ready for Ocean Attempt
The airplane American Girl cleared from New York bound for Paris with Ruth Elder aboard aiming to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. George W. Haldeman listed as master, time for the hop-off not fixed, weather advised a Thursday earliest departure.
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Associated Press
New York
Ruth Elder
Atlantic Ocean
Paris
George W. Haldeman
Haldeman
J Ross Clark Will Filed for Probate in Los Angeles
The will of J Ross Clark, brother of late Senator William A Clark, was filed for probate in Los Angeles. The estate, valued above $10,000,000, includes many minor bequests to servants and relatives. After debts, the residue will be placed in trust with half income to widow Miriam A Clark, a quarter to grandson Paul C Russell, and the rest to 12 relatives. The will, dated March 1, 1926, follows Clark's death September 18 at 76.
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Los Angeles
J. R. Clark
William A. Clark
Montana
Miriam A. Clark
Paul C. Russell
Mr. Clark
Black Hills Snow Forecast Spreads Eastward
A cold wave bringing snow flurries and frost moved rapidly from the Rockies toward the Mississippi River. Western Kansas saw light snow with colder weather forecast northward. frost and near freezing temperatures were predicted for Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota and Iowa. Snow covered the Black Hills of South Dakota adding to a week end total of four inches while Minot North Dakota registered 11 below zero. The first snow of the season fell briefly at Thermopolis Wyoming with surrounding mountains still white.
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Kansas City
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Mississippi River
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Black Hill
North Dakota
ST. Paul
Minn
Minot
N. D
Northwest
Black Hills
Coolidge
Grandfather and Teen Bride Wed in Pittsfield Church
In Pittsfield Massachusetts Charles Robinson aged 52 a grandfather and father of 13 children from a prior marriage married Louise J Doran aged 16 in St Josephs Church The ceremony was performed today reflecting a rare age gap in a first marriage for the groom and a union that drew local notice
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Pittsfield
Mass
Charles Robinson
Louise J. Doran
St. Joseph's Church
Flying Mayor Beadle soars Spokane flight thrills Butte
M Kerr Beadle nicknamed the flying mayor completed a 300 mile flight in under three hours at 10 000 feet in Jack Lynch s Ryan monoplane from Butte to Spokane. The trip 11 20 a m to 2 40 p m featured a low pass over Missoula dropping a message to W E Headley Jr. and a view of two distant forest fires. Continued on page 2 col 4.
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M. Kerr Beadle
Butte
Spokane
Mayor Beadle
Jack Lynch
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh's Famous “Spirit of St. Louis
A. S. Moiney
Chicago- Northwestern Air Transport Company
Lynch
Feltsfield
Missoula
Beadle
W. E. Headley Jr
Mullen
Tax Notices Mailed for Silver Bow County 1927 Taxes
About 12 000 taxpayers in Silver Bow County will receive tax notices as first payments for 1927 taxes due November 1. The county expects to take in roughly 1.5 million dollars in November and May, with total receipts about 400 000 less than 1926. Taxable value fell from 1926 to 1927 but remains higher than 1925. County aims to stay within income, pay warrants, and avoid deficits for the first time in decades.
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Silver Bow
Silver Bow County
Board of Commissioners
Court struggles to seat jury in girl bandit arson case
In Georgetown Texas September 26 a judge postponed jury selection for Mrs Rebecca Bradley Rogers of Austin on arson charges and ordered a special 209 member panel for tomorrow The defendant held a 5000 bond tied to the December robbery of Farmers National Bank in Buda where an armed unmasked woman robbed two employees and escaped with 1000 Rogers a former UT student was then employed in the attorney general office in Austin
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Georgetown
Texas
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Austin
Cooper Sansom
University of Texas
Attorney General's Office
Edge mulls billion dollar plan to enforce Prohibition nationwide
Senator Edge of New Jersey, a leading dry advocate, discussed a proposal to fund real enforcement of the Volstead Act with a special tax on every consumer item. A $1 billion pool would hire an army of investigators to police the nation, financed by a tax separate from normal government revenue. He said action hinges on public demand from home districts and warned the law could become a dead letter if enforcement remains weak.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Edge
New Jersey
Senate
Wets
Edge
Congress
Largest airplane visits Butte airport in Montana history
The vast Fokker transport, largest plane ever to visit Montana and a Spokane race record holder, landed at Butte yesterday afternoon and spent the night on the field. Pilot Lieut Harold Beaton from Chicago, with co-pilot Lieut R Baez of Milwaukee, parked due to space, after a 3 hour flight from Spokane to Langleyfield Virginia. Beaton, a Mantle block relative, won the Spokane prize for largest capacity plane with 120 mph average.
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Montana
Spokane
Butte
Harold Beaton
Chicago
R. Baez
Milwaukee
Beaton
Mary Ann Grant
Dan Brown
Mantle
Langleyfield
Fokker
Lieutenant Beaton
Mystery of William Hocking disappearance shocks town
William Hocking 43 proprietor of the Waffle Shop at 3 South Main Street has been missing from his business and home since yesterday morning. An all day search by city and county authorities aided by relatives.
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William Hocking
South Main Street
Earnings Too Small To Serve Jail Term For Bootlegger
Russell Dunn of Somerset county filed a parole petition with Commissioner Parish arguing his six month prison sentence for attempting to sell a pint of whisky was too harsh given his earnings of only 15 dollars a week as a bootlegger. The case approval hinges on whether parole is warranted.
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Baltimore
Russell Dunn
Somerset County
Commissioner Parish
Dunn
State
Britain Dominates Venice Schneider Cup Seaplane Race
Great Britain crushed Italy in a 350 kilometer seaplane race in Venice. Flight Lieutenant S. N. Webster won in a Supermarine Napier S-5 at 281.488 mph, breaking the previous record. Worsley placed second and Kinkead clocked a lap at 289.014 mph. Italian entries failed to finish.
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Associated Press
Venice
Great Britain
Italy
8S. N. Webster
O. E. Worsley
Webster
Mario de Bernardi
Royal Air Force
Worsley
Lieut
5. N. Kinkead
91st Division Commemoration Dinner In Helena
Helena remembers the September 26 1918 dawn when the 91st Division launched the Argonne offensive. The drive led to Armistice and end of World War I with heavy losses on September 29 at Gesnes. Tonight the 91st Division members in Helena hold a commemorative dinner.
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Helena
Mont
Montfaucon
Montana
Parker
Gesnes
Rockefeller’s first job at age sixteen noted in 72nd anniversary
In TarrYTown New York on September 26, the 72nd anniversary of John D. Rockefeller’s first job is observed. The aged magnate’s estate flies the American flag and he marks the day with golf, a holiday lunch with intimate friends, and remarks expressing gratitude for the opportunity.
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Associated Presse
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Sleeping girl murdered in family feud in New York
Braggio Arsenio, 65, was arrested after a 7 year old girl Angeline Constanzo was fatally shot as she slept in her East Side home. Police tie murder to a feud among the Constanzo, Arsenio, and Saltarelli families linked to Frances Arsenio’s elopement with Dominick Voluvio. Police seek Frances Arsenio and investigated firearms possession by three relatives.
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Associated Press
New York
Braggio Arsenio
Angeline Constanzo
East Side
Arsenio
Benjamin
Peter Saltarelli
Contanzos
Arsenios
Saltarellis
Constanzos
Frances Arsenio
Biaggio
Julia Caltarelli
Saltarelli
Dominick Voluvio
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Air Ministry
Lichenstein
Lake Constance Menage
Fire Brigade
Shkan
Lake Constance
Miss Elder
J. Ross Clark
States
Thermopolis
Wyo
Genwe Eber
Loads
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