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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1933
Page
5
A portion of the clipping notes Mr Morgan received heavy favorable advertising after posing with a girl midget. The piece hints at potential further publicity, even joking that he might sit with the “living skeleton” of the sideshows.
A Des Moines Register poll shows Iowa women favored repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment by a wide margin, with men lagging. The piece credits Iowa women for driving prohibition repeal, noting their home drinking habits and the shift toward equal rights under the new deal. A sharp aside mentions an American heiress seeking a divorce from a British husband.
President Roosevelt has secured many concessions in ninety days and predicts a tougher, more quarrelsome next session. He notes Congress showed ambition under pressure but fears many members will resist in January, swelling with rhetoric and debate as the new session looms.
The Home Owners Relief Act, signed before Congress adjourned, will operate within a month. Financed by the Home Owners Loan Corporation with 2 billion behind it, branches will aid owners of homes appraised at 20000 or less facing foreclosure. If mortgage and back taxes stay under 80 percent of value, bonds or government loans provide relief with long repayment terms. The first branch may open within a week as other branches follow.
The Omaha World Herald editorial mocks Mars colonization by arguing Martians run a metered oxygen system to fund public works and taxes. It imagines oxygen as a taxed resource, warns of depletion, and suggests metered supply could employ the unemployed while criticizing industrial capitalism.
In DOING GOOD it is easy to do harm and to do it evil and contemptible. It is easy to offend people who act similarly. It is easy to be overconfident we are right and to take things from others.
The Haskin Letter by Frederic J discusses termites as remarkable social insects older than man a long history in evolution and a complex colony structure with workers and warriors. It explains how termites invade buildings by tunneling from the ground locating weak points and creating protective networks while ants act as natural enemies.
Thirteen young actresses elevated today by Jack Warner to Junior Stars status. The list includes Lynn Browning Kanady City Missouri Ann Hovey Mount Vernon Indiana Maxine Cantway Chicago Barbara Rogers Waycross Georgia Loretta Andrews St Louis Reno Whitney Chicago Margaret LaMarr Huntington Beach California Loren Vaughn Miami Florida Aliendana Creston Iowa Geraine Greer Minneapolis Minnesota Helen Mann Fort Worth Texas Pat Wing Redmond Washington Helen Foster Independence Kansas. A separate legal note reports complaints that a telephone solicitor for a brokerage used harassing tactics to pressure a client into turning on the water supply, prompting water shutoffs for alleged nonpayment.
A wide selection of Q and A items cover topics from air freight and Dennis King’s birthplace to Helen Keller's achievements and the Wrights' culture origin. The Helena Independent Information Bureau explains how readers may submit inquiries and receive direct guidance from the Washington bureau and Mr. Hoakin as agent for readers.
A historical health notice discusses how thyroid overactivity can overdrive the heart, causing heart strain and irregular pulses. It notes that treatment often targets inward control of thyroid excess, with surgery as a last resort in severe cases, and stresses patient factors like weight, age, and overall condition in deciding surgery.
Walter Te Therring, of Milwaukee, was elected president of the American Medical Association. He will take office next year, succeeding the current president and leading the organization’s activities in clinical and policy matters.
A Georgia dispute over martial law powers and a state highway department hearing centers on Governor Talmadge and the highway board. The petition, filed by named officials, questions the legality of the martial law rule and cites military guards and National Guard escorts for state officials during the case. An extra year’s expense cited relates to Royal Air Force funding in England.
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