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The Montana Standard

Location

Butte, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1934

Page

2

Whelan Seated as Elks Ruler

Whelan is seated as Elks ruler with new officers urging cooperation and growth in Elkdom. Fred I. Root says flag day exercises are set for next Thursday at 8:30 with a 7:30 lodge meeting. Professor Douglas Gold will deliver the address.

Fred I. Root Elks Boy Scout William A. Kane Gerald Stafford Lois Huggins James Cummings Margaret McMahon Arthur Drynan Hugo Koenck Douglas Gold

Helena's No 1 Public Enemy Captured After Long Search

Charles J. Stevens, Helena's public enemy No 1, arrested in Boise Idaho after a 28 month search. He faces two felony arson charges for the Parden mansion fire of 1931 and Insurance disputes involve a $45 000 policy while a Butte relative pursues the $45 000. Belize decrees a $15 license for each traveling salesman visit to the city.

Helena Boise Idaho Arthur C. Parsons Charles J. Stevens Stevens Sherman W. Smith Parden Missouri Hauser Lake Parsons Butte Charles Belize Honduras

Congress Road Plans Approved

Congress approves a plan to fund road construction with $125 million from the federal government matched by states, plus a $100 million emergency unemployment relief grant. The following year relief funding ends and $125 million remains, with $72 million more allocated to roads in parks, public lands, Indian reservations and forest lands.

Treasury

Flooded Montana County Reports Heavy Rain and Damages

A band of sheep stranded on a flooded stream island near Bynum was rescued by local men as Park County roads remained nearly impassable. The Bynum reservoir held against rising waters while Chateau region ranches reported extensive flood damage. Yellowstone River rose over four feet during the wet spell and travel from Great Falls to Augusta and Havre became inadvisable.

Bynum Chateau Great Falls Augusta Havre Billings Helena Yellowstone Lewistown Big Timber

Fletcher Choice Aids Third Party In Hoover Era Clash

The old Whig party faces obsolescence unless it shifts to liberal leadership. LaFollette blasts Fletcher’s pick as returning control to the Hoover-Mellon-Reed camp. Democrats see Fletcher as boosting their campaign chances while fearing Hoover-era policies.

Old Whig LaFollette Fletcher Senate Republican National Committee Hoover Great Britain

Longshoremen to Vote on Peace Proposals

In San Francisco on June 7, federal mediators proposed a peace plan for the Pacific coast longshoremen strike. Dean Henry Grady passed details to the ILIA strike committee, which may put the plan to a referendum among members soon. A second item reports three circus elephants in Cheltenham forcing entry into a seed store and dining on seeds before keepers redirected them.

San Francisco Pacific Coast Dean Henry Grady Mediation Board International Longshoremen’s Association Cheltenham England

Germany Not Ready to Rejoin Parley Says France Disappointed

France’s Louis Barthou called Geneva proposals futile and a restatement of equality. A spokesman said Germany would not return, noting the abstract principle had long been granted but the Reich was no longer interested.

France Geneva Louis Barthou Reich Germany

French British reach compromise on invitation to Germany

In Geneva a seven hour session in Norman H. Davis’s hotel room produced an agreement for Germany to return to the arms conference. The accord ends a deadlock that threatened war, with Davis emerging as peacemaker and a steering committee decision expected in Berlin tomorrow.

Geneva Germany Norman H. Davis United Press Davis Berlin

Key to Windsor safe found among Walworth jewel thieves haul

Detectives recovered 165 items from the Walworth home of jewel thieves including a key described as fitting a Windsor castle safe. Police have not released whether the key matched any known vault or if further searches will follow in the case.

Windsor Castle Walworth England

Tire Ad Claims Long Life For Any Car

Ad touts a non skid tread that outlasts ordinary tires and offers more safety miles at no extra cost regardless of car or driving style.

Goodyear

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