Senator Smoot frames tariff affects on agricultural products
Senator Smoot of the finance committee released estimates showing customs receipts under the revised tariff bill at 605,498,469 dollars, down about 40.5 million from the house rate but up about 90 million from current collections. He put house measure receipts at 656,014,545 dollars and existing law at 516,581,344 dollars.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Utah
Finance Committee
Under Revised Tariff Bill Salaries for School Staff May Be Paid
The attorney general rules that salaries for teachers and school janitors may be paid from the 1929 tax base under the revised tariff bill. The reparations committee sits in judgment, with ongoing discussions and potential allocations continuing on page 2.
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Attorney General
Warrants Ready For Mail In Late Week
State Attorney General L A Foot ruled warrants for May school district No 1 salaries may be registered against the 1929 county taxes. About $80,000 will be registered this week and likely distributed Friday or Saturday. Warranted at 6 percent interest until redemption after November taxes. Payments come from the school general fund, not the 3 mill levy.
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L. A. Foot
Garfield B. Perier
Paul A. Rooney
J. D. Wallace
State Attorney General
School General Fund
Coast Line 15 Fogey Two Swiss Flyers Conquer Atlantic Flight
Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher, both 21 and 22, started from Lisbon to reach New York in a bid to cross the north Atlantic. A German steamer sighted them 1758 miles out. they passed the Azores in the afternoon with speed about 90 mph and fuel usage light. They planned to adjust if fuel ran low after the Azores.
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New York
North Atlantic
Noth
Oscar Kaesar
Kurt Luescher
Lisbon
Azores
Everybody's Business Everybody's Business Thomas Has Big Task
U S leads in Canada amid wartime economy. Government reduces war debt as Thomas faces a large domestic program.
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Thomas
U. S
Canada
British minister J H Thomas on job program and funding
Rt Hon J H Thomas, now British minister of employment, describes unifying employment departments and plans to authorize at least 250 million dollars to reduce unemployment. He argues the dole is not a solution and aims to cooperate with business to employ able-bodied Britons. He discusses spending and stabilizing purchasing power.
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Alliance
J. H. Thomas
England
Graf Zeppelin Near Pacific Leg Of World Flight
Tokyo August 20. The Graf Zeppelin nears its Pacific leg toward Los Angeles with refueling and stores replenishment underway at Kasumigaura. Engineers Beuerle and Scott expect completion by Wednesday night as favorable weather forecasts persist across the western Pacific per the Japanese weather bureau. The countdown continues with a 4 am Thursday departure Japanese time, weather permitting.
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Tokyo
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Kasumigaura
Karl Beuerle
H. M. Scott
Western Pacific
Hugo Eckener
German Diplomacy Signals Quick Pact For Reparations
MAMNER SHATTERS LONG DISTANCE AIR MARK GERMAN PROC: HER CREDITORS IN YOUNG PLAN THE HAGUE Aug 20 The seriousness of the reparations conference showed when Germany asked for a conference to decide payments after Sept 1 if the Young plan is not accepted soon. Stresemann said the Reich would pay only what the Young plan requires. Germany was to make the Dawes plan’s last payment at about 560 million dollars yearly and the first Dawes installment under the Young plan is 402 million. Stresemann spoke to Premier Jaspar of Belgium. the six creditor powers accepted. Tomorrow at 5:30 p m the six powers meet to discuss further.
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The
Hague
Gustav Stresemann
Reich
Germany
Stresemann
Jaspar
Belgium
Mamer's Red Sesquiplane Ends Spokane Flight In Novel Route
The Spokane Sun God Lieut. Mamer completed a non-stop Spokane New York City round trip. He paused about 30 minutes over Butte after refueling at Miles City, then continued to Missoula before returning to Spokane, landing at 6 p.m. The flight included messages to friends and officials during the journey.
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Spokane
New York City
Butte
Mamer
Miles City
Belgrade
Missoula
Associ
Sun God crosses continent on five day non stop flight
Spokane Sun God pilots Nick Mamer and Art Walker landed at Felts Field after a five day flight covering about 7200 miles coast to coast and 17200 miles total. Thousands greeted the plane as the crew refueled at Missoula before completing the journey to Spokane. Difficult homeward leg through smoke reduced visibility.
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Felts Field
Spokane
Wash
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
Earth
Missoula
Mont
Mamer
Walker
Felts
Used car classifieds attract buyers with lawful listings
In the classified columns readers are urged to browse a wide motor selection from Fliv vers to Line-Royces for lawful used car purchases. The notice emphasizes that every motor is available through standard ad channels.
M D O N A L D A N D D A W E S NEARER AGREEMENT ON NAVAL PARITY
M D O N A L D A N D D A W E S NEARER AGREEMENT ON NAVAL PARITY Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced a distinct advance in negotiations with the United States on naval limitations. The statement followed American Ambassador Dawes's visit to MacDonald's home near Lossiemouth. He said the talks, exchanged in frank terms, reflected progress in the two governments’ positions.
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M’donald
Dawes
Britain
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Charlies G. Dawes
MacDonald
Here
Harrison Avenue Grading It Starts Week
City officials announced grading of Harrison Avenue will begin by Friday. Concrete work will be delayed for several days, but the completion target of September 20 remains. A drainage network with sewer pipes connects to Silver Bow Creek, and slag-filled fill protects the pavement from wet subsoil. The project draws notable public interest in Butte’s main artery.
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Harrison Avenue
Silver Bow Creek
Rowe Road
Butte
Parents use club on children sentenced in New Jersey
Emil Ihle and his wife in Union City New Jersey were sentenced to one year and six months respectively in the penitentiary for tying their children by the wrists and beating them with a chair leg while they dangled from a door rope for seven hours. The three boys ages 8 7 and 5 testified to the abuse. The couple claimed the boys had stolen money and insulted boarders.
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Union City
N. J
Emil Ihle
Adolps
Emil
Louis
Colored Cadet at West Point Seeks Mother Visit
Alonzo Parkham, the only Black cadet at West Point, wishes to see his mother but has no complaints about treatment at the academy. Oscar De Priest, the Chicago congressman, said Parkham’s trip away from home was his first, and that if another vacancy opens at West Point or Annapolis he would appoint a Black candidate.
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West Point
N. Y
Alonzo Parkham
Oscar de Priest
Chicago
de Priest
Parkham
Annapolis
Templeman Plane Tumbles Into Bay From Endurance Flight
Donald Templeman, endurance flyer, plunged into San Francisco Bay at 9:47 p m ending a 35 hour 38 minute solo refueling endurance attempt for a 40 hour record. He was unharmed and taken to Ban Meo hospital for observation.
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San Francisco
Donald Templeman
San Francisco Bay
Ban Mateo
Willebrandt Made Defendant In Damage Suit
In St Louis a $1,000,000 libel suit targets Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt former U S assistant attorney general Nations a former federal prohibition enforcer in St Louis and the Current News Feature company publisher of articles on prohibition enforcement. A duplicate petition will be presented in Washington as the case continues.
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ST. Louis
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
United States
Nations
Williebrandt
Current News Feature Company
Hurry call sends officers on hunt after bank robbery
Police and sheriffs officers Buite and Moulder began search just after 1 am for a black automobile carrying two armed men and a woman sighted at Boulder last night. Remarks by the men suggested they may know something about the stone bank robbery. They left Boulder aiming for Helena but may have turned toward Butte.
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Buite
Moulder
Boulder
Stonan
Helena
Butte
Merchants Observe Citys Unique Commercial Day
Virtually all business houses in the Butte district close today for Commercial day. Department stores butcher shops groceries and mercantile establishments honor the day. Offices private and public close while county offices stay open. The post office handles special deliveries and keeps windows open. Commercial day began 26 years ago to foster social interaction between employers and employees. Its founder was the late D J Hennessy known as Montanas merchant.
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Butte District
D. J. Hennessy
Montana
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