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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1939
Page
1
Winnie Ruth Judd, an insane trunk murderess, escaped tonight from the Arizona State Hospital for the second time in six weeks. Governor Bob Jones announced from his sickbed that she had been gone only a short time and hospital officials hoped for quick apprehension.
Dr Louis J Saxe hospital superintendent also confined by illness Mrs Judd escaped from the state hospital for the insane October 24 leaving a trail of boxes bottles and soap The fugitive known as the blonde tigress had previously murdered two women friends in 1931 and dismembered their bodies before shipping the grisly cargo to Los Angeles She visited her parents home in Phoenix within an hour of fleeing and vanished again into the night Continued on Page 3 Col 2
Finland requests immediate league action to arbitrate the undeclared Finnish Russian war. The council will convene December 9 and the full assembly December 11, marking a swift shift from wartime policy. Russia expresses loyalty to the league as talks potentially proceed.
Long lines of Finnish women and children seek shelter inside rocky interiors while workers shore up buildings with sandbags. The German liner Donau carries hundreds of Germans and others toward Tallinn as Finns fear renewed Soviet air attacks. The US legation evacuates families to Stockholm and the British legation aids removal. President Kallio relocates to a safer residence on Helsinki’s outskirts.
An 18 month old girl, Mary Theresa Lee of 320 East Summit, smiled at the Murray hospital doctor who saved her life minutes before throat inflammation would have cut off her breath. The doctor rushed to the Lee home after a frantic call and performed a life saving operation.
A regional party conference in Spokane adopted a unanimous resolution by 200 delegates from Idaho Montana Wyoming Oregon and Washington urging that the 1934 reciprocal trade treaty act not be renewed when it expires next June 12. They call for Congress to reassume import regulation and for future duties to balance domestic and foreign production costs.
Butte will host about 200 Montana automobile dealers for their annual convention at the Finlen hotel today and tomorrow. Mayor Hauswirth will give the welcome, J. M. Garey will respond, and Dean Chaffin will preside. Buick's W E Hufstader is the principal speaker today. Tonight's banquet is at 7 at the Finlen. jamboree dinner and floor show follow at the Golden Fan in Meaderville.
Mr and Mrs Elliott Roosevelt were cut and bruised in an automobile collision in Fort Worth Texas. Mrs Roosevelt had a bruised ankle and facial cuts while Roosevelt suffered facial and leg cuts and two broken teeth. Three others in the other car sustained injuries including a fractured pelvis. The Roosevelt car was demolished.
District census supervisors report Wednesday for a one week training school in Missoula. Earl C. Simmons, area supervisor for this section, says crews begin field work January 2 for the business census then population housing and agriculture. The 1940 census will be broader and more detailed than prior censuses.
More than 500 Elks and guests gathered in Butte for the Fortieth memorial service of the Silver Bow lodge. W. M. Kirkpatrick delivered the memorial address stressing friendship and community service.
Partly cloudy MontanA Monday and Tuesday with warmer conditions expected in the extreme west portion on Monday.
Final plans for a two week drive to aid Finland's war victims were announced at a Finnish Lutheran church meeting in Butte. Donations may be left at Gunnary Drug Store. funds go to the General Relief committee for Finland in Duluth and then to the Finnish Red Cross for food medical supplies and clothing. Immanuel Salminen of New York spoke. proceedings were in Finnish.
L E Downes was elected worshipful master of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 24 A F and A M for next year. Charles Carver named senior warden Glenn Maris junior warden Lancelot Smith treasurer W H Johns secretary and John Cochrane temple trustee. Highland Lodge No 142 to hold elections tonight. Joint installation ceremonies planned at Masonic temple December 16 after blue lodges finish elections.
The Air Ministry reports nine bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force scored direct hits on German warships near Helgoland in the North Sea. Berlin says the British attack was repelled by German forces.
Manning Gustafson about 50 of 601 East Sixth Street Anaconda was rushed to St Ann hospital after he fell through ice on Georgetown lake near Echo turnout while fishing. His cries were heard as the ice broke. authorities said he was rescued after slipping into the water.
Several Montana mining men will attend the 52nd annual convention of the Northwest Mining Association in Spokane this week. Headquarters will be at the Spokane hotel. Carl J. Trauerman, president of the Mining Association of Montana, and King C. Laylander of Bearmouth are on the Friday program. Trauerman speaks on Recent Mine Developments in Montana and Laylander on Construction and Operation of the Star Pointer Dredge. Trauerman will also lead a discussion Saturday afternoon.
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