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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1940
Page
4
A opening at the Republican National Convention outlined aims to name presidential and vice presidential candidates and present a wartime program for national defense and public welfare. The speaker urged less partisan rancor, stressing a united front while preserving truth and critical oversight.
A 1930s commentary debates liberty in America versus Europe’s drift to totalitarian rule. It cites Herbert Hoover in The American Mercury arguing no real danger to liberty, explains how dictatorship arose from parliamentary actions and electoral power, and warns against believing America may self-destruct through economic plans. The piece critiques reliance on Montre Doctrine and references military strains in the era.
A historical lament describes the British plan to send millions of their young children to dominions and some to the United States, warning of maternal heartbreak and widespread misery. The piece notes US groups offering homes while total reception figures remain unclear amid a Missouri youth skate to enlist.
The piece notes police work shifting toward degree requirements across federal state and municipal jobs. It argues college study, especially science courses, imparts useful knowledge for policing and predicts trials for Britain regarding the Baltic situation.
The Associated Press plans a fall release titled The Story of News. Oliver Gramling writes with W A Finney as co author. The book explains how news is gathered and shared, contrasting industry insight with popular fiction and cinema portrayals.
The A. P. performs consistently year round with hard work and solid effort. The forest reference hints at careless mookur and the need for focus, though the excerpt is garbled and lacks clear events or names.
The Fed index indicates a May rebound after a four month decline with war supply sales helping, inventories drawn down, and production rising. May construction contracts in 87 eastern states reach 328.96 million, including 145.9 million for residential work. FHA mortgage appraisals surge 200 percent in five weeks, value up 18 percent. June carloadings exceed 700 thousand, highest since November, 72,500 above a year ago. NYC banks report renewed commercial lending, relief rolls shrink in Pennsylvania. trend echoed in other industrial regions. The nation seeks a day that is nobody s day.
Washington correspondent Bruce Catton notes Cubans show some Axis leanings and the Americas face risks if regional loyalties shift. He warns US goodwill missions to Latin ports may foreshadow broader political currents. If Wendell Willkie is nominated Republicans risk liberal gains and potential misalignment with allies.
Washington debates over a Great Falls to Lethbridge Alberta air extension continue amid merger fights between Western Air Express and United Airlines. Officials say the route would link U S and Canadian systems, offer stable flying conditions, and serve cross border commerce with essential service benefits.
Frederic F. Babbins article surveys the Ivory Coast capital shift to Abidjan in 1926, colonial geography, railways, and port logistics, detailing mahogany and cacao exports, inland transformation, and early French exploration led by Treich-Laplène and Binger. The piece traces colonial treaties and the 1882 boundary with the Gold Coast.
A collage of misquoted and garbled remarks from Charles F. Kettering Herbert Hoover Paul D White Denis Baldwin and others. The muddled text hints at wartime production, political shifts and civilizational ideals amid global tension.
Walter Lippmann argues the Republican Party has slept through critical months and must rally behind awake leaders like Hoover, Willkie, and Knox to counter a looming world shift. He warns that if sleepwalkers persist, the United States risks joining a highly armed, state-controlled economic order under European monopoly.
A garbled classroom moment shows a teacher directing pupils with a crude joke about birth and eggs. A student named Tit-Blis voices confusion about how chicks hatch, revealing fragmented dialogue in a convulsed lesson.
A reader quiz from the Helena Information Bureau explains the origin of the phrase Tippecanoe and Tyler too praising the 1840 Whig campaign. It references William Henry Harrison nicknamed Tippecanoe and John Tyler, with note of A Patience Lovell Wright as early sculptor. It also asks about the world’s most distant zoological specimen in a desert exhibit, noting a Biden thing in the Sahara and a remote attendant 50 miles from neighbors.
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