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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
1
Washington lawmakers said the House sub committee will recommend curtailing the WPA for the next fiscal year rather than abolishing it. Critics have pressed for major reforms but limited time before July 1 restricts drastic changes, with talks of broader reforms including possible abolition of the WPA theater program.
Butte youths start weekly summer trips to Columbia Gardens with free bus service sponsored by Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Buses depart city main area at 10:00, with return trips from 1:00 to 4:30, first departures at 9:30 and 9:30 pick ups along the bus lines.
Alfred Gomez aged 50 died today in his shotgun trap at McPherson Kansas. His brother Anton arrived to visit and found the body.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth crossed from Canada into the United States at Niagara Falls to a formal greeting by Secretary of State Hull. The royal train then moved on toward Washington for a 36 hour visit marked by official pageantry and public enthusiasm.
ANACONDA June 7 Special Night Police Chief Edwin E. Stuart killed in line of duty on his day off. He and Officer Stephen Percin had traded shifts, and Stuart reported for duty yesterday after changing plans. The case recalls a prior 1936 burglary shooting where Stuart also swapped shifts with Percin.
Elimination contests to pick Miss Montana candidates unfold in seven cities with more added soon. Finals set for July 5 in Butte during the Treasure State Jubilee. The winner earns a chaperoned trip to the San Francisco fair and the Miss America contest in New York.
Rainfall across Montana ranged from a quarter to over an inch in the west and from half to more than two inches in the east, aiding grain and pasture. Cool weather slowed crop growth but hay, ranges, and pastures improved. alfalfa blooming and first cuttings started in Lake and Yellowstone counties. Livestock gained and were in good to excellent condition, though young lambs suffered from the cool, wet spell. Water holes filled during the week.
The British government will send a special foreign office envoy to Moscow to speed negotiations for a British French Russian mutual assistance pact. Russia demands conditions before joining the alliance, as London seeks to counter the Rome Berlin axis.
Mrs Eva Podolski who saved for a trip to the New York World’s Fair arrived in Butte with two children carrying 230 in eleven twenty dollar bills and one ten. That night the money was lost, wrapped in a white handkerchief, ending months of saving and hardship.
A ranch fire about 30 miles northwest of Lewistown fatally burned eight month old Tene Bishop. Her mother Mrs. Joe Bishop and 13 year old Ann Brown suffered severe burns and were in critical condition at a local hospital after the kitchen range exploded while kerosene was used to start a fire. The home and all furnishings were destroyed.
Senator Nye urged Congress to release a 2,417,000 appropriation for immediate use against grasshoppers chinch bugs and other crop pests. He warned Agriculture Department workers will run out of funds within a week amid widespread pest threats and asked to pass the fund separately from the farm bill.
In Washington on June 7 a House Foreign Relations committee split 12 to 11 over delaying a vote on an administration bill changing neutrality law. Rep Tinkham urged warning that the king’s visit signals an entente, while Rep Bloom dismissed such claims as dangerous. The debate reflects fears the measure aids Britain before any U.S. action.
City seeks public aid as air show plans for July 8 and 9 at Municipal airport take shape. Al Wilkinson chairs the committee outlining fence construction, 5000 seats, and admission charges for Tex Rankin and Bernadine King headlining a two and half hour program of stunt flying and dramatic acts in Treasure State Jubilee.
The forecast calls for fair skies across Montana on Thursday and Friday. Warmer conditions are expected in the western portion on Thursday.
Bozeman report says Montana county governments are in sound financial condition. Between 1933 and 1939 counties cut net indebtedness by more than half without raising taxes much. In 1938 total county taxes were 14.61 million compared to 14.46 million in 1933. Net county debt on July 1, 1938 stood at 4.749 million, near the 1914-low.
Cheston L. Eshelman, 22, Carlisle student pilot, flew solo from Camden in a rented plane. He was rescued 175 miles off Cape Cod after taking off for an apparent Atlantic crossing. He had told rescuers he aimed for Mars and was later arrested on a larceny charge filed by the plane’s renter.
The city council opened the 1938-39 budget to raise appropriations by 10,600 to meet payrolls and fund WPA projects through late May mid June. Alderman Lindquist said the rise funds street and alley parks and playgrounds plumber's exam and special road construction accounts, with expenses shifted into the next fiscal year.
The Japanese Domei News Agency reported a foreign warship, likely a British cruiser, fired on a Japanese airliner east of Hong Kong at 11 am. The pilot said the plane escaped damage after ten shots and shells exploded within 100 yards. Domei notes the flight departed Formosa for Tokyo via Swatow. A Taipei/Shanghai note warns foreigners face possible detention or execution in occupied China.
Joe Burns was elected by acclamation as commander of the Silver Bow post of the American Legion at a full meeting in Butte. He succeeds Leo Morrissey and will be installed June 28 with other officers. first vice commander is Paul A. Rooney and second vice commander Logan Morgan. Other officers include Carl Jehle and Nick Colson. executive committee delegates are Joe Knuckey Leigh Freeman Earl Miller and Leo Morrissey. Delegates to the Montana department convention meet at Livingston June 21 to 24.
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