Red Propaganda Charged in Drought Relief Debate
Senate debate on drought relief turns to delays in funds and alleged suppression of distress reports. Senator Robinson accuses authorities of underestimating conditions while Caraway targets Red Cross actions. Governor Parnell appeals for federal aid and Capper backs using surplus wheat for relief. Fish links Arkansas food demonstrations to communist propaganda.
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H. O. Thompson
Washington
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Red Cross
T. H. Caraway
Senate
Harvey Parnell
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Hamilton Fish
New York
State Commander of G. A. R. Expires
J. W. Johnson state commander of the G. A. R. died at the Soldiers' home in Columbia Falls Montana He was nearly 83 years old and his death was due to age related infirmities Johnson's home was in Kalispell and a daughter resided in Stockton California.
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Columbia Falls
Mont
J. W. Johnson
Soldiers’ Home
Johnson
Kalispell
Stockton
Calif
Two Men and Boy Die in Marshall Plane Crash
A plane crash eight miles west of Marshall Texas claimed the lives of Arthur C. Brown and Erret Williams both of New Orleans and 16 year old Robert Wilson of Fort Worth. The boy was returning to his New Orleans school after holidays with his mother in Fort Worth.
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Marshall
Texas
New Orleans
Fort Worth
Here
Arthur C. Brown
Erret Williams
Robert Wilson
Italian Flight Costs Five Lives
Silver Bow county's government outlays for the first six months of the fiscal year ending December 31 1930 totaled 371 347.67 dollars. Expenditures across all departments run under the budget with more than 409 000 dollars remaining for the second half of the year. The largest share of costs covers the poor program linked to the county hospital.
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Silver Bow County
Board of County Commissioners
Montana Weather Forecast Quiet Through Thursday and Friday
Generally fair conditions expected in Montana for Thursday and Friday with little change in temperatures. No significant precipitation or storms are anticipated across the state.
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Montana
Grownups urged to attend school skating carnival
Parents in the Butte district are urged to support the skating carnival at Clark Park on January 24 and 25 under the parks and playgrounds committee. Dr. Peter Potter stresses skating as essential to children’s health and urges adults to help provide a healthy winter outdoor activity.
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Peter Potter
Parks and Playgrounds Committee
Butte
Clark Park
Potter
Monoplane Trade Wind completes first leg to Paris
The white monoplane Trade Wind landed at Hamilton Harbor Bermuda at 1:55 p.m. after departing Norfolk VA, completing the first leg of a payload flight to Paris. Pilot Mrs. Beryl Hart and navigator Lt. William B. MacLaren were greeted by a crowd before heading to a hotel for repairs before continuing via the Azores.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Hamilton Harbor
Norfolk
Paris
Beryl Hart
Hinson’s Island
Azores
Ada Men Die In Plane Crash At Ahloso Switch
Two Ada men were killed when a plane crashed at the Ahloso switch five miles southwest of Ada. Victims were Wayne Spencer 21 operator of the Spencer Flying School and Lee Davis a passenger.
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Ada, Okla
Ada
Ahloso Switch
Wayne Spencer
Spencer Flying School
Lee Davis
Planes Crash After Takeoff Across West Africa
Five Italian aviators were killed and three injured as two planes crashed shortly after takeoff in a West Africa to Brazil aviation venture. The Stefani News agency reported that two other planes landed at sea while General Italo Barbo guided 10 remaining ships to Natal with Italian naval support. Some aircraft were towed to Fernando Nomonha, a Brazilian penal island near Natal.
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Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Africa
Brazil
Stefani
Italo Barbo
Natal
Fernando Nomonha
Penal Island
Hoover plans extra session as prohibition report looms
President Hoover to submit the Wickersham commission prohibition report to Congress within days, signaling a likely extra session after March 4. Prolonged debate could delay 11 appropriation bills, risking government funding after June 30. Hoover acts against leaders' advice, forecasting heated debate on prohibition.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
U.P
Wickersham Commission
Congress
Hoover
House
Senate
Girl Air Endurance Team Flies to Desert Amid Storm Threat
A storm off the Pacific sent the Lady Ralph endurance plane with flyers Bobbie Trout and Edna May Cooper fleeing Los Angeles for the Imperial Valley. They aimed to spend the night near El Centro as they neared the 72nd hour in their bid to break the 645 hour world endurance refueling record.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Lady Ralph
Bobbie Trout
Edna May Cooper
Imperial Valley
el Centro
Butte Athlete Cited for Bravery in World War I Action
Pershing plans to recount Butte veteran Charles McAuliffe’s heroism during the Meuse Argonne offensive. McAuliffe, Montana School of Mines athletic director, led teams of soldiers against German machine guns near Fleville, earning the Distinguished Service Cross and French Croix de Guerre. His actions and other veterans’ stories will be serialized in the Standard starting Monday.
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Meuse-Argonne
John J. Pershing
Butte
Charles McAuliffe
Montana School of Mines
16Th Infantry
France
McAuliffe
Argonne
Fleville
Black Jack
Pershing
City and County Consolidation in Butte Is Planned
Helena Jan 17 Special Consolidation of city and county government for Butte and Silver Bow county is proposed by a bill introduced in the Montana House by Rep Harry Meyer. The measure calls a special election within 40 days after passage to decide on a new government, abolishing the sheriff coroner auditor and county commissioners and creating a mayor and council system.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Helena
Jan
Silver Bow
Montana Legislative Assembly
Harry Meyer
Montana
Meyer
Board of County Commissioners
Council deadlock over alderman successor after blank death
At 2 am the city council remained split in choosing Herman Blank’s successor. Twenty three ballots showed a 5 Pierce 4 Parker 6 Brown split, with Parker and Brown tied after the first ballot and Mountain shifting to Brown on the second. Democratic caucus favored Brown. Continued on Page 2.
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Herman Blank
Fred Christy
Joseph Parker
Parker-Morelli Auto Company
James M. Brown
Hennessy Company
al Pierce
Pierce
Parker
Brown
Mountain
Mother kills two children then takes own life in Utah
Alma Elizabeth Ahlander, 28, shot her sons Clyde 4 and Floyd 2 after a quarrel with husband Gabriel Ahlander 25 at a Salt Lake City dance. She wounded the children critically and killed herself, leaving a Swedish note about marriage. Police say the husband was intoxicated.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Alma Elizabeth Ahlander
Sweden
Gabriel Ahlander
Clyde
Floyd
Aviator Hollenbeck Sets 127 Mile Air Record North
Pilot Hank Hollenbeck flies a National Parks Airways Fokker from Butte to Great Falls in 53 minutes setting a new 127 mile record. He reaches Helena in 20 minutes and completes the return leg in 33 minutes aided by a tail wind. His time shaved two minutes from the previous best by the line.
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National Parks Airways
Hank” Hollenbeck
Butte
Great Falls
Hollenbeck
Navy
Helena
National Parks
Assault of Wets on Prohibition Expense Bill atter Failure
Washington debates over the first deficiency bill for prohibition enforcement ended with the wets' drive failing to cut the funding. The bill allocated 93 million dollars for emergencies across departments, including 543 thousand 370 dollars for the prohibition bureau to add 130 dry agents, while a request to spend 10 thousand dollars on prohibition publicity was defeated. Leaders Linthicum and Laguardia led the oppositions as the judiciary committee pressed for action.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Representative Linthicum
Maryland
Laguardia
New York
House Judiciary Committee
Power Company Granted Franchise in Big Timber
The Montana Power Company was granted a gas franchise in Big Timber by local freeholders with an 87 to 9 vote. Taxpayers also approved a franchise for the Shoshone Consolidated Oil Company in the same vote.
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Livingston
Montana Power Company
Big Timber
Shoshone Consolidated Oil Company
Suspect Identified in Slaying of Tribune Reporter Lingle
State's Attorney John Swanson announced Leo Brothers, alias Louis Bader and Buster, as the man who killed Chicago Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle. Brothers, six foot two and blond, had been arrested since December 21 after authorities tracked him across 12 cities.
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Chicago
U.P
John A. Swanson
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Swanson
Leo Brothers
Lingle
Pat Roche
Brothers
Tricolor Destroyed At Sea By Explosion
Manila reports the Norwegian motorship Tricolor was destroyed at sea by an explosion. Captain Arthur Wold and five crew members were killed. the remaining crew were rescued and taken to Singapore.
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Manila
Wilhemsen Steamship Line
Tricolor
Arthur Wold
Tricollor
Singapore
Guatemala Receives U S Recognition from Washington
The State Department extended recognition today to Provisional President Andrade of Guatemala, the fourth chief executive in three weeks. Under Secretary Cotton said the move follows the 1923 Central American treaty policy.
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Washington
State Department
Andrade
Guatemala
Cotton
French pay last tribute to hero of Marne battle
Paris mourns Marshal Joffre in state funeral rites as his bier lies in a tent at the Invalides. The procession from Notre Dame passed Joan of Arc’s statue to the Invalides, where services were held and plans for a mausoleum on the Joffre estate are announced.
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Marne
Marshal Joffre
Invalides
Richard D. McMillan
Paris
the Invalides
Joffre
Seine
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Joan Or Arc
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Cae
Lant As
Solon
South Atlantic
Italo Balbo
Lake Ortebello
Italy
Wickersham
Sclons
Desert
Storm
James Brown
Aviator
Power Company
Attorney
Man
U. S
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