Drought Grips Mid- America Amid Heat Wave
Drought conditions from a severe heat wave threaten major losses across three states. The Red Cross mobilizes aid in three states as reports describe extensive damage and suffering. Governors seek federal relief loans while surveys warn of grain crop failures and livestock losses in Oklahoma and Texas County Oklahoma.
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Kansas City
U.P
Mid- America
Red Cross
Oklahoma
Texas County
Record Comeback Staged by Business in Last Two Months
U P reported on June 24 that American business shows its sharpest recovery in two and a half months with about 1.5 million men returning to work. April and May industrial output rose 26 percent to 1923-25 average levels, as the Roosevelt recovery program aims to accelerate growth and reduce unemployment by summer’s end.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Yanks Victory in First London Currency Battle
Byron Darnton reports the London conference on currency stabilization centers on U S inflation policy. The dollar is being allowed to slide to spur production and hiring, while France leads a gold bloc demanding a fixed rate. Washington says no immediate stabilization, but may fix the dollar at a future value.
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London
Gold Bloc
America
Washington
Washington Administration
London Conference Aims to Raise Prices for Recovery Effort
World accord push from the London conference seeks price increases aligned with a recovery program. Participants expect coordinated policy measures to stabilize markets and support postwar rebuilding.
London Conference Pushes for Global Price Accord
In London, June 24, a drive for an international accord to raise prices in line with the American recovery program gained momentum at the World Economic Conference. Secretary Hull rejected claims of clashes between intergovernmental actions and domestic policy, urging a path toward worldwide cooperation to restore price levels. The talks closed their first week with delegates intent on concrete progress, amid a rift over monetary stabilization and French charges against U S obstruction.
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London
Cordell Hull
United States
Hull
Grain surge as crop failure fears grip U S markets
Alarm over possible nationwide crop failure with corn as an exception sent grain prices to new highs. Wheat futures rose about 3 percent with July at 82% cents, near double the prior low, as drought and dust storms cut acreage and a crop under 525 million bushels is feared. Continued on page 6.
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Chicago
United States
Silver Jubilee Plans For Father Joyce Celebration
Final plans are announced for the silver jubilee of Rev. William P. Joyce pastor of Sacred Heart parish. A solemn high mass at Sacred Heart, a noon banquet at the Silver Bow club for visiting priests, and an evening parish reception follow. The mass will feature Very Rev. J. M. Gilmore as deacon, Rev. Edmund Taylor as subdeacon, and Rev. E. P. Gilmore as master of ceremonies.
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William P. Joyce
Sacred Heart
Father Joyce
Silver Bow Club
J. M. Gilmore
Helena
Edmund Taylor
Ringling
E. P. Gilmore
Sacred Heart Church
Hailstorm Rips Across 25 Mile Eastern Montana Belt
A late Friday hailstorm tore through western and eastern Judith Basin counties. The line three miles wide and 25 miles long stretched from Sage Creek north of Benchland to Rossfork and Kolin, crippling winter wheat especially at Rossfork. Hobson saw shattered windows and damaged gardens but less severe harm overall.
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Lewistown
Judith Basin
Sage Creek
Benchland
Rossfork
Kolin
Hobson
Roosevelt Delayed by Motor Trouble on Yacht Cruise
President Roosevelt slows near Penobscot Bay due to motor trouble while sailing north with Franklin Jr and John. He visits with Solomon Parsons on North Haven Island and considers a voyage to Nova Scotia as weather remains favorable. Parsons, 87, sent the President a lobster and was invited aboard to thank him.
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President Roosevelt
Penobscot Bay
Pulpit Harbor
North Haven Island
Roosevelt
Franklin Jr
John
Nova Scotia
Solomon Parsons
Mr. Roosevelt
National Leader to Visit Butte Chevaliers Tuesday
General Elliott E. Lambert of Des Moines Iowa commander of the Patriarchs Militant I O O F will visit Butte Tuesday for an inspection meeting with the local canton and ladies auxiliary in Enterprise hall South Butte Many visiting chevaliers and their ladies from nearby cities expected. Colonel A J Wendel Montana department commander notes Lambert will tour Yellowstone park after Butte and may hold another meeting in eastern Montana before returning east General Lambert leads a semi military order of about 32000 chevaliers with 12 active cantons in Montana.
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Elliott E. Lambert
Des Moines
Iowa
Patriarchs
Butte
Canton and Ladies’ Auxiliary
Enterprise Hall
South Butte
A. J. Wendel
Department of Montana
General Lambert
Montana
Wendell
Montana unsettled with scattered thundershowers Sunday
Unsettled Montana forecast calls for scattered thundershowers Sunday with cooler conditions in the south central and extreme east portions. Monday is expected to be generally fair.
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Montana
Montana groups approve farm plans in unanimous vote
Directors of the Montana farm union and members of the Montana farm bureau executive committee voiced unanimous support for the national agricultural adjustment program relating to wheat. They recommended to Secretary Wallace eight appointees to administer the plan in Montana, listing Stockton, Parker, Lantz, Haight, and Horsford among others.
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Helena
Montana Farm Union
Montana Farm Bureau Executive Committee
Wallace
W. L. Stockton
Clarkston
Mirl Parker
Creston
H. L. Lantz
Malta
Herbert Haight
Suffolk
Oscar Horsford
Miles City Attorney Heads Montana Bar at Closing Session
Rudolph Nelstead of Miles City, secretary treasurer of the Montana Bar Association, was advanced to the presidency at the forty seventh annual meeting in Anaconda. John Bonner of Helena was elected secretary treasurer and named president of the University of Montana Law School Alumni Association. Delegates to the American Bar Association meeting were named: Dan M. Kelly, Leon Bulen, C. W. Leaphart, and Ralph J. Anderson.
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Miles City
Montana
Rudolph Nelstead
John Bonner
Anaconda
Montana Bar Association
Helena
University of Montana Law School Alumni Association
Bonner
State Highway Commission
Dan M. Kelly
Butte
Leon Bulen
Missoula
C. W. Leaphart
The
University
Ralph J. Anderson
Lewistown
Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Torrid Weather Claims Two Lives
Heat wave pushing temperatures to 104 degrees in Hugo Oklahoma claimed two lives. Cray N. Wright, 29, died after being overcome in a Paris Texas sanitarium. Grover Stokes, 50, died of a heart attack believed to be induced by the extreme heat.
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Hugo
Okla
Cray N. Wright
Paris
Tex
Grover Stokes
Butte Youth Hero After Rescuing Boy From Water
In Troy Ohio on June 24 Martin Zebra of Butte Montana 24 leapt from a railroad trestle to rescue Arthur Getzin 13 from drowning in the Miami river. Zebra pulled the unconscious boy ashore revived him with artificial respiration and the boy was later taken home after medical care.
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Butte
Troy
Ohio
Martin Zebra
Butte, Mont
Arthur Getzininer
Miami
Arthur
Zebra
Lad
Germany to Build Two Police Planes
Berlin reports Hitler's regime consolidates power with eight new laws. Goering confirms immediate construction of two police planes to guard against aerial incursions as a strange plane dropped pamphlets over Berlin. Authorities move to merge Boy Scout groups into the Hitler Youth and dissolve Catholic evangelical workers' clubs.
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Berlin
Germany
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
United Press
Hitler
Adolph Hitler
Reichstag
Paul Loebe
Hitler Youth Movement
Roosevelt Calls for Destruction of One Quarter Cotton Crop
President Roosevelt launches the cotton control program appealing to 2,000,000 growers to destroy a quarter of the crop. He warns of starvation prices if not fully accepted as reports indicate a potential 14,000,000 bale yield. The Agriculture Department notes rising acreage and carryover risks. The Farm Relief Administration expands its propaganda network.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Farm Relief Administration
Mother collapses as guilty verdict finds Buck guilty of kidnapping
Kenneth Buck is convicted of kidnapping 10 year old Peggy McMath and extorting 60 000 dollars and jailed for 24 to 25 years. His brother Cyril Buck is acquitted of kidnapping. Peggy was abducted May 2 and returned May 5. The trial included claims of a mastermind named Bill and a bootlegger from Hyannis.
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Kenneth Back
Peggy McMath
Cyril
Barnstable
Mass
Kenneth Buck
Margaret
Peggy” McMath
Elias Burwick
Kenneth
Peggy
Bill
Hyannis
McMath
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton Undergoes Paris Surgery
Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune reports evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton had a stomach operation ten days earlier after arriving in Paris in grave condition. She is recuperating at the American Hospital and is expected to remain about a week.
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Paris
New York Herald-Tribune Today
Charles Bove
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Los Angeles
Body of former Butte man recovered from river
The body of John Ruegg a former Butte resident who left after his wife died in a local hospital was found in the Yellowstone River near Billings on June 14 authorities said Ruegg had left Butte to testify against a local doctor in connection with his wife’s death The doctor’s charge was dropped when Ruegg could not be located after his appearance in Billings authorities searched for him but he vanished and was never found until the river recovery.
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John Ruegg
Butte
Yellowstone River
Billings
Ruegg
Rose
Alder
Justice
Yellowstone County
Adams
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Parley
Byron Darnton
New York
W. P. Joyce
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TATE
Bertha Buck
Albert Chase
Willard Carleton
Aimee
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