British Stand on Reparations Split Over Young Plan
At The Hague the financial committee of the international conference on the Young plan is deadlocked as Britain rejects shares in reparations annuities and the division into conditional and unconditional payments. France Italy and Belgium defend the plan amid sharp exchanges with Philip Snowden. The dispute threatens to halt momentum on the settlement.
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Italy
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Koskella Case Inquest Hears Sharp Instrument Skepticism
The coroner's inquest into Ted Koskella's death continued with testimony from Drs Le Roy Bolton and J L Shotka who said Koskella 23 died from a fractured skull caused by a sharp instrument. Witnesses described a drunken ride with companion Roy Hendrickson and John Weden as the car party questioned their actions on Meaderville road.
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J. L. Shotka
Ted Koskella
Butte
Meaderville Road
Mike Salot
Roy Hendrickson
Koskella
John Weden
Weden
Hendrickson
Bishop Cannon offers access to records on temperance board
In Washington on August 8 Bishop James Cannon Jr. said he wrote to Attorney General Mitchell offering access to any information about the operations of the Methodist Episcopal Church South temperance and social services board and the Bishop's 1928 presidential campaign activities. The response followed Rep Tinkham's request for an investigation, which Cannon labeled as a periodic attack on the South, prohibition and Methodism to appeal to his Roman Catholic Boston voters.
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James Cannon, Jr
Mitchell
Board of Temperance and Social Services
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Boston
Congress
Wall Street reacts to New York Fed rediscount rate rise
The New York Federal Reserve raised its rediscount rate from 5 to 6 percent the highest since 1921. Wall Street had not foreseen the increase as London held at 5 percent, boosting expectations of fund flows to New York. Brokers loans reached a record $6.02 billion, signaling a tightening credit stance amid bull-market momentum.
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New York Federal Reserve Bank
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Advisor Council
Yor
Bank of England
London
Federal Reserve
Montana Blaze Reaches 50000 Acres As Firefighter Deaths Rise
More than 50,000 acres burned with one death and extensive property damage as thousands fight wildfires across Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana. Frank Franz of Seattle died after being crushed by a boulder near Chanapecosh Hot Springs Washington. A line of new fires erupted in multiple counties with Springdale cut off by wind driven flames and Public Utilities power lines burned. A new fire started at Sullivan Lake while the Loo r lake fire in Eastern Washington remained out of control.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
California
Frank Franz
Seattle
Chanapecosh Hot Springs
Springdale
Wash
Arnold Meadows
Public Utilities Consolidated Corporation
Sullivan Lake
Forest Service
Loor Lake
Swope Named Director Amid Golden Age Stocks Report
In a steady year for business, Swope is named director as stocks in the era known as Golden Age show resilience. Bankruptcies decline, signaling improving financial stability across firms and markets.
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Swope
Golden age of stock values and industrial progress
In a 1929 outlook, R W McNeel argues the United States enjoys a golden age of stock values and industrial growth. He compares Rockefeller and Ford to historic icons, notes rapid advances from telephone to television, and cites global connectivity while acknowledging the duration of this expansion remains uncertain.
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R. W. McNeel
United States
Michael Angelo
Columbus
Shakespeare
Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Edison
Australia
World War ace killed in flaming ship crash in Wyoming
Major D P Wardwell 36 Earl Holtz 35 and George Cameron died when their plane burst into flames and fell from a high altitude in Casper Wyoming Wardwell a World War I Lafayette Escadrille veteran headed Wyoming Airways and later led the state aeronautics board He left a widow and four children Holtz a Worland truck driver was visiting with his wife for a brief flight Cameron of Worland also from Worland was a sole witness to the tragedy The aeronautics board Wardwell chaired was to hold its first meeting next week
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Casper
Wyo
D. P. Wardwell
Earl Holtz
George Cameron
Wardwell
Wyoming Airways, Inc
Lafayette Escadrille
United States Air Squadron
Wyoming Aeronautics Board
Committee to hear report from railroad group today
The Harrison avenue paving committee meets at 11 this morning to review the Northern Pacific railway offer about elevating the trestle and removing the center pier of the NP viaduct. County commissioners who funded 22500 for paving have withdrawn their offer while other members shift stance.
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Harrison Avenue
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Railway
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Trailblazers Relive Pioneer Days At Montana Meet
Great Falls Montana Aug 8 Tonight the Trailblazers of the Treasure State contrasted a brilliantly lit hotel ballroom with the rough shelters of the early sixties as the forty sixth annual convention of the Society of Montana Pioneers began. More than 70 pioneers and over 120 sons and daughters had signed in as members who arrived in Montana before December 31 1868. Duncan MacDonald born near St Ignatius in 1849 claimed the longest residence and shared boyhood tales of his father Angus who joined the territory as a Hudson Bay factor.
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Treasure State
Society of Montana Pioneers
Sons and Daughters of Pioneers
Montana
Duncan MacDonald
St. Ignatius
Angus MacDonald
Hudson Bay Company
Slayer walks in on Idaho sheriff
St Maries Idaho Aug 8 Chet Ward of Clarika surrendered to the sheriff after a posse failed to locate him Ward admitted killing Ray Cole saying it was justified by Cole s attention to Ward s wife Sheriff Jack O Rourke said Ward had been fed by friends while hiding in the timber and four men believed to have aided him were jailed
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Idaho
Chet Ward
Clarika
Ray Cole
North
Ward
Cole
Jack O'Rourke
Rowe credits Canadian gathering to Sunshine Trail gain
James H. Rowe, a state highway commissioner, praises Butte for taking first honors at the Sunshine Trail convention in Lethbridge where Charles P. Nevin was elected president and Willard Thompson secretary. Rowe predicts the Sunshine Trail will boost tourism in both countries and notes Butte’s energetic advocacy aided the city’s success.
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Lethbridge
James H. Rowe
State Highway Commission
Association
Charles P. Nevin
Willard Thompson
Rowe
Caan
College Students Drink More Than Before, Williams Reports
United Press staff correspondent Sam Love reports college students drink more than before, citing Princeton poll results showing 306 drinkers to 61 abstainers on favorite beverages. Williams asserts Fosdick misread college life and defends students, hinting at further discussion on page 2.
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Sam Love
United Press
New York
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Jesse Lynch Williams
Williams
Princeton
Sep
Works Up Appetite On 102nd Birthday By Swinging Anvil
Fairmont West Virginia August 8 Aim John Skinner today celebrated his one hundred second birthday by walking a mile to a downtown club where he danced a jig and lifted a 160 pound blacksmith anvil for his daily dozen. He then hurried home to do a few chores and prepare for a birthday dinner.
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W. Va
Aim
John Skinner
Skinner
Marion County
Man Who Killed Bed-Ridden Wife Helo For Crime
Lawrence Kan Aug 8 A 75 year old man Fred Erb facing first degree murder charges for shooting his bed-ridden wife Susan also 75. County attorney Harry Frazee said Erb is jailed after an attempt to shoot himself failed when revolver cartridges misfired. The couple who married 58 years lived with a daughter Mrs Charles Hupp since arriving from Ponca City Oklahoma. Another daughter Mrs James Good lives in Blackfoot Idaho.
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Kan
Fred Erb
Susan
Harry Frazee
Erb
Charles Hupp
Ponca City
Okla
James Good
Blackfoot
Ida
Neighbors Use Garden Hose to Save Southside Homes
Walnut and Pine street residents battled a fire for over an hour yesterday morning to protect homes as Clyde Knight’s residence burned. Firemen could not reach the scene, now outside city limits, and investigators suspect an overheated stove started the blaze. Windows in Fred Chapman’s house were broken by heat. Three additional blazes prompted multiple calls.
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Pine Street
Clyde Knight
Fred Chapman
Knight
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