Trade practice conferences praised by federal trade commission
Commissioner Marsh says trade practice conferences aid consumers by curbing unfair methods. Two recent sessions, one with the cut stone industry in Chicago and another with grinders and packers of the spice trade in New York, illustrate a shift toward proactive regulatory dialogue. The FTC aims to encourage honest business and reduce dishonest practices while avoiding punitive big stick measures.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Times
Federal Trade Commission
Chicago
New York
Marsh
Commission
Huston Favored For Republican National Committee Chair
President Hoover weighs candidates for RNC chair with Claudius H Huston of Tennessee and New York seen as leading contender. Hubert Work to step down in fall, executive committee to pick successor by September or October to guide the 1920 campaign and likely through the 1932 race.
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Washington
Hoover
Republican National Committee
Claudius H. Huston
Tennessee
New York
Hubert Work
National Committee
George Woodruff
Chicago
Ralph Williams
Oregon
Huston
Dr Eckener Sets Course After Graf Zeppelin Reaches Island Group
Friedrichshafen Germany August 1 The Graf Zeppelin reports passing Cape de Gata Spain at 11 p m and heading toward the Gibraltar area with the crew noting warm conditions and a 33 centigrade temperature. Weather improved after seven hours of headwinds and speed rose to over 62 mph as passengers once more study landmarks from prior attempts to reach the United States.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Works
Graf Zeppelin
Cape de Gata
Spain
Gibraltar
Mee
Dirigible
United States
Graf Zeppelin Advances On Atlantic Leg From Friedrichshafen
Bucking strong westerly winds the Graf Zeppelin left Friedrichshafen at 3 29 a m today and by early afternoon was 50 miles off Barcelona Spain with seven hundred miles of the American cruise behind her.
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Paris
Friedrichshafen
Europe
National Anthem Used by Aimee to Secure Donations
In Denver, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson urged the audience at the municipal auditorium to donate $1 to her campaign. After she asked for contributions, many attendees stood, and her band played The Star Spangled Banner, prompting an across the hall rise in the crowd.
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Aimee
Denver
Colo
Aimee Semple McPherson
Denver Municipal Auditorium
Beaverhead County Wool Brings State High Price
Beaverhead county wool sales set Montana 1929 peak as 7,500 fleece Selway Sheep Co clip sold to M. R. Rand for 35.5 cents. 1,800 fleece Lovell Livestock clip to G. R. Barney at 35 cents. Henneberry and Son 1,800 fleece sale to M. Rand at 35 cents. Chris Anderson 1,800 fleece to Silverman and Son at 35.5 cents. Seven small lots total 157 bags sold at 35 cents. All buyers except Silverman and Son are from Boston market. Previous high was 33.5 cents.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
M. R. Rand
Montana
Lovell Livestock Company
G. R. Barney
Henneberry and Son
Chris Anderson
Silverman and Son
Chicago
James Hewens and Sons
Borah Pushes Sea Parity Plan After Hoover Talk
Sen Borah urges naval parity with Britain through sinking ships to cut costs and curb warfare. He spoke after a White House lunch with President Hoover and cited parallels with London and prior congressional positions on naval limits and halted cruiser construction.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Idaho
Hoover
White House
Hale
Britten
Senate
House
MacDonald
London
Al Capone named bomb trust head in Chicago arrest sweep
Chicago police say Scarface Al Capone was named head of a bomb trust uncovered as 17 men were arrested for manufacturing explosives that have terrorized the city. Pat Roche says Belcastro, a Capone loyalist, ordered pineapple explosions to eliminate rival stills.
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Chicago
Scarface
al” Capone
Philadelpene
Amb Trust
Capone
Pat Roche
State’s Attorney’s Office
Roche
James Belcastro
Belcastro
China Expels Soviet Leader Over Conspiracy
Williamsport Aug 1 Chinese minister to the United States Dr C C Wu told the Institute of Politics at Williams College the Sino Russian dispute over the Chinese Eastern railway stemmed from a grave piracy against China. He framed the action as a response to a Russian expansion instrument in Manchuria.
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Williamstown
Mass
China
C. C. Wu
Chines
United States
Institute of Politics
Williams College
Manchuria
Contracts let for four story addition to New Finlen hotel
Contracts for a four story addition to the New Finlen hotel were signed, with a total cost around 200000 dollars. Construction will start Monday, expanding to 127 rooms with baths and 80 with private toilets. The project moves existing Grind floor businesses Logan and Bryan and the Coffee Shoppe into the new space as plans call for greater capacity.
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Finlen
Butte
Twin Cities
Spokane
Maurice Weiss
Carl J. Nepper
Western Electric Company
Drynan-Nevin Company
Merriman Mill and Construction Company
Weiss
Logan
Bryan
Prices of Farm Products Rise Over Month
The agricultural department reports a five point rise in farm product prices for the month ended July 15, placing overall well above pre war levels at 140 percent but still five points below the previous year. Gains driven by potatoes wheat and rye, with additional increases in flaxseed barley corn apples oats and eggs. hogs cattle and calves also higher with seasonal gains. Cotton cottonseed chicken hay and wool eased slightly while sheep and lambs fell as usual.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Mother Dies in Plane Crashed Piloted by Son
Mrs. Dorsey Kendell, 48, of near Gettysburg Ohio, was killed when a plane flown by her son Dale Kendell 20, a student pilot, plunged 200 feet into a wooded area near Greenville. Another woman, Mrs. E J Swinger, escaped serious injuries.
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Greenville
Ohio
Dorsey Kendell
Gettysburg
Dale
E. J. Swinger
Kendell
Forest Fires Raging In Western Montana Moderate Relief In Sight
Missoula Aug 1 Aided by cooler air and humidity crews fought multiple wildfires in western Montana with some progress. One Blackfoot valley blaze near control though still burning behind trenches. Blazes on Blanchard Elk Miller creeks threaten areas, hundreds of acres burned, trenches manned. West of Superior Dry Creek fire checked in most sectors. Stevensville blaze, 1200 acres, kept from timber. Two Blackfoot fires totaling 150 acres causing trouble. Nez Perce mountain fire controlled by twenty men.
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Missoula
Montana
Blackfoot Valley
Blanchard Creek
Elk Creek
Miller Creek
Superior
Dry Creek
Idaho
Stevensville
Blackfoot
Nez Perce
Forest fire near Lovett covers 50 square miles in Alberta
Whipped by westerly winds the Lovett forest fire on the Alberta coal branch of the Canadian National railway has spread to 50 square miles. No reinforcements have arrived, and exhausted crews have battled the blaze for a week. Lovett itself remains not endangered as the fire remains about seven miles from the mining town.
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Edmonton
Alta
Lovett
Alberta
Canadian National Railways
Timberland drought sparks fire danger in Minnesota Wisconsin
In central states Minnesota and Wisconsin timber lands face heightened fire risk as a long drought stretches across the region. Officials warn dry conditions and shifting winds threaten outbreak potential and response challenges.
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Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Scattered Showers End Montana Drought Across State
Montana drought relief came with scattered showers over Helena Dillon Bozeman Livingston Anaconda and Butte. Light rain settled dust and lowered the high temperatures with traces at Helena and Billings. More showers were forecast for tomorrow east of the continental divide.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Dillon
Bozeman
Livingston
Anaconda
Butte
Billings
Continental Divide
C F Kelley to Speak at Butte Joint Gathering
C F Kelley president of Anaconda Company and honorary Butte Rotary member will address a joint meeting of Butte chamber of commerce and civic clubs. The event includes Kiwanis Exchange Lions and Rotary at New Hotel Finlen on a date between Wednesday and Thursday.
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C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Company
Butte Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce and Civic Clubs of
Butte
H. D. Kistler
Kelley
Dr. Kistler
Kiwanis, Exchange
Lions
Rotary
Finlen
Kistler
J. J. Moore
Chicago
Anaconda
Ghrine
Elks
John Donovan
Vocational Service Committee
Sam Parker
J. W. Marsh
Harper-McGee Company
Butte Rotary
Billings
Butte Club
Twin Bridges Rotary
Kathleen Harris
Louise Ferkovich
Mutiny at Leavenworth Federal Prison Leaves One Dead
Prison outbreak at United States Penitentiary Leavenworth Kansas resulted in one inmate killed and several injured after convicts armed with clubs knives and forks attacked guards in the narcotic blocks B and A during a lunch period. Warden Thomas B White and Deputy Warden F G Zerbst were targeted as the melee erupted. The violence prompted the prison to call for internal security and no outside help was requested.
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Washington
Sanford Bates
Federal Prisons
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
United States Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kan
Thomas B. White
F. G. Zerbst
Butte Group to Attend Sunshine Trail Meeting in Alberta
A Butte delegation will travel to Lethbridge Alberta for the Sunshine Trail association convention. James H. Rowe of the state highway commission will join with his family along with Alderman Herman Blank and family and other local members. Some participants from Montana and Idaho along the Trail are also expected to join.
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Butte
Lethbridge
Alta
Sunshine Trail Association
Butte Chamber of Commerce
James H. Rowe
State Highway Commission
Herman Blank
Jacob Kaufman
Arthur Perham
Charles P. Nevin
Perham
Mr. Nevin
Montana
Idaho
Trail
National Parks Airways busy in July period
National Parks Airways carried 7,300 pounds of mail over 42,319 miles in July. Fokker Universal planes flew between Salt Lake and Butte and between this city and Great Falls for 434 hours. A slight rise from June is noted in hours, weight, and miles with 420 hours and 7,250 pounds over 40,384 miles. If trends hold, 1929 season may top last year’s 61,000 miles.
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National Parks Airways
Fokker Universal
Salt Lake
Butte
Great Falls
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Russia
Son
G.O.P
Fiorella H
C.F. Kelley
Io Ouene
Federal Penitentiary
National Parks
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