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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1940

Page

15

Henry Adolph funeral today in Roundup Wilson rancher dies

Funeral services will be held today for Henry Adolph 42 Roundup rancher fatally injured when a severe wind storm ripped a shelter just after he and family tried to move chickens. Mrs Adolph and George Adolph 13 were wounded along with Jim Blackburn 67. In Empty district a windstorm overturned a sheep wagon injuring Blackburn. Elsewhere the cruiser Quincy arrived Montevideo on a goodwill voyage amid crowd cheers signaling U.S. guardianship in the hemisphere.

Rounduy Henry Adolph Roundup George Adolph Jim Blackburn Adolphe Adolph George Blackburn Uruguay Montevideo United States Quincy Western Hemisphere

Great Falls Leader Raises Weekly Newspaper Rates

The Great Falls Leader boosted carrier delivery rates six days weekly from 16 to 18 cents per week. Three month subscriptions rose from 1.70 to 2.00, six months from 8.25 to 3.75, and a year from 8 to 7.25, with no changes for mail subscribers.

Great Falls Juan Soan Dally

Beaverhead D A R plans Sunday sponsorship at Continental Divide monument

Dillon June 22. Beaverhead chapter, Daughter of the American Revolution DAR, announced sponsorship of a Montana Idaho pirate on Sunday next. Residents from both states will gather at the site atop the Continental Divide where the Lewis and Clark expedition reached the headwaters of the Atlas bour river in 1904 for the event. Mrs W B Wiley of Dillon leads arrangements for the Picnic.

Dillon Beaverhead American Hevolution Montana- Idaho Sacafawes National Monument Continental Divide Apot Atlas Bour River Mra W B Wiley Arrangemoois

Helena Writer Top Prize Winner for Dread of the World

Ralph Henry of Selens writing as Eric Thane won first prize of 50 for an article titled Dread of the World. The piece on the Montane wheat harvest appears in the current summer fiction issue of Direction, a monthly magazine based in Darien, Connecticut.

Ralph Henry Selens Eric Thane Darien Isue

Major Eliot Warns Britain Faces Double Peril From Axis

A 1840 New York Tribune analysis cautions Britain that Germany may strike by blockade and invasion. It outlines how naval power and sea lanes could be severed, port defenses strained, and air attacks intensified from French shores and Norwegian bases, with Ireland and the Dover Strait as potential flashpoints. It weighs invasion risks, logistics, and the likely desperate German assault strategy.

Europe Britain Dover Scotland Blonkade Strait of Dover Sid Norway North Sea Folkestone Lande Bud Atlantic Marlions Binvanger Brest Baaca Chatham Roayth Sant Roaxt Portsmouth Davanport Channel Garman Cheer Milford Haven Devonport Helmst

Evacuation Debate Shapes Britain Defense Strategy

An old wartime article weighs whether Britain should evacuate civilians to ease siege pressures. It argues the island could gain by moving out women, children, and noncombatants to reduce demand on food and fuel, while noting risks and legal limits. It discusses German threats, Allied air and sea operations, and the humane but strategic calculus of shielding civilians.

Conveya Britain Royal Air Foree Germany Arto Great Britain Aorta Minne Teen Flanders France Anglo-Saaan Rade

Canada Extends Crackdown on Fifth Columnists

The article outlines wartime measures under the Defense of Canada Regulations used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Ontario authorities to suppress communists and fascists. It notes convictions of three Communists in Ontario, declares the Communist Party illegal, and reports charges against Adrien Arcand and other fascist leaders. It describes raids, the mobilization of a 6000-strong home guard, and ongoing surveillance of suspected enemy-origin individuals across Canada.

Mmauet Defense of Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police Communist Party In Canada Nations Party Party Cecil Lanyder Ontario Supreme Court Justive Hore Cheveler Ilegal National Unity Party Montreal Quebec Wilfrid Girouard Adrien Arcand Fuehter M U. 7 James Farr Tresson Undarmineta Morsle Ernest Lapointe House of Commons Sabota Fifth Column Halifax Vancouver

Survivor of Battle of Big Horn Dies at 63 Years

Ani ta Aguila Wilkarson 3, believed last survivor of the Big Hole battle between Nez Perc Indians led by Chief Joseph and settlers in Montana, died today in Hamilton. Wilkerson served as a messenger for settlers during the fight and had lived in the Bitter Root valley for 63 years.

Judge Pays Fine When Young Lady Lages It

In Anacondas June 32 police magistrate Hubert LeJeune made a show of punishing traffic violators. A Tate sax player pleaded guilty to parking near a fire plug and was fined $1. The magistrate then paid the fine out of his own pocket after she said she could not cover it.

Hubert LeJeune Tate Sax Jal LeJeune

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