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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1931

Page

5

American Industries Flee U S For Canada War Tariff Fallout

The Independent relays William Philip Simma of Scripps-Howard outlining how U S tariffs push manufacturers abroad. Since Canada’s retaliation, about 75 American industries moved north, totaling 464 U S concerns operating in Canada and over 50 000 Canadians producing American goods there. The piece criticizes postwar inflation policy and speeds up wartime programs.

Independent William Philip Simma Scripps-Howard United States Canada

Welcoming with Guns On the Western border the aim to draw tourists clashes with armed border guards and invasive searches.

The piece condemns uniformed men at state borders brandishing pistols and rummaging through visitors cars as they promote Western hospitality. It argues such shows repelled guests and undermines advertising efforts funded by merchants and the public. It also notes Prohibition boosting speakeasies as a national trend.

New York 20 year plan to halt idle lands and boost rural life

The piece warns that over 100 million acres in the U S have reentered public ownership due to tax delinquencies and poor practices, risking rural ruin. Governor Roosevelt leads a proactive program including a 20 year survey, forestation of idle farms, and attracting small factories to the countryside with a $20 million bond issue to replant 1 million acres by 1944.

United States New York Roosevelt Fabhve

New York Forestation Model Urges National Reforestation

The piece argues to convert unproductive farms into profitable forests as a model for other states to use land before neglect and erosion worsen. It criticizes federal leadership in the national reforestation program, noting a planned 1944 spending under $6,000,000, a fraction of New York’s scale.

New York Empire State

Aviation's strides lift airmail to new heights

The article charts rapid growth of the U S airmail system from 8 089 to 41 501 miles in four years and notes expansions in night flying routes weather and radio infrastructure as well as the costs and public support case. It also discusses the broader impact on commercial aviation and government assistance. It then shifts to American homes, celebrating higher living standards and modern conveniences while noting tensions for young couples facing new domestic demands.

United States

Prohibition Bureau to Hire 10000 Applicants for Exams

Editorial argues the Prohibition Bureau will hire agents this month with about 10 000 men aged 21 to 35 expected to take the examinations. It analyzes five applicant classes including job seekers, unemployed, devout enforcement fans, crooks, and those seeking dangerless work, noting overall interest appears limited.

Epsea Acateurs Prohibition Bureau Canvas Thorne Fadowa Benuberhy Lfe Prohibition Crooke Prohibition Enforcement Setrica Offern & Chancy

Erysipelas: Symptoms Causes and Treatments Described

The article details erysipelas as a contagious skin inflammation traced to streptococcal infection. It often begins with unnoticed skin wounds, spreads quickly creating fever and systemic symptoms, and is sometimes called St Anthony's Die with a butterfly facial rash. Treatments include antiseptics, rest, cold or hot dressings, eye antiseptics if lids are involved, and an antiserum derived from horse serum.

St. Anthony's Esquipelag

Sentence Sermons by Rev Roy L Smith

The Rev Roy L Smith delivers a concise moral vignette on frankness laughter criticism suspicion envy worry and complacency as habits shaping social life. Each aphorism notes how a single trait affects relationships and personal outlook in a Minneapolis church publication.

Roy L. Smith D. D Blopsen MW. E. Church Minneapolis

The Giant Diatom and Its Skeletons Revealed

Washington June 19 A long feature on diatoms describes their microscopic size, skeletons, and vast practical uses. It details habitats from stagnant cisterns to mountain torrents, growth patterns, and their role in filtration, insulation, and concrete admixtures.

Washington, D. C Oreationally Conalal

Diatomite: The Porous Mineral With Wide Industrial Use

Diatomite is a porous mineral with innumerable micro air pockets enabling wide applications. It filters sugar solutions and stores juices, emulsions, extracts, and other liquids while serving as heat insulators and fillers. Its tiny fossils create micro scratches on metals and household articles aiding shine and protection.

Walla

Air mail speed up between Colombia and United States

Pan American Airways announced an agreement with Colombian and United States Post Office authorities that cuts air mail time between Colombia and the United States by two to three days. The deal, effective tomorrow, also expands service and lowers air mail rates. Previously no Colombia to United States international air mail existed.

New York Pan American Airways Today Colombia United States United States Postoffles Columbia United States International Air Mail Service North American Pan American Airways Cristobal C. Z

Anderson changes story about killing man in Conrado

Private William P. Anderson confessed to a murder in Conrado but then recanted, saying he only wounded William Snapp in a bootlegging quarrel. He was ordered held for Colorado authorities. Authorities are awaiting word from Nemer on disposition of the case.

San Francisco William P. Anderson Conrado Anderson Frederick A. Mertz Colorado Willliam Snapp Nemer

Answers to Questions from the Expert Researchers

A compiled Q and A page presents questions to The Helena Independent Information Bureau. Topics cover stamp inquiry service, mail carried by airplanes, fortunes via real estate, migration of wild birds, the White Hall of Pit Palu, horse usefulness in World War I, tick eradication markers, tick eradication origins, Miller and The Angelus sale, alloy melting points, autumnal equinox date, U S apple production last year, popular songs from 1812, Episcopal priests, Barcasso Sea discovery, St Gotthard tunnel completion, and purpose of trade dollar coins.

Helena America H. A Lima Palu Ft. A Alpa Mt. Pal Frank Parker Horace Artillery Signal Corps Mason and Dixon American Automobile Association Aaga Magan and Dixon Virginia North Carolina Australia United States Miller Angelus Bureau At Standards T. Im J. Mev. A Washington Cohen Gnon St.oithard St. Gotthard Louis Favre China

Yellowstone trip sends 400 students to staff park sites

More than 400 college students, professors and high schoolers left St Paul for Yellowstone National Park to join the Northern Pacific crew. They will work in hotels, camps and museums as part of the park’s summer operation starting June 20. The program includes new jobs for performers and guides as park facilities expand and the railroad promises faster service, with Chicago, St Paul and Minneapolis all participating in the travel.

St Paul, Minn St. Paul-Minneapolis Northern Pacific Yellowstone National Park Bunimet Turists Ed. E. Nelson Gardiner Emploven Chicago Paul Minneapauis

Rotary Champion Madison Man Has Unbroken Meeting Record

Louis Hiraix of Madison is hailed as Rotarian of the World for 18 years of perfect attendance since joining the Madison Rotary Club in 1913. Detroit’s Gun Nar Wikander trails closely, while Heirsig also notes steady participation after joining. The article notes Africa’s famed white rhinoceros term in local lore.

Madison Wis Louis Hiraix Madison Club Gunnar Wikander Detroit Heirsig Rotary Club Hireste

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