Congress Approves 350 Million Foreign Relief Bill
Congress passed President Truman's 350 million general foreign relief measure by large margins after rejecting a 150 million economy cut. Senate approved the conference report unanimously. House vote 288 to 86. The package aims to avert starvation in Austria Greece Italy Hungary Poland China and Trieste and may appoint a top administrator with Red Cross experience.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
White House
House
Austria
Greece
Italy
Hungary
Poland
China
Trieste
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red Cross
Vandenberg
Richard Allen
Craig, Mo
American Red Cross
State Department
House-Senate
Tom Wilson Dies After Long Illness
Funeral services for Thomas Wilson held at Lowry chapel with Rev. Tool officiating. Burial at Mountain View. Wilson, born October 15, 1900, on a Big Timber Creek ranch, had ranching and rodeo ties and died of multiple sclerosis after five years of illness. Survived by two brothers, three sisters, and extended relatives.
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Thomas Wilson
Community Hospital
Lowry Chapel
S. Tool
Ted C. Busha
Mervin Sell
Joe Widdicombe
Dick Armstrong
Hal Perrine
Thos McMahan
Ed Thompson
Walter Dutton Sr
Mountain View
Wilson
James Wilson
Couet d’Alene
Ida
Charles Wilson
Big Timber
Mattie Bennett
Portland
Ore
Fannie McVey
Nell Wilson
St Mark's Members Honored at Montana Episcopal Convention
Mr and Mrs O A Sippel and Mrs C E Davis with Rev Wallace Bristol represented St Mark's at the 44th Montana Episcopal diocesan convention in Havre. Bishop H H Daniels presided. Mr Sippel was elected to the diocesan standing committee. The committee acts on bishop elections ordination applications and acts as ecclesiastical authority if the bishop dies resigns or is incapacitated.
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O. A. Sippel
C. E. Davis
Wallace Bristol
St. Mark’s Church
Montana
Havre
H. H. Daniels
Donald Henning
Shattuck Military School
Fairibault
Minn
St. Mark’s
Sippel
United States
Commencement At Reed Point Friday
Reed Point notes baccalaureate by Rev. F E Wines at the Evangelical United Brethren church. He speaks on Finding Your Place. Principal speaker for May 23 is Prof. Robert C Line of Montana State University on Montana Pioneers.
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Reed Point
F. E. Wines
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Montana State University
Missoula
Line
Montana
Wesley Imlay
Raymond Lamb
Maxine Westerhaus
Margaret Westerhaus
Professor Line
Native Land
Henry H. Miller
Board of Education
Wines
Last Rites Held For William Allen
Funeral services for William Allen age 74 were held at Big Timber Lutheran Church with Rev. E. E. Tollefson officiating. Lowry's handled arrangements. Allen died at his Melville home Friday. He was born March 4 1873 in Huntly Scotland. He came to the United States in 1907 settling in Melville. Survived by his widow and several nieces and nephews.
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William Allen
Big Timber Lutheran Church
E. E. Tollefson
Lowry
Services Held Monday For Margaret Jennings
Miss Margaret Jennings sixty four died Saturday morning in Lott hospital Livingston after eleven days confinement and long illness since Christmas Last rites were given at St Josephs Catholic church with Rev P C Wolframski directing Music by the Catholic choir Pallbearers named and interment at Mountain View Born in Illinois she moved to Iowa as a child came to Montana in 1916 and resided with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs J G Woods of Springdale most of her time in the state
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Margaret Jennings
Lott Hospital
Livingston
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
P. C. Wolframski
Lowry’s
George Smith
John Carney Jr
Frank Kloeckner
Bert Gardner
Jess Duncan
A. T. Ellison
Mountain View
Illinois
Miss Jennings
Iowa
Montana
J. G. Woods
Springdale
Russians Refuse Unlimited Atomic Inspections
New York May 19 Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko declared that the Soviet Union will not submit to unlimited inspection of its atomic resources or to international control of its peaceful atomic energy production.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
the World Tonight
Russia
Public School Commencement Details Held Friday Night
Public School prepares for commencement on Friday May 23 at 8 PM with valedictory diplomas and welcome to high school address. Mrs Margaret Deegan, Wesley Walker lead prayers and benediction. Graduating class includes Mrs Mervin Sell names.
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Margaret Deegan Wen Sane
Wesley Walker
Billings Boy Killed In Bicycle Car Crash
Donald Thomas age 10 died in a Billings hospital from a brain concussion after a bicycle car collision on Rimrock road Saturday. Franklin S. Longan drove the car. state trooper William Madlena notes the youths rode from a driveway into the car’s path. Funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran with burial in Mountain View cemetery. He was born March 27 1937 in Powell Wyoming and lived in Billings since four months old. He attended Rimrock School in the fourth grade.
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Donald Thomas
Mitchell Thomas
Princton Avenue
Billings
Rimrock Road
William Madlena
Franklin S. Longan
Avenue B
Madlena
Thomas
Longan
Paul M. Freiburger
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mountainview Cemetery
Powell
Wyo
Rimrock School
Unusual Disturbance Case Involving Two Bozeman Men
Sheriff Walter Osborne stopped two Bozeman men Harold Thompson age 23 and Joe R Johnson age 33 after two women en route to Forsythe from Tacoma sought help in Livingston. The pair followed the women to Grey Cliff and were then arrested and fined 25 dollars each by Justice J D Holly.
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Walter Osborne
Tacoma
Forsythe
Harold Thompson
Joe R. Johnson
Bozeman
Livingston
Big Timber
Osborne
Grey Cliff
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Holly
Memorial Day Services Planned by Local Veterans
Memorial day events announced by Mayor Harold Roe include the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary along with Boy and Girl Scouts. A parade assembles at the courthouse 10:30 to 10:45 am, proceeds to the library corner by 11 for a program with the Big Timber band. Rev. H. B. Tool gives invocation and Rev. P. N. Bennett delivers the memorial address with Rev. Tool giving benediction. A cemetery salute by firing squad and taps by Harold Hoem and Donald Haas follow, with graveside decorations.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion Auxiliary
Boy
Girl Scouts
Harold Roe
Court House
Big Timber
H. 8. Tool
Legion Opens Rodeo Plan With Ropin' Ridin Club July 20
At a special Legion meeting Dick Armstrong was named chair of a graves cleanup group. Harold Roe will lead the Memorial service. The July 4 carnival was replaced by a rodeo on July 20 run jointly with the Ropin' Ridin' club. The Legion handles concessions and a drawing for a saddle set, with Lindgren buying the saddle in Reno during a trip. Tickets to sell are available from committee members. two tickets per book sold earns $1.
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American Legion
Dick Armstrong
Harold Roe
Legion
The
James Brannin
E. J. Husebye
Bob Lindgren
Lindgren
Reno
Nev
Lions Club hears city on pool project and road plans
E E Tollefson and C E Smart reported to the Lions club on a city council meeting about a swimming pool. Council favored the project if funds can be raised. a bond likely and a six mill levy would not suffice. The club was asked to obtain plans and cost estimates. The group also endorsed a summer recreation program for Big Timber youths with A C McDonald in charge and authorized use of club funds for supplies. The road committee will meet county officials about oiling the Boulder road segment, with state funds limited to gravel surfacing.
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E. E. Tollefson
C. E. Smart
Lions Club
A. C. McDonald
Boulder
NP cancels 45 hour passenger train plan between Chicago and Pacific
The Northern Pacific Railroad canceled the 45 hour passenger train plan between Chicago, the Twin Cities and the Pacific coast. The North Coast Limited will receive modernization with lightweight streamlined equipment and start service by September. R W Clark, vice president, said traffic does not justify three fast trains on the same schedule to Puget Sound.
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N. P
Clark
Two Fliers Parachute Before Plane Crashes On Baldy
Lt. C. B. Stewart and Lt. W. H. Sawyer parachuted to safety Monday night from a twin engine Army transport after icing and engine failure near Mount Baldy south of Livingston. Stewart sustained a left ankle fracture and was hospitalized. Sawyer landed safely in a pine tree and reported a smooth descent. The crash occurred at about 10 45 p m after the aircraft developed severe icing at 14 000 feet in 17 below zero temperatures.
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Livingston
Army Air Force
C. B. Stewart
W. H. Sawyer
Army
Great Falls
Neil Trowbridge
Mount Baldy
Stewart
Ture
Park Hospital
Sawyer
Yellowstone River
Trowbridge Ranch
Trowbridge
School Teachers Map Summer Plans Across States
Superintendent A C Mc Donald stays in Big Timber while teachers outline vacations and study. Miss Thompson travels to Oroville California and Montana, attending University of Washington in Seattle June 23 to August 24. Other plans include Miss Sun deen in Missoula and Brocket North Carolina and Minneapolis.
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A. C. McDonald
Big Timber
Miss Thompson
Oroville
Calif
Montana
University of Washington At
Seattle
Miss Sundeen
Missoula
Brocket
N. C
Minneapolis
Herbert Wallum
Conference attendance noted for county agent Billings trip
To Conference F. B. Peterson, county agent, is attending a three day conference of extension agents in Billings this week.
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F. B. Peterson
Billings
Returns From Wyoming Glen Parker Home
Glen Parker arrived home last weekend after several weeks with his son Gene Parker and family at Edgerton Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Glen Parker
Gene Parker
Edgerton
Wyo
Local Notes Highlight Deer Creek Aid Meeting and Visits
Deer Creek Aid meets Friday afternoon with Mrs Tom Hoyem as hostess. Visitors include Melville Big Timber Aids and guests Ella Mull of Deer Park Washington Nell Mull of Myrtle Creek Oregon visiting their mother Lena Clemons. North Dakota visitor W S Downing comes to see son-in-law Jackson White. Royal Neighbors gather with floral hall decorations and tributes to departed members. A Park hospital birth and park tour update follow as well as an anniversary plan for Big Timber Lutheran church events.
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Deer Creek
Deer Creek Aid
Tom Hoyem
Melville
Big Timber Aids
Ella Mull
Deer Park
Wash
Nell Mull
Myrtle Creek
Ore
Lena Clemons
North Dakota
W. S. Downing
Turtle Lake
N. D
Jackson White
Galen
University of Minnesota
Patrich
Keewatin
Minn
Mark Crossland
Henry Hauge
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Holly
Ralph Sawyer
Royal
Norman Hale
Tope Strobel
Tom Jasper
A. A. Lamp
A. T. Ellison
Roy Nunley
Harvey Cort
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Charles A. Eaton
New Jersey
Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Tom Wilson
Rural Schools
Commencement
P. N. Bennett
Venee
Arlene Holland
Mitzi
Patsy Flanagan
Margie Wagner
Betty McLane
Phyllis Deegan
Paul
Lamp
Triple
Joe Roemer
Mr. McDonald
Mr. Loftsgaarden
Rev
Stephen Allestad
Mary Alexander
Harold Hammersmark
Ses Espee
Wanda Maitland
Beautiful Dreamer
Annee
Billings Gazette
Baldy
Nebraska
George le Diout
Hershey
Nebr
Grace Williams
Don Hultberg
the Park Hospital
E. H. Ellingson
Frank
Axel Anderson
L. O. Onerheim
A. A. Holbeck
Ralph Glenn
Big Timber Aid
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