Von Hindenburg names army pal as chancellor
Berlin May 31 President von Hindenburg named Franz Von Papen a military trader and former general staff officer to form a temporary national convention cabinet. He would carry on until Adolf Hitler's party could gain support for a cabinet and a general election.
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von Hindenburg
Army Pal
Franz von Papen
Berlin
Paul von Hindenurg
United States
Germany
Ashington
Imperial
von Pen
Wolf Hitler
National Socialistist Party
von Papen
Hitlerites
Reichstag
Butte Spring Festival Parade Plans Announced
The parade committee led by General Chairman Mayer outlined tomorrow’s festival events. divisions meet at 11 30 a m at five locations for a 12 noon march start. the opening feature is a trial of death sentence and execution at 8 30 P M. The parade line runs Park to Arizona to Broadway to Broad to Idaho to Main, with bands and no floats and several surprises. Additional entries expected as more applicants are received.
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Butte
Rangements Committee
Silve Post
American Legion
Brand Wyoming
Park
Arizona
Broadway
Broad Idaho
Idaho
Granite
Main
Mercory
Mayer
Credit Letter Probed By Robert St. John
New York May 31 A Senate inquiry questioned if more than 75000 was drawn from banker accounts for the benefit of an unnamed friend of May Walker as part of a 1 million dollar financial scheme linked to 3500 a year accounts. The ommittee offered only one mention of a mysterious figure who declined to be named.
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New York
R Sell T. Sherwood
May Walker
Samuel Seabury Day
Walker
E Hofstadter
Inquiry Board
Final exam air lesson ends in fatal plunge
Victor Lindeman watched student Earl Burke, 21, fail to deploy his parachute after a spin from 4 000 feet. Burke jumped as instructed but died 400 feet above the ground while Lindeman landed the dual control plane safely. The instructor called it the wildest air experience he had seen.
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Chicago
Victor Linde
Earl W. Burke
Lindeman
Burke
Wall Street Slumps On U S Fiscal Woes And Global News
New York May 31 stock market fell sharply as investors digested federal fiscal policy concerns and global events. Prices dropped about 1.5 a share with moderate volume of 1,480,090 shares traded. rails led losses while cotton and wheat hit new season lows as German, French bonds declined after the Bruening government falls.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Europe
Bruening
Germany
Companion of Browne in Disastrous Fueling Attempt
Frank Brooks, noted parachute jumper from Butte and Montana figure, helped in Browne’s Pacific flight attempt. Brooks, longtime Northwest stunt man, performed here often and last appeared four years ago with a triple jump from a plane over Butte airport. He lived in Spokane recently and worked with Jerry Jerome, Lewis Jordan, and Walter Beck of Missoula.
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Frank Brooks
Seattle
Nat C. Browne
Puget Sound
Butte
Montana
Brooks
Northwest
Jerry Jerome
Lewis Jordan
Walter Beck
Missoula
Spokane
Browne
Pacific
Japan
Murder at Gay Gin Party Rocks London Social Scene
London reports a fatal shooting at 4 a.m. in Williams Mews as Micheal Scott Stephen, son of a London banker, died after a cocktail party. Police expect inquest next Friday. no charges against Mrs. Elvira Dolores Barney.
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London
Mayfield
Micheal Scott Stephen
Elvira Dolores Barney
John Sterling Barney
Barney
Williams Mews
Scotland Yard
Tephen
Greenwich Village
MacDou
Melville Dollar dies of heart attack in Vancouver home
A Melville Dollar, 59, heir to the Pacific coast shipping firm Canadian American Shipping, was found dead in his garage in Vancouver British Columbia. He was the son of the late Capt. Robert Dollar and had been treated for heart trouble for two years. He is survived by his widow and seven children.
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Vancouver
B. C
Melville Dollar
Pacific Coast
Robert Dollar
Dollar
San Rafael
Cal
Seattle
Stimson Favors World Economic Meet Proposal
The State Department informed Britain through Ambassador Mellon that the United States supports a world economic conference focused on stabilizing commodity prices and handling only economic topics. Secretary Stimson discussed the proposal with President Hoover, clarifying the scope excludes war debts reparations disarmament.
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Washington
State Department
Mellon
London
Stimson
Ronald Lindsay
United States
Department
Hoover
France
Italy
Weather outlook for Montana unsettled Wednesday
A forecasts shows unsettled conditions across Montana on Wednesday with warmer temperatures in the far north. Thursday clears with fair weather.
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Montana
Fuzzy and Wuzzy to Entertain Kids at Columbia Gardens
Fuzzy and Wuzzy cub bears from Great Falls will entertain children at Columbia Gardens today as Butte Electric Railway hosts the first children's day of the year. Free rides are offered from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. with special cars and staff to supervise activities directed by Miss Lucy Lynch. An estimated 2,500 children under 16 are expected. Thursday outings begin next week.
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Fuzzy
Wuzzy
Columbia Gardens
Butte Electric Railway Company
Great Falls
Columbia Gar
Lucy Lynch
Balloons Still In National Act Sighted in Saskatchewan
Report notes two balloons in national races near Omaha Nebraska with sightings in Saskatchewan. Goodyear VII crew Rolan Blair and Frank landed at Tyvan Saskatchewan while No 2 Army Bay pilot Lieut Wilfrid J Paul reported a sighting near Kincaid about 150 miles south and near the Montana line.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Omaha
Neb
Mann Rolan Blair
Frank
Tyvan
Here
North D. Boundary Line
Army Bay
Wilfrid J. Paul
Washton
Kincaid
Montana
Swirling Waters Threaten Farms in Blythe Area
In Blythe California on May 31 volunteers battled the Colorado River flood as a wide levee breach endangered about 20 000 acres of farmland and homes of more than 2 500 residents.
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Blythe
Cal
Colorado
Bromley Lands at Los Angeles
Aviator Harold Bromley, planning Seattle to Tokyo, landed his large aircraft at the United airport in Burbank at 7 35 tonight after a flight from New York began Monday.
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Los Angeles
Harold Bromley
United Airport
Burbank
Campas
New York
Senate passes 1.1 billion tax bill as Hoover urges action
The Senate approved the 1 115 billion tax bill 72 to 11 after President Hoover asked for quick action amid a national emergency. A companion omnibus economy measure to save 236 605 million was reported by the economy committee. The body also added 275 million in taxes on gasoline electricity and higher income taxes, while trimming about 6 million from insurance reserves.
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Thomas L. Stokes
Washington
U.P
Hoover
Senate Conomy Committee
Treasury
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate
Senate Finance Committee Backs Flat 10 Percent Pay Cut
The Senate Finance Committee reported favorably a national economy bill that would save $238,000,000. The measure aims to balance the budget by instituting a flat ten percent salary reduction for all government workers, except enlisted personnel.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
87 Liquor Law Cases to Be Called for Hearing Today
Federal Judge George M. Bourquin will hear 87 liquor law pleas at 9:30 this morning in Butte as part of the semi annual federal court session. The heavy day also includes 43 naturalization hearings and 25 abate actions against owners, with civil cases affecting the timetable.
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George M. Bourquin
Butte
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