Stock market climbs as copper leads gains in brisk session
The New York stock market rose swiftly with about 5.1 million shares traded as American Tobacco B Coca Cola Eastman Kodak Johns Manville Radio Keith Paramount United States Steel and Radio Corporation posted sizable gains. Copper prices fell to 13 cents, while call money cooled around 3 percent.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Danforth
New York
American Tobacco B
Coca Cola
Eastman Kodak
Johns Manville
Radio Keith
Paramount
United States Steel
Radio Corporation
Stephen Birch
Kennecott Copper
Billion Dollar Naval Building Program Planned
Washington May 6 A $1 000 000 000 ten year naval building program to reach parity with Great Britain was proposed by House Naval Affairs Committee Chairman Britten. The plan calls for 150 000 tons destroyers 73 500 tons six inch cruisers 69 000 tons aircraft carriers and 52 700 tons submarines to be funded under the London treaty framework.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Britten
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tragic Ohio mother shoots 9 children in sleep
In Columbus Mrs. Ethel Yelden 41 shot seven of her twelve children through the heart with a .22 rifle then attempted suicide with a bullet lodging in her shoulder. The dead include Farren 15 Elaine 9 Eleanor 8 Byron 7 Wayne 6 and twins Alice and Allen 3. Vernon 12, her son by a prior marriage, was sent to tend the stand. The second husband is in the state penitentiary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ethel Yelden
Vernon Geller
Farren Geller
Elaine Yelden
Eleanor
Byron
Wayne
Alice and
Allen
Meeting the Buyer Halfway
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Standard-Post
Butte Scouts Awarded at Court Records Break at Ceremony
Led by Eagle Scout Robert Smith of 2700 Phillips Street 79 Butte Boy Scouts and nine leaders received rank raises and merit badges at the May court of honor in Judge J. J. Lynch's courtroom. The event drew the largest attendance and marked the greatest awards list in the local council's history with 11 training course graduates also earning Second Class Scout awards.
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Robert Smith
Phillips Street
Butte
J. J. Lynch
Caliobury Heads Butte Rotary for Coming Year
Kenneth B Salisbury elected president of the Butte Rotary club. Other officers named are James R Thomas as vice president Roscoe Thomas as secretary and A L Matter as treasurer. Board of directors includes H D Kisler Blackburn Boardman Kneiver and Curt L Wilson. Delegates to Bozeman state conference listed.
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Kenneth Salisbury
Butte Rotary Club
Butte
Kenneth B. Salisbury
James R. Thomas
Roscoe Thomas
A. L. Matter
H. D. Kister
Charles A. Blackburn
John L. Boardman
A. J. Kneiver
Curt L. Wilson
Bozeman
Rotary
Money Given for Anti Smith Fund Tells of Testimony
FE C Jameson testifies before the Senate lobby committee that he contributed 45300 to Bishop James Cannon Jr for use in the 1928 anti Smith campaign in Virginia. Jameson was questioned after Representative Tinkham charged Cannon reported only 17900 of 65000. Cannon, president of the church board, will be called later.
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Washington
Cry
Senate Lobby Committee
FE. C. Jameson
New York
James Cannon Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Booth
Virginia
Jameson
Tinkham
Republican
Massachusetts
Cannon
Bishop Cannon
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Weather Forecast for Montana: Showers Then Fair
Montana: occasional showers Wednesday with a brief wet spell. Thursday looks mostly fair with little change in temperature. Weather outlook suggests variable skies and light winds across the state.
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Montana
Burma Quake Death Toll Near Seven Thousand
A May 6 dispatch from Rangoon estimates 5 000 to 7 000 killed in the Pegu Burma earthquake with about 50 dead in Rangoon and 204 injured. The Sane Dagon pagoda collapsed, riots erupted, and damaged communications hinder relief as fire destroyed remnants of Pegu.
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Burma
London
Daily Mail
Pegu
Rangoon
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Endl ess List of Outbreaks Marks Indian Situation
Bloodshed erupted in multiple Indian cities as Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign turned more confrontational. Authorities deployed troops and armored cars, intensifying police powers amid clashes including a notable Delhi incident.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Holy One
Delhi
Madrid College Quiet After Student Demonstrations
Spain's ag gressive university students who clashed with police in Madrid were quiet as guards filled entrances at San Carlos medical college. A worker was killed and 15 injured in yesterday's violence. the campus remained closed under government orders. Salamanca students staged sympathy actions but returned to class after assurances none of Madrid's rioters were detained. Professor Miguel de Unamuno, rector at Salamanca, is a key republican figure in the turmoil.
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Madrid
Spain
San Carlos Médical College
Colle
University of Salamanca
Enrique Marzo
Miguel de Unamuno
Republcan
Salamanca
Townsend Elected to Lead Rotarians
Colorado Springs May 6. C H Townsend of Casper Wyoming was elected governor of Rotary International Seventh District at the closing session of the annual convention. He succeeds O C Peterson of Loveland without opposition.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
C. H. Townsend
Casper
Wyo
Rotary International
Reserve Page
7Berson
Loveland
Oppoon
Marshal Joffre Ill in Paris Area at 78
Marshal Jacques Cesaire Joffre, famed victor at the Marne, is seriously ill tonight at his country home in Louveciennes near Paris. A week after returning from Southern France he has forbidden publication of his condition or location, and the illness only became known tonight.
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Paris
Jacques Cesaire Joffre
Marne
Louveciennes
France
Bonuses Awarded to Butte Street Car Employees
Nearly $1,200 in bonuses will be shared by Butte Electric Railway carmen for an accident free period from November 1 to May 1. Manager E. J. Nash notes the six month record is the best in over a decade despite severe winter weather. Two minor accidents occurred but avoided serious incidents on the city lines serving over 3,000,000 passengers.
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Butte Electric Railway
E. J. Nash
Nash
Civic clubs join in joint meeting in Butte today
Dr. Alfred Atkinson president of Montana State College Bozeman will be the keynote speaker at a joint luncheon of Butte civic clubs at the New Finlen The event marks World Friendship Week Dee J McGonigle Kiwanis president will head the gathering The Four of Us feminine quartet will provide special music with Rotary Exchange and Lions clubs attending as hosts to boost turnout
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Alfred Atkinson
Montana State College
Butte
Finlen Hotel
Bozeman
New Finlen
Atkinson
Dee J. McGonigle
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Rotary
Exchange
Lions
Peace-Time Red Cross Work Praised At US Convention
Dr Rene Sand and Dr Thomas Green lauded the Red Cross peace-time efforts from Iceland to South Africa at the annual convention dinner. About 1000 delegates were commended for their spirit and service as the organization stands against human cruelty.
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Washington
Red Cross
Iceland
South Africa
American Red Cross
Rene Sand
Beltechnical
of Red Cross
Thomas F. Green
Butte Chamber Plans Gas Retailing Push and Station
The Butte Chamber of Commerce gas committee plans to enter the retail gas field with a bid to lower prices. James H. Rowe filed a petition with the city clerk for a gas distributing station at Kaw avenue and Front street and a spur from the Northern Pacific yards to the site. Plans call for two 13,000 gallon storage tanks and multiple 550 gallon distributing tanks plus necessary equipment.
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Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
James H. Rowe
Kaw Avenue
Front Street
Northern Pacific Yards
Tornado Toll Rises Across Texas With 24 Identified
Across Texas a series of tornadoes left many dead with 24 identified so far. Dallas reports 36 believed killed in scattered communities. Broken lines hinder exact tallies as frost in Navarro county accounts for 12 fatalities and Runge in Karnes county for five.
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Dallas
Texas
Tex
Frost
Navarro County
Runge
Karnes County
Prohibition Seizure Drive Targets Bootleg Materials
Washington May 6 Prohibition Commissioner Doran announced a national campaign to seize bootlegging paraphernalia including home brewing supplies. The drive follows a Supreme Court ruling allowing confiscation of bottles caps barrels and related items sold to make liquor at home. The effort will target stores and merchants rather than private homes.
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Washington
Prohibition
Doran
Supreme Court
Treasury
Sca
Danovitz
Women pilots and passengers dominate early Great Falls Butte Salt Lake route
On National Parks Airways flights linking Great Falls Butte and Salt Lake City nearly a quarter of passengers are women. Regular travelers include Charles Bonner Goodyear manager, B G Pitt Butte Dental Supply head, and George Melton the noted handball player.
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National Parks Airways, Inc
Great Falls
Butte
Salt Lake City
Charles Bonner
Goodyear Tire Company
Helena
B. G. Pitt
Butte Dental Supply Company
George Melton
Dillon
Rotana Club Observes Mothers Day Dinner in Butte
The Rotana club of Butte held its annual Mothers Day observance at the Silver Bow club with about 150 attendees. Miss Katherine Murphy presided as president while speakers addressed themes of Young Mothers and The Professional Mother followed by rose sachets for all mothers present.
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Silver Bow Club
Katherine Murphy
Silver Bow
Rotana Club
Butte
Club Presi
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Stable Money Association
F. A. Delano
Wabash Railroad
Mr. Delano
Caliobury Heads Butte
Board of Directors
James W. Douthat
Associated Press
Townsend
Marshal Joffre
Front
Kaw
Chamber of Commerce
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