Butte Labor Day observances planned with parades and events
Butte residents plan a full Labor Day program with band concerts athletic contests and public speaking at Columbia Gardens. More than 7 000 union members are expected for the Silver Bow Trades and Labor council sponsored event. Rodeo action in Deer Lodge and fishing and picnicking trips will also draw crowds. Stores banks and offices close for the holiday as street cars and park grounds prepare for attendees.
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Deer Lodge
Columbia Gardens
Silver Bow
Coste Delays Transatlantic Flight After Weather Check
French air ace Captain Dieudonne Coste prepared to depart from Le Bourget for a New York crossing but postponed the flight possibly for hours awaiting updated weather reports. He arrived with his wife as engines were tuned and the plane readied for launch.
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LE Bourget
France
Dieudonne Coste
Atlantic
New York
Tornado Kills Man as Houston Airport Struck by Storm
A tornado with high winds and heavy rain hit the Houston Municipal Airport area. William A. Glover, 73, was killed when lightning struck a tree he sat beneath. Hangars were damaged and a garage demolished. rain flooded streets and disrupted traffic.
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Houston
Texas
William A. Glover
Huston
Van Orman Seeks Gordon Bennett Cup With Fifth Takeoff Card
Cleveland Aug 31 Ward T Van Orman pilot of the balloon Goodyear VIII carries a small card marked Fifth inside his coat pocket. The card marks his takeoff position for the Gordon Bennett international race and follows a string of fifth place wins in national and international races. Van Orman notes the coincidence with optimism hoping it brings luck to win against rivals for the permanent Gordon Bennett trophy. He has a one race advantage after last year’s victory as the Detroit board donates the trophy for permanent possession after three consecutive wins.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ward T. van Orman
van Orman
America
Detroit Board of Trade
Independents to Nominate Heflin at Session Today
Delegates from across Alabama meet in Montgomery to nominate Senator J Heflin for the United States Senate on an independent ticket tomorrow while John H Bankhead of Jasper is named by the Democratic party to succeed Heflin.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
J. Heflin
United States Senate
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Democratic Party
Heflin
New York Jurist Was Former Bootlegger
New York authorities review a report that a city jurist engaged in bootlegging before his bench appointment. Charges include paying 200000 for his post with half from himself or family and half by a syndicate of people. The probe into corruption widens among several judges awaiting further details.
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Paul W. White
New York
New York City
Hamilton Ward
Pee
Supreme Court
Rio Grande do Sul unrest eyed in Brazil political shakeup
A Porto Alegre dispatch to La Mañana reports growing unrest in Rio Grande do Sul with potential revolutionary actions. The dissident faction is led by former minister Osvaldo Aranha, who resigned after Dr Julio Prestes defeated the regional president in the national election.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Porto Alegre
la Manana
Rio Grande Do Sul
Osvaldo Aranha
Julio Prestes
Forty Seven Million Persons Provide Bread for Nation
Census Director William M. Steuart estimates forty seven million people are the bread winners for a nation of more than 122 million. He notes this count excludes about 23 million housewives and suggests 40 to 42 million may be at full-time work on any day.
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Washington
U.P
William M. Steuart
Steuart
Early Snow Hits Butte as Old Man Winter Arrives
Snow fell between 2 and 3 pm marking the season’s start in Butte with Aug 31 drawing comments. Residents traded summer outfits for coats and wraps as a northwest wind chilled air and radiators hummed. Minimum 41 degrees at the weather office, frost feared for late blooms. Airmail pilots reported snow in Great Falls.
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Butte
Palm Beach
Great Falls
Former leader of U S Army in Germany dies at cottage
Major General Henry T. Allen aged 71, former commander of the American army of occupation in Germany, died of a heart attack at a Buena Vista Pennsylvania cottage after a fall from a veranda. He had accompanied his wife to visit Dr. Rudolph Leitner, first secretary of the German embassy.
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Henry T. Allen
Army of Occupation
Pennsylvania
Waynesboro
Here
Germany
Washington
Rudolph Leitner
Leitner
Buena Vista
H. Co. Bridges
Blueridge Summit
General Allen
Suspect Held in Slaying of South Bend Child
George Caine, 32, of South Bend, Ind., was arrested in Indianapolis as a suspect in the kidnapping and slaying of eight-year-old Marveline Appel from South Bend last week. Police say he attacked his 14-year-old stepdaughter here, sending her to the City hospital in serious condition.
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Indianapolis
George Caine
South Bend
Ind
Marvel- Ine Appel
Caine
Cas
City
Progress Against Spotted Fever Marked by Martyrs in Rocky Mountain Fight
In a long struggle to conquer Rocky Mountain spotted fever scientists have toiled across Western Montana and at the Rockefeller Institute. Dozens labored in Bitter Root laboratories and field work while six workers died from the disease, including Dr. Howard Taylor Ricketts who passed away in Mexico City on May 2, 1910.
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Hamilton
Montana
Rocky Mountain
Bitter Valley
Rockefeller Institute of
Rocky Mountain System
Howard Taylor Ricketts
Mexico City
Ricketts
Aerial Stars Shine at MidWest National Races in Chicago
Crowds of 40 000 watched Ben O Howard of St. Louis win his fifth straight men's free-for-all aboard a tiny special plane on an all nations day program. Verne Roberts of Moline claimed the cabin race for planes under 800 cubic inches while William Ong of Wichita placed second and E V Newson of Little Rock third. Roberts averaged 146.58 mph on the 25 mile course and J H Livingston of Aurora, Ill., took second in the cabin ship race with 145.40 mph. R T Quimby of Moline was third fed by the day’s events, two contests were canceled due to international objections and a mixed doubles derby to Cleveland was halted.
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Curtiss Reynolds
Chicago
Middle West
Ben O. Howard
St. Louis
Verne Roberts
Moline
Tll
Howard
William Ong
Wichita
Kas
E. V. Newson
Little Rock
Ark
Roberts
J. H. Livingston
Aurora
Ill
R. T. Quimby
Ills
Cleveland
Search Underway For 13 Year Old Boy Missing From Butte Home
Butte police and sheriff’s deputies conducted a wide search for Richard Lewis 13 son of Mrs Joe Gardiner of 1952 Princeton avenue missing since 10 am Saturday. He is described 5 feet 4 inches tall with dark hair and eyes wearing overalls a dark blue shirt a tan checkered cap and tennis shoes. Family fears he may have swum out and been overcome. Boy Scouts were to assist as information lines were set at 24760.
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Butte
Richard Lewis
Joe Gardner
Princeton Avenue
Penn
Boy Scouts
Montana Forecast Sees Warm Rise Monday
Monday and Tuesday expect generally fair weather across Montana with a warmer day Monday. The outlook notes a gradual warmup into the new week with largely clear or calm conditions.
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Montana
Yeggs Blow Safe in Eagles Lodge Room in Butte
Police report a clever safe-cracking at the Eagles hall in the Lewisohn building last evening. The safe door was blown off with nitroglycerin and entry attempted in the lodge room of the painters union. butte officers Duggan and Riley investigated. amount taken is believed small.
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Yeggs
Eagles’ Lodge
Butte
Eagles’ Hall
Lewisohn Building
Geggs
Painters’ Union
Duggan and
Riley
Cafe Robbed At Store Here Man Taken In Plate
More than 400 bystanders watched as Frank Mahoney was captured by Butte police in the Metropolitan Meat Market office on East Park street after breaking open the safe. He carried over $1,500 in cash, silver and checks. An accomplice fled as officers closed in within minutes. Mahoney surrendered quietly. arrest expected today.
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Frank Mahoney
Butte
Metropolitan Meat Market
East Park Street
Mahoney
Tom Greene
Greene
Bernard Allard
Christ Regan
Allard
Alligator Attacks Wrestler Ending Exhibition
An alligator wrestling exhibition at a park pool ended when an alligator snapped the left hand of 19 year old George Rodgers two inches above the wrist. Spectators fainted as the crowd was cleared and Hob Rodgers had earlier been bitten in the first act.
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Philadelphia
George Rodgers
Hob Rodgers
Railway Disaster: Texas Special Derails near Osage Hills
Eleven killed and about thirty injured when the Texas Special of the St. Louis San Francisco railroad derailed at Osage Hills ten miles west of St. Louis. Coroner Dr. John O Connell says rock piled on the rail caused the accident. Continued on Page 2 Col 1.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis-San Francisco
Osage Hills
Here
St. Louis County
John O'Connell
V F W Memorial Service Opens Annual Encampment in Baltimore
Baltimore hosts the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual encampment with a memorial service for the dead. More than 20 000 veterans from every state and territories attend as parades and concerts unfold. President Hoover is expected to review the veterans in a Tuesday event.
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Baltimore
United States
China
Cuba
Philippines
Montezuma
France
Eighth Army Corps
Veterans’ Association
National Order of the Coptie
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hoover
Huge Stone Idol Claimed Found Near Mexico City
An archeologist Pandurang Khankloje uncovered a 33 foot high stone idol near Tecocom near Mexico City. The pre Aztec water goddess Chalcutlique is 20 feet thick with remnants of green paint. The statue likely lies in a deep ditch awaiting a railroad to move it.
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Mexico
Mexico City
America
Tecoco
Pandurang Khankloje
Porfiro Diaz
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