State Takes Over Farm Labor Unit In Montana
The Montana unemployment compensation commission assumes control of the farm labor placement program, reuniting job finding and placement under one agency. Chairman Barclay Craighead cites improved service through 39 offices statewide and plans for part time representations in underserved areas to aid workers and farmers.
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Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission
ABC
State Extension Service
United States Agriculture Department
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The
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Commission
Barclay Craighead
Congress
Extension Service
Nbor
Retired Engineer Taken by Death
William J. Wilson aged 83 a retired Northern Pacific railway engineer died at his Helena home after living in Detroit Seattle and Livingston. He was a longtime Mason and Algeria Shrine member. Survivors include his widow a daughter a son and two grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Saturday.
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Helena
William J. Wilson
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana
Wilson
Detroit
Seattle
Livingston
Escapee killer denied as suspect in Hutchins case
A man on a Denver train denied he was the escapee. He confessed after brief questioning to killing Hutchins and wounding his wife. Blood on his hands but not clothing. carried a .38 revolver and three discharged shells. Hutchins died. Mrs. Hutchins hospitalized in Denver. The suspect was not the missing prisoner, officers said.
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Jean Feight
Prison break tied to Colorado inmate ringleader’s escape
The report details Sherbondy, once labeled the toughest kid by Denver police, as a prison break ringleader linked to the deaths of two convicts and injuries to four. Roy Best at Canon City suspended a guard after an investigation showed failures in cellhouse control and firing from towers. Escaped felons used guard Winston Williams as a shield while fleeing past Pollock’s post.
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Sherbondy
Reisig
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Colorado
Canon Cuy
Roy Best
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Charles W. Pollock
Pollock
Winston Williams
Licenses for Slot Machines Issued in Great Falls
Great Falls and Cascade County began issuing 1948 slot machine licenses pending state operator licenses. District Judge Guy Derry of Billings had ruled slot machines illegal as a lottery, creating a legal conflict affecting the licenses.
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Cascade County
Guy ©. Derry
Billings
Former Burmese Premier to Hang
Rangoon Burma Jan 1 Officials said Thursday that unless former Premier U Saw appeals within 24 hours he will be hanged for abetting the July slaying of U Aung San and six ministers. He was sentenced to death last Tuesday. U Saw, wartime premier, denied conspiring with the Japanese or against U Aung San.
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U Aung San
Strike Averted As Tugboat Men Win Pay Rise
A 10 cent an hour wage increase ended a planned strike by 3,500 tugboat operators threatening to cut food and fuel for New York City. The stoppage would have disrupted the metropolitan area. In Salt Lake City a well dressed man about 45 was found on Main Street, detectives suspect a hit and run.
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U.p
Baby in Billings Out in Front for Diaper Prize
A baby born in Billings two minutes after 1948 began is touted as the first in the state, with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wright of Billings as parents. An eastern firm pledged a year of diapers to Montana’s first baby of the year, while in Missoula a Jan 1 birth at St. Patrick hospital produced a girl at 12 10 am and her twin brother 25 minutes later, to Mr. and Mrs. Liyle Roth of Thompson Falls.
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Clarence Wright
Sam ©. Ford
Montana
Missoula
Western Montana
St. Patrick Hospital
Liyle Roth
Thompson Falls
Six of Mexican family dead in Texas fire near Lyford
Six members of a Mexican family were burned to death in temporary living quarters on a Willacy county farm near Lyford Texas on January 1. Two other family members were critically burned. The deceased are Ora Juana Leon Ochoa 36 Elena 15 Trinidad 10 Ysidoro 5 Juan 4 and Guadalupe 3 months old.
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Texas
Lyford
Willacy County
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Elena
Trinidad Ochoa
Ysidoro Ochoa
Juan Ochoa
Guadalupe Ochoa
Bach Choir of Chile Performs Across South America
A group of young Chilean women forming the Bach Choir is touring and giving concerts across South America showcasing their vocal ensemble.
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Bach Choir
South America
Helena Youth Hurt in Auto Accident
Bob Davison of Helena, son of Mrs. Earl Davison, was unconscious in a local hospital after an early morning automobile crash. Police reported the car ran off a slippery road near Helena and overturned. Davison was in critical condition and believed to be the only occupant.
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Bob Davison
Earl Davison
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Veteran Officials Leave Posts in Great Falls
Two veteran district court officials retired here with Judge Harry H. Ewing ending 39 years and court reporter Dudley Crowther completing 50 years. Montana board approves trip for Dr. R. R. Renne to address Woolgrowers meeting in Salt Lake City Jan. 26. Montana stores report 11 months sales and stocks 16 percent higher than 1946. Building at state industrial school in Miles City to cost about 80 thousand dollars begins Friday, with half for a new dairy building.
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Harry H. Ewing
Dudley Crowther
Helena
Montana Board of Examiners
R. R. Renne
Montana State College
National
Woolgrowers Association
Salt Lake City
Montana
Federal Reserve Bank
Miles City
State Industrial School
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