Graf Zeppelin completes 18000 mile three continent voyage
The Graf Zeppelin landed at Friedrichshafen after an 18 000 mile journey linking three continents in 19 days. A huge ovation greeted the dirigible as it arrived at 7 10 p m. Thousands of German Automobile club members joined Friedrichshafen residents in cheering Germany's leading symbol of goodwill. The voyage began May 18 with stops at Seville Spain and two other legs.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
U.R
Lake Constance
German Automobile Club
Seville
Spain
Mothers Return from France to Honor War Dead
229 Gold Star mothers from 26 states sailed on the President Harding to Hoboken after kneeling at American graves in France. Many expressed mixed emotions yet welcomed the pilgrimage, with Mary J. Lewis of Newark Delaware noting the sun on white crosses and the flag near her son Ed’s Somme cemetery grave.
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New York
France
States
United States
President Harding
Hudson
Hoboken
Mary J. Lewis
Newark
Del
Somme
Salt Raiders Clash as Dharasana Protests Continue
Police clash with independence volunteers at Dharasana as 167 volunteers from across India attempt a salt raid while 300 constables and 35 officers raid the nationalist headquarters. Jinabhoy Joshi and five war council members are arrested. warrants issued for four others. The confrontations follow renewed boycott and picketing by the Congress.
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Francis Low
United Press
Bombay
India
U.P
Dharasana
National Congress
Jinabhoy Joshi
Congress
War Council
Volunteer Corps
Pandit Malaviya
Le Duc Trial Reveals Jury Read Snyder Statement
Testimony in the Bert Le Duc murder case includes the dying statement of John F. Snyder read into the record. Companion William Jones testified Le Duc struck him after ordering him from Snyder’s rooming house confrontation. Judge Lynch ordered court to convene this afternoon for continued trial proceedings.
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John F. Snyder
Bert le Duc
Snyder
le Duc
Mary Hogan
William Jones
J. J. Lynch
Two Birds with one stone in Sunday classified
An ad plugs the Montana Standard and the Butte Daily Post offering publication in both papers at two cents per word. Readers are urged to place want ads for double circulation with no extra effort, promising inclusion in the big Sunday classified section.
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Montana Standard
Butte Daily Post
Classified Ads from Montana Standard
Classified ads style line reads Always the same in service Always different in opportunity. Phone dial 5411.
Scout Campaign Still Far From Goal In Butte
More than 5489 remains to meet the 1930 31 budget of the Silver Bow council of Boy Scouts Henry Hirsh reports as campaign chairman expenditures for the year total 9500 with 2000 on hand leaving 7500 to raise this year about 90 volunteers pledged to solicit work but only 23 reported at headquarters last night plan notes notable improvement in juvenile behavior credited to two agencies the item continues on page 2 column 1
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Silver Bow Council of Boy Scouts
Henry Hirsh
Butte
Big Montana Wool Clips Sold to Eastern Firms
Sixteen thousand fleeces from the Henrich estate on the Crow Indian reservation were sold to an eastern wool firm at 25.14 cents a pound, the best price yet. Clips from Antler Sheep Company and Will Henrich totaled 32 000 fleeces at 25.0 cents per pound. A 20 000 pound clip by W. W. Johnston brought 24.5 cents per pound.
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Billings
Henrich
Crow Indian Reservation
Antler Sheep Company
Will Henrich
W. W. Johnston
Einstein outlines space driven theory in England lecture
In Nottingham Einstein announced a new idea linking space and matter. He proposed space as primary and matter as secondary, saying space may eat up matter and that his relativity work faces both agreement and skepticism. He kept faith the theory is nearing completion.
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Nottingham
England
Albert Einstein
University College
Einstein
Anaconda Rancher Held on Poisoning Charge
George Norris a rancher living near Anaconda was arrested on a charge of maliciously exposing strychnine with intent to poison domestic animals. He was jailed then released on 1000 bonds as part of an investigation into the recent dog poisonings that killed at least 125 canines and endangered children. Norris also runs a milk route in Anaconda.
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Anaconda
George Norris
Norris
Montana's Flying Farmer Visits Butte
Sen. J. W. Schnitzler of Proid Montana, known as the flying farmer and a Republican national committeeman, spent yesterday in Butte on state business. He arrived by airplane from his eastern ranching home.
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J. W. Schnitzler
Proid
Montana
Butte
Senator Schnitzler
Death of Plain Talk founder G D Eaton at 35
New York June 6 G D Eaton founder and editor of the magazine Plain Talk died tonight in St Mark's hospital of heart disease. He was about 35 years old.
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eEpiToRbres
New York
G. D. Eaton
Plain Talk
St. Mark's Hospital
Montana Weekend Forecast Warm and Sunny
Montana enjoys a warm weekend with Saturday and Sunday expected to be fair. No precipitation is forecast and temperatures will remain above average across the state.
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Montana
Montana Standard Adopting Six Month Baby Finds Real Home
A six month old boy, highlighted by the Montana Standard, woke to attention from many Butte families after the column drew interest for adoption. Formal proceedings to place the infant with a suitable home begin after last night’s offers amid a backdrop of a deserted father and mother needing care.
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Montana Standard
Butte
Pantages Freed on Bail During Appeal Decision
Alexander Pantages, longtime theater magnate, is released from Los Angeles county jail on $100,000 bail as the state supreme court weighs his appeal of a conviction for assaulting dancer Eunice Pringle. His wife, Martha, was earlier convicted of manslaughter but received probation.
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Eunice Pringle
Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
State Supreme Court
Pantages
Vate
Students Rescued After Plane Forces Landing Off Bay
Robert Claxton and John Arthur, Curtiss Wright flying school students from Port Washington Illinois, were rescued at sea after landing in Buzzard's Bay near Bren ton's reef lightship following an open sea emergency.
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New Port
R. 1
Robert Claxton
John Arthur
Curtiss W T Flying School
Port Washington
Brenton’s Reef
Buzzard’s Bay
Carpenter Resents Firemen Efforts to Save His Life
August Erickson, a 54 year old Chicago carpenter out of work, tried to die by gas in his home. Firemen used an inhalator to revive him after his wife found him in a gas filled room. He asked if he was in heaven and was reassured by the fire chief.
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Carpenter
Chicago
August Erickson
August
Honors Awarded at Montana School of Mines Commencement
In a flower bedecked gymnasium more than 500 attended the twenty-eighth commencement at the Montana School of Mines. Eleven graduates received bachelor and master degrees led by Joseph Newton who earned the Montana Society of Engineers gold medal. Other honorees included Andrew W. Corry Harry Henderson and Horace F. Sullivan. Dr George Otis Smith USGS director gave the address on The Engineers Larger Opportunity before a banquet hosted by Mayor M Kerr Beadle.
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Joseph Newton
Montana Society of Engineers
Harry Henderson
Andrew Corry
Horace Silliman
Smith Telly
Engineers
Montana State School of Mines
Butte High School
W. A. Cobleigh
Bozeman
College of Engineering
State College
Butte School
Andrew W. Corry
Butteman
Rhoades
England
Harry B. Henderson
Santa Barbara
Calif
Horace F. Sullivan
American Brass Company
Waterbury
Conn
George Otis Smith
United States Geological Survey
Smith
Missoula
Washington, D. C
M. Kerr Beadle
Butte Chamber Retains Gasoline Probe After Vote
The Butte Chamber of Commerce board voted to replace the gas committee led by James H. Rowe and to seek a new plan. The prior plan to open a chamber gas station was rejected by members in a referendum. The new committee will study alternatives to lower gas prices without retailing gas themselves.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
James H. Rowe
Rowe
Fire sweeps Chicago Loop as Express Building burns
A three alarm fire drew ten fire companies to the American Express Building at State and Monroe in Chicago's Loop shortly after midnight. The blaze produced dense smoke and firefighters worked to prevent spread as the fire raged.
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Chicago
Loop
American Express
State and
Monroe Streets
Henderson wins Kelley fellowship in ore dressing at Montana School of Mines
Harry Backus Henderson of Santa Barbara California, a Montana School of Mines graduating student, received the Cornelius F. Kelley fellowship in ore dressing. The $2500 annual award, effective Sept. 1, supports study of flotation concentration and follows Henderson earning a master’s degree and a BS from the University of California.
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Harry Backus Henderson
Santa Barbara
Cal
Montana State School of Mines
Cornelius F. Kelley
Anaconda Company
Henderson
Butte
Kelley
School of Mines
A. M. Gaudin
Mercury reaches 82 degrees to set yearly high in Butte
The mercury climbed to 82 degrees, two degrees above the prior year high, staying there most of the day. Coats disappeared as straw hats appeared, and residents cooled by car, canyon and stream. Motorists and golfers flocked to mountain sports while Lumber Gardens drew a record crowd.
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Mercury
Butte
Columber Gardens
Hoover Denies Senate Access to Naval Treaty Papers
President Hoover blocks the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from obtaining secret papers on the London naval treaty citing Washington precedents. Secretary Stimson calls suspicions of secret understandings nonsense and says the move serves public interest. Senator Johnson and Senator Borah react as a fierce controversy appears to loom.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Lyle
Neonate Run
United Press
Washington
U.P
Hoover
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stimson
Borah
Hellef
Johnson
California
Senate
Tariff critique by Nellie Tayloe Ross at Democratic women meeting
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and former governor, condemned a pending tariff bill at a regional conference in Covington. She warned it could spark a dangerous race in tariffs, threatening world peace, and framed the measure as politically weaponized by Republicans for fundraising.
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Covington
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Democratic National Committee
Ming
Democratic Women
Ross
Damon and Pythias
Republican Party
United
Business Women Cheer Day Resolution Up for Action
The twentieth biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs opened rapid fire business sessions in Denver. Officers and committee reports were approved unanimously as delegates filled the Denver Municipal auditorium. A bone dry prohibition resolution led by Mrs. Walter W. Seymour drew a round of applause and is expected to be voted on tomorrow. The lengthy session concluded with the resolution’s prolongation noted.
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Denver
Colo
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Walter W. Seymour
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