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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1929

Page

8

Car Thief Caught While Mending Tire on Stolen Car

Butte June 11 William Roberts was arrested yesterday afternoon on grand larceny charges after patching a tire on a stolen automobile. The car disappeared from George Denis 629 East Helena street Sunday night. Denis identified the vehicle noting the odometer read a little over 12,000 miles when taken and 12.1 miles when recovered. License plates were missing and headlights damaged. Roberts said the act was foisted by a friend and refused to name the accomplice. He was taken to the county attorney's office for further proceedings.

Butte Oklahoma Street William Roberts George Denis Galena Street Roberts Tacavas Justice Court

Former Butte Girl Becomes Associate Counsel

Miss Fanney Neyman, a native Butte girl who left four years ago as secretary to Senator Walsh, is now associate counsel for the United States Radio Commission. The Montana bar member studied law in Butte and was admitted to the state bar. Her brother Joel Neyman runs a local business.

Butte Joel Neyman

Ranch Hand Fatally Injured By Tractor Plow

Shelby June 1 A ranch hand, Vance Gibson 37, of this city, fell from a tractor on the Larson ranch nine tiles southwest of Shelby. The plow ran over him as he worked alone, two or three hours before Roy Bruckner found him. Gibson died shortly after discovery. He was a son of E L Gibson of Shelby.

Shelby Vance Gibson Larson Ranch Here Gibson Roy Bruckner Bruckfer EL E. Gibson

World Traveler to Visit Butte on Tour Honoring Mussolini

New York fascisti member Raffaele Maiullari plans a world tour ending in Butte on June 24 or 4 to honor Mussolini. He will arrive by Milwaukee train from Seattle then fly via National Parks Airway to Salt Lake City and onward to Chicago, linking with a transcontinental flight.

Butte Preemier Mussolini Raffaele Maiullari New York Racisti Society Maiullari Milwaukee Seattle National Parks Airway Here Salt Lake City Chicago Bronx Chamber of Commerce

Toole County to Enlarge Buildings Shelby

Toole County commissioners meet in a special session June 21 and 22 to vote on plans to expand the courthouse and jail. They deem the current courthouse inadequate and will consider enlarging the courthouse by adding to the rear and either rebuilding the jail or adding a story to it.

Shelby Toole County County Commissioners Cote Peasion

Tourists Endure Snow and Sand Storms in Park

Mr and Mrs J J Leahy of Phoenix Arizona registered at the Great Falls tourist park. They fled two sand storms on the road and paused their car each time until passage. Last Friday near Yellowstone Grande Canyon storms halted them for hours. They are bound for New York and report good road conditions near Yellowstone.

Great Arts J. J. Ahy Great Falls Phoenix Ariz Yellowstone Park Grandesayor

Russian Engineers Refuse to Talk Politics on Tour of Smelting Institutions

Two Russian metallurgical engineers, A S Shakhmoura day and L M Gazarantz, visiting Butte, say their aim is to study U S milling and smelting methods. They refuse to discuss politics, call the Stalin government satisfactory with caveats, note ruble value differences, and praise Russia as a land with good work and wages while observing engineering opportunities ahead.

United States Shakhmouradow el Paso Douglas Salt Lake City Montana Russia Shakhmouradov Stalin Trotsky St Ors

Jewelry on Display Stolen From Missoula Store

Jewelry valued at 750 dollars was taken from Kittendorff's jewelry store at 1217 Higgins avenue after 10 p.m. Sunday. Entry was through a transom. owner G A Kittendorff offers a reward for information. Officers have no clues.

Missoula Kittendorff Higgins Avenue G. A. Kittendorff

Dillon Enrollment At Normal College To Be Lower

Enrollment for the summer session at Montana State Normal College will fall below last summer’s figures. No definite numbers are available yet, but most regular faculty will lead the courses as the term opens tomorrow. The nine week term is shortened and concentrated with classes beginning at 7 AM.

Millon Montana State Normal College

Trio Kidnaps Nine-Year-Old Boy From Scobey Ranch Home

Seabey June W reports the 9-year-old son of farmer Ed Burcher was abducted from his Scobey ranch home by three men at night seeking fuel. The Burchers are separated. No trace of the kidnappers or boy has been found.

Trio Scobey Ranch Seabey Ed Burcher Ladoc

Hailstorm Sweeps Rosebud Ranches

Forsyth reports a heavy hail storm north of Forsyth and in the Fitch Howard district. Hail depth reached 12 inches in places damaging alfalfa gardens and crops on the Nipple and Robinson ranches. Sam Newnes cites shattered windows at the Howard school and large hailstones seen around Howard.

Forsyth Fitch-Howard District Here Hammond Irrigation District Howard Sam Newnes Nipple Robinson Howard School Newnes

Shops To Be Rebuilt After Fire In Minnesota

In St. Paul officials said the Great Northern railroad shops burned last week may be rebuilt at Great Falls. Officials in charge were out of the city and the plans for the new structure could not be learned.

St. Paul Minn Great Northern Railroad Great Falls

Tree Crashes Onto Car Near Miles City During Storm

June 11 Miles City reports a severe storm with hail and rain toppled a large cottonwood along the highway two miles south of Miles City near the Green Lantern Inn. A passing auto was struck, injuring a front-seat passenger, Mrs Grace Rascac, who held a child and required stitches before a hospital discharge. The driver, a brother-in-law of the injured woman, and two other occupants escaped serious harm.

Miles City Green Lantern Inn Grace Rascac Worman Ona- Schutte

Butte Man Escapes State Hospital Re-arrested

J L Lindsay alias J L Witherspoon known to Butte police was jailed after an alleged attempt to shortchange a bracery clerk. He faced jail terms and underwent a drug treatment at Warm Springs. He escaped guards at the state hospital and was recaptured an hour after arriving in Butte.

Butte J. L Lindsay J. L. Witherspoon J. J. Lynchard Warm Springs State Hospital City East Gagnon Street

Box Cars Blown From Tracks in Wind Storm

Four box cars were blown off the track at Oswego during a severe windstorm Saturday night. Wind also toppled buildings on the N-Bar-N ranch south of Oswego and uprooted large cottonwood trees along the Missouri river. Rain accompanied the two nights of windstorms, with numerous small structures overturned in the storm path.

Wolf Point Oswego N-Bar-N Ranch Missouri Lac

Andio Director to Tour Mont Region for Air Troubles

Butte June 11 Harold A a Fount radio commissioner for the fifth district will arrive in Butte July 5 to investigate radio conditions Senator Burton K Wheeler said he will accompany him if not kept in Washington by duties E B Craney KGIR manager said a telegram announced La Fount visit plans for a banquet La Fount represents the fifth district which covers the northwest and Pacific coast states The Butte visit will be part of a tour of cities in the district

Butte Harold A.a Burton K. Wheeler Washington, D. C Montana Washington E. B. Craney KGIR Craney LaFount United States Salt Lake City Northwest Pacific Coast

Runaway Great Falls Girl Returns After Two Weeks

Great Falls dispatch reports Genevieve Butler a 16 year old daughter of O C Butler of Morony dam returned to the city after a two weeks disappearance with Wyatt Owens 17. Owens was located by Chief Probation Officer Guy Palagi and had been employed in Elliston. The pair had used an automobile owned by Harold Rounds which was found abandoned near Great Falls. The girl said authorities were seeking them and she decided to return after thinking it over.

Great Falls Genevieve Butler O. C. Butler Morony Wyatt Owens Guy Palagi Gir Palagi Elliston Owens

Doctors Offices Robbed of Morphine in Bozeman

In Bozeman on June th, three doctors in the Commercial National Bank building had their offices broken into and ransacked. About $200 worth of morphine tablets were stolen along with drawers pulled out and doors damaged. The three targets were Drs Floyd Jump Joseph Piedatue and B J Heetderks. Detective work continued as Dr Heetderks could not be reached for confirmation of further losses.

Bozeman Hoveman Drs Floyd Jump Joseph Tpigdatue B. J. Heetderks Commercial National Bank Dr. Jump Dr. Piedatue Heetderks

Anaconda Couple Wed At 3 A.M. In Courthouse Ceremony

Early morning wedding in Anaconda as Bete Jane J J 10 Dom itrovich 24 and Miss Anne Stan dard 18, both residents, tied the knot at 3 a m after summoning Deputy Clerke Emil Crunch and Judge W E Carroll. The ceremony ended by 3 a m and the couple departed by their car with friends from the Smelter city.

Bete Jane J.J Domitrovich Anne Standard Anaconda Emil Crunch W. E. Carroll

Lightning Strikes Tree Falls Across Deer Lodge Street

Lightning hit a large cottonwood in front of the R. W. Ross residence last night. The tree shattered and fell across the street without injuring anyone. A few people had just passed moments earlier. A small forest fire in Thompson Park south of Bywtté burned about one twentieth of an acre. damage was slight and did not threaten nearby summer homes.

Deer Lodge Street Butte Thompson Park Bywtté Joh B. Teylor Deer Lodge National Forest Taylor

Woman, victim of mysterious bullet dies in Hamilton

Mrs. Othel Severns, 47, Corvallis school teacher, died in Hamilton after being shot on May 29 near the county fairgrounds on the Tetthers outskirts. Death blamed on tetanus. Her mother, A V Anderson of Los Angeles, was at the bedside. ex-husband and other relatives were summoned. The shooting remains unexplained.

Hamiton Othel Severns Corvallis Hamilton Severns A. V. Anderson Los Angeles Bonner Feery Idaho H.N. Martin Norma Martin Republic Wash Severna Tetthers

Airplanes Used to Locate Leak in Glendive Gas Line

June 11 Glendive reports that airplanes were employed to locate a leak in the Glenvive Cabin Creek natural gas line after floods Uprooted ground near the pipe and endangered the supply. District Manager Noel Carieco chartered Hale Airplane Co. planes, scouted the area, found the leak, and it was repaired promptly preventing a gas outage.

Glendive Glenvive-Cabin Creek Montana Noel Carieco Hale

Townsend News notes from town and visitors

Local society items reveal visits from Helena and Los Angeles residents, trips to Bozeman for Ford dealer meeting, a Townsend death in Chico, Cal, and various birthday and bridge club events. It lists families visiting relatives, summer plans, a hospital recovery, and community birthdays with names and places including Townsend, Helena, Wausau, and Cal.

Bud Johnson Paul Carson Sunburst Jin Ward Shirley van Voast Ray Ward Wallace Hardy Clit Gordon Townsend Bozeman For Broadwater Lewis and Clark Gallatin Seattle Ford Catherine Kinlahan Chico Cal Bridge Club Commercial Hotel C. B. Fairchild Bliler Crittenden Griffith Doggett D. D. McCarthy Joan Laurie McCarthy Cedar Street Punch Jack Dan McCarthy Edna Wallace Maxine Betty Doggett Mary Alice Ballard Marie Sterrett Mary Anna Peggy Peterson Dorothy Peggy Holloway Mary Ellen Josephine Jeanne Williams Dale Cook Anna Marie Joseph Zimmerman Ann George Gahisch Francis Lenchan Charles Jimmy Ragen

Rival Wives and a Courtroom Mystery

Nan Carroll, private secretary to lawyer John Curtis Morgan, suspects his client Bert Crawford, indicted for embezzlement, is guilty and the lover of Iris Morgan. As Morgan defends Crawford, Nan pieces a web of motives, fingerprints, and a possible crime by old Mrs Ward, debating exhumation to reveal the truth while Morgan weighs his loyalties and a possible romance with Nan. A century after Braille, the article notes the enduring six-dot system for the blind.

Nan Carroll John Curtis Morgan Morgan Isi Bert Crawford Nan Crawford Iris Morgan Tris Ahe New York Iris Lois Downs Hing

Morgan Faces Despair and a Holmes Like Gambit

In chapter XVIII John Curtis Morgan battles despair after a desertion notice. Nan Carroll reassures him with a playful Holmesian setup as she guides him through an intricate realization about Mrs Ward’s death, slipping into a private room to plot and reveal hidden truths.

John Curtis Morgan Luis Downs Nan Carroll Nan Tim Simon Sherlock Haines Watson

Also Mentioned on This Page

Montana State News Radio. Commission Mussolini Toole County Dillon Rosebud Ranches Addigt Spokane A. R. Jacobs First National Bank Mabel Martin Theodore Jacobs Jacobs Andio Mont Runaiway Townsend News Cornelius Vanderbilt Warry Payne Whitney John T. Pratt Congress Mr. Morgan Brainerd Aswell Brainery Holzmann Andrew Ward Andy Matty Lois Mrs. Ward Lois Holmes Louis Braille Sherlock Andrew “Ward Walker Colvin Davis
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