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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1925
Page
4
The house passed a Troy primary measure amid a loud outcry with the bill, H B 232, proposing state prison industries. Leaders Ruficorn and Loble backed the plan to employ convicts and pay daily wages, with a $25,000 appropriation and board oversight.
Nearly five decades of audiences pack opera houses for Mime Ernestine Schumann-Heinz now 63, mother of seven and grandmother ten. Her voice and artistry, once hailed in Europe and America, will be heard again Sunday night at Shrine Temple as she remains the greatest contralto. She attributes her enduring appeal to love of family and country and a broad sympathy for suffering. She also notes tolerance and a personal restraint from fashion and makeup, saying she never uses it on stage.
Hoot Gibson stars in a Western tale where The Rambler and a young woman known as Miss collide in Long Horn. The plot follows a cowboy seeking his foster father’s killer, with gunmen, saloon danger, and a cattle town romance set during early Southwest history.
Moe Turman confessed to second degree forgery after a collapsed get rich quick scheme. He faces a February 6 sentencing with a five to ten year term as prescribed by law.
Washington reports 58 witnesses named for the Wheeler case with 20 more possible. Attorney General Stone says 27 Montana and 16 DC witnesses are certain, with others from various states. The grand jury will also hear oil lease related testimony as the case unfolds.
A legislative note details debates over proposals to move gasoline tax money to general state funds and fund public printing contracts. It covers amendments, committee actions, and the fate of several Senate bills on taxation, county lines, and bond payments, with references to specific lawmakers and committees.
Reuter dispatch says Most Reverend Constantinos Ecumenical Patriarch has been expelled from Constantinople and arrested, with transfer to Greece reported. In Adrian Michigan a woman bootlegger, who hauled five thousand cases of beer in one year, is sentenced for her crime and warns that overwork harms health.
Helena Elks prepare for the Portland Oregon Grand Lodge session in July with a special train trip and parade. The organizing group lists subcommittee chairs, marching unit rosters, attire details, and travel schedule from Helena to Portland via Missoula Spokane Yakima Tacoma and Seattle, with a round trip fare of 33.65 and October 31 return window.
Billings Montana January 30 Mountana wool remains at high prices not seen since the war period according to Lewis Penwell of Helena a longtime sheep operator Penwell notes that Montana lost many flocks but more owners and small flockmasters emerge He predicts price levels will hold with an optimistic outlook for the industry as operations resume on a larger scale in southern California and Montana restored ranches including Shields river holdings
A London farewell dinner honored Frank B Kellogg with guests discussing constitutional liberty under a hereditary monarchy. Menus listed cocktails and sherbet with fish, sauterne, meat, and champagne, followed by port for toasts to the king and president and brandy with coffee.
A Massachusetts youth party en route to New Hampshire was intercepted by Federal agents who mistook the travelers for bootleggers. The pursuit ended in a crash injuring two young women and leaving others with cuts and bruises. A search of the wreck showed no liquor.
Associated Press reports RCA’s 1933 34 earnings show gross income from operations reaching a record 54 848 31 dollars, up about 108 percent since 1922. The note also mentions $24 million in alien property returns and a separate Washington case. Mountain district schools report pupils arming rifles to cope with wild animal threats near schools.
The submarine S Vel operating off Thimble Shoals rescued a delirious naked Lascar sailor clinging to a barrel after being washed overboard from the British steamer Luceric. He was taken to a pilot boat off Cape Henry for care.
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