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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1933
Page
1
House rejects a $1 auto license fee while highway committee recommendation is debated. Lipmann notes Twenty first amendment limits and federal enforcement to curb liquor movement across states, highlighting ongoing conflicts as prohibition persists in various states.
The Montana House rejects a $1 1934 license fee for cars under 2700 pounds and moves toward a $5 rate for light vehicles while keeping $10 for heavier autos. The session also considers gambling device legalization and a flood of new acts, including a $100,000 liquor control board request.
Peoria Illinois reports a boom in liquor industry as distilleries reopen after repeal. The piece notes a rush of new distilleries and a record order of 3,000,000 cases of whiskey to be shipped in January and February, with a disclosure about the buyer.
The city council, with the Chamber of Commerce and labor groups, plans to persuade the federal government to route the proposed north transcontinental airline through Butte. They note a $656,000 federal appropriation for equipment and markings and authorize a wire to Eugene Videl of the Commerce Department and copy Senator Wheeler to secure recognition for Butte as an airport along the line.
The mayor, Archie McTaggart, urges the director of Videl to consider Butte as key air service hub. He cites one fifth of Montana's population, heavy air mail traffic, four transcontinental rail lines, a 380 acre municipal airport, favorable flying conditions, and National Parks Airways history. A hearing is promised as departments review route allocation.
Secretary Wallace announced the Northwest Motor company Bethesda Maryland Ford dealer had its bid accepted for 700 trucks for the civilian conservation corps after a review by Comptroller General McCarl. Officials cited compliance with the president's recovery program and concurrence from Hugh S Johnson and Secretary of Agriculture.
Secretary Wallace signed a marketing agreement allowing immediate import permits for wines and liquor upon repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Up to 5 million gallons are expected. import quotas for foreign countries were set using 1910 1914 averages and await study.
Butte lodge No. 240 B P O E will hold annual memorial services tomorrow evening at 8 in the lodge temple. The Butte Mines band will perform with vocal solos by local artists. John K. Claxton will deliver the memorial address. The public is invited. In attendance will be tributes to members Arthur Bradshaw Mark McEllistrem Joseph Grebene Walter Carns Charles Turner Frank Gilmartin Alfred Castle Frank Carpino Anthony Sullivan. Committee members include Dr F E Savage George Jones N T Trethewey O J Walsh J C Mitchell J F Biiney T H Estlick S H Ioar H M Latham and D Phillips.
Chicago December 1 UP Earle Wynekoop the man under arrest with his mother for the murder of his wife Rheta kept a diary classifying his sweethearts by traits and categories. Detectives found the book in the Wynekoop mansion as the case unfolds in two courts. The diary lists at least fifty girls with coded numbers and traits including cashiers blondes brunettes pretty fair wealthy warm red exhibit and sentimental.
A survey of repairs needed in district No. 1 school buildings was authorized by the board of trustees at an adjourned meeting. The projects will be submitted to the Civil Works Administration for completion. Precincts will be outlined for a special bond election for a new high school after petitions are certified.
Heywood Patterson, 21, one of seven defendants in the Scottsboro case, is sentenced to death for an alleged assault on a white hobo on a freight train. This marks his third time hearing a death verdict read in court as Walter Green announced the jury's ruling.
Civil Works Administration officials announced 3,000 men will be at work by noon Saturday on Silver Bow projects. Of these, 659 join city work, 800 on highways, and 1,650 under the federal program run by the Silver Bow emergency relief committee now serving as a federal board. The county quota aims to be fully employed by Wednesday as tools become available, with local officials optimistic about rapid hiring.
Detroit December report notes Dr. C. C. Fries of the University of Michigan at a convention in which he argued that usage now accepts contractions and verb forms once deemed vulgar. He cited “ain’t” and “have got” as examples of utility guiding modern grammar norms.
Chicago December 1 The International Livestock Exposition opens tomorrow its 34th and largest show. Some fourteen thousand head of stock from across the continent fill the amphitheater and 20 nearby buildings ready to display the best ranching and farming stock in America.
President Roosevelt plans a speech next week addressing critics of his price-raising policy and outlining future plans. Recovery agencies report progress in campaigns to raise prices and boost purchasing power, including the RFC advancing domestic gold prices and the Surplus Relief Corporation planning to buy 10 million tons of coal.
Unsettled conditions expected in Montana over Saturday and Sunday with snow likely in the western portion. Temperatures rise Saturday in the west then fall Sunday as colder air moves in.
Mary Stewart 19 a Montana State freshman died after yesterday’s fall from a horse. She suffered a skull fracture and brain concussion and died without regaining consciousness. The Bitter Root valley incidents include several injuries from slips and falls affecting residents.
Representative Scrugham of Nevada released a western Democratic House poll showing strong backing for the president's monetary policies and for including silver as part of the monetary basis. Telegram responses from 26 members indicated inflationary support and silver linkage, with nine of ten replying in favor and three noncommittal. Scrugham plans to publish further details and suggested the president may link silver with gold in a future monetary framework.
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