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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1929
Page
1
State budget records show Montana allocating about 4 million dollars for road construction and improvements amid statewide transportation initiatives. Officials cited need for better infrastructure, job creation, and regional development across counties.
Washington reports the Graf Zeppelin in active flight over the Atlantic on its second night toward the United States. At 7 05 p m eastern standard time she was 90 miles south of Pico Azores, speeding northwest at about 45 knots. Earlier reports placed her 600 miles west of Gibraltar and 63 miles per hour.
Dr Clarence True Wilson of Washington DC head of temperance and public morals will join the Montana state Methodist conference August 27 to September 1 in Butte. He accused Dr William S Thayer of wet propaganda and challenged him to a prohibition debate. Dr Wilson will speak at Mountain View church August 31.
Henry Ford plans a Museum of American Life on a 125 acre Dearborn site to chronicle early American life. The complex aims to reproduce how families lived, with colonial style buildings and exhibits on agriculture, transport, and home industries.
ROME Aug 2 Ernesto Belloni former Milan mayor and Italy financial expert at the 1919 peace conference was dismissed indefinitely from all political and public activity by Premier Mussolini. Reported late evening as a major fascist party scandal with millions of lire missing from a 30 million dollar loan to Milan.
Fox West Coast plans refurbish the Fox Rialto in Butte with new draperies carpets chairs and lighting. Steege Montana manager says the upgrade follows strong patronage and aligns with a Greater Movie Season starting August 15 featuring many top releases.
Isack Morse of Anaconda requested an investigation into the death of his daughter Violet Morse 22. County Attorney Harrison J. Freebourn ordered an autopsy to be held the morning after she was found dead in a Nevada street home. Coroner Mike Salot will assist. authorities gave few suspicions.
Disastrous floods have left thousands homeless in Sind as several villages flood and rail stations and canal banks shelter the displaced. So far this year 34 inches of rain have fallen, far above the usual four inches, prompting emergency relief efforts across Hyderabad, Bombay, and surrounding areas.
John D. Ryan and C. F. Kelley of Anaconda Company arrive in Butte with James R. Hobbins and Frederick Laist to tour Montana Power and Anaconda properties. Guests include R. L. Agassiz of Boston and James MacNaughton of Calumet and Hecla. The group plans several days of site visits and discussions.
In Hatchville near Falmouth Massachusetts a forest fire raced toward the village at midnight with about 200 residents and villagers forming bucket brigades to halt the blaze. Women joined men in efforts as flames closed to within half a mile of Hatchville, threatening destruction.
Vatican City August 2 Pope follows custom visiting the Pauline chapel to obtain the indulgence of Portiuncula. Pilgrims gain the indulgence at St John Lateran St Peter's and Santa Maria Maggiore through the Chapel of the Sacred Crib.
Nanking declares that the nationalist government will accept no conditions for opening negotiations with the Soviet Union on the Chinese Eastern railway in Manchuria. It remains unclear if Moscow’s announced drastic terms were already received, including demands for release of Soviet workers and civil servants held in the region.
Hobohemia's roving generation converges on Sacramento for a Pacific coast meet at the Labor Temple. Notables include James Eads How and Lydia Kilburg as attendees, with delegates expected from western jungles to discuss pension issues.
Fifty thousand Boy Scouts paraded past the prince of Wales and U.S. Ambassador Dawes at Arroe Park England as 1,300 American Scouts led the column in salute. The royal box watched Baden-Powell and Dawes in attendance while Meath and Lyautey listened nearby.
Oklahoma City August 2 The fight to try W. W. Thomason federal prohibition agent and his unofficial aide Jeff Harris in state courts for the murder of Tecumseh farmers Oscar Lowery and James Harris will be carried to the United States Supreme Court if necessary Assistant District Attorney W P Crowe said he located the guns used in the slaying during a liquor raid on July 4 The case hinges on the legality of the state prosecution versus federal jurisdiction and may prompt swift appeals first to the high court and then through lower appellate levels if required
Under six percent overhead, the Montana highway department's annual statement shows nearly four and a half million dollars in business for the past fiscal year. Construction contracts let totaled about 1.8 million with additional lettings expected. Payments on construction reached 3,642,802.21, and maintenance of federal aid projects amounted to 525,106.15.
In Trenton New Jersey an overturned ice cream truck led to a fatal burn and injuries to 28 people, mostly children. An unidentified man removed the gasoline tank cap enabling fuel to spill and ignite, as the crowd gathered around the burning vehicle.
A man named Ralph E B Dunn entered the Butte police station last night with a partly decomposed human foot he believed came from a person. Police and jailer deemed it an animal limb. the bone was found near the slag dumps on South Montana Street.
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