07 May 1937
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1937
Page
1
Debris and flames engulfed the airship as it crashed at the New Jersey airfield. Capt. Ernest Lehman observer and Capt. Max Pruss among the injured, with 33 confirmed dead and many gravely hurt. Rescue crews, morgue assembly, and frantic crowds underscored a day of shock.
Reports from the Franco-Spanish frontier claim anarchists toppled President Luis Companys dictatorship in Barcelona and control the city. They demanded the Catalonian government dissolve assault guards within 24 hours or face tanks and poison gas. Anarchist forces reportedly arrived with tanks from the Aragon front under the FA I banner, with about 400 killed and 2,000 wounded since the revolt began, and 300 dying in hospitals at night due to care shortages.
Washington dispatch reports a rapid inquiry into the Hindenburg explosion and fire. Senates committees consider hearings while Col Harold E Hardy and Major R W Schroeder head initial investigations at Lakehurst. Officials reflect on the setback for lighter-than-air aviation and the Akron and Macon wrecks.
Col. J. Monroe Johnson assistant secretary of commerce ordered the Bureau of Air Commerce to open an investigation into the destruction of the dirigible Hindenburg in Washington.
W G Myers 52 vice president of the Farm Credit Administration in Spokane died suddenly of a heart attack while waiting for his automobile in a downtown garage. He came to Spokane in 1925 from Whitehall Montana and is survived by his widow a son and a daughter.
Montana readers are told to expect generally fair conditions on Friday and Saturday with cooler air mainly in the far eastern counties.
A House sub committee heard Representative Kloeb of Ohio urge suspending WPA work in rural districts for seven months from May through October to allow farmers and canneries to hire locally. The debate accompanies Roosevelt's relief funding request of 1.5 billion dollars as others push for lower totals and abolition of WPA and related agencies.
President Roosevelt expressed deepest sympathy to the German government and people after the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst New Jersey He extended condolences to the families of those who perished and sent a message to Chancellor Hitler in Berlin with his sorrow over the tragic loss of life
Nashville Tenn May 6 Major George L Berry federal industrial coordinator appointed to the U S Senate to succeed the late Nathan L Bachman of Chattanooga to fill the vacancy.
Berlin officials say German Zeppelin traffic across the north Atlantic will continue unabated. A new dirigible and Friedrichshafen factory will carry the German flag in the Hindenburgs place, emphasizing safety and offering a contrast to other nations failures in dirigible operations. The nation remains horrified yet proud of the Hindenburg and her crew.
The Hindenburg, 803 feet long, powered by four 1000 horsepower Diesel engines, could reach 84 mph and carry a crew of 40 plus passengers. Its 15 ton payload made it the largest lift in air travel, earning the title of flying hotel among some 150 airships built in 36 years since Count Zeppelin.
The Montana Supreme Court admitted Donald A. Reardon of Anaconda to practice in all state courts today in Helena as of May 6.
A May report lists survivors of the Hindenburg disaster among hospital patients in Lakehurst and nearby areas. Noted are Captain Ernst Lehman and Captain Max Pruss with severe burns, plus many others with varying injuries or unknown conditions, including Joseph Spahs and Irene Doehner among several crew members and passengers.
At Lakehurst N J authorities released a preliminary passenger list for the Hindenburg disaster. Among the dead or unaccounted for at dawn were Rudolph Anders Birger Brinck Hermann Doehner Burtis Edward Dolan Fritz Ernst Otto Elsie Ernst Moritz Feilbusch John Pannes Emma Pannes Otto Reichold and others.
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