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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
4
This short survey notes June weather with temperatures about 12 degrees above freezing and receding river high water. It mentions no mosquitoes, no home fires needed, and a brisk fall wind. the piece ends with a casual call to go to California.
The piece argues enforcement of the Volstead act sparks uneven anger across regions. It cites killings by federal agents in Montana and Minnesota, boosting anti enforcement sentiment. It notes a local bootlegger in Big Timber serving life for murder and claims most peddlers and some women in the trade are law abiding.
The New York Evening World notes the Senate barred press associations from the floor while debating Irvine Lenroot’s federal judge nomination. It argues open session would illuminate the fight, urging transparency as a long struggle for liberty, citing historic clashes between Parliament, printers, and the public.
In Porres Scotland on June 16, American Ambassador Charles G. Dawes and British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced that initial talks on naval disarmament would begin with speeches. Dawes and MacDonald prepared a communiqué saying other powers should cooperate as the fate of the world depends on progress. The meeting yielded no invitation for MacDonald to visit America, and Dawes departed for London after the Pilgrim dinner.
Ray Keech winner of the Indianapolis race was killed at Altoona Speedway in a 200 mile event when his car crashed after Bob Robinson's car hit a hole in the east turn. Cliff Woodbury was seriously injured and others escaped. race halted and prize money to standings at the time.
Hong Kong faces a growing water crisis with only brief rainfall failing to ease the shortage. officials speed urgent measures and plan rainmaking efforts led by the weather observatory and air force to restore supplies.
Six of the seven victims from the City of Ottawa air liner crash in the English Channel near Dungeness were recovered as rescue efforts continued. Among the passengers were Homer W. Tatham, an American with an injured arm, and Adolph E. Meister of Garfield Manufacturing, a Swiss national. Pilot Captain R J Beallli remained aboard the damaged plane until rescue operations concluded, then faced the press with shattered nerves.
The Detroit shooting of 21 year old Archibald Engster by a border patrolman sparks renewed protests over enforcing the prohibition law. The week also sees Henry Virkula killed near International Falls Minnesota and J J Thompson wounded in Silver City New Mexico. Florence Kahn at the Capitol introduces a bill to pay 25000 to dependents of any person killed by treasury agents.
General Charles G. Dawes reached London after landing in Southampton and assumed the role of American ambassador to the court of St James. British press expect he carries an invitation to Premier Ramsay MacDonald from President Hoover for a talk on disarmament and armament concerns.
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