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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1937
Page
7
A 1937 New York Tribune column argues tax rules unfairly burden artists like Dorothy Thompson and Margaret Mitchell. It questions taxing royalties as earned income, condemns arbitrary deductions, and urges reform to boost employment and prudent government spending.
A weary actress narrator recalls a day spent with Dean Monteray a glamorous wireless station figure. She endures flirtatious advances and a cold professional dismissal as he ignores her while admiring his own letters. The scene closes with her dreams of his attention and a cliffhanger tease.
A reader sees Q and A items covering film rights costs for a Palitzer prize play, umpire salaries in major leagues, Marian Anderson’s early career and major performances in Europe, Wilde lines about blood and tears from Reading Gaol, U.S. school attendance figures, royal succession scenarios, twilight definitions, embassies in Washington, Millard Sheeter the artist, the Crile Clinic disaster of 1928, and a colophon definition.
A Boston Transcript essay reviews Gelett Burgess’s critique of modern chairs that age us by encouraging slouching and comfort. It contrasts old and new furniture, musing on how design shapes behavior, etiquette, and the sense of youth versus aging through exaggerated chair physics and table forms.
The piece notes the 1935 Washington Red Rider law requiring biweekly affidavits by teachers clerks and janitors in the district school system denying teaching or advocacy of communism. Congress later distanced the statute prompting a pending presidential action as part of a broader critique of state laws fostering fear over patriotism. Also mentioned is a Butte Montana piano ensemble highlighted for the 11th annual Montana State Music Teachers Association convention in June.
Bruce Catton reviews Unmortal Franz by Zao Harsany recounting Liszt in a biographical novel with romance, artistry, and historical access. Also covered are Court debate volumes by Allange and Feinstein, plus biographies of Curtiss, Lewis, and mountain men detailing aviation, the frontier, and daring feats in a period-accurate, lively tone.
The horoscope notes a day not important for planetary direction yet favorable for churchgoing and clergy. It forecasts secrecy and changes, mentions labor troubles shipping, and cites notable birthdays such as Nathan Hale born 1756 and Pierre Corneille born 1607.
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