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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1933
Page
3
Harold Lloyd will appear in a new production described as a sophisticated role. The actor plans a shift toward maturity, portraying a character in a printed serial adapted from a Raymond Chandler style narrative likely set among American urban life, with Lloyd aging his screen persona.
Alison Skipworth stars in a buoyant American tempo comedy A Lady's Profession at the Marlow theater opening yesterday. The ensemble includes Holland Young Sari Maritza Kent Taylor Roseoe Karns and Warren Hymer in the lively show.
A chaotic briefing at the economic conference reports Mussolini pressing for prestige via an autarkic policy while Duce’s pronouncements push partners toward Rome. Guido Jung dodges signaling Rome would assume duties, as ten states are seen to force others into a customs union with France and Germany possibly drawn in.
American delegates at the international gathering weigh the debt dispute with Great Britain and a token payment as a path to keep the conference on track. Cordell Hull, absent from a plenary session, was expected to deliver the keynote on tariff cuts, while Britain offers a partial debt settlement proposal to Washington amid debates on dollar stability and European blocs seeking swift action.
Washington June 13 The president will answer Britain’s request for partial war debt payments with a message expected to surprise. Talks in the debt field between the two nations fed hopes for a compromise while Ambassador Rosso of Italy delivered a memorandum urging only a partial instalment payment of 12 545 000.
President Roosevelt stood firm amid talk of a veto as Congress moved to finalize key bills. The Senate passed a $3.61 billion emergency appropriation and sent the three billion dollar supply bill back to the House with amendments. House members were recalled for rapid action and to sign bills during a session. Senator Robinson backed a vote on a resolution to block a 25 percent cut in expenditures for agricultural experiment work.
Washington June 13 The Senate sent back to conference with the House a major veterans compensation bill amid a stalemate over hospital funding and possible executive veto. A key fight over liberalized benefits was forced to a vote, with leadership signaling divergence between the White House and congressional proponents as adjournment loomed.
Eddie Cantor returns in The Kid From Spain his third Goldwyn vehicle and a yearlong film plan. The story follows a buttoned up student kicked from school for dormitory mischief who robs a bank and flees to Mexico disguising as a bullfighter, then enters a real bullfight amid mistaken identity.
Turmoil grips Vienna after weekend bombings kill two and injure at least five. Chancellor Dollfuss and government declare actions by the Brown Terror and Nazi circles, restricting officials and citing alleged plot to justify veterans’ pension changes. Debate intensifies over Connally and Gutting Steiner amendments and plans affecting Spanish American veterans.
Washington reports the Senate approved a $2,612,500,000 emergency appropriation bill funding public works unemployment services farm credit and federal savings and loan programs and bank depositor insurance, with conference talks on amendments and timing unresolved. Nearby, Billings trustees voted a $9,000 increase to the elementary budget for the 1923-24 fiscal year.
Helena Children’s group presents Little Black Sambo at Hawthorne School Auditorium Friday morning honoring the Helena children’s season. Mrs. Harold Longmaid directs the four scene play with a cast including Mrs. L. C. Butts and Mrs. Richart Timze among others. stage and costume crews listed. Vaudeville acts accompany the performance with a horse dance and kindergarten singing segment.
Prohibition was rejected again as Massachusetts voters upheld repeal measures. The statewide tally echoed national trends with high turnout and margins favoring repealing the 18th Amendment, aligning with other states voting in favor of repeal across 1920s history.
The article outlines how a new Mortgage Act and presidential appeal aim to reduce foreclosures by enabling cooperation among Home Owners Loan Corporation officials mortgagors and mortgagees. It describes loan terms including up to 80 percent home value coverage 15 year repayment and a three year moratorium with potential refinanced mortgages at low rates. It also notes a plan to establish offices nationwide within a month and details on qualification and negotiation paths for homeowners. A local Oklahoma note mentions a chicken with missing and returning eggs, while a separate San Francisco blurb reports an infant surviving a fall with minor injuries.
Washington June 1 The Steagall banking bill passed the Senate and was sent to the White House a landmark measure expanding bank deposit insurance to 2.40 and restructuring control of credit It authorizes a new insurance fund with deposits fully insured by July 1 1994 and outlines deposits coverage and sequence of state and national bank changes The bill’s financing includes 150 million added to a federal appropriation with federal reserve support and treasury funding The act aims to curb speculative use of credit and establish a unified system with broad powers over banks and their affiliates, plus provisions for branch operations and officer loans
Missoula dispatch reports flooding near Lolo as waters spread across John Schroeder’s ranch. Deputy W A Hill and Henry Schroeder relocate a nest to a brood hen warming 17 baby pheasants born in a nest under water.
In Tijings Montana a man’s body was recovered from an irrigation canal near Billings. Officials tentatively identified him as John A. Ruge, missing since October. Decomposition hindered confirmation but clothing and a missing left-hand finger joint aided ID. Police noted extensive blood loss and believed foul play or suicide possible.
June 14 at Pavia reports that Alfonso of Spain signed a renunciation of all royal rights in favor of his brother Don Juan after opposing his betrothal to Senorita Emma Sampedro, daughter of a Cuban merchant. An emissary tried to sway him, but the prince remained resolute, drawing up the deed to relinquish his throne for himself and descendants.
Civil war veteran Patrick Flannery died yesterday at his son’s home after a brief illness. A former New York volunteer, he lived in Mountaintown and previously served as a police in Great Falls, and led local fire and police departments for years. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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