Endurance Flight Near Record as Flyers Hold On
In Fort Worth two endurance fliers pilot the reconditioned Ryan monoplane through intermittent showers with 24 hours to go to match the army Question Mark. They aim to set a new world refueling record after surpassing the Graf Zeppelin and Dixmude milestones. Parachutes, notes from the crew, and a steady Wright engine mark a tense climb toward 150 hours.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Mead- Nataski
Reg Robbins
Sities
Ryan
California
America
Germany
Robbins
Kelly
K. K. Hoffman
H. 8. Jones
Wright
Everybody's Business Everybody's Business
John F. Sinclair notes need for larger banks and highlights Barnes aiding Hoover. Air excursion discussed as a current topic.
Nationwide bank defections prompt call for branch banking change
Comptroller John W Pole says 79 national banks with $2.75 billion in assets have surrendered charters and come under state supervision. He warns the national system is in a critical state and urges amending the banking act to permit limited branch banking amid rising bank failures. The Bank Stock Holding Company has expanded, signaling a trend toward larger banking units.
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John F. Sinclair
North American
Aper Alliance
John W.pole
United States
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Bank Stock Holding Company
Automobile Men to Confer on License Regulations
The Montana Auto Distributors association met in Butte to discuss license policy. Directors plan to travel to Deer Lodge to meet Austin Middleton, state license registrar, about rules for issuing licenses and harmonizing with western state practices. Attendees included C. A. McKinney, F. T. McCormick, W. J. Mulvaney, Emmet Smith, H. O. Bell, and Dean.
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Montana Auto Distributors’ Association
Butte
Deer Lodge
Austin Middleton
C. A. McKinney
Great Falls
F. T
Montana shifts from liability to asset as tourist draw grows
A. J. Breitenstein reports at Spokane that Montana now sends more tourists through the Spokane gateway to Washington Oregon and California than it receives. He notes Montana’s parks Yellowstone Glacier and Teton boost appeal and Spokane advertising funds supported Montana attractions.
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Montana
Pacific Northwest
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
California
A. J. Breitenstein
Montana Automobile Association
Northwestern
Spokane
Breitenstein
Venus
Yellowstone
Glacier
Teton Parks
Support Campaign for Scouts Seeks Private Backing
Support is needed to fund a Boy Scout objective of nine thousand five hundred dollars. Additional solicitors have joined the committee citing leadership from First National bank Ray Richards Metals Bank and Trust. The article lists seven solicitors Ward Thompson W G Murray each with subscriptions and credits for progress to date. Continued on page 32 Cal 7.
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First National Bank
Ray Richards
Metals Bank and Trust Company
Ward Thompson
W. G. Murray
Miss Catherine Harrington Heads Business Women Club
Miss Catherine Harrington was elected state president of the Business and Professional Women's clubs at the state convention in Deer Lodge. Missoula will host next year’s meeting. New officers include Dr. Alice Strowd and Mrs. Thelma Kantner with Miss Florence Irving as recording secretary and Miss Marie Thorkels as not specified. A round table led by Dr. Daisy Rieger featured Harrington’s abroad talk. The convention, opening Wednesday, was hailed as the federation’s most successful.
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Catherine Harrington
State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Deer Lodge
Butte
Missoula
Alice Strowd
Glendive
Thelma Kantner
Florence Irving
Marie Thorkels
Oper
Mrs Tunney Relapses After Appendicitis Operation
In Brioni Italy on May 24 Mrs Gene Tunney has suffered a relapse in her recovery from emergency surgery for acute appendicitis performed April 30. Doctors will study her condition further before making a prognosis.
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Brioni
Italy
Gene Tunney
Unification of Churches Considered by Presbyterian Assembly
The 141st Presbyterian general assembly at St Paul debates church unity with moves toward merging the Protestant Episcopal Church and the Methodist Church South. Dr Samuel G Craig attacks Princeton Seminary president Dr J Ross Stevenson as causing campus strife amid board factional reports.
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Hector Perrier
United Press
ST. Paul
Minn
Aoe
She
Princeton Seminary
141St Presbyterian General Assembly
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Craig
Dr. Stevenson
William L. McEwan
Philadelphia
Two Monoplanes Delayed by Ocean Weather in Maine
Old Orchard Maine May 24 United Press reports two monoplane flights to Rome and Paris delayed by ocean weather. The American Green Flash and French Yellow Bird await late meteorological updates from Dr James H Kimball hoping for Saturday morning takeoffs. co-pilots Roger Williams Lewis Yancey and Yellow Bird crew Rene LeFevre Jean Asselant express eager readiness.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Rome
Paris
James H. Kimball
New York
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Rene LeFevre
Jean Asselant
Senate rejects census apportionment amendment
Washington May 24. The senate by a 45 to 38 vote rejected an amendment to the census apportionment bill. The amendment aimed to prevent the president from declaring a reapportionment of the house membership based on the 1930 census if Congress fails to provide for it.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Prohibition Is Here to Stay Says Ford After Hoover Visit
At a White House luncheon Herbert Hoover and Henry Ford discussed prohibition. Ford stated Prohibition is here to stay and must be enforced with no modification. He cited widespread machine use in homes and aviation as factors supporting sobriety in a fast paced era. He avoided details on the new law enforcement commission and its formal charter.
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Prohibition
Ford
Hoover
Lawrence Sullivan
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Henry Ford
White House
Remarks of grocer to woman end in fatal beating
Geor getown Tenn May 24 V Lee Atchley a 35 year old merchant died from wounds inflicted yesterday with a wagon spoke by Eva Cofer who resented advances she reportedly confronted him at his store returning with the weapon hitting him six times on the head She went home and spent today at work picking strawberries Atchley was married with two children.
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Georgetown
Tenn
Lee Atchley
Eva Cofer
Atchley
Federal court to hear 35 abatement cases today
United States district court will hear 35 abatement cases at 9 30 a m with additional defaults expected. Roadhouses Hollywood inn on the Butte Anaconda highway and Four Mile house on Harrison avenue are among premises to be closed. Also listed are 14 bootlegging establishments in Butte nine in Anaconda and others in Dillon Ennis Alder Sheridan and more. Reopening petitions for legitimate use of five abated premises will also be heard.
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United States
United States District Court
Hollywood Inn
Butte-Anaconda Highway
Harrison Avenue
Butte
Anaconda
McQueen Addition
Silver Bow County
Dillon
Ennis
Alder
Sheridan
George M. Bourquin
The
Marans Outfitting Company
West Broadway
E. W. Dodd
Special Veterans Memorial Service Set at Shortridge Church
War veterans and representatives of all patriotic bodies in Butte will attend a memorial service at Shortridge Memorial Church. The Rev. A B Bristow will deliver a sermon titled The Unfinished Battle and George V Stevens will present a musical program. Services begin at 8 o clock Sunday evening.
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Butte
Shortridge Memorial Church
A. B. Bristow
The
Christian Church
George V. Stevens
Proposals Seek Inquiry Into Federal Reserve Credit System
In Washington on May 14, resolutions were introduced in Congress to probe the federal reserve system its impact on credit and the new large industrial and commercial combines formed in four years The proposals include a senatorial inquiry by Senator King and a $25 000 appropriation for the senate banking and currency committee to conduct the investigation The scope covers defects in the federal reserve system and related credit conditions.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Congress
King
Utah
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Amon
Prooe
Nced
Britain’s envoy prepared to end embassy drinking privileges
Sir Esme Howard the British ambassador to the United States said he would surrender the embassy liquor privilege if the United States wished to cancel it. He spoke at the Hotel Plaza during the British Commonwealth club’s first anniversary dinner and said he would cooperate with other diplomats in fulfilling the American government’s desire.
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New York
Esme Howard
United States
Hotel Plaza
British Commonwealth Club
Esme
James T. Carter
Epperson Lumber Company
Lynchburg, Va
Death Visits Unfortunate Butte Family In Measles Pneumonia Tragedy
A 15 month old died at 72544 North Main Street from measles that escalated to pneumonia. Four children remain ill at home while two others, ages 10 and years, fight for recovery in hospital with nurses attending. Father was the bread winner. mother exhausted from care.
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North Main Street
Daily Press
St. Mary’s Church
Father Nolan
St. James Hospital
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