Irish Reports Studied Ship Messages Plane Passed Over It in Fog
New York news account updates the search for James J. Mattern missing after starting a solo world flight. Backers hope he crossed the Atlantic and landed somewhere in the British Isles or Europe as reports of his monoplane The Century of Progress sighted over Ireland are unverified.
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New York
James J. Mattern
Atlantic
British Isles
Europe
Ireland
Mattern
Representa
Tornado Kills Man and Wreaks Widespread Destruction
One man died and a woman was injured as a tornado swept through the area last night. About two score barns and homes were destroyed with damage around fifty thousand dollars. Elfred Larson, 25, was killed on his mother's farm northeast of Corona when a barn collapsed. Near Clinton Mrs. Ralph Winter suffered a broken leg after being struck by a flying timber. The storm began near Corona and crossed into Minnesota, where damage was lighter but crops were ruined by hail and rain. many trees and power lines were blown down.
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Wilmot
S. D
Elfred Larson
Corona
Clinton
Ralph Winter
Minnesota
Four Boys Drown After Spokane River Boat Accident
Four boys aged 7 to 14 drowned when their small boat was swept over a power dam on the Spokane River in Spokane Washington. The victims were Leon Jackson 14 Allen Jackson 12 Robert Wagner 14 and John Weiler 7.
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Spokane
Wash
Leon Jackson
Allen Jackson
Robert Wagner
John Weiler
US Envoys Aim for Prompt Action at London Conference
The American delegation to the world economic conference in London plans to push for quick agreements on lowering tariff barriers to boost trade and on currency fees, seeking decisive progress rather than delays. Officials fear tactics could delay results for months while independent US proposals on special issues may also be advanced.
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London
U. S
Roosevelt
U.P
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
Drowning Victim Thomas Canning Native of City
Thomas Canning 30, government employee, drowned in the Potomac River. Born June 13, 1900 in Butte he studied at St Patrick’s and Central High. Survived by two brothers, a sister, and a Walkerville resident, with professional ties to aviation law and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Washington
Thomas Canning
Potomac River
Canning
Butte, Mont
Matt F. Canning
Silver Bow County
Thomas
Butte
St. Patrick's
Central High
United States
Army
Washington, D. C
National Law College
National Capital
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nicholas Canning
New Orleans
Liverpool
Matthew Canning
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Williams. Crowley
Lexington Terrace
Walkerville
Livestock Population of Montana Tops Six Million
Helena report shows Montana had just over 6,000,000 head of livestock on Jan 1, 1933, about 11 per person. The tally: 1,378,000 cattle 4,049,000 sheep 227,000 swine 380,000 horses and 8,000 mules.
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Helena
Montana
State Department of Agriculture
Butte Students to Receive University Degrees Today
State University announces 212 bachelor degrees 27 master's degrees and one honorary degree will be awarded at the thirty sixth annual commencement on campus. Butte residents Guy Mitchell Sheridan and Stephen Lafayette Odgers are among double dozen graduates to receive degrees with several honors noted in the president's announced awards.
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Missoula
Ter
Butte
Grant Walter Kelleher
Aber
Richard Kilroy O'Malley
Annie Lewis Joyce
Three Dead in Lodging House Fight in Hamilton
James Welch believed from Miles City is dead after a brawl in an apartment on North Second Street. Har old and Herbert Petitt, and Mildred and Daisy Martin are jailed in Ravalli county for questioning. Daisy Martin says the Petitts and Mildred entered after a dance and Welch ordered them out, triggering the fight.
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Hamilton
James Welch
Miles City
Harold
Herbert Petiit
Mildred
Daisy Martin
Ravalli County
North Second Street
Welch
Petitts
Petitt Brothers
Mildred Martin
Tragedy on Paris Nantes Express Derailment
Nantes France June 14 A Paris Nantes excursion train derailed while heading to Brittany for Whitsuntide causing fourteen dead and 116 injured many gravely. The engineer reportedly ran four signals at high speed and then brake failure led to the crash. he admitted failing to heed cautions.
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Nantes
France
Paris
Convicts Terrorize Motorists From Oklahoma to Arkansas
The report describes highway marauders abducting twelve people in a spree across Oklahoma and Arkansas. Frank Sawyer, 33, a Kansas bank robber and killer, was arrested after escaping from the Kansas penitentiary with ten others. Victim Bob Goodfellow was wounded in a gunfight. two other escapee suspects remain at large.
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Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Bob Goodfellow
Horace Crisp
Frank Sawyer
Kansas Penitentiary
Kansas
Liberty
Mammoth Springs
Ark
J. D. Bookout
Clero Reeves
Sawyer
Lewis Bechtel
First Lady’s Air Tour Heads to Los Angeles
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt flies across the country by air with breakfast stop planned in Dallas. She receives cheers from thousands in St Louis and Columbus and Indianapolis and will visit Isabella Greenway in Tucson before reaching Los Angeles. Her return to New York is scheduled for Friday.
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Son
Los Angeles
Arizona
New York
Dallas
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott
St. Louis
Columbus
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Lawrence Waterbury Jr
Tucson
Ariz
Isabella Greenway
Montana Forecast Sees Unsettled Monday and Cooler East
The Montana weather advisory notes unsettled conditions on Monday with scattered thundershowers in the east portion and cooler air east of the Divide. Tuesday looks generally fair with calmer conditions.
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Montana
Divide
Pope canonizes Andre Fournet at St Peter's in ancient rite
Pope Pius IX officiates a solemn canonization at St. Peter's naming French priest Andre Fournet founder of the Daughters of the Cross. Some twenty-one cardinals and about a hundred prelates attend as tens of thousands fill the basilica in ceremony with portable throne and feather fans.
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Vatican City
Pius
St. Peter's
Andre Fournet
Order of “Daughters of the Cross
Canada
Argentina
Cardinal Verdier
Paris
Pope Pius
Lamson Murder Case Stalemate in Death Probe
Stanford University scene as defense and state press toward trial for David Lamson accused of killing his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson. Frank M. Thorpe arrives from Lamar Missouri to aid the family while attorneys dispute whether the death was murder or accidental with blood patterns and placement of the nude body in the bathtub key points.
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Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
Allene Thorpe Lamson
David Lamson
Lamson
Frank M. Thorpe
Lamar
Arthur M. Free
U S Will Loan China 50 Million To Buy American Wheat
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation with President Roosevelt's approval will lend China 50 million dollars to purchase American cotton and wheat. The loan, negotiated by Dr T V Soong, finance minister for the nationalist government, was announced by Jesse H Jones. Negotiations began last year over a wheat deal via surplus American stock. The loan will be disbursed as purchases are made in the U S market and could move about 900000 bales of cotton and 12500000 bushels of wheat.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Roosevelt
China
T. V. Soong
Jesse H. Jones
Northwestern Wheat Growers
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Republic of China
Lava Creeps Down Slope of Vesuvius
In Naples on June 4 a wall of lava from Mount Vesuvius neared the rim and covered two thirds of the 1929 eruption area. Observers warned lava could spill over the valley wall into Terzigno, a town of about 2,000 known for its wines. Professor Maladra of the Vesuvius observatory doubted lava would breach the wall, though none can rule out an eruption.
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Naples
Italy
Terzigno
Maladra
Vesuvius Observatory
Roosevelt demands new taxes to balance budget
President Roosevelt told a revolt prone Congress that proposed increases in veterans allowances require new taxes. He warned he would stay through the summer to balance the budget. Speaker Rainey and House Democrats indicated they would likely approve the plan despite opposition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Rainey
States Allot Veterans Quotas for Forest Army
Montana awaits its forest conservation corps allotment with a 100 veteran quota at Fort Harrison. Nationwide, 48 states receive enrollments totaling 25 000 veterans. quotas set from 1930 census and coordinated by Robert Fechner and Brigadier General Frank T Hines with regional offices to select enrollees by July 6.
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Roosevelt
Forest Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Frank T. Hines
Veterans
Veerans’ Administration
Colorado
Denver
Montana
Fort Harrison
Nebraska
Lincoln
Wyoming
Casper
Transportation pageant to feature lions parade
A Lions club district convention parade in Butte will feature a transportation pageant tracing modes from pony express to modern times. Stage coach from Vigilante days, eight horses, will be in the procession led by parade marshal Charles W. Towne. The Big Hole Lions club, led by James Johnson, organizes it. The parade forms at the Masonic temple at 9 30 Friday morning with over a thousand Lions and guests expected.
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Pony Express
Lions Club
Butte
Big Hole Lions Club
James Johnson
Charles W. Towne
Masonic Temple
The
Lions Organization
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