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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1925
Page
2
President reiterates ban on Red in an ongoing dispute over Saklatvala and a proposed U S visit. The article notes potential opposition from India at an Inter parliamentary meeting and hints at further communist-linked tensions influencing attendance.
Reports describe a terrific tornado hitting Tucson with four feet of water on a highway. Two airplanes diverted or forced down amid the chaos. Lieutenant Van Deu ser and Lieutenant Crenan of U S Army air services paused in the area after attempts to reach the west. Local crews and residents conferred as rainfall measurements and weather agency notes indicated extreme conditions.
A garbled report from Eton dated Sept 1 describes military leadership shifts and personnel movements influenced by a row in the army. It names General Harry L. Bettas and mentions reassignments around the Vodad Geren and related battles, with uncertain details due to the OCR text.
Washington dispatch reports postoffice inspectors nationwide are mobilized to capture George Dutch Anderson, famed fugitive and associate of Gerald Chapman, after false reports of his death abroad. Authorities warn Anderson, a versatile, multilingual criminal, could face murder charges if captured, with multiple agencies tracing him to rural towns and lakeside locales.
Colorado Springs Sept 18 Associated Press features Bishop Irving P Johnson of the Episcopal Church denouncing what he calls a muddle of civilization. He criticizes evangelists, Prohibition reformers, educational leaders and politicians for misplacing moral leadership and sacrificing sacred duties to secular politics and media interests. He warns that if ministers are secularized and laws drive morality, society risks moral failure and spiritual darkness.
London reports Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says the spirit world warns of a great world catastrophe. Messages received over three years predict three years of chastening for evils today. He claims England will escape more lightly than most nations, without specifics.
Tokyo Aug 21 The Associated Press reports Japan plans a major road plan if a home department bill passes the next diet. The program would build or improve highways at 300 million yen with government funding one third. Grants would be paid in ten yearly installments starting next year. Rural roads would be widened and paved to aid automobile transportation.
William W. Hodges of Denver, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, declines a Tokyo ambassadorship to avoid interrupting his children's schooling. The White House had offered him the post, but he felt he should remain in the United States. A successor appointment was later made but not announced pending acceptance by the new envoy.
Uruguay withdraws a proposal to revise the statutes of the world court of justice. The move aims to avoid confusing the American government and people and delaying U S goals in the world court. Uruguay’s minister, Juan Afiero, will reintroduce the resolution at the next assembly after American positions are resolved.
Terlin Aug 28 Associated Teresa reports that German newspapers mark the second anniversary of Dr Gustav Stresemann as foreign minister with sparse comment. The conservative Taegliche Rundschau and the democratic National Zeitung provide limited coverage.
Rinstan September IA By the Associated Press state emergency fuel administration barred delivery of domestic five anthracite coal to consumers who have stored part of their winter supply and prohibited more than three fans at a time to households.
The Boston Civic Opera company delayed Norma at the Manhattan Opera House after a backstage fight involving Sherman and Raccalini. Sherman was slashed in the face and later jailed on felonious assault charges. Raccalini was arrested and released on $100 bail. The session also saw a directed verdict ruling after a lengthy argument. McNamara, noted for involvement in the Los Angeles Times bombing, was mentioned in a separate note.
Indianap olis Sept 1 Associated Press report says two tran workers testified for the defense denying John J McNamara business agent of the union threatened other workmen during the Elfselkih ere erection in 1933. McNamara faces charges of blackmail and intimidation of laborers to leave the job.
Smitty, 24, daughter of ranchman C. M. Smith of Rossville Kansas, is jailed in Chicago on a bigamy charge after a mysterious telephone call claimed she was held prisoner. Archie Noble and Walter Williams Jr. are also held. she had wed Williams Saturday and earlier to Wagene Mairjnvis in Rossville. A search followed the call naming her captor Joe Noble. Retail prices for the poor rose slightly in August, the labor department reports.
United States Senator Robert N Stanfield did not show up in Baker Oregon police court to answer a charge of resisting an officer in a case from last Saturday. His $50 bail was forfeited. The charge listed was the only one filed.
A nighttime landslide 20 miles south of Tepic Nayarit Mexico swept away a completed tunnel on the Southern Pacific of Mexico line. Eight hundred workers were laid off pending damage estimates. In a separate dispatch from Washington AF of L President William Green congratulated Robert M Lafallette on his nomination in the Wisconsin senatorial primary.
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