Fire destroys Drummond Faust Mercantile in early blaze
Fire damaged Drummond Montana's business district causing about 100000 dollars in losses. The blaze began at 2 am in the Faust Mercantile basement and spread, destroying the store and likely fixtures of the post office. Owl garage and J B Sutherman residence suffered heavy damage as wind pushed flames toward railroad tracks. Fire departments from Missoula and Deer Lodge aided the volunteer bucket brigades. postal records were saved and eight hours elapsed before control.
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Missoula
Deer Lodge
Drummond
Here
Granite County
Faust Mercantile Company
Owl
J. B. Sutherman
Girls in One Piece Bathing Suits Parade Before Chicago Council
Chicago May 3 AP charming young women in one piece bathing suits will parade in the city council chambers Monday. Aldermen, acting as duty to flag and country, will observe the beach attire of lake front frolickers. The girls will hang garments on a clothes tree to gauge what the council will sanction this summer.
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Chicago
Earthquakes Kill 11 in Askhabad and Shake Persian Border
Four strong earthquakes rocked Askhabad Russian Turkestan and nearby Persian towns. Eleven dead and over 40 injured as houses collapse, Germab wiped out, 90 homes demolished near the border. Destruction spreads to Firuza and other villages with thunderlike subterranean roars. Reports say up to 3,000 may have died in three Persian towns. Russian Turkestan government dispatched air relief after Persian officials request.
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Askhabad
Russian Turkestan
Germab
Firuza
Gale on Atlantic coast and Great Lakes after land tornado
A sweeping gale battered the Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes regions after deadly tornadoes ripped through Dixie. Virginia suffered the heaviest losses with many fatalities, while states across the South reported extensive damage. Lake Michigan and Lake Erie traffic halted as ships faced peril at sea. The City of Buffalo ran into trouble off Cleveland as ships raced to aid distressed vessels.
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Atlantic
Great Lakes
Mexico
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake
City of
Buffalo
Cleveland
Three Catholic Priests Murdered by Chinese Bandits in China
Hankow May 3 AP Details arrive of the murder of three American Catholic priests of Chenki in Hunan. The Rev Walter Covelyot Petoskey Mich the Rev Clement Saybold Dunkirk NY and the Rev Rodfrey Holbein Baltimore Md were shot in cold blood as they traveled toward Yuanchow by 30 looterless and fragmented soldiers. Bodies recovered April 27 by Fathers Anthony Maloney Townsville Ky and Miles McCarthy Boston with a 90-man guard. Burial set for May 4 at Shenchan.
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Hankow
China
Chenki
Hunan
Passionist
Walter Covelyot
Petoskey
Mich
Clement Saybold
Dunkirk
Rodfrey Holbein
Baltimore
Chowkt
Tawt
Yuanchow
Bailes
Anthony Maloney
Townsville
Miles McCarthy
Boston
Shenchan
Rep Scharnikow Called by Death in Deer Lodge
Edward Scharnikow four terms state representative from Powell county died at age 4? after a 10 day illness. He served as Deer Lodge city treasurer 25 years and practiced law there since 1884. He was once a law partner of Theodore Yantley, former Montana Supreme Court chief justice.
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Butte
Edward Scharnikow
Frouneer
Deer Lodge
Scharnikow
Farmers Condemn Present Relief Act
The Minnesota Farm Bureau federation executive board condemns the pending bill in Congress saying it will not help American farmers. They call the measure unhelpful and unsuitable for farmer relief.
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St. Paul
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Farmers of America
Education department role urged by Wilbur at ACE meeting
Secretary Wilbur told the American Council on Education that an adequate position within a department and sufficient funding are all that is needed for federal education policy. He emphasized the national government should develop methods and ideals rather than fund local administration, noting his background as an educator and former Stanford president.
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Washington
Hoover Administration
Department of Education
Wilbur
American Council On Education
Stanford University
Public Opinion Pushes Armament Limitation Efforts
Geneva May 3 Publicity was urged to advance the limitation of land armaments at the preliminary commission and a disarmament conference. Delegations tentatively agreed to introduce a resolution for a publicity system on armament costs, a cautious step in the current conference.
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Geneva
Rioting in Bombay Leaves Casualties After Day of clashes
In Bombay on May 1 six people were dead or injured as Hindu Muslim fighting flared through the day. Police rounded up unruly elements as the city, though largely quiet by midnight, faced ongoing isolated assaults and curfew.
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Bombay
India
Bomba
Indictments Target Chicago Suburb Alcohol Syndicate
Eighty-one men in Chicago Heights and nearby, including the toastmaster and former officials, were indicted in federal court for conspiring to violate the prohibition law. The probe alleges a Chicago suburb alcohol syndicate operated since January 1925 and distributed over 3,090,000 gallons of contraband under the direction of A U S D A Daniel Anderson. The list includes Thomas A Amico among others.
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Chicago
Tostmaster
Chicago Heights
United States
Daniel Anderson
Thomas A. Amico
Malllionatre
Kidderville Wiped Out by Mohawk Valley Flooding
Colebrook New Hampshire May 8 AP The Mohawk valley flood after Balsam dam broke at 6 20 p m 13 miles above Kidderville carried away 15 houses and barns while several other structures were torn from foundations Residents of Kidderville fled to high ground after a telephone warning at 8 00 pm The flood followed the Mohawk river into the Connecticut and many homes were destroyed with valuables removed beforehand Sentinused on Page Ten.
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Colebrook
N. H
Kidderville
Mohawk Valley
Balsam Dam
Highlands
Connecticut
Republican Failures Push Democrats, Byrns Says
Washington May 3 AP Plans for cooperation between the new Democratic Party executive headquarters in Washington and the Democratic National Congressional Committee were discussed today by Rep. Byrns Tennessee, chairman. He said if the Republican administration fails to settle economic problems especially agricultural and tariff issues the country will turn to the Democrats next year.
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Washington
Democrat Party
Democratic National Congressional
Congressional
Representative Byrns
Tennessee
Jouett Shouse
Byrns
Congress
Democratic Party
Chamber of Commerce Backs Reserve Bank Act and Tax Cuts
Washington May 3 AP The 17th annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States adopted resolutions supporting the federal reserve system repeal of the national origins immigration provision and reduction of corporate income taxes The convention backed government efforts to suppress war as national policy and urged removal of excessive interstate business burdens while seeking broader tariff commission authority to protect wage levels and living standards
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Federal Reserve System
William Hutterworth
Deera & Co
Moline
National Chamber
Pioneer of Logan Leader Mary Ann Carpenter Dies at Ranch
Mrs Mary Ann Carpenter 62 wife of William Carpenter died at their ranch west of Logan Born in Boulder and raised in Montana She leaves her husband three daughters three sons three sisters and two brothers Most kin reside in Montana Funeral services are planned for Three Forks and burial at Botder
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Boreman
Mary Ann Carpenter
William Carpenter
Logan
Boulder
Montana
Three Forks
Botder
Ex Border Guards Consigned to Pen
Detroit May 3 six of eight former border patrol officers pleaded guilty to taking bribes from rum runners and were fined $1,000 and given jail terms. The other two received a prohibition and a suspended sentence in U S district court.
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Detroit
APJ
Border Patrol
United States District Court
Prohibition
Log of Vestris Falsified Overloaded Ship Sank
London May 83 AP testimony revealed the liner Vestris log was falsified with records of the draught. Two former officers said Captain Carey urged caution about log entries while another described Captain Calor’s death as the ship sank after turning turtle. Johnson linked overloading and weather to the disaster amid sea water in the between decks.
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Vestris
London
W. F. Johnson
Chtaf of
Meer
Carey
Johnson
Lamport
Holt
Tessie Watson
Calor
Watson
Board of Trade
Caray
Mason
Senate Vote on Farm Aid Bill Will be Close
Washington May 3 AP Senate leaders say the farm relief bill debate hinges on attendance for the vote. Two key supporters, Shipstead Minnesota and Kendrick Wyoming, are ill in hospitals and may be unable to vote. A tie could require Vice President Curtis to break the vote, with leaders hoping for approval to drop the debenture plan.
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Senate
Washington
Hoover
Posal
Shipstead
Minnesota
Kendrick
Wyoming
Curia
Yanks May Effect Reparations Treaty
Paris reports that Dawes committee figures on reparations have been approved by American experts and discussed with German specialists. Dr Hjalmar Schacht and Owen Young have been in contact since Berlin talks. Authors suggest German delegation may view the figures favorably despite lingering uncertainty.
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Paris
Dawes Committee
Hialmar Schacht
Owen D
Young
Berlin
Washington youth slain by officers near Racoon farm house
In Washington Pa on May 3 Henry Orris 23 was shot and killed by state police and county detectives after wounding William Care 38 chief of police of Boumpottstown yesterday while attempting to serve a warrant on Orris and his brother Herman Orris 26. The pair were alleged to have stolen several items.
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Washington, Pa
Henry Orris
Washington County
Racoon
William Care
But
Two Butte Men Found Dead After Missing Reports
Bodies of Dan Blue, 58, and John Hovis, 72, both missing since December, were recovered in separate Butte locations. Blue was found near a reservoir north of the city and believed to have died from exposure. Hovis was found by Crystal Creek after an apparent wander from a sick relative, with authorities confirming a likely drowning.
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Butte
Dan Blue
Crystal Creek
John Hovis
Police battle erupts in Berlin suburb during crackdown
In Berlin Neukoelln officers clashed with hidden snipers during efforts to quell three days of rioting by communist forces. Airplanes coordinated patrols to identify firing positions as police, seeking weapons, conducted house-to-house searches in the district. Authorities declared a minor siege and ordered continued operations to restore control.
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Berlin
Neukoelin
Neukoalin
Karl Zoergiebel
Ateost A
Prexy Approves Farmer's Prayer Observance Declared
New York May 3 AP President Hoover endorses an annual day of prayer for the farmer and his work. Dr Charles L White president of the Yume Missions council says the rural life Sunday Rogation observance will be on May 5 with prayers across denominations and churches worldwide. The president's letter expresses blessing and comfort to farmers amid anxiety and hard times.
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New York
Charles L. White
Yume Missions Council
Hoover
Home Missions Boards
United States
Mellonites Will Win Senate Controversy
Washington May 3 AP submission to the senate of several reports by the judiciary committee on Secretary Mellon’s right to hold office showed narrowing paths to a vote. The committee lacked a decision after long debate as to whether Mellon is in violation of the 10 year old statute. Prospects of a vote tomorrow kept the open inquiry into Mellon and his stockholding in companies under discussion.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Norris
Melson
Stoe
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