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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1931
Page
5
In Dijon 12,000 spectators greet American visiting mayors and wives as Mayor Gaston Gerard and officials welcome them. He touts Burgundy wine and jokes about beverages. Mayor John C. Porter declines wine, taking water, while Mrs Porter drinks orange juice.
Reno reports 331 divorces and 517 suits filed in the first month of Nevada's six weeks residence law in Washoe county alone. Officials warn the tally will not reflect actions statewide. The piece notes the rapid pace and quotes a local attorney. it also mentions Captain Frank Hawks as the "human bullet" nickname.
W. H. Merrick, personal representative of William S. Rice, will be at the Thornton Hotel in Butte Montana on Tuesday and Wednesday June 2 and 3. The Rice Method offers painless appliance fitting with no charge unless you keep the outfit after testing results.
The Oregon Humane Society moved to charge the amusement park with cruelty to animals over Tusko the elephant. The big captive animal, bought from a circus last week, is currently chained while a proper elephant house is planned, said Mrs. F. W. Swanton.
In Denver a carbide plant explosion at a mountain home near Tiny Town killed 45 year old Charles Carruthers and injured five others all in the basement area as they attempted repairs. The home owner was Dr. R Hudson. None of the injured were seriously hurt.
Mose Martinsdale a 55 year old mine owner from Sentinel Butte North Dakota was killed when his truck overturned near Baker after a lumber run from a sawmill south of Ekalaka Tony Barthel of Golva North Dakota suffered a broken collarbone and broken ribs in the crash as two wheels ran into a ditch on the sharp highway turn Friday night
Kenneth Rust about 30 of Palouse Washington was killed and Bill Blaine also of Palouse suffered a broken leg while riding on a Great Northern freight near Belt Creek. Trainmen say they were in a boxcar doorway and their feet were caught on the bridge as the train crossed.
Summer recreation training schools for men and women leaders of 4 H clubs and home demonstration groups begin Tuesday at Choteau followed by Glendive and run under a five year plan by the Playground and Recreation Association of America. W P Jackson will conduct sessions covering music leadership philosophy age psychology adult recreation play and folk dancing with tours and entertainment planned at Glendive by local clubs.
Captain Frank Hawks, American aviator, started a cannonball flight from Paris to Copenhagen with stops at Amsterdam and Basel and Hamburg on the first leg. He arrived in Copenhagen at 6 12 p m and plans to depart for Amsterdam tomorrow on the next leg of the trip.
The Dal les airport near The Dalles Oregon was dedicated yesterday to Walter E Case airmail flyer who died in a crash earlier this year. The field lies across the Columbia river in Washington opposite the city.
A collision between an automobile and a trolley car in Derby Connecticut on May 31 killed three people and injured five. The automobile occupants accounted for all the fatalities and three of the injuries while two trolley passengers sustained injuries.
Mrs. Sarah Phillips and Mrs. James Ball with two children Jimmie and Evelyn, of Nelson BC, are guests of cousins Mr and Mrs John Bevan at 28 East Center Street Butte. They plan to return to Nelson together after the visit.
Princess Helen mother of Crown Prince Michael and wife of King Carol is ousted from Romania's royal family after long estrangement and refusal to reconcile or accept coronation with Carol. The photo shows Helen separated from Carol with rival Magda Lupescu, and Premier Iorga approving a name day ban.
Boston May 31 1931 prominent psychologist William Blatz argues that untrained mothers should spend only about an hour and a half daily with their children and that heredity matters little. He promotes two year nursery training to socialize the child and reduce parental prejudice, noting Russia and Toronto experiments and stressing discipline and individual development without rewards.
At the Liberty theater in Kalispell 90 Flathead county high school graduates received diplomas during Friday night commencement exercises. Miss Elizabeth Ireland urged the crowd, with nine high honors and 25 honors named among the class.
Fred Reger an eight to ten year convict on a statutory charge escaped from the city jail by sawing two bars from a window on the east side. He lowered himself 20 feet with a canvas rope improvised from a jail cot. The escape marks the fourth from the jail in the current week.
E Allan Russell secretary of the Pacific Coast Steeplechase and Racing Association becomes the first American selected to judge the English meet at Olympia. The event runs June 20 to 27.
A teacher should focus on the pupil's capacity to reach set goals and on learning through effort rather than showing approval or disapproval of success or failure. The aim is to assess growth and potential rather than judgment.
Polson May 31 Special The junior senior banquet closed commence ment exercises at the Salish house with 85 guests present. Attendees included both high school classes, Superintendent J A Williams and faculty, Rev and Mrs Knudson of Bozeman, Mrs J U Williams, Polson alumni, and board of education members and wives. Miss Neva May Webb organized a program featuring songs led by Genevieve Whelan, introductions by toastmaster Frank Ferguson, and toasts to the class with remarks by Rev Ralph Knudson. The event included performances and remarks by Mildred Tharpe, Jeanette Grenier, and William Shrider.
In Pittsburgh on May 31 the general assembly of the Presbyterian church debated two reports on birth control. Presbyteries Carlisle Denver and Philadelphia urged repudiation or removal from the federal council of churches. The assembly sought debate after a committee recommended no action on the overtures and memorials.
Kalispell, May 31. Mrs. Robert Pauline was a passenger on the Empire Builder when it was struck by a cyclone near Fargo, North Dakota, last week. She received a telegram saying the cyclone overturned the coaches, she was bruised but otherwise all right, and she is en route to Rochester to be with her daughter Agnes who will have an operation.
Ernest Retz leads Supt J A Williams as senior boys perform the loyalty song School Days with Evelyn Critchfield Nellie Ferguson Marguerite Gordon Myrtle Herried and others in a school program celebrating loyalty and spirit.
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