Wisconsin Days Plan Paving Harrison Avenue
The Beadle administration moves to redeem its pledge with a Harrison avenue paving push. The city council forms a Harrison avenue paving committee including the mayor, county commissioners, civilians, aldermen, the county surveyor and city engineer. Aldermen O Leary Hesler Blank T R Morgan and Haggerty and E J Nash named as members.
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Beadle
Harrison Avenue
Board of County Commissioners
O'Leary
Hesler
Blank
T. R. Morgan
Haggerty
E. J. Nash
Butte Electric Railway Company
James H. Rowe
Charles P. Nevin
O’leary
Porto Rico Faces Economic Struggles and Unemployment
Porto Rico endures poor business conditions as sugar prices stay low and over production hits the island. About 400000 Porto Ricans are out of work while the legislature seeks more home rule and a native governor. A minority faction asks for a 100 million loan from the United States to fund rural and elemental education and a broad development program.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Porto Rico
Cuba
United States
Hoover
Rebels Routed Near Jiminez as Army Presses Advance
Mexican rebels led by Gen Jose Gonzalo Escobar retreated from Jiminez after a two day battle. Official reports to President Portes Gil say federal troops under Gen P Elias Calles pursued from Bermejillo about 100 miles behind the front. Insurgents reached Reforma 12 miles north of Jiminez before a destroyed railroad bridge halted further retreat.
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Mexico City
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Jiminez
Portes Gil
Elias Calles
Bermejillo
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua City
Reforma
Curtis Aroused by Social Rule for His Sister
Washington society reels at the seating rules for official dinners as Vice President Curtis protests to the state department over Mrs. Edward Everett Gann ranking with diplomat wives. Secretary Kellogg earlier informed the British ambassador of the policy prompting Curtis to seek reversal while Henry L. Stimson studies the dilemma.
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United States
Kellogg
Edward Gann
Washington
Curtis
State Department
Edward Everett Gann
Esme Howard
Diplomatic Corps
Henry L. Stimson
Simson
Stimson
Gann
Butte Wages Higher Than Arizona Scale
A Arizona dispatch claims Arizona miners earn more than Butte. Butte pays at least $6 a day for all underground workers. Arizona's $6.20 rate applies only to one class of underground labor, with differentials for other roles.
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Arizona
Butte
For Sale Miscellaneous Safe For Sale Cheap
Classified ad notes a miscellaneous sale item described as safe for sale cheap. Appears in Standard classifieds with contact at New Method Key Shop 108 St Mont St phone 4503 J.
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New Method Key Shop
St. Mont. St
Wolves of the Waterfront opens Montana Standard serial
The Montana Standard begins a 12 month fiction series with Edgar Wallace's Wolves of the Waterfront a crime romance adventure set in London docks. It promises 30 installments and will feature other famed authors like P G Wodehouse Oppenheim and Rinehart in subsequent weeks.
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Edgar Wallace
London
Montana
P. G. Wodehouse
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Clarence Budington Kelland
Mary Roberts Rinehart
John Esteven
Rafael Sabatini
J. S. Fletcher
Election totals unchanged after city canvass
Butte's canvassing committee, Aldermen McAllister, Wilkinson and Haggerty, confirmed April 1 election results and recommended certificates of election for the winners. No changes from the April 2 Standard. Metals Bank and Trust petitions for tax refunds cited county overcharges totaling 11,921.04 and 5,917.64 for bank and city respectively.
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Butte
McAllister
Wilkinson
Haggerty
Metals Bank and Trust Company
Wee
Blease Admits He Is Wet Yet Votes Dry for Constituents
Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina says he drinks occasionally but votes for dry legislation to reflect his constituents. United Press reports notable contrast with former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri who criticizes such hypocrisy and rejects the admission. The exchange centers on Mor gan and Michaelson cases and Prohibition politics.
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Blease
Washington
Morgan and Michaelson
Cole Blease
Dem
8. C
Senate
United Press
South Carolina
Kansas City
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Hoover Marks New White House Era With Bold Early Acts
Herbert Hoover’s first month as president yields rapid bold decisions. He reorganized the Republican Party in the South and ordered publicity of tax refunds. He backed Mexico’s government against rebellion and halted oil drilling on government lands.
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Hoover
White House
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Republican Party
South
Helena inquiry ends with insufficient evidence against superintendent
Investigators close the Helena state vocational school for girls probe with a board resolution finding insufficient evidence to sustain charges against Edith Kassing. A legislative committee urged removal and farm school separation, but its report was not officially presented. Only four student witnesses testified during today's hearing.
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Helena
State Vocational School For Girls
Helena Valley
State Board of Education
Edith Kassing
Hatchery at Gardens to be dismantled
Butte Anglers' club votes to abolish the Columbia Gardens hatchery and transfer material to the Divide hatchery in exchange for 1 060 000 fingerling capacity. The club, 25 years old with over 2 200 members, plans a spring and summer fish planting program and an annual officers election plus a push to reach 3 000 roster. State Game and Fish Warden Robert Hill attended and praised the club's work.
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Columbia Gardens
Divide
Butte Anglers’ Club
Silver Bow County
Robert Hill
Helena
Milwaukee Wet Victory Sparks Legislature Fight Over Enforcement Act
Milwaukee leaders move to annul the Wisconsin enforcement referendum as dry and wet factions prepare a capital battle. Measures to repeal the enforcement act and drop home brew penalties advance in the state senate, with Senator M Duncan urging action after a 125000 vote margin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
M. Duncan
Milwaukee Socialist
Duncan
Warren G. Brown
Montana Faces 32d with Fine Crop Prospects
Helena Mont April 3 Montana faces the 1929 farming season with favorable conditions for an excellent crop. The state department of agriculture reports total acreage to be seeded at 8 500 000 acres, up from last year. Continued on Page 8 Column 4.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
State Department of Agriculture
Butte Leader James H Rowe Makes California Breakfast Flight
J H Rowe a Butte business leader and state highway commissioner traveled from Los Angeles to Butte by air, claiming seven hours forty minutes elapsed in air travel with favorable tail winds. He began with a California breakfast at 7 30 a m in Los Angeles and finished with a dinner in Butte at 6 p m the same day, after a lunch en route. He noted an unusually smooth trip with quick Salt Lake City connections and no headwinds.
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Los Angeles
Butte
James H. Rowe
State Highway Commission
Western Air Express
National Parks
Mr. Rowe
Salt Lake City
Rowe
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Wisconsin Days
Een
West Coast
Naco Commission
Harrison
U.S. 1
J. H. Rowe
C. P. Nevin
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Beadle Administration
John F. Sinclair
Couugar Ang
Naco
Charles Curtis
Washington Society
Kenneth G. Crawford
The
Mia Kagoing
Floh
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