Montana CES Chapter elects state officers in Butte
Lyman E. Smith of Billings and Frances Halvorson of Cut Bank were chosen worthy grand patron and matron of the Grand chapter of Montana Order of Eastern Stars in Butte. Other officers include Foster Porter of Butte secretary and Lucille Kennedy of Missoula treasurer, with a packed program of reports, a mixer banquet at Finlen, and a farewell Sunday church service at First Presbyterian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honorea
Grand Chapter
Montana
Order of the Eastern Star
Frankland W. L. Miles
Boston
Abbie Hanson
Hammond
Ind
Lyman E. Smith
Billings
Frances Halvorson
Cut Bank
Order of Eastern Stars
Butte
Arthur H. Small
Ada
Dorothy Olson
St. Ignatius
Ruth
Sophie Loberg
Superior
Esther
Marjorie D’'Ewart
Wilsall
Martha
Hilmar White
Townsend
Electa
Eula Sherbourne
Browning
Warder
Judith Davidson
Dutton
Sentinel
Kathryn Johnson
Plains
Finlen Hotel
Fox Theater
Mining
First Presbyterian Church
Finlen
Taxes Rise Sharply Across Silver Bow County This Year
Taxpayers in Silver Bow county and allied districts face higher rates from 8.7322 to 26.0447 mills on real property. Butte school district rises in state foundation funding and elementary and high school levies. County government operations and district levies climb, with Walkerville unchanged but overall rises for residents.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
State Foundation
Walkerville
Senate cuts House tax boost in corporation levy
The Senate finance committee trimmed the House plan for a large corporate tax hike by about 55 million dollars. It would allow each firm in a chain to claim a 25000 minimum exemption and keep collapsible firms under regular income taxes. The panel aimed to limit the broader increases while preparing a bill for the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Senator McCarthy to Speak at Butte High School
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy will address the Butte high school auditorium Tuesday night at 8:30 daylight saving time, arriving by plane from Seattle at 6 p.m. Accompanied by executive secretary George Greeley, he will speak on national government topics as part of Montana GOP events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Butte High School
Butte
Seattle
Lee Colston
Silver Bow County
Republican Central Committee
McCarthy
George Greeley
Boise
Idaho
Montana
George M. Gosman
Dillon
Colston
Defense mobilizer cites shortage of trained graduates
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson said on Saturday that the nation this year is producing less than half the scientifically trained graduates needed for the defense program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Noted Montana Author J. K. Howard Dies Suddenly
Joseph Kinsey Howard, 45, prominent Great Falls author and former newspaper man, died of a heart attack at his summer home near Chateau. He wrote Montana history titles, edited anthologies, directed writers conferences, and contributed as a reviewer and correspondent for major outlets. Born 1906 in Iowa, he moved to Great Falls in 1919 and remained active in literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Joseph Kinsey Howard
Chateau
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Montana News
Time
Life Magazine
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Great Falls Leader
Montana Study
Rockefeller Foundation
University of Montana
Howard
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Vermont
St John’s Plans for Convent Rectory and School Addition
Plans call for a new St John the Evangelist convent and rectory plus an addition to the parochial school on Butte's south side at an estimated cost of 250000. Sealed bids will be opened at 8 p m Tuesday in St John’s school in the presence of Bishop Joseph M Gilmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John the Evangelist
St. John Parochial School
E. J. Riley
Monsignor Riley
Butte
St. John's School
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Fred A. Brinkman
Percy H. Lenon
Kalispell
Father M. J. Leonard
St. John Parish
Carroll College
Father Leonard
13 Die From Noncombat Causes In War Games At Fort Bragg
The Army reports 13 deaths in the Southern Pine joint Army Air Force war games at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Drownings total six, three die in private motor vehicle accidents, two from lightning, one from horseplay, and one from polio. Total casualties reach 3,104 with 2,477 due to illness or disease. About 110,000 participate in the two week maneuvers ending this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bragg
N. C
Army
Butte Central Tumblers Band Enter Army Hospital Patients
Butte Central Tumblers and Accordion band staged the first of six appearances at Madigan Army hospital. Hundreds of wounded and Korean War veterans watched as the Red Cross sponsored show, led by Lt. Frank R. Walker and Wilma McLean, drew applause and touched amputees in the main recreation hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Central
Army Hospital
Madigan Army Hospital
Hospital
Red Cross
Special Services Unit
Fort Lewis
Frank R. Walker
Continental Oil Company
Butte
Wilma McLean
Butte Boys
Toppenish
Wash
Corp
Jack Norris
South Bend
Cause of Plane Crash Probed
Oakland investigators probe the United Air Lines Mainliner crash that killed 44 passengers and 6 crew as wreckage is searched near Deco. Pilot Marion Hedden was off course amid fog while FBI weighs possible sabotage and authorities identify 28 victims so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Deco
United Air Lines
FBI
Marion W. Hedden
Los Altos
Chicago
Boston
Hartford
Cleveland
Army Unit Alerted Joins Allied Defense in Europe
The Seventh corps command unit, now maneuvering at Southern Pines North Carolina, is slated to join Eisenhower's Allied defense force in western Europe. Maj. Gen. Withers A. Burress leads the unit, with corps HQ at Fort Meade Maryland. sailing date not yet set.
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Washington
Seventh Corps
Southern Pines
N. C
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Withers A. Burress
Fort Meade
Montanan Kills Wife and Himself in Tragic Roundup Incident
Musselshell county coroner said Louis Duhamel killed his wife then fatally injured himself at their Roundup home late Friday night. A blood covered poker and broken bottle were found, investigators report. The couple, reported to have domestic troubles, were asleep while their three children rested nearby. The son, about 10, discovered the bodies as inquest plans were set for early next week.
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Louis Duhamel
Here
Musselshell County
A. Crouse
Crouse
Duhamels
2000 Flee From Flood Waters In Gulf Coast
Mexico City report states 2,000 people fled Soto la Marina as hurricane rains flood toward Tampico. The disaster has caused about 44 deaths, many from a dam break near the inland railroad town of Cardenas.
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Mexico City
Soto la Marina
Tampico
Mexico
Gulf Coast
Cardenas
India boycotts San Francisco peace conference over Japan treaty
India formally informs the United States it will boycott the San Francisco peace conference citing objections to the Japanese peace treaty. Indonesia accepts an American invitation to attend, easing Indonesian plans after prior doubts. The State Department prepares a firm reply as Moscow gains support at the conference opening September 4. Senator Cain insists the US must invite Nationalist China.
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Washington
U.P
India
United States
San Francisco
State Department
Indonesia
Moscow
Harry P. Cain
Dean Acheson
China
Teachers Assigned for Butte Public Schools Year
Butte Superintendent Harry Ross announced tentative teacher assignments for the coming school term. The open Sept 4 faculty meeting will feature Dr Richard Henderson of Eastern Montana College. Enrollment expected to rise, with 1939-50 totals cited and a long list of high school staff named.
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Butte
Webster-Garfield
Harry Ross
Richard Henderson
Eastern Montana College of Education
Billings
Mollie J. Abshire
Hilda K. Benson
Ethel E Blomgren
Homer Bradford
Ray A. Bunday
Donald Carr
Florence D. Charles
Ann Coleman
Nona Cronin
Harry Dahlberg
Charles C Davis
Colette Doherty
Maurice Driscoll
Carl Engelbach
Anna J. English
Sadie Erickson
Gertrude Gilmore
Marjorie Harrington
Inez C. Haskins
William Hawke
Inga A. Heem
Agatha Kelly
Dave Keltz
Ruth Kennedy
W. R. Elies
Helen Laird
Catherine A. Lyden
Mabel Lyden
Marguerite Lyden
Ann Lynch
Julia P. Lynch
Lucy K. Lynch
Veronica Lynch
George D. MacDonald
Rita McGrath
Helen B. McGregor
Sarah McNelis
Lucille McQuaig
Leo C. Maney
Butte Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy and Showers
Partly cloudy Sunday with little temperature change. Minimum 36 and maximum 70 Sunday. Friday midnight to Saturday 12:00 pm readings at the airport 33 to 68. West of Divide Sunday fair with high 65 to 75. East of Divide Sunday and Sunday night partly cloudy with scattered showers and mild winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divide
Associated Press
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula Superior
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Peipings Radio Blasts Allies On Kaesong Bombing Charges
Peiping radio and a Pyongyang broadcast accused Allied forces of bombing the Kaesong neutral zone and rejected Ridgway’s denial. The UN commander said no UN plane was involved and offered to resume armistice talks. The reports targeted Vice Admiral Turner Joy and claimed the Reds acted under threat of attack.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Kaesong
Red
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Reds
Peiping
Adm
C. Turener Joy
United Nations
Pyongyang
Korea
Kim Il Sung
Negotiators Keeped in Session Over Copper Dispute
Federal mediators pressed unions and Kennecott officials through a long conference to avert a strike set for Monday at Salt Lake City and other copper operations. A shutdown could halt 90 percent of US copper output, with 25,000 tons requisitioned and defense supplies at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennecott Copper Company
AFL
Kennecott
Salt Lake City
Defense
Phelps Dodge
Anaconda
American Smelting and Refining Company
Cyrus 8
Ching
Brotherhood of
Charles E. Wilson
Contract Meeting Set for Today in Butte
Representatives of the independ ent International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and Anaconda Copper Mining company officials continue contract talks in Butte at 10 o'clock. A strike deadline looms Monday with company warning of a full shutdown across Anaconda Great Falls and Butte if no accord is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Workman Survives Five-Story Elevator Fall
Wesley Hull, 38, a colored worker, plunged five stories from a shaft at the old Courier-Journal annex during renovations by Erhart Knopf Construction. He crawled out to meet rescuers, suffered a head bump, and was hospitalized after landing in debris when a concrete slab over the shaft gave way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Wesley Hull
Courier-Journal and Times
General Eleene Company
Herman Erhart
Erhart- Knopf Construction Company
Hull
B29s Hit Rashin Port Near Soviet Frontier
United States B29 Superforts bombed Rashin, a North Korea port 20 miles from the Russian border, with 300 tons of bombs. The raid aimed to prevent a buildup near Vladivostok and was limited to visible targets to avoid hitting Russian soil.
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Tokyo
United States
Rashin
North Korea
Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
Defense Department
Matthew B. Ridgway
State Department
Vladivostok
MacArthur
Korea
Manchuria
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Kissing General Watches Wife Earn Degree in Milledgeville
In Milledgeville Georgia on August 25 106 year old Confederate officer William Bush Beamingly attended as his wife 61 earned a bachelor of arts from the Georgia State College for Women after 29 years as a school teacher. He wore a $300 uniform and signed Confederate money while joking that he values his wife’s cooking over book learning and offered his kiss as a life ritual.
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Milledgeville, Ga
William Bush
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