Montana State Fair Opens Under Good Weather
Montana’s 28th annual state fair opened in Helena with favorable weather and a six day program. Many visitors from outside cities attended, attracted by race track events and an expanded display of factory and mine products. Seven horse races drew attention as exhibits filled the buildings, with Wool and sheep shows highlighting entries from counties including Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, and Flathead.
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Helena
Montana
Butte Mines
Main Street
A. Conwell
Big Timber
Sweet Grass
Gallatin
Mount Haggin Land and Livestock Company
Anaconda
Flathead
Kalispell
Washington
North Dakota
Yellowstone
Cascade
Broadwater
Lewis and Clark
Widow of State Senator Links Gang Threats at Inquest
The widow of a state senator testified at a coroner’s inquest that gangsters issued death threats. She described experiences suggesting she and her husband faced organized criminal intimidation and possible poisoning concerns.
Evidence Box Tied to Zuta Links to 1920s Chicago Officials
New evidence ties the Jack Zuta strong box containing records of deals between the slain gangster and Chicago political figures to possible action before the statute of limitations runs out. State's Attorney Swanson said most papers date to 1927 or earlier and no case can be brought if the three year limit has passed.
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Chicago
Jack Zuta
Swanson
City to settle 1930 31 tax levy details today
The final details of the city tax levy for 1930 31 will be settled this morning by the ways and means committee chaired by Herman Blank. The total levy will remain unchanged, but there may be slight changes in the mills allocated to each fund. Figures will be released after the last details are arranged prior to city council approval.
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Herman Blank
Ways and
Mr. Blank
Blank
First Woman Lawyer Seeks Privileges Over Rights
Chicago news reports Mary Lathrop of Denver becoming the first woman accepted as a member of the American Bar Association. She said women have gained rights but lost privileges and that she would “raise a daughter to be a clinging vine” to regain courtesy and chivalry.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
Mary Lathrop
Denver
Camp Castle Rock session closed by Girl Scouts
The Butte Girl Scout council reported Camp Castle Rock ended its six week summer camp with six girls returning home after a color ceremony. Miss Julia Greiner led the executive in charge as staff descended on town. The program featured nature study and handcrafts with outdoor cooking and extended activity into all hours. Continued on Page 2.
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Castle Rock
Butte
Julia Greiner
Three Men Escape Fiery Death on Lake Michigan
Three men clung to a burning cabin cruiser named Orion after an explosion five miles out from Milwaukee to Chicago. Ensign Victor Randecker and Lt Elmer J Johaansen plucked the sailors H A Brassert and W E Brassert from the vessel while J E Flatley held on. Brassert senior suffered burns and was rushed to a hospital. the other two uninjured. The cause of the blast remained unknown.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Orion
Victor Randecker
Elmer J. Johaansen
H. A. Brassert
W. E. Brassert
J. E. Flatley
Brassert
Brassart
Coroner's Jury Holds Kalispell Man for Murder
A coroner's jury found Dan D. Duncan responsible for the deaths of Bud Neal and Russell Austin and for the critical injury of Gus Austin after a dispute over a cow hide robe. The incident began with an argument at Charles Stopher’s home and escalated to a shooting as Duncan pursued the others.
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Kalispell
Dan D. Duncan
Bud Neal
Russell Austin
Gus Austin
Wilbur Utley
Duncan
Charles Stopher
Utley
Neal
Daring Daylight Crime Sought by Police in Butte
Police search Butte for two daring bandits who struck in broad daylight on a main city street yesterday amid crowds. Details scarce as investigation continues.
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Butte
Fastest planes and famed flyers head to Butte Friday
The Seattle to Chicago derby arrives at Butte airport Friday morning with planes cruising 120 to 200 mph. Spokane departures at 10 am mark the second leg as Seattle entries are tallied, with pilots and ship types announced later. The event is hosted by Chicago Air Races. Butte’s aviation committee, led by Kenneth Salisbury, plans the local program.
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Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Butte
Spokane
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
United States
Kenneth Salisbury
Chauncey L. Berrien
Ray J. MacDonald
Ray L. Ruhle
Montana Forecast: Unsettled Tuesday and Wednesday
Weather shows unsettled conditions in Montana with likely local thundershowers on Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperature expected to remain largely unchanged.
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Montana
Arnot Dies in Glasgow Blaze Accidental Burns End Life
A coroner's jury in Glasgow Montana ruled Jesse Arnot died from accidental burns and suffocation after a basement fire Sunday night. The 49 year old former banker led the Mid west Finance Corp and previously ran Glasgow National Bank. His wife was hospitalized and his two sons John 11 and Robert 13 survived. brother W E Arnot of Conrad arrived to assist.
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Glasgow
Mont
Jesse Arnot
Arnot
Midwest Finance Corporation
Glasgow National Bank
Minneapolis
John
Robert
W. E. Arnot
Conrad
Women in Pacific air derby suffer near Arizona detour
Miss Ruth Barron of Hollywood landed 35 miles south of Holbrook uninjured after a rough field landing. She plans to resume to Phoenix at dawn and rejoin the Derby pilots. O'Donnell of Long Beach remains leader with a 4:25 p m Sky Harbor landing after a dash from Calexico.
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Ruth Barron
Hollywood
Miss Crosson
Holbrook
Ariz
Here
O'Donnell
Phoenix
Long Beach
Chicago
Gladys O'Donnell
Mrs. O'Donnell
Sky Harbor
Calexico
Butte Youth Hangs Self in Jail Cell
Walter Hill a 17 year old Butte youth was found hanged in a juvenile detention quarters window of the county jail last night. Jailer Mike Doherty discovered the body around 9 pm as Coroner Mike Balot investigated. He had cut a window cord and looped it around his neck after being arrested Sunday evening.
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Walter Hill
Butte
Mike Doherty
Mike Balot
Husband of slain woman retorts kills neighbor slayer
In Brenham Texas Mrs Travis Smith age 40 was killed with an axe in her farm home kitchen. Ceraius Ben a Negro is reported as the assailant. The incident is described as a retaliatory killing by the slain husband. Continued on Page 2 Col 8.
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Brenham
Texas
Travis Smith
Ceraius Ben
Showers Believe Drought Breakthrough in Midwest
Washington Aug 18 Secretary Hyde said recent rains in drought areas suggest the corner has turned and President Hoover plans to name a national relief organization this week. Southern railroads will enforce emergency rates on livestock and feedstuffs starting tomorrow with western lines to follow. The 50 percent rate is already in effect in the east. Hyde spoke after a White House call, joking about the weather bureau.
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Washington
Hyde
White House
Hoover
National Organization For Relief
Agriculture
Southern
Weather Bureau
Rankin Brothers Endurance Flyers Forced Down
Portland Oregon August 18 The Rankin brothers Tex Dick and Dad Rankin Pacific coast aviators were forced to land the monoplane On to Oregon 24 hours after takeoff after air lock and gas line trouble and oiling difficulties ended their bid for a new world record in sustained flight.
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Portland
Ore
Rankin Brothers
Pacific Coast
Tex Rankin
Dad
Oregon
Ferry capsizes. four drown in Connecticut River accident
Four persons pinned in a closed car drowned when a Westmoreland to Putney ferry capsized on the Connecticut River. Onboard were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Austin and their year old child, plus an unidentified man. Henry A. Pierce and operator Allison Cushing survived with Chester Frederick, who rescued them.
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Westmoreland
N. H
Connecticut
Putney
Ray Austin
Austin
Henry A. Pierce
Keene
Pierce
Allison Cushing
Cushing
Chester Frederick
Bartender Becomes Spectator As Beer Sparks Fatal Run-In
A Chicago basement coffee shop riot ends with one man slain after a visiting Wisconsin man Hoffmann drank a beer, spat on the floor, and sparked a violent clash involving a burst of gunfire and tear gas. Police note no link to the ongoing beer war.
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Chicago
le River
Wis
Madison Street
George Hoffman
Eagle River
Ike Bradkin
Hoffman
Tahiti Founders Following Accident in South Pacific
The British steamer Tahiti, distress for three days, sank in the South Pacific after 317 people aboard were rescued by the American steamer Ventura. Ventura carried island passengers to Pago Pago and planned to land Americans and Europeans in San Francisco by August 29. The Tahiti suffered a starboard propeller failure and a leak about 460 miles east of Parotonga as it drifted 60 miles under a strong current.
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New Zealand
San Francisco
Ventura
N. Z
Tahiti
South Pacific
Pago
Samoa
Willington
Parotonga
Cook Islands
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