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Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1925

Page

5

Senate Proposal Gives McCormack Power to Appoint Ethics Committee

The senate adopted a motion by Senator Griffin to empower President McCormack to appoint a senate committee of up to three members to audit elective and appointive officers, assess financial needs, and suggest related legislation. The panel must report by day 30, and selections were to be announced.

Senate Griffin McCormack Porter Gilboe Pondera County Erickson Parole and Prison Commission Stewart Deer Lodge Cone Leuthold Walker Silver Bow Leutheld Speer Peck Cowan McQuitty Committee On Finance and Claims E. L. Norris Broadwater

Wallace Estate Heir Attributed Value Of Wallace Estate

The late Henry C. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, left an estate valued at 766499.96 plus 49610.10 in life insurance, with debts around 126000, as per the administrator’s preliminary district court report filed under the state inheritance tax law.

Associated Press Dog Moines C. Wallace

An Unexpected Mercy at Wickson Bank

In Wickson, Sammy Carney battles a looming bank scandal as he contemplates a crime that would ruin his career. The story follows his plan to betray the bank and his employer while haunted by dreams of exposure and a desire to protect Agnes and Clare from the truth.

Tom Sheary Democrat-News Harry Gloster Gloster Joan Barry Old Plains Joan Buck Daniels Banedit Joe Macarthur Wickson Bank Oscar Fern Jack Oscar Ali Samuel Carner Fern Carney Daniel Carney Wickson Sammy Pern Carner Green Agnes Clare Nou Islung Paris

Open Nostrils End A Cold Or Catarrh

Ad claims Elys Cream Balm clears head cold or catarrh by nasal application. Describes relief from stuffed nose, nasal discharge, dryness, headaches, and nighttime breathing difficulty. Promotes a small bottle purchased from a druggist for instant relief.

Famine Sweeping Korean Villages Devastates Districts

Takia January 12. Associated Press dispatch reports famine in Korea with over eight million people starving nationwide and more than 66 thousand extreme starvation cases in a single district. Despair and hunger drive peasants to eat tree bark as government relief proves inadequate and winter deepens the crisis.

Takia Korea Zon Zenra Zonl

Names and localities in counties and a cliffhanger

A jumble of county associations lists towns and counties from Fallon to Wheatland, tracing where names like Prairie and Yellowstone sit in their respective counties. The scene shifts to a business office with Oscar Fern and Carney as a murmur of a summons hints at tension and a looming financial issue.

Fallon Trairie Prairie Choteau Teton County Feton Chouteau County McConte Dawson County Dawson Silver Row Hill Liberty County Liberty Valley County Valley Phillips County Sweetgrass Toole Mineral County Maine Madison Carter Custer Big Horn County Deer Lodge Powell Conn Flathead Missoula County Lincoln Lewis and Clark Park Stillwater County Pondera Richland Sanders Treasure County Sheridan Wheatland Yellowstone Gallatin County Daniels County

Clever Cal Stone Choice: Coolidge Fast Supreme Court Move

Washington reports Coolidge named Harlan F. Stone for the Supreme Court with swift action, sparking talk of the president's canny selection. The piece notes the brisk nomination aimed to avoid lobbyist meddling and intra-party feuds, comparing Coolidge to Roosevelt in promptness.

Harry B. Hunt New Coolidge Coxwomen Cal Coolige Senate Harlan FL Stone Supreme Court Ito McKenna Mechenna Stone Stone O Sor Coolidge Roosevelt T. Ry

Explosion at Southern California plant kills two workers

An explosion in the boiler room of a new steam plant in Long Beach California today killed two men and injured 18 others. Wayne L. Crammer of Los Angeles and W. J. Polk of Watts are named among the dead. Firebox gas pockets are blamed for the blast that blew out walls and toppled work scaffolding as the boiler remained undamaged.

Associated Press Long Beach Calif New Southern California Wayne L. Crammer Los Angeles W. J. Polk Watts

Tragedy in Casper Ends With Shooting and Wounding

Casper police report a man named Jas. Morris aged 33 shot his wife after a domestic quarrel and then killed himself. Witnesses say Morris frequently threatened to kill his wife. the couple’s children witnessed the shooting.

Casper Associated Press B. M. Morris Morris

States cannot force auto carriers as common carriers

The Supreme Court ruled that states cannot compel private motor vehicle operators to act as common carriers on public highways. The Michigan Public Utilities Commission suit against Duke Cartage Co. led to invalidation of 1923 state law provisions as applied to the company. A separate note mentions the scarab beetle found in China 15 million years ago.

Supreme Court Michigan Public Utilities Commission Duke Cartage Company Michigan Cartage Company China

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