The Montana Standard, 1936-09-09, p.1

[metal prices box, top left] METAL PRICES Copper ........ 9.75c Silver ........ 44¾c Zinc ........ 4.85 Gold, U. S. Treasury price ........ $35.00 Gold, world price ........ $34.77 Lead, East St. Louis ........ 4.45c Lead, New York ........ 4.60@4.65c [masthead] Montana BUTTE Standard [box, top right] HOME EDITION. The Standard carries the most extensive telegraph news service in Montana. VOL. LXXIII.—No. 337. ESTABLISHED 1876 BUTTE, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1936. PHONE No. 5411. PRICE FIVE CENTS # GREAT SPANISH ARMIES LOCKED IN BATTLE [spans columns 1-8] ## *Bitterly Fought Campaigns Over National, Local Issues End in Five States* [spans columns 1-8] ## Column 1 # TOWNSEND IS AN ISSUE IN VOTE DRIVES ## George D. Aiken Leads by Three Thousand for the G. O. P. Gubernatorial Nomination in Vermont. ### TOWNSENDITE IS LOSING ## Bitter Contest to Be Settled Today in Georgia Between New Dealer and Bitter New Deal Critic. (By The Associated Press.) Five states held primary elections yesterday, bringing to an end bitterly fought campaigns over national and local issues, including the Townsend plan. Candidates sought nominations for the Senate, House and state offices, variously, in Arizona, Colorado, South Carolina, Vermont and Washington. ### In Vermont. Nearly complete returns in Vermont appeared to have assured the Republican gubernatorial nomination to George D. Aiken, who led his nearest opponent, Col. H. Nelson Jackson, by more than 3,000 votes. Jackson conceded defeat. Nearly complete returns also gave the Republican congressional nomination to Charles A. Plumbley by a three-to-one margin over Edwin B. Meekins, a Townsendite. In South Carolina's run-off for the Democratic seat held by the late Representative John J. McSwain, the victory appeared assured to G. Heyward [Mahon?] of Greenville, in his contest with Joe R. Bryson. ### Governor Johnson Leads. Gov. Ed C. Johnson of Colorado held a seven-to-five lead over former Governor William E. Sweet for the Democratic senatorial nomination, on the basis of scattered returns. The Townsend plan was an issue in three congressional races. In Arizona Gov. B. B. Moeur, contesting for a third term Democratic nomination, ran behind R. C. Stanford on the basis of scattered early returns. A principal issue in the campaign was a state sales tax, sponsored by the Governor. The Townsend plan was an issue in the Democratic congressional race for the lone seat held by Isabella Greenway. ### "Production for Use." In Washington state, where the polls did not close until 11 p. m. (E. S. T.) J. C. Stevenson of Seattle, campaigning on a "production for use" platform, took an early lead over Gov. Clarence D. Martin, who [next line cut off at foot of image] ## Column 2 # JAMES MURPHY, MINER, BEATEN TO DEATH [spans columns 2-5] # BODY OF BUTTE DROWNING VICTIM FOUND [spans columns 2-5] # GRAPPLING HOOKS TAKE BOY FROM JEFFERSON RIVER ## Eugene Willette Jr. Taken From 15 Feet of Water About Where He Sank. ### YOUTH LOSES LIFE ON A FISHING TRIP ## Father Makes Vain Effort to Save Son; He Remains at the Scene All Night. The body of Eugene Willette jr., Butte boy, who was drowned Monday evening in the Jefferson river, was recovered late yesterday afternoon with the use of grappling hooks. The body was in about 15 feet of water, at about the same spot where it went down. The drowning occurred at the Jefferson river bridge about three miles west of Willow Creek. The boy had accompanied his father and a small companion on a Labor day fishing trip. The boy's father was sitting on the river bank, fishing, when his son and his companion asked permission to go wading near the shore. Within a few minutes Mr. Willette heard the call of "Daddy!" He looked up just in time to see his son going down and jumped into the water in a vain attempt at rescue. He remained at the scene all that night and yesterday, helping in the efforts to recover the body. The boy's body was brought to Butte last night and is at White's mortuary. The lad was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Willette, 2424 Yale avenue, and a student at Whittier school. # HARRY L. HOPKINS TO ADDRESS MASS MEET HERE OCT. 9 ## WPA Administrator to Reach City at 9:15 and Go [next line cut off at foot of image] ## Column 3 [photograph spans columns 3-4: a young woman in a hospital bed] ONLY CRASH SURVIVOR [box above the photograph] TEN ARE KILLED. Miss Linda McDonald of Miami, Fla., only survivor of the Pittsburgh sightseeing plane crash in which ten persons were either killed or burned to death, is shown in a Pittsburgh hospital where she recuperated from the shock of her terrifying experience. [caption spans columns 3-4] # BUTTE SCHOOLS READY FOR WORK WITH ENROLLMENT AND CLASS ASSIGNMENTS FINISHED [spans columns 3-4] ## Aiming Toward 9,000, Registration First Day Totals 8,400, Slightly Fewer Students Than at the Beginning of Last Term; City Grade Enrollment Off 100; New Principal at Boys' Central High. [spans columns 3-4] Enrollment in the public and parochial grade and high schools stood at slightly more than 8,400 students as the first classes of the 1936-37 term in 30 local institutions convened yesterday. The registration was practically the same as last year when the first day attendance was approximately 8,470. [spans columns 3-4] # NEW TEACHER IS ADDED TO BUTTE STAFF BY BOARD ## Swimming and Athletic In- [next line cut off at foot of image] ## Column 4 With books secured and most of the preliminary instructions on classes completed, Butte school children are looking forward to their first intensive school day today. ### Count Unofficial. Although the count was unofficial, figures indicated slight increases at some schools and a complete check of enrollments, together with new students who are registering late, is expected to boost the total over the 9,000 mark within a week. City grade school enrollment for the first day fell off nearly 100 as [next line cut off at foot of image] ## Column 5 # MAN EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL AFTER APPARENT FIGHT ## Glenn Dilley, in Whose Room Victim Was Found, Is Questioned by Police. ### LANDLADY FINDS MAN UNCONSCIOUS ## Examination Shows Triple Skull Fracture; Police Believe Man Was Kicked James Murphy, 47. a miner, died last evening at St. James' hospital, the victim of what police said was a terrific beating in his rooming house at 721 Utah avenue. Glenn Dilley, in whose room the man was found, was questioned by police and members of the county attorney's office, after Assistant Chief of Police Jack Dugan and Officer Bart Riley investigated the case. He denied knowing anything about the case. Mrs. A. H. McIntyre, landlady at the rooming house, found Murphy yesterday morning, terribly beaten, and unconscious. She called police. Coroner Mike Duff said both Dilley's room and Murphy's room were blood-splattered. ### Perform Autopsy. Murphy was taken to St. James' hospital. Doctors performed an autopsy after he died. It disclosed. they said, that his skull had a triple fracture, causing a blood clot at the base of the brain. They failed to find any evidence of a blunt instrument, they declared. Police were of the opinion that the man had been kicked to death, but were continuing their investigation to learn whether a club of any kind had been used. When questioned last night in the county attorney's office Dilley said that he had spent most of Monday night at another rooming house on Utah avenue. Murphy was born in Ireland and had been 24 years in Butte. He is survived by the following relatives: Brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murphy, Butte; brothers, Jerry and Dennis Murphy, Providence, R. I.; sisters, Mrs. Mary O'Brien of Idaho and Mrs. Hallahan of Chicago; his mother, two sisters and two brothers in Ireland. The body is at Duggan's. ## Column 6 # *Worker's Eye Torn Out in Auto Crash* ## Steve Stevenson of Melrose in Critical Condition at St. James Hospital Following Highway Crash. Steve Stevenson, aged ranch hand from Melrose, is in a critical condition at St. James' hospital as the result of a highway wreck about three miles north of Melrose at 6 o'clock last evening. His right eye was torn from his head and his scalp terribly lacerated. Doctors expressed [fear?] for his recovery. He is believed to be more than 80 years of age. One other man, Fred Norris, also of Melrose, suffered minor head injuries. Pete Wilheim. Melrose truck driver, told sheriff's deputies here that he was driving a truck, going from Butte to Melrose. He was said to have told deputies that the truck turned over when a tire blew out. Wilheim was unhurt. Harold Cossette, 725 South Wyoming, brought the three men to Butte. Norris and Stevenson were unconscious when taken into St. James' hospital. Attendants learned that Stevenson had been employed by Louis Huffman, Melrose rancher. # LANDON TO MAKE FIRST 'FIGHTING' SPEECH SATURDAY ## Republican Committee Sees "Ground Swell" Moving Toward Kansan. TOPEKA, Kas., Sept. 8.—(AP)—Gov. Alf M. Landon announced tonight he will go to Maine for an address Saturday night "to participate in the first fighting repudiation of the New Deal." In a surprise announcement just a week before Maine's election September 14, the Republican presidential nominee said: "I am going to Maine to help rededicate that state to the good government for which it has always stood, and to participate in the first fighting repudiation at the polls of the kind of government this country has had for the last three years." ### "GROUND SWELL." CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—(AP)—The executive committee of the Republican national committee was told today in reports by its members "there was a ground swell moving across the nation" for the Landon- [next line cut off at foot of image] ## Column 7 # BITTER FIGHTING SWEEPS CORPSE STREWN FIELDS [spans columns 7-8] ## *Paris Nervous; Soviet War Warning Rings; Nazis Mass* [spans columns 7-8] **LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 8.—(U.P.)—The two greatest armies massed in Spain's civil war were locked in battle tonight along a 15-mile front east of Talavera de la Reina.** **The bitter fighting raged in trenches filled with corpses and on plains littered with screaming, wounded men. While the titanic struggle of the rebels to break through to the relief of 1,700 insurgents facing death in the crumbling Alcazar at Toledo went on, towns surrounding San Sebastian on the northern front were set aflame by anarchists.** [lead spans columns 7-8] (By The Associated Press.) Spain's Fascist rebel army pushed steadily across the Bay of Biscay coastline last night in determined march on San Sebastian, where defenders vowed they would burn the city rather than surrender. While a nervous France ordered six seaplanes to patrol the Franco-Spanish border after a bomb had dropped on the Hendaye beach, the Fascists announced capture of Pasajes in the advance from Irun. To reach San Sebastian the rebels had to cross or circle around a small inlet from the Biscay bay and proceed less than three miles. Government miners hurling dynamite were reported routed in the Pasajes encounter. A rebel broadcast also claimed capture of Reneteria, south of Pasajes, but almost equi-distant from San Sebastian. [the three paragraphs above span columns 7-8] While the Madrid government announced a new drive against northwestern Oviedo, neighboring Portugal nipped quickly rebellion by crews of two naval vessels in the Tagus river harbor off Lisbon. The capital itself was calm, the reports said. Six crew members were killed and nine injured before the revolt was crushed. ### Would Isolate War. Watching the bitter struggle in Spain, investigation of the Portuguese attempt at revolt, and the cry of French Communists for aid to the Spanish government, an international committee announced it would meet in London today. The London group sought to draft measures which would isolate the Spanish civil war, lessen the avowed danger of its spreading throughout Europe. Socialist Premier Leon Blum was reported considering a special session of parliament to cope with the Communist demands for support of the Madrid regime. ### Strikes Spread. Spreading labor strikes in France, authoritative sources said, presaged a showdown between those demanding non-intervention and those urging aid to Spain. The oft-heard warnings of approaching war were heard again in the Soviet press, while the Soviet army marched in war game maneuvers along the Polish frontier. "The ominous spectre of war is [next line cut off at foot of image] ## Column 8 # YANK WINS SHELL CUP RACE WITH FRENCHMAN IDLE ## Michel Detroyat Denies Speedy Plane Subsidized by French Government. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8.—(AP)—A professional parachute jumper and air racer, Roger Don Rae of Alhambra, Cal., gave the coup [de?] grace today to the $70,000 purse of purses for the national air races. He romped in as winner of the postponed shell cup $3,000 50-mile, 10-lap race for the first prize of $1,350. The uncontrollable stunt flyer from Paris, Michel Detroyat, fastest sky speeder of the air racers, graciously declined to enter the final event. He said that after winning the $9,500 first prize in the main event yesterday, and previously taking $4,900 in prize money he preferred to let the American entries [next line cut off at foot of image]