Hindenburg elected leader of Germany amid Dawes plan debates
Edward W. Pickard reviews Germany’s election of Paul von Hindenburg as president, noting the Monarchist coalition’s stance and Chancellor Luther’s assurances. He discusses Dawes plan reception, France’s worry, and British monetary moves toward gold standard, alongside naval war games and regional unrest in Europe.
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Marsial
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Kaiser
Wilhem Marx
Hindenburg
Marx
Luther
da Luther
France
Rhineland
Cologne
von Hindenburg
Romanian ministerial move reshapes tariff commission chair
William 8 Culbertson of Kansas, former vice chairman of the federal tariff commission, is named minister to Romania to replace Peter A. Jay, who is promoted to ambassador to Argentina. Jay will delay departure from Bucharest due to Near East concerns and U.S. debt talks with Romania.
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Illiam
Culbertson
Kansas
Federal Tariff Commission
Rumania
Peter A. Jay
Argentina
Near East
Washington
Mr. Jay
Bukharest
First Distinguished Service Medals for Peace Time Service
The first Distinguished Service Medals awarded for nonwar military service were pinned last week on Maj. Frederick L. Martin the expedition’s first commander and First Lieuts. Leigh Wade and Leslie P. Arnold, key members of the world flight team. Remaining members of the group also will receive honors.
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Academy of Design
New York
Samuel J. B. Morse
The
Academy
Telegraph
Martin, Wade and
Arnold
Army World Flyers
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Frederick L. Martin
Army World Flight Expedition
Leigh. Wade
Leslie P. Arnold
Medals Awarded by Special Act of Congress
AMES M. BECKS resignation as attorney general has just been accepted by President Coolidge. Among those under consideration for the post are William D. Mitchell of St Paul Minnesota and Charles W. Waterman of Denver who aided in the Colorado Coolidge preconvention campaign. Former Representative Harry E Hull of Iowa is recommended for assistant secretary of labor to succeed K J Henning who has been appointed a federal judge in southern California.
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Ames M. Beck
Coolidge
William D. Mitchell
St. Paul
Minn
Charles W. Waterman
Denver
Aigd
Colorado
Harry E. Hull
Iowa
K. J. Henning
California
MacSwiney sails into the United States without passport
Miss Mary MacSwiney, Irish Republican foe of England, tours the United States raising funds. Officials say she has no passport and may be deported if found in the country illegally. In Chicago she said she does not need a passport and would start a hunger strike if arrested. Wright auctions the original 1903 flyer to the Times museum in England. A smallpox scare grows in the East with vaccinations urged for government workers. Coolidge among early vaccinators. Milwaukee reports many cases. New York and Chicago normal.
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Oreign
von Hindenburg
France
Marx
Austria
Germany
United States
Great Britain
England
Italy
Japan
Holland
Romania
Poland
Washington
Inston Churchill
Bank of England
Churchill
Sweden
Uungary
Dutch Indies
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
South Africa
Iss Mary Macswinky
Ngland
State Department
Chicago
Miss MacSwiney
Aville Wright
Times
South Kensington
Langley
Wright Brothers
Coolidge
Birmingham
Ala
Richmond
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
New York
Death of Eyre Crowe Former Foreign Undersecretary
Eyre Crowe a British permanent undersecretary for foreign affairs has died in London. He held the post for years and was widely known and greatly respected.
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Eyre Crowe
London
Land Offices Combine into New Billings District
Billings absorbs records supplies and furniture from discontinued land offices. Register Harry B. Drum will oversee the new district with Charles 8S. Giddings Miss Blanche Nickey and others joining from Miles City Lewistown and Bozeman. The district covers south central and eastern Montana with homestead lands and 200 patents awaiting records from other offices. The government owns coal and off land plus mining lands yielding lease and royalty income.
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Billings
Harry B. Drum
Charles 8S
Giddings
Blanche Nickey
Cash R. Cross
Miles City
Herbert Jo Schobert
Lewistown
Jennie EK. Love
Bozeman
New Billings
State to Finish Custer Battlefield Hiway
Secretary Rankin of the Hawaiin chamber learns bids will be called for the third unit of the Custer Battlefield Hiway. The federal acid project runs across the Crow Reservation. Two units are complete with the third from Lodge Cross to Spear Siding about ten miles long awaiting bids.
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Rankin
Hawaiin Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Custer Battlefield Hiway
Crow Reservation
Lodge Cross
Spear Siding
New Appointments Highlight State Officials Changes
W O A Bateholer of Great Falls named state scale Inspector by AL HL Bowman succeeding George I Berry. Miss Jeda Scharff of Helena becomes state purchasing department stenographer. Miss Mary Morgan of Anaconda appointed mortgage clerk in state land office. Petitions circulate to set Jefferson forest reserve as national game refuge and recreation park between Pierre and Glasgow. A separate petition targets Fort Belknap reservation to add about 30 000 acres, totaling roughly 54 000 acres.
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W. OA. Bateholer
Great Jules
Agriculure
AL HL
Pierre
Glassgow
Jefferson Forest Reserve
Fort Belknap
Two prospectors reveal Bitter Root gold strike tale
Thomas Johnson of Woodside and Arthur Rowe of Victor in Rawal county claim to have kept their Bitter Root valley mining success secret for two years. They describe a creek prospect on Fred Barr Creek four miles north of Woodside where a shaft yields rich gold at high per ton value.
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Thomas Johnson
Woodside
Arthur Rowe
Victor
Rawal County
Bitter Root
Fred Barr Creek
Montana Taxpayers Association Publishes Revenue Bulletin
The Montana Taxpayers association issues a compendium of Montana tax and license laws. It lists 57 property tax laws and 99 state and county license laws, with 10 licenses bringing large state revenue. The bulletin, mailed free to members and available to others on request, surveys the state's tax and license system.
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Montana Taxpayers Association
Montana
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Helena
Big Fair Budget Proposal for Missoula Western Montana Fair
A 1926 Missoula fair budget requests 27700 for an expanded western Montana event, submitted by secretary W Peat. The 1925 premium fund stands at 10000, up from 5000 last year, with higher allocations tied to expected attendance growth and parity with state fair premiums, noting Helena’s exhibit operates on about 60000.
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Missoula
W. ©. Peat
Helena
Bank Moves to Bairview Richhind County
Mondak State Bank will relocate to Bairview at the lower end of the Lower Yellowstone irrigation project in Richhind county. Cashier L W Thompson says the bank will be ready for business in its new location on June 1.
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Mondak State Bank
L. W. Thompson
Bairview
Lower Yellowstone
Richhind County
State Briefs From Deer Lodge To Missoula And Beyond
Sam Treloar delivered a complete set of new instruments from W A Clark Jr to the prison band in Deer Lodge. Townspeople and farmers in Baker will donate labor to prepare county fair buildings this fall with board support for materials if the work is donated. State leaders will use gavels carved from the Washington elm.
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Sam Treloar
Deer Lodge
Butte
W. A. Clark, Jr
Baker
Montana Legislative Assembly
Washington
Board of Park Commissioners
Cambridge
Mass
Stewart
Senate
Apeaker
Nanita Bagley
Sherlock
Townsend
Broadwater County
Erickson
Montana
War Department
Washington, D. C
R. R. Spencer
State Board of Entomology
Missoula
New Lumbering Firm in Columbia Falls Incorporates
Articles of incorporation filed for the Columbia Falls Timber and Pole company with Clerk and Recorder Slaw at Whitefish. Directors include J. H. Sexanith, F. A. Sexsmith, and William A. McKay. Capital stock is 100000 dollars, with half paid in. The firm purchased the A. J. Jordan plant at Columbia Falls and has possession. It plans logging, timbering and milling and expects 40 to 100 workers once underway.
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Columbia Falls
Whitefish
J. H. Sexanith
F. A. Sexsmith
Spokane
William A. McKay
A. J. Jordan
Sapid
Butte St Patrick’s Church to Undergo Interior Refinishing
The pastor Father Joseph M. Venus announced an interior remodeling plan for St Patrick’s church in Butte with an estimated cost of eight thousand dollars.
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St. Patrick's Church
Butte
Joseph M. Venus
County to Advertise Bids for Bozeman Hill Project 168
County commissioners order the state highway commission to advertise for bids on Bozeman hill traveling project 168. Work on the Rocky canyon road section progresses and should be ready for grading in a month or two.
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State Highway Commission
Bozeman Hill
Rocky Canyon Road
Obituary notices for Hale Brown Burnell Trent family mourns several figures
John Hale a Northern Pacific conductor aged 68 died from heart trouble after a long career dating back 86 years in Missouri and Ohio. QO Brown known as Daddy Brown 79 long Livingston resident and driver for Yellowstone Park Transport died. Archibald Burnell 70 Great Falls native from Scotland died at home after years in the grocery trade. Taylor Trent 70 Bozeman resident died at home leaving widow, two sons, two grandsons, and siblings in California and Kansas.
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John Hale
Northern Pacific
Tie
Mr. Hale
Northern Pacifie
Rock Talend
St. Joseph
Marietta
Ohio
FR. Brown
Brown
Livingston
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company
Flo
Norway
Archibald Burnell
Great Falls
Eldenburgh
Scotland
Norris
Til
America
Burnell
Taylor Trent
Bozeman
Missouri
California
Kansas
Frank L. Benepe
Roundup Fund Seeks 3000 Dollars for Miles City Show
More than 82200 has been subscribed to the guarantee fund for the annual roundup at Miles City. Roy W. Milligan, president of the association, announced that members aim at 3000 dollars to attract top world performers for the big show. Committees are pressing to raise the remaining 800 dollars, with success still uncertain until the target is met.
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Miles City
Roy W. Milligan
Mull Gan
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Hines
Hawaiian Islands
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Pacific
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Hyatoma
San Pedro
Honolulu
Tokyo
Agrarian Party of Bulgaria
Peasants’ Union
Boris
Moscow
Labor
Sofia
Europe
Teheran
Congress
Custer Battlefield
Association
New Lumbering Firm
Itsa
Uskide
U. S
United States Rubber Company
el Azhar University
Cairo
Peel, Cee MonaMotor
Monarch Manufacturing Co
Council Bluffs
Toledo, Ohio
Mona Motor
Hwe
Bayer
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