07 Mar 1931
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1931
Page
1
The piece argues that city county unification delivers prosperity and efficiency, citing Denver as a model where consolidation ended dual governments and duplicated payrolls. It claims opponents exploit fear, notes suburbs benefited without extra debt, and urges continuing unity to preserve progress.
In Helena on March 6 lawmakers wait in the enrolling room as they finish work on a dozen bills from deadlocks. The high school code revision consumes 72 pages of changes while the workmen’s compensation act amendment is the last measure signed in open session before adjournment sine die tomorrow.
The empress gave birth at the imperial maternity villa to a girl, her fourth child and the nation’s hope for a male heir. For weeks the country awaited a boy.
A Grafico dispatch from Jalapa Vera Cruz reports several people injured when two bombs exploded in the Jalapa cathedral during mass this morning.
Private detectives hired by Bronx District Attorney Charles McLaughlin pursue Vivian Gordon murder case amid a police dragnet of 18 000 officers. Investigators, paid from McLaughlin’s pocket, question dozens of witnesses as leads run dry and a national agency investigates potential framing.
Fireworks and fistfights disrupted but did not stop an anti Soviet slavery demonstration at Albert Hall in London on March 6. A resolution by Sir E Hilton Young urged Britain to drop the most favored nation clause in the Soviet trade treaty. Lord Brentford presided as MPs including Winston Churchill attended amid frenzied shouts and clashes.
Washington March 6 A wave of opposition from leading Democrats met Chairman Raskob’s plan for a party platform favoring state control of liquor. Senators Glass Sheppard Robinson Caraway Wheeler Walsh oppose or question the proposal while urging unity or caution.
Judge J. J. Lynch told a Walkerville audience that consolidating Butte and Silver Bow County would mainly help Walkerville through a tax cut of 15 to 18 mills. He cited valuations of 30 to 38 million dollars, showing 12 mills could raise ample revenue, and noted Walkerville now pays two levies while others pay one. He said consolidation could halve Walkerville’s city rate and reduce debt burden.
Report notes Allied Commanders-in-Chief show renewed spirit as they meet to plan a major offensive. The article cites about 1,200,000 American soldiers in France, Pershing opposing sending troops to Russia yet complying with Wilson’s orders to dispatch one regiment. Harbord named to head 8. O. 8.
The Whittier school hosts an anti consolidation rally aimed at countering William Meyer’s claims. Ex mayor William Maloney James Fitzgerald and R Lewis Brown spoke, disputing the consolidation act and urging the county to bear the city’s debt. Continued on page 2.
County commissioners deny a request to appoint any election judges for the March 10 consolidation poll while a consolidation committee seeks 50 deputies to oversee order at the polls. Sheriff Weir will review a submitted list before deciding.
Wealthy real estate and oil promoter John P. Mills dancer Olive Clark Day and press agent William Jobelmann were arraigned on statutory charges in a Los Angeles love market probe. A card index exposing hundreds of girls and men led to investigations of girls aged 12 to 20 in custody as state witnesses. Preliminary hearing set for March 31 amid disclosure of luxury Hollywood hills apartment and weekend trips notes.
Chairman Alexander Legge of the farm board resigns to resume work making harvesters. President Hoover notes private affairs required his departure. Legge, 65, left the White House just before the announcement and heads to Chicago to take up his former $100,000 yearly post.
London dispatch reports ten million tons of icy northerlies sweeping Britain, bringing the worst March gales in 14 years. Great seas lash the south coast, inundating villages Littlestone and Dymchurch, while the Thames floods its banks at Putney and Wandsworth. A Yorkshire blizzard halts rail traffic as ships seek shelter.
Miss Ruth Nichols of Rye New York climbed through cold blue skies more than five and one half miles over Jersey and Manhattan. Her Lockheed Vega monoplane carried an altimeter showing nearly 30050 feet and a National Aeronautic Association barograph was sealed for the record.
Unsettled conditions are forecast for Saturday and Sunday in Montana with little change in temperatures. The forecast calls for variable skies and possible light showers across the state.
A five day gala carnival in Butte runs March 19 to 23 featuring a street parade led by the Butte Mines band and the opening of the Spring Market Festival. The event runs with the auto show and state bowling tournament, showcasing new spring merchandise with live models in store displays.
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