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Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1937

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Plane crash near Hill leaves one dead and many injured

A Salt Lake City to Burbank transport plane with 10 passengers and three crew members crashed on a foothill near Hill 29 miles north of Los Angeles in a storm. One victim was J Braden of Cleveland. Injured include Mr and Mrs Martin Tohngen of New York, each with a broken leg. Rescue efforts were hampered by rain hail and heavy snow. Pilot William L Lewis of Glendale Calif suffered a broken leg but was not in serious condition. The aircraft struck a hillside near an unoccupied ranger lookout station and some survivors were treated at Olive View sanitarium before transfer.

Los Angeles Salt Lake City-to-Burbank Here J. Braden Cleveland Ohio Martin Tohngen New York Union Sir Burebank Olive View Sanitarium Hatls Western Air Express Arthur 5. Robinson Rochester N. C Reimers Ranger Lookout William L. Lewis Glenlale Calif Anger Lewis Johnson Tempar

Elimination of Personal Taxes in Montana Bill Proposed

The Montana senate will meet at 11 o clock as committees report on bills. Senator Ny Heton of Gallatin backs a constitutional amendment to wipe out most personal taxes and exempt items used in family residences and trades. The measure would be sent to voters at the next general election, listing taxed articles and excluding autos and power vehicles used in agriculture or horticulture.

Cosmeles Montans Senate Montana Zales Ny Heton Gallatin

Wagner Act and union rights in labor board dispute

A newspaper column critiques the Wagner Labor Relations Act and the U S National Labor Relations Board. It argues the act creates loopholes and expands private influence over employer organization, warns of potential government drift, and notes the need for clear, impartial enforcement to avoid strife. It references General Johnson and John Lewis, emphasizing public interest in unambiguous organizing rights.

Thomton National Labor Relations Board Johnson Roosevelt John Lewis

World News Summary From Fragmented Dispatches

Reports from Los Angeles state an airliner with 13 aboard crashed near a terminal. In Tacoma searchers pursue a kidnap case as a manhunt for Mattson continues. Detroit sees National Guardsmen deployed to Flint after a GM plant riot. Washington outlines new departments and powers in a proposed reorganization. John L. Lewis vows to finish the auto-labor dispute. France and Germany begin commercial talks as Britain is engaged in talks. Russia asks to patrol Spanish waters with naval forces.

Los Angeles Tacoma Mattson Tondon Britain

Europeans Tense Over Spain Clash Less Yet Patrol Not Set

The AP reports easing of European tension over the Spanish Civil War two days ago with France and Germany opening commercial talks. A French official said no evidence German troops are gathering in Spanish Morocco. A Belgian body to be sent home under Brussels demands. Britain rejects a naval patrol proposal. Madrid claims pushes on fascists, Americans urged to leave Madrid amid possible embassy closure. 34 Americans are at the embassy.

Associated Press France Germany French Morocco Spanish Morocco Belgium Brussel Valencie Regrme Great Britain Spain Madrid United States

Pope Pius Suffers Relapse in Vatican Illness

Vatican City reports Pope Pius suffered a relapse with heightened pain and fatigue after a sinking spell. Attendants fear the condition may affect his heart. varicose issues in his legs are developing while he continues duties from bed, despite medical warnings. Sea Isle City mourns Col. Charles M. Gandy, 79, ex acting surgeon general. Roosevelt’s federal reorganizaton message to Congress is on Page 3.

Vatican City Topo Pius Vatican Sea Isle City N. J Charles M. Gandy United States Army

President Roosevelt outlines broad government reorganization plan

The plan envisions 12 departments by adding social welfare and public works, renames interior the conservation department, and places 100 agencies under the departments. It replaces the comptroller general with a modest auditor general and extends civil service. Six executive assistants would aid the president as Congress reacts with mixed approval. Byrd leads opposition in a key Senate committee study.

Asso Roosevelt Social Welfare Public Works Interior Department Conservation Department Comptroller Enerea Civil Service Washington Congress

Radical Montana relief plan seeks $2 million yearly aid

A new $3,000,000 measure proposes a Montana Public Welfare Commission to replace the Montana Relief Commission and create county welfare boards in all 56 counties to administer the Montana Relief Standards Act. It authorizes $2,000,000 annually from the state general fund for relief of unemployment, sickness, blindness, old age, and disability with bimonthly payments. The proposed three member state commission would include a relief recipients representative, a social worker, and a labor representative, with an administrator paid $3,600 yearly.

Montana Hopper Rep M. McClain Missoula Ind Othe Montana Public Welfare Commission Montana Relief Commission County Welfare Commissions Social Security Administration Denver McClain State Public Welfare Commission

California movement for pardon for Mooney begins

Sacramento California January 12 A movement for a legislative pardon for Tom Mooney convicted in the San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing was started at a meeting of several assemblymen.

Sacramento Calif Tom Mooney San Francisco

Royals and Yankee Women Stir Young Duke of Kent

Santa Monica Calif Jan 12 Renewed excitement grips the British Isles as the young duke of Kent is seen enjoying himself with an American woman. The writer mocks colonial warnings and American admiration, joking about coronation crowds and remittance men.

Santa Monica Calif British Isles Duke of Kent England Canada Australia

Weather picture broadens across nation on Jan twelve

Chicago reports a costly cold spell easing in the West while Florida fruit crops face risk from record warmth. The middle section records rising rivers and new flood warnings as temperatures stay below normal in the West and above normal in the East per the weather bureau.

Chicago Florida United States Weather Bureau

Lewis vows finish fight in auto union battle at GM

Labor leader John L. Lewis hurled a finish fight challenge as a nationwide strike against General Motors escalated. Gov. Murphy ordered 1500 National Guardsmen to Flint after clashes at Fisher Body plant No. 2 left 27 injured. Strike paralysis spread to some 170000 workers across automotive, timber, maritime and other industries.

Automobile Workers’ Union General Motors Cannnot Uion Lewis Associated John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization General Motors Corporation Homer Martin United Automobile Workers’ Union John Brophy Frank Murphy Michigan Flint Fisher Body Toledo Akron Filnt Lanelog, Meads General Motor Corporation Pontiac Mich Lansing Ponting Motor Company Oldsmobile Fleetwood Maritime Mess

Quake Prophecyand Death in Boston News

Boston January reports Dr L Don Leet of Harvard predicts a major earthquake will recur in Boston and eastern Massachusetts within 80 years with identical lines to the 1908 quake. Center near Gloucester with a similar colonial event noted. Kerry Hink Ray mound a director and former B F Goodrich official dies.

Boston L. Don Leet Harvard University Selsmgraph Tom Day San Francisco Massachusetts Leet Gloucester

Manhunters Search Everett Area For Kidnapper

Public wrath and President Roosevelt spurred a rapid, wide scale search in the Everett region for the kidnap killer of Charles Mattson. Officers mapped footprints and tire tracks in the snow while rumors about clothing arose and were debunked.

Tacoma Wash Everett Little Charles Mattson Walter Faulkner Roosevelt Justice Department

Suspect Barricades Roads In Imperial Valley Chase

Police and sheriffs blockaded all roads into the Imperial Valley after reports a nervous, unshaven man resembling the Charles Mattson kidnapper was headed toward the border. Newsstand operators and a filling-station attendant described a pale, agitated suspect fleeing at Ontario and later stopping at another newsstand before heading toward the highway.

San Bernadino Calif Inperial Valley Charles Mattson Mattson Tian fIret Ontario

Missouri Police Tie Mattson Kidnaping To Transcontinental Bus Death

Fulton Missouri January 14 police investigated a possible link between the Mattson kidnaping and a found body of an unidentified man who leaped from a transcontinental bus near Fulton. Sheriffs said a search was started after a report of an elderly man using a ticket issued at Kelso Washington January 7 fled from a Greyhound bus during a brief stop Monday night.

Fulton, Mo Missgouri Mattson Gabe Kelso Waab Bos Greyhound

Montana Senators Seek More Relief For State

Senators Burton Wheeler and James Murray of Montana urged President Roosevelt on January 12 to supplement emergency relief funds. They cited influenza outbreaks and sub zero weather, sending a report of relief client cases and hundreds of telegrams seeking immediate aid. The lawmakers noted no specific grants were requested, only a memo to help estimate needs.

Washington Burton K. Wheeler James E. Murray Montana Roosevelt Tialay Bio Becone Drewth

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