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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1939
Page
5
Weather highlights show record highs and lows across Helena and nearby towns with temperatures ranging from the 60s to above 90 degrees, plus precipitation notes and hourly forecasts. Community notices include meetings for Helena organizations, schedule reminders, and upcoming events with locations and times.
Gov Roy E Ayers addresses Carroll College graduates urging Montanans to embrace citizenship. He frames education as a path to individual duty, public service, and national unity, urging graduates to apply energy and integrity at home and in civic life.
A garbled excerpt discusses President Abraham Lincoln as a model, referencing humility and emblematics of governance. It touches on national unity, the role of memory, and the idea that leadership should serve the welfare of all people, not just the powerful. It mentions Georgetown and national institutions as enduring legacies.
An article reflects on John Carroll and related educational founders in Helena, Montana, noting efforts to create a school enabling young men of limited means to gain advanced education. It honors Arch Bishop Carroll and others while discussing the social duty of building institutions and the value of public service, with reminiscences of Montana figures and a nod to T. J. Walsh’s early legal career.
A proclamation designates June 24 as Flag Day in honor of the national flag and its freedoms. The message urges citizens to display the flag, uphold democratic values, and enlist to defend the nation against tyranny, praising Montana’s public and military service.
A fragmented historical text discusses high priced pleasures and moral limits, focusing on Herod and a preacher in a crowded debate on desire, duty, and rights. It links personal indulgence to social consequences, warning against paying any price for pleasure that harms others or violates duties.
A kangaroo court opens at 7:99 this evening at the corner Stilbavemin and Malu etect. Chairman Waddle Cilser warns warrants issued for arrest of the wrest and other suspects. Attendees urged. session promises mock legal proceedings with judges Sholy pither and red Gaydual, attorney Bud 7. Mer Amit, clerk Del Leesan, and bailiff Melvin Magnuson listed.
A thin light rain swept through the county from Muir to Uitte in the afternoon and evening. Showers continued with sporadic radar notes and a plan to resume activity by 6 30 pm. The weather produced mixed precipitation totals and minor disruptions to outdoor plans.
A Helena man, James Morris Ir, returns after attending the New Mexico Military Institute at Roswell. He enrolled at the junior college there, one of 103 cadets from 18 states Hawaii and Mexico among four who will graduate with a high archaeological fortification at the quad ceremony.
A driver narrates a nighttime incident near Proudwater in which deer crossed into the road blocking traffic. After honking and gesturing failed to move the animals, he stopped, waved, and urged them to move, then returned to the vehicle as darkness settled.
A misspelled AP dispatch notes Marion J. Wien, chief of the Associated Press Denver bureau, touring the state and meeting with Independent and local newspaper figures. The fragmented text places Wien in Denver during a statewide visit with mentions of Kantoraw Rishi and Kline, and notes about monthly membership at the Astori.
Chamber directors gather tonight at the Pepper hotel to discuss business expansion and harmony for promotional efforts. Attendees urged to call 57 before noon to confirm attendance and arrange RENORVAJONA details.
Montanans were aided to find work through the state employment service in 1938 with over 25,000 jobs secured. Craighead, head of the Montana Employment Commission, said unemployment benefits begin July 1 and the expansion was planned in the 1997 legislation. First payments start July 22 and eligible unemployed workers may receive six to eight dollars per week for up to sixteen weeks under the unemployment compensation law.
Mad B Whitcomb lifelong Helena resident dies at St Peters Hospital in Los Angeles. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oakwood Cemetery with Harner Horan directing. Survived by sisters Mayme Site Tate Atte Galt ine and several nephews and nieces. Mrs Wittomb was a member of the Montana monople.
Deaconess School held a religious service week with a sermon by Rev Hleka and a gathering of pupils, their families, and faculty. The event featured music and a communal luncheon, marking the opening of a parishlike observance at the campus.
The Mention conference of Ség wath Day Adventists will hold a session on Mount Ills nenleny grounds from June 2h to dite. Officers will be elected and general Nanthens conducted. Delegates include Mrs. Floyd Deadwoml, Mrs. Clara Blegee, and J. O. Mershon. Metomnughey of Bozeman is the retinue president, J. J. Reis ner of Okintuna, the new president, will fade at Bozeman. Od or oftivors will be elected.
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