Explorer balloon christened for stratosphere flight in South Dakota
Rapid City observers watch the christening of the Explorer, a 3,000,000 cubic foot balloon prepared for a stratosphere ascent led by Major Kepner and Captain Albert Stevens. Weather delays push start while National Geographic and the U.S. Army sponsor the mission aiming for 15 miles.
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Rapid City
S. D
U.2
Black Hills
Thomas H. McKnew
National Geographic Society
United States Army
Berry
South Dakota
William E Kepner
William E. Kepner
Kepner
Albert Stevens
Confidence racket victims testify about life savings loss
A parade of Americans and Canadians told a federal court jury how they were duped out of their savings by an international confidence ring tied to Reno figures. They described fake horse races and bogus stock exchanges used to lure victims into transfers totaling up to 300000 dollars.
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New York
U.2
James C. McKay
William
Curly) Graham
Reno
Alister Forbes
British Columbia
Nevada
Gilsdorf Charged With Handling Four Drafts for $150000
The suspect in a major confidence scheme arranged four drafts totaling $150,000 on Chase National Bank and deposited them in Reno. Judge Hincks adjourned court mid testimony as prosecutors pursued a broader picture of a ring alleged to bilk travelers of over $1,000,000.
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Judson A. Elston
U. S
Caldwell
Idaho
Banco Steer
el Paso
Reno
Edward W. Gilsdorf
Chicago
Ill
Allen
al) Comer
Gilsdorf
Chase National Bank
Riverside Bank
Gildorf
Hincks
Nazi Storm Troops Enter France as Hitler Orders Vacations
Sixty uniformed Nazi storm troopers crossed into France at Kembs to demand prison sentences for illegal entry, fleeing purges in Germany. Berlin issued a vacation order for the Steel Helmets to wear uniforms only for official duties until Aug 18, aiming to ease tensions as demobilization begins.
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Mulhouse
France
Kembs
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Holland
Berlin
Reich
Louisiana mob lynches 26 year old farmer in Bastrop courthouse yard
Bastrop Louisiana July 9 A mob of infuriated citizens hanged Andrew McLeod 26 a Negro farmer from a spreading oak on the courthouse lawn after officers said he admitted attempting to attack a 19 year old girl early Sunday morning.
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Bastrop
Andrew McLeod
Musselshell Conservation Project Breaks Ground Near Shawmut
The Dead Man's Basin Water Conservation project on the Musselshell River begins with Governor Frank H. Cooney leading the first earth turning at 2 PM near Shawmut. The intake canal will start under federal relief funding, creating 300 relief jobs as work ramps up with staged crews. M. D. Staunton heads the Musselshell relief committee directing ceremonies and early camp setup.
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Dead Man's Basin
Musselshell River
Frank H. Cooney
Montana
Shawmut
Water Conservation Board
M. D. Staunton
Musselshell County
Father of slain boy asks that inquest be dropped
In Forsyth Montana on July 9 10 year old Charles Coe heart shot Walter Swart 17 dead. Swart’s father asked the inquest be waived saying no criminal intent. Ray Althoff 17 was wounded while helping Swart. Charles and four siblings were home alone fearing prowlers.
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Forsyth
Walter Swart
Charles Coekeart
Swart
Rosebud
Charles
Caekeart House
F. F. Haynes
Ray Althoff
Miles City
German Bond Protests Prompt Basel Message to Germany
Basel dispatch reports the Bank of International Settlements protested to Germany over the Dawes and Young bond moratorium amid Anglo American talks on the pound dollar ratio. Leon Fraser, BIS president, urged equal treatment of all bondholders, noting American holdings include 50 percent of Dawes and 30 percent of Young. George L. Harrison prepared to travel to Paris for stabilization talks with Montagu Norman and Hjalmar Schacht, asserting the dollar’s gold basis.
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Basel
Switzerland
Bank of International Settlements
World Bank
Germany
Dawes and Young
Leon Fraser
Great Britain
Fraser
Reich
Dawes
George L. Harrison
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Paris
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Harrison
Norman
Europe
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Farley to Tour West Gauge Fall Election Sentiment
Postmaster General Farley, long associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt, begins a nationwide swing starting in Indianapolis and ending in Livingston Yellowstone Park. He plans stops in California Helena Spokane and Livingstone to assess regional mood for the upcoming elections.
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Big Jim Farley
Butte
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Farley
Indianapolis
California
Helena
Spokane
Livingston
Yellowstone Park
Farley replies to criticism on political issues
Postmaster General Farley defends Republican stance calling opposition criticism vague on constitutional matters. He notes a western speaking tour ahead with planned stops in Philadelphia Indianapolis and New York and more than twenty speeches at Democratic rallies and post office dedications.
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Washington
Farley
Centenarian Critiques Women From Portland Identity
Dr. Marie De Goliere Davenport, a 109 year old world traveler and linguist, says true intelligence arrives after a century. She weighs 89 pounds and claims never to have been sick, venting that too many women spend time snooping into others affairs, playing bridge, and neglecting their children.
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Portland
Marie de Goliere Davenport
Montana Weather Outlook: Fair Skies Tuesday and Wednesday
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions across Montana on Tuesday and Wednesday with only minor temperature changes. No precipitation is expected and conditions should remain dry and mild.
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Montana
Government recovery fund still majority unspent
Treasury figures show less than half of the $13,115,535,221 recovery and relief war chest has been spent to date, leaving $6,670,675,405 for use in the next 12 months. Total federal expenditures could hit a peace time peak of $9,920,675,405.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
Roosevelt
The
Hoover Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mississippi Vote Today On Legalizing Hard Rum
Mississippi voters go to the polls to decide ending 25 years of dry law and allow hard liquor sales. If approved the May-Roberts act takes effect and the liquor commission will invite bids for wholesale shipments to state stores in counties favoring sale. Campaigns trade claims of controlled traffic versus wide open liquor.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
State Liquor Commission
Ciry
W. B. Roberts
Century-old romance ends as oldest lover dies in Romania
In Bucharest on July 9 a report says Zara Agha, claimed 160 years old, died prompting his longtime admirer Amfe Amet Mutafa to suffer a fatal stroke. She alleged Zara proposed a century ago and she says family forced her into a rich Turk’s harem in Romania.
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Bucharest
Romania
Zara Agha
Amfe Amet Mutafa
Amfe
Zara
Butte Post Office Earns Praise Over Swede City Mix
Butte postal workers were praised after directing a letter to Jim Nolan in Minneapolis, Minnesota, mistaken as being sent to Swede City. Nolan, residing at 2321 Glenwood Ave North, commended the staff for recognizing Swede City and delivering the letter promptly.
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Butte
Jim Nolan
Glenwood Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Nolan
Butte, Mont
New Labor Board Sworn In During Wave of Strikes
The new national labor relations board was sworn into office in Washington and began work to restore harmony between capital and labor under the new deal. Members include Lloyd Garrison, 37, dean of Wisconsin law school. Harry A. Millis of Chicago. and Edwin S. Smith, former commissioner.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Lloyd Garrison
Wisconsin Law School
Harry A. Millis
Department of Economics
University of Chicago
Edwin S. Smith
Butte Woman Burned By Live Wire Contact On Clothes Line
Mrs. Ethel Rossiter of Walkerville was severely burned when an electric wire touched a clothes line she was hanging laundry on. Her husband Arnold J. Rossiter was injured trying to help, losing two teeth, as the current passed through both. Artificial respiration aided her until she regained consciousness.
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Butte
Ethel Rossiter
West Daly Street
Walkerville
Arnold J. Rossiter
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Aclland
Viktor Lutzewa
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Deutschland
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