Half Moon Fire threatens town near Belton
Apgar and Coram areas were destroyed by the Half Moon forest fire in Montana. No fatalities reported as the 75,000 acre blaze advanced toward Lake McDonald and Glacier National Park, with 250 workers battling the flames. A trench was dug near Columbia Falls to guard the city.
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Kalispell
Apgar
Belton
Coram
Lake Five
Half Moon
Great Northern
Lake McDonald
Lewis Hotel
Glacier National Park
Brokers' Loans Reach New U.S. Record As Banks Expand
The federal reserve board cites brokers' loans as fueling a record rise to over 6.985 billion dollars. Banks nationwide see increased demand deposits while investments and time deposits shrink since late 1928. The report attributes the surge to stock exchange financing and bank loan growth, especially in New York City.
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Alliance
Financial News
Federal Reserve Board
New York City
United States
Planes Stall Overnight As Air Derby Routs Change
Portland-Cleveland air derby flyers halt in Spokane due to dust storms and forest fire smoke. Holman leads Wells by seconds after 1 hour 55 minutes 12 seconds from Portland. they plan Missoula leg at 7 a.m. with six other planes awaiting departure.
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Missoula
Spokane
Wash
Charles W
Holman
Portland
Mont
Hague conference stalls on Young plan reparations
At the international reparations conference in The Hague numerous meetings clarified British demands for revision but failed to break the deadlock. Delegates warned of a prolonged session beyond tomorrow and noted Snowden rejected a Franco Italian Belgian Japanese compromise as unsatisfactory.
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Benry Woon
Mied
Hague
Aristide Briand
France
Arthur Henderson
Phillip Snowden
Snowden
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Germany
Henri Jaspar
Great Britain
Parity in Naval Armaments Between Nations
U S and Great Britain expect naval parity between 1934 and 1940 as Dawes and MacDonald discuss timing. British cruiser superiority risks 80 000 tons by 1940 if Surrey and Northumberland are completed and not suspended. No final year agreed yet.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Dawes
MacDonald
British Empire
MacDonld
Surrey
Northumberland
Rooms for Rent Descriptive ad helps find tenants
A simple classified style notice urges homeowners to list unoccupied rooms. It suggests detailing accommodations offered and location to attract desirable tenants and share monthly household expenses. The Montana Standard promotes straightforward rental ads.
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Montana Standard
Democrats Plan Sweeping Opposition To Tariff Bill
Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee form a strategy board to oppose the Republican tariff bill. They call the revised measure "monstrously bad" and plan to defeat or materially amend it, targeting new industrial rates and unchanged duties as it moves to the Senate floor.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
Democratic Tariff Strategy Board
Finance Committee
House
Senate
Legisla
Police End Deforts to Find Elusive Bandits
After more than 90 hours of intensive search across six counties, Butte and Anaconda police gave up chasing two men and a woman in white tied to the Mission State Bank robbery in St Ignatius last Tuesday. A state wide dragnet has been set for Joe Brennan and Tom Martin, Helena residents, said to be former state penitentiary inmates, the male trio sought by authorities.
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Butte
Anaconda
Mission State Bank
St. Ignatius
Joe Brennan
Tom Martin
Helena
State Penitentiary
Fire gains headway as fighters strive to save buildings
A great Spokane blaze began in the J. P. McGoldrich Lumber yard at 9 o’clock and destroyed the yard a sanitarium five dwellings an apartment building and threatened the Cascade Laundry plant as only five firefighting units remained in the city.
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Spokane. Wash
J. P. McGoldrich Lumber Company
Cascade Laundry Company
Metals Bank and Trust joins major U S financial consolidation
Butte residents reacted with astonishment on Thursday to the Metals Bank and Trust company of Butte becoming part of one of the nation’s largest finance consolidations, worth 341 million dollars. The move is seen as a major boost for Montana’s wealth and future undertakings with strong regional financial support.
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Butte
Metals Bank and Trust Company
United States
Montana
Northwest grain embargo eased with barley shipments allowed
After a nine day embargo on oats barley and rye from northwest points to Minneapolis Duluth and Superior shipments of barley will be accepted starting next Monday. Shippers and grain men at a Minneapolis conference said the northwest grain market tension has eased and led to the modification from the advisory board recommendations.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Duluth
Superior
Northwest Advisory Board
Butte to Enter Columbia Gardens Pansies in Airmail Exhibit
Butte will again be represented at the National Airmail Flower show in Milwaukee from August 28 to 30. Postmaster Richard Brimacombe announced the event, noting about 1,000 exhibits are expected and a previous Butte bouquet earned honorable mention. The potential entry from Columbia Gardens pansy beds may be sent by post.
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Butte Postoffice
Columbia Gardens
Butte
National Airmail
Milwaukee
Wis
Richard Brimacombe
United States
Brim
Explosion Rocks Mexican Arsenal at San Juan de Ulua
A terrific blast shook the Mexican government arsenal at San Juan de Ulua in Vera Cruz Bay this evening. The explosion persisted for 45 minutes starting about 5 45 p m. Powder stores and shells exploded and the extent of damage and casualties was not known.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
San Juan de Ulua
Bay of Vera Cruz
Governor Erickson Heads to Western Governors Meeting
Gov. J. E. Erickson will leave for Salt Lake City to join a western governors reclamation convention. The session will discuss transferring public lands of the west to state administration and runs Monday and Tuesday, with an address previously planned for Glacier National Park.
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Helena
J. EB. Erickson
Salt Lake City
Glacier National Park
National Association of State Railroad and Utility Commissioners
Balt Lake City
Graf Zeppelin Position Report Over Pacific
The Graf Zeppelin's location at 12 45 p m Tokyo time was 40 north 163 east 1 390 miles east of Masumigaura naval station. It flew at 350 meters altitude with an 21 32 hour elapsed time yielding 65 mph. A large fog belt threatened the airship on its Kasumigaura Japan to Los Angeles flight.
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Tokyo
Obiishi
Masimuagura Naval Station
San Francisco
Weather Bureau
Kasumigaura
Japan
Los Angeles
Calif
John Coolidge to Be Married in September
John Coolidge son of the former president expects to wed Florence Trumbull daughter of Gov. John H. Trumbull in September. The couple have not announced an exact date though September 15 is commonly understood. Miss Trumbull vacationing at Moosehead Lake Maine with her father.
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New Haven
Conn
Associated Press
John Coolidge
Florence Trumbull
John H. Trumbull
Connecticut
Trumbull
Moosehead Lake
Maine
Irish Conditions Best in History Says Judge Lynch
Judge J. J. Lynch returned from Ireland lauding better housing and contentment there. He said Ireland has progressed since becoming a free state and poverty is no longer the defining condition. He noted strong improvements and predicted continued positive trends.
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STORM
Northwest Derby Flyers
Glacier Park
Bald Mountain
Crazy Mountains
Anaconda-Ralston Road
Cleveland
Billings
Mining City
Wells
Walla Walla-Spokane
Walla Walla
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Condit
Ohio
America
Britain
C. P. Williamson
Hlontana
Metals Bank
Treasure State
First Bank Stock Corporation
Tengion
Arsenal
Governor Erickson
Western Governors’ Meeting
Eckener
East
Free State
Jurist
Trip
Ireland
Isle
J. J. Lynch
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