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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1920
Page
7
A jumble of names and places depicts a chaotic city page with scattered notes. Mentions include Lemnerature references, public figures like Policeman Brown, Poultry Association meetings, and arrivals from Butte and Barlowtown. The text lists businesses, landmarks, and personal notices in a fragmented, unedited style.
Helena hosts a formal Broadwater opening Tuesday with an informal dinner and dance. Three Yellowstone park cars will depart Helena to open park travel for the season. Guests praise Broadwater service and staff led by DelWith Hutchings. Notable visitors include BE. W. Elder of Marshall Field and Co and Jeannette Rankin arriving for the Placer Hotel stay.
The 18th annual convention will feature talks on correspondence school methods for church work. The American Baptist Publication Society and the American Missionary Society join in offering courses to train Sunday school teachers and mission workers. Rev Dr Warren P Behan will speak and outline expanded programs for pastors and foreign language outreach among children under 26, noting two million such children in the 1918 census.
In a Bus Lines report, Mayauvet 17 Wilson, daughter of the president, is described as broke on a Fiji avenue bus. She borrowed 10 cents for fare from a stranger who offered help after a purse search. The man later received a note of thanks on house stationery signed Margaret Woodrow, thanking him for his courtesy and enclosing a dime.
Plant engineer L V Simpson, crecting engineer for Viller Manufacturing of Milwaukee, arrives in the city to direct finishing of the Helena Ice print plant on West Main Street. The Helene Tee company began erecting the building last summer and work resumes after labor troubles.
Four persons are reported drowned when an automobile veered off the road and plunged into water near Winnipesaukee on June 20. Authorities say rescue attempts were hampered by darkness and swift currents as investigators work to identify the deceased.
A car crossing the Hed river ferry at Letellier plunged into the river killing Thomas Bennen a Darlingford store clerk Miss Edna Scott a Darlingford teacher and two others including a six year old. Joseph Nisly driver of the car and his wife survived. A subsequent collision occurred as a second automobile on the ferry failed to stop.
Secretary of Commerce Alexander proposed a conference of leading oil refiners and representatives of major oil using industries to work out dis dis collaboration to assure a reasonable oil supply. Senator Phelan urged an embargo to relieve American markets amid reports of an acute Pacific coast oil shortage.
Members of the Lewis and Clark Post and related American Legion groups are urged to attend Tuesday evening in Livingston for a state meeting. The board, naming an adjutant, discussed dues, the fate of the state headquarters in Melena, and the potential impact on war risk insurance office permanent location, with delegates to be paid travel.
A meeting will be held tonight at Wis Int in connection with the circus event. Organizers urge all those with entertainment responsibilities to attend as this is the last regular lodge meeting before the show.
A San Francisco dispatch reports Wayne Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League labeling Governor Cox of Ohio a wet candidate, criticizing his stance on the eighteenth amendment. In Missouri and Georgia contests, Reed and Smith factions shape a crowded delegate scene and women’s status debates as Harding eyes campaign setup.
The Melons boy scouts comet will meet this evening at six o'clock in the Commercial day rooms with all the boy scouts of the cells. A three reel motion picture titled A Scout's Geol Pern Will be shown. Every boy interested in the scout movement is invited to be present.
President Roosevelt criticizes the present governmental framework as cumbersome and wasteful. He argues Congress limits executive discretion and calls for reorganizing bureaus, transferring tasks to suitable departments, especially from the Navy, while defending civil service. He cites interdepartmental conflicts and the need for streamlined processes to improve administration.
Mexico City reports Salvadore Martinez Momia was appointed secretary of the interior today as part of the Mexican cabinet reshuffle. Details remain sparse on other changes and regional implications.
The Mexican cabinet completed a negotiation as oil policy moved back to state control. The property remains under national oversight with government action reversing prior private ownership trends.
Washington June 2 distribution of Victory medals to all veterans who served between April and November in the army navy and air service during World War I begins next month. The War Department authorized the distribution as a combat and major operation clasp and a defensive sector clasp. Major operations listed include Montsec Aigtime offensive leading in numbers, Meuse-Argonne and Aisne-Marne among the top. About 1.2085 million figures noted as entitled to the medals.
In New York on June 21, Mrs Straus distributed jewels to support a Zionist movement. The donation aligns with her broader involvement in aiding Jewish welfare and education. The action accompanies statements about links to Palestine and the Webrew University project in Jerusalem.
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