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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1934
Page
2
German vice chancellor Franz von Papen denounced Nazi control of the press and warned against radical socialist policies. He urged monarchy restoration and criticized Goebbels propaganda while urging a real people's state and restraint on terror and slogans.
Witnesses describe Bennetts driving at 20 to 25 mph near the Tia Juana roadhouse and a night when he drank multiple mixed drinks. Defense and state witnesses challenge drunkenness and whether a pedestrian was struck as Bennetts testifies about the evening and his activities.
Congress approved measures directing compulsory crop controls for cotton and tobacco and extending farm foreclosures redemption. The bill set six years to redeem, expanded AAA coverage to sugar and cattle, and guaranteed farm credit bonds. Navy expansion aims for treaty strength. housing aid funds modernization. bank deposit insurance raised to 5000. Labor boards empowered. small business loans allowed. veterans’ reductions restored. Philippines independence slated after a 10 to 12 year prep period.
Camp Fire Girls encampment will be directed by the executive and Miss Margaret Moser trains as swimming instructor with a Red Cross life-saving certificate. Miss Lillian Harris, a registered nurse, will supervise health of the girls. Guardian meeting will set staff and class schedules. Registrations run to July 7 with enrollment daily 10 to 5 starting next Monday. The 1924 built camp, a class A facility by L. O. Evans, offers swimming tennis archery baseball fieldball croquet and beanbag races among activities.
In Chicago on June 18 delegates at the national association of retail grocers convention booed Gen. Hugh S. Johnson NRA chief when he did not take a seat at the speakers table. He later sent regrets by telegram to avoid further offense. The Port of London reports 800 men on its land police force.
Frank Hughes testified as a character witness for Bennett and praised careful driving. Joseph J. McCaffery Jr. assists in the defense of McCaffery. Judge Downey continued the trial of Joseph Pierce, charged with manslaughter, until Monday June 25, for the death of John McFadyen struck near Grand and Harrison on October 2.
In Matawan New Jersey a white masked stranger in a hunting coat and cap seated himself at the chief’s desk and fired a .38 revolver at Patrolman John Flood who confronted him after the signal light was pressed. Flood, 35 and married, fled the scene with unspecified identity. his condition was listed as fair after an operation.
Rumors floated that Governor Langer would be ousted as Lieutenant Governor Ole H. Olson took an oath and claimed the office. Olson filed suit to determine rightful leadership while guards and federal troops guarded the state capitol. The city remained tense as observers called it a powder keg.
Vincent Alton a Butte furniture dealer was scalded by hot water Saturday afternoon in a bath house located at 504 East Broadway and remained in critical condition last night at St James hospital He suffered burns to the feet ankles and below the knees.
St Paul June 18 United States Senator Henrik Shipstead held a 3 to 1 lead over Congressman F H Shoemaker as returns from 254 precincts piled up. With Twin Cities votes still a major factor the totals stood Shipstead 19845 Shoemaker 6204 and reflected the renomination bid.
In Carrollville Wisconsin Joseph Subjak a former CWA project truck driver was surprised to receive a ten cent government check after payroll clerks found he had been underpaid by a dime. In Montrose Colorado a hardware firm paid a wholesaler bill with a stack of 210 pounds of silver dollars to promote silver usage.
A massive gasoline blast at a Jamestown depot killed five people and burned twenty others, five seriously, as a truck fire spread to an office and two 20,000 gallon tanks. Spectators were knocked down and a panic ensued, with children among the injured.
A dated chronicle lists events from February 28 to June 16 highlighting congressional wrangles and public issues. It notes liquor legalization in the District of Columbia, debates on pay raises, calls for wealth redistribution, and clashes between Speaker Rainey and senators as Congress nears adjournment.
The plan allocates 200 million for continuation of the emergency road program with at least 25 percent for feeder roads, 24 million for national park roads, 10 million for flood or storm damaged roads relief, 10 million for forest highways, 125 million for emergency highway construction in 1936 and 1937 to be matched by states, 6.5 million for roads on public lands and Indian reservations, and 7.5 million for national park roads in 1936 and 1937.
Yellowstone Park in Wyoming readies for its official opening on Wednesday as 78 rangers and ranger naturalists begin posts and a regional convention opens.
Five more counties sent second installments of state taxes to the state treasurer. Blaine reported year 8,374 and last year 8,351. Gallatin 22,501 this year and 25,224 last year. Meagher 5,912 this year and 7,456 last year. Park 14,022 this year and 14,832 last year. Prairie 7,199 this year and 9,430 last year.
In Vienna police recover Miss Turversom belongings in the apartment of Ivan Poderjay a soldier of fortune she married in New York last December 4 Authorities report a trunk with a woman's torso found in Brighton England and a complete list of Turversom honeymoon purchases will be sent to European authorities Susanne Ferrand is arrested after admitting the articles belong to Turversom Poderjay maintains they parted as friends in New York last December authorities theorize the Brighton trunk holds a 40 year old woman about five feet two inches tall.
Brighton police and Scotland Yard found a torso in a trunks at Brighton station on June 6. The corpse, initially linked to Agnes C Turverson, a Detroit lawyer who vanished six months ago after marrying Captain Van Pederjay in New York, is now treated as a separate homicide case.
New York report says on June 18 the homes of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and boxer Gene Tunney are being prepared for visits from the stork as a Daily News teaser for tomorrow.
An injunction case over an $800,000 public works bond for a new school is argued before the state supreme court. Fisher alleges illegal proceedings and site irregularities, while opponents view the plan as timely to begin construction after contracts are let. The ruling is expected early next month.
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