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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1933
Page
1
Federal mediator says law does not require the Ford Motor Company plant to stay open as men walk out. Machine Gun Kelly confession noted amid broader labor tensions with the NRA.
Washington dispatch reports a Ford Motor Co shutdown halting mediation efforts in Chester Pennsylvania. Senator Wagner warned NRA powerless if an employer shuts a plant as Hugh Johnson plans a rearangement of the NRA into a two year recovery body. AFL head William Green cites 815000 back to work in August and cautions against relief plans as unions push for a thirty hour week under the recovery act.
Two hundred national guardsmen were mobilized in Indiana to assist police and citizens in hunting down ten escaped killers and robbers from the state penitentiary. Sheriff Neel was kidnapped by the convicts as they fled toward nearby Charlestown. a clerk, Finley P. Carson, was wounded and at risk of death. Police warned to shoot to kill as searches expanded through a 25 mile area.
Hundreds of Montanans, recently jobless, found work through NRA programs in western Montana. In the Great Falls district 366 men are employed on state highway and bridge projects, with expectations to hit 500 in 30 days. Billings NRA efforts have added over 200 jobs and raised weekly payrolls by 5453 dollars, while Missoula and other districts report expanding opportunities.
Chicago hosts the American Legion convention as leaders prepare a conservative legislative agenda. An expected cash bonus issue may get limited floor time while up to 150000 Legionnaires and 100000 guests arrive. Officials anticipate President Roosevelt to address the gathering on opening day amid concurrent auxiliary and Forty and Eight society meetings.
President Roosevelt plans a large public works loan to railroads to purchase at least 700000 tons of steel rails at under 40 dollars a ton. The move aims to expand credit for heavy industry, with Eastman coordinating a vast buying effort involving steel and transport. The White House also considers releasing frozen assets from solvent banks with Treasury help.
The Justice Department announced that gangster George Kelley admitted kidnapping Charles Urschel of Oklahoma City after questioning in Memphis. Federal agents plan to remove the Kellies to Oklahoma as they fight extradition, amid linked robberies and the slaying of a Chicago officer and two Federal Reserve messengers.
Plans to form a double improvement district in the northwest part of the city were disclosed after a formal boundary description was filed with the county surveyor. Residents seek a volunteer fire department lighting zone and two miles of cement sidewalks, with federal Public Works funds to follow if approved.
Helena reports kill ing frost last week caused only slight damage as threshing nears completion in Montana. Livestock in eastern regions is fair, elsewhere good to excellent. winter feed expected plentiful in central and western areas but short in the east. Heavy rain fell in the Flathead and Gallatin valleys. dryness hinders fall plowing and germination of winter grains already planted.
The proposed high school site sits within a block of two street car lines and remains close to transit for families without cars. South side cars run on Arizona nearby while north side riders use the Main Street line. Evening events and an auditorium on the ground floor are part of the tentative plans.
More than 50 civic leaders gather at Chequamgon cafe to launch a week long fundraiser for the Boy Scout council. Banquet at 6 15 pm with W A O Kelly as toastmaster and John H Piper of Spokane as speaker. O E Hoover says volunteers will be assigned to districts after tonight’s briefing. The program includes flag exercises invocation and talks by Father Peter MacDonald and W F O'Brien.
On Montana School of Mines campus at 2 PM the freshman and sophomore classes clash in the traditional green cap struggle. Three contests decide the class champion with tug of war among the events. A fresh victory avoids the green cap. a sophomore failure would dishonor an ancient tradition.
Butte will send four delegates to the National American Legion convention in Chicago next Tuesday. Dave Johnston and Mrs. Johnston, W. Ross McGinnis, and Dr. W. A. Wells will represent Forty and Fight and Silver Bow Post No. 1. The Johnstons and McGinnis join a Washington Oregon delegation coming Friday night. Wells will meet them in Chicago after visiting relatives in the East. A large Butte veteran turnout will greet the Washington and Oregon delegation at Milwaukee station Friday evening.
Montana forecast shows unsettled conditions on Thursday and Friday with probable showers in the western portion and little change in temperatures.
Beginning Tuesday at noon the first game between the New York Giants and the Washington Senators will be shown play by play on the Montana Standard's big magnetic scoreboard. A team of veteran scoreboard operators will handle the coverage for the sixteenth time.
A U S district judge in Jackson Tennessee issued a removal order authorizing Justice Department agents to transport George Kelly and his wife back to Oklahoma City. The order was granted by Judge Harry B. Anderson.
Oklahoma City dispatch notes ongoing government rebuttal testimony with continued coverage on page 3 column 4. The brief hints at concluding remarks and further details likely to appear in later columns.
Deer Lodge forest supervisor R T Ferguson warns that signs on national forest land will be removed. Firms or individuals responsible face removal costs and possible prosecution. Violations carry up to one year in prison or a 500 dollar fine or both.
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