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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1929
Page
1
Woodin expresses optimism as the program expands payment options for grad students seeking work opportunities. The plan aims to increase participation and support student graduates in balancing work with studies.
Charles W. Nash, former GM head and Nash Motors president, says college men should start in the factory to learn hands on skills. He notes educated workers can do better when willing to soil their hands and progress from shop floor to office, arguing the right attitude yields invaluable assets.
The senate finance committee Republicans approved amending the house tariff bill lowering the auto mobile duty from 25 to 10 percent and kept the removal of the countervailing clause. Trucks under 1000 dollars value would also face 10 percent, while trucks over 1000 and buses with ten or more seats stay at 25 percent. The existing law’s 25 percent on all motor vehicles remains unless changed by the House bill.
At the international reparations conference in The Hague British chancellor Phillip Snowden denounces the plan as he leads united opposition to German payments in kind and to reduced British share, warning the issue could derail acceptance of the Owen D Young plan.
Readers are urged to check today's classifieds for deals that promise increased happiness and helpful options. The note stresses timely action as real values sell fast to those who act quickly.
More than 40 guests at the Dreibelbis hotel on North Main Street fled into the street in pajamas as a fire driven by a cigarette on the roof of the adjoining mine machine shop caused damage. Firefighters arrived quickly, preventing spread to nearby structures while smoke and roof damage were noted.
Passengers are picked Eckener busy with final preparations for flight as commander studies problems of long tour. Graf Zeppelin departs on its first around-the-world flight set for midnight tomorrow but un foreseen difficulties threaten delay as refueling crews struggle with ethane gas filling and weather observers report approach challenges.
Mary MacLane noted authoress and former Butte High student who wrote The Story of Mary MacLane died yesterday in Chicago after an operation. Her family in Butte received the news via brother James W. MacLane. She rose to prominence from school days and later published My Friend Anabelle Lee.
Richmond Virginia August 6 John Garland Pollard longtime Byrd administration ally and Smith supporter was nominated by Virginia Democrats for governor. With 1 216 of 1 681 precincts reporting Pollard led with 82 507 votes to 23 642 for G Walter Mapp and 3 522 for Rosewell Page. Precincts unreported could not materially alter the result.
A thousand firefighters battled forest fires across Western Montana with reinforcements at Freezout Creek, Seely Lake, and the Bitter Root and Blackfoot valleys. Victories were reported near Swartz Creek and Stevensville while flames jumped lines at Bernam y Creek. Crews aimed to curb spread on Ryan Creek Dry Gulch and multiple Bitter Root sites as officials judged containment uncertain.
Silver Bow county officials say the 1929-30 general fund levy will not exceed 12 1/2 mills from last year and may drop by up to one full mill. The proposed budget envisions no cuts to the bridge and road funds. A public hearing on the 1929 30 budget is set for Monday, Aug. 12.
Jefferson county grand jury investigating Birmingham bank closings returns partial report. Six articles of impeachment were voted this afternoon against Judge C E Thomas state superintendent of te ia.
An elderly Puerto Rican widow, Mrs Roma De Nunez, dies in a New York apartment after her excitement to join her two sons in the United States leads to a fatal fate. Her sons Roman and Julian De Nunez, ages 26 and 24, had promised to send for her once they found success. The report describes her death amid plans and a journey to the city.
Denver dispatch reports American Beet Sugar company data showing sugar use in the first half of 1929 at 3,009,377 tons versus 2,654,935 tons in the same period of 1928, an increase of 354,442 tons or 3.35 percent. National totals for 1927 and 1928 are cited as 5,297,050 and 5,542,636 tons respectively with per capita rises noted.
The Butte civic groups hold a quarterly joint meeting today at the New Hotel Finlen. John D. Ryan and C. F. Kelley will speak, with seating on a first come basis and no reservations. Rotary officials manage the event logistics.
In Sonia Michigan a speeding passenger train struck an automobile carrying Benjamin Johnson 12 and four siblings aged 18 months to 12 years. The four children Royal 3 Gerald 8 Harriet 18 months died instantly. Two older siblings Robert 14 and Betty 10 had left moments earlier to visit their grandmother.
Six long term convicts attempted a mass escape at the state penitentiary in Lansing Kansas. Two prisoners, William Webb and Robert Collins, were killed. J B Knight was wounded in the chest and guard W L Heslop shot in the leg. Three escapees Eddie Jenkins O G Schultz and Charles Cheaacet fled toward Lansing and were captured without a fight in railroad stock yards.
Leaders of the On Leong and Hip Sing tongs agreed to a truce with Dr Samuel Young Chinese consul general as arbiter. The agreement follows a weekend of violence across the Atlantic seaboard and Chicago that left five dead. The pact sets a halt until 10 o clock tonight while cases are heard, with seals of factions to be attached to proclamations in Chinatown. Telegrms will be sent to tong reps in major cities to enforce the order.
George F. Geyser, longtime Christian Science practitioner in Butte, died yesterday in Los Angeles at age 79 from a stroke. Survived by daughters Josie Geyser and Mrs. Low Durkee and sons Frank Albert and Ralph R. Geyser. burial set for Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Little Flower with interment in Forest Lawn. Sons E. Bryan Geyser, Charles R. Geyser, and George Geyser Jr. reside in Butte. another son Fred lives in Kansas City. He was a New York native who came west about 50 years ago, arriving in this city from Ogden 31 years ago.
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