Mitchell warns on stock credit and inflation risk
Charles E. Mitchell, head of National City Bank, says too much credit goes to stocks and warns of inflation as bank investments rise by 5.405 billion dollars in five years while commercial paper and U S securities fall. He urges removing the federal tax on stock profits to ease credit stringency threatening U S prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American
Alliance
Charles E. Mitchell
New York
National City Bank
United States
Mitchell
Federal Reserve Banks
Mr. Mitchell
Butte Girl Scouts to receive awards at court program
More than 400 Butte Girl Scouts will earn merit badges tenderfoot second class and first class awards at a public court of honor tonight at 8 in the M C A gym. Five girls Helen Lynch Margaret Roberts Virginia Monteath Margaret Maxwell and Dorothy Bordner will be invested as first class scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Julia Griener
Exective
Helen Lynch
Margaret Roberts
Virginia Monteath
Margaret Maxwell
Dorothy Bordner
Death of Lord Revelstoke Shocks Reparations Talks
Paris reports the death by heart attack of Lord Revelstoke 65, British banker head of the delegation. He was found in his private rooms by his valet and died before a physician arrived. The title passes to his brother Cecil Baring. A secret delegates’ meeting was convened in Paris as talks faced strain.
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Paris
U.R
Lord Revelstoke
Bankers’ Committee
Cecil Baring
Children of Disabled War Veteran Finally Located
The search across the United States for the Neil children ended with their location in another state with foster parents. Foster parents declined to comment as state official Maggie Smith Hathaway stated the siblings, mother deceased, now claim their right to the veteran father’s estate. The father, a World War I veteran, is confined in an asylum due to shell shock and receives government compensation he cannot benefit from.
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United States
Neil
Maggie Smith Hathaway
Helena
State Bureau of Child Protection
Butte
State Bureau
Montana
Bureau
Hoover Appeals for United Plan of Farm Relief
President Hoover urged Congress to unite on his farm program or risk delays by opponents of relief methods. He dispatched three cabinet officers to prepare administration opposition to the debenture plan and asked McNary to consider it. He lamented division among farm groups and within farming ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
U.P
Hoover
Congress
Senate
Capitol
Hover
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Secretary of Commerce
Lamont
Agriculture
Hyde
McNary
Senate Agricultural Committee
Federal Farm Board
Government closes Barcelona University amid student protests
Madrid April 19. The government ordered the closure of the University of Barcelona until October 1, 1930 after student demonstrations. Madrid and Valencia universities faced police action. Valencia saw protests with injuries to two students as professors were accused of insult. Disturbances also reported in Seville, Murcia and Granada.
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Madrid
University of
Barcelona
Valencia
Barcelona University
Seville
Murcia
Granada
Unusual Realty Activity Signals Home Ownership Push in Butte
The Butte realty market shows strong demand for owner occupied homes as 33 sales to prospective owners occur at Wulf Realty. With lodging houses full and furnished rentals leased, the district faces a housing shortage and predicts momentum through the summer.
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Butte
Wulf Realty Company
John 8. Wulf
Wulf
Businessman Beaten to Death in Pittsburgh Office
Nelson E. Bell, 48, secretary treasurer of Pittsburgh Lumber and Builders’ Supply, was beaten to death today in the company office. Police arrested his partner, John L. Schmitt, 61, president of the firm, on the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh, Pa
Nelson E. Bell
Pittsburgh Lumber and Builders’ Supply Company
John L. Schmitt
Seven Juvenile Prisoners Escape From County Jail
In Phoenix on April 13 seven juvenile inmates escaped via an underground passage likely dug over three days. A small shovel was used to dig the hole, and the youths were held for offenses from Dyer Act violations to minor law violations.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Elopement Plot Ends in Triple Tragedy in Manitoba
In St Laurent Manitoba on April 19 AP reports J Desjardin cornered by a posse for the murder of Mrs F Richardson who tried to stop his elopement with her 16 year old daughter. He shot and killed himself and the daughter this afternoon.
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ST. Laurent
Manitoba
J. Desjardin
F. Richard
Albert Wiggin Named Manager of Montana Plants
Frederick Laist relocates to New York as general metallurgical manager for Anaconda Copper Mining. Albert E. Wiggin, previously Great Falls reduction chief, becomes manager of Montana reduction works and refining plants while Laist handles North and South American and Polish operations. Wiggin to base at Great Falls with 22 years service including work at Anaconda and Great Falls.
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Anaconda Company
Broadway
New York
Laist
North America
South America
Poland
Albert EB. Wiggin
Great Falls
Montana
Frederick Laist
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
New York City
Mr. Lalist
Mr. Laist
Albert E. Wiggin
Wiggin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eielson Plans Arctic Flight Return Next Fall
Lieut Carl Ben Eielson announced to the Wisconsin legislature a second Arctic flight by plane from Alaska to Deception Isle likely to start in September. The Polar flyer, a University of Wisconsin alumnus, said the expedition aims to explore unknown areas and collect meteorological data. He will depart for Alaska soon to supervise additional airline work.
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Madison
Wis
Arctic
Carl Ben Eielson
Hatton
N. D
Polar Flyer
Wisconsin
Elelson
Alaska
Europe
Sir Hubert Wikins
Polar Wastes
Deception Isle
University of Wisconsin
Butte Seizure Drains Whisky From Warehouse Raid
Federal agents and police raided 1118 Maryland Avenue seizing 550 gallons of whisky valued at over 3000 dollars. Most liquor was dumped into the sewer with a small portion kept for evidence. no arrests were made and the owner is expected to be apprehended today. Prohibition Agent Ben Holter Chief Jere Murphy and Detective Joe Powell led the operation, the largest seizure in months.
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Prohibition
Maryland Avenue
Ben Holter
Jere Murphy
Joe Powell
Clark loses 65000 dollars in jewelry on hotel ride
William A Clark Jr of Los Angeles reported to police that 65000 dollars in jewelry vanished after he and his wife and Mrs. J. H. Young left the Berengaria liner for a hotel in New York. They recalled carrying a small leather case with rings and brooches. the case disappeared after a cab ride.
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New York
William A. Clark
Los Angeles
Montana
Paris
Clark
J. H. Young
Mexican Pleads Guilty in Torture Death of Toddler
John V. Montour, 23, pleaded guilty to torturing and killing his 16 month old step daughter Joan in Wheatland Wyoming. He was ordered held without bond and bound over to district court where a not guilty plea will be entered and trial held. Wyoming law precludes a guilty plea in capital crimes.
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Wheatland
Wyo
John V. Montour
Joan
Wyoming
Mystery surrounds Butte strangling of Nora Kelly at Panama Hotel
Nora Kelly, about 65, a longtime street figure in Butte, was found dead last night in a Panama Hotel room with hands and feet bound and a gag. Coroner says she died likely from strangulation and police note it may be suicide staged as murder.
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Nora Kelly
Butte
Panama Hotel
Utah Avenue
Morris Kenoffel
Leading figures in birth control move face test
Two doctors and three nurses from the New York birth control clinic were placed on trial for giving contraceptive information to a policewoman who tested undercover methods. Society women eminent physicians and several clergymen prepare to testify for the defense as the court room crowds grew.
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New York
Dan Hennessy Jr honored with full military rites
Daniel J. Hennessy Jr native of Butte and son of a local merchant was laid to rest in St. Patrick's cemetery with Roman Catholic rituals and full military honors. The service in St. Patrick's church followed the Requiem Mass as friends and family bid farewell to “Young Dan” who died March 27 in New York and was transported home by train arriving at 8 35 a m with his funeral procession forming at the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Hennessy Jr
Butte
Hennessy Mercantile Company
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Dan
St. Patrick’s
Hennessy
New York
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R. J. Setelick
Phon
Neil Youngsters
Mrs. Hathaway
United Plan OF Farm Relief
Relief Party
Bargelona
Wall Company
Realty Man
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Eloper
Eiangee
Albert Wiggin
Falls
WILL
Eieloun
Pole
W. A. Guark
IIL
Dan Hennessy
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