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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1931
Page
5
The text discusses criticism of the college system and graduates amid new opportunities for untrained workers. It contrasts two schools of thought: lament over declining universal higher education and hope that college training for laborers ends. It notes potential tax and legal impacts on the meek inheriting the earth.
The piece argues persistent farm surpluses keep prices low while labor struggles, charity fills gaps, and industry recovers faster than agriculture. It notes continued agricultural carryovers, cautious farming, and calls for intelligent use of tools over force or gimmicks. It also mentions Welker Willebrandt and a prohibition case, with conflicting views.
The Helena Daily Independent reports on the U S Health Board advising reduced meat intake while the National Livestock and Meat Board and Montana producers push to boost meat consumption. Editors condemn federal interference, noting stockmen protest to lawmakers as campaigns like Eat More Lamb unfold across western states. Mike Arien is mentioned in a satirical jab.
A Baltimore convention speaker for the National Association of Real Estate Boards foresees mass produced houses built in sections and assembled cheaply, potentially pushing prices to about 4000 dollars even in large cities. He notes today’s costs deter modest buyers, while critics fear aesthetics may suffer but cheaper suburbs already show ugliness in low priced homes.
The article notes a nearing saturation of college enrollment after decades of growth from 120,000 to 860,600 students. It suggests the spike in students may end next year and over subsequent years as colleges reach capacity and higher scholastic requirements deter some young people from attending.
Senator R W Means touring the west says there is less unpatriotic discontent in the United States. He urges solving troubles through the American idea of democracy and avoiding communism or fascism. Mayor Porter of Los Angeles notes abstinence in Paris. A pee wee golf course has parking hassles and a stray headline warns last year’s straws appear.
The piece extols fish as a healthful weekly staple for Sunday roasts through Friday meals and guests, noting iodine benefits and simple cautions about bones. It lists varieties such as mackerel and haddock, mentions garnishes like lemon juice, and humorously surveys how children and women perceive fish and plan weekly menus.
The Haskin Letter reports 1930 iron ore production fell 20 percent from 1929 and 11 percent below the five year average. Minnesota and Michigan led declines, with Alabama and Wisconsin among others showing smaller losses. Despite lower output, unit ore price rose, and stockpiles increased as mines kept operations to avoid layoffs.
Virginia, New Jersey, New Mexico, Arizona and New York show higher iron ore output in 1930 than 1929, with Minnesota remaining dominant in ore but Pennsylvania leading pig iron shipments. The report notes hematite and other ore varieties from Lake Superior and Pittsburgh region furnaces rooted in early Pennsylvania industry.
Amelia Earhart Putnam landed her autogyro at the municipal field in Salt Lake City at 9 p.m. finishing a night flight from Cheyenne Wyoming begun at 9 a.m. She refueled in the canyonages and paused several times. Earhart Putnam continues toward Los Angeles.
Not to live at peace with conscience is not to live. For something beyond life is to have missed life. For one we love is to lose the greatest joy of life. For one's deepest convictions is to waste immortality. For tomorrow is not to get the most out of today. For the joy of living is to live in fear of life. For simple pleasures is to miss the greatest happiness.
Dr Morris Fighrein argues global rise in hospital care costs driven by medical advances and staffing. Modern hospitals reduce expenses by large scale catering, group nursing, and ward design that cuts staff and uses screens to provide privacy. Tomorrow: The cost of medical treatment.
A daily question and answer feature from Washington and Helena readers covers topics from border rules and parachutes to bread origins, insurance beneficiary rules, the Mennonite name, wages, Taps origins, petrified forest size, foreign cargo, and historic rail gauges. It compiles brief, factual replies by named respondents on diverse inquiries.
San Francisco June 4 Louis D Nathin promoter died a few years ago leaving two daughters Mrs Louis W Dexsaner and Mes Cora Michaels to inherit from an estate once deemed broke. A Wells Fargo trust officer filed an accounting showing the Nathan estate valued near $1,000,000 thanks to a well found on land in the Kettleman hills. The estate will not be administered until 1937 but the daughters are set to receive generous incomes.
Secretary of the research ent of the Methodist Board noc condemns the Camnullan and Swedish Neuer central systems. He warns that bringing them to the United States could cause chaos and bloodshed. Pickett, speaking at the Baltimore conference, argues adoption would create 31 seats of power and a ta0k steering system with opportunities for graft and entrenching in protected areas, claiming it risks greater danger than other systems.
In Kansas City on June 4 Mrs George Mayfield expected from Denver to join her children Ray 9 and Martha 10 who left home without her to join their father in Shelbina Missouri. Ray carried a toy revolver with wooden bullets strapped around his waist before leaving Denver to protect his sister. The children awaited their mother’s arrival at the home of a relative. Martha said today that brother and sister never leave home without permission again.
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