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Newspaper

The Montana Standard

Location

Butte, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1931

Page

3

Navy Department Savings To Total $25,000,000

President Hoover at Rapidan Camp heard navy officials report savings of about 25 million dollars in the current and next fiscal year. Guam would be abandoned as a military post with forces reduced to civil government needs. Savings stem from new fleet operations under Admiral Pratt, with battleships withdrawn and personnel not replaced.

Washington Navy Department Hoover Rapidan Camp White House Navy Congress War, Interior Post Office Agriculture Department Pratt

Puzzle trick leads to four quad rabbit pillow tops

A woman cuts the pillow top into four equal squares to place a rabbit in the center of each, yielding two square tops from the pillow. Louis Bleriot is noted for pioneering the first successful flight across the English Channel. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for the murder of a guard during a robbery in Boston, a controversial case.

Col umn legend Goolidge quits daily articles for vacation

New York June 7 Cal vi n Coolidge to suspend daily newspaper articles temporarily for vacation starting July 1 a year after his first dispatches were published The syndicate handling his material expects return to writing some time in September He urged leaders to take extended rest this summer for body and soul replenishment and privacy was requested for the vacation location

New York Calvin Coolidge Mr. Coolidge Coolidge

Kansas University students to serve six months jail for liquor

Two youthful University of Kansas students, George Tooley Jr and Edward E Tate, were convicted of violating prohibition laws after being found with 11 pints of brandy. Judge G A Roberts sentenced them to six months in jail and a 150 dollar fine each. Their parole appeal failed amid state support for leniency.

Olathe Kan U.P University of Kansas George Tooley, Jr Edward E. Tate Kansas City Lawrence G. A. Roberts Tooley Tate Chauncy B. Little Lorraine E. Wooster Ormer State Don C. Combs Frank Doster Justice of the

Brain Teaser Riddle Prompts Editorial Page Answers

A brief teaser notes a brain teaser asking why an ax is like coffee and directs readers to consult the editorial page for the answer. It hints at a pun or wordplay without giving the solution. The item resembles a small newspaper teaser rather than a full article.

Interference of Senate and the Prosecution System

A Senate report blames prosecutors at federal state and local levels for rising crime, urges abolishing grand juries except for officers and large conspiracies, and calls for reform in selecting prosecutors, safeguarding interrogations, and a centralized system of public prosecutions. It contrasts US and English justice, noting more dismissals by non jury means in Britain.

United States England

Higgins Family Wins Big Concert Prizes in 30 State Tour

Ida Mae Higgins earned a diploma in voice from the high school department while George Higgins completed the college department. Katherine Allie Sallie and Mary formed a popular quartet touring Virginia states and beyond, winning first prize at the 1929 Virginia Lovers' Clubs and Virginia Music Teachers' Association convention, and at the National Music Lovers' Clubs convention in Boston as the best home group. They planned a two months tour visiting 30 states.

Ida Mae Higgins George Higgins Katherine Allie Sallie Mary Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio Virginia Lovers’ Clubs Virginia Music Teachers’ Association Music Lovers’ Clubs Boston

Inaccurate report on papal nuncio Bartholoni expulsion

Vatican officials deny a Lithuanian expulsion claim and say Arch bishop Bartholoni was only invited to leave and recalled by the Vatican. They insist international law requires Lithuanian authorities to justify labeling him persona non grata.

Vatican City Bartholoni Lithuania Vatican

State Supreme Court Joins Clemency Appeal for Woodring

All justices joined in a bid to Gov Harry Woodring for executive clemency. Frank Sheehan a 43 year old farmer who shot himself after serving a six months jail term under Judge Roberts reportedly believed the sentence imposed hardships on his family.

State Supreme Court Harry Woodring Frank Sheehan Roberts Sheehan

Anaconda Bureau Prominent Man Taken By Death

James McDermott fifty five, of 309 East Sixth street, died after a lingering illness in a local hospital. Born in Kendalltown, Wisconsin, he moved to Anaconda in 1895 and lived there ever since. Survived by brothers M. L. and Bernard McDermott of Anaconda and sisters Mrs. M. J. O'Brien of Wisconsin and Mrs. Mary Dunn of Los Angeles. Body at Finnegan chapel pending funeral arrangements.

Anaconda James McDermott East Sixth Street McDermott Kendalltown Wis M. L Bernard McDermott M. J. O’brien Wisconsin Mary Dunn Los Angeles Cal Finnegan Chapel

Baccalaureate Service for Anaconda High 1931 Graduates

Rev J F Como delivered Be Ye Seekers After Truth to the entire 1931 class in the junior high auditorium. Evert Top gave the invocation, W L Bennett read scriptures, C McHarness gave benediction. Mrs George LeBlanc sang and the chorus performed under Melva Henning. Senior class day is June 11 and commencement June 12 with speaker to be announced after tomorrow's school board meeting.

Anaconda J. F. Como St. Mark’s Church Anaconda High School Evert Top Presbyterian Church W. L. Bennett Methodist Church Charles McHarness The Baptist Church George LeBlanc George Goublier Melva Henning

Anaconda Briefs Highlight Local Returnees and Students

ANACONDA June 17 Special Bill Schmidt former Elks lodge secretary has returned to the city from Poland where he has been employed for several years Franklin Stoddard Regis College student has come back to Anaconda for summer vacation James Garvey Creighton University student in Omaha Neb arrives to spend the summer with relatives

Anaconda Bill Schmidt Franklin Stoddard Regis College James Garvey Creighton University Omaha Neb

Students Spend Summer in Anaconda Raid of Missoula and Nearby

August Botzenhardt and George Wellcome, students at the State university at Missoula, spent Saturday with friends in Anaconda. Lowry Kunkel, a University of Idaho student, is spending the summer with relatives. Ed Beaudette returned to Anaconda from Regis College in Denver to spend the summer here. Bart Hogan of Boulder spent the weekend with friends and relatives. Joe Kiely of Butte visited friends in Anaconda today.

August Botzenhardt George Wellcome The State University Missoula Anaconda Lowry Kunkel University of Idaho Ed Beaudette Regis College Denver Bart Hogan Boulder Joe Kiely Butte

McAdoo calls for national economic council in postwar plan

William G. McAdoo of Los Angeles proposes a national economic council to stabilize business and agriculture, curb waste and unemployment, and balance production and consumption. He urges industry to prioritize human needs over profits, drawing on war industries board experience to guide a peace-time economy.

William G. McAdoo Los Angeles Treasury National Economic Council McAdoo Mr. McAdoo War Industries Board Peace Industries

Price Wars Draw Fire From Sugar Magnate Rudolph Spreckles

Rudolph Spreckles, noted American Sugar magnate, criticizes ongoing price cutting across industries. He warns that industrial leaders will not restrain destructive tactics, and questions government action to avert national harm. He argues arrogant leaders ignore history and that supreme power rests with the masses.

Rudolph Spreckles

Unemployment Study by Chicago Professors Released

A new work titled The Problem of Unemployment by Paul H. jas and Aaron Director of the University of Chicago adds a substantial contribution to labor literature. The book follows Douglas’s Real Wages in the United States From 1900 to 1926 and features a prefatory remark by Dr. Frank Aydelotte of Swarthmore College noting the effort to relieve destitution and offer guidance in tough economic times.

Paul H. Jas Aaron Director University of Chicago Douglas United States Frank Aydelotte Swarthmore College

Washoe Park Pavilion Set to Open Season with Dance

Washoe Park pavilion, a summer gathering place for residents, will open Tuesday evening for the first public dance of the season. Al Brown, a Butte resident, has leased the pavilion for the summer. this follows the Junior prom as the year’s initial entertainment at the park.

Anaconda Washoe Park Pavilion al Brown Butte

Armed Bandits Rob Motor Bud Bus Robbery

Bandits halted a Tulsa to Shamrock Greyhound bus at Erick Oklahoma detour arresting and searching passengers one by one. They refunded small change to passengers including Eva Schneider Fickes and Henry Wolfe who gave $93 and fled in two cars then escaped on the main road. A mechanic repaired the bus at Shamrock, with Trammell the driver unaware of the holdup until the stop.

W. E. Trammell Tulsa Okla Fl Paso Trammell Eva Schneider Phoenix Ariz Fickes Henry Wolfe Venice Calif Wolfe Texola Pickwick Greyhound Division Clinton Shamrock Erick

Powell county delinquent taxes nearly cleaned up

Powell county officers have nearly completed the delinquent tax work dating back to 1918. County Treasurer C. H. Adams calculated tax, penalty and interest on 436 properties, sending certificates to County Clerk Daniel D. Hertz Jr. Abstractor Mrs. C. E. Evans and assistant Betty Boyer reviewed records for possible mortgages to notify mortgagees and owners as required by law. Notices will be posted on properties soon, with some townsite lots and acreage to tax deed.

Deer Lodge Powell County C. H. Adams Daniel D. Hertz Jr Board of Commissioners C. E. Evans Betty Boyer Syndicate

Powell High School names next year's faculty

Deer Lodge June 7 Special says Powell high school will have J. R. Culver as principal and a full slate of teachers for next year. Mrs Nellie Fox Davies teaches mathematics, Vera Habenicht commercial, Edith Hamilton foreign languages, Evelyn Kuos music and art, A W Johnson agriculture, Winifred App English, Frances Malcke home economics, FE Miller science, Erma Monroe history and physics, Jessica Stevenson commercial, O S Skillangstad band and orchestra. Strump and Stafford resigned. vacancies to be filled likely Monday.

Jessica Stevenson Skillangstad H. D. Strump H. C. Stafford Paul

Motorists fined on intoxication charge

Mary Doe was fined $5 and John Doe $25 in Justice Bien's court Saturday on charges of driving an automobile while in an intoxicated condition. Their car collided with a vehicle parked in front of Hotel Deer Lodge about 8:30 Friday night. The damaged car owner claimed $200 in damages. The damaged car is owned by J. Ragnot, a salesman from Logan.

Deer Lodge Mary Doe John Doe Justice

Former Deer Lodge Resident Weds Classmate

Word arrives for Mr and Mrs W P Johnson of the upper valley announcing the marriage of their son Theodore Johnson of Bartlesville Oklahoma to Miss Marie Hughes of Dangerfield Texas. Theodore attended Deer Lodge schools and Montana State College in Bozeman and is now associate gas engineer at the Gerald mine in Bartlesville.

Deer Lodge W. P. Johnson Upper Valley Theodore Johnson Bartlesville Okla Marie Hughes Dangerfield Tex Johnson State College Bozeman Gerald

Road equipment on new stretch contracts moved north and south

Shannon and Hunt moved their graveling outfit from the Garrison Deer Lodge contract north of town on No 10 highway Saturday afternoon to the Deer Lodge Race Track contract south of town on the same highway. They will finish the incomplete portion beginning Monday.

Deer Lodge Shannon Hunt Garrison

Experts Call for Machinery to Replace Labor in Unemployment Cure

A group of experts argues the dented scale by business interests has failed to cure unemployment. They stress research workers and experts must act. They discuss the costs of unemployment and propose new machinery to replace labor and examine unemployment insurance.

Deer Lodge Notes On Local Outings and Visits

A. W. Johnson and high school agricultural class members are on a three day Nevada valley outing. Mrs. J. A. Mulcahy and daughter Kathleen visited friends in Butte. Miss Hilda Conley Helen Conley and Ethel Quinlan attended a Butte reception for Miss Nelson. Masonic Dinner club postpones until next Saturday with Arlene Waldron in charge of music readings and novelty dance. Fred Bond and wife of Green River Wyoming arrived in Deer Lodge visiting H. W. Evans family. Bond formerly Powell high school faculty member.

Deer Lodge A. W. Johnson Nevada Valley J. A. Mulcahy Kathleen Butte Hilda Conley Helen Conley Ethel Quinlan Nelson Masonic Dinner Club Arlene Waldron Fred Bond Green River Wyo H. W. Evans California Avenue

Eggs Replace Money At Blue Mountain Theater

In Blue Mountain Mississippi eggs stood in for admission payment at a local theater due to an egg surplus. Adults paid one dozen eggs and children eight eggs for entry, reflecting a quirky bartering experiment amid regional overproduction.

Blue Mountain Miss U.p

English German meetings close at Chequers

A laconic communique from Chequers reports Bruening Curtius visited with British leaders including Prime Minister and Miss MacDonald. It notes talks on Germany's difficulties and calls for alleviation while British ministers stressed the global low mood and sounded out subjects beyond reparations.

Heinrich Bruening Julius Curtius London Herr Bruening MacDonald Germany United States Bruening Dr. Curtius Chequers Board of Trade Barones von Neurath Arthur Henderson A. V. Alexander Bank of England George Bernard Shaw Robert van Sittart Clive Wigram Sheila MacDonald Byroeta Count Bernstorff Frederick Leith Ross Malcolm MacDonald

Rivals Agree on International Cooperation Boost

A historic note reports both parties backing national revival tied to global collaboration. The item also mentions a British railway firm leasing land at Lewisham for greyhound racing with a ban on Sunday events.

Lewisham England

Airplane crash kills two near San Francisco Bay

Oakland California June 17 two men Mitchell Miscovich 31 pilot from San Leandro and Maurice Sousa 24 Oakland auto mechanic died when their plane nosed into nine feet of water near the Key Route mole in San Francisco Bay authorities said the accident occurred today in the bay area

Oakland Cal Mitchell Miscovich San Leandro Maurice Sousa Key Route Mole San Francisco Bay

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Guam Louis Bleriot Sacco Vanzetti Goolidge Flo Kansas University Talk of the Town Senate Anaconda Bureau France Motor Bud Bureau Rudy Vallee Montana Power Company Aoa Montana Harrison Avenue
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