Bee che 2 chee American Flyers Take Off for Pacific
American Flyers depart for a Pacific hop with the Bee Che 2 Chee group aboard. Dr. Max Winkler outlines the mission and aims of the trip as part of Everybody's Business feature.
08 Sep 1931
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1931
Page
1
American Flyers depart for a Pacific hop with the Bee Che 2 Chee group aboard. Dr. Max Winkler outlines the mission and aims of the trip as part of Everybody's Business feature.
Authorities link a blood-spattered automobile to two slayings as a ship mounts from a sandy beach and a blazing gas pillar lights the mining city marking a major project closure while officials seek the owner who abandoned the vehicle.
Police hunted two gunmen after a bloodstained car was found on a Denver street and a youth’s body was found near Holyoke while another man’s body was found in Kansas City Kansas. Lyle Barry was tentatively identified. tire tracks matched the abandoned car. The case linked to both slayings remains under investigation.
The Chilean naval revolt ended as loyalist land and air forces struck the insurgents. The warship Almirante Latorre surrendered at Tongoy after crews were replaced on several ships. Destroyers entered Valparaiso and the Govenment moved to consolidate the fleet, signaling the end of the rebellion.
Joseph E. Elmore of Napa California, 21, died after a plane crash in a pasture near Richfield Utah. His pilot, Wilbur Stewart, 30, also of Napa, was in critical condition with a skull fracture and crushed chest. Witnesses said Stewart circled seeking a landing site before the crash.
A towering flame from the Hill near the School of Mines marked the entry of natural gas into Butte via the 225 mile Cut Bank line. Thousands watched as the Montana Power Company completed a major project with a blaze that lit the night sky and drew crowds along surrounding streets.
Severe flooding in Northern Honan and Shantung areas devastates villages. The Yellow River overran its banks, 700 people drowned in Mengtsing district, 20,900 made homeless. Yangtse burst dykes near Sinti, leaving 80,000 clinging to levees awaiting aid from Hankow. Government warns of famine with 50,000,000 potential starvation, 350,000 already dead.
A Labor Day event in Columbia Gardens drew about 10 000 attendees on a sunny afternoon. The Silver Bowl Trades and Labor council organized a program from 1 to 4 pm featuring sports events open to all and three speeches by Senator B K Wheeler Congressman John M Evans and James Graham Montana Federation of Labor president. Many more spent the holiday at Western Montana resorts as highways filled with cars heading out Saturday.
Officials and workers gathered in Butte to witness a dramatic natural gas demonstration. A 50 foot pipe flame rose from a tall tower near the School of Mines stadium, fed by gas under 450 pounds pressure, forming a cross shaped blaze about 50 feet high under still air. The fiery plume drew thousands despite wind shifting the flame into a waving column as night fell.
Obiishi radio reports Don Moyle and A. Allen flying a nonstop Tokyo Seattle route passed Point Erimo at 6 40 a m local time after about 110 miles in 70 minutes.
Ogden L Mills, undersecretary of the treasury, argues against huge cash payments to war veterans. He warns such disbursements would slow business recovery and invite future retribution, noting leaders worldwide push costly projects for voter favor. He cites Latin American and European examples and the danger of mortgaging the future for present gains.
More than 100 spectators watching the Harmsworth trophy race from a Detroit river loading dock were plunged into eight to ten feet of water when the pier collapsed. Patrol boats and harbor divers searched the scene as officials reported no children drowned and later denied a missing boy.
Lowell Bayles, speed sensation of 1931 national air races, won the Thompson trophy in Cleveland with an average 236.239 mph over 10 laps on a 10 mile course. He led all race stages before 80,000 spectators, earning $7,500. Dale Jackson and J R Wedell followed. Holman tallied third. Major James H. Doolittle, Sr. announced the payout.
Capt. George Converse of Somerset Kentucky, a Bowman Field based army pilot, was fatally injured when his plane crashed near the field late today. Private Arthur Jenks of Louisville was injured in the incident.
Danville Virginia September 7 Bud Lipford 22 of Danville dies after a chute fall in an unspecified event. Police and medical personnel investigated the accident and prepared a report for the coroner. Further details were not immediately released by local officials.
William MacMahon a longtime Associated Press editor in New York and former editor of Munsey's magazine died suddenly of heart disease at 54 His daughter Aline MacMahon Broadway actress and screen star is married to architect Clarence Stein His widow also survives
In Genoa on a Saturday a premature explosion wrecked what police called a bomb factory and headquarters of a nationwide terrorist ring. Three persons were killed in the blast.
The forecast indicates unsettled conditions across Montana on Tuesday with cooler air east of the divide. Wednesday is expected to bring mostly fair skies and improved conditions.
Wenatchee post No 10 celebrates the American Legion national convention by sending a decorated car named the Spirit of Skookum with boxes of Skookum apples to Detroit. Ben E. Bothan and Vic Jenson toured by car distributing fruit along the route, greeted by local officials in Butte. Continuous coverage continues on Page 2.
Don Moyle and C A Allen left Samushiro Japan at 5 30 am bound for Seattle in a single engine monoplane carrying enough gasoline for 47 hours with no radio to relay progress. The hazardous flight charts a course over a largely untraveled stretch of the north Pacific as authorities report the start of a perilous journey.
From Geneva Sept 7 a Balkan flareback at the Hoover war debt plan dominated League of Nations council discussions Premier Venizelos of Greece sharply rebuked a Bulgarian complaint that Greece had suspended indemnity payments to Bulgarian emigrants After hours debate the council moved on to the Austro German customs union and received The Hague court's opinion ruling out the project Then the council thanked the court and noted both Austria and Germany remained unsettled Continued on Page 2 Col 4
Ten thousand Butte children head to city schools as more than 7 200 pupils enroll in public grades and secondary schools while parochial schools plan for over 2 500 new leaders. Faculty return from vacations and will greet students, assign seats, and issue books as principals and teachers conference to outline the day.
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