Oklahoma Night Riders plead not guilty on federal charges
Twenty one Erick Oklahoma night riders faced federal counts alleging conspiracy to violate constitutional rights by ousting 200 negro families. Bonds set at 2000 dollars each. prelim hearing likely July 30 for Undersheriff M Y Baker and others. Additional charges tied to disturbances in Chickasha and Grady county referenced.
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Oklahoma Night Riders
Oklahoma City
Little Erick
West Oklahoma
M. Y. Baker
Beckham County
United States
Fred W. Green
Baker
Erick
Shamrock
Texas
Henry Vaughan
Henry Argo
Chickasha
National Guard
Grady County
Chickash
London naval treaty bill passes second reading
The house of commons unanimously approved the second reading of the London naval treaty bill after a brief debate. Conservatives objected to haste and wanted delay until after the imperial conference. Former Premier Stanley Baldwin spoke but did not insist.
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House of Commons
London
Stanley Baldwin
Commons
Government to build radio station at Butte Montana
Art Johnson of the commerce department announced a standard aeronautical radio broadcasting station would be established in Butte if conditions permit. He will survey sites in Butte in coming days with Idaho Falls set for a six station project and aims to begin construction before winter with completion the following year.
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Salt Lake City
Butte
Mont
Art Johnson
United States Department of Commerce
Johnson
Idaho Falls
Montana Unsettled Weather Expected Thursday and Friday
A weather forecast for Montana indicates unsettled conditions on Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. Strong winds and possible showers accompany the system, affecting outdoor plans and travel. Local residents should monitor updates for any warnings or changes.
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Montana
Whalen Documents Figure in Amtorg Probe
The congressional committee probing communist activity cites the Whalen documents as significant evidence. Photostatic copies published last May imply Soviet officials in Moscow directed Communist efforts via Amtorg Trading Corporation in New York. Amtorg president Bogdanov says the letters are forgeries and urges refutation.
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New York
Special Congressional Committee
United States
Amtorg
Whalen
Bogdanov
Former Mexican Official Found Dead in Los Angeles Office
Dr. Fortunato Hernandems once Mexico's undersecretary of agriculture was found dead in his Los Angeles office. He suffered a severe cold and the coroner conjectured death by heart failure or congestion. The deceased was an author and was expelled from Mexico in a prior dispute.
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Los Angeles
Fortunato Hernandems
Agriculture of
Mexico
Ex servicemen enroll 85 in Legion drive swells roster
Silver Bow Post No 1 American Legion reports 85 new members during a campaign that closed last night. The post now lists 362 members, the largest in the state, earning one more delegate at the Bozeman state convention next month. Names include Morris Johnson Jack Jenkins Victor Les Floyd Reneau Maurice Baert and others.
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Silver Bow
Lehn
Silver Bow Post
No. 1
American Legion
Fred A. Lehn
Bozeman
Commander Lehn
The
Post
Morris Johnson
Jack Jenkins
Victor Les
Floyd E. Reneau
Maurice H. Baert
William R. Hancock
Gabe Jaccar
William Petrovich
Nick A. Aleksick
M. J. Mansfield
John Prosper
Harry Hensell
Nick M. Danielovich
Oscar E
Children Free Ride To Columbia Gardens Event
The Butte Electric Railway will host thousands of youngsters at Columbia Gardens today. From 9 AM to 1 30 PM all children under 16 ride free to the gardens, with return trips free on cars leaving before 6 PM.
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Butte Electric Railway Company
Columbia Gardens
Republicans Plan Campaign Without Huston
Washington July 23. President Hoover and party leaders advance with campaign planning assuming Claudius Huston will retire as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Huston’s absence from the city drew notice as Senate adjourned without his announcement.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Huston
White House
Capitol
Senate
New York
Blacksmith Shop Treats Ranch Hayfield Injuries
In Polaris on July 23 two ranch workers in a hayfield suffered injuries. One broke a leg and the other a wooden arm. They were taken to a nearby blacksmith shop where the injuries were promptly treated while the men relaxed and ate lunch.
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Polaris
Pahnih Ranch
Butte Players Enter Montana Golf Championship in Great Falls
D R Barnett of Missoula won the senior title with 81 in opening day action at Meadow Lark Country Club. Fred Lipp of Billings captured the junior crown with 93. Grace Barnett led qualifiers in the women’s tournament with 87 for 12 holes, followed by defender Mrs. Frank Tucker. Qualifying for the men’s amateur championship draws 193 players. Butte sends about 30 golfers from three clubs.
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Great Falls
D. R. Barnett
Missoula
Montana
Meadow Lark Country Club
Fred Lipp
Billings
Grace Barnett
Miss Barnett
Frank Tucker
Anaconda
Coast Guard Wounds Two on Rum Runner Yacht Marge
Coast guard patrol boat 2387 fired on the yacht Marge off Bourne early today wounding two of the six men aboard. Frederick Stone and Daniel Conway of New Bedford received machine-gun leg wounds. The Marge is owned by Howard Jackman of Salem.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Coast Guard
2387
Marge
Bourne
Frederick Stone
Daniel Conway
New Bedford
Howard Jackman
Salem
Trans Continental Pilot Hurt In Crash Near Butte
Major Gilbert H. Eckerson 40 Portland pilot is hospitalized in Butte after a crash of a Breese monoplane 35 miles south of the city. He was found alive after 10 hours in wreckage by Elsie Pogson and aided by B J Sanders and Dr L R Packard.
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Butte
Gilbert H. Eckerson
Portland
Murray Hospital
Major Eckerson
New York
Elsie Pogson
B. J. Sanders
Pogson
Eckerson
L. R. Packard
Whitehall
Sanders
Rockies
Silver Star
Packard
Jim
Miracle escape as plane crashes during test flight
Major Eckerson survives a coast to coast test hop despite a wreck that hurled the 16 cylinder engine 200 feet from the fuselage and left the cockpit jammed. He aimed to deliver messages to President Hoover and Mayor Walker inaugurating a first commercial cross country flight.
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Mie Walker
New York City
Major Eckerson
Hoover
Walker
Minneapolis
Portland
Roosevelt Field
New York
Packard
Buckley Murder Stirs Detroit Grief in Rhineland Tragedy
In Coblenz Germany 36 bodies were recovered from the Moselle after a pontoon bridge collapse amid celebrations for President Von Hindenburg’s Rhineland tour. The disaster, which killed 19 women and girls, four children and 13 men, including an American boy of six, forced national mourning and halted major public events.
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Coblenz
Germany
Moselle
von Hindenburg
Berlin
Rhineland
Ehrenbreitstein
Rhine
Ray
Dog Catchers Resign Over Failed Duck-Hunt Style Method
Two new dog catchers quit after a decoy duck dog trap failed to attract canines in Butte. Earlier attempts with wire traps and nooses also ended in resignations, leaving the city seeking replacements for the pound staff.
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Commissioner of Public Works
Butte
Two Die in English Flood in Esk River Valley
In Whitby England a cloudburst flood on the Esk River valley has killed two people with reports of further fatalities feared. A lifeboat from Whitby equipped with rockets aided inland rescue efforts as communications with Sleights village broke after telephone lines failed.
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Whitby
Yorkshire
Eng
Esk
Modification of Packers Permit Recommendation
Washington July 23 The livestock advisory committee recommends modify the Packers consent decree to allow packers to sell meat at retail in a report to the federal farm board.
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Washington
Livestock Advisory Committee
Federal Farm Board
Plane crash near Lexington kills two men
Two men from Lexington, Gerald May, 20, and Fred Taylor, 21, were killed when the borrowed airplane from Glen Morton of Grand Island caught fire and crashed into a field twenty miles from Lexington, Nebraska, tonight.
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Lexington
Neb
Gerald
May
Fred Taylor
Glen Morton
Grand Island
City declares open warfare upon gangland
Detroit authorities pledge to drive gangsters and racketeers from the city after the murder of radio commentator Gerald E. Buckley hours after the mayor recall. Buckley had attacked Mayor Charles Bowles and received threats. he waited in the LaSalle hotel lobby when he was killed.
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Detroit
U.P
Gerald E. Buckley
Buckley
Charles Bowles
LaSalle Hotel
Entire Towns Destroyed in Southern Italy Earthquake
United Press dispatch from Benevento Italy July 24 reports the quake death toll near 3660 with 2000 victims in Villanova Albanese and Benevento province. The author describes Benevento in ruins with collapsed buildings, strewn debris and bodies awaiting burial.
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Thomas B. Morgan
United Press
Benevento
Italy
U.P
Villanova-Albanese
Naples
Rail freight rates on smelter products debated
C. A. Butler of the Anaconda company testifies over two days before the Interstate Commerce Commission and several mining state railway board members. He argues westbound freight for smelter products is profitable for railways and fair for shippers, asserting current rates justify adequacy of charges.
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C. A. Butler
Anaconda Company
New York
Interstate Commerce
J. B. Eashtman
Railway Commission
Heat Toll Fells Indian Sun Dancers at Fort Hall Ceremony
At Fort Hall Idaho on July 23 Indian youths lead the Sun dance while aging Shoshone and Bannock braves fall out from the heat. From sixty starters Monday only thirty nine remain as the rite nears conclusion with a tribal barbecue planned and drums and chants echoing.
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Fort Hall
Idaho
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