Stimson Heads Signers As London Naval Treaty Is Signed
The 1930 London naval treaty was signed and sealed by 27 envoys from five major powers today in Queen Anne’s drawing room at St James Palace. Secretary Henry L. Stimson and American delegates departed for Southampton to sail on the Leviathan, following a three month drafting process and a solemn plenary session that lasted about three hours.
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Joseph J. McCaffery
Butte
Butte Council
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Lodge of Sorrow
Order
Pat A Kelly
American Financier Heads New Bank of International Settlement at Basle
Basle hosts the inaugural session of the Bank of International Settlement as Gates W. McGarrah is elected president and Pierre Quesnay named director general. The new institution opens next month with initial capital of 100 million dollars and aims to move German war indemnity issues from politics to finance.
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New Bank of International Settlement
Basle
New Yorker
Switzerland
Gates W. McGarrah
New York
Bank of International Settlement
Pierre Quesnay
Bank of France
Great Britain
Italy
Bond Claims Revived In Canada Markets Push
Canada seeks new markets as bond claims revived and push grows for easier money flows. Officials cite demand for stable returns and expanded trade relations to boost investment. The statement signals a shift toward diversified financial opportunities amid global market buoyancy.
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Canada
Love of Mother for Son Brings Serious Charges
Muskegon Mich April 22 A gray haired mother over sixty attacked Mrs Albert Wickerink 32 Muskegon Heights with acid causing lifelong burns The mother Mrs John B Purdy pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder Her son Harry H Purdy testified he never had been her escort or borrowed money to pay Mrs Wickerink
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Muskegon
Mich
Albert Wickerink
Muskegon Heights
John Vanderwerp
John B. Purdy
Weather forecast for Montana midweek
Montana forecast shows Wednesday and Thursday mostly fair. Cooler temperatures expected in the southwest portion.
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Montana
Special board to discuss teacher employment Monday
The Butte district 1 board plans a special meeting on April 28 to discuss teacher employment. By May 1 teachers with three years of service auto rehire unless the board acts, while the next regular meeting is May 6. Board committees were named with Mrs. Sheridan leading Education, Wallace chairing Building and Purchasing, and Hanley heading Laws Rules and Regulations.
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Guy” Sheridan
J. D. Wallace
Frank Ward
J. E. McNally
Sheridan
Clarence Hanley
Last of Famous Air Daredevils Survives 2000 Foot Jump
Irvin Woodring, sole survivor of the Three Musketeers, bailed from a plane at Mather Field Sacramento after his craft went out of control during dogfighting exercises. The 95th Pursuit Group flyer said he straightened a dive before the aircraft became uncontrollable. Two former musketeers, J J Williams and W L Cornelius, were killed in earlier stunts and maneuvers.
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W. L. Cornelius
San Diego
Fair Weather and the Bug in Classified Auto Bargains
A light note on fair weather and the gas bug, then a pitch for exceptionally high grade used cars at moderate prices. Classifieds promote reconditioned autos as the cream of bargains, directing readers to Page 19.
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Classified
Classified Ads Theme From Montana Standard
Classified ads follow the Montana Standard format about services and opportunities. The snippet emphasizes consistent in service and varying in opportunity with a phone number 5411 for contact. The brief note echoes the newspaper's advisory tone for classified listings.
Lobby Committee Reveals Prohibition Campaign Expenditures
The Senate lobby committee disclosed that the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment spent 29000 to repeal Wisconsin enforcement of prohibition and 11000 to back Illinois repeal. It also financed a 1926 bid for Senator Blaine and opposed a dry Wisconsin Supreme Court nominee. President Henry H. Curran denied charges as he testified.
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House Judiciary Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
Association Against the Prohibition
Wisconsin
Association
Illinois
Blaine
Wis
Supreme Court
Henry H. Curran
Smokers’ Cigarette Butts From Planes Risk Forest Fires
John B. Taylor of Deer Lodge National Forest warns that cigarette and cigar butts tossed from aircraft can ignite forests as quickly as lightning. Howard Flint’s tests show a well lit butt dropped from a plane over a forest area in summer starts a fire rapidly. Passengers urged to extinguish butts before discarding overboard.
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John B. Taylor
Deer Lodge National Forest
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Mr. Taylor
Howard Flint
Forestry Department
Missoula
Department of Forestry
Dewey Residents Plan to Build Sewer for Cash
Dewey avenue district property owners plan a mass meeting at Longfellow schoolhouse next Tuesday to discuss funding a sewer project by cash payment to avoid a bond issue. They learned the single bid and city engineer’s estimate could save nearly $8,000 and $2,000 respectively by paying cash.
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Dewey Avenue
Longfellow School House
Tom R. Morgan
Diamond Jubilee Celebration At St Ignatius Mission
Thousands of Indians from four states will gather in Flathead country for the diamond jubilee of St Ignatius mission. A vast Indian village and dances will mark the pioneer Christian mission’s 75th anniversary with 1500 Flathead tribesmen among participants. The event is billed as the northwest’s largest, rivaling Oberammergau in spectacle.
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St. Ignatius Mission
Montana
Little Pioneer Christian Mission
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Oregon
Idaho
Flathead
Northwest
Oberammergau
Arson Plot Nipped at White Front Building Fire
A gasoline fire in a back room of the White Front building at 2351 East Park Street was extinguished by firefighters. Pete O’Hara, who police say ran the place as a rooming house, was arrested on arson charges and jailed. A roomer in the Lyric block spotted the blaze and alerted the fire department.
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East Park Street
Pete O'Hara
Lyric Block
Hoover requests Congress for 28 693 540 for building plan
President Hoover asks Congress to provide 28 693 540 to fund 196 new federal building projects outside Washington and 35 550 000 for Washington offices, totaling 112 687 000 for next fiscal year. The plan, approved by an interdepartmental board, aims to create jobs under a 315 million construction program.
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Congress
Anaconda
Washington
Mellon
Interdepartmental Board
District of Columbia
Roop
Mont
Post Office
Census enumerator covers 1467 miles to list 427 people
A Montana census district in Madison county required one enumerator to traverse 1,467 miles and record 427 persons across 64 farms. Supervisor J. K. Hesler notes the topography forces long travel between districts and that enumerators are paid per name, making mileage costly for results.
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Montana
J. K. Hesler
Madison County
Ohio fire death toll climbs at state penitentiary
By Harry W. Sharpe Ohio officials pressed their inquiry into a deadly prison fire that swept the west cell block of the state penitentiary. The death count reached 319 with 231 injured, four of whom were not expected to survive as Gov Cooper s inquiry continued today.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
State of Ohio
State Penitentiary
Myer Y. Cooper
Committee of Inquisition
Former Montana Collegian Held for Embezzlement
Jules Benton a Montana State College graduate and noted athlete confessed to embezzling 6302 dollars from Puget Sound Power and Light in Seattle. He vanished March 14 after leaving office for golf, later gambling funds in Agua Caliente Mexico before turning himself in and providing a full theft record.
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Seattle
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Jules B. Benton
Montana State College
Butte
Benton
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