Farm board faces crop woes in new harvest report
Washington reports indicate bumper crops across many commodities as the new federal farm board prepares to meet. Cotton and wheat loom as main problems with cotton acreage up 3.2 percent and wheat production seen at 834 million bushels, about 68 million lower than last year due to winter-wheat declines in Kansas and Nebraska.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Farm Board
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Nebraska
Post Office Deficit Tops 137 Million Says Hoover Plan
Former Postmaster General Burleson led a strong record when the post office earned more than it paid. The latest year shows a deficit of 137 million including court claims and railroads payments, with projections of further shortfalls if rates stay unchanged. President Hoover calls for a thorough income and expense review and balancing actions to run the service as a revenue source, not a charity.
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Burleson
Wilson
Post Office
United States Post Office Department
Court of Claims
Ceebte
Air Mail
Hoover
Post Office Department
Pathfinder Completes First One Stop Flight to Rome
In Rome the Pathfinder airship lands at Littorio aerodrome after a dusk coast flight from America. Pilots Roger Williams and Capt. Lewis Yancey are greeted by riotous praise as the Monoplane nears the Eternal City, completing the first nonstop journey across the Atlantic to Rome.
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Rome
Pathfinder
America
Mediterranean
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Tiber
Italy
Littorio
Western highway officials back higher forest road funds
Boise Idaho July 10 Unqualified endorsement of Colton Oddie legislation to raise western forest highway funding was voted by the Association of Western States Highway Officials after a lengthy debate. California highway engineer C H Purcell pushed for immediate full endorsement as the plan would lift annual allotments from 7 5 million to 12 5 million for the next two years.
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Boise
Idaho
Colton- Oddie
Association of Western States Highway Officials
National Association of State Highway Officials
San Antonio
C. H. Purcell
California
Daily Classifieds Spotlight in The Montana Standard
The Montana Standard lists a wide range of used cars and trucks daily in its Classified Pages. Buyers can find various makes models and price points with contact details for each listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Standard
Wlentana Standard Classifieds: In Service, Always Changing
Classifieds show the standard in service with constant availability and new opportunities. Readers encounter varied listings reflecting ongoing chances for work, services, and goods each day. Local merchants and individuals post timely offerings to attract attention.
Scouts Enjoy Busy Opening at Lowlands Camp
The Boy Scout camp at Lowlands opened on Sunday and drew many visitors on Wednesday evening. About 0 scouts are in camp under a full staff of officers and a junior star. The scouts endorsed the commissary and mess, with camp officials noting constant hunger when the mess is called. Camp Director Paul N. Campbell praised the start, as improvements since 1928 include shower baths and a hot water plant aided by Kiwanis. Camp fire exercises concluded the evening.
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Paul N. Campbell
Kiwanis Club
Grand Dress Parade at Montana Fire Fighters Convention
Butte hosts a three day Montana fire fighters convention with a Tuesday grand dress parade featuring a 500 gallon pump unit. Mayor M Kerr Beadle serves as marshal with aides Walter G Hansen and Jack Dugan. Police Chief Jerry Murphy heads a parade police unit and the event includes clubs, bands, visiting delegates, and the Butte Mines Band. A banquet with toastmaster Senator H A Gallwey follows the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Fire Fighters
Butte
M. Kerr Beadle
Walter G. Hansen
Jack Duggan
Jerry Murphy
Butte Mines
American Legion
Butte Department
Boy Scouts
Elks
Eagles
H. A. Gallwey
Swedish Flyers Resume Greenland Flight From Julia Nehaab
Capt. Albin Ahrenberg and Lieut. Alex Flodin crossed Julia Nehaab at 1230 a m GMT, flying high toward Ivigtut. The Serige departed quietly for Greenland, with four motor tests completed. favorable forecasts and a 926 mile plan to land on Greenland’s east side at Anmagssalik if needed.
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Julianehaab
Greenland
Albin Ahrenberg
Alex Flodin
Greenwich
Ivigtut
Anmagssalik
Chinese Move to Oust Russians in Manchuria
Chinese authorities seize the central and eastern telegraph lines and take control of key railway assets in Harbin as they push to gain control of the Chinese Eastern railway from Russians. The soviet railway committee and several trade offices are closed, with Russian officials detained, reportedly twelve prisoners.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Central
Soviet Railway Committee
Trades Commission
Trade Unions Council
Naphtha Syndicate
Californians 10 Stay in Air for Seven More Days
Culver City airmen Loren Mendell and R. M. Reinhart in the Buhl “Angeleno” continued an endurance flight. They surpassed 200 hours aloft and reached the 204th hour with a refueling at 7:30 pm. Fog risked forcing a landing as the new world endurance record loomed.
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Culver City
Calif
U.P
Angeleno
California
Loren Mendell
R. M
Pete) Reinhart
Wife of Former Cabinet Officer Files Reno Divorce Paper
Mrs Nathalie Sedgwick Colby arrives in Reno to seek a divorce from Bainbridge Colby former secretary of state in Wilson's cabinet. Paris denied the decree in March 1928 amid earlier uproar over American divorces. The couple married in 1895 and have a daughter, Mrs Robert Cameron Rogers, with Mrs Colby and the daughter residing in a Reno bungalow.
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Reno
Nev
Paris
Nathalie Sedgwick Colby
Bainbridge Colby
Woodrow Wilson
Colby
Robert Cameron Rogers
Progressive Party
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Wilson
Man Believes Preparedness Led to Suspended Sentence
Amos Gantz aged 24 appeared in Harrisburg court charged with driving while intoxicated. He carried a heavy suitcase and asked if he faced imprisonment. The judge suspended the sentence after Gantz said he admired Teddy Roosevelt and his belief in preparedness.
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Harrisburg
Amos Gantz
Gantz
Teddy Roosevelt
3 000 Car Owners Contribute to Harrison Avenue Fund
In Silver Bow county about 800 of 9 300 licensed car owners had contributed to the Harrison avenue ten thousand dollar paying fund by yesterday. The list includes residents of Whitehall and Anaconda not listed in the Butte district. Final report expected Friday by committee chairman Fred Gamer.
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Silver Bow
Harrison-avenue
Whitehall
Anaconda
Butte District
Butte
Fred Gamer
Gamer
Finlen
Pacific States
Telephone and ‘Telegraph
Governors Back Conference on Unified Land Grant Problems
Governors John C. Phillips of Arizona and J. E. Erickson of Montana joined eight western peers in backing a Salt Lake City conference on August 27 and 28 to form a permanent body to address land grant state issues. Governor Hartley of Washington cannot attend. Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming invited. Colorado and Nevada accepted yesterday. eight of eleven Western governors now support the plan.
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Boise
Ida
John C. Phillips
Arizona
J. E. Erickson
Montana
Salt Lake City
Roland H. Hartley
Washington
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Wyoming
Adams
Colorado
Balzar
Nevada
New Currency Introduced in Montana Banks
Federal Reserve notes in smaller size circulate through Butte banks with new portraits to deter counterfeiting. Public reception is positive as tellers and customers alike praise the change and anticipate smoother transactions. The article notes continued vigilance against counterfeiters and hints at a continuation on page 2.
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Montana
Butte
Washington
Columbia Gardens Today Hosts Butte Children
Children’s day at Columbia Gardens kicks off with free street car rides to 2 pm and optimistic weather forecasts. A new playground paraphernalia area, relocated near the ball ground, awaits young visitors as the gardens’ general equipment and flowers receive special care.
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Columbia Gardens
Heat Wave Claims and Prostrations Across Atlantic Coast
July 10 New York report shows seven heat deaths in the Metropolitan area and about twenty people overcome while walking. Four men collapsed at work and died before aid. Mercury peaked at 86 in New York with higher readings in Wilmington Philadelphia and Baltimore. Cooler weather forecast for tonight.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Wilmington
Del
Wash
Philadelphia
Baltimore
National Leader of Shrine to Visit Butte in July
Leo Z. Youngworth, newly elected imperial potentate of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, will visit Butte on July 22. The Bagdad temple announced the plans after his June elevation in Los Angeles. He will also tour Shrine temples in Billings and Helena, with a Butte delegation driving to Helena to escort him.
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Leo Z. Youngworth
Los Angeles
Mystic Shrine
Butte
Bagdad Temple
Mr. Youngworth
Imperial Council
Bilings
Helena
Montana
Bagdad
Mrs Moran to be laid to rest in Butte today
The remains of Mrs Mary Moran sister of C F P Kelley president of Anaconda company will be laid to rest with Catholic rites at St Patrick s church in Butte. The service will be a solemn requiem high mass at 10 o clock with Father J M Venus officiating. pallbearers are eight prominent family friends including Sen H A Gallwey ex mayor C P Nevin and Col D G Stivers.
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Mary Moran
C. F P. Kelley
Anaconda Company
St. Patrick's Cemetery
L. O. Evans
Sen
H. A. Gallwey
James T. Finlen
C. P. Nevin
W. B. Daly
D. G. Stivers
Chas
J. Kelly
H. J. Torrence
Butte
Union Pacific Railway
St. Patrick’s Church
J. M. Venus
T. C. Kelly
Great Falls
John W. Kelly
Shelby
Moran
John E. Corette
J. E. Woodard
J. Kelley
Swan Lake
C. F. Kelley
Kelley
Don Keresey
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Rome Farm Board
Dakotas
Minnesota
Joseph 8. Wasney
United Press
U.S
Chicago
Yanks
Thomas B. Morgan
Rift
Forest Road
Wlentana
Chow
Big Hole
Owedi Flyers
Iceland
Mendell and Reinhart
Reno Colony
Nathalie Colby
Erickson
The
Galaxy of Illustrious
Federal
Butte Children
Omrine Order
Imperial
St. Patrick’s
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