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Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1937

Page

2

Helena Enforces Overnight Parking Lights Rule

Cars left parked in the Helena business district from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. must display front and rear lights or face fines in police court tomorrow. The measure applies to the area bounded by State Street, Park Avenue, Neill Avenue, and Warren Street. The city council, urged by Councilman Amos Shellady, resumes enforcement of an old ordinance to keep streets clear for fire trucks and reduce nightly hazards.

Helena State Street Park Avenue Neill Avenue Warren Street Amos Shellady

Tractors Carrying Power to Farmers Across Rural Areas

Washington reports the Rural Electrification Administration borrowed from a circus to supply power with portable 80 kilowatt generators mounted on tractors. The Blachy group obtained a $10,000 loan to purchase the unit to serve customers until the Gouverneur dam supplies power. Senator McNary backs removing a prohibition on loans to rural groups already with central station service, amid private utilities racing to extend lines before government power arrives. Administrator John Carmody cites private utility obstruction and past deliberate delays by companies in denying farmers service.

Washington Rural Electrification Administration Dex Blachy Ure Bonne‘Slo Gonneville A.U.A Famedate McNary Uniity Companien W.W.A

Body of Banker 19 to Come Across on Liner

Honolulu May 33 The flag at half mast today on the yacht Viking over the body of George F. Baker 59 renowned New York banker who died Sunday from heart trouble induced by peritonitis. The body of the Fiji National Bank of New York head will be taken to San Francisco Saturday on the Lurline. Byron did not conceive the story of Atlanta's race. It is contained in Greek mythology and mentioned by Ovid in Metamorphoses.

Honolulu Viking George F. Baker New York Fiji National Bank of New York San Francisco Lurline Byron Atlanta Ovid

Fear of saboteurs dominant in Russia

The piece notes a shift from post constitution euphoria to intensified Kremlin control and purges. It cites trials of Zinovieff and others, reorganizations to a military council, and widespread dismissals of industrial executives. It ends by mentioning Canada exporting shingles worth 7.6 million dollars in 1935.

Moscow Russia Communist Party Sergei M. Kiroff Kremlin Alsiridtere Splea Zinovieff Mameneff Piatakoff Radek Fyan Trotsky Aliis Sshoteure Lapten Germany Japan New York Times

No Armistice On Memorial Day In Great Steel War

In the Mahoning valley and beyond a steel industry strike continues as Republic Steel and other mills operate amid picket lines. A fifth man died from wounds and violence erupts around Warren and Chicago as food drops attempt to bypass strikers. Police, company officials, and union leaders seek to avert further clashes while negotiations push.

Atrikera Waunde Republic Steel Corp Steel Workers Organizing Committee Mahoning Valley Ohio Estrikera Trepubile Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tubs Co Republic Atrikers Republic, Sheet and Tube Inland Steel Co John Mayo Youngstown W.C.C Armilla Republic Corp Mahoning Valley Planta Joyami i Warren Republic Steel S Air Chicago Slrtkern Myewhnesaea Noy Powell G. Bowman

Auto crashes into Bozeman dance hall in May incident

Chryst Schnyder of Lodi California lost control on a curve and slammed his car into a dance hall in Bozeman. The vehicle plowed through the light frame building, causing heavy damage but sparing the driver and his son from injuries. Schnyder paid for the damage and continued on with a new car.

Bozeman Chryst Schnyder Lodi Calif Hi Son

Auto Race Crash Leaves Driver Burned At Hatfield Track

Hatfield Pa May 31 An auto race driver was critically burned and three other drivers injured in two crashes at the Montgomery county fair grounds track Preston Norcross 27 of Pitman NJ trapped for 20 minutes as his car burned after colliding with two vehicles Track attendants used acetylene torches and chisels to free him while firefighters doused the wreckage Daniel Gott 49 of Bridgeton NJ and Howard Reimer 34 Norristown Pa escaped injuries after leaping free Their condition described as minor in earlier updates Mickey Cochrane in New York with improving health after triple fracture in a separate report.

Hatfield Montgomery County Fair Grounds Preston Norcross Pitman N. J Iasistants Daniel Gott Bridgeton WN. J Howard Reimer Norristown

Law Gets Southwest Gang Chief Who Hid Floyd Karpis and Nash

South Coffeyville, Kan. May 1991. Tommy Hill, longtime roadhouse boss and alleged crime overlord, is deposed after a life of gang protection and cunning escapes. He faced a Kansas habitual criminal sentence and a two year federal term for mail robbery. Hill’s downfall followed a failed $40,000 payroll heist and years of enlisting and betraying criminals from Alvin Karpis to Pretty Boy Floyd, with Det. Jon Anderson aiding the case. In a forged web of hideouts and a hidden chamber, Hill outwitted police until his schemes unraveled.

South Coffeyville Kan Southwear Kansas Tommy Gil Floyd Iseaca Wera Jess Doyle Oklahoma State Hill Alvin Karpis Harry Campbell Karple Satelite Pretty Boy Floyd Frank Nash Kansas City Union Station Floyd Barkers Jon Anderson Anderson Tommy Oklahoma-Kansas Giria Oklahoma Jake Howl A. W. Karnes Federa Court Fort Scott Hog- Rhooter Creek Tha Voast Hille Kansan Tri-State Steel Company

Bankers May Get Safes in Kansas Bank Robberies

Kansas bank raids linked to Pretty Boy Floyd ally Hill and Floyd associate Brackett, with safes loaded onto trucks and buried on farms. Gang alleged to have looted about $1,000,000 over a year, killing a small-town marshal in several raids. Brackett, Wright, Brackett’s farm, and Hill tied to a sprawling crime network.

Floyd Richettt Hill Pretty Boy Floyd Adam Richett Glen Roy Wright Tulsa Okla Ira Brackett Arkansas River Tula Monnford Brackett

U S May Act on Crisis in Europe Amid Almeria Bombardment

Reporters relay that the United States may apply its neutrality law to all participants in the Spanish conflict as Germany retaliates for the Ibiza bombing. Senators Borah and McKellar view the German attack as an act of war while Secretary Hull weighs policy and nonintervention limits. The piece notes isolation hopes and ongoing neutral enforcement on munitions and credits.

de la Casa Fernando de 1Os Rios de Los Rios Wall United States da la Gam Almericn Borah Ida McKellar Tonn Hull Germany Ibiza Balearic Lalonda Gentty Foreign Relations Committee America Roosevelt

Emperor consults elder statesmen as new premier looms

Tokyo reports an imperial envoy visiting Princes Rimiochi Satoni to discuss a successor after Gen Hayashi's army backed cabinet resigned en bloc. Opposition gains in the April Diet election boosted democracy, with a likely national coalition to pursue broad army navy reforms and firm foreign policy.

Tokyo Hirohito Rimiochi Satoni Japan Senjuro Hayashi Haysahi Garties Diet Hayagh

Presbyterian Assembly rejects Hitler stance and flags 70-year pastor retirement

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A declined to take a stand on President Roosevelt's Supreme Court plan and referred a proposal to retire pastors at 70 to its 276 presbyteries. It urged restoring pastors' salaries to prior levels after cuts in the depression era. It condemned the German Evangelical church for recognizing other powers and truths outside God's revelation.

Columbus General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church Adolf Hitler Roosevelt

Keys Quad Recennes College Diplomas at Baylor

The Keya sisters Mary Mong Leata and Roberta first quadruples to complete enliese coursed their bachelor of arts degrees at Baylor University’s 92nd commencement. They plan to pursue stage careers as 498 aviators died in World War I in France with 234 dead in air combat and 204 by shells or artillery.

Waco Keya Finke Keys Hollis Oki Baylor University Mary Mong Leata Roberta France Ins Iatrie Arridelts

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