Vocational training leads Milwaukee youth program
Wisconsin and Milwaukee push vocational training as a growing business concern. R L Cooley directs a large Milwaukee school with 260 teachers and 13,000 day students plus 8,000 night students in a $5 million complex funded by local state and federal support. A compulsory part time attendance law preceded Milwaukee’s vocational expansion.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Milwaukee Wis
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
R. L. Cooley
Cooley
Border clash leaves two Russians dead on Amur frontier
United Press reports from Moscow that Soviet official Leo Karakhan warned China to yield on the eastern railway dispute amid heightened border tensions. He cited a fatal firing on a Soviet border patrol by Russian white guards near Tcherniavo, with eight wounded. A Soviet boat detachment was sent to prevent further incidents. Karakhan denied ongoing negotiations.
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Eugene Lyons
United Press
Moscow
China
Leo Karakhan
Karakhan
Amur
Siberia
Manchuria
Tcherniavo
Temperatures Climb Toward Century Mark in West Montana
Montana crop estimates show four premier crops above five year averages for 1929. Winter wheat and spring wheat lead, with oats and corn among others near or above normal yields though alfalfa seed and certain crops show weaker conditions.
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West
Montana
Heatwave sweeps Pacific Northwest with Medford at 102
The Pacific Northwest baked under record heat as Medford reached 102 degrees the day’s high. Portland tied 95, Havre topped Montana at 90, while Walla Walla 98 and Seattle 84 highlighted a region facing low humidity and heightened forest fire risk. Weather officials forecast more heat Sunday.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Weather Bureau
Medford
Oregon
Marshfield
Roseburg
Eugene
Havre
Montana
Helena
North Head
Wash
The
Columbia
Northwest
Butte to begin hospital district paving and lighting project
The Butte city government starts a high priority hospital district paving and lighting program with the closing of Silver street. A paving contract from Montana to Washington and Park to Silver will begin, and a hot patch plant on Harrison avenue will open. The city will also repair cracks on all paved streets while a separate light contract installs fixtures, expected to take about a month for the lighting and 60 days for the paving.
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Butte
Silver Street
Hospital District
Montana
Washington
Park
Silver
City Corral
Harrison Avenue
Timely Opportunities Highlighted for Immediate Action
The notice urges readers to review timely opportunities without delay. It emphasizes acting on available chances and encourages swift consideration of options that could yield benefits.
Ladies Auxiliary AOH selects convention group
Butte divisions of the Ladies Auxiliary of the AOH will be well represented at the state convention in Great Falls August 19 and 20. Division No 1 chose 12 delegates and 12 alternates, while Division No 4 picked 10 delegates and will select 10 alternates later. Delegates from Division No 1 include J J Harrington and other named members. alternates include Nora McLaughlin and Tessie Kelly.
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Bridget Shea
Dora Lynch
Johanna O'Neil
William Molloy
Nora McLaughlin
Tessie Kelly
Picnics and outings mark Butte residents day
Four large picnics plus private outings attract Butte residents today. Columbia Gardens hosts gatherings by Southern Montana Poultry association Pocahontas and Redmen lodges. Standard Motor Co employees hold first annual outing at Pipestone Springs with 135 attendees and a planned 8 am motorcade from East Galena Ford. Elab orate events include sports and dancing.
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Pipestone Springs
Butte Pleasure Resort
Butte
Columbia Gardens
Southern Montana Poultry Association
Pocahontas and Redmen
Standard Motor Company
Ford
East Galena Street
Deer Lodge
Fred Langdon, Sr
Walter Monger
Poultry Breeders
Lawton Camp
No. 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Roosevelt Drive
Good Templar
Sugar tariff plan abandoned by C P leaders in Senate
Washington August 10 opposition by the sugar industry to the sliding scale duty led 11 Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee to drop the plan. Chairman Smoot said the plan would not be pressed. No committee vote was announced. Attention then shifted to a flat rate vote next week and possible cuts in the House rate.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Republican Committee
Funeral for Mary MacLane Set in Chicago Today
Funeral services for Mary MacLane a once famous writer will be held tomorrow in Chicago Harriet Monroe Poetry Magazine editor and friend directed arrangements The funeral will be at Ascension Episcopal church Mary MacLane's mother Margaret Kienze of Helena Montana and brother James W MacLane of Butte Montana will transport the body to Fergus Falls Minnesota her native city for burial
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Chicago
Fergus Falls
Minn
Oregon Man May Get Justice Post In Oregon
Rumors in Portland state George Neuner United States district attorney for Oregon is expected to be appointed to the post once held by Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt in charge of prohibition enforcement. Neuner reportedly will leave Sunday for Washington.
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Portland
George Neuner
United States
Oregon
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Neuner
Washington
Montana Wheat Yield Expected Higher Despite Drought
State federal crop report says barley flax seed sugar beets and beans look above average. tame hay and rye near average. Winter wheat per acre 148 bushels vs 10 year 14.4. total 7,237,000 bushels vs five year 9,202,000. Spring wheat about 31,089,000 and durum 101,000. Decreased seedings largely caused the drought impact.
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Helena
Montana
Graf Zeppelin sets transatlantic record for airship flight
Graf Zeppelin completes a 4300 mile Atlantic crossing from Lakehurst New Jersey to Friedrichshafen in 55 hours 20 minutes averaging about 78 mph. Commander Hugo Eckener confirms start for a round the world flight from Friedrichshafen to Tokyo with favorable winds aiding progress.
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Mauritz A. Hallgren
United Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Atlantic Ocean
Lakehurst
N. J
Tokyo
Hugo Eckener
Atlantic
Pioneer Society Elects Woman Leader in Montana History
Great Falls reports Mrs Mollie Kline of Livingston elected president of the Montana Society of Pioneers, second woman to hold the post in 46 years. Officers include Will Orton, Frank D Brown, M L Tuttle, and A Marcues. executive committee named. Sketches outline Frank D Brown, a Civil War veteran born in Virginia, and his westward journey after the war.
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W. C. Orton
Montana Society of Pioneers
Great Falls
Mollie Kline
Livingston
Will
Mamie Valston
Deer Lodge
C. O. Marcyes
Society
F. D
Sandbar” Brown
Frank D
Sandbar) Brown
Montana
Virginia
Mississippi River
Sandy” Brown
South
St. Louis
Man Drowned in Bisbee Flood
Wal ter C. Jones, 33, a negro, drowned as a heavy Aug. 10 rain sent a torrent down Brewery gulch in Bisbee Ariz. The wall of water swept him off a city street. his body found two miles away. Property damage ran to thousands as buildings and cars were flooded and swept along Dixie canyon.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Walter C. Jones
Dixie Canyon
Brewery Gulch
Jones
No trace found of Swiss crew
Le Bourget France Aug 10 The disappearance of the three Swiss aviators who left here Thursday supposedly for Lisbon to night was as puzzling as ever Nothing had been heard of them since they started on what was announced as the preliminary to a trans Atlantic attempt It was hoped they had been merely forced down in some out of the way place and had not thought it necessary to notify anyone
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LE Bourget
France
Lisbon
Paris
Switzerland
Showdown on Monday in Hague as British seeks Young plan changes
Aug 10 report says Philip Snowden re opens push to modify the Young plan triggering a near crisis in the talks. Allied delegates plan a morning meeting to outline next steps if Britain stays obdurate while the financial committee reconvenes Monday. W Graham cites Britain’s hard hit economy from in kind deliveries as talks begin.
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The
Hague
Philip Snowden
Briand
France
Jaspar
Belgium
Mosconi
Italy
M. Ada
Board of Trade
Henri Cheron
Graham
Hoover Pagues New Milestone on Lifes Way
President Hoover’s fifty fifth birthday was celebrated at a Shenandoah National Park mountain camp when Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh and other weekend guests helped stage a surprise party. Mrs Hoover participated, thwarting the president’s wish to pass the day without observance.
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Shenandoah Park
Lawrence Sullivan
United Press
Madison
Shenandoah National Park
President
Culver to speak on real estate trends in Butte banquet
Harry H. Culver president of the National Association of Realty Boards will address Butte realtors on August 14 at the New Finlen banquet. About 250 invitations have been issued as interest grows in the national real estate leader. He will discuss real estate trends and tax legislation with a tour part of his year long speaking schedule.
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Culver
Harry H. Culver
National Association of Realty Boards
Butte Realtors
New Finlen
United States
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