Helena High Students Celebrate Largest Graduation in History
Gov. Sam C. Ford awarded diplomas to 200 Helena High seniors at the 58th annual commencement at the civic center. Valedictorian Phyllis Green and Salutatorian Gwenath Steffenson led scholastic ranks with others named for top standings and scholarships. Tom J. Davis urged graduates to preserve democracy and prepare for work, home, and family, as the ceremony featured the orchestra, soloists, and honor society inductees.
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Helena High School
Sam C. Ford
Civic Center
W. W. Wahl
Phyllis Green
Gwenath Steffenson
Robert Keck
David Templeton
Davi
Tom J. Davis
Butte
Rotary International
America
Payne Templeton
B. ¥. Edworthy
Y.M.C.A
Robert Clark
Cora Robertson
William Plantenberg
Lois Hart
Mafielyn Bell
Fred Johnson
Former Treasury Official Signals Tax Increase Plan
A former Treasury undersecretary speaking at the Texas Lawyers Institute forecasts immediate inflation in taxes and greater government regulation. He projects a nine to eleven billion dollar debt boost this year and warns of expansive national power, with a distant nationalist impulse cited. The remarks were delivered in Austin, Texas.
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Austin
Teaag
Junae
Custer Battlefield Memorial May Be Built in State
Washington reports the senate approved a 25000 pound appropriation to establish a museum at the Custer battlefield near Crow Agency Montana as part of the interior appropriations bill. The amendment was proposed by Senator Wheeler of Montana. The senate also boosted federal wildlife restoration aid from 2.5 million to 3 million.
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Washington
Custer Battlefield
Crow Agency
Mont
Senate
Interior
Wheeler D. Mont
Wheeler
U S Naval Attache in London Dies by Own Hand
Walter Raymond Tower, assist naval attache in London and former master of the presidential yacht Totomac, reportedly died by suicide. The Navy gave no further details. a London embassy source cited Ireland as the death location yesterday afternoon.
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Faehington
Uent
Walter Raymond Tower
London
Navy Department
Jones
Lonfionderry
Ireland
German plane shot down over England during raids
Government reports indicate one German plane was shot down last night as Nazi air raiders dropped bombs across scattered locations in east, northeast and southwest England. Casualties and damage were reported, with houses demolished at a point.
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London
England
Battle Line Tightens About Syria
Reports circulating in wartime fear that France dispatched 150 army planes to Syria while Germany allegedly sent 200 planes and 500+ infantry to topple British control of the Near East and secure oil routes. British forces encircle Syria and Lebanon as Vichy France and Free French factions clash in the faltering alliance.
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Associated Press
Lycia
Mediterranean
Arca
France
Syria
Germany
Britein
Near East
Iraq
Sezennial
India
Vichy
Berlin
Lebanon
Transjordan
Palestine
London
R.A.F
Vishu
Jean Derlan
Britain
Dasdive
Maxime Weygand
N.B.C
Turkey
Former Pressman in Butte Is Killed on Road
St Ignatius Montana June 3 Dr John Dimon Lake County coroner will inquest into highway death of Frank H Martz Jr 29 of Missoula who was found unconscious near Post Creek store five miles north of St Ignatius after a truck incident Two men were asleep in the stalled truck and later questioned Martz formerly worked as a pressman in Missoula and at Butte
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St. Ignatius
John Dimon
Lake County
Polson
Frank HB
Martz, Jr
Missoula
Donald Wolverton
Mertz
Post Creek
Martz
Aospital
Henry West
Marts
Butte
Defense Bond Sales In May Top $200000 In Helena
Helena residents bought 204631.25 in defense savings bonds during May the first month of sale. The survey shows also 403.45 in defense stamps at the Helena post office 11821.25 in bonus and 21550 from the Federal Reserve bank. Banks handled the remainder of sales with bonds offered at local banks the post office and the Federal Reserve.
Fires Ring Berlin As English Hit Capital 46th Time
London June 3 The Royal Air Force said it launched a large raid on Berlin with a small force, creating five big fires after lighting up the center with fire bombs and explosives. Berlin acknowledged damage to several apartment buildings and civilian casualties.
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Berlin
Associated Press
London
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Kiel Canal
R.afva
Germany
Duesseldorf
Britain
England
Schlesweig- Holstein
Economist Nadler Says Inflation Not Threat To US Yet
New York University economist and Central Hanover Bank consultant Dr Abel Nadler told reporters that inflation in the United States is not yet an immediate threat. He cited abundant productive capacity, limited agricultural exports, and high taxes as forces countering price rises in a war economy context. Nadler warned future tax increases may curb purchasing power and dampen demand.
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Dimpa Uu Olmizelease
Abe Amaruis Nadler
New York University
Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company
New York City
Nadler
Seattle
AT. Hibbard
Union Bank and Trust Company
New York Journal of Commerce
United States
Pepper to Speak in Helena on Defense Tour Tonight
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida arrives by car from Butte this afternoon for a Helena talk at 4 o clock, under the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. James L. Adkison heads local arrangements for a Civic center address broadcast nationally, with a reception at the Placer hotel mezzanine and an invocation by Rev. B. W. Edworthy. Pepper is expected to advocate America as its own first line of defense.
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Claude G. Pepper
Florida
Butts
James L. Adkison
America
Civic Center
Butte
Helena
Octavla Hitler Young
Tommy Ferguson
Adkison
Sen. Pepper
No Answer Yet to Bomber's Crash
San Diego Calif June 3 P Whether sabotage pilot error or other cause led to the crash of a $250000 British bomber in San Diego remained unanswered tonight. Most wreckage was recovered from 36 feet of water and taken to the Consolidated Aircraft plant for minute examination. Three aeronautical experts who died were found in the nose section William B Wheatley Chester N Y ace test pilot Alan T Austin Kansas City Mo assistant test pilot Bruce Craig Chicago mechanic. Lewis M McCanno Woond stock Tl died of injuries after FBI questioning.
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San Diego
Calif
F.B.L
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Flre Aeronautical
William B. Wheatley
Chester
N. Y
Consolidated
Alan T. Austin
Kansas City
Bruce Craig
Chicago
Lewis M. McCanno
Woond‘stock
FBI
Sick Bay
Bankers Urge Saving to Fight Inflation in Talk
In San Francisco on June 3 bankers at the savings conference of the American Institute of Banking urged the public to save more “as never before” to curb inflation. Roberts of South Brooklyn Savings said thrifty saving is anti inflation while promoting value and institutions. Olson of Bowery Savings warned against easy credit and said national debt will rise with defense costs. He urged disciplined saving and warned against installment buying that fuels wage demand for unwanted purchases.
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San Francisco
Mork
American Institute of Banking Today
Cali
Va. Roberts
South Broklyn Suvings Bank
Brooklyn
Roberts
America
W.hl Plolsen
Bowery Savings Bank
New York City
Giritt
Jie
Property Bill Aimed to End Defense Strikes
President Roosevelt outlined a new property seizure bill to end irreconcilable strikes in defense industries. He cited the Milwaukee Allis-Chalmers dispute as a cautionary example and said the measure would empower seizure of necessary property to guarantee defense deliveries, though details remained uncertain.
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Richard Turner Washington
Roosevelt
Anis Chalmers
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalnierd
War Department
Droberty
Defense Steel Tied Up by Walkout of 8000 Emploees
Detroit report says 8000 Great Lakes Steel workers walked out in a spontaneous stoppage over contract negotiations. Production for defense needs halted as pickets stood at gates while maintenance crews protected equipment inside.
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Defense Steel
Detroit
Jim B
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Charles Cowl
Steel Workers’ Organizing Commitmee
CTC
Union Demands Include 7 Cents Hourly Wage Boost
The Drive Union calls for a wage increase of seven cents per hour in addition to the existing ten cent raise. Daughters of the organization will begin a two week national membership drive and plan a meeting this Saturday at the Moose Club. Double time pay is required for Sundays and holidays. The current base wage was reported as mol, but company officials could not comment.
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Daughters of
Companyicavella
the Moose
Conpany
U S Shifts American Ships to Aid British Shipping
The United States marine commission announced that American vessels will handle British shipping from Canada and the United States to Australia and New Zealand to free British ships for the war effort. The move, coordinated by the emergency shipping division and the British supply council, strengthens Britain’s lifeline without changing the neutrality act.
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Maritime Commission
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
J. GO. Stark
Washington
Britain
United States
Mariltime Commission
Great Britain
Commissions Division of Emergency Shipping
British Supply Council For
North America
Roosevelt
White House
State Department
Hyde Park
John &, Winant
London
Alec
Hull
Ernest J. King
Atlantic
Hil
Neville Butler
War Front Updates From Europe and Middle East Actions
Multiple dispatches report air and ground actions across occupied France and the Mediterranean. Spitfire pilots attacked a column in France firing 1200 rounds from 320 feet, while French villagers waved to RAF crews during offensive sweeps. In Beirut, four bombs struck Shell Oil depots with minor damage and one native wounded. German sources hint at France defending territory, and Malta endured another air raid, with a Junkers plane shot down during daylight operations.
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London
France
Air Ministry
RAF
Vichy
Beirut
Lenahon
Shell Oil Company
Vallelia
Mira
Junkers
Mediterranean
Malta
Weather Outlook for Montana Warmer in West
Partly cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms east Wednesday. Thursday generally cooler with a tendency to fall. Warmer conditions expected in the west and north central areas Wednesday. Local forecast notes variable shower activity and mild temperatures across the state.
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Montana
Army and Navy drill teams split under Gore and Ceccone
The organization divides into two teams for the drive with Arlie Gore commanding the army squad and Ann Ceccone leading the navy squad. Marguerite McDonald serves as commanding officer. Plans for the state convention at Missoula on June 7 will be discussed and drill team members will meet at seven for a cards session after the business meeting.
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Arlie Gore
Army
Ann Ceccone
Navy
Marguerite McDonald
Belp
Missoula
Nazi-French Agreement Reported By London Sources
Report from London dated Wednesday June 4 cites sources on a Nazi French agreement. The fragmentary wire note hints at high level diplomacy but lacks firm details or direct quotes. Further corroboration from additional dispatches is needed for a full understanding of terms and implications.
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London
London News
Quotus Londay
Strike Vote by Men at Aircraft Plant
San Diego union Local 1125 of the International Association of Machinists will hold a strike vote next Tuesday against Consolidated Aircraft, a major defense contractor with about 700 million dollars in defense orders. The firm today received a 226.6 million dollar War Department order for bombers and is also building planes for Britain.
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San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Internaional Association of Machinlet
T.h
War Department
Britain
Five Canadians Die In Plane Crash Near Sable Island
Five Royal Canadian Air Force aircrew died when their Hudson aircraft struck a raft mast in fog while aiding the search for four missing RC AF men. The crash occurred off Sable Island, more than 100 miles from Nova Scotia, in a region long feared for wrecks.
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Halifax
Royal Canadian
Hudson
Lonely Sable
Nova Scotia
R.C.A.F
Bleak Island
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