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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1933
Page
1
Old news report outlines Lindberghs unfurling plan to fly from Africa’s coast to Brazil. It notes Bathurst cable disruptions and limited wireless links delaying communications as the Kilburns prepare for a transatlantic leg with official estimates pending.
The report bundles disparate world items from New York to Berlin. It notes Vindberghs in Africa, Navy reform talks in Washington, indictments in Topeka, Roosevelt in Warm Springs, and a Paris trial reprise. Other lines cite financial securities tweaks, global unrest, and political appointments.
Washington details of tax policy debates at press time show special taxes set to expire while liquor taxes rise. Officials balance revenues against costs for fiscal year 1935 as debt mounts to postwar highs and gold prices surge. The Treasury committee weighs income taxes against liquor revenue to craft recommendations for Congress.
Washington reports rapid steps toward repealing Prohibition as 14th Amendment ratification moves forward. President Roosevelt plans to proclaim repeal once states complete conventions and notify the nation. Officials in Pennsylvania Utah and Ohio urge rapid action and wind up preparations for the anticipated shift in liquor laws.
Baltimore December 2 The executor of the estate of Ito Venry Walters disclosed today that the original manuscript of The Star Spangled Runner is being held by the estate and valued at Hon.
Dublin reports say President Eamonn de Valera informed the British government he plans to proclaim an Irish republic. The Free State external affairs secretary declined confirmation, while the proposed move drew unclear reactions from London officials amid uncertainty.
Washington remembers Captain Wilkin Binsten aged 75 who led a long, relentless fight against the prohibition amendment. Known as the real "Daddy of Stepents," he founded and chaired the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, helping shift sentiment away from dry laws over 16 years of advocacy. He remained active in temperance circles until his passing in Stayton, Del, near the temperance press in Clarence.
The house, tangled in NRA related bills, plans to reconvene Monday morning at 9. No tests today but staff remain on duty as members push to alter most of HB 3. Proposals include financing for Montana Normal School at Wittings and new buildings for Warm Springs Hospital, Galen Tuberculosis Sanitarium, and Missoula State University union.
Ilo Hawaii Dec 2 reports the largest eruption of a Hawaiian volcano in memory. Dr Thomas A Jagger, oceanologist and Kiauca Observatory director, rode to the summit of Mauna Kea 13 076 feet and described a mile square lava fountain field in Mokuwrowee pit. A three mile lava column rose to the clouds as thousands of fountains erupted, with plume visible 200 miles away and the eruption beginning with 988 booming roars.
Denver area chief of police and investigators pursue a spate of threatening phone calls and letters aimed at County Judge George Clerg and his wife. The messages intensified after a California lynching reference was read in a telephone call. Authorities say the threats have continued for about a year, prompting police involvement and heightened security concerns for the couple.
In Nomatolin Pennsylvania on December 2 police deployed tear gas against a crowd of about 690 miners who had threatened two families after demanding an election of representatives at the Aunks Pya Coal company mine authorities and company officials were also threatened by the demonstrators in Greens County.
Baton Rouge reports Huey P Long aimed to name the late Representative Kemp's widow to the sixth district seat amid court orders and burned ballots. Ashes and unavailable ballot boxes disrupted the effort as mass meetings and legal challenges mounted, with Amite court officials resisting surrender of Tangipapa parish ballots.
President Roosevelt concludes a restful Georgia visit at Warm Springs and plans to return to Washington Monday. The trip ties into finalizing the liquor import code and setting baseline import allowances based on a 1910 to 1914 five year average, with federal authority to adjust above the minimum.
Federal judge Alexander Akerman ruled the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional. The decision found the act infringes on states sovereignty by attempting to regulate local industry during emergencies. The case arose from Tampa Bay area cleaning and dyeing firms challenging price controls in St. Petersburg.
In New Snineston the gold jad is euekon and shipped daily. Workers fear the balance—by morning every petal must be ready, and the day before shipments saw changes. Executives remain tight lipped as gold flows delay and costs rise.
In Mt Joseph Massachusetts on December 2 a lynching tree once used to hang Lloyd Warner a Black man was cut down by order of Mayor John Schuder to remove an unpleasant reminder and ease traffic congestion caused by visitors lingering at the site.
Weather outlook for the coming week notes warmer conditions in the west and north central portions. The fragment mentions a period tonight with unconnected terms and garbled place names, but indicates a warmer trend in those regions.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt favors amending the securities act to ease capital access for legitimate business while preserving investor protections. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Fletcher confirms Roosevelt's views via Henry Morgenthau Jr and says he supports some government supervision of stock exchanges, including margin controls.
The Senate moves a first bill authorizing counties cities towns and school districts to fund outstanding indebtedness from existing revenues. A public hearing last Friday shaped the proposal which sets a 50 percent borrowing limit and would empower political units to alleviate bond debt under governor proclamation guidance. The measure awaits committee action and a favorable report before full consideration.
A 45 year old pharmacist Carl Wickman confessed to beating his fourth wife Donalda Wickman to death with a tire iron, prompting authorities to seek permission for exhumation of Wickman’s first wife’s body in Denver. Denver investigators report the confession followed a police war record.
Mrs. William Brockman a 29 year old wife and mother from a county farmer family left home to fetch baby items and was found shot to death with her body burned beside a light pickup. Police and Civitan Conservation Corps workers searched nearby woods for a suspect carrying a shotgun.
Ace Hudking a former nob of the prize starting ring pleaded not guilty in municipal court to a charge of being drunk on private property. He was sentenced to five days on bail after Mrs Mildred Malloy the landlady of an apartment building complained that Hudking was annoying occupants.
In Los Angeles a county hospital ward was readied to receive 43 year-old film giant John Aasen who stands 8 feet 9 inches and weighs about 460 pounds. He was ordered admitted after doctors treated him for more than 100 wounds over three weeks in good health prior.
William Randolph Hearst praised President Roosevelt for steering the country away from the bankers and hard money while dismissing Alfred E. Smith’s criticism as misguided. He argued readers should trust Roosevelt over international financiers who he says would flood the nation with hard money to plunder the public, as detailed in his talk “Where Is Our Money.”
Professor C M Ferrell of the University of South Carolina argues the idea of the NRA dates back at least 584 years. He notes medieval England enacted the 1343 statute of laborers to regulate wages and fix prices similarly to the NRA today.
New York Bec By Mitred K. Smith criticizes Roosevelt era policy and calls for a return to the gold standard and a lean public works program. Speculation rises that former governor may bid for Democratic nomination for Senate in 1929 as Copeland’s term ends. Smith silent on organizing the party right wing. New York Sun notes Smith has broken from Roosevelt.
Paul Kauffman, 16, condemned attacker of Avis Wooley, 16, Webb City, Mo., was moved from the Jackson county jail to the state penitentiary at Jefferson City amid increasing lynching threats. Sheriff Wash reported threats followed the hanging of Lloyd Warner, a black youth, in St Joseph, Mo.
Spokane dispatch reports Aileen Mardello and Doris Sparks, Hollywood demonstrators, are missing after leaving Spokane for Klamath Falls Oregon on November 11. Stepfather BoM Wars of Berkeley California and his wife arrived to aid in the search, with Ware fearing they were abducted or forced to travel off course.
A Washington information bureau offers an 82 page booklet titled Desserts by Famous Women featuring over 100 dessert ideas and recipes by presidents wives and hostesses in Washington and other cities. The ad urges readers to mail cent coupon for a copy, directed by Frederic J. Haskin.
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