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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
5
During the Memorial Day period Americans faced 335 violent fatalities across the nation. Auto crashes led, with air crashes drownings and shootings adding to the grim total. Authorities warn that carelessness and recklessness fueled most deaths as campaigns for safe conduct must intensify nationwide. Montana reported only one fatal accident in the holiday span.
Reports from abroad describe Czech resistance to Nazi occupation as crowds in cinemas booing propaganda and pamphlets denouncing Nazi policy reappear. Despite arrests and threats by the SS and stormtroopers, observers note growing unease and potential impact on Europe’s calm after Poland’s stance on Danzig. Former President Benes, now in America, believes in Czechoslovakia’s final survival amid upheaval.
President Roosevelt praised baseball as America’s melting pot while noting the century of the game and the diverse players. The day’s big league box scores spotlight players from many national origins. Separately, Washington reports 403 million acres of public domain still uncharted, with future government mapping and a push to explore the Antarctic.
A former Nation editor Dr Ernest Gruening, now a director at the interior department, seeks to outfit a U S expedition to plant the flag south of 60 degrees latitude. He argues southern latitudes hold coal and minerals amid a contracting, science-driven world.
A wartime opinion piece weighs Henry Ford as a presidential candidate amid global tension. It argues Ford’s impact on civilization and honesty, notes his nonpolitical record, and questions Republican and national interest futures if nominated. It also mentions broader foreign policy strains with Japan and Russia and the potential domestic reactions.
Reading the Kentucky coal troubles, editors urge balance between union rights and management responsibility. They warn against turbulent minorities and costly disruptions, advocating disciplined negotiation and harmonious workplace rules. A Detroit News blurb notes a firm halting a business line amid supplier complaints.
Fragmentary text asserts that games prepare men for work, books wake minds, sermons start thinking, and jokes aim to make people laugh. The line ends with a garbled note about Hess Brnarcase and a sum of $954.
A federal state cooperative inventory details counts of major big game across the United States. It documents declines from historic levels, highlights species such as white tailed deer and elk, and notes protection efforts to preserve remaining populations. The report covers ranges, state tallies, and conservation implications.
An OCR fragment quotes Queen Mary and the Archbishop of Canterbury with political commentary on capital markets and government. It mentions A. A. Ferle, assistant secretary of state, and Minnesota representative Fareld Keita, but the text is garbled and lacks clear events or dates.
A Raleigh dispatch reports conservationists note declines and redistributions of North American big game. Bears, buffalo, bighorn sheep, moose, caribou, and grizzly populations have contracted due to hunting, habitat loss, and settlement, with some species now confined to fewer states and protected areas. An annual national count is urged to guide preservation efforts.
Walter Lipppmann analyzes Secretary Hull's neutrality program, noting delayed actions clarified American stance in Europe, Britain's pivot, and the risk of entangling the United States. He argues the policy keeps U.S. trade safe while pressuring Allied governments to act, shaping future war responses.
Reader inquiries cover geography, history, constitutional law and a museum project. The section lists Bermuda distance from New York to Hamilton, a Mary and Mary tale from Sterling Brass, constitutional origin of revenue bills, and the Mellon gallery at Warhjrtgton.
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