Belt Fears Flood After Cloudburst Near Monarch
Belt residents activated emergency measures as Brit Creek swelled after a cloudburst at Monarch. About 1000 sandbags were brought from Great Falls to reinforce riverbanks in the business and residential districts. A siren was to be blown to mobilize the male population for flood control. Cascade County highways were blocked by a landslide and waterlogged grades.
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Great Falls
Belt
Brit Creek
Monarch
Beltanownitiins
Elt
Cascade County
Fire at Sanford gas well ends with eight deaths
Borger Tex May 27 The 200 foot flame at a Sanford gas well burned after an explosion yesterday. The second shot at 12 15 a clock tonight blew out the blaze. The first charge started the fire at 10 10 p m and workers moved to free the casing. Eight workmen died in the blast and fire, officials report, as crews hoped to cap the well and halt gas flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Tex
Sanford
London Fire and Ford Car Venture Headline
London reports Henry Ford plans a new car with high cost of manufacture. The Evening News publishes a luncheon account from the Hotel Metropole detailing the announcement and the associated costs, highlighting optimism about a forthcoming automobile model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry Ford
Evening News
Hotel Metropole
Tuto
Hun
CITY WATER HIT HARD BY LOSS OF BIG SIPHON
Armed men attacked the Los Angeles aqueduct guard at Little Lake California and dynamited a nine foot siphon section tearing out 100 feet of pipe. The incident, tied to Owens Valley water rights, endangers the rain supply for the Angeles metro area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Lake
Calif
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Eg Angeles
Los Angeles Power and Water Bureau
Los Angeles
Rockefeller Foundation Funds Montana Health Drive
The Rockefeller International Health Board to donate 93 600 for contageous disease control in Montana starting July 1 1927. Public Health Service to provide county aid to Lewis and Clark and Cascade counties for another year and consider a full time health department in one more county. Dr Cogswell reported after sessions in Washington with health officers and the surgeon general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Health Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Montana
W. F. Cogswell
Washington, D.C
Public Health Service
United States Public Health’ Service
Lewis and Clark
Cascade
Nene
Cogswell
Arthur Jordan
Thomas Walker
Great Falls
Cascade County
Cummings
Cumming
Hamilton
Walker
Heith Kuhns
President Chooses Black Hills for Vacation Home
Washington May 27 President Coolidge favors the Black Hills of South Dakota for his summer residence and will likely go there in June unless plans change. Col E W Starling is sent to survey the area and arrange details while office sites are prepared at Rapid City and the game lodge area. No rail link exists between Rapid City and the lodge and air mail service is considered limited.
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Washington
Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
Col
E. W. Starling
Secret Service
White House
Rapid City
New
Mussolini Sees Great War and Bigger Italy Ahead
Rome May 27 Benito Mussolini told the chamber of deputies he expects to head Italy 10 more years or longer if needed to fulfill the fascist state. He claimed democracy lies buried and outlined plans to transform the chamber into a corporative State aided by national corporations. He urged arming five million men and expanding navy, envisioning mobilization between 1935 and 1940.
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Rome
Benito Musséolini
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Himelf
Avocessor
Heo
Charter of Labor
Edda
Arnaldo
Premice
Salt Lake Girl Wins Oratorical Contest
Washington May 27. Dorothy Carlson of Salt Lake City won the national oratorical contest as the five associate justices of the supreme court judged. She was the first girl to win the national title and the only girl in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dorothy Carlson
Salt Lake
Supreme Court
James M. Tunnell, Jr
Georgetown
Det
Jefferson Meagher
Binghamton
N. Y
Miss Carlton
Comjedlow
Girh
Missoula Sneak Day Sparks Expulsion Threats
Missoula students faced possible expulsion after a Sneak Day disruption. Hundreds skipped classes while hallways filled with chants and pranks at the campus. University officials, led by President G H Clapp, scheduled a Faculty meeting to determine disciplinary actions amid debate over group sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. Clapp
Manx
Fresh area flood ravages reach Atchafalaya region
Fresh flood devastation spreads along the Atchafalaya river with waters breaching the McCrea crevasse driving hundreds from homes. Backwaters rise in Pointe Coupee and flood Bayou Teche causing isolation threats to New Theriot as the McCrea breach widens to over 2 000 feet submerging more than 230 square miles of cane lands.
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New Orleans
Atchafalaya
McCrea
Tmante Coupee Parish
Bayou Teche
New Theria
MrCrea
Ensr
Anchalalaya River
New Orleans Amd
Mississippi River
Paiete Coupee Parish
Deadly mine blast kills six in Delagua Colorado
Six men die and one seriously injured after a dust explosion at Victor American Fuel company mine in Delagua 18 miles northwest of Trinidad Calo. The names of the dead include George Casa August Castagna and Charles Dhhica among others. Seventy men were in the mine. all but the injured and the dead escaped to the surface via airshafts. Tod Walker 62 suffered serious injuries and was brought out four hours later.
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Trinidad
Calo
Victor American Fuel Company
Delagua
Here
George Casa
August Castagna
Charles Dhhica
Marcitez
John Holoes
William Cowsill
Tod Walker
Ace in Paris to Belgium flight marks busy day
An American aviator known as Ace, after a week of acclaim in Paris, plans further journeys to Belgium. The report notes a rapid sequence of events, including departure from New York and arrival in Tariq, with continued media attention and mounting public praise.
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Ace
Paris
Belgium
New York
Tariq
Kremeh
Captain Lindbergh to sail home around June 16
Detroit May 27 Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh announced that her son Captain Charles Lindbergh, the trans Atlantic flier, was accepted by President Coolidge to return home on a warship and would sail for home on or about June 16. The information came by cable from Mrs Lindbergh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
P—Mra
Evangeline Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
trans-Aantic Flier
Coolidge
Uese
Masaryk Re-elected President of Czecho-Slovakia
Parliament re-elects Professor Thomas G Masaryk as president of Czecho-Slovakia on the first ballot with 274 votes out of 444. A communist candidate received 54 votes and 104 deputies voted blank.
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Prague
Gaedia-Slovakia
Thomas G Masaryk
Czecho-Slovakia
Bad Black Bear Bagged in Wilds of Wyoming
Cheyenne Wyoming May 22. After herders led the bear that badly mangled a sheep herder’s face and terrorized others near Bagge, two sheepmen shot the creature while awaiting it at the camp. Christy, a federal agricultural statistician, accompanied Charles J. Bayer in a predatory animal control mission. The bear had chased a herder from his tent and scattered gear across the district.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Christy
Bagge
D FF
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Charles J. Bayer
Mwe
Ex Office Boys Rise to Top Posts in Chicago Burlington
Chicago May 27 two Chicago Burlington and Quincy officials who began as office boys were promoted to major posts. Albert Colsworth Jr. becomes passenger traffic manager after PS Eustis retirement. John R. Van Dyke moves up as general passenger agent succeeding Colssworth.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Tys
Albert Colsworth
PS. Eustis
John R. van Dyke
Mr Cutsworth
Missoula Plans Air Dash To Spokane Race Entry
Missoula May 27. Efforts are underway to have an air plane from Missoula entered in the transcontinental race from New York to Spokane in September. The plan envisions procuring a special plane to be piloted by A. W. Stephenson.
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Missoula
Aire
New York
Spokane
A. W. Stephenson
Rich prizes up in five aerial events
San Francisco May 27. With prizes totalling more than $100,000 offered for long distance flights over continent and ocean, adventurous aviators now may choose from at least five events of the kind during the next few months. Captain Lindbergh is not expected to take part in any of the competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ocean
Lindbergh
War With Russia Not Implied By Breaking Ties
London reports Premier Baldwin says severing diplomatic relations with Moscow does not mean war but signals no further political dealings while favoring continued legitimate trade between Britain and Russia amid tensions and domestic political debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Mneanie
Moscow
French Minister Bares Red Plots in Chamber
Paris May 27. Minister Albert Sarraut told the chamber that communist activity in France and abroad threatened national interests. He defended a Constantine Algeria speech, reading passages from racist material and broadcasts to prove communists were attacking state security and that the Tremier Poincare was thoroughly advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Iter
Albert Sarraut
Chamber of Deputies
France
Constantine
Algeria
Ine
Tremier Poincare
Mrs Snyder Files Formal Appeal In Death Penalty Case
New York May 27 The formal appeal of Mrs Ruth Brown Snyder from the death sentence imposed with Henry Judd Gray for the murder of her husband Albert Snyder was filed by her counsel today. Gray's counsel filed a similar notice at sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Forcal
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Albert Snyder
Gray
Britons Break Relations After Soviet Espionage Notice
A note from Foreign Minister Chamberlain orders the Soviet Charge to leave Britain within 10 days after police traced espionage and subversive activities to Arcos Ltd and the Soviet trade delegation. The probe found both groups linked to anti-British propaganda and espionage across the empire. Continued on Page Bi.
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Chamberlain
Tengols
Diaf
M. Rosengels i
Arcos, Ltd
Russian Trade Organization
British Empire
Moorgate
Arcos
Soviets Fear Britain Moves Toward Blockade
May 27 The belief runs through Soviet circles and the press that Britain is readying varied intervention starting with curbs on relations with the Soviet Union and then a financial blockade to weaken Moscow. Pravda calls such acts the last in a provocation series and brands Britain Europe’s dangerous enemy of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Fravda
Central Executive Committee
Communist Party
House of Commons
England
Marine Captain Slays Bandit Chief in Nicaragua Incident
Captain William P. Richards of the United States Marine Corps killed the bandit chief Cahulls after a machete attack by a woman at a house where Richards confronted Cabulla. Richards fired in self defense, killing Cahulls and later forced to kill the woman. Reports trace Richards to Washington state and Annapolis, noting a quiet, steady career with one year foreign service and a rifle captaincy at the Naval Academy known as Parson.
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Managua
Nic
Richards
Cabulla
William Petter Richards
Naval Academy
Amonabie Classumates
Lipgnadd
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NBA Serilee, Inc
Rap Ant Telephoto
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Doumergue
Myron T. Herrick
Owens River
Washington, I. C
Lewis and Clark County
Mussolini
Birge
Iavlay
Cing Ant Girards
Ure City Frances
South
Colorado
Dodge
Lois Kiowlesan Darge
Horace Doilge
Viricust Fremtagy
Tire Court
Yaris
Etl
Worshin
Pan Sevany
Wyoming
Massoula
Rich
Rggs
Baldwin
Ruel
Bares
Reds
Aso
RED
Nicaragua
Marines
Richard
Marine Serpa
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