England faces hung parliament after costly election
London reports all three major parties in post election campaign for power. After the costliest British election, a new House of Commons sits without a majority government. Ramsay MacDonald vows to prevent a second election for two years, while Labour seeks 21 cross‑bench supports to govern. Conservatives Liberals and independents reconfigure strategy as parties maneuver for position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Great Britain
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Harlan Stewart Dies in Train Accident
Miles City June 1 AP Harlan Stewart 25 formerly of Miles City died near Hysham when his rail speeder was backed into by a work train. Stewart a signal maintenance man for the Northern Pacific railway was thrown 300 feet. A. E. Hartland, local NP agent, is his uncle. No witnesses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Four and Half Years For Stealing 2 Sheep
Bozeman June AP leading guilty to grand larceny, Jarry R. Neal, 35, sentenced to four and a half years in prison by Judge B. B. Law in district court. The offense was the theft of five sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Jarry R. Neal
B. B. Law
No Travelers Checks Accepted for National Park Fees
Travelers checks will no longer be accepted at national park entrance fees. Comptroller General J R McCarl says only currency may be exchanged, with a $10 minimum travelers check not recognized. Park employees cashing checks risk breaking the law. change can be obtained near entrances at Gardiner and West Yellowstone, but may require travel back from Cody or Lander entrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
J. R. McCarl
Roger W. Toll
Park
Gardiner
Weat
Yellowstone
Cody
Lander
Plane crash kills aviation instructor and injures socialite daughter
Los Angeles June 1 AP Raymond Compton 22 year old aviation instructor was killed and Ysabel Gass an LA socialite fatally injured when a plane they operated plunged during an approach to Kelley field. Witnesses say the aircraft nose dived as it tried to land. Miss Gross 18 suffered a fractured skull crushed chest and severe lacerations and was not expected to live. Compton was a government licensed pilot and from Chico California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Raymond Compton
Ysabel Gass
Los Angeles Society
Kelley Field
Compton
Dormer
Chico
Cal
Two New Officials Assume Their Posts
Charles Evans Hughes Jr. of New York and Robert J. Lucas of Rennie took the oath of office in Washington. Hughes became solicitor general. Lucas was named commissioner of internal revenue in the presence of their chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
New York
Robert J. Lucas
Rennie
Mr. Hughes
United States
Mr. Jaiasy
Internal Revenue
Wheat growing areas want low freight rate
Washington June 1 AP The Federal Trade Commission was informed by Ralph Merriam special counsel for the Kansas City Board of Trade that the principal grain markets favor the lowest reasonable freight rates on grain They say future welfare depends on conserving and promoting the interests of all parties to the grain industry and a community interest among growers county elevators millers and the exchanges
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frematt Comerce Commission
Ralph Merriam
Kansas City Board of Trade
United States
Boeing to install more plane to airport radio stations
Boeing will add eleven ground radio phone stations to PX 85 communications on the Chicago San Francisco airmail route by September. Officials announced in Seattle on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Chicago-San Francisco
Circus Tents Leveled as Storm Hits Great Falls
Rain and hail driven by 66 mph wind struck Great Falls causing tents of a traveling circus to collapse, two unoccupied airplanes to be wrecked, and minor damage to nearby property. The hour long storm drenched a 50 mile radius area with heavy rainfall. no serious injuries reported among performers and spectators as tents were cleared and animals relocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Rascus
Shalon
Atudenta
Montana
Green Flash May Hop Tuesday Flight Delayed by Storms
In Old Orchard Maine, June, uncertainty over a hopoff of the Green Flash toward Rome or the Yellow Bird toward Paria grew as a North Atlantic storm system dampened clear weather for 48 hours. Sr James H Kimball of the New York weather bureau cited a trough south of Newfoundland. The American built and French planes prepared on the sands while crew and sponsors reassessed, delaying the actual flight tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard
Maine
Rome
Paria
North Atlantic
James H. Kimball
New York
Homselves
Armeno Lotti
Jean Assolant
Rane le Favre
Lowry A. Yencay
Roger Q. Williams
Garden City Fire Destroys Warehouses Threatens Gas Tanks
A blaze along the Long Inland railroad right of way in Garden City New York destroyed three large warehouses a garage and a freight car with damage estimated at 200 000. Firefighters from five companies battled the flames for over an hour between Roosevelt and Mitchel fields. The fire threatened to ignite six large tanks of aviation gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Roosevelt
Mitchel Fields
Falls City in flood isolation after heavy rains
Southeastern Nebraska towns faced isolation as two days of heavy rain brought seven inch totals in spots. In Falls City Cecil Vader, 16, drowned when swept away by floodwater on a highway south of town. rescuers could not recover the body. Rescue teams evacuated families by motor boat from lowland farms and many arrived at dawn unaware their homes were surrounded. Bridges weakened and railroad tracks washed out near Auburn causing two train wrecks with no injuries but livestock losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls City
Neb
Nebraska
Cecil Vader
Tere
Resela
Auburn
Neh
Here
Bandit robs Denver grocery clerks in bold daytime attack
In Denver on June 1 a masked armed bandit bound and gagged one of two clerks at a West Colfax Avenue grocery, rifled the till, and forced the other clerk to drive away in the delivery truck with groceries. Clerk Nathen Litts freed himself and alerted police, but no trace of the culprit was found by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Alerken x West Colfax Avenua
Charles Dawson
Nathen Litts
Miles City Youth Found Dead In Home Basement
Miles City, June 1 AP Frank Arnstad 14 son of Mr and Mrs Owen Arnstad was found dead in the basement of his home with a rope around his neck and feet tied. The county coroner ruled accidental death after finding no evidence of intent and noting the rope appeared thrown around pipes. Police say he was likely playing in the basement when entangled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Frank Arnstad
Owen Arnstad
Quarrel Over Money Ends With Sheepherder Shot
Miles City June 1. George Heinzelmann a 60 year old sheep herder is hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head after an altercation with George W Hall operator of a ranch near Kingey. Hall faces a bond and a preliminary hearing is set for June 1. Police say Heinzelmann quarreled with Hall over wages owed to Mrs Weinzelsmann. Hall claims self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
George Heinzelmann
George W. Hall
Kingey
Heinzelmann
Hall
Weinzelsmann
Wall
King George Condition Improves But Remains Bedbound
Windsor June 1 The King spends his birthday in Windsor Castle bed as doctors report improved but renewed illness. A rubber wheeled bed moves about the Victoria Tower chamber to catch sunshine while a castle band plays the King s favorite airs. The medical bulletin says the sovereign had a good day and remains in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
APJ
George
Windsor Castle
Victoria Tower
Castle Grounds
Dewey Teacher in Critical State After Suicide Attempt
Mary E Calderwood a 23 year old Dewey Montana teacher who planned to enroll at Montana Normal in Dillon June 10 was found unconscious in a bed at her landlady Mrs Frank Morris home. She is in hospital in Beaverhead County after a pathan bottle was found in her hand. She left a letter saying there is no place in the world for me and asked to be hurted. Authorities say no funeral services or grave are planned at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morria
Miles Calderwood
Ruta
Worda
Watuaplor
Jn al
Tick Parasites May Be Successful in Montana War
Montana state officials report encouraging progress in the battle against spotted fever ticks after distributing tick parasites across the state. Dr. W J Butler notes 400000 released last year and plans to release 4000000 more as the Hamilton laboratory advances the program. Entomologists confirm live parasite emergence from dead ticks near Bozeman, and officials aim to establish parasite colonies around tick hotspots with France-supplied parasites and backing from industry leaders like A G Leonard of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
W. J. Butler
Rt. A. Cooley
J R. Parker
Bozeman
Hamilton
Butte
Butter
Hamilton Laboratory
France
Butler
Buller
A. G. Leonard
Chicago
Union Stockyards Company
Montans
Leonard
Iron Workers or Dollar Day Strike Shuts Chicago Projects
In Chicago on June 14 AP reports over three thousand iron workers walked out for a dollar a day raise. The walkout halted all unfinished Luding projects and broadened as Bridge and Structural Trona Workers 2,200 strong and Ornamental and Architectural Tron Workers 6) joined in sympathy. Employers offered $12.50 daily, but the strike continued into the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Uman
Senate poises to OK farm relief conference report
Administration leaders expect the Senate to back the conference report eliminating the export debenture plan from the farm relief bill. Three or more senators who backed debenture last month may switch to support elimination to avoid delaying legislation. Senator McNary of Oregon chairs and aims for a vote early next week after conference completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Z. Henle
Pran
Washington
Senate
McNare
Oregon
DIES OF BROKEN HEART AFTER WIFE RUNS AWAY
George Debs of Omaha died after learning his wife ran away with another man and took his $1600 savings. The shock and fear described by physicians followed his return from a hospital where he had undergone major surgery. Debs left six children at home as he collapsed and died at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
George Debs
Debs
Frank
College editor expelled for ignoring censor at Washington State College
Pullman Washington AP reports Sohn Forbes editor in chief of Congar's Paw college humor magazine expelled from Washington State College for publishing material not submitted to a faculty censor. Forbes, a senior, claims he sourced the material from eastern college magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman, Wath
Sohn Forbes
Aberdeen
Wash
Humarous Magazine
Washington State College
Easteen College
Forbes
Judge Hoyt Wins Hearst Essay Prize for Temperance Plan
Franklin Chase Hoyt, presiding justice of the New York City children’s court, won the $25,000 Hearst prize for best temperance plan proposing repeal of the Volstead Act and a state controlled framework for light wines and beers. Other winners include Brig. Gen. George Albert Clayton Dalton, Capt. Thomas W. Thorkildsen, and James D. Quinlan Jr. Hoyt believes the Eighteenth Amendment cannot be repealed soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Franklin Chase Hoyt
New York City
Children’s Court
Hearst
Geo
Albert Clayton Dalton
U. 6 Army
Washington
Thomas W. Thorkildsen
The
Moderation Lengue
Yourth
James DB. Quin- Jian, Jr
Ramona Bird
Alhambra
Colt
Hoyt
Spring Hill Mill to Add Second Flotation Unit
The Spring Hill gold mine four miles southwest of Klena will enlarge its milling capacity by adding a second flotation unit. Montana Idaho Mines directors say the upgrade, with improved ore grades and May profit, will require a larger jaw crusher for handling the ore. Concentrates have been shipped to East Helena since May 9 as the new plant operates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Hill Mill
Spring Hill
Klena
Montana, Idaho Mines Corporation
Guat Carlson
Formant
Taentira
Pew
East Helena
American Smelting & Refining Company
Fine weather greets Shriners Vanguard in Los Angeles
Southern California’s nicest forecast welcomed the vanguard of Mystic Shriners as they began to pour into Los Angeles for the 7th annual convention to be held next week. Earlier conventions here had clouds and rain. The forecast for the event promised sun and fair weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Mystic Shriners
Order
Southern California
Flood Worsens In Houston Area As Texas Streams Move Gulfward
Houston area endures the city’s worst flood in 25 years with about 2 half dozen south Texas streams cresting toward the gulf. Floodwaters inundate thousands of acres as Houston drains and city services struggle to restore power and water pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
H Donald
Newallot
Lender
Apo
Strateklata
Atenggia
Harlan Stewart
Oklahoma City Bureau
Mintle Rags
Hutchinson
Kan
Oklahoma Uny
Oklahoma City
C. W.doc Thompson
Rays
Mra
R.B Thompson
Thompson
Boeing
Green Flash
Cross Sea
Bandit
Miles IV
King George Snows
Dewey
Iara
Morris
Ayd
Chier
Hearst Pai
Mina Hava
Valuca
Shriners
Vanguard
Futfalo
Bridgen
Guan
Nanking
China
Foreign Ministry
Harbin
Moscow
Berlin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!