Tentative 1930 31 School Budget Shows Big Increase
A tentative budget of 943 466 25 for 1930 31 submitted to district No 1 school trustees shows an outlay up 178 018 25 from last year and 313 324 25 from 1928. Expenditures for 1929 were 765 448 and the 1928 budget was 630 142. The trustees questioned the figure and may add 5 000 for fire escapes at Butte High.
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District No. 1
Butte High School
Jesse G. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Blaine
Interstate Commerce Board Plans Revision of Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a general revision of classified freight rate schedules. The plan allows several months for preparation. In the West the new schedules could raise earnings about 12.6 million dollars annually, with farm products excluded. Eastern regions showed no earnings estimates yet. Increases were expected on fruits vegetables hay and for the time being on others.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shelby Woman Acquitted Of Murder Charge
Mrs Inez Barnett a 32 year old Shelby woman was acquitted by a district court jury of murdering her husband Ben Barnett an oil field worker The verdict drew applause from the courtroom and Barnett cried tears of relief after shaking hands with jurors The case hinged on events May 6 when he was shot while being driven to Shelby from the oil field Continued on Page 2 Col 5
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Shelby
Inez Barnett
Ben Barnett
Barnett
Montana Weather Outlook Shows Showers and Thunderstorms
Unsettled conditions expected in Montana Wednesday and Thursday with probable showers and storms mainly in the east and south. Cooler air moves into the northeast portion on Wednesday.
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Montana
Want-Ad Habit Drives Repeated Use and Results Count
A discussion notes that daily actions form habits and that pleasant outcomes from trying want-ads lead people to repeat using them. Repeated successful results reinforce the habit and keep users returning for advertisements.
Classified Ads Promotion From Montana Standard
Classified ad notice from the Montana Standard promotes ongoing service and new opportunities. Contact point shown as phone dial 5411.
Special Eagles Train To Lewistown Meet
Butte Aerie No 11 Fraternal Order of Eagles chartered a special train to Lewistown for the state convention from the 16th to 19th. About 150 members are expected to attend from local and nearby lodges, plus a 35 member drum and bugle band. Milwaukee Road provides round trip fare. committee members include Hogan Clark Cohen Dooley King Rowe Sheehan Krabler.
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Butte Aerie
Butte Aerie No. 11
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Hamilton
Basin
Butte
Milwaukee Road
James Hogan
Elmer Clark
A. B. Cohen
John Dooley
Don B. King
Jack Rowe
John J. Sheehan
Frank Krabler
Egypt in Riot Grips Mansourah After Clash Over Premiership
Egypt faces violent unrest as six people die and 49 are wounded in Mansourah when supporters of Nahas Pasha clash with troops and police. The protest began as Nahas Pasha’s automobile led Nationalist students through a police cordon, halted by soldiers with fixed bayonets and a volley of missiles from the crowd.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mansourah
Nahas Pasha
Wafd
Canines rewarded for acts of bravery save youths
In three cases a sewer rescue in St. Louis a dog dragged a baby from traffic in California and a pup protected its master from a rattlesnake in Florida were cited. The Spratt's Dog Hero Award committee bestows its first gold medal on Brownie of Pasadena for saving 13 month old Helen Papan.
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California
New York
U.P
St. Louis
Florida
Spratt
Frank F. Dole
New York Herald-Tribune
Brownie
Helen Papan
Pasadena
Helen
United States
Babe
Four Die As Boat Sinks With Birthday Party
Four lives were lost when a motorboat carrying 12 people including children capsized during a birthday party outing off Point Comfort near Green Bay on Lake Michigan. The craft sank 18 miles north of the city.
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Green Bay
Wis
Point Comfort
Here
Lake Michigan
Daveler Elevated to Assistant GM at Utah Copper
Erle V. Daveler, formerly general manager of the Butte and Superior, is named assistant general manager of Utah Copper to succeed D. D. Moffat, who becomes vice president and general manager. Moffat succeeds L. S. Cates, with Daveler also serving as treasurer of Utah Consol.
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Erle V. Daveler
Butte and Superior
Utah Copper Company
D. D. Moffat
L. S. Cates
Western Mineral Survey
Mr. Daveler
New York
D. C. Jackling
Utah Consoli
Effort Made 10 Speed Action at Special Session
Senate debate over the London naval treaty intensifies as Senator Swanson defends the accord and Borah pushes for earlier meetings. Hale questions Britain's battleship superiority while Johnson and McKellar denounce Hoover's handling of the agreement.
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Herbert Little
United Press
Washington
U.P
Senate
Swanson
Democrat
Virginia
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Hale
Naval Affairs Committee
Britain
Rodney
Nelson
Johnson
California
McKellar
Tennesee
Hoover
School Board Seeks Coal Bid For District 1 Schools
District 1 trustees instructed school clerk samemerier to seek bids for coal supplying all district schools. Historical costs show 1927 28 total 25564.32 with high school 11721, 1928 29 total 26258.37 with high school 11847, 1929 30 total 25625.52 with high school 10909.90.
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Samemerier
Rockefeller and Mother Jones make peace on 91st birthday
John D Rockefeller, age 91, receives a congratulatory message from labor leader Mother Jones, now 100, reflecting a historic feud during the Colorado mine wars. The note from Silver Springs Maryland to Pocantico Hills New York marks a rare public gesture of goodwill between former adversaries.
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John D. Rockefeller
Jones
Lorena Hickok
Tarrytown
N. Y
Rockefellers
Colorado
Maryland
Silver Springs
Pocantico Hills
Butte Strikers Violence Sparks Citywide Indignation
Public outrage over Monday violence in Butte grows as nonunion workers hired by employers face threats. Mayor Beadle and Police Chief Murphy vow city protection, while Sheriff McLeod seeks 100 deputies with county commissioners approving. Deputy sheriffs sworn in as authorities bolster order efforts.
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Butte
Beadle
Murphy
McLeod
Board of County Commissioners
Silver Bow Employers’ Association
Eleven Year Record Fall as Mercury Surges to 92
Butte residents endured a heat wave as the temperature climbed to 92 degrees, surpassing an eleven year high set earlier in the week. After a cool start, the day turned hotter, with many residents continuing as usual despite the sun and rising temperatures.
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Mercury
French airmail pilot Mermoz pursues South Atlantic return flight
Jean Mermoz and crew launch from Natal in a heavily loaded seaplane bound for France via Senegal. The voyage, planned after prior attempts failed, departs Bomfim lagoon with navigator D Abry and radio operator Gimle aboard.
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Rio Janeiro
Jean Mermoz
South Atlantic
Dakar
St. Louis
Senegal
Saint Paul Rocks
Bernambuco
Brazil
Natal
Bomfim Lagoon
Atlantic
Aeropostale Company
Single Control of All Veterans Groups Effected
President Hoover consolidates all veterans agencies under one Veterans Administration with Brigadier General Frank T. Hines as administrator. The reorganization brings the Veterans Bureau, the Pensions Bureau, and the Soldiers Home under a single umbrella with consolidated budgets, marking a major shift in federal government structure.
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Washington
Hoover
Frank T. Hines
Veteran Bureau
Pensions Bureau
Department of Interior
War Department
Veterans’ Administration
Three Injured When River Dock Collapses at Penns Grove
A Wilson line pier collapsed at Penns Grove New Jersey injuring three people. Mr and Mrs Naylor Holmes of Penns Grove suffered minor cuts and bruises while a Black man suffered a crushed leg. The collapse happened after a Philadelphia Wilmington boat discharged nine passengers and about 300 feet of the pier with concrete piling gave way.
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Pens Grove
N. J
Wilson Line
Naylor Holmes
Penns Grove
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
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EAT Ward
Atlantic Ocean
Western Territory
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Lewistown
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Maurice Bellonte
Costes
Bellonte
CIA
Erle Daveler
Senator Swanson
Battle
London
St. Paul Rocks
Thio
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