Youthful Bandits Captured Near Broadus Given 50 Year Sentence
Elmer Frederick McKinney aged 18 from near Seattle Washington and Walter Weston 21 from Mexico Missouri were each sentenced to 50 years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to robbing a Worden service station on June 16. McKinney gave a long confession detailing thefts of about 40 cars nine holdups one burglary and three kidnappings. Weston escaped from a Missouri reformatory after serving nine months of an eight year term.
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R. F. Hibbs
W. D. Garvey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McKinney
Seattle
Weston
Iowa State Reformatory
Missouri Reformatory
Iowa
Missouri
Derry
Elmer McKinney
Alvin Ralph Brumbaugh
Wash
Walter Weston
Mexico
Powder River County
Earl
Tarzan) Durand
Powell, Co
Claude Anderson
O'Daniel Wins Texas Senate Seat Over Lyndon Johnson
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel narrowly defeats U S Representative Lyndon Johnson in Texas race held on July 1 with complete but unofficial state returns. Final tally shows O'Daniel 175,368 to Johnson 174,273 after rural counties delivered late ballots.
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Dallas
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
United States Senate
O’daniel
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Bendix Employees Skip Week Vacation
Bendix Aviation in Newark Bendix, N J reports 6000 workers have agreed to forgo their annual week off in response to a request from William S Knudsen head of the office of production management. The plant remains busy with defense work and had been set to close for the vacation week.
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Bendix
N. J
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Roosevelt Signs Five Appropriation Bills in One Night
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed five appropriation bills in a single night at Hyde Park New York adding over 3.5 billion dollars to the national spending program. The package brings total outlays and contract authorizations since January to about 39 billion. The laws include 910 million for relief 1.196 billion for the labor department and federal security agency 1.34 billion for agriculture and farmer aid 24.6 million for Congress and 54.7 million for the District of Columbia. Also enacted extended life of the commodity credit corporation and raised its crop loan fund to 2.65 billion.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Agriculture Department
District of Columbia
Tusday
Commodity Credit Corporation
State offices to stay open July 5 despite holiday request
Governor Sam C. Ford announced state offices will be open on July 5 and declined to declare the date a state employee holiday. He cited legislative generosity and the need for Saturday business. State liquor administrator Ray Wahl said liquor stores would also operate July 5.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Ray Wahl
Lima Wool Tops Northwist Sales At 39 Cents A Pound
The Gleed Brothers of Lima sold 115000 pounds of wool, 11500 fleeces, at 39 cents a pound to a Boston firm via its Lima agent Sam Ditty. This reportedly sets a new high price this year in the northwest, surpassing a prior top of 37.14 cents.
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Dillon
Northwest
Gleed Brothers
Lima
Boston
Sam Ditty
Beaverhead
Army Gets All Time High Appropriation Under New Roosevelts Budget
President Roosevelt signed the largest single appropriation bill in U.S. history totaling 10.38 billion dollars for the army and extended the stabilization fund and dollar devaluation powers. The bill funds 1,518,799 personnel, 12,856 aircraft, and major war department obligations while suspending canal zone labor requirements by executive order.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
America
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Army
War Department
Atlantic
Britain
Budget Bureau
Canal Zone
Annual Congregational Assembly At Camp Mimanagish Opens July 8
The Con gregational church gathering at Camp Mimanagish, 43 miles south of Big Timber on the Boulder, will begin July 8 for a nine day session with a fee of 8 dollars per person for registration and meals. Rev John F Howlett of Big Timber directs camp fire activities and staff list includes Rev Chas M Brown Rev Royal J Gibson Rev Cloyd H Connor I N Stanley Rev J Gordon Bennett Mrs George E Meyer and others. Guests include Rev and Mrs Reynolds of Chicago Rev and Mrs Westbrook of Galesburg Ill Henry Rust president of National Pilgrim Fellowship. Attendees should bring tents bedding rain gear extra shoes clothing and a Bible plus a metal plate utensil and spending money.
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Congregational Church
Camp
Mimanagish
Big Timber
Boulder
John F. Howlett
Chas. M. Brown
Ballantine
Royal J. Gibson
Glendive
Cloyd H. Connor
Billings
I. N. Stanley
Ekalaka
J. Gordon Bennett
Missoula
George E. Meyer
Baker
George S. Sloan
Paul Reynolds
Chicago
John Westbrook
Galesburg
Ill
Henry Rust
National Pilgrim Fellowship
Bostwick Lake
Michigan
Red Cross-Yarn Arrives as County Reports Year of Work
Mrs. Grace Severance outlines Sweet Grass county Red Cross efforts over the past year. Third shipment of war relief garments sent to Jersey City on June 27. Garments produced include bathrobes hospital bed shirts dresses and sweaters totaling numerous items. New yarn arrives daily and Mrs Ann Bromberg to chair knitted garments. Sewing to begin Sept 1 with a new chairman appointed.
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Grace Severance
American Red Cross
Jersey City
Sweet Grass County
Red Cross
Louise Shunk
Ann Bromberg
United States
Oresne Red Cross
Sweet Grass
Leta Ore
Livingston Man Dies in Freak Bullet Accident
Curley Perdue, 47, city of Livingston employee, died of injuries from a gun discharge blamed on a freak shooting incident. Sheriff and coroner viewed it as accidental after investigation. Ora Brannon, 35, a truck driver, claimed he was cleaning a small pistol when it fired through a window, striking Perdue on a street grader.
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Livingston
Curley Perdue
Robert Franzen
Perdue
Ora Brannon
Brannon
Sheriff's
Morrison Cave Dedicated as Montana State Park
Whitehall June 29 Gov Sam C Ford formally dedicated Morrison Cave state park east of Whitehall, opening to visitors in May 1941. The site, developed since 1895 by D A Morrison, required no state funds, with highway department aid for roads and drainage. Hundreds attended, viewing a cave touted as a rival to Mammoth and Carlsbad caverns.
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Whitehall
Montana
Sam C. Ford
Morrison Cave
Here
America
Mammoth Cave
Gov. Ford
Kentucky
New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
Ford
D. A. Morrison
State Highway Commission
Eastland Named to Succeed Pat Harrison
Governor Paul Johnson announced the interim appointment of James O. Eastland, Ruleville attorney, to fill the Mississippi senate seat vacated by the death of Pat Harrison. A special election must be held within 90 days to choose a successor for Harrison’s term ending January 1942.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Parmenter
The Montana Supreme Court reversed Ravalli county district court and dismissed Richard C. Parmenter's embezzlement conviction. Justice Angstman held double jeopardy barred retrial after a guilty plea for $7,266.62 in city funds and suspended sentence, following later accusations of $4,056.26. The district court had overruled him and ordered a new trial.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
District Court
Ravalli County
Richard C. Parmenter
Hamilton
High Court
Albert Angstman
Parmenter
Hungry carnival lions fed in Billings
In Billings the hungry carnival lions, seven females and a male, have not eaten since Friday morning. Mrs. D E Foix, owner and trainer, searches for dead horses or cows as crowds were small for an exhibition to raise money for food. Lions once ate 200 pounds daily. now half that amount is urged, meat of any kind acceptable if not fly blown. The lions are valued at $3000.
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Billings Gazette
Flanagan Field
D. E. Foix
Hardin
Lions Feed at Flanagan Field After Food Shortage
Eight circus lions licked their srows in cages at Flanagan field Monday afternoon after a meal shortage. Mrs. D E Foix, wife of the owner and trainer, sought dead horses or cows to feed the lions with seven females and a male, and local packing houses began delivering rations. The donor supply was described as welcome though the duration of aid was unclear.
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Flanagan Field
D. E. Foix
Meagher County Youth Drowns in Plunge
Funeral services were held for 13 year old Herbert O. White of Ringling who drowned while swimming at White Sulphur Springs. He is survived by his mother Mrs Ella Whit and a sister Mrs Minnie Benedict of Butte and brothers Lawrence and Arnold of Ringling.
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White Sulphur Springs
Herbert O. White
Ringling
Ella Whit
Minnie Benedict
Butte
Lawrence
Arnold
Ringng
Open Letter from Havre Legion Aims at Senator Wheeler
The Havre Post publishes a letter from the Havre American Legion urging Senator B. K. Wheeler to back lend lease aid to Great Britain and support national unity over personal opposition. The letter argues for immediate convoy rights and indicates broad local support for aiding the Allies amid World War II.
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Havre
American Legion
Wheeler
Tual
Great Britain
Concordia Quartet to Sing at Big Timber Church
Concordia college male quartet from Moorhead Minnesota will headline a Sunday concert during morning services at the Lutheran church in Big Timber on July 6 at 11 a.m. This is their second summer tour covering six states and roughly 10 000 miles. The group is praised by Concordia College music faculty for their singing quality and blend.
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Big Timber
Concordia College
Moorhead
Minn
Lutheran Church
Music Department
Bozeman Attorney Walter Hartman Dies at 84
Walter Hartman 84 longtime Bozeman attorney died at his home from a heart ailment. He served as local counsel for Northern Pacific railway and Montana Power, played a key role in early Montana law cases, and was active in civic affairs. Surviving are his widow Antoinette and six children including Brooke Hartman, Bozeman banker. Funeral set for Thursday.
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Bozeman
Walter
Hartman
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Power Company
Montana
Charles S. Hartman
United States
Ecuador
Woodrow Wilson
Fort Benton
Antoinette Hartman
Brooke Hartman
Bozeman Banker
Southern California Shaken by Temblor
A powerful earthquake rocked southern California early Tuesday, with Santa Barbara reporting shattered windows bricks loosening plaster and wall cracks as the tremor rattled the region including Los Angeles and Santa Barbara downtown areas.
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Los Angeles
California
Santa Barbara
Paderewski Dies in New York at 80
Ignace Paderewski former Polish premier and renowned pianist died in New York at the Hotel Buckingham after a week illness. Doctors cited pneumonia as the cause with a sister Madame Antonina Wilkowska a doctor and aide-de-camp Sylvian Starackacz present. He had lived at the hotel over a year guiding Polish defense efforts and US defense bond sales.
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New York
Ignace Paderewski
Poland
Buckingham
Asa L. Lincoln
Antonina Wilkowska
Sylvian Starackacz
Paderewski
Governor Ford Names Coombs Secretary in Helena
July 1 Walter P. Coombs of Missoula will succeed Emery Reuterdahl as assistant secretary to Governor Sam C. Ford. Reuterdahl resigns July 15 to join the state highway department. Coombs, 1941 University of Montana Law School graduate, was admitted to the bar last month.
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Helena
Walter P. Coombs
Missoula
Emery Reuterdahl
Sam C. Ford
Reuterdahl
State Highway Department
Miles City
Elmer Holt
Roy E. Ayers
Coombs
State University Law School
Two Pilots Die In Plane Crash During Montana Manhunt
Undersheriff Ed O'Donnell aged 48 and Clem Spencer 36 both of Billings were killed when the plane Spencer piloted crashed near Biddle while aiding a posse searching for bandits. Coroner Dr Mervin Amick identified the victims. safety officials planned investigation as no eyewitnesses could confirm the cause.
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Broadus
Ed O'Donnell
Clem Spencer
Billings
Spencer
Biddle
Montana
Mervin Amick
Powder River
O'Donnell
Iowa
Washington
O’donnell
Jerry Verhelst
W. E. Kobelin
State Highway Patrol
Clyde Ice
Spearfish
S. D
Verhelst
Kobelin
Miles City
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Yellowstone County
Dan Stephenson
U. S. Senate
U.S
Severance
Eastland
Pat Harrison
Supreme Court
Meagher County
B. K. Wheeler
D. C
Concordia Quartet
Walter Hartman
Southern
Ed O’donnell
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