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Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1939

Page

2

Japane se plot to poison officials at Chinese banquet

Shanghai reports a group of 70 Japanese and Chinese officials of the Nanking reform government were in the Chinese capital for a banquet when wine allegedly poisoned was served. Officials claimed no attempt occurred at the Japanese consulate general banquet for parliamentary vice minister Shimizu. The brain behind the plan remains at large as Nanking searches for those responsible.

Shanghai Nanking Tameka Ruro Shimizu Japan Ersiling Ani Seyorla Ram Tientsin G. Cheng Hungary Budapest Anthat Itus- Burin Waziz AL Nanking Japutoss Ineiule

Defense Keynote Emphasizes Army Roles and Peace

President stresses defense needs and international cooperation during a large address to about 450 soldiers. He asserts the American army favors peace, highlights peacetime missions saving lives and generating wealth, and calls for disciplined, cooperative service as essential to national and global security.

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Wall Street Firm to Suspend Business

New York June 12. Sumner & Co. a longtime Wall Street banking firm tied to financing since the 1880s announced a dissolution. James & Bever, an 78 year old partner, decided to retire. The dissolution was arranged for June 30.

New York Wall Streck Banking Thinset Sumner & Co Rmstead Forgy Ater James &Bever

Preliminary Board Approves School Budgets

The board reviews operating costs for elementary and high schools with total budgets near 1.6 million dollars, detailing salaries for teachers principals and staff, transportation, maintenance, supplies, and new apparatus. Next meeting is scheduled for July 20.

General Central Sctass

School Board Minutes Detail Finances and Contracts

The board itemizes expenditures including libraries and salaries, notes a $4100 athletic coach salary, and lists improvements, equipment, and cafeteria costs. It records a $350 salary for Mix, Qerayia Hitler Young as assistant in the ADM department, and confirms a prior contract with partial payment. The land formerly Lincoln site is deemed unsuitable for school use, and a building was damaged by a fire, with storage use noted.

Calth Aeronautical Department Capenses Mix Qerayia Hitler Young Imisht Ala Wna Kenneth McDonald Lincoln Bern

Tragic Sighting: Man Perishes In Pit Near Pa Town

A man perished in a pit in a coal town near Bhamotin Pennsylvania while three others were injured. A Susquehanna Vehicles rescue crew worked about ninety minutes to recover the body from a vent hole in the shaft.

Bhamotin Susquehanna Vehbles Company Asa Pork

Answers to Art Krenz Do You Know Cartoon

Five amateurs have won the US Open: Traverr Oulmet Edun Jones Goodman. Md Reubach of the Chicago Urbs shut out the Brooklyn Dodgers twice in 1905 on September 26. Padded gloves debuted in Aix-la-Chapelle by two English boxers on October 7, 1818.

Jerry Traverr Francia Oulmet Chick Edun Bobby Jones Jahiny Goodman MD Reubach Chicago Urbs Brooklyn Dodgers Aix-la-Chapella

No Appeasement New Declaration Of Lord Halifax

A chaotic wartime dispatch notes Britain will resist appeasement with a new declaration by Lord Halifax. The report describes Cromwellian era hints and arrest actions around clandestine plots, alongside Hungary’s parliamentary session proposing land expropriation to fund defense. The text references a poison wine incident in Nanking and political instability in Czechoslovakia, with police actions in Kladno and Prague. The piece frames growing resistance, conspiratorial investigations, and government secrecy amid escalating tensions.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM A GOSSIPING GAZETTE PAGE

Fragmentary personals item lists guests at St venue and nearby towns. Names include Mies, Wenn, Khuer, John Mmo, Lawson, Lawley, Sheeley, Teg, and Mrs A. Khiby, with travels to Kuat Tniena and Beattie. Also mentions Chuihp Waters and Mie balmy Waterta of 78 tenth Avenue, recent studies at University of Inia and Duke, and plans to sail on the Bleamer Tukan for America.

Chuihp Watars Small Sr Mie Balmy Wateta Tenth Avenue University of Inia Mr. Waters Duke Lailemsky Bom Dente Leek Fem Ranats Ynention Walig Rede Erelorn Tia Cna Meebert Washington

Cranium Crackers Answer Key Fragment Scene

Fragmented text lists players and teams with scattered names and actions. Mentions MeOrmick Philadelphia Athletica McNair Powers and others in unclear cricket style phrasing. Summary preserves identifiable names and vague moves amid garbled OCR.

MeOrmick May Gantan Mueller Powers

Kangaroo Court Set For Evening At Jubilee Grounds

Jubilee organizers plan a public pageant and state ceremonial events at the fairgrounds with a procession to the Civic Center. Concessions will operate at both uptown and fairgrounds sites, with groups urged to submit proposals and be assigned spaces by Weare in charge. Governor Summour Vonight’s court will review beard-related infractions as part of the day’s program. A large cast is expected, with rehearsals under way and casts to be finalized by Friday. Tickets go on sale May 22 through YMCA outlets, with awards limited to individual exhibitors and one manufacturer per gate area.

Plan Ming Boaths Tong Loater Loble Gener Krogh Frit Brounda Kriegh RB. E. Varaldson Civic Center Auditorium Cooperahon Bay Reoth Togers Facnoing Company Ohio Haroldson Arene Summour Vonight Angina Court Chaar Center Auditorim Wall State House Bar of Justice Roy B. Asers John Jawell Wee Aalkhorter Rey O Connell John Wo Mahin Joh Mer

Defense Bill Moves in Lower House on Plane Output

The lower house discussed a large defense bill to expand military aircraft output to about 3,000 planes, with minority members voting to cut totals from 3,290 to 1,007. General Arnold argued the program would defend the nation, while Lindbergh warned the U.S. must accelerate military aviation research to regain its leadership. The panel urged doubling the $5.19 million research fund and projecting large personnel increases to support the expanded air force.

Hal War Department Roosevelt Jenny H. Arnold Air Corps Charles A. Lindbergh United States Lexus Loree Congress

Nome Nome Alaska Air Raid Report Fragment

Fragmentary report describes a Nome Alaska area incident with references to an air raid plan and search actions. Names Billings-Morzan J. Ridinke and Paul Lose appear as officials or figures connected to the event while other lines join a scattered chronology. The text is garbled and partially unreadable but centers on a planned raid involving ships and traversing reach toward Nome and Imada and Sunderland.

Come Alaska Dina Radi Fo Tin Jumma Sunderland Imada Nome Vazzo

Profits Levy Elimination Bill Signals Big Tax Changes

A proposed bill contends to end the profits levy and alter corporate taxation. It details revaluation options for capital stock, extended nuisance tax remnants, and reduced postwar excise duties. The joint committee chairs estimate the package would alter annual corporate taxes by about one billion dollars with modest revenue shifts next year.

Tor Capital Ntvek Eaceles Unacs Cooper Treasury Ecombillive

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