One Man Killed Two Captured in Cole Drug Co Robbery
A Monday morning attempted robbery at Cole Drug Co ended with Peter Brown age 20 shot and killed by Night Policeman Fred J. Ellison. Accomplices Walter Pleshko and Fred Davis, both 21, were captured and jailed. Brown died at Big Timber hospital after gunshot wound to the head. The case includes details from the coroner and witness Frank Ault and Norman Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Drug Co
Peter Brown
Fred J. Ellison
Walter Pleshko
Fred Davis
Brown
Big Timber
Lowry Mortuary
Reno
Nev
Dr. Baskett
L. W. Baskett
Norman Brown
Ellison
Cole
Frank Ault
Cort Hotel
Howard Block
Golden Rule
Woodward
Golden Rule Corner
Cole Store
Ault
Jarrettees
Norman
Montana Legislature Second Costliest in West for 1939 Session
Montana's legislative costs per 1,000 population ranked second among 12 western states, with Nevada highest at 700. The Montana assembly spent 203,148 total, California 509,424 and Washington 209,921. Per diem salaries 95,440. mileage 5,150. paid officers 66,781. printing 20,823. other expenses 6,992. General fund revenue exceeded expenses by 302,125.42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Nevada
Montana Legislative Assembly
California
Washington
Slayer Given Thirty Years in Penitentiary
Clarence William Edwards, 51, was sentenced to 30 years in the state prison at Deer Lodge by District Judge Benjamin E. Berg. Edwards was convicted of second degree murder for the poker and knife attack on Hiram Hankinson, 72, in Hankinson's Three Forks cabin on August 30. He was delivered to the prison today by Sheriff Lovitt I. Westlake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Clarence William Edwards
Deer Lodge
Benjamin E. Berg
Edwards
Hiram Hankinson
Hankinson
Three Forks
Lovitt I. Westlake
Holmes reports on Montana state finances December 1
Montana State Auditor John J. Holmes reports December 1 net cash balance of 13 414 987 05 with a year earlier figure of 14 449 912 27. Bonded indebtedness stood at 10 224 724 75 versus 11 689 224 75 a year prior. Funds invested totaled 18 283 122 45, down from 18 497 312 11. Inventory of state property valued at 20 110 087 29 versus 19 934 061 56. Overdrafts listed include 924 395 55 in general fund and 226 105 85 in university millage fund. Other funds shown: Public school 239 645 54. fish and game 136 387 50. state highway 392 736 25. industrial accident 205 438 04. liquor 976 712 59. highway patrol 134 448 49. common school equalization 147 566 69. common school interest and income 811 626 29. highway trust 1 117 180 13. unemployment compensation trust 6 737 075 09. combined interest and sinking funds 1 722 409 97.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
John J. Holmes
University
Public
Sinclair Declares Oil Supply Shortage
H F Sinclair, chairman of Consolidated Oil, warned that the United States needs more crude oil in storage. He noted daily consumption of about 3,000,000 barrels east of the Rockies and storage around 227,000,000 barrels, roughly 75 days of supply, with millions of barrels not truly accessible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. F. Sinclair
Consolidated Oil Corporation
United States
Rocky Mountains
Louis Wins Five Round Bout To Retain Title In Boston
Joe Louis returns from a six month layoff to defeat Al McCoy by technical knockout in the fifth round at Boston Garden. McCoy, outmatched and bleeding, failed to rise for the sixth round as Louis advances toward a June showdown with Billy Conn in a bout expected to be worth about a half million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Louis
al McCoy
Boston
McCoy
George la Plante
Louis
Boston Garden
Jim Maloney
Tom Heeney
Joe
Arturo Godoy
Bostonian
Christmas at the Churches and Lutheran Services Schedule
A Christmas program at Congregational Church features a full choir concert with solos and readings on Sunday December 22 including Handel and Brahms selections and a French Christmas feast. Big Timber Lutheran lists confirmands and services from December 21 to January 1 with Christmas and New Year observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of the East
Adeste Fideles
Handel
Ellen Jane Lorenz Wee
John Howlett
Clyde Fredrickson
Ira B. Wilson
Brahms Wilson
Field of Angels
Florence Kingsley
John MacFarlane
Paul Snyder
Adolphe Adam
Walter Braaten
van Denman Thompson
Ave
Maria—Schubert
Davis Soechtig
Jean Worden
Frank Chase
Sorranos
Esther Ferris
Valerie Wordal
Harry Wordal
L. W. Baskett
Altos
Annabelle Peterson
Lucillé’ Ferris
L. H. Townsend
H. L. Brockway
Morley Lamp
Larry Wright
Buddy Traver
MacLean Baskett
Raymond Dodge
Keith Williams
Christmas Eve Services At St. Mark's Episcopal
Members of St. Mark's Episcopal church plan two Christmas Eve services with Bishop H. H. Daniels officiating at the 11 45 p m communion. A 5 o'clock prayer service for children and families features the Junior choir while the Senior choir provides music. A cordial invitation is extended to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mark’s Episcopal
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
H. H. Daniels
Bishop Daniels
Catholic Church Announces Sunday Service Time
Fragmentary notice notes a Sunday service on December 22 at an unspecified time, in a Catholic church. The incomplete text hints at a regular parish schedule and attendance likely expected from parishioners.
Lumber mill strikers resume operations in Tacoma
In Tacoma Washington 850 workers returned to work after an 11 week strike. The AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers union ratified a temporary truce granting five cents an hour raise and one week of paid vacation. Previously workers had been earning seven cents an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Northwest
A.F.L. Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Insurance agent denies theft charge in Tacoma bridge case
Hallett R. French, 44, former insurance executive, pleads not guilty to embezzling 1277.88 in premiums tied to coverage he wrote for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. He is free on 1500 bail after restitution to his former employer. state says total defalcations may reach 70000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Hallett R. French
Tacoma Narrows
French
Liberty
Charles O. Carroll
Charles Ralls
Automatic Insurance
Carroll
Britain sentences woman to death for espionage
London reports Dorothy Pamela O Grady a 42 year old housewife was sentenced to die for treachery under the official secrets act. She is the first woman condemned to death in Britain for espionage since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Dorothy Pamela O'Grady
Christmas Program and Services Schedule
Sunday School at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 with a sermon The Birthday of Hope Evangelical League at 645 pm and Christmas program at 730 pm featuring The Heavens Proclaim Him Choir Devotionals Minister Welcome and a long list of child and youth Christmas songs and readings led by several participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical League
Dewey Scholten
Ellen Harris
Glendon Harris
Children’s Department
Jimmy Scholten
Bethlehem
Robert McDonald
Jo Ann Nunley
Joyce Sago
Jesus
Evelyn Pet Aee
Harriet Sam
Marilyn Ryan
Ruth Bieber
Junior Harris
Orville McLane
Mesdames Nunley
Ryan
Olive
Ruth Huyser
Dale McLane
Church of God Christmas Sermon and Services Set
A Church of God schedules Christmas sermon on Sunday morning along with Sunday School program and Christmas tree lighting planned for Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF God
Montana Electors Cast Ballots for Roosevelt
Montana's four presidential electors met at the capitol and cast their votes for President Roosevelt. The electors named were Mrs. J. O. Colgan Ratford of Sidney Carl Gillan of Forsyth Mrs. Lee Bessette of Butte and C. H. Perry of Great Falls. The ballots were to be sent to the president of the United States Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Capitol
Roosevelt
Sam W. Mitchell
United States Senate
J. O. Colgan Ratford
Sidney
Carl Gillan
Forsyth
Lee Bessette
Butte
C. H. Perry
Great Falls
Blast Kills Twelve in Tenement House in Cincinnati
A pre-dawn explosion in a downtown Cincinnati tenement killed 12 people from five families and left a newborn baby dead with its mother in the rubble. Frank Schnetzer and four other children died. a 12-year-old was missing. several residents on upper floors survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Lillian Schnetzer
Man Fined $25 for Throwing Eggs at Willkie in Chicago
Charles Mulrain, 53, was fined $25 in Chicago for hurling frozen eggs at Wendell L. Willkie, Republican presidential nominee, at La Salle Street station on October 22. The judge imposed $20 for assault and battery and $5 for disorderly conduct after a guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Mulrain
Wendell L. Willkie
la Salle Street
Matthew D. Hartigan
Pioneer Fish Creek Rancher B A Andrew laid to rest in Livingston
Robert Andrew a Scotch born rancher of Fish creek died aged 87 at a niece’s home near Bozeman. He was buried in Livingston after a First Methodist church service. Survived by two brothers two nieces and two nephews with a long Montana history including sheep raising and homesteading along Fish creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Andrew
Fish Creek
Robert Andrew
Theobald
Bozeman
Livingston
First Methodist Church
Metcalf
Blair
Paradise Valley
Gallatin County
Widdicombe Brothers
Brownlee & Taylor
John F. Simmons
Patrick Flannagan
J. H. Duffey
John C. Farrington
Anderson Brothers
Maeridan Brothers
George H. Parker
James Anderson
R. A. Maeridan
Frank A. Andrew
Chicago
David H. Andrew
New York
W. T. Thompson
Townsend
R. E. Pullman
Great Falls
R. Skinner
T. H. Andrew
Andrew
Big Timber Express
Walter Aitken
Mont
Everett & Blakey
Scotland
Australia
New Zealand
Montana
Frank Blakey
Melville
Home Ranch
Old Blakey
Roosevelt vows Warm Springs visit in March
President Roosevelt told patients at the Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Warm Springs Georgia he would spend two weeks there in March if the world survives. He spoke during a luncheon after a long telephone talk with Secretary Hull, noting past trips and a return in the fall if no war erupts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Hull
Washington
Foundation
Improvements Planned at Galen Hospital Helena
A WPA project at the state tuberculosis sanitarium at Galen valued about 10000 dollars was approved by the state board of examiners. Work will start immediately and finish by early spring including varnishing painting carpentry sidewalk and curb work grounds grading and planting. Montana cover 2067 dollars in equipment while the federal government provides the rest in labor. Deficiency claims were approved for legislature action in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Galen
State Board of Examiners
Montana
Northern Pacific orders 2500 new freight cars
St Paul Dec 13 The Northern Pacific Railway announced orders for 2500 new freight cars costing 7 million dollars. American Car and Foundry will build 1000 box cars 200 ballast cars at St Louis 300 coal cars at Huntington and 900 box cars at Michigan City. Northern Pacific to supply 100 box cars at Laurel Montana. Delivery is set for next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Northern Pacific Railway Company
American Car and Foundry Company
St. Louis
Huntington
W. Va
Pullman-Standard Car & Manufacturing Co
Michigan City
Ind
Northern Pacific
Laurel, Mont
Montana Fire Fighting Fund For 1941
Montana was allotted 23864 dollars in federal funds for fire prevention and control for the 1941 fiscal year under the Clarke McNary act. The act requires state matching funds and the use of funds to reimburse fire prevention costs on state and private lands. Montana reported 516 forest fires on protected lands last year, burning 5841 acres, with 22 fires on unprotected lands burning 2120 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Montana
Agricultural Department
Forest Service
The
Ashes of Lord Lothian Rest in Arlington Cemetery
The ashes of British ambassador Lord Lothian were placed in a vault under the Maine battleship at Arlington National Cemetery. A caisson pulled by Battery C of the 16th Field Artillery bore the catafalque as a US chaplain gave a prayer. Secretary Hull and officials attended in mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Lothian
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Maine
Arlington National Cemetery
16Th Field Artillery
United States Army
Hull
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holmes
Sinclair
BIG Timber Lutheran
Luther League
Catholic Church
Fe Eee
Evangelical Church
Fdr
Willkie
Galen Hospital
Ethel P. Cudworth
C. S
Lothian
Philip Henry Kerr
Rhodes Trust
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!