Call Boys' State Noted Success
Aug 24 Digson. Leaders called the second annual Boys State a success and predicted an even larger American Legion sponsored Democracy school next year. Youths from across the state returned home after 10 days at the school. Bavage, the director from Butte, urged boys to gain knowledge of Americanism and government. Legion officials including Glenn Denton of Miles City and Gens Naegele of Helena anticipated a bigger program in 1949.
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Digson
Tuesaday
Eugene W. Bavage
Butte
American Legion
State Department
Glenn Denton
Miles City
Harvest News: Montana Farmers Beat Weather In Wheat Run
Montana harvesters push winter and spring wheat to market aided by ideal weather. The Weather and Agricultural Economics Bureau report notes winter wheat 80 percent done in southeastern and south central Montana, spring wheat underway statewide except northeast. Hail trimmed some yields. sawfly damage high in several counties. grasshoppers threaten hay. Range feed remains adequate. week forecast calls for cooler, dry conditions with some precipitation.
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Helena
Montana
Jureaus
Deer Lodge
Flathead
Carbon
Treasure
Rosebud
Custer
Dawson
Canada
Glacier
Phillips
Sheridan County
Pondera County
Helena firm wins state vocational school repair contract
Helena company Dalakow land Underseth secured a 74447 dollar contract for repairs at the state vocational school in the Helena valley. The project will use postwar construction funds appropriated by the 1947 state legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Helena Valley
Dalakowland Underseth
Blackfoot Highway Repairs Considered
HELENA Aug 24 The Montana highway commission will study repairs on the 39 mile Browning Wye Canadian line section of the Blackfoot highway along Glacier Park's eastern border. The commission accepted maintenance on federal land except for four miles. Federal funds would cover most work. $800,000 is estimated for full repairs. The state will assess needs and plan possible repairs with available funds.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Blackfoot
Glacier Park
J. W. Emmert
Federal Public Roads Administration
Luce Martin
Missoula
Dr Slack Heads to Mexico City for Disease Study
Helena report states Dr J H Slack a federal Animal Industry Bureau official travels to Mexico City to study field handling of foot and mouth disease. The veterinarian and team will assist in vaccine testing and observation of cattle disease in Mexico.
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Helena
J. H. Slack
Federal Animal Industry Bureau
Mexico City
Mexico
State Milk Board to Meet Friday in Helena
The Montana milk control board will hold a special meeting in Helena this Friday to discuss price schedules for Harlowton and West Yellowstone. Executive Secretary A A Klemme announced the session. Also noted are extradition efforts for a Bridger club burglary suspect and a board appointment for consumer representative Mrs Mabel Clift of Huntley.
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Helena
Montana Milk Control Board
Harlowton
West Yellowstone
A. A. Klemme
Sam
Co. Ford
Mabel Clift
Huntley
Montane Milk Control Board
Cost of Helena repairs totals about $3 million
Helena needs roughly 3 million dollars to repair streets water lines and the sanitary system. John Morrison of Morrison Engineering told the Kiwanis club that funding could come from revenue bonds and special improvement districts. A sewage disposal plant is needed for Ten Mile creek pollution and irrigation water.
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Helena
John Morrison
Morrison Engineering Company
Kiwanis Club
Morrison
Ten Mile Creek
Tuberculosis rises in Montana with 18 new cases
Montana reports 18 new tuberculosis cases raising 1948 total to 581. Missoula and Jefferson and Beull counties each tally two or more. Overall communicable disease declined to 7889, with measles and whooping cough down while diphtheria scarlet fever mumps infantile paralysis and syphilis rise. Fifteen counties had no communicable disease last week.
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Helena
Montana
State Health Board
Missoula
Bulle
Jefferson County
Butte
Beaverhead
Cascade
Daniels
Flathead
Gallatin
Garfield
Judith Basin
Lewis and Clark
Lincoln
McCone
Powell
Sweet Grass
Treasure
Wheatland
Practice Session Held by Firemen in Butte
Fire training continues as volunteers from Butte and nearby districts receive instruction in fire suppression tactics. Loren Bush of the Pacific Board of Fire Underwriters praises volunteers, while F D Murray of Norfolk VA visits. Gene Kelly will lecture on insurance considerations. classes resume 6:30 pm with ventilation, ladder work, and water use demonstrations.
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Mekderville
Sullivan
Butte
Loren
Bush
Pacific Board of Fire Underwriters
Assembly
F. D. Murray
Norfolk County
Volunteer Fire Company
Virginia
Gene Kelly
State Auditor's Office
Nealy
Home Made Weapon Found in Jail
Dillon reports Joe Lucas and Marian Zulkoski each sentenced to two years for forgery by Judge Lyman H. Bennett and sent to Deer Lodge state prison. A jail search by deputies uncovered a makeshift sap crafted by a prisoner from a two foot section of a sowing board wrapped in overalls leg.
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Dillon
Joe Lucas
Marian Zulkoski
Lyman H. Bennett
Deer Lodge
Sheriff's Office
Murdered Man Involved in Huge Swindle
Emporia Kansas reports Herbert J. Kindred a 60-year-old loan firm owner killed for life insurance gains. Investigators tie him to a $550,000 swindle as a truck driver William W. Gayer is charged with first degree murder after driving Kindred’s car to Joplin. Evidence points to forgery and fraud affecting multiple firms and local banks.
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Emporia
Kan
Herbert J. Kindred
H. C. Davis
City Finance Company, Inc
Jeff Robertsson
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kindred
Florence
William W. Gayer
Joplin
Gayer
Lfe
Robertson
City Investment Corporation
Fairbury
Neb
Associated Discount Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Riverview State Bank
Kansas
City
National Bank of
Topeka
Citizens State Bank of
Morris Plan Bank
Jay Sullivan
Lyon County
Sam Mellinger
Subpoena plans clash over spy probe and loyalty data
The House committee readied a subpoena for top spy data on federal workers. Alger Hiss protested the inquiry, accusing the panel of verdict-first tactics and urging focus on facts. Hiss prepared a seven-page letter as witnesses testified behind closed doors before a Wednesday face-to-face with Chambers.
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House Committee
Alger Hiss
House
Wiss
Thomas
R-N. J
Hiss
Chambers
Washington Automobile
Louis Budenz
Daily Worker
Nixon
R-Calif
Budenz
Fordham University
New York
Couple Charged With Medieval Torture In Custody Case
In Atlanta on August 24, a father William S. Cox and his wife were bound over on cruelty charges after a judge ruled the seven year old girl Martha Ami and her brother Donald were freed to a guardian. The case centered on alleged severe abuse tied to a 25 cent theft.
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Atlanta
W. W. Woolfolk
Martha Ami
Donald
William S. Cox
Fulton County
Wind Collapses Church Wall in Dillon During Storm
The east wall of the First Baptist church under construction at the Idaho land and Sebree streets corner fell in Monday's high wind, crashing through the adjoining cottage roof. A plane in the cottage was crushed and furniture shattered, but no injuries were reported.
Death summons Otto Heltborg, Powell county rancher
DEER LODGE Aug 24 Otto Heltborg Powell county rancher and son in law of Mr and Mrs H P Mollenberg pioneers of the county died suddenly Tuesday morning at St Joseph hospital following an illness of a few hours He was born in Seattle Dec 23 1902 and married Sept 1 1924 to Miss Anna Mollenberg They established a ranch home north of town five years ago He is survived by his wife four children Mrs Patricia Graveley Betty Ann Heltborg William P Heltborg and O Christian Heltborg all of Powell county His mother Mrs Metta Heltborg five sisters Mrs Edward Bower and Mrs Edward Navoni and one uncle Carl Heltborg of Seattle also survive and three grandchildren The body is at the Ross mortuary
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Patricia Graveley
Betty Ann Heltborg
William P. Heltborg
O. Christian Heltborg
Powell County
Metta | Heltborg
Edward
Bower
Edward Navoni
Carl Heltborg
Seattle
Ross Mortuary
Hopkins Home Welcomes Visiting Guests in Deer Lodge
DEER LODGE Aug 24 Mr and Mrs Edward L Hopkins hosted many visitors over the past weeks. Guests included Mrs Wayne Stone and three children from Pocatello and Mrs Bessie Welton and daughter Sharon also of Pocatello visiting Mrs Hopkins mother Mrs D W Stull. Additional visitors were Mrs Jack Butler of Laurel and Mr and Mrs Tom Davis and children Mary Kay and Billie from Oakland. This week Mrs Hopkins cousin Mrs Gertrude Stull of Nicholasville arrived to accompany the senior Mrs Stull to California next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laure
Tom Davis
Oakland
Calif
Mary Kay
Billie
Hopkins
Gertrude Stull
Nicholasville
Stull
California
Kentucky
Visiting Pastor Returns to Oregon from Deer Lodge
Grant Cole, pastor of the Christian church at McMinnville Oregon, left Deer Lodge Monday with his mother after visiting his parents A E Cole and wife. They plan to tour Oregon and Idaho on the way back and expect to return to Deer Lodge in late September.
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Deer Lodge
Grant Cole
The
Christian Church
McMinnville
Ore
A. E. Cole
District Court Session in Deer Lodge Presides Over Estates and Burglary Case
Judge William R. Taylor presided as court granted Alma Higgins authority to lease a mining estate of W. S. Higgins. Decree approved for J. H. Wells estate final discharge of administratrix Dorothy Relyea. Robert Petronek charged with burglary in Mitchell Rooms. counsel Joseph A. McElwain appointed. plea date set for August 20.
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Deer Lodge
William R. Taylor
Alma Higgins
W. S. Higgins
J. H. Wells
Dorothy Relyea
Robert Frank Petronek
Mitchell
Clifford C. Parrish
Petronek
Joseph A McElwain
Inman Completes Basic Marine Training in San Diego
Deer Lodge Aug 24 Frc Donald D Inman son of Mr and Mrs W S Inman 807 Kentucky Street has finished basic Marine instruction at the San Diego recruit depot He will be transferred to a new Marine station to begin his career with the Leathernecks
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Deer Lodge
Donald D. Inman
W. S. Inman
Kentucky Street
San Diego
Leathernecks
Horse Crashes Into Crowd At Colorado State Fair
A bucking horse broke through a wire fence in the bleachers at the Colorado state fairgrounds in Pueblo injuring at least 15 spectators, some severely, on Tuesday night as the animal ran amok among the crowd.
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Pueblo
Colo
Ecton Urges Clean House in November Vote
Senator Zales N. Ecton of Montana urged voters to elect a Republican House and Senate to overhaul the national government. He said subversive influence in government and Communist sympathizers in high positions have contributed to national difficulties and called for a complete executive branch change with Gov. Dewey leading a Republican majority. He spoke in Billings as keynote at the state Republican platform convention.
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Billings
America
Zales N. Ecton
Republcan
Montana
Ecton
Manhattan
Washington
Tom Dewey
House
Senate
Rankin Victory Shifts Southern Congressional Contests
In New York and South Carolina primary results, Rep Rankin incumbent Clarence Kilburn and candidate Richard McSpedon won nominations in the 34th and 27th districts. South Carolina's James Hare, son of a former representative, won the third district nomination after a runoff, with 327 precincts reported.
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New York
Congress
Clarence R. Kilburn
Grant Daniels
Richard W. McSpedon
New York City
Upstate
Columbia
S. G
South Carolina
James B. Hare
Saluda
Hare
United States
John C. Taylor
Anderson
Taylor
Deer Lodge Angler Acquitted in Fish and Game Case
A jury in Deer Lodge acquitted Kenneth Arthur of violating state fish and game laws after a trial Tuesday. He faced counts of possessing 19 fish in his basket when stopped by a deputy game warden. The jury included Elmer Richards and others. William Lintz served as justice of the peace.
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Deer Lodge
Kenneth Arthur
Elmer Richards
Robert J. Newell
W. L. Reed
Robert E. Baehr
Donald G. Francisco
Frank T. Gallagher
William Lintz
Justice of Peace
Corporal Surprised Thought Wife Dead
INDIANAPOLIS Aug 24 Corporal Williams awaiting a death notice from Germany learned his wife Marion Williams was alive after a mixup sent the message intended for another Marion Williams The Indianapolis Red Cross aided in the unexpected reunion as family business delayed him from return to duty and the coast
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Indianapolis
Marion Williams
Germany
Corp. Williams
Indianapolis Red Cross
Corp. .Williams
Dobbs Attacks Wallace as Capitalist Candidate
In Plentywood Montana on 24, Socialist Workers Party candidate Farrell Dobbs denounced Henry Wallace as a capitalist and his party as capitalistic. He urged industrial workers and working farmers to form an independent party. Dobbs compared his chances to Truman and planned a meeting to organize ballot placement next week.
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Plentywood
Henry Wallace
Farrell Dobbs
Socialist Workers Party
Dobbs
Pocale
Harry Truman
Montana
Canadian Congress Suspends IUMMSW Over Article Attack
The Canadian Congress of Labor suspended the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers after an July 19 article in the union paper attacked A. R. Mosher of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employes and C. Millard of the United Steelworkers. The congress said the author was discharged from the union staff. Porcupine fish can gnaw free of a shark’s stomach.
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Ottawa
Canadian Congress of Labor
CGL
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
A. R. Mosher
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway
Congress
Cc. H. Millard
United Steelworkers of America
R. H. Carlin
Sudbury
Ont
Iummsw
GM Raises Pay for 333000 Domestic Employees
Washington Aug 24 GM announced its 333000 domestic employees will receive a general pay increase on Sept 1 under flexible wage terms of the contract with the United Auto Workers CIO. The raise follows a Labor Department report that the cost of living rose to a new record high in mid July by 1.2 percent over June.
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Washington
General Motors Corporation
United Auto Workers
CIO
Labor Department
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Sam C. Ford
Louisiana
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Butte Miners Union No. 1
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Wallace
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Nolan
Mer Stevens
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Ature Bor
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RKO
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