Butte Deaconess Hospital Nurses Graduate in 1929
The 1929 class of Butte Deaconess Hospital nurses received diplomas at Mountain View M. E. Church. The six graduates include four from Butte and two from nearby towns. Rev E L White gave the commencement address, with diplomas presented by Rev Charles G. Cole. A musical program and banquet followed.
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Butte
School of Mines
Walter B. Spalding
Gamer's
George Wade
Isabelle Busch
Irene Rule
Lillian Harris
Helen Dudley
Rice
Mae Baxter
Red Lodge
Henrietta Gustin
Twin Johns
Edward Smith
Sidney Kitt
Margaret Williams
Frederick T. Spencer
Monta Bane
Shelby claims world prize shoplifter foiled
Shelby Montana police say they caught John Hunter a former locomotive engineer in the act of stealing a large Great Northern locomotive. He started the engine before plans were discovered and was moved from the cab to a private berth in the city jail.
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Chelby
Mont
Shelby
John Hunter
Great Northern
Lover's Doubts Cost Him Ten Dollars
Nicola Smith tried to test his girlfriend's love by disguising his voice and calling Alberta Alexander under an assumed name. After she refused a second date the same night, he struck her in the face and was arrested. the judge ordered him to pay ten dollars in costs.
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Columbus
Nicola Smith
Smith
Alberta Alexander
Escapee Alex Patton Surrenders to Folsom After Four Years Loose
Alex Patton, 30, returned to Folsom prison ending a four year fugitive run. Convicted of theft in 1924, he escaped a Kern county road camp in 1925 and lived under an assumed name in Long Beach. His wife and his mother influenced his decision after his wife threatened to expose him. Patton will lose good behavior credits and likely face no road freedom.
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Sacramento
Cal
Alex Patton
Folsom Penitentiary
Patton
Los Angeles
Kern County
Long Beach
Oakland
League Meets To Settle Disputes Amid Wilson Treaty Critique
A Paris meeting revisits Wilson era minority treaties and guarantees of territorial integrity as key flaws. Sir Austen Chamberlain’s report cites Wilson pushing for minority rights at Versailles, while signatory states warn more guarantees could spark internal conflict and new war. Stresemann misses the session but will join after reparations talks. Miss Louisa McLean in London advertises a 130 year old hot cross bun for her will.
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Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Austen Chamberlain
Versailles
Europe
Gustav Stresemann
Paris
Louisa McLean
London
Experts finish drafting German reparations report in Paris
Paris June 6 experts at the reparations conference completed detailed drafting after four months of work. They planned a 5 p m signature ceremony at Hotel George V to end the conference with a concise document and a fuller annex to follow.
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Paris
Hotel George V
Religion School Drive 15 Opens In Montana
A Montana event gathers church leaders and university figures to open the religion school drive. Notable speakers including Rabbi Emanuel Sternheim and university heads argue for a nonsectarian state religion program to build character and moral unity. The drive seeks five thousand dollars for Butte’s share, with committee members named.
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Earle V. Daveler
Francis A. Thomson
W. L. Young
Missoula
Father Rooney
Helena
Peter McDonald
Butte
Dean J. M. Hamilton
State College
Bozeman
Charles H. Clapp
The
State University
Emanuel Sternheim
Temple B'nai Israel
University of Montana
Butte School Election Contest Ends After Hearings
The Butte election contest concludes with testimony from Mrs. F P Oke and Evrard Naughton. Key witnesses describe caucus notice methods and board procedures amid disputes over nomination and teacher reemployment. The case will be decided by Judge Horsky in Helena.
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Horsky
Helena
Silver Bow
F. W. Goldsmith
Women's School Party
Evrard Naughton
Naughton
Butte
Oke
Parent-Teacher Association
Sheridan
Irene” Sheridan
Guy” Sheridan
Irene Sheridan
Women’s Party
Fach
Lucy Lester
Bayard Street
Margaret Leary
Board of School Trustees
James Naughton
East Broadway
Ruth E. Naughten
Naughten
Comedian Wins Way to Movies In Grim Stunt
German comedian Charles Loeb reached Hollywood by freight in a coffin after being shipped from Chicago. Casting director Charles Richards of Pathe studios said Loeb earned a small part in a comedy, crediting his determination after failed attempts.
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Hollywood
Cal
Charles Loeb
Charles
Chicago
Charles Richards
Pathe Studios
Leab
Religious School Budget Dinner Appeals Donations
Sternheim and Chairman Tom J. Davis urged support for the three year religious school budget at a dinner. Donations may be deposited with Miners Saving Bank or with Mr. Davis or Dr. Sternheim.
Washington weighs embassy liquor status in diplomatic row
Washington debates whether the British embassy will remain wet or go dry after Sir Esme Howard supposedly backed ending liquor imports. Secretary Stimson clarified the issue as a question of diplomatic immunity and privilege, not policy, and said the US does not seek to restrict import rights.
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Washington
Esme Howard
State Department
Senate
Stimson
Hoover plans limited summer break and fall Ohio trip
President Hoover will skip an extended summer vacation and travel in the fall to Cincinnati for the Ohio river lock system celebration from Pittsburgh to Cairo. He may also visit the middle west in October to attend ceremonies and consider trips along the Ohio and Mississippi corridors.
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Washington
Hoover
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Congress
National Capital
Rapidan River
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Middle West
Ohio Waterway
Ohio
Louisville
Memphis
Mississippi
Texas
Gadsden Purchase
New Mexico
Arizona
Hoover Pledges Action on Prohibition Enforcement Reform
President Hoover urges joint congressional study of federal prohibition enforcement and border control reform. He supports transferring related bureaus to streamline agencies, with cooperation from departments and the National Commission on Law Observance. Some oppose moving to the Justice Department.
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Judiciary Committee
Hoover
Justice Department
Treasury
Juste
Anti-Saloon League
Doran
Congress
National Commission On Law Observance
Massive tobacco merger rumored in Wall Street report
Report claims a merger of Duke interests with the Thomas Fortune Ryan group creating Tobacco and Drug Inc. bringing United Cigar Stores, Union Tobacco and Tobacco Products under one Delaware holding. Financing from American Canadian financiers. Merger aims to end price wars roiling the industry amid leadership deaths.
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New York
Duke
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Wall Street
United Cigar Stores Company of America
Union Tobacco Company
Tobacco Products Corporation
Tobacco and Drug, Inc
Delaware
George J. Whelan
United Cigar Stores
Union Tobacco and Tobacco Products
United and Schulte
Ryan
James Buke
Planting Event Planned by Butte Girl Scouts Tomorrow
A tree planting program honoring Mrs. Herbert Hoover, honorary president of the Girl Scouts of America, will be staged at Camp Castle Rock tomorrow afternoon by the Butte Girl Scouts. The program features a “Trees” talk by John B. Taylor of the Deer Lodge National Forest, a Girl Scout song, a dedication of the tree to Mrs. Hoover, and an address on nature’s beauty spots.
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Camp Castle Rock
Butte Girl Scouts
Herbert Hoover
Girl Scouts of America
L. M. van Ettten
John B. Taylor
Deer Lodge National Forest
Girl Scouts
Mrs. Hoover
Treasury to intensify drive against liquor smugglers at Detroit border
Washington reports a full scale crackdown as Treasury orders all available agents to Detroit area under E R Norwood to halt Canadian liquor smuggling from Windsor and other points. The move follows border patrol indictments and convictions of several agents and involved officials from Lowman Billard Doran and Dow.
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Washington
Detroit
Treasury
Customs and Prohibition
Uquor
Seymour Lowman
United States
E. R. Norwood
New York
Ogdensburg
Norwood
F. A. Yount
Customs
Chicago
Windsor
Lowman
F. C. Billard
Coast Guard
J. M. Doran
Frank Dow
Distributions to Widows and Moving of Sir James Shaw Statue
The parish distributed sixpences to 21 widows in the St Bartholomew graveyard at Smithfield England. The statue of Sir James Shaw once at the Cross Kilmarnock Scotland, over 80 years old, was moved to a less-used location to ease traffic.
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Sir James Shaw
the Cross
Kilmarnock
Scotland
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Lee
Montana Standard
Deaconess Hospital
Mountain View Church
U. S
Lipson’s
Englewood Floral
Geraniums
Fuschia
Pansies Petunias
Harrison Ave
Howard
Department of Dry Enforcement
Duke - Ryan
Wein
Wein's Prontanat
Mens Stores
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Orton Bros
North Main Street
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