Tempers in South Treviso Hit by Ten Minute Hurricane
Temblors in South Treviso Italy July 25 reports say a hurricane struck Thursday killing at least 20 and injuring hundreds. Debris filled Montello Montebelluna zones with hundreds of buildings destroyed mostly farmhouses. Three hundred houses collapsed in Santa Eurasia hamlet as Brusa San Gaetano Caonada Venegazzo Volpago Sella Nervesa felt the storm path. The blast lasted ten minutes crossing about 1 1/2 miles by 2 1/2. The Montella area saw WWII battle memories before the earth quake.
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Treviso
Italy
U.P
Montello
Montebelluna
Santa Eurasia
Brusa
San Gaetano
Caonada
Venegazzo
Volpago
Sella
Nervesa
Montella
Grand jury probes Chicago rumor mill links to reporters
Chicago grand jury hearing targets charges and insinuations of underworld racketeering among city reporters after Jake Lingle's death. Three newspaper men testified, with ten more witnesses including ex police chiefs and the mayor's adviser slated to testify.
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Chicago
Jake Lingle
Harry Reutlinger
Chicago Evening American
Grand Jury
Harry T. Brundidge
St. Louis
Butte Golf Club Dominates State Tourney Officials Elected
Butte Country club secured the 1931 state golf tournament and C. L. Berrien of Butte was named president of the Montana State Golf association at a directors meeting. Berrien, Asst general manager for Anaconda Copper, has long been active in golf. Widespread hosting history notes the club’s role since the association’s founding and recalls the 1928 city event. The longtime secretary, L. Matter, was named honorary secretary.
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Great Falls
Butte Country Club
C. L. Berrien
Butte
Montana State Golf Association
Montana
Berrien
Anaconda Company
Cir. L. Matter
Association
Chauncey L. Berrien
Mr. Berrien
Columbia
Aviation Corps
Flight from Portland to New York crashes near Butte
Major Gilbert H. Eckerson survived after a crash 48 miles southeast of Butte during a one stop flight from Portland to New York. Breese Aircraft officials Lynch Rathert and Ewers rushed to the scene to aid and investigate, visiting Eckerson at Murray hospital.
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Gilbert H. Eckerson
Breese Aircraft Corporation
Portland
New York
Butte
James H. Lynch
George A. Rathert
Bradley A. Ewers
Murray Hospital
India Floods Cause Major Property Loss After Heavy Rain
India reports floods after six inches of rain in 24 hours wash out streets. Property losses exceed 1 million dollars as tides sweep through Karachi area with stocks of grain sugar and cotton wiped out.
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Karachi
India
Montana Weather Forecast for Friday and Saturday
Unsettled Friday with local showers and thunderstorms east of the divide and warmer conditions in the southwest. Saturday looks mostly fair with cooler conditions in the eastern portion.
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Montana
Divide
Idaho Indians End Sun Dance at Fort Hall
The Shoshone and Bannock sun dance at Fort Hall Indian Reservation concluded as rain obscured the sun. Seventy-two braves began last Monday with 71 finishing, including young graduates who danced 84 hours with little food or rest, remaining vigorous to the end.
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Fort Hall Indian Reservation
Idaho
Hearing on ore freight rate ends in Butte testimony
The interstate commerce commission hearing on freight rates for non-ferrous ores and metals concluded in Butte. Commissioners and attorneys will reconvene in Denver on July 29 for the final mining section hearing of the Hoch-Smith rate investigation. Idaho miners testified about industry hardships, noting $52,831,887 spent 1923 to 1928 on non dividend paying claims.
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Butte
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denver
Hoch-Smith
Warren Nichols
Anaconda Company
Butte Country Club
Idaho
Ravenal MacBeth
Idaho Mining Association
Coeur d'Alene
Earthquake Shakes Pinotepa Oaxaca Village
An earthquake struck Pinotepa in Oaxaca state, preceded by subterranean rumblings and followed by torrential rains. Inhabitants fled their homes in panic but no casualties were reported.
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Mexico City
Pinotepa
Oaxaca
Millionaire Hobo James How Laid To Rest At Taft Church
Washington July 24 James Eads How known as the millionaire hobo who befriended and aided tramps died in Staunton Virginia at 56. At All Souls Unitarian church mourners including six pallbearers and few relatives attended a simple service. A lone rose marked the casket while an International Brotherhood Welfare member handed out copies of Hobo News. The body was cremated and ashes to be sent to St Louis. How left an estate over 500000.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Claudius Huston
Hoover
Republian National Committee
Executive Committee
Mr. Huston
James Francis Burke
National Committee
Detroit
Jerry Buckley
Buckley
Thomas
Wilcox
Detroit News
James 5
Chenot
James Eads How
William Howard Taft
All Souls Unitarian Church
Hobo
Jesus
How
International Brotherhood Welfare Organization
St. Louis
Staunton
Missionaries Flee Interior China Amid Banditry
Foreign mission aries retreat from interior China as banditry and outlawry surge. Forty four missionaries stranded in the upper Min river valley near Shaowu and Yenping Fukien were moved to safety at Foochow with American and British officials. Additional evacuees expected at Foochow. Edwin Kellogg of Portland, Oregon, reached Shanghai.
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Shanghai
China
Min River
Shaowu
Yenping
Fukien Province
Foochow
Metropolis
Edwin Kellogg
Portland
Ore
Instructor Hurrying Here by Plane to Greet Student Pilot Who Is Now Famous
Capt. J. A. Macready, once altitude record holder, will greet Felix "Chief" Steinle at the Butte airport this morning. Macready, an early war era aviator and now operations manager for National Parks Airways, taught Steinle 13 years ago, and Steinle has since become a leading U.S. aviator.
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United States
Butte
J. A. Macready
Felix
Steinle
National Parks Airways, Inc
Macready
Ten Flyers Sworn In As Members Of Air Police Force
Ten Southern California aviators were officially sworn into the Los Angeles police aeronautical department today. An elaborate ceremony inaugurated the emergency air branch. The ten are Art Goebel Roscoe Turner George Neville Waldo Waterman Dick Barnitz Bud Campbell Tommy Thomas Paul Richter Woodruff De Silva and Jack Carls.
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Los Angeles
Politician Shot in Bitter South Carolina Feud
State Senator E. J. Dennis was shot in the back and possibly fatally wounded at Monck's Corner in Berkeley County amid a long running political feud that has already cost several lives. The incident, noted as an outgrowth of the feud, follows years of deadly clashes and accusations.
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South Carolina
Columbia
D. C
E. J. Dennis
Monck's Corner
Berkeley County
Thornley
Roller coaster plunge at Krug park kills two in Omaha
At Krug park a coaster left its tracks and dropped 35 feet. Ruth Farrell, 14, and C H Stout, 50, died. Twenty four injured, three probably fatally. Eyewitnesses said cars jumped rails as track gave way. Women leapt from cars. many treated at hospitals.
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Omaha
Neb
Krug Park
Ruth Farrell
C. H. Stout
Grammars Flaws Used to Question Whalen Papers
New York July 24 A slight grammatical error cited as evidence of fraud in the Whalen documents allegedly show Soviet directed Communist activity in the United States via Amtorg Trading Corporation. Amtorg attorney Joseph Michael told a congressional committee that a May letter to Grigory Grafpen misspelled the word present under new Russian grammar prompting questions.
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New York
Whalen
United States
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Joseph Michael
Amtorg
Congressional
America
Grover Whalen
Grigory Grafpen
Butte Delegation Heads to Montana Association Meet
A Butte delegation led by Willard Thompson temporary secretary to the Montana association will depart for Helena to attend a two day meeting. The conference aims to adopt a definite form of organization and an activities program for the association. The meeting was called by F B Connelly of Billings who heads the temporary organization, following a Montana Development congress earlier funded by A H Stafford.
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Helena
Butte
Willard Thompson
Montana Association
F. B. Connelly
Billings
Montana Development Congress
A. H. Stafford
Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Connelly
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