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Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1928

Page

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Polls Show Tight WV Primary Amid Goff Support

Voter turnout across 298 precincts in West Virginia hints at a close primary race with Senator Goff favored by some counties. Reports indicate Teed of New York aligns with the Democratic presidential contest while Republican backers push Hatfield style tickets as voter blocks shape the result.

Chartestan WooYa Todass Reppbiian Trenite Rita Nopre Readey Sintty Hatfield Sama Tela Nore Will Benator Tery Goth Datsbir WoVa Crnor

Safe crackomen operate in state

Tailings May 29 reports from central Montana show expert safe crackers, using silk or linen gloves, copied fingerprints to reopen a broken safe in Laguna. Montana officers say burglars travel across the state and avoid larger cities while continuing operations. Meantime a plane crash near Spavinaw lake, Oklahoma, killed William Burke and left James Forster unhurt after an aircraft plummet.

Montana Columbus Laguna Mpet Muskogee Ohla Walliam Burke Chimulgee James Forster Tulsa Burke Spavinaw Lake Jay Ohla

Mystery shrouds fate of dirigible 19 flight

Oslo, May 29. The dirigible Treha's flight to the North Pole vanished after a week at sea. Heavy wind, cold and snow hinder search for the 18 crew members led by General Umberto Nobile. Rescue attempts along Spitzbergen faced advancing darkness and ice floes as continued efforts aimed to locate the airship and its crew.

Oslo Norway Treha's North Pole Spitzbergen Umberto Nobile

Senate Delays as Mob Scene Erupts Over Cama Bill

Washington May 21 AP A moblike Senate clash halted unfinished business on the Cama bill during adjournment night. The chamber, frayed by voices and shouting, relented when Borah forced executive session and minutes later reopened with decorum intact.

Senate Solons Washington Way Boulder Canyon Senate Nieton Borah Idaho

FOX FILM FOLK GONE SOS RELIEF PLANE MISSING

Alaska scene shifts as Fox Film folk vanish with SOS relief plane. Two planes and a crew of ten were en route May 13 toward Paterton to aid a trapped party. Professor Matt Spennaen and radio operator Uevser were aboard the relief craft missing since departure.

FOX Film Forbanks Alaska Rim Pat Parton Matt Spennaen Uevser Bn Dirty Starch

Train collision kills two girls at grade crossing

Two women students at a state teachers college in Murrsurburg were killed when an automobile at a grade crossing along the Baltimore and Ohio line struck a train. Three others were seriously injured as the auto collided with the train. the victims were students expected to graduate in June.

Murrsurburg Api—Pao Tlariysonburg

Colonel Lindbergh Maps Air Route for Transport Company

Colonel Lindbergh charts air route for a transcontinental transport firm with Wichita as a base. He plans to stay in Wichita tonight and depart tomorrow morning for Los Angeles, outlining the leg from New York to the Pacific canal and noting related plans in a brief metropolitan update.

Lindbergh Transport Company Wichita Pacific Court Transontinental Air Transport Yorlock Orhaneht Los Angeles Lambert St Lowe New York Cats Pacific

Flooding Rises on Columbia River Threatening Farmlands

Vancouver Wash May 27 The Columbia River rose within two tenths of an foot of the all time record set in 1921. The flood inundated hundreds of acres of rich farm land, closed down mills and tarane towns, and flooded basements of homes and businesses.

Y Vancouver Warere All Une Everallis Taranes

Presbyterians Back Coolidge Mellon Amid Prohibition Debate

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Tulea Oklahoma defended President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon during a prohibition records dispute. A Sedalia presbytery report was disapproved by the assembly, while the committee’s appraisal was noted.

Presbyterian Church Tosyn Coolidge Treasury Mellon Tira Sedalia “Mo Sedilla Presbytery Cammer General Assembly

Final Effort to Save Hickman From Rope

The final legal bid to stay William T Hickman’s execution for Marian Parker’s death was filed in Los Angeles. Attorneys argued constitutionality of the law and sought reversals from the Supreme Court, claiming the statute may be unconstitutional and invalid. The court faces a decision in the coming days on whether to halt the gallows or allow the sentence to proceed.

Los Angeles Tany William T Hickman Marian Parker Hey Therask Supreme Court Othe Cietk Supreme Kman Supreme Com Jas

Appropriations Total Staggers Federal Budget

Washington May 29 AP The cost of federal government returned to a better than a few and a half billion basis. The 70th congress appropriated 1 642 293 89737 to carry on alfas in the next fiscal year. This exceeded this year’s appropriations by 627 30 961 17.

Washington Congress

Thea Rasche to Fly Atlantic Solo Next Month

Thea Rasche, Flying Fraulein, announces plans to fly the Atlantic next month from New York or Old Orchard. She aims for Berlin and a world tour after a peace aviators conference, with a 700 gallon gasoline supply and a flight lasting about 92 hours.

New York Thea Rasch Germany Fring Fraulein Thatrine Atlantic Air Jane Teddy Old Orchard Berlin Clarence Chanbertry

Missing tooth key clue in Dorothy Sila gowski murder

Coroner Frank Kreft says the killer may be identified by a missing front tooth. The 9 clue case centers on a 9 year old girl abducted from her bed and mutilated, with investigators noting the dental abnormality could trace the perpetrator. Local detectives pursue leads, including suspects Seong and others, as they analyze the teeth evidence.

Taleda Dorothy Silagowski Frank G Kreft Jabra Othee Pani Vvhart

Los Angeles Off Ox a Dart to Pittsburgh

Fragmentary OCR text appears to describe travel or transit between Los Angeles and Pittsburgh with names and garbled phrases. No coherent event, dates, or clear entities beyond two city names. Unable to extract a definite incident or outcome from the readable material.

Los Angeles Pittsburgh

National Forests Closed Announcement

A terse notice from the regional forestry office warns that national forests are closed to Swyobers. The misspelled order outlines restricted access, citing district regulations and immediate enforcement by forest officials.

Bill for Muscle Shoals Not Signed

A garbled May Washington dispatch notes confusion over the Muscle Shoals bill in the Senate wing. The report references President Coolidge and the wartime Horace Brash and vague life of the vice president during early sessions.

Washington Senate Erestient Coolidge India

Congress Concludes 70th Session In farewell remarks

The 70th Congress ends its session with President Dawes declining to answer a question on Speech from the Senate floor and a brief farewell by Speaker Longworth. The Hawaiian goodbyes and farewell ritual mark the closing moments as members depart.

API Vicw Dawes Senate House Longworth Congress Tome Banatty Houston

Sam Stewart Answers Outsiders Who Seek To Ame Senator From Montana

Sam Stewart, once a candidate for United States Senate from Montana, rejects attacks from outsiders tied to the Democratic and Republican campaigns. Reported as a political row with references to Henri Ashurst and a broad publication network in Washington, with distribution of copies to government officials and party supporters.

Sam Stewart Montana Sim Stewart United States Democratic CP Alee Mada Mmn Republtic Trent Montana Henri Ashurst Arizona Iivent Sotan Ihvoinlige Das Privars Wast Inbton Coe State Bane

Montana Voters Heard Sharp Attacks From Senator Ashurat

A damaged page note shows a political exchange where Montana voters are urged to question outside interests and judge candidates by their records. It references Senator Ashurat and implies accusations of manipulation by distant interests.

Montania Monana Cozens New York Washington Ortizona Ashurat

NP Plans New Line at Scene of Slide

fragmentary notice describes railway line plans near a slide site with a district engineer and public works actions. references to Gardiner, Yellowstone, and a transfer of duties, with vague dates and locations.

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