Final agreement on reparations and farm relief
Chicago grain traders reacted to a reported $500 million farm relief appropriation as Congress moved toward stabilizing agriculture. Wheat rose to July at 1.08 1 to 1.13, with gains of 10 to 12 cents in two days, while corn climbed 7 to 9 cents amid broader price strength and anticipated government purchases to curb surpluses.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Argentina
Washington
Government Stabilization Corporation
Reparations Settled and German Payment Plan Outlined
The article summarizes the reparations agreement after three months of talks led by Lord Revelstoke. It notes a reduction of Germany's debt from 33 billion to 9 billion dollars, with Owen Young's plan setting an average annual payment of 2.05 billion marks for 37 years, plus subsequent annual payments to meet allied debts. It contrasts fixed payments with additional amounts contingent on Germany's ability, and mentions potential effects on the international mark exchange and U.S. debt policy implications. The Belgian cashing dispute over 6 billion paper marks is also cited.
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Alliance
Great Britain
Lord Revelstoke
Germany
Owen Young
United States
Belgium
Forty Thousand Shriners Parade Opens Mystic Shrine Meet
A rainbow column of 40 000 marching Shriners paraded through Los Angeles in four hours to mark the 55th annual Mystic Shrine convention. Six divisions from across the continent, watched by 800 000 spectators, commenced at 9 and concluded entry to the coliseum by 1 p.m.
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Duane Hennessy
United Press
Los Angeles
Mystic Shrine
Stad
Congress Eyes Half Billion for Farm Stabilization
Raymond Z. Henle reports from Washington that leaders in Congress back a half billion dollar stabilization fund to support agriculture once the farm relief bill, authorizing the farm board to spend the amount, is enacted. Senator McNary of Oregon urged giving the board full opportunity to use the relief benefits.
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Raymond Z. Henle
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senator McNary
Oregon
Senate Agriculture Committee
Attempt to prove caucus not a public meeting in school district dispute
Ouster proceedings against three trustees claim the women’s party caucus last March 15 was private and not public. Testimony showed two attendees said the meeting was announced, while others claimed no public notice. A witness said he read all local papers in the prior ten days and saw no announcement.
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Women’s School Party
Butte
Tombstone epitaph will be completed lives again join
An aged man in Forest Hill cemetery reads the inscription on a gravestone as he sits on a bench on Memorial Day. Flowers wilt on his wife’s grave while another visitor, Harry Russell, brings flowers for his mother. The scene conveys the enduring link to the dead.
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Kansas City
Forest Hill
Susan Carter
Harry Russell
Champ Vaughan Chosen as Coach for Central High
Port land athlete Champ C Vaughan a former Notre Dame and Columbia star has been named athletic director and coach at Boys Central high. He starts in September, replacing Harold Eaton who resigned. Vaughan is praised for athletic leadership and character with a background at Galileon San Francisco Columbia Portland and Notre Dame.
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Champ C. Vaughan
Portland
Notre Dame
Northwest
Boys’ Central High
Harold Eaton
Maroon
Vaughan
Butte
Galileon School
San Francisco
Columbia University
Ore
M. J. “Clipper” Smith
Gonzaga
Smith
Columbia
Rockne
Champ Vaughan
Boys’ Central High School
Northwest farm scientist discusses relief problems with Hoover
Frederick Benz an agricultural missionary and leading northwest scientist visits Butte en route to Toppenish Washington. He met with President Hoover in a White House conference on farm relief legislation and is a candidate for the U S farm board. He opposes the debenture plan and warns it would bankrupt the treasury if enacted.
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F. Benz
Montana
Northwest
U.S. Farm Board
Congress
Butte
Toppenish
Wash
Frederick Benz
Washington, D. C
Benz
United States Farm Board
White House
Hoover
Baby Elephant Declared Living Symbol of the Republican Party
In New York June 4, a three year old Indian elephant named Mary was selected as a living symbol of the Republican Party. Three Jackson Michigan citizens traveled to New York to buy Mary and arrange shipment home for the party’s 75th anniversary celebrations. Jackson claims to be the party’s birthplace.
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New York
United States
Jackson
Mich
Charles H. Sabin
Republican National
Prisoner Denies Killing Rival as Indiana Murder Charge Is Filed
In Valparaiso Indiana Catherine Cassler 40 faces first degree murder charges over Cameola Soutar the body found near Hebron Detectives favor Indiana location for the crime Cassler previously pardoned after a Chicago murder case says she did not kill Soutar Her testimony at the coroner inquest contradicted others and centered on her feelings about her husband’s relation to Soutar The case marks her second involvement with fatal accusations after the Lindstrom episode
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Valparaiso
Ind
Catherine Cassler
Cameola Soutar
Cassler
Chicago
Hebron
William Lindstrom
Mrs. C Cassler
Miss Boutar
Indiana
Lindstrom
Mayor's Son Not Excused for Speeding in Court
Darwin Noyes, 16, sought to dodge a speeding penalty by claiming he was passing the mayor's son Marshall Beach when not arrested. In Kansas City municipal court Judge Ira Gardner fined him $15 after a sharp exchange. Noyes quipped he could speed seventy but chose fifty, and asked if the judge would "take care of me." The judge noted his argumentative line.
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Kansas City
Darwin Noyes
Marshall Beach
Darwin
Ira
Gardner
Beach
Butte Aldermanic Courtesy Nominates James Mountain to Succeed Miller
James Mountain is expected to be nominated and likely elected tonight by the Butte city council as alderman from the First ward to fill the late Michael Miller’s seat. Mountain, a truckman of 348 North Wyoming Street, faced Roy Coughlin in the last Democratic primary. Coughlin said several citizens sought his support, but he would announce later. Aldermanic courtesy allows ward aldermen to weigh in on successors.
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James Mountain
Butte
Michael Miller
Mountain
Roy Coughlin
North
Wyoming Street
Coughlin
Malta
Man
Final Dawes Plan Update Signed by Nations in Paris
Paris reports the final agreement on all aspects of World War I reparations after nearly a decade since Versailles. Experts from seven nations will sign Friday for their governments, with Belgium and Germany to settle the Belgian marks issue directly. The plan, led by Owen D. Young, mirrors the Dawes approach and marks a major step in stabilizing postwar finances.
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Samuel Dashiell
United Press
Paris
Belgium
Germany
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Young
United States
Bishop Finnigan Addresses Graduation At Girls Central High
The Helena diocese bishop Rt. Rev. George J. Finnigan spoke to 56 girls graduating at Girls Central High, noting that American education still has far to go before real progress. He addressed about 1,800 parents and friends in attendance.
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America
George J. Finnigan
Helena
Central High School
New Hope for Cancer Control Proposed by Surgeon Dr. Ewing
Dr James Ewing head of pathology at Cornell University told state and provincial health officers that cancer control hinges on new cancer institutions in major cities. Each center would house radium treatment equipment valued at a half to one million dollars and a full staff of surgeons and scientists. He urged establishment in a few years with state support and philanthropic funding.
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United States
James Ewing
Cornell University
Blic Health Service
Ewing
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