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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1930

Page

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Calvin Coolidge to Write History on Mount Rushmore

Cal. Madge to pen a concise history of the Painted Suites with clarity for 5000 centuries. The project, praised by Rushmore National Memorial association, will be engraved beside the Mount Rushmore figures on the Black Hills granite.

Sy Walthr T. Brown Leystone Calvin Madge Coolidge Rushmore Mem T Association Washington Jefferson. Com Roosevelt Black Hills

Weiss Re‑elected President of Montana Racing and Breeders

Butte January 16 special Maurice Weiss manager of the Flnten batch was re elected president of the Montana Racing and Breeders association at today's directors meeting following the annual stockholders meeting. The firm owns and operates Mavens Aly park race track. Jamey Speers of Winnipeg was re elected managing director. The stockholders read the annual report from President Wola highlighting growth in the thoroughbred racing industry in Montana. A seven member board of directors was chosen with L T Lawlor of Butte replacing a retiring member. Continued on page 21.

Butte Maurice Weiss Fln-ten Montana Racing and Breeders’ Association Mavens Aly Park Jamey Speers Winnipeg Wola Tig Company Monana Mrevtars L T Lawlor

Trainmen Die In Missoula Wreck On North Pacific Line

A freight wreck on the sur d Alene branch 114 miles west of Missoula results in two laborers dead and a third injured. Locomotive derailed, plunged into a ditch, cars rolled four miles before stopping. Conductor Stephen H. Maddins and Brakeman Forest Warwick freed the caboose, stopping it within 1,000 feet.

Missoula Tigmauth Beng Takun Sur d'Alene North Pacific Min In Louly Erickson Ionia Charles F. Campbell Ineer Wallace Tela Marence A. Swant Fogine Dans Alear Stephen H. Mddins Wallace and Brakeman Forest St. Warwick

League of Nations Council Adjourns Amid Harmony in 1920s Era

The League of Nations Council adjourned today amid reports that the season was one of the least controversial and most harmonious in a decade of the league's existence. In The Hague dissension over reparation funding persists as France and Germany debate whether the German government should pledge not to issue foreign loans before reparations bonds are floated, delaying disarmament.

Seneva Amell Leagua Nationa Leagua Officiala Thiasion Hague Reans Ag

Fiance Finds Body of Girl Struck by Train Near Mead

Miss Virginia Halealmh, 21, was killed near Mead when she was blinded by a storm and wandered along the Great Northern tracks. Verne Kolvanta, a war finance worker, saw her start toward a grocery store and followed before the train passed, locating her body beside the rails.

Spokave Virginia Halealmh Mead Italcolmy Great Northern Verne Kolvanta

Kiwanis President Ill in Idaho Town

Hornet W. McDavid of Decatur Illinois president of International Kiwanis was taken to a hospital in Pocatello Idaho after suffering a hemorrhage of the lower bowels. His condition was not serious and he was reported resting well at night. He had come here to confer with Kiwanis clubs.

Pocatella Ida Hornet W. McDavid Decatur International Kiwanis

New Bedford Textile Trouble Reignites Arrests

In New Bedford Massachusetts a renewed textile dispute sparked two protest meetings broken up by police. 14 men and 2 women were arrested including Fred Erwin Beal of Lawrence and Martin Tweak district organizer, with others named from New York and Gastonia involved in the unrest surrounding the Dartmouth mill gates.

New Bedford Mass Texto Fred Erwin Beal Lawrence Maas Gastonia N. C Dartmouth National Textile Workers Martin Tweak Haunton John Vincent Helen Oken New York Tam-O'-Shanter Blonus Young Pioneer Germaine Almetde K. C. Byeerr Gastonian

IPEN AID MEETINGS TABOO IN GERMANY REDS GROW ACTIVE

Berlin dispatch reports a government order banning public meetings and demonstrations across Germany after rioting. The Interior Ministry allowed only limited gatherings such as funerals and weddings as authorities sought to curb radical activity amid unrest.

Germany Berlin Thalsens

British airship R-100 completes long trial flight

Cardington England January 16 AP The British airship R-100 completed a major trial flight lasting more than 12 hours. It left the hangar around 10 a m and did not return to the mooring mast until 10 40 p m. Officials said the ship performed well despite rough weather.

Cardington Fingland

Sugar tariff vote blocks higher rates in Senate

In Washington, a 46 to 38 Senate vote blocked higher sugar tariffs proposed by Republicans and kept existing duties. The debate centered on Cuban sugar and current duties, with Democratic amendments to retain 1.76 cents per pound on refined sugar and 2.5 cents on other imports.

D. Harold Oliver Associated Press Wester Washington Senate Harmon Nance Committee

Prohibition Debate Marks 10th Anniversary in Congress

Francis M. Stephenson reports from Washington as the tenth anniversary of prohibition shifts focus from Hoover era enforcement to the question of repeal or continued vigor. Senators and representatives push resolutions on repeal and on constitutional grounds while Dolan touts enforcement gains. Much rhetoric targets the Anti-Saloon League and the idea of enforcing a near heaven on earth, with LaGuardia arguing the amendment is a congressional revolution rather than a constitutional one.

Francis M. Stephenson Washington Hoover Bisine Wisconsin LaQuardia Respublican New York America Oliver Sue Gels Blaun Gloxs Virginia Sheppard LaGuardia Congress

Cold Still Holds Aces In Great Falls War Flight

In Great Falls Montana amid frigid weather Major Ralph Royce leads Army Arctic patrol. Only four ships able to cross the continental divide due to temperatures 30 to 40 below zero and low visibility. Twelve planes started from Selfridge Field with delays at Madison and Amaya. Three pursuit ships crossed to Kalispell and a transport dreamed to complete flight to Spokane.

Cold Great Falls Great Divide Arctic Patrol Selfridge Field Mich Vriday Spokane Here Parait Minot N. D Wausaw, Wie Amaya Kalispell Amalier Con. Putt Kaltepall Tex

Record of Historic Cold Wave Hits Helens City

Weather readings show Helens plunged to the coldest level of the year with official figures from the Weather Bureau ranging from 1 degree below zero to 29 degrees below at midnight. Home thermometers varied, indicating six to seven degrees colder than government instruments atop the Power block.

Weather Bureau Salemia Land & O

George Washington Reaches Plymouth

The steamship Washing ton arrived in Plymouth just before dawn with the American delegation to the forthcoming naval conference aboard.

George Washington Plymouth Eng Washington

Ammonia Leak Forces Evacuation in Frigid Night

Jan Jutte reports a refrigerator hoarding house leaking ammonia fumes sending score of diners fleeing into 49 below zero weather. Firemen stopped the leak after Fireman Frank Sullivan was overcome. he was revived by fellow firefighters.

Jutte Frank Sulliven

Four Saxophones Drive Woman Toward Divorce Court

In Detroit on January 16, Mrs. Aiguata Repitake testified that four waiting saxophones in the hands and mouths of relatives driven by notions of becoming musicians spurred her to seek divorce. Judge Huy A. Miller granted a decree after hearing stories of alleged musical frustration from her stepsons, stepdaughter, and a step granddaughter. The husband John Rebitake was noted for failing to stop the noise.

Netroit Aiguata Repitake Huy A. Miller John Rebitake Mra Hobitske

Prohibition League Appeals for Education Over Enforcement

Detroit January 16. Prohibition crusaders at the national Antiplan league convention marked the tenth anniversary with reviews of recent anti alcohol victories and plans for future action. Emphasis on educational programs in schools and colleges alongside continued enforcement. Bishop Thomas Nicholson questioned making the buyer equally culpable with the seller.

Detroit Antipialaan League Jachoola Haniily Wise Thomas Nicholson National Organization

VETS AFFAIRS CALLS FOR VETERANS SECRETARY ADDITION

Washington on January 16 Secretary Wilbur proposed creating an assistant secretary for veterans affairs and elevating the office into an executive department to oversee all government agencies serving war veterans.

Washington Wilbur Veterans’ Affaira

Korean Students in Demonstration in Seoul Parade

In Seoul on January 16 striking Korean students carried flags and banners of the old Korean kingdom annexed by Japan in 1910. Police and Japanese authorities dispersed the protest and arrested the leaders amid the parade.

Tokyo Japan Seoul Korea Opresa

Montana May See Mercury Rise Slowly Across State

Montana digests frigid conditions as temperatures fall to record lows in many towns. The cold snap left Basin at 48 below, Georgetown Lake near Anaconda at 40 below, and readings across Great Falls Missoula and towns from Fort Benton to Glasgow all in the 20s to 30s below zero. Forecasters warn of lingering chill with light snow in spots and no major storms reported.

Associated Bess Benson Montana Mercury Georgetown Lake Anaconda Butte Great Falls Misesola East Helena Filings Livingston Thompson Falls Cancado Fort Benton Harlowton Ale Sandy Cheater Sayre Chinook Glasgow Chouteau Walier Angcouds Anaronda

Winter Floods Fold as Ice Seals Central Rivers

Chicago reports a thick ice cover freezing central river valleys while floods recede in many areas. Arkansas and Mississippi see rising waters in Quitman and Gretna counties, with thousands of acres of cornlands overflowed. Extreme cold, down to 30 below in some spots, worsens refugee misery from Mississippi, Indiana, and Ohio floods.

Chicago Arkansas Mississippi Wabash Tyre Quitman County Gretno County Ohio Missouri Vinee Mont Miimois Indiana

Cold Grim Weather Grips Rocky Mountains and West

Denver reports the cold tightening its grip across Colorado Wyoming and Montana with record lows. Two deaths occur near Pioche Nevada from the storm as a couple bound for marriage perish in snowdrifts. Five crow Indians die in a cabin blaze on a reservation south of Billings. A Pueblo Colorado pedestrian is killed by a skidding car under icy streets. Temperatures dip to 30 degrees below zero on the Montana east of the divide. Oklahoma and Texas also report subzero readings. No relief forecast for at least 24 hours per weather bureaus in the region.

Denver Korky Meruntily Colorado Wyortty Tug Montana Pioche Nevada Day Miter Mabel Dennis Dians Eame Blilngs Pueblo Cole Waller Oklahoma Texas Wyoming

Rumor on Aviators Benstson Borland Reported Near Siberia

Fairbanks Alaska January 16 reports a wild rumor that aviators Carl Bennietson and Karl Borland were found on the Anguenia river about twenty miles southeast of North Cape, Siberia, by Major H C Deckard who returned from Nome. The Soviet Arctic commission in Moscow January 18 confirmed it received a report they landed near the Anguemy river in Siberia.

Fairbanks Alaska Carl Ben Hfielson Karl Borland Anguenia North Cape Siberia H. C. Deckard Nome Moscow Sovjay Arctic Commission Carl Bennietson Bart Berland Civer Anguemy

Locust Plague Drives Casablanca Patrons to Shelter

In Casablanca Morocco on January 16 a swarm of locusts overwhelmed outdoor diners and forced cafes to close. Two French foreign legion units deployed fire testing gear and sprayed insects as they charged the invaders, shouting a battlefield cry and fighting the insects with notable vigor.

Casablanca Morocco French ‘Foreign Legion

Mourning for Dead in Prohibition War Sparks Boston Rally

In Trenton Jan 1 AP reports Dr Jones MM Doran and Major General Clarence W. Richards led wets in Boston as they mourned a list of 1,263 deaths linked to prohibition enforcement. A Liberal League meeting at Fancutt Hall drew religious leaders and prominent figures supporting repeal alongside anti temperance factions.

Dora Livers Civic League

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