Blackfoot Fire Crews Guard Large Forest Area
Missoula June 24 Crews of the Blackfoot Forest Protective association guard about a million acres in the Blackfoot valley performing maintenance trail building and yard work while awaiting fire season. Seven fires thus far with the largest six acres. miles of new trails built and old roads improved. The Potomac to Bearmouth road may be traveled with skill. The Blackfoot unit is protected by five units including Lolo Bitter Root Cabinet and Helena under forest service contract.
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Missoula
Blackfoot Forest Protective Association
Blackfoot Valley
Blackfoot
Potomac
Bearmouth
Blackfoot Association
Bitter Root
Cabinet
Helena
Blackfoot Forest
Forest Service
Homeopathic Wood Yard Operators Suffer Injuries
A gasoline saw belt broke at the rear of Carl Shepke’s home injuring three neighbors near the zoo block on East Park Avenue. Duncan McDonald, 58, Coleman Laughlin, 21, and Thomas Johnston were struck by the belt with one hospitalized for serious wounds, another homebound patient, and a third nursing an injured hand.
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Anaconda
Zoo
East Park Avenue
Carl Shepke
Duncan McDonald
Coleman Laughlin
Thomas Johnston
Rising Waters Delay Missouri Water System Improvements
Great Falls reports a $690000 city water project begun in 1930 is delayed by rising Missouri River water and other factors. Less than $45000 remains to be completed, with pumps piping and arrangements soon moving forward. Once finished, plant capacity will nearly double, but a 67 by 13 foot suction well about 25 feet deep remains to be built.
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Great Falls
Amounet
Iun
Ed Henen
Henen
Arthur Anderson
Butte Girl Chosen as Star in Alice in Wonderland Film
Six year old Margaret Ann Wulf of Butte has been selected by the Independent Motion Picture corporation to star in Alice in Wonderland. The film, to be shot in July, will use a new natural color process and marks a pioneering effort after extensive training and testing.
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Butte
Little Margaret
Ann Wulf
John S. Wulf
Independent Motion Picture Corporation
Willie Weasel Lets Squirrels Share Glacier Park Home
June 24. The weasel wintering at the Medicine Ranger station wood shed in Glacier National Park appears to have abandoned his carnivorous ways and is allowing a pine squirrel to share his quarters. Ranger Clyde Fauley says he has seen weasels kill chipmunks in summer and witnessed a struggle of this kind on the station porch. Mouse extermination in the area seems complete.
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Glacier Park
Medicine Ranger Station
Glacier National Park
Clyde Fauley
Young Man Dies After Miles City Swimming Accident
Howard Brown, 21, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Hugh T Brown, died at 4 am following a swimming accident at Becker's lane on Tongue River. He struck bottom diving from the riverbank and injured his neck vertebra. Heinz Sledentopf, who witnessed the tragedy, was found conscious but paralyzed after surfacing and Brown died after an operation.
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Miles City
Howard Brown
Hugh T. Brown
Becker's Lane
Tongug
Heinz Sledentopf
Mowing Machine Stolen From Billings Area Field
At the C. B. Mc Farland farm 15 miles west of Billings on the Molt road a mowing machine prepared for haying was stolen Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Sheriff’s office reported the loss Wednesday afternoon. Tracks resembled a tire impression led toward Acton but the mower was not found.
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C. B. McFarland
Billings
Molt Road
McFarland
Sheriff's Office
Acton
Three Injured When Auto Dives Into a Pond Near Highway
Three teenagers were injured when their car left a Thompson Park road near the Ning Mile house and flipped into a pond. Earl Morgan, 27, and Miss Misa Jean Bennett, 14, along with Arnold Jacobson were rescued after the wreck, with Morgan nearly drowning as he was trapped under the vehicle. Neighbors and motorists aided in turning the car and pulling Morgan from the water. The group stopped a second car to summon help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Wyoming Coal Strike Fallout Sparks Union Factional Clash
In Rock Springs Wyoming unions forecast 60 percent backing UMWA officials against a proposed wage cut that reduces basic pay from 6.72 a day by 20 percent. The July 1 start date for the new scale prompted threats of outlawing workers who don’t report. Officials accuse IWW organizers of anti-union agitation as district leaders sign the pact amid a broader Montana coal mine dispute.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
United Mine Workers of America
Jay
International Board
Wyoming
United Mine Workers
Cheyenne
Mine Workers’ Union
John O'Leary
W. D. Duncan
O E. Gasaway
George Cole
Wyeming
George Lambert
James Morgan
Billings
Montana
Wheeler Family Plans Summer Stay at Glacier National Park
Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler wife of Montana's junior U S senator arrived at Belt to spend the summer at Glacier National Park. Accompanied by John Edward Richard and Marion Wheeler she joins Elizabeth and Frances at the convention then Glacier. Senator Wheeler plans to fish Glacier streams while John Wheeler serves as information ranger at Many Glacier.
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Glaciar Park
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
United States
Belt
Glacier National Park
John
Edward
Richard
Marion Wheeler
Elizabeth
Frances
Wheeler
Glacier Park
Wheelers
Lake McDonald
Senator Wheeler
John Wheeler
Many Glacier
Weed burner explosion hits Bitter Root railroad crew
A gasoline explosion blew the weed burner of the Northern Pacific on the Bitter Root branch near Corvallis. Three crew members escaped uninjured as the tank burst into a sugar beet field at Quastspur after a fuel break was spotted.
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Missoula
Northern Pacific Railway
Bitter Root
Quastspur
Corvallis
Mmen
Driver charged in fatal accident at Third Avenue Janeaux
In Lewistown on June 24 D W Jones of Roundup is jailed on a felony count under the Ark and run statute related to the death of an 11 month old child of Mr and Mrs Calvin Battrick after a collision at Third Avenue and Janeaux. Sheriff Guy Tullsek and County Attorney C E Baker led the investigation and progress was reported satisfactory with details withheld. Also noted, Tower earnings reached 114724 for the year, up 23117 over 1930, marking its 44th year since the 1889 Paris exhibition.
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Lewistown
D. W. Jones
Calvin Battrick
Third Avenus
Janeaux
Guy Tullsek
C. E. Baker
Atili
Fittel
Yukon Gold Fever Draws Large Miner Influx By Air
White Horse Yukon Territory sees a surge of prospectors as air transport replaces long treks. The Mitchell Exploration Company uses five flying boats to move veteran placer miners into the Finlayson river area and planned trips to the Liard river region. Rumors of strikes in the Carmack district north of White River spark excitement among residents as claims are staked along Cab in Sayyea and Scurvey creeks.
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White Horse
Finlayson River
Frances Lake
Here
Vancouver
B. C
White River
Mitchell Exploration Company
Detroit
Liard River
Cabin
Sayyea
Yukon
Ward
Carmack
Klondyke
Geologists Resume Beartooth Area Research Outing
In Red Lodge on June 24 four Princeton geology students arrived to start the cooperative Beartooth exploration season. The vanguard includes Dr. Jack Latterly Dr. Harry E Hess Dr. John T Rowse and Kenneth Wilson. The field party will work with Princeton’s Dr. R M Field and Prof. Erling Dorf t University of Chicago’s Z Chamberlain Virginia State Geologist Arthur Bevan and Prof. W H Bucher Cincinnati. Dr W T Them of Princeton leads the expedition this summer.
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Red Lodge
Princeton University
Beartooths
Jack Latterly
Harry E. Hess
John T. Rowse
Kenneth Wilson
Rouse
Princeton
Red Loder
Qaertze
Organ Lupe
Yellowstone Park
Pryor Mountains
Big Horn Basin
Yellowstone River
Cempleton
R. M. Field
Erling Dorft
2. T. Chamberlain
University of Chicago
Arthur Bevan
Virginia
W. H. Bucher
University of Cincinnati
W. T. Them
Armed Man Holds Off Officers in Dillon Standoff
Jim Jinkits drove off Waters from their Kentucky avenue home and barricaded himself inside. He fired at officers as they surrounded the house for nearly two hours before tear bombs drove him out to the basement. He later surrendered after a new bomb supply and is held at the county jail with no charges filed.
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Dion
John Waters
Kentucky Avenue
Jim Jinkits
Dillon
Jinkina
Butte Men Held For Attempted Burglary in Whitehall
Two Butte men identified as Roy Taylor and Bill Blue were held on charges of attempted burglary in Jefferson county after being caught inside the McCay General store in Whitehall by Marshal Henry Waldo. Held in $2,000 bond, they await district court information to be filed. In Jacksonville, Florida, a longtime city rule requiring barrooms to close at midnight has been replaced by newer practices as night enforcement evolves.
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Butte
Roy Taylor
Bill Blue
Jefferson County
Boulder
Henry Waldo
McCay Reneral
Whitehall
Bowlder
Jacksonville
Pla
Elty
Barranma
Barrooma
CNN
Kansas City
Walsh
Missouri
Adoo
McAdoo
Canal Zone
Eis
MeAdoo
Smith Walst
Desco Jaald
Smith
Roosevelt and Smith face in battle for permanent chair
Chicago June 34. The fight for the permanent chair at a Democratic convention pits Roosevelt and Smith forces in a clash over keynote power and floor control. Snell, the Republican chair, is cited as an example of how chairmen influence recognition, gaveling, and the flow of debate. Walsh and Shouse emerge as likely contenders, with stakes revolving around party unity and procedural rulings that could shape the convention’s outcome.
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Rodney Dutch
Chicago
Roosevelt
AL Smith
Bert’ Snell
Thomas J. Walsh
Monana
Chatrayan Innett Shouse
Smith
Snell
Dickinson
Roosevelt Farlion
Shouse
Ita Deal
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Kir
Cnvernor
Shase
Walsh
Shouse Or
Raed
Oran Snell
Tamer R. Trarfield
Olle James
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Champ Clark
Tammany
Clark
New York
West
Queue of Motor at British Court Shocks London Crowd
One of London's grand free shows outside Buckingham Palace collapsed into confusion as the king and queen held court. Protests rose from attendees while presenters sped into the palace courtyard, and American women in the crowd waved under sponsorship from diplomats. Names and origins of the attendants are listed among the crowd and sponsor details.
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Alvin Wallman Loulou
Dung
London
Motors
Nevertheles
George V
Victoria
Award
Walt
Buckingham Prince
Whlapert
Unclear text fragment on aborted decision and recording
Fragmentary report describes a judge or official hearing arguments, noting a rushed decision to record a statement and doubts about credibility tied to the act of recording and the speaker’s awareness of a possible wrong. The passage reflects uncertainty about the legal or procedural outcome.
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Larson
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Phil’s Broadway Grocery
LW. W
B. K. Wheeler
Glacier Nat. Park
Yukon Territory
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France
Marsland
Coolidge
Madison Square Gordon
Chang
Bern Tcher
Madame du Fleurad
Mins Lanige de
James G. Wants
Washington
Deanne Whaigfield
Reno
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Swift's Empire
Ake
West Side Market
Arthur Williamson
Corner Park
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