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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
9
The piece urges Americans to reflect on the flag’s meaning for liberty and justice, noting June 14, 1777 as the flag’s adoption and stressing unity under Old Glory amid future dangers. It contrasts equal rights for all with the stars’ equal stature and calls for resolve to defend freedom and avoid foreign conflicts.
The article notes Allied troops have left Norway, with northern areas now under German control. It argues withdrawal was expedient as Hitler presses on France and Italy. It warns the Allies face a bite and death struggle in France, with possible later liberation of Norway.
The article warns that if France falls the French navy remains a formidable force, ranked fourth globally behind Britain the United States and Japan. It notes French convoys at sea with few losses, and contrasts French strength with Italian and other fleets while speculating on joint Allied naval risks if Germany overpowers Britain and France.
The article notes the current war is kaleidoscopic with rapid map changes. Modern transport and communications enable quick conquests, surpassing past rates. It recalls Hitler’s Blitzkrieg promise and Poland as an early stage, suggesting even faster future campaigns.
The excerpt warns that before winter, Axis control could reach most of Europe and Asia with Africa in their grasp and Japan may seize the East Indies. It notes Britain’s Isles could be occupied if France’s fate is sealed and mentions a removal at the New York fair related to King Leopold.
Helena gains 2,811 residents in the last decade, lifting city population to 14,905 while Lewis and Clark county grows to 21,721. Missoula and Billings rise, Butte dips, and Helena projects further expansion with a pro growth outlook and strong home ownership. Lake bathing in Alaska is mentioned oddly.
At Atlantic City a Northern Baptist convention urged churches to confront a world in crisis. Dr Elmer Fridell warned that international morality is decaying and revival is needed, citing Hitler's rise as linked to German moral decline and calling for a strong Christian response. Italy reportedly avoids war news as Mussolini may retreat.
The Haskin Letter discusses the global cotton surplus, its impact on 10,000,000 people across 16 southern states, and how price swings, foreign competition, and land erosion compound the farmers’ hardships. It outlines balancing production and consumption, soil conservation plans, cooperative planting, and cotton loan tools amid a wary political climate.
A Montana Public Service Commission report from Helena shows April carloadings up 20.6 percent from the 1939 period. Wheat, cattle, sheep and goats, poles, copper ore, scrap iron, and petroleum products led gains, signaling strong state production.
In a front page clipping Major Williams, ex Navy pilot and European aeronautical surveyor, argues for a distinct American air force independent of the army and navy. He cites England’s risk from coasts and the German use of distant air bases to defend the nation.
Fragmentary OCR quote from Christian Science Moller discussing holding opinions on any topic. Text is garbled, names partially legible, lacking clear event or context for a concise card.
A fragmentary collection of paraphrased quotations attributed to Frank P. Corri gen Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover and John Barrymore. The lines touch on librarianship Latin American studies democracy armament and military service with implied critique of wartime attitude and audience risk.
A memorandum posted on a vaudeville theater bulletin board asks managers and staff to adjust advertising. It notes accepting an arrangement with a nearby theater and changing the billing for the Andrews Slaters from American Sweethearts of Swing to Americas Sweethearts of Awipgeroo, urging cooperation to boost advertising success.
Dorothy Thompson argues that democracy requires universal service as defense, contrasting it with Germany under Versailles and Hitler. She claims a democratic army binds citizens to the state, warns against militarized youth, and defends universal service as moral defense rather than coercive militarism.
A reader queries on highway safety auto autograph collecting and biblical hair, with responses citing Wisconsin motor act effects, earnings for the vice president and cabinet, a historic autograph hobby, Lyons LP as the largest restaurant chain, the invention of the sewing machine, and Paul's Corinthian verse on long hair as a woman's glory.
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