Miner John Parko Dies After Shot At Home
John Parko 36 a well known Butte miner died from a shotgun blast at his home on Samp son street shortly after 3 30 yesterday afternoon His wife Lizzie found him in the bedroom with a 12 gauge shotgun near his body The gun was exploded in the magazine and the back of the skull was destroyed Parko had been ill and drinking for several days He leaves a widow a son 14 his parents a brother and a sister Burial arrangements will be announced later
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John Parko
Butte
Sampson Street
Parko
Lizzie Parko
Duggan
Sharp Copper Price Drop Spurs Producer Action May First
Sharp decline in copper prices from 24 cents to 18 cents prompts metal producers to take action effective May first. The move follows market pressure and aims to stabilize supply and costs amid the lower price environment.
Notices Filed In Montana Regions On Wage Policy
Notices posted indicate wage controls remain aligned with the wartime cap in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls as nationwide under ground wage limits persist at wartime top levels.
Everybody's Business By John F Sinclair
The piece discusses the Dawes plan and its transfer clause as Germany's postwar payment method. It explains how Germany could balance debts through exports or borrowing and predicts a new conference as world opinion weighs repayment obligations. Senator Couzens is noted for a $10 million gift to health welfare and happiness efforts.
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Alliance
Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Dawes
Germany
Ragsdale Gets Contract Confirmed by School Trustees
District No. 1 trustees vote 4 to 3 to approve 270 teachers for 1929 1930 as proposed by City Superintendent Prof A H Douglass. Transfers include Agatha Kelly from Washington junior high to Washington high as Spanish instructor and other principal swaps among Whittier Harrison and Webster. Mary L Quigley becomes Washington junior high principal, Mary E Cody moves to Whittier, Ida Crossman to Harrison principal, Laird to Franklin teaching staff, Stewart to junior high. Baldwin returns to Butte High. Derry returns next September.
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A. H. Douglass
Boyle
Agatha Kelly
Washington High
Butte High
Douglass
Washington Junior High
Mary L. Quigley
Whittier
Mary E. Cody
Harriston
Ida Crossman
Webster
Harrison
Helen Laird
Franklin
Myrtle S. Stewart
Mary A. Baldwin
Winnifred L. Derry
League considers poison gas rules in disarmament session
Geneva April 23. Belgian proposals to prohibit use of poison gas in war under reciprocal conditions and to absolutely prohibit bacteriological warfare were adopted in a secret disarmament commission session of the League of Nations.
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Geneva
Preparatory Commission On Disarmament
League of Nations
Death ray device claims 3 million volts in San Francisco
C H Melsome Smith of Pacific Gas and Electric says J B Martin, a San Francisco electrical engineer, invented a death ray capable of 3,000,000 volts. The device is housed somewhere in the city, its location kept secret, with cooperation from PG&E. Martin is in Seattle showing films of the ray, described as potentially useful for industry after more testing.
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San Francisco
C. H. Melsome-Smith
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
J. B. Martin
Martin
Melsome- Smith
Melsome-Smith
Seattle
Sanford Bates Picked To Head Prison System
Washington April 23 The department of justice announced a reorganization of the federal prison administration under Sanford Bates commissioner of correction of Massachusetts Bates will succeed Albert F Connor and assume office June 1 Connor will remain to aid the transition Assistant Attorney General Wille Brandt in charge of the prison division praised the move as a culmination of years of effort.
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Washington
Federal
Sanford Bates
Correction
Massachusetts
Department of Justice
Bates
Willebrandt
Elinor Smith Starts Endurance Flight In Big Plane
Miss Elinor Smith begins a solo endurance flight at Roosevelt Field aiming for a 30 hour record. She flies a cabin monoplane with 208 12 gallons of fuel and a large supply of sandwiches coffee and water as weather holds ideal conditions.
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Elinor Smith
New York
U.R
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Louise McPherridge
California
Mooseveltield
Walker Beats Smith Force and Names Tammany Chief
New York reports Tammany Hall elected John F. Curry as its new leader, replacing Judge George W. Olvany who resigned for health reasons. The choice ends a long deadlock and marks a shift from Alfred E. Smith era influence as internal rifts widen.
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Walker
Smith Force
Tammany Chief
New York
U.P
Tammany Hall
Alfred E. Smith
John F. Curry
Ireland
George W. Olvany
Curry
Tammany
Smith
White House
General Meeting Called for Memorial Day Plans in Butte
A meeting of delegates from all patriotic groups in Butte was set for Saturday night at Patriotic hall in the courthouse to finalize Memorial Day exercises. M. J. Mullen of the United Spanish American War Veterans will chair, inviting every war organization to take part in services at the Capstan of the Maine, a courthouse parade, and cemetery services.
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Butte
Patriotic Hall
M. J. Mullen
United Spanish- American War Veterans
Maine
Mullen
McCourt Enters Not Guilty Plea in Murder Case
James McCourt, 23, arrested Feb. 9 as a suspected bandit leader, pleaded not guilty to slaying Patrolman Emory R. Sherard and to nine robbery counts. He denied involvement in the drug store holdup, despite confessions by Knut Lindberg and Leo Burns. Judge Mitchell Gilliam allowed filing of additional demurrers at trial.
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Seattle
James McCourt
Twin Bridges
Emory R. Sherard
McCourt
Mitchell Gilliam
Knut Lindberg
Leo Burns
Gilliam
Anaconda Copper Mining Cuts Wages in Copper Areas
Butte Montana dated April 23 1929 announces wage reductions of 25 cents per shift for all employees on the daily payroll due to lower copper prices. The cut affects the employer of mines reduction works and refining plants at Butte Anaconda and Great Falls with miners’ contract prices adjusted proportionately.
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Butte
Mont
Butte, Anaconda
Great Falls
Copper wage cuts hit Butte miners after price drop
The Anaconda company announced a 25 cent per day wage reduction for all day pay workers in its Falls mines smelters and refineries effective May 1. Underground miners in Butte will see minimum pay fall from six dollars to five dollars seventy five cents as copper sinks to eighteen cents per pound.
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Anaconda Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Federals Press West Coast Advance on Masiaca
Mexican federal naval columns moved toward Masiaca Sonora to strike entrenched rebels. The government described the operation as potentially decisive with insurgents likely to make a final stand on the coast. War Minister Calles said Cetrai would fall if rebels did not retreat northward.
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Mexico City
Masiaca
Sonora
Calles
Cetrai
Spokesman Fails To Save Day
Dr Hjalmar Schacht heads the German delegation at the reparations conference in Paris and fails to argue down the Allied bill. The meeting ends in failure as Schacht refuses to raise Germany’s figure, leaving only a call for a rehearing.
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Hjalmar Schacht
Paris
Schacht
General River Levels Fall As Snow Expected Along Mississippi
St Louis report notes levee workers told a general fall in river levels would ease danger to embankments weakened by high waters. Desha county Arkansas endured a 12 foot depth in Snow Lake streets as a low basin six miles wide remained flooded. Farm wives’ bells and telephone calls urged workers to the levee lines.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Desha
Arkansas
Snow Lake
Congress Divided Over Farm Relief Debenture Plan
Both houses pressed to pass a farm relief bill as the key issue. The Senate agriculture committee backed a debenture provision, warning President Hoover would veto if kept. In the House, Democrats criticized the debenture plan as political maneuvering and accused Republicans of dropping the equalization fee.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Agriculture Committee
McNary
Hoover
House
Paris Rifts Open as Reparations Talks Edge Toward End
United Press reports the reparations conference in Paris began drafting an obituary notice after a decisive plenary session. The German delegation failed to present negotiable terms, leaving room for Dr. Schacht to reverse stance and possibly resume talks with annual payments near creditor demands.
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Samuel Dashiell
United Press
Paris
Dr. Schacht
Schacht
Japanese steamer Toyokuni Maru sinks in Bering Sea
The Toyokuni Maru with 209 aboard foundered off Asia’s northeast coast. Up to 112 feared dead, 97 rescued by two Japanese steamers responding to SOS. Most passengers were fishermen. A cruiser was sent from Ominato. Hull insured for 2.5 million dollars. ship built in 1886.
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Tokio
Ominato
Hokkaido Island
Relief Effort By Butte Salvation Army Totals 5398
A report from Adjutant Hall shows the Salvation Army in Butte aided 5398 persons during September 1928 to April 1929. Christmas baskets reached 148 for 700 people, coal to 264 families, and 1948 families benefited overall. The eight month period included 105 prayer meetings with 13 700 attendees and extensive relief activity details.
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Salvation Army
Adjutant Hall
Butte
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Couzens Aids Children
Couzens
Vicinity
Montana Standard
Royal Typewriter
Butte Typewriter Exchange
E. Broadway
Ragsdale
Schoal
Whitely
Sanford Gates
Happy Warrior
East Side
McCurt
Missouri
Illinois
Crest
Butte Salvation Army
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