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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1933
Page
2
Washington reports sweeping gains in domestic business and a brighter foreign trade outlook. May total of imports and exports reached 221 million dollars, with June activity expected to match or exceed May. customs receipts rose to 20.5 million in May and 18 million in the first 24 days of June.
Britain agrees to join a continental gold bloc to halt the dollar's fall as the pound francs exchange rate is kept steady through a flexible peg. Delegates from the United States Britain France Holland Switzerland Belgium Italy discuss stabilizing the dollar while France may support the guilder. The monetary subcommittee pushes a plan to reduce gold coverage of banknotes to 25 percent.
James R. Thomas, longtime Montana Power assistant treasurer and Butte resident, was named company treasurer by the board. Born in Milwaukee in 1884, he studied at Beloit College, Montana State University, and Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He has served Montana Power since 1912 except for a period with a sugar firm and Cuba and New York assignments. He is married with one daughter. his brother Franklin teaches at Columbia University. Lawrence of Arabia was among his Oxford friends.
Frank Kerr was named president as J. R. Wharton and others left leadership roles. The article traces Kerr career from chief engineer to assistant general superintendent and then to vice president and general manager before becoming president. It covers early hydroelectric development in Montana, Big Hole plant, and the expansion of Montana Power Company through 1915 as it grew to serve 130 towns. Kerr emphasized staying in Butte and continuing to lead the Montana power field.
Davis argues that disarmament is the foundation for peace and that Europe should form mutual aid treaties among continental nations alone. He notes the United States and Britain cannot guarantee security and proposes talks if disarmament is achieved. He also mentions a possible general Geneva agreement amid thick fog delaying the president.
County Treasurer W. M. Jackson announced an extension of tax delinquency for Birmingham County taxpayers. The deadline moved from June 24 to July 6 to allow additional time for payment.
The article describes a hearing in the commerce department auditorium where Thomas F. McMahon urges a $14 a week minimum and opposes a 40-hour week in favor of 35 hours. Hugh S. Johnson probes labor and industry witnesses as Green cites low wages, noting cotton goods workers average $10.40 weekly with pay as low as $4.54 for 62 hours. Batty supports demand for code changes.
A Derniere Nouvelles dispatch from Strasbourg says President Paul von Hindenburg, 85, is dangerously ill at his Neudeck summer villa and will turn 86 in October. In Washington the postmaster general appointed Henry Reniger of Rathdrum Idaho as acting postmaster.
Rain fell across Montana improving drought conditions with temperatures dropping from 50 to 88 degrees. Measurements ranged from .02 inch at Glendive to .66 at Havre with Havre and Cut Bank seeing notable totals as Butte experienced its first rainfall in weeks. The federal bureau projected moisture would cover at least half the crop.
L. W. Bud Steele, 28, former University of Montana football player, was struck by a truck while working as a booktender at Boulder dam. He stepped from a cable skip to the roadway and was killed. driver absolved of blame. Survived by wife and parents, burial in Glendive, Montana.
Helena June 28 Eight attaches of the federal prohibition bureau in Montana were ordered to indefinite furloughs effective Friday. The action includes Maurice Smith the administrator now replaced by Harry M Dengler and Sam H Roberts a veteran staffer. The force drops from 22 to 17 investigators across Butte Helena Shelby Billings and related postings. Ben Holter with 13 years service noted for prior work in Butte and Alaska.
Doty Lewis, 50, Fort Hall Indian, indicted by a U S grand jury for first degree murder in the death of Mabel Sawyer, 13, whose body was found on an island in the Port Neuf river last fall. A prior indictment was quashed due to jury irregularities. Also noted is a report that about 28,000,000 acres in India were sown to cotton this year.
A London effort to halt Sunday railway excursions gains momentum with debate over a possible elevated air port project in the city center.
Cheerful breakfast feature for Post Toasties corn flakes noted as crispy flavory flakes. Claims energy from toasted corn hearts and versatile serving ideas with milk fruit or berries. Advertising pull invites readers to join Post's Junior Detective Corps by sending box tops for badge and manual before October 15, 1933.
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