Railroads Aim to Grow Foreign Trade and Prosperity
A 1929 column features Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad urging expanded U S foreign trade. He notes U S productive capacity exceeds domestic needs by at least 25 percent and argues enlightened self interest requires pursuing overseas markets. He recalls 1859 efforts by John W Garrett linking Baltimore to Liverpool, the early American flag vessels on the Atlantic, and explains that exports are priced 20 to 30 percent below domestic rates at Atlantic ports.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
United States
Mr. Willard
John W. Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio
Mr. Garrett
Baltimore
Liverpool
Atlantic
America
Tidewater
Sinclair Loses Control Of Fils Oil Empire
The New York Herald-Tribune says Harry F. Sinclair, chairman of Sinclair Consolidated Oil, has lost control of the company. A group including Blair and Company, Arthur W. Cutten, and the Fisher brothers becomes the dominant force in the firm. Hill remains chairman per attorney Martin W. Littleton.
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New York
New York Herald-Tribune
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
United States Senate
Supreme Court
Blair and Company, Inc
New York Bankers
Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago
Fisher Brothers
Detroit
The
Herald-Tribune
Martin W. Littleton
Sinclair
Sinclairs
Storms and Floods Threaten East as Blizzard Hits Inland
Floods and gales grip the eastern seaboard and New England with a 75 mile per hour storm. Western New York and Pennsylvania report an April blizzard with six foot snowdrifts. Rivers rise in Maine Vermont and New Hampshire while New York Harbor endures high winds and dangerous seas. Captains recount a freak cyclone creating two contrasting vessel fates near Nassau and Havana.
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New York
U.P
Seaboard
New England
Pennsylvania
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York City
West Indies
No Inquest Planned in Double Tragedy
Coroner’s assistant says McMahon killed Miss Roche then died by suicide at 628 South Dakota Street after rejecting romance. No inquest will be held. murder by planning indicated in his notes. Requiem mass scheduled for 9:30 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.
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Anne Roche
Stanley McMahon
Mike Salot
al Rondono
McMahon
Doctor Wages Three Transport Modes for Ill Daughter
Denver physician Dr. C Harrod of Littleton pursues air plane, train, and automobile routes to reach Los Angeles where his daughter Shirley Leona is gravely ill with pneumonia. He fled Denver by car to catch up with the Union Pacific train to Salt Lake and an air mail flight to L A, hoping to reach the city by Thursday afternoon.
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Denver
Los Angeles
C. ©. Harrod
Littleton
Colo
Shirley Leona
Union Pacific
Greeley
Laramie
Wyo
U. P
Salt Lake
Foch Biography Sparks Old French Postwar Debate
Paris April 17 A posthumous biography of Marshal Ferdinand Foch inflames a long standing dispute among France's political and military leaders from the immediate postwar era. The work quotes the late allied generalissimo in sharp terms, signaling renewed controversy.
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United Press
Paris
France
Ferdinand Foch
Butte Chamber to Discuss NP Trains Through Helena
The Butte Chamber of Commerce board will be asked to consider a Helena report that the Northern Pacific plans to route fast trains via Helena rather than through Butte. The Helena press claims NP shortened Chicago to coast time by eight hours by using Helena route.
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Butte
N. P
Helena
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Coast
Butte City Considers $85 000 Montana Street Paving Plan
The Butte city council heard a proposal from surrounding property owners for an $85,000 paving project on Montana Street to extend the paved area near the business district. The plan seeks creation of an improvement district from Park to Silver and from Washington to Montana with Portland cement concrete and ten yearly payments, funded by signatories led by Paul E. Robertson and includes streets Washington Park to Mercury Idaho Mercury from Park to Mercury and Mercury from Montana to the alley.
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Butte
Montana Street
Paul E. Robertson
Bolever and Brown
Symons Dry Goods Company
Irene
St. James Hospital
Annie D. Hauser
Jos Richards, Inc
David Currie
Martin Towey
Anne Williams
Amanullah and Water Boy Clash Near Kabul
Reports from Kabul say heavy fighting rages at Shai Kabad about 40 miles from Kabul as former King Amanullah tries to reclaim the throne from Bacha Sachoa, the so called waterboy of the north, who seized the throne from Amanullah's brother.
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Calcutta
India
Kabul
Shaikabad
Afghanistan
Amanullah
Bacha Sachoa
Plumbers Debate Copper Pipe Use in New Districts
Butte city sewer committee favors copper piping for all new improvement districts and urges city attorney to draft an enforcing ordinance. Aldermen O’Leary and Wilkinson press for hearing plumbers union opposition. The panel also approves over $6,000 in new sewer work plus several pipe lay projects with specified locations and costs.
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Butte City
O'Leary
Wilkinson
Plumbers’ Union
Sewer Committee
Second
Oregon
Atlantic
Copper
Henry
Caledonia
Excelsior
Idaho
Travonia
Montana
Copper Alley
Woolman
Caledonia and
Clark
Marcia
Red Triangle Derby Leads Pack As Black Gold Fights
Black Gold ridden by Paul Huddoff seized the lead on the home stretch in the Red Triangle Derby with Whiskery close behind and Sir Harry pressing. The event drew 300+ at the Roundup club dinner as racers wrapped up a tight grind toward the goal of funding Butter M C A. Attendance was light but total cash reached $25,431 from 994 memberships. daily total of $1,756. Huddoff’s Black Gold earned 7,125 points and $3,165.50 in cash, Whiskery 7,105 points and $2,947, Sir Harry 7,015 points and $2,947. The field races toward final reports tonight.
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Black Gold
Paul Huddoff
Whiskerey
Sir Harry
Herb Bretherton
Kerey
Meeeree
Huddloff
Bretherton
Whiskery
First radio telephone speech links Germany to United States
E. B. Filsinger vice president of Royal Baking delivers the first Germany to America radio telephone speech. He speaks to a Baltimore trade convention dinner from a Berlin hotel room at 3 30 a m. He toasts the presidents of the United States and Germany and pops a champagne cork for effect.
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Berlin
Germany
America
E. B. Filsinger
Royal Baking Company
Baltimore
Filsinger
United States
Illinois lawmakers urge test case against eighteenth amendment
In Springfield the Illinois House judiciary committee voted 18 to 15 to urge the attorney general to file a test case in the U S Supreme Court challenging the eighteenth amendment. Wisconsin moves toward repeal as Grobschmidt bill passes 56 to 33 sending it to the Senate amid strong pro and anti prohibition sentiment.
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Springfield
Judiciary Committee
Ilinois House of Representatives
United States Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
Assembly
Walter J. Kohler
Wets
Wallace Ingalls
Racine
Sanding Seeks Safe Conduct Through Honduras
A group of Nicaraguans presented to the Mexican minister in Tegucigalpa a request for safe conduct for rebel general Angus Sandino through Honduras to Mexico. Mexico City would issue instructions, with a decision due in a few days. Authorities in Managua suggested Sandino was traveling toward Tegucigalpa, possibly aiming to reach Mexico.
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Mexico City
Angus Sandino
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Foreign Office
Big Store Closes for Hennessy Funeral in Butte
The Hennessy store will close from 9 to 11 tomorrow as all payroll staff attend the funeral of Dan J. Hennessy son and namesake of the founder. He died in New York and will be buried beside his father in Patrick's cemetery in Butte. The body arrives at 8:45 am and is met by American Legion members and Marines.
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Hennessy’s
D. J. Hennessy
Daniel Coleman
Dan J. Hennessy
New York
Patrick’s
Butte
American Legion
Hennessy
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Fils Oil Corporation
Fisher Brothers and
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Manamar
Nassau
O. L. Seamstrom
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Captain Lum
Ocechshi
West Broadway
Phon
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By Ralph Heinzen
Throughtte
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Mercury
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Glaah
Sidney J. Catts, SR
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Jacksonville
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Nicaragua
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