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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1930
Page
1
A San Francisco murder tale centers on Rosetta Bakert a 60 year old actress slain in her apartment during a struggle. Lew Fook her elderly Chinese servant is charged after reporting the crime and guiding police to a circle of youthful stage friends as investigators press questions and evidence gathers.
A district court jury found Pearl O Loughlin responsible for the murder of her stepdaughter Leona after a ten day trial. The verdict came with the defendant displaying no visible emotion as she left for the prisoners' dock.
Washington dispatch notes a looming prohibition clash at the 1932 party conventions with forecasts of a wet leanings defeat for Republicans. Anti-Saloon League leaders press for more than two hours of debate, while Hoover’s law enforcement group weighs the dry law report and a constitutional convention denounces mixed drink policy. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt appears as a key figure in the debate.
Supreme Court issued an order restraining the Rinal Abrahamant corporation and its leaders. The group, described as a black Jewish congregation, faced foreclosure on stock and debts totaling $905.66 as noted. Historians say the sect represents a rare fringe of Navajo and Hebrew education linked sect.
The response committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation heard arguments for reversing the federation polities against public ownership of Muscle Shoals and backing revision of the farm loan credit system. Advocates urged a federation stance against excessive farm taxes and the enactment of legislation to provide drought relief to agricultural regions.
An explosion from submerged World War I guncotton wreckage shattered the Italian salvage ship Artigua off Houat near Gaul. Twelve crew members including captain Berte lotto Giaramo died. seven injured were taken to hospital on Bella Isle. Two divers died in the wreckage as crews recovered bodies. The incident recalls the 1922 Egypt sinking nearby with vast gold losses.
Havana reports ongoing student unrest with police stationed at the National University. Protests continue despite conciliatory government steps. Several people were injured or arrested in clashes, with no gunfire reported.
Pauline Frederick, noted stage and screen star, was named a defendant in an annulment case filed today by Hugh Chistinin Leighton, president of the Interstate Hate company. The marriage last April marks her fourth matrimonial venture.
Gunmen rob bank five minutes before closing in Sea caucus New Jersey taking $25,000. Three robbers enter with a machine gun while four others wait in a car outside as police pursue the getaway.
Brussels reports 64 deaths linked to a fox attack aftermath as investigators probe industrial fumes as a key factor. Postmortems and brain blood tests accompany inquiries by the federation of mines and the cabinet, while Britain is reassured the Meuse valley fog is not a contagious disease.
The Joan of Arc of Labor, Mary Jones, died November 30 at Hyattville Maryland. She is buried in Union Miners Cemetery facing the monument to miners who died in the Virden riot. Her long life centered on improving labor conditions and promoting the eight hour day in mining. Her mourners included brave men she loved and inspired.
Bucharest Romania Nov 8 King Carol asked parliament to trim the royal family budget by 22 percent as Premier Mitonenen announced a 20 percent cut across the civil service payroll, part of a broader budget reduction program.
Portland Oregon AP reports at the eighth Western Division meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce that the Columbia Basin is poised for expansion to ten million people. Dana Marshall SN of the Portland Journal says irrigation could cover about 11 million acres and unlock some 20 100,800 horsepower of hydro potential.
Washington Der a Taw To Cut 20 000 the rant board manth work was discussed today by exnry uveg of the 2 railroad Interpre saliizations The discussion failed to develop any final program and it still bescutinied tomorrow The executives declined to sign more than that the employment situation had been discussed and we fin de cision reached.
In Kansas City Kansas the trial of Major Charles A Shepard opened with testimony from two army doctors who discussed medical references. The defense contends Zena Shepard died from slow acting poison, while the prosecution argues the case hinges on expert medical testimony.
Hyde says the relief billdraft would set a dangerous precedent and drive the program in the wrong direction. He notes the proposal would increase spending by 38 million beyond the administration’s recommendation while the Senate prepares to take up a 60 million drought relief item and the House works on public works aid. He urges limiting loans for food and argues for expanded road work and river projects within a broad economic relief plan.
A bombing at a Filiping lettuce workers dormitory injures about 190 Filipino laborers preparing for retirement. The blast shakes the lawn. police suspect a speeding car as the device caused extensive property damage. Local tensions rise amid broader anti Filipino unrest in the valley.
The Montana Text Book Commission adopted geography physiology and history books for Montana elementary schools for six years at a cost of about half a million dollars. Publishers gathered in Helena were surprised by the swift decision after four months of review under Governor Erickson.
Secretary Wilbur testified before the House appropriations committee that the federal government must provide more help to American Indians to address poverty and hardship. He noted that Congress had not yet appropriated funds for the Indian Affairs Bureau, and about 24.4 million dollars were proposed for the Indian red tag program within the Interior Department bill.
Reeves S. today freed from murder charges in the killing of her husband Veet Ooster rach, a former Milwaukee manufacturer. The defendant, once charged, was released as the case was found not proven amid unclear evidence and long ago events tied to the couple’s residence in Oesterreich.
New York report on Frances Browning known as Peaches revealing stage earnings of 81,504 from June 4 1927 to March 4 1929 with 41 000 deemed not profit. Former manager Edgar Allen testified about deductions and payments to Peaches while a public accountant audited tax figures and incomes.
Varie, Dec. 5. A new leader in French politics, Senator Pierre Laval, a noted lawyer, works to build a government after Senator Louis Barthou’s efforts falter. Invited by President Doumergue to form a cabinet, Laval faces obstacles similar to those met by his veteran colleague.
A misreadal article notes an Indian graduate from Mount Hulvahn entrenched in charge of Indian guidance and replacement work for a federal department. The piece mentions a headquarter position in Bans City Tp and hints at shifts in administration and policy in the T S department.
Former Judge Ben B Lindsey plans to tell a court next Friday that he acted with provocation when interrupting Bishop Manning during a prayer at St John the Divine. The incident followed a disorderly conduct summons from a crowd of parishioners who ejected Lindsey, striking and kicking him as he tried to observe service.
A Moscow court sentenced five Soviet plotters to ten year terms after a public trial while commutations reduced some sentences to eight years. Key figures included Alexander Frdater and Victur Laricher, with others named in the ruling. In Bombay, India, a tragedy followed as seven students died after consuming soup tainted with poison, and fifteen more were critically ill. a cook also died.
Herman Blank, 64, longtime Butte alderman and prominent local figure for 27 years, has died. He served on the city council for a decade, was involved in local enterprises, and helped found the Montana Quaker company on his arrival in 1898. Widow Rut...
Kellogg expresses belief that no new war in Europe will occur, praising the Kellogg Briand peace pact while deflecting credit to French Foreign Minister Briand for originating the plan. He avoids comment on Versailles treaty revisions and Prohibition law, and declines to discuss Sinclair Lewis's Nobel Prize.
In Great Falls, members of the Police Benevolent Association voted to spend up to 900 dollars from the treasury to aid the defense of several officers indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to violate Prohibition. Some members opposed, arguing funds should only cover police essentials like uniforms.
William Carding O Connell dean of the Truman Catholic Merarchy in the United States won the title Cardinal of the Working People in a ceremony by the International Longshoremen Association. Felicitations flowed from hundreds of individuals and organizations nationwide including Charlestown officials who offered a playful tribute naming him Cardinal of the Working People.
Newport News Va Dec 8 6 PY Mrs Werbert Hoover will christen the steamship President Hoover with a bottle of water from raven seas at 11 AM tomorrow The ship costing two million dollars will be built at Newport News for trans Pacific service and turned over to its owners soon after launch
Glasgow Vermont district court heard plea of Bhalo Thurman for allegedly harboring Chaya Vick and her mother Ray Taylor in the Nashua bank robbery on November 6. Thurman pleaded not guilty. bail set at 5600. Vick, Taylor and Dave Adame had pleaded guilty earlier. Adame received 20 years, Vick 10 years, Taylor 90 years.
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