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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1929
Page
3
Students blockaded the university building demanding the rector’s resignation after President Portes Gil sought clemency to keep the institution autonomous. Officials could not be found, as the group vowed to stay until demands were met. In unrelated notes, automobile registrations soared with the United States tally reaching over 32 million vehicles.
Detroit June 21 AP Archibald Hugster 21 was fatally wounded by a bullet said to come from Jonah Cox a customs border patrol inspector guarding a rum runners motorboat. Two companions Reymond Malicki 21 and Joseph Lakatos 20 fled to investigate and Cox admitted firing into the air when the motorboat passed.
Rescue crews fought an oil well blaze in California as asbestos clad workers moved forward through streams of water to drag away tangled derricks. A plan to place a cap over the well casing was prepared, with a net beneath ready to capture if the cap failed. This method had been used recently to extinguish two fires in the same district.
In Chicago on June 11 the AP reports fifty two oil companies headed by Standard Oil Company of Indiana were convicted of violating the Sherman anti trust law. The court found they restrained trade and monopolized the oil industry by pooling interests in oil cracking patents. Defendants included Standard Oil Indiana Texas company Standard Oil New Jersey and the Gasoline Product company with forty six corporations and one individual named.
The Swedish trans Atlantic aviators, after three false starts for Greenland in 12 hours, plan another attempt tomorrow morning from Reykjavik Iceland. Captain Ahrenberg expects a nine hour leg with fuel for 18 hours, as Vatican relations with Italy move toward a July start with Monsignor Borgongini Duca assuming the nunciature on July 1.
A severe downpour disrupted service as about 180 telephones failed along South Main street after water flooded a manhole near Wells cafe. Investigators blamed soaking rain and street debris washing from hillsides for the outage in one of the year’s heaviest storms.
A stream of names appears as visitors and locals in Helena society notes. Mrs F C Yaniz and Mr Bride of Butte, Wohl from Missoula, Beeneldey of Great Falls, ROL Lewis of Big Timber, Hugh Walter from Isena, Mrs S K Millar of Hutte, R Hamilton of Flat Crack, Edna Fitna left for Seattle, MoM Siper of Missoula, Harvey, Trash arrival from Billings, Sturm of Great Falls, Searle of Missoula, Mr and Mrs E Ford of Lincoln, George Chidiey and son of Missoula, Miss Flex Baldwin left for Minneapolis, W D P Denard to Great Falls, Bruce Dalton visiting from Great Falls, Mr and Mrs C Newshow of Butte, I Howard, C C Hownson from Lewistown, Bert Walker of Tewle town visiting, Bart Enos and John Enon to Rochester, Mina Jessie Beacon from Butte, Teter Pauly a Powell county sheepman visiting, J M McDonough and J A Mathenon of Great Falls, Mrs Barl Peters and Mrs Hi Fyester en route to Seattle then Sitka, George Lanstrum former Helena resident en route home from Shriners in Los Angeles.
Dr. David Donnan and Dr. B R Smith will speak at today’s Rotary gathering. The program committee says the subjects are known only to the speakers. Musical numbers are provided by Mrs. Frank Tompkins and Florence Woods. The meeting ends Justice Albert J Galen’s term as club president, with Ralph Kaufman taking over next week.
The article projects sustained demand for copper with profitable reserves in Arizona Utah and other copper regions. It notes rich undiscovered supplies in Belgian Congo Rhodesia and Africa but warns output will not surge for three years due to labor and training challenges. American and South American properties remain dominant while world production rises.
At Butte on Thursday the seventh annual state convention of the P E O society opened with reports from committees and a banquet that occupied the 65 delegates. Mrs Edith Wallace of Seattle, first vice president, delivered the principal banquet address. A picnic is planned for tomorrow as the program continues.
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