Business optimism at civic dinner highlights growth and faith
Butte Chamber of Commerce event featured speaker Dr. Thompson urging confidence and prudent progress. A. W. Merkle presided. John J. Holmes and Jean Kelley spoke on insurance. Thompson cited Roosevelt and bond oversubscriptions to contrast fear with opportunity.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow Club
A. W. Merkle
Peter Potter
Merkle
Harry Cunningham
Helena
Montana Life Insurance Company
Cunningham
Butte
John J. Holmes
Jean D. Kelley
A. M. Riley
Butte Life
Thompson
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Roosevelt
Chicago teacher wins big in unpaid contest spree
Miss Marge Hicks, a 23 year old Chicago teacher unpaid for months, earned 3331.87 dollars and numerous gifts through 180 contests in a year and a half. She ranks second nationally behind Clarence Farrar and says necessity drove her to contestwork to support her family.
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Marge C. Hicks
Chicago
United Press
Miss Hicks
Ruggles School
United States
Clarence B. Farrar
Atlanta
Hicks
Geneva disarmament conference adjourns to October
The world disarmament conference adjourned in Geneva until October 10 despite Nadolny's protest that the recess signals a funeral for disarmament. German and French delegates clash over implications while Roosevelt orders Davis back to Geneva to push for a general agreement.
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Montana Standard
Butte
Geneva
Rudolph Nadolny
Hitler
Rene Massigli
France
Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Midwest Torrid Wave Ends as Rain Breaks Heat
A midwestern heat wave ends after heavy rains across Minnesota North Dakota Illinois and Wisconsin. Two inches fell in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota while Missouri rain washed out railroad tracks delaying Secretary Wallace en route to Chicago. The weather man predicts a high pressure system moving east from the Pacific will end the heat wave by Saturday.
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Wolf Lake Race Course
Indiana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Wallace
Chicago
Pacific
Middle West
Jury retires without verdict in burglary case
After six and a half hours of deliberation Judge Frank Riley's court heard the burglary charge against Hugh Fagan 21 of 2028 Lowell Avenue and the jury could not reach a verdict retiring at 10 30 last night. Co defendants Thomas Martin and Tom Trevetick face similar charges but will stand separate trials.
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Hugh Fagan
Frank Riley
Fagan
W. B. Bradley
Lowell Avenue
Thomas Martin
Tom Trevetick
Roosevelt Given A Big Welcome On Canadian Visit
President Roosevelt received a warm reception in New Brunswick with locals recalling his boyhood ties and past visits. Norman Davis and L P D Tilley greeted him as crowds pressed to shake his hand. He spoke of permanent friendship between nations and planned return visits. The trip included a foggy Maine coast sail to Campo Bello and speed trials aboard the Indianapolis.
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Lubeck Narrows
Norman Davis
Geneva
Roosevelt
L. P. D. Tilley
New Brunswick
William Duncan Herridge
Washington
Chaims
Secret Service
Dominion Police
Eddie Lank
Eddie
Mr. Roosevelt
Captain Eddie
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Campo Bello
Maine
Indianapolis
Hampton Roads
Gasoline Tax Collections Dip In Montana
Receipts from Montana's 5 cent gasoline tax for the first six months totaled 1,343,950, down from 1,441,245 a year earlier. June collections reached 543,063 versus 367,377 in June 1932, according to the state board of equalization. Germany has a better highway program.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
De Pinedo plans long flight bid to break record
Gen Francesco De Pinedo arrives in the United States awaiting the aircraft for a non stop world distance record attempt. Once Italy’s air hero he resigned his post to protest being kept in Buenos Aires as a private citizen.
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Francesco de Pinedo
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Duce
United States
de Pinedo
Buenos Aires
Private negotiations in world money talks muddled
The piece argues that a world conference on money faces deep uncertainties as governments seek to raise prices without clear targets. It notes negotiators share vague aims, with Britain, France, and America pursuing divergent interests amid ambiguous, publicly debated aims.
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France
Treasure State to Enforce Road Limit Statute
Helena June 29 Montana prepares to enforce highway road limit law. Scales for inspections will be installed by the state highway commission at seven entry points Wyola Warren West Yellowstone Monida Lookout Novon Troy where foreign trucks must stop for inspection, State Purchasing Agent J E Murphy announced.
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Helena
Montana
State Highway Commission
J. E. Murphy
Wyola
Warren
West Yellowstone
Monida
Lookout
Novon
Troy
Negotiating Price Trends and Common Action Across Nations
The text discusses a plan to align inflation expectations among Britain, the author, and allied nations. It stresses a gradual price rise in Britain and France, with a need to reconcile underlying views. Success hinges on reaching a common objective and parallel national measures for international action.
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New York Tribune, Inc
Four Men to Fly to Alaska to Start Search for Jimmie Mattern
Four men plan a dawn takeoff to search for Jimmie Mattern missing more than two weeks on his world tour. Lead pilot William Alexander, with Fred Fetterman, Harold Persons, and Thomas Abbey, will refuel in Dayton and Akron before heading to Winnipeg. The plane carries 18 hours of fuel as the group aims to map and search sections. Mattern, who left Khabarovsk for Nome, disappeared over the trek across Siberia.
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New York
Alaska
Jimmie Mattern
William Alexander
Dayton
Akron
Ohio
Winnipeg
Fred Fetterman
Harold Persons
Thomas Abbey
Brooklyn
Alexander
Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Nome
Railway expansion links Fez to Tunisia via Taza segment
Work accelerates on the final section between Taza and Fez to complete a railway link that will provide Fez with through communication to Tunisia and connect North Africa.
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Taza
Fez
Tunisia
North Africa
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