Hobby show engages 700 Butte students with 1000 exhibits
Seven hundred Butte school children enter the first annual hobby show of the Butte Rotary club at the Y M C A. The event features more than 1,000 exhibits across arts industry domestic science and collections. Judges from the community will award prizes, and the display runs this afternoon and evening and on Thursday and Friday evenings to boost student activity and leisure time.
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France
Germany
Walsh
Treasury
Mines
Butte
Butte Rotana Club
Tariff Debate and Global Trade Stance in 1929
A 1929 reflection argues tariffs hinder world prosperity and trade expansion. Bananas versus potatoes illustrates how imports affect domestic production. The piece emphasizes world exchange benefits and foresees gradual tariff reductions as living standards rise. It cites Lawrence P. Fisher of Cadillac and notes the Romney portrait purchase by Howard Young.
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North American
Newspaper
Alliance
United States
House
Way and Means Committee
Lawrence P. Fisher
Cadillac Motor Company
Fisher Brothers
Detroit
Howard Young
Romney
Eliz
Miss La Duke Wins School Declamation Contest
Miss Margaret La Duke, a senior, won the Girls Central high school declamation contest at the Knights of Columbus hall. She will represent her school at the Missoula championship next week with The Swan Song as her subject.
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Central
Montana
Missoula
Margaret la Duke
Central High School
Knights of Columbus Hall
Miss la Duke
Margaret McKenna
Lucille Maillet
Knights of Columbus
Glee Club
Margare
LA Duce
Girls’ Central High School
Sterling Wood of Billings to be Rotary Chief
In Great Falls Montana on April 30 Sterling M Wood of Billings was chosen unanimously as district governor-nominee for Rotary International District Six and will be formally elected by the international board in Dallas Texas later in May. I B Sutton president of Rotary International addressed the Montana Rotarians urging greater efforts for world peace progress and ethical business practices as the convention closed after a day of speakers.
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Great Falls
I. B. Sutton
Rotary International
Montana
Sterling M. Wood
Billings
Wood
I. W. Church of
Five Convicts Ordered Hanged After Folsom Escape Attempt
The California Supreme Court denied appeals for five inmates involved in the 1927 Folsom prison escape plot. They incited fellow prisoners to escape on Thanksgiving Day, leading to their sentences and an emergency militia deployment during the shooting. A sixth convict filed a separate appeal.
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San Francisco
Folsom State Prison
State Supreme Court
Folsom Prison
Father Strangles Three Young Sons Then Ends Own Life
Te Williams Ontario April 30 UP Mike Walchin 30 a paper hanger killed his three sons Charles 7 Francis 5 and Norman 2 by strangling them with their mother’s silk scarf and then committed suicide by stepping in front of a freight train.
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Te Williams
Ont
Mike Walchin
Charles
Francis
Norman
Butte records second coldest and wettest April in 30 years
Butte posted the second coldest and wettest April in over 30 years with 19.5 inches of snow and an average 36 degrees. The warmest day reached 62 on the 28th while the coldest hit seven on the 6th. 1922 remains the record April. Ice on Lake Avoca on the 16th is noted in the report.
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Butte
Alex Blewett
Butte Electric Railway Company
Senate Deliberates Mellon Canada Visit and ALCO Stock Ties
The senate judiciary committee weighs Secretary Mellon's 1925 Canada trip amid questions over ALCO stockholdings. Norris' report says Mellon violated a long standing statute by owning interests in enterprises while head of the treasury. Senator Walsh presses for inquiry into the visit and the Duke company's interests in the Aluminum Company of America.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Canada
Aluminum Company of America
Norris
Treasury
Walsh
Montana
Treasury Department
Aluminum Company
Duke
Foner
Friends of
Pacific Vessel Sends Out SOS Off Point Reyes
The steamship Kadiak owned by the Alaska Packers association sent an SOS at 10:20 PM off Point Reyes Cal stating we are sinking and want aid. The Kadiak is listed at 116 tons gross.
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San Francisco
Point Reyes
Cal
Alaska Packers’ Association
Hungarian WWI veteran offers to fly Atlantic for 100 dollars
Andreas Vincze, claimed Hungarian World War I veteran with over 4000 flying hours, offered at Roosevelt Field New York to fly the Atlantic for 100 dollars and return for 150 more. He said he would fly around the world for 1000 dollars.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Andreas Vincze
Atlantic
Butte Doll Parade Planned by Local Scouts
Butte hosts its first doll parade on May 11 with 300 girls from 22 Blue Bird groups in a Camp Fire Girl linked procession through the city. Miss Connie Bell Hoover announces the event as an advance feature of the June scouts festival at Columbia Gardens.
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Butte
Camp Fire Girl Organization
Connie Bell Hoover
Scouts
Columbia Gardens
Massive M Day whitewashing on Big Butte in Butte
The Montana State School of Mines will form a line of 85 students at 9 AM to whitewash the enormous M on Big Butte. More than 20 bushels of lime will be used and hundreds of gallons of water passed along a 600 foot milk-can chain.
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Big Butte
Montana State School of Mines
Butte
Trustees to Seek Court Over Teacher Re hire Decision
The McKinley school district trustees plan to take the matter to court after voting to reconsider and annul April 23 actions approving the report of City Superintendent A H Douglass recommending Ruth E Naughton be rehired. Attorney Harry Meyer states the board majority has voted not to renew her contract for next term.
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Trustees
A. H. Douglass
Ruth E. Naughton
Harry Meyer
McKinley
Debentures Debate Flows in Senate Farm Relief Bill
The Senate moved the farm relief bill toward votes with the Norris amendment on export debenture rates. The proposal would cut debenture rates as production of debenturable products rises, but it lacked unanimous backing. Senator Caraway charged for those backing the plan.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Agriculture Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Caraway
Arkansas
Hoover Signs First Measure In Hoover Administration
President Hoover has signed the first measure to become law in his administration. The routine House Resolution 1412 provides funds for the House and Senate for the special session of Congress.
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Washington
Hoover
House
Senate
Congress
Evergreen plantings planned for Montana State School of Mines campus
The Montana State School of Mines campus will begin planting evergreens and shrubs Friday. Donors include the Rocky Mountain Garden club service clubs and women’s organizations. Planting will follow a plan by Prof. J F Harrington with a 2 pm meeting at the chamber of commerce to assign sites.
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Montana State School of Mines
Rocky Mountain Garden Club
J. F. Harrington
Department of
Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
School of Mines
U S Pilgrims Arrive in Rome Led by Cardinal O Connell
Cardinal O Connell leads 350 pilgrims from Boston to Rome arriving April 30. They will be received by the pope tomorrow evening and again on the following Thursday.
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Rome
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Flathead River Dam Bill Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize construction of an impounding dam for irrigation on government lands and to regulate the Flathead Clark Fork and Columbia rivers, Montana. The measure also seeks navigation improvements and was introduced by Senator Wheeler of Montana.
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Washington
Flathead River
Clark Fork
Columbia River
Montana
Wheeler
France presses Germany over reparations plan at Dawes committee
Paris sources report that France warns Germany there will be no later political conference if the second Dawes committee fails. Tempting the Dawes plan as the only alternative, Paris signals firm policy while other Allied delegations align, increasing pressure on Germany to accept and settle now.
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Paris
Germany
Dawes
Pew Papars
State Engineers to Len and on Drainage Matter
The state highway commission will send engineers to Butte to cooperate with County Surveyor Mike Loughran and City Engineer Mike Walsh on drainage and paving of the Harrison avenue gap. County Commissioner Tim Kearney notes cooperation has been assured by James H. Rowe of the highway commission, and a resolution seeks a thorough drainage plan before paving funds are committed for a year.
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State Highway Commission
Butte
Mike Loughran
Mike Walsh
Harrison Avena
Tim Kearney
State Highway Department
James H. Rowe
April city permits total through street additions and warehouse work
The Butte public works office issued 33 building permits in April totaling 42 125 dollars. Notable cases include a 15 000 warehouse addition for the Silver Bow Motor Co on California and Front streets and a 2 506 dollar two room residence addition at 822 West Broadway. Julius Olson contractor secured the warehouse permit and G la Craig handles the East Broadway addition. The month also included electrical and 31 plumbing permits.
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Butte Commissioner of Public Works
Silver Bow Motor Company
California
Front Street
West Broadway
Julius Olson
East Broadway
G. la Craig
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Herbert M. Lord
Bureau of Budget
Mellon Vial
Solon
Jawes Plan
Sterling Wood
Rotary
Pacific
Butte Kiddies
Meyer
Umbrella Factory
Granite
U.S
Flathead
Schacht
TATE
Len
Harrison Avenue
Kearney
Motor Co
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