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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1936
Page
1
News from Sandringham reports King George VI in weakened but stable condition as doctors and nurses monitor him closely at the royal residence. Attendants prepare for a possible council of state and the Queen remains at his side as rumors of his health circulate in London and beyond.
Broad dispatches outline monarchial tensions in London while wartime fatigue lingers in Britain. In the United States, floods of reports touch disasters in Florida and Chicago casualties rise in various calamities. Political notes reference neutrality, TVA rulings, and federal probes. New York observers anticipate a possible presidential bonus tied to a Roosevelt memorial address.
London reports Britain has moved a large army to Egypt amid a potential flare up with Italy. Under Anthony Eden, Britain seeks Allied backing as tensions mount in the Mediterranean. Fleet and air power build up in Alexandria and Malta, with transports ferrying troops.
Cameron of the Ford Motor pany argues the United States has not reached 80 percent of production capacity and labels such thinking as economic an idee. He says too many people claim excess, and calls for more wealth and housing, noting 25 percent of existing homes lack proper sanitation.
Vienna January 13. Vice Chancellor Prince Ernst von Starhemberg said the Austrian regime intends to restore the Habsburg Archduke Otto to the throne under two conditions before restoration and with the approval of Austria's neighbors. He did not indicate a date, but Fatherland Front leaders suggested about a year. He added that restoration is an internal matter with no compromise and neighbor consent required.
Governor Aller denounces federal intrusion and urges voters as Louisiana heads to a Tuesday Democratic primary to decide control of the Huey Long machine. Richard Leche and incumbent governor vie to succeed Long, shaping the political empire in Baton Rouge amid federal controversy.
David Cooke claiming past world welterweight fame faced eviction from the Mitchell hotel after failing to pay. He boasted of ties to Railroad Commissioner Jerry O Connell and asserted influence with Governor Elmer Noll and Attorney General Raymond Nagie. The incident occurred yesterday morning as hotel staff asked him to settle the bill. Continued on Pages 107.
Washington reports that Chairman Smith and House Agriculture Chair Jones fault Hoover’s farm plan, urging a federal agricultural bank system as a permanent solution. They argue temporary soil conservation amendments could provide stability until a lasting program is enacted, while demanding tariff offsets to protect farmers in protected markets.
A violent storm in the Samoa Islands drowned sixteen people when a motor launch was wrecked. The storm also devastated 76 percent of the banana crop on the islands, adding to the region's agricultural losses.
A week end toll of 17 deaths from off season tornadoes struck Alabama Georgia and Florida causing widespread property damage. The Sand Mountain storm left thousands of dollars in damage and numerous injuries dos and abuses reported. The deaths include families wiped out near Ashford and Skipperville and multiple victims in nearby districts. Red Cross estimates losses around fifty thousand dollars in the local area.
Winter cracked down across the United States from the Rockies to the Atlantic seaboard. Snow and sleet disrupted travel, caused fatalities, and damaged property from the Deep South to the Midwest. Storm warnings stretched from Florida to Maine as rail and road networks slowed.
A special reserve coach bound for Missoula from Belgrade burned entirely one mile west of Galen. Thirty six passengers and the driver escaped safely after a passenger warned the driver of flames in the rear. A gasoline line leak in the rear was the cause. Passengers from a fight at Belgrade were taken to Deer Lodge.
Police Chief David W. Quinlan announced a 24 hour guard was placed at Governor Harold G Moffman's residence after publicity around alleged threats to the governor's family. He said no concrete threats were known though the publicity could inspire harm.
In New York Roosevelt attends Episcopal service at Church of the Incarnation on Madison Avenue. The rector Rev John Gass preaches from the pulpit condemning fascism and Sovietism, calling for the gospel of the Kingdom of God and the Cross of Jesus Christ as the emblem of true resolution.
A midnight clash at the Montana state capitol rose into an uproar as Gov. Elmer Holt ordered a state commissioner's office opened after a dictaphone was found and later disappeared. The incident involved Leonard Young, Jerry OConnell, and other officials with alleged assaults on a Helena Independent reporter, prompting Holt to plan broader office searches the next day.
London report states author Rudyard Kipling, who died Saturday from a perforated stomach, will lie in Westminster Abbey. The Very Rev William Foxley Norris, dean of Westminster, said Kipling will be buried Thursday in Poet's Corner alongside other famous national figures.
Paris Jan 19 Edouard Daladier son of Premier Pierre Laval was chosen head of the radical socialist party to undermine Laval’s ‘save France’ cabinet. Six radical ministers, plus Edouard Herriot, were expected to desert, with a crisis looming over a Wednesday vote and possible resignation of the coalition government. Fears of a financial crisis were voiced as Laval faced pressure to form new cabinets or resign.
President Roosevelt dedicates a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt, praising the former president’s square deal ethos and leadership. He references a Springfield Fourth of July quote while acknowledging ongoing senate debate over the soldiers' bonus. Attending dignitaries include Governor Lehman and Mayor La Guardia.
Medfield Massachusetts January 19 a heavy snow storm virtually halted the intensive search for 3 year old Dale Tibbets who disappeared from his home last Wednesday morning The boy was seen near a swamp by his mother Wednesday morning Police discounted kidnapping in the case and the family awaits any new lead north of the town and police continue to search the area with snow slowing efforts
Detroit January 19 The Rev Father Charles B Coughlin declared the National Union for Social Justice will supply funds to the senate munitions investigation committees if the United States senate does not appropriate another 19000 dollars which today stands between peace and war.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, a Republican presidential prospect, proposes a two price system for farmers. The plan rejects subsidized production limits and tariff reductions, advocating full tariff protection for crops for home use and selling surplus domestically or on world markets. It contrasts with Hoover and current administration policy by resisting foreign farm commodity imports.
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