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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1933
Page
1
Washington reports move to finalize price controls as recovery leaders await presidential approval of the bituminous coal charter. Hugh S. Johnson promotes friendly aid to local compliance boards enforcing the blue eagle campaign as NRA regulations go into effect.
Supporters from southern states prepare a general plan on currency and credit inflation to boost farm prices. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma leads inflation advocates, compiling member views to present to President Roosevelt. Delegates from cotton states, growers, brokers and others will attend the conference.
Gales from the tropical hurricane pound the Massachusetts coast with 52 mph winds at Nantucket. New England rivers flood, highways wash out, and small shipping is endangered as steamboat service from Nantucket is suspended amid rising barometer falls. Emergency radio call from Roanoke Island signals potential casualties.
Hundreds of citizens areexpected at the Butte high school auditorium for a public discussion of a proposed $800000 high school building under the public works program. Speakers for and against the project will present details and argument. Unions support the plan, with signatures needed to call a bond election.
In Havana a mass protest supported a Mayday sugar central strike and called for a boycott of American products. U.S. consul warned Americans in Santiago to seek shelter at Renfe harbor area as tensions rose and Marines remained on alert.
Regional and Washington officials from eight western states met in Salt Lake City to accelerate allocating 3.3 billion dollars for public works before year end. Colonel H M Waite led the federal group, with plans to travel next to Fort Worth and Atlanta for two more meetings.
Mary J Hancock 78 a Montana pioneer who traveled by ox team from Salt Lake City to Virginia City in 1863 died here She witnessed vigilante era events and recalled outlaw Henry Plummer She was mother of five sons who served in World War I and received a five star service pin with a letter from President Wilson She was a Kansas City Kansas native.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh are reported to fly from Karlskrona Sweden to Leningrad to study an Arctic airline along the North Siberian coast. The plan may link to a proposed North Atlantic route, with a return to the United States via Russia. The couple, aboard a seaplane, left Stockholm for Karlskrona en route south along Sweden’s coast.
In Vienna on September 17 Vice Chancellor Franz Winkler attacked Austrian Nazis and the fascist Heimwehr wing of the Dollfuss cabinet. His rally marked the launch of the national corporative front movement. The Nazi response turned the Graz mass meeting into a riot with smoke bombs alarms and singing of Deutschland Uber Alles.
Christopher Gray 21 of Creston Montana drowned while wading in the Yellowstone river four miles from Grand Canyon to retrieve a goose. Park Ranger George Baggley said Gray, with Knute Hansston, was illegally hunting geese. His body not recovered. rescue efforts to resume tomorrow.
Montana forecast calls for showers and cooler air on Monday. Tuesday looks unsettled with further cooling especially in the extreme east portion of the state.
A brief feature from the Labor-Employer Co-operative Council presents an overview of high school programs, curricula, and student opportunities. The piece highlights vocational tracks, college preparatory courses, and cooperative work experiences intended to bridge education and employment.
A columnist argues for building a new high school now to avoid higher costs later. They note a potential government grant of 240000 dollars covering 30 percent and government bond purchase of 560000 dollars at par with 4 percent interest. The bonds would be repaid over 20 years.
George Forbes, a bareheaded prospector, found a cave lined with gold ore in the Painted Hills between this crossroads and Sand Springs. Thousands of tons of ore lie on the floor and along the sides, with assays at about 1160 dollars per ton.
A truck carrying 27 children from the Indian boarding school on Cut Bank creek plunged down a 25 foot bank near Browning. One child, George Madman about 14, was killed and 17 injured, many with concussions and broken bones. Victims were taken to Blackfeet hospital after a barbecue stop at a CCC camp.
Police halted a bold car theft in a blind alley between Montana and Dakota streets when an officer blocked the would be thief. Orville Burby, found in the stolen car, is jailed on car theft charges. he has prior arrests in the city. The incident began with Burby breaking into the rear of the Price Kearns Motor company on South Montana street early yesterday.
A. E. Sutton, spokesman for exporters, said a 40 million bushel emergency plan may begin functioning within 10 days if Secretary Wallace approves. The North Pacific Emergency Export association would clear house purchasing and selling wheat or flour from tidewater terminals and interior sources.
President Roosevelt has asked and been refused the resignation of William F. Humphrey, Republican member of the Federal Trade Commission, in Washington.
An early morning gas or gasoline fueled blast at 223 West Boardman Street demolished the Gallagher home and sent Pete O’Hara 66 to the hospital with burns and a punctured lung. The roof was blown off and debris damaged the adjacent Carl residence. Fire Chief Pred Martin suspects gasoline as the cause. investigation continued.
Glasgow September 17 Senator B K Wheeler injured in an automobile accident remained in his hotel room today suffering from severe headaches and a painful knee. Tele grams and calls of support poured in as he prepared to discuss recovery measures with President Roosevelt and plan further talks with engineers and a local committee.
David Lamson, 21, Stanford publishing house executive, was found guilty of killing his wife Allen Thorpe Lamson last Memorial Day in their flower garden cottage on campus. A Berkeley criminologist criticized the verdict as a miscarriage of justice and noted concerns over remoteness in scientific inquiry.
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