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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1930
Page
2
William Red Hill rode a steel barrel through Niagara Falls whirlpool and lower rapids from Maid of the Mist to Queenston docks. Three times twisted by eddies, relatives in a rowboat freed the craft. He survived with facial and shoulder injuries. his wife and newborn awaited at the docks.
May 31 Rome AP reports Maj Marie De Bernardi the famed speed flyer escaped death when his plane collided with a civilian aircraft piloted by Lovadina over Rome. De Bernardi parachuted to safety while Lovadina died as his plane plunged to the outskirts.
Charles Baldwin Jr of Oakland, once reported missing on a flight from Oakland to Ann Arbor, Mich, has been located in Reno and arrived there today.
In a spectacular daylight attack, a gangster execution squad killed Philip Gnolfo and wounded two companions and a bystander in Chicago. Gnolfo, once tied to the Genna mob, died at the scene. the other victims were wounded as gangsters fled with a sawed off shotgun left behind. Police traced Gnolfo’s past, including a 1915 murder charge in Greensburg, Pa. No arrest details were announced.
Chief Charlo and Chief Koostatah honor Frank M. Kerr with a deer skin certificate as Kerr advocates a hydro power dam on Flathead lands. Deputies translate speeches in Flathead and Kootenai. Kerr thanks tribes and invites continued cooperation while movie cameras film the event. The celebration closes with St Ignatius riders and a festival weekend.
More than 250 Gold Star mothers, the fourth group to land, paid tribute at the Arc de Triomphe to France's unknown soldier. They paused at the altar of freedom before traveling to battle cemeteries in Flanders. Eliza Wilson of Detroit and Mrs. M. L. Smeaton of Fall River placed wreaths on the memorial.
London Ohio May 31 Guards at the London state prison farm shot and killed one convict during an attempted battering of a cell block. The 47 inmates including Sam Mazello of Trumbull county were among prisoners moved from the Ohio penitentiary April 28 after the Easter Monday fire that killed 320. Mazello was hit in the head and heart as the group refused orders to stop.
Bandits who seized the Coscuez emerald mine are driven into the mountains by government troops. They claimed they would fight to the last man but dispersed without resistance as forces advanced. While inside the mine the looters dug but found no emerald veins, experts report.
Chairman Britten of the house naval affairs committee said the panel would inspect two California sites for the navy's five million Pacific coast base before a selection. He noted Camp Kearney near San Diego and Sunnyvale near San Francisco Bay require on site evaluation.
The message touts Bell-ans capsules as immediate relief for acute indigestion urging readers to keep a pack at home. It emphasizes hot water and Sure Relief with prices 250 and 750 and claims tru to prepare for treacherous indigestion.
The entire Girls' Central student body will pause final exams Monday to honor Rosemary Lively a 17 year old senior. Final rites at Immaculate Conception Church will feature a requiem high mass as classmates act as pallbearers and accompany the coffin to the cemetery. Rosemary survived by her mother Mrs Mary Lively and brother John Henry she led in class activities including Centralite staff Junior club Glee club and the National Quill and Scroll.
Shanghai reports ongoing clashes as the nationalist government fights to hold Henan against bandit and communist forces. Rebels claim a major advance with 50,000 nacionalists believed captured and troops forced to retreat. Chiang Kai Shek reportedly unharmed after rumors of a shell wound are denied by Nanking officials.
May 31 Thomas Hagen four year old son of Mr and Mrs Paul Hagen living a mile and a half from Valentine post office was instantly killed when an old and gentle team ran away throwing him from the wagon and breaking his neck The father had run into the house for a drink of water
Local items list residents leaving for California Seattle and Seattle trips with two teachers Miss Marie Clifford and Miss Gladys Jaap departing for summer visits. Others return from Chicago Portland Omaha and Long Beach while a hospital and operation update greet parlor events and a theater appearance in Butte.
A mob stormed a county jail killing Argo and burning the jail. He was carried in a coffin to University Hospital where he died. County Attorney Holding vowed to pursue murder charges as Captain Smith promised more arrests. Skinner, a farm hand, admitted stabbing Argo after failed gun confrontation.
Madison district attorney began investigation into claims that University of Wisconsin students were bribed with liquor to vote in the prior city election. The accusation came from former alderman George Dill who was defeated by John Rourke.
Protect yourself by checking every package for the word GENUINE printed in red to identify genuine Bayer medicines for pain cold headache or sore throat.
President Hoover, refreshed by a weekend in the Allegheny mountains, leaves the Jay Cooke estate in Williamsport for the return trip to Washington tomorrow. Motorcycle police escorts will accompany the departure.
The party travels to the main highway north of the city escort to the Mary state line as Governor Fisher plans a stop at Mr. Cooke’s estate. The hunting and fishing preserve spans over 4000 acres with seven and a half miles of stocked streams. Wildlife include deer wild cats foxes coyotes and martens with two fawns reported killed since Hoover’s earlier lodge loss.
Washington May 31 Roaring across the finish at 164 miles an hour Captain H Page crack Marine Corps racing pilot today won the annual Curtiss marine race over the Potomac River.
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