Roosevelt elevates Stone to Chief Justice July 1
President Roosevelt filled two Supreme Court vacancies and named Harlan F. Stone as chief justice. He also appointed Attorney General Robert H. Jackson and Senator James F. Byrnes to the high tribunal, with Byrnes confirmed by acclamation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
United States
Robert H. Jackson
New York
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate
Byrnes
Stone
Jackson
Great Britain
Coolidge
Owen J. Roberts
Hoover
Roberts
McReynolds
van Devanter
Sutherland
Butler
Hughes
Congress
Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Douglas
Murphy
Birth rate in U S rises toward wartime peak
Census Bureau reports 20,000 more births in January to April 1941 than the same period in 1940. The preliminary 1941 birth rate is about 18.5 per 1,000 population, the highest since 1930, approaching Germany’s 18.8 per 1,000 in 1937.
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Washington
Germany
Census Bureau
United States
Dean Mason Heads to Denver Antitrust Post
James Henderson of the DOJ mountain states office said on Tuesday that David R. Mason dean of Montana State University law school was expected to accept a position in the regional antitrust office in Denver.
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Dean Mason
Denver
James Henderson
Mountain States
Anti-Trust Division
Department of Justice
David R. Mason
Montana State University Law School
Livingston Elks Flag Day message raises national spirit
Big Timber attorney E. O. Overland told a near capacity crowd at the Livingston Elks flag day observance that the flag embodies the nation’s spirit and the blood of those who built and defended the country. He cited liberty equality and loyalty as core ideals woven into the flag. The event drew one of the largest crowds in Livingston Elks history.
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Livingston
Congress
E. O. Overland
Sweet Grass
Big Timber
Livingston Elks
West
World War officer Ernest Hinds dies in Texas
Major General Ernest Hinds U S A retired dies at Fort Sam Houston Station Hospital Texas aged 76. Funeral services set for Thursday with burial in National Cemetery Fort Sam Houston and full military honors. Hinds praised by German observers for U S artillery fire as chief of artillery of the American Expeditionary Forces.
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San Antonio
Texas
Ernest Hinds
John J. Pershing
Station Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
National Cemetery
Hinds
United States Artillery
United States
Exports Reach New High Since World War Time
U S exports of manufactured goods for April totaled 385 million dollars with 341 million in manufactured products. Aircraft exports stood at 66 million dollars. General imports rose to 288 million dollars, the highest monthly end since the first quarter of 1937.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Louis Retains Title with Thirteenth Round KO of Conn
Joe Louis defends the world heavyweight title at Polo Grounds, stopping Billy Conn at 2:58 of the thirteenth round after a furious finish. Conn led on scorecards eight to four through twelve rounds, but Louis unleashed a decisive assault to retain his crown before a record crowd and a $450,000 gate.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Pittsburgh
Joe
Conn
Eddie Josephs
Louis
King
Billy
Tony Galento
Associated Press
Billy Boy
Lutheran Church Plans Dedication of Organ with Aasgaard Visit
Big Timber Lutheran Church hosts an all day service with Dr. J A Aasgaard president of the Lutheran Church in America coming from Minneapolis Minnesota He will preach at the 10 30 morning service The Hammond electric organ will be dedicated to memory of Signa Crest Bailey with gifts from parishioners and Albert Crest of San Bernardino California A noon luncheon follows then an afternoon service at about 2 o clock followed by music from the choir male chorus and organ solos.
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Big Timber Lutheran Church
J. A. Aasgard
Minneapolis
Signa Crest Bailey
Albert Crest
San Bernardino
Calif
Big Timber and
Deer Creek Lutheran Ladies Aids
A. A. Holbeck
Holbeck
Dr. Aasgaard
E. O. Overland
Ellen Rein
Montana June 1 balances fall below 1940 figure
Montana reports a June 1 net fund balance of 12,234,039.26 across all funds, down from 14,460,930.32 in 1940. General fund overdrawn 18,642.90 for the first time since December 1, with declines in liquor, highway trust and other major funds. investments total 18,574,161.45 versus 18,098,297.93 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
John J. Holmes
Highway Patrol
Trust and Legacy
Chief Justice Stone Plans Colorado Vacation Visit
Harlan F. Stone newly appointed chief justice of the United States will visit Colorado for a two week vacation starting next week. Denver attorney L Ward Bannister, a close friend, said the trip was intended as a secret and Stone intends no public functions in his honor. The couple will spend two days in Denver before traveling to the Estes Park region for rest.
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Denver
Harlan F. Stone
United States
Colorado
L. Ward Bannister
Justice
House Votes Reduction in WPA Appropriation
Washington June 13 A relief appropriation of £¢885 905 000 for the next fiscal year was approved by the house. It provides for a 41 percent reduction in WPA rolls and funds employment for about 1 000 000 people, versus 1 700 000 this year and 1 300 000 this month. The bill passed by voice vote and goes to the senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Danish Ships Pressed Into Service in U S Fleet
The Maritime Commission announced six Danish vessels will join the U S merchant fleet to be owned by the commission. The Nora Maria Jenna Rita Maersk Herta Maersk Jutta, all freighters, lie in New York Boston and Portland Maine. The plan covers 84 foreign ships idle in American waters with 28 Italian and two German among them.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Commission
Nora
Maria
Jenna
New York
Rita Maersk
Herta Maersk
Boston
Jutta
Portland
Maine
District 4 Convention Elects Officers in Bozeman
At the ninth biennial Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs convention in Bozeman Mrs. A E Griffith East Helena was named president. Others elected include Mrs. C O Pemberton Livingston as vice president Mrs F R Spogan Red Lodge as second vice president Mrs H B Wood Bridger as secretary Mrs J H Border Bozeman as treasurer and Mrs H J Stephenson Helena to the nominating committee for the state convention.
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Bozeman
A. E. Griffith
East Helena
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
C. O. Pemberton
Livingston
F. R. Spogan
Red Lodge
H. B. Wood
Bridger
J. H. Border
H. J. Stephenson
Helena
English Ship Orchids to Seattle Nursery
Beall Greenhouse of Vashon Island announces shipment of $50,000 worth of rare Sussex county orchids from Britain to Seattle to protect them from Nazi bombs. One cargo, shipped secretly, was bombed on the docks and saved by fire hoses. another shipment followed.
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Seattle
Sussex County
Beall Greenhouse Company
Vashon Island
Britain
Bartender Dies Trapped In Refrigerator Accident
Kalispell June 13. Charles D. Edgington 53 a bartender suffocated when a heavy bar fell outside the door trapping him. Ray Miller the porter found the body after bolts were removed revealing he had tried to escape but lacked tools.
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Kalispell
Charles D. Edgington
Tony
Ray Miller
Edgington
Germany seeks vast Soviet territory and ties Turkey in pact
Berlin signs a ten year friendship pact with Turkey while reports from Ankara claim Germany’s ultimatum to Soviet Russia demands large territorial and economic concessions. The move aligns Turkey to stay out of conflict, enabling German operations in the Middle East amid massing Soviet forces.
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Germany
Russia
Turkey
London
Ankara
Reuters
Martin Agronsky
Moscow
Winston Burdett
Europe
Berlin
Britain
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Franz von Papen
Sukru Saracoglu
Hitler
Soviet
Poland
von Papen
Middle East
Striking Lumbermen Return to Work in Washington
Western Washington CIO lumber strike fronts buckle as three large locals plan to return Monday under a defense board mediation plan. Weyerhaeuser mills in Everett resume with 1,300 workers. camps at Vail and McDonald reopen. Olympia peninsula operators and local No 99 reach a back to work agreement.
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Seattle
Washington
Vail
McDonald
Olympia Peninsula
Woman Drowns Rescuing Dog at Willow Creek Dam
Mrs Jacob Ottem 38 of Lodge Grass drowned while attempting to save her dog from the Willow Creek dam diversion channel. She slipped into the whirlpool, struck a concrete post, and became unconscious. Sheriff Ulrich and Coroner Crilly noted the futile rescue attempt by companion Mrs Easier. Survived by her husband and mother, body to be taken to Riverton Wyoming for burial.
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Hardin
Jacob Ottem
Lodge Grass
Willow Creek Dam
Easier
Henry H. Ulrich
A. M. Crilly
Ottem
Willow Creek
Riverton
Wyo
Collision Kills Four Members One Family
Four members of a Chicago family were killed in a head on collision with a truck on U S Highway 170, 36 miles north of Roswell New Mexico. The victims include Arthur McGuire a Chicago police sergeant his wife and two children Mary Theresa about 12 and Arthur McGuire Jr about 13. The truck driver Larrell Wilson of St Varian NM suffered a broken leg and minor injuries. The crash occurred near a cattleguard near Elkins.
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Roswell
N. M
Chicago
U. S. Highway 170
Lamar Strickland
Arthur McGuire
Strickland
McGuires
Elkins
United States to Expel Nazi Consuls
The United States rejected Germany’s protest over expelling Nazi consuls and moved to bar them from Latin American postings to continue subversive work. German chargé d’affaires Hans Thomsen delivered the note at the State Department, but Sumner Welles announced arrangements for the consuls’ departure. The plan involves requesting safe conduct from other belligerents and arranging their return home.
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Washington
Germany
United States
State Department
Hans Thomsen
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Welles
Mountjoy Injured in Truck Collision in Dillon
Former secretary of state John W. Mountjoy was gravely hurt in a midnight truck automobile crash in Dillon. He has a crushed chest, fractured pelvis and leg injuries, while driver George Reichle and his father escaped with minor injuries. Mountjoy was conscious and said he swerved to avoid striking a horse. He previously served Jefferson county sheriff and state fire marshal.
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Dillon
John W. Mountjoy
Barrett Hospital
Mountjoy
George Reichle
Jefferson County
Federal aid funds sent to Montana highway projects
On Tuesday June 17 State Treasurer Thomas B. Casey received federal checks totaling 80 652 for work completed on federal aid highway projects by the state highway department. The allotment was credited to the highway department.
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Helena
Thomas B. Casey
State Highway Department
OEE
Bonnie Lee McKay Dies After Being Struck On Highway 10
Bonnie Lee McKay 6-year-old resident of Big Timber died after a car driven by Gladys L. Zenner of Pasco Washington struck her on Highway 10 near town as she and another child crossed to a pond. The driver remained at the scene and was not at fault per patrol investigation. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church with Rev. Axel Anderson delivering the sermon. Interment followed at Mountain View.
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Gladys L. Zenner
Pasco
Wash
Bonnie Lee McKay
James McKay
Vacura
Lutheran Church
Patterson & Graff
Axel Anderson
Donna Plaggerman
Jesus
Mrs. Anderson
Kenneth Skaarland
Ray Peterson
Jack Peterson
Eddie Deegan
Charles Mack
Lawrence Larson
Mountain View
Bonnie Lee
Gibson Road
Big Timber
Gibson
Jimmie
John Larson
Lewis Larson
Lester Mack
Lawrence
Evelyn Larson
Charles
Robert Mack
Betty Shaffer
Bonnie
Washington
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J. A. Aasgaard
Seattle Nursery
Agronsky
Bessarabia
Romania
Ukraine
Highway
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