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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1928
Page
2
The piece highlights spring coats with capes and fur trim, soft wrap garments like rose beige coats worn by Joan Crawford, and new scarf like collars. It notes polka dot accents in dresses and accessories, plus brimless or skull cap style hats with streamlined silhouettes and helmet-like wheels over the ears.
Government fall forecast overestimated potato yields causing farmers to rush to market at low prices or delay sale. Shortage followed with rising prices. A few traders profited while farmers faltered. The piece notes Senator Willis died amid the 1928 campaign. Hoover mourns Willis in a troubled political moment.
The piece contrasts Canadian moves to expand electric power usage on farms with a warning that control of power sources should stay with responsible stewards. It notes farmers are taught to use power and invites U S farmers to Canada, warning against prophecy and misused power.
The piece blends satirical remarks on 1928, noting health fears from fumes and a proposed League of Nations war on pests. It mocks long lists of H names predicting Hoover’s ascent, and cites a playful multiplication table and alphabet theory as a fortune guide for the year. It ends by blaming the Anaconda Standard table for any flaws.
A speech-filled piece argues aircraft solve diseases and pest control by ending carrion rats and malaria. It hails George Haldeman and Eddie Stinson for a 53.5 hour nonstop flight and cites French and Italian aviation achievements. It urges U.S. ambition to become a leading flying nation and questions naval planners about air power.
In Manchuria high in the Na shan mountains Japan plans a colossal observatory as a monument to the new emperor. It will house a sixty inch reflector and a thirty inch refracting telescope and be hailed as a nobler monument than any bronze horse.
Wethersfield Connecticut congressman Hart Fenn keeps a nearly 50 year old cigar handed to him by President Ulysses Grant. The former newspaper man recalls Grant lighting a cigar and passing one to his interviewer during Garfield Hancock campaign travel. He stored it in a tin box as a keepsake.
Edward W. Pickard notes Chicago and Illinois voters reject the Small-Thompson Crowe machine in Republican primaries. Louis Emmerson defeats Small for renomination. Crowe loses to John A. Swanson. Otis F. Glenn wins senate nomination. Ruth Hanna McCormick and H. R. Rathbone named as congressmen at large. Madden remains a key figure. McCormick likely to carry Illinois for Hoover-Nebraska era.
Nebraska Republicans split their preference votes between Norris and Lowden while renominating Howell. Democrats back Hitchcock for president. Vermont backs Coolidge. Nevada and Michigan lean Hoover. Indiana predicts a Democratic tilt if Hoover is nominee. Idaho pledges solid Borah delegation.
Members of the National Republican club celebrated after the national affairs committee adopted a resolution urging repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The document outlined steps for presenting the plan and rallying support across party lines.
The German Junkers plane with Baron von Huenefeld Captain Hermann Woehl and Col. James Fitzmaurice lifts from Baldonnel Ireland. They head east over the Atlantic passing Galway as fog envelops them and face likely bad weather near Newfoundland.
Henry Ford, guest of honor at the American Society of London dinner, announced his first ever speech of twenty nine words expressing honor to meet distinguished representatives of two nations. Ireland awaited Ford with a large reception but he chose not to visit while the Free State tariff remained in effect.
Ashurst files a minority report denouncing the Boulder Canyon irrigation bill as a reckless attack on Arizona. He warns of a filibuster and vows the senate could sit to November if the bill advances, arguing it severed Arizona's rights to Colorado River irrigation and power. Theater and auto tax repeal showings spark finance committee debate.
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