Britain Stands Firm in Her Demands at Hague Conference Nearing Collapse
Lieut Nick Mamer and Art Walker refueled the Sun God at North Platte on their coast to coast endurance flight toward New York. After a day of ill fortune they achieved a successful midair refueling, contacting the B supporting plane at 3 53 p m and planning two more contacts before continuing eastward.
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Mamer
North Platte
Neg
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lieut
O. K
Art
Sydney
Neb
Sun God
Spokane
New York
Giant Dirigible in Radio Contact With Japanese Stations
The Graf Zeppelin, two days out of Tokyo, established radio contact while over Siberia on the voyage from Friedrichshafen to Tokyo. Eckener guided three motors at about 60 mph, with 3,760 miles logged in 66 hours and 2,720 miles to Tokyo remaining if weather holds.
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Japan
Tokyo
Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Siberian Wilds
Orient
Siberia
Hugo Eckener
Okyo
Graf
Ochlishi
Hokkaido
Yakutsk
Hondo
Isands
Sea of Okhotsk
Sakhalien
Sinclair seeks clemency for jail term
Harry F. Sinclair, a millionaire oil magnate, asks executive clemency to be freed from a jail sentence after serving three months and 11 days as a drug clerk. He says the time in jail has harmed his health and caused mental despondency. The petition is with the justice department and under review by the parole attorney with health and merits being studied. Influential friends are noted as supporting him.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Department of Justice
Sinclair
Harry Rogers
Tulsa Exchange Na
Canada and Tourists Rally in Global Enterprise Discourse
A compact report notes Canada’s role in global business as tourism and travel coordinate with national policy. Churchill on Empire frames imperial economic ties, while wheat crop prospects outline agricultural outlook and market expectations for the season.
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Churchill
Wheat
Canada Sees Record Tourist Influx From U S
Canada experiences a surge of American visitors in 1929 with cars from many states daily on its highways. Private homes host travelers at reasonable rates as hotels face high occupancy. 1928 American tourist spending in Canada neared 250 million dollars and 1929 projections exceed 300 million. US outward tourism in 1928 reached about 900 million dollars.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Toronto
Ont
Canada
Dominion
United States
J Nerny Former Butte Mayor Back for Visit
J Nerny, former manager of the Butte Brewery and long-time alderman, visiting Chicago and en route to Seattle. He is registered at the Mueller hotel and expects to leave Monday over the Milwaukee railway. He notes Chicago’s rapid growth and mentions several large banking institutions in the city.
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T. J. Nerny
Butte Brewery Company
Duncan
Chicago
Butte
Nerny
Mueller Hotel
Seattle
Milwaukee Railway
Italy May Alter Course in Reparations Talks
The International reparations conference teeters on collapse as Britain refuses to budge on its demands and the four allied powers struggle to reach concessions. British chancellor Philip Snowden disputed the powers’ figures on reparations while Belgium's Henri Jasper, as intermediary, relayed the latest reply. Italy’s potential concessions could break the four power stand and salvage the Owen D Young plan.
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Snowden
Frederick Kuh
United Press
The
Hague
Great Britain
Philip Snowden
Henri Jasper
Belgium
Owen D. Young
Italy
Classified Ads Guide for Readers Today
Classifieds fill the page with many ad listings across categories. The notice invites readers to browse sections to locate items, services, and opportunities.
Classified voice in MontanaStandard acts in service
Classified note from the Montana Standard mentions consistent service with varying opportunities and provides the phone number 626 for contact.
G O P Senate Leader Backs High Sugar Duty
Senator Watson Indiana Republican leader voiced approval of a proposed tariff of 2.20 cents a pound on Cuban raw sugar. He noted most countries tax higher than the U S and suggested the finance committee plan would win administration backing. The rate would replace 1.76 cents and undercuts the house 2.40 cents. Watson spoke before leaving for Hoover summer camp.
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Washington
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Capitol
Senate Finance Committee
House
Hoover
Smoot
Women enter air derby from Pacific 10
Twenty young women including notable aviation figures prepare for the women s air derby to Cleveland. They depart Santa Monica at 2 PM for San Bernardino the first overnight stop, a brief hop likely under an hour. An $8 000 finish prize awaits the fastest overall time with other prizes for individual legs.
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Santa Monica
Cleveland
Ruth Elder
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Miss Earhart
Miss Elder
Azores
Mary Heath
England
Cal
San Bernardino
Montana university summer session enrollments reach 1165
Nearly 1,200 attend five Montana summer sessions with totals by campus. Missoula State university enrollment 449, Eastern Montana Normal in Billings 311, State Normal at Dillon 238, North Montana in Havre 311, Miles City 67, per Dr. Henry H. Swain.
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Montana University
Helena
Montana
Henry H. Swain
M. A. Brannon
Greater
University of Montana
State University
Missoula
Eastern Montana Normal School
Billings
State Normal College
Dillon
North Montana School
Havre
Miles City
Former Army Flyer Aims for 49-Hour Solo Flight Record
Donald A. Templeton, former army flyer, took off at Mills Field San Francisco at 4 44 50 p m in the mono plane Sierra. He hopes to set a solo refueling record of at least 49 hours in the air, flying alone.
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San Francisco
Donald A. Templeton
Mills Field
Pioneer of Be Hole Fight Days in Montana Die
Mary Hart, Montana pioneer, died in Hamilton at the hospital after a long illness. She came to the Bitter Root region in the 1870s, survived Lynde Elliott who was killed at the Big Hole battle on August 9, 1877, and later remarried Charles B. Hart, who also served in the fight. Her daughter Mrs. Lucy Rogers of Mount? remains.
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Hamilton
Mont
Mary Hart
Montana
Hamilton Hospital
Hart
Lucy Rogers
Cape motorist jailed for reckless driving in Cape Town
Port Elizabeth Aug 17 AP Ten lashes and four months imprisonment were imposed by a local magistrate on a motorist named Johnson found guilty of reckless driving. Reported as the heaviest such sentence in the Cape, he allegedly struck a young woman who clung to his radiator and was dragged under the car, needing 12 days in hospital. The offender previously had 12 similar convictions.
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Port Elizabeth
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Johnson
Kansas Crusader Faces Disapproving Butte Crowd
A Butte reporter notes one Wichitaen woman opposed to bare legs as Kansas reformer Myra McHenry, linked to Carrie Nation, would face a difficult reception if she visited. Meanwhile Butte youths increasingly appear stockingless or in very short shorts, signaling mixed response to the easternly reform movement. The piece suggests momentum nationwide but likely limited local impact.
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Kansas
Butte
Myra McHenry
Wichita
Kan
Carrie Nation
Fire plants four blazes in Deer Lodge reserve
Four major fires burned over 2000 acres eight miles west of Anaconda in Deer Lodge forest reserve. Forest supervisor John B. Taylor said fires were under control or to be within 48 hours. Rangers barred tourists and campers because of extreme fire danger as crews, led by Dr H Gardiner of Willow Creek stock ranch, battled a blaze at Ten.
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Anaconda
Deer Lodge National Forest
John B. Taylor
Dr. H. ©. Gardiner
Willow Creek
Young girl who ran away found far from home
Eight year old Mary Louise Smith missing from Fort Worth since Monday was found in Groesbeck at relative J. A. Jones’s home. She had vanished after saying she would drown herself over her dog Billie, who was shot. The girl traveled by train with saved money and expressed relief upon learning Billie was recovering. She will be brought home.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Mary Louise Smith
Billie
Groesbeck
J. A. Jones
Mra Frank Smith
Mary Louise
Jones
Tomahawk Hovers When Man Offends Indian Etiquette
Northern Pacific sources report a social offense at Arlee involving George Buchanen Detroit and R Q Waugh Chicago, tour directors for a boys’ trip. Buchanen failed to wear the war bonnet given by the Arlee tribe two years earlier, outraging the Indian hosts during the coast visit by 50 boys from 12 states and two Canadian provinces. The annual tour extends to Alaska and involves Buchanan.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Arlee
George Buchanen
Detroit
Montana
R. Q Waugh
Chicago
Alaska
Buchanan
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