Norris in bitter fight for Senate in Ohio primary
In Ohio's primary, former Congressman Robert J. Bulkley leads among four for the U S Senate on a repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Democrats favor George White in the governor race over Stephen M. Young, with Myers Y. Cooper and Roscoe C. McCulloch leading in their respective contests.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
United States
Bulkley
George White
Marietta
Stephen M. Young
Myers Y. Cooper
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Hoover cancels trip to the Rockies due to drought
President Hoover announced he would cancel plans for a western vacation to visit national parks. He said the drought would keep him near Washington to oversee relief efforts with federal, state, and private agencies guiding aid to distressed farmers and families. A cabinet meeting discussed the drought situation before the decision was made.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Delegates Plan Improvements for Sunshine Trail
Delegates gathered for the county central committee meeting in Judge Lynch's courtroom. James E. Murray was elected chairman to lead the party in the coming campaign with broad support from 52 of 63 precincts. Senator Harry Gallwey was re elected state committeeman and Edgar Andrieux named secretary amid a slate of unanimously chosen officers.
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James E. Murray
County Democrats
Democratic County Central Committee
Judge
James Brett
Otto Simmonson
Harmony
Dan McGrath
Andrieu
Sam Anderson
Johnnie Riley
Mr. Murray
Missoula Man Chosen Kiwanis District Governor
John F. Patterson of Missoula elected unanimously as Kiwanis district governor at the tenth annual Montana convention in Great Falls Helena named as 1931 host. District lieutenant governors Ira Moore Torrance McDonald John Muzzy and Carl Brattin elected. resolutions praise Montana highway program and pledge support to referendum for a three mill levy benefiting the state university extension service and a $3 million bond for 14 state institutions.
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Great Falls
John F. Patterson
Missoula
Kiwanis
Helena
Ira Moore
Kalispell
Torrance McDonald
John Muzzy
Stanford
Carl Brattin
Sidney
Montana Highway Commission
University of Montana
Extension Service
Lethbridge Man New President of Road Group
A. J. Davis Sr named to office as officers elected for the year and next convention site chosen. Delegates at the Sunshine Trail association annual meeting in Butte discussed road problems along the route. Banquet at the Finlen hotel concluded the session. future convention to be held at Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta.
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Sunshine Trail Association
Butte
Ralph C. Bricker
Great Falls
Arthur Baalim
Lethbridge
T. Barnhouse
Edmonton
F. R. Brason
Calgary
J. G. Henderson
Shelby
A. J. Breitenstein
Havre
W. H. George
Finlen Hotel
O. L. MacPherson
Province of
Alberta
Scott Leavitt
Montana
Montana Weather Forecast For Midweek
A Montana forecast calls for Wednesday and Thursday to be mostly fair with little change in temperatures. Skies stay clear to partly sunny, with gentle winds and no precipitation expected. Highs near seasonal normals and comfortable evenings expected across the state.
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Montana
R-100 Set for Homeward Flight From Montreal
At St Hubert Airport Montreal the British airship R-100 is to leave for England at 9 PM marking the farewell to Canada. Designer Sir Dennistoun Burney plans a bi weekly trans Atlantic service before the British government. Canada backs the plan with commercial support. a ship twice the size of the R-100 is proposed.
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ST. Hubert
Montreal
Canada
England
Atlantic
Cardington
Dennistoun Burney
R&s. Bennett
Dennistoun
School tax levy for district 1 aims at $902000
Tax levies for the coming year should not exceed 902000 due to delinquencies and a reduced state school fund. Garfield Perier read the millage fixed by the county board. J G Ragsdale noted the budget covers operations. 68000 is diverted to the sinking fund.
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Garfield Perier
Board of County Commissioners
J. G. Ragsdale
Flooding and slides hit Salt Lake Valley roads
Continued heavy rainfall across the Great Salt Lake valley and surrounding ranges caused mud and rock slides, flooding new areas and hindering traffic. Highways north east and west from Salt Lake City were affected, with routes around multiple slides and railroad track washed out in Garfield. Grantsville and Garfield faced submerged streets as Ogden logged more rain.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake Valley
Ogden
San Francisco
Magna
Garfield
Arthur Mill
Utah Copper Company
Grantsville
Moonshine Raid Narrows on North Main Street
Federal and city officers raided a North Main Street location seizing a 40 gallon still and equipment and arresting three men Vernon Lyden William Johnson William Mirapolisky. The suspects were booked at the city jail for the government as 40 gallons of moonshine whisky was seized and most of the liquor dumped into North Main gutter after destruction of the still and gear.
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North Main Street
Vernon Lyden
Wilam Johnson
William Mirapolsky
Ben Holter
Ed Donovan
Prohibition
Charles Rodda
John Gerry
Ed O'Connor
Police Department
Roosevelt Trail Dedication Date Set for Aug 23
Columbia Falls officials of the Roosevelt International Highway association set Saturday August 23 for the formal dedication of the highway over the continental divide and the laying of the cornerstone of the Roosevelt Memorial arch.
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Roosevelt Trail
Columbia Falls
Roosevelt International Highway Association
Continental Divide
Roosevelt Memorial Arch
Trail flyers near world record in St Louis flight
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine aim to reclaim the world sustained flight record with their plane Greater St Louis if aloft at 9 43 a m at Lambert St Louis Field Aug 12 The 23 day pursuit of 553 hours 42 minutes set by John and Kenneth Hunter was within reach with updates showing the ship refueled and renewed after a long flight continuing toward the 538th hour marker and a final record.
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Jackson
O’brine
Lambert
Illinois
John
Kenneth Hunter
Chicago
Hunter
St. Louis
Sunshine Trail banquet keys courage to peak
J Bruce Kremer delivered the keynote at the Sunshine Trail association banquet at the Finlen hotel closing a one day meeting with delegates from the trail. C P Nevin was toastmaster and several delegates and Butte men spoke including A Davidson Alberta highway commissioner and Warden of Great Falls.
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J. Bruce Kremer
Sunshine Trail Association
Finlen Hotel
C. P. Nevin
Butte
A. Davidson
Alberta
Warden
Great Falls
Montana Highway Commission
W. B. Daly
Anacondis Company
James H. Rowe
A. B. McKay
Alberta Motor Association
A. J. Breitenstein
Kremer
Hawks to Take Off Today in Record Flight Attempt
Los Angeles August 12 Frank Hawks, holder of the fastest cross continent east to west record, announced he will take off at 2 a m tomorrow in an effort to wrest the record from his rivals. He plans a direct flight attempting to set a new transcontinental speed benchmark.
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HAWKS
Los Angeles
Frank Hawks
Broadcast Talk Between Sea Diver and Flyers Planned
A coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation will air next Friday afternoon between a diver at the sea bottom and women pilots in planes high above. Originating four miles off Venice California in the Pacific Ocean, the diver is Capt. A. D. Henderson with nearly a dozen radio-equipped flyers joining the chat.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Pacific Ocean
Venice
Calif
A. D. Henderson
Lindberghs Honor Pacific to Atlantic Flight Route
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh receive Pacific to Atlantic honors while weather reports forecast good flying conditions along the entire route to New York.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Firefighters Create Neighborhood Playground on Quartz Street
Firefighters at Quartz Street station transformed the vacant lot east of the station into a playground for North Main and Quartz streets. They cleared dirt and debris, smoothed the ground, and rolled the surface to a usable condition with neighborhood help. Fire Chief Martin urged city aid to remove remaining dirt at the back to expand the playground, currently about 125 feet long and one foot deep, a small but valuable community improvement.
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North Main
Quartz Streets
Quartz Street
Martin
Two Die and One Missing After Berlin Plant Explosion
In Berlin New Hampshire a boiler explosive detonation killed two workers Thomas Mahan and William Hallett and left a third missing at the Brown Company refining plant. Six others were severely burned and at least three of the injured were critical. Police estimate damage over 1 million dollars.
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Berlin
New Hampshire
N. H
Brown Company
Thomas Mahan
William Hallett
Small Man Knocks Out Big One Court Hears
David and Goliath played out in a police court as Carl Kraft Jr. a small, bespectacled, groomed man, allegedly struck Joe Kelly a six footer at the carnival grounds. Kraft, who admitted the charge, told Judge Dan Shea he would repeat the blow to show how it was done, saying he had waited two years after Kelly called him a mollycoddle and milksop.
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David
Goliath
Carl Kraft Jr
Joe Kelly
Kraft
Kelly
Dan Shea
Cooperation Necessary to Improve Wheat Market
Alexander Legge urged more than 1,500 farmers and extension representatives at a western states regional meeting in Bozeman to cut wheat acreage by one fourth and build cooperative marketing systems. He warned farmers to forget individualism and work in organized effort to control production as drought conditions persist.
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William E. Gammon
Bozeman
U.P
Alexander Legge
Western States
Territory of Hawaii
Federal Farm Board
Montana
Billion-Dollar Drought Strangles U S Food Prices
Chicago August reports detail a sweeping drought impact. The corn yield is at a 29 year low while feed crops lag 14.1 percent below 1925 levels. Rice buckwheat wheat and rye run 7 percent under normal. Vegetable prices surge up to 25 percent as Hoover administration weighs federal relief.
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Marren Graham
Chicago
Hoover
Changsha Terror Stricken as Communist Hordes Return
Aug 12 report from Hankow says Changsha remains terror stricken as a returning communist horde sacks and threatens to murder youths aged 15 to 35. Thousands flee the Hunan capital to escape further executions by provincial authorities. Governor Ho Chien was alleged to have ordered torture and killings of about 250 communist suspects daily amid fears the provincial troops cannot hold the city walls.
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Hankow
Changsha
Hunan
Ho Chien
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