Hoover Names Brown to Lead Massive Army Corps Reorganization
President Hoover designates Brigadier General Lyte l Brown as chief of the army corps of engineers with authority over three major projects. Plans include Jadwin flood control on the Mississippi and its tributaries, expansion of U S waterways, and other grand works surpassing the Panama Canal in scale.
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Joseph H. Baird
Associated Press
Washington
Sept
Lytel Brown
Hoover
Army Corps of Engineers
Brown
Panama Canal
Mississippi River
United States
Shipbuilding Awards and Mergers Stir Business News
John F. Senclair reports on Navy craft construction by three U.S. shipyards Bethlehem Newport News and Brown Boveri amid a 1924 act shift toward government yards. He notes a merger wave reshaping ownership as Bloomingdale brothers reportedly exit active control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Newspaper Alliance
Raymond L. Buell
Foreign Policy Association of New York
United States
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Brown-Boveri Electric Corporation
Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation
William B. Shearer
Shearer
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Buell
Navy Yard
Russia Rebuffs Chinese Railway Settlement Proposal
The Soviet foreign office in Moscow rejected China's recent notes on the Chinese Eastern railway dispute. The note, delivered via the German embassy, said Nanking's proposals fail to meet Moscow's minimum conditions and insisted that reinstating a Russian manager for the railway is a prerequisite for any conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Foreign Office Today
Nanking
China
Forest Fire Threatens Stevenson as Greenleaf Is Wiped Out
In Stevenson Washington residents prepared to evacuate as a forest fire pushed by a westerly wind scorched the area. The blaze destroyed Greenleaf and a sawmill, with furniture lining streets and rail service along the Columbia cut off. An appeal for firefighting aid went to Hood River Oregon as smoke hung over the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Wash
Greenleaf
Hood River
Ore
Columbia
The
Major forest fires continue across Oregon Washington and California
By Duane Hennessy United Press staff correspondent the fires had consumed thousands of acres across Oregon Washington and California with losses in the millions. Eleven lives had been reported killed in Oregon and Washington while two deaths were recorded in California. Southern California faced the season’s worst blaze in Ventura county with about 1 000 men fighting a two mile front as the fire burned more than ten thousand acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Hennessy
United Press
Angeles
Oregon
Washington
California
Ventura County
Daily Ad Phone-in Classifieds Promotion
An all-year daily advertising push urges readers to phone in their ads. The fragment signals a continuous ad service with a call to action for placing notices or placements via telephone.
Trouble over note linked to alleged poisoning
Wallace Holbrook 53 a sheepherder told officers a note he delivered to the Svenssons 11 year old daughter sparked trouble cited by authorities as the motive for Mrs Lucy Cornforths alleged poisoning of her 8 year old daughter Mary Jane and her own planned suicide The note caused fear and led to the authorities prosecuting Mrs Cornforth and Holbrook
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Wallace Holbrook
Lucy Cornforth
Hugo Svensson
Mary Jane
Holbrook
Criminal case filed against Pitkanen for false death certificate
Mrs. Gertrude Pitkanen a Butte chiropractor is charged with signing a false death certificate to conceal a criminal operation on Violet Morse a 22 year old Anaconda woman in a justice court complaint filed by the state of Montana The case stems from an inquest into the death of the school teacher last month
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Pitkanen
Butte Chiropractor
Violet Morse
Justice Court
Montana
Solon Calls for Raskob to Quit Democratic Head
Senator Heflin of Alabama demanded in Washington that Joseph P. Raskob resign as head of the Democratic Party. He accused the party of using itself as a private agency to boost Alfred E. Smith’s 1932 presidential bid and called the action usurpation. He cited a Democratic meeting favoring Smith as evidence.
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Alabama
Solon
Raskob
Washington
Heflin
Democratic Party
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Butte Selected Site for Knights of Pythias Meet
Butte and Bozeman were chosen as meeting cities in Montana for Knights of Pythias events in October to greet Ira E. Clark of Minneapolis. Ernest Talien leads arrangements with Dave B. Hopkins and a committee from Damon Oswego and Calanthe lodges. The official date will follow after Clark’s Northwest tour details.
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Butte
Knights OF Pythias
Montana
Knights of Pythias Order
Dave B. Hopkins
Ira E. Clark
Minneapolis
Records and Seals
Bozeman
Clark
Northwest
Canada
Mr. Hopkins
Ernest Tallen
Centerville
Pe Falls
Helena
Boulder
Lodge
Philipsburg
Montana Grand Lodge
Hopkins
Damon Lodge No
Oswego Lodge No
Calanthe Lodge
Helena Water to be Tested for Typhoid Germs
Helena health officials launch investigation into city water after the death of George Fennell from typhoid fever. Dr. Arthur Jordan orders water supply tests and organizes wide scale free vaccinations with typhoid serum.
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Helena City
Helena
George Fennell
Arthur Jordan
Stolen plane en route to San Francisco reported
Airport officials in San Francisco received word that a stolen airplane from Salt Lake City was headed toward the Bay district. The craft, believed taken from Pocatello Idaho three days earlier, was reported to the commerce department raid information desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Bay District
Ve Department of Commerce
Pocatello
Idaho
Aviator Henry Tallman Killed in Conn Flight Crash
Ridgewood New Jersey pilot Henry H. Tallman aged 32 died when the Colonial Air Transport mail plane he piloted crashed into Mount Lamentation in Berlin Connecticut and burst into flames tonight.
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Berlin
Conn
Henry H. Tallman
Ridgewood
N. J
Colonial Air Transport Mail
Mount Lamentation
Husband's Pinches and Cruelty Spark Divorce Suit
Mrs. Mabel Maunder filed for divorce from William Maunder alleging repeated pinching and slaps. She states the acts left her body covered with bruises and intolerable married life. She seeks custody of two minor children, alimony, and costs. February 28 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Maunder
William Maunder
Alifort
Butte
Cyclone Batters Dinard and St. Malo in France
A cyclone and 40 hour rainfall hit Dinard and St. Malo causing four missing persons, 100 submerged villas, and rescues on house rooftops as soldiers aid families. Dinard’s city area split by floodwaters while St. Malo reports wind damage to homes. Cars submerged and resort damage feared across the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Dinard
St. Malo
United
Arbuckle Sued for Divorce by Former Butte Student
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, once a film comedian, faces a second divorce suit from his wife Doris Arbuckle filed in Los Angeles. She alleges desertion on May 26 1928 and ongoing cruelty with no property settlement, adding the first suit has been pending for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Roscoe
Fatty") Arbuckle
Doris Arbuckle
La Guardia Leads In Gotham Mayoral Nomination Returns
First returns from twelve hundred districts show Representative F H LaGuardia defeating former State Senator William M Bennett by a wide margin for the Republican mayoral nomination in New York. LaGuardia 12 493 votes Bennett 2 289 across Manhattan Brooklyn and the Bronx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
William M. Bennett
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
LaGuardia
Bennett
Bank Robbery in Mobridge Nets $4000
Mobridge South Dakota bank was robbed at noon as the Security State bank in the town was entered by a bandit who struck cashier Ludwig Christiansen, knocking him unconscious before fleeing with about $4000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobridge
Ludwig Christiansen
West Colusa property to reopen operations today
Major C L Berrien of the Anaconda company announced that operations at the West Colusa property will resume today. Two shafts are back in commission and a third will be ready in a few weeks after a fire damaged the West Colusa and Alex Scott hoists following a broken air pipe. Hiring will begin tomorrow morning at the West Colusa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Colusa
C. L. Berrien
Anaconda Company
Berrien
Alex Scott
Missing 16 year old Beatrice Adams in Wisconsin search
Beatrice Adams 16 of Ionia Michigan has been missing since Saturday after leaving her crowded parents car for a Wisconsin family's Overland. Police and sheriff's officers have checked tourists hotels and rooming houses from Whitehall toward Butte with no trace. The Adams parents report license C-248283 Wisconsin and are staying with J Winefield Scott at 2506 South Main Street while the search continues.
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Beatrice Adams
Ionia
Mich
Whitehall
Butte
Wisconsin
Wis
Charles Adams
J. Winefield Scott
South Main Street
Adams
Michigan
Seattle
Beatrice
Nellie
John Rinker
Adams-Rinker
Butte Chosen for State Editors Meet in 1930 Convention
Fergus County Argus publisher T F Rucker was elected president as Butte was selected for the 1930 Montana Press Association convention. W W Cheeley of the Montana Newspaper Association was added as third vice president, with Leon Shaw of Billings as first vice president and H G Brooks of Havre as second vice president. Secretary Henry Weare of Chester was re-elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Many Glacier
T. F. Rucker
Fergus County Argus
Lewistown
Butte
Montana Press Association
W. W. Cheeley
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Far
Adent
Leon Shaw
the Gazette
Billings
H. G. Brooks
Havre
Henry Weare
Chester
Helena Legionnaires to Be Guest of Butte Post Today
Silver Bow Post No 1 and the women's auxiliary will host a large Helena delegation on a Montana tour promoting Legion day at the state fair. The visitors arrive at 7 p m and travel by automobile from Missoula to Kalispell and Anaconda, with Anaconda Legionnaires joining in Butte. A 6 p m gathering at the Legion hall precedes a parade through downtown and an open meeting with an arranged entertainment program.
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Helena
Montana Fair
Silver Bow Post No. 1
American Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
Missoula
Great Falls
Choteau
Kalispell
Drumnpiond
Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Butte
Legion Hall
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John F. Senclair
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Hasbrouck Heights
International Newsreel
City
Oummer
Arbuckle
Doris Deane
Katie Huie
Paul Quon
San Diego
First Presbyterian Church
Wm. S. Ware
Philadelphia
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