Indicted ex Congressman May faces fraud charges in U S case
A federal grand jury indicted former Representative Andrew J. May and three Garsson munitions executives on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States. The trio allegedly paid May 53 634.07 for services in a scheme tied to wartime contracts. May pled not guilty at his Kentucky home and said he will seek a speedy trial.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Garsson Munitions Combine
United States
House Military Committee
May
Henry M. Garsson
Senate
Combine
Murray W. Garsson
Henry
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Joseph F. Freeman
Clark
Prestonsburg
Chicago
Garssons
Charles J. Margiotti
Milwaukee Plans Streamliners
Milwaukee Plans Streamliners six streamline passenger trains for the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific rail road face material shortages delaying production. President H A Scandrett touring Butte said the six trains include ten Milwaukee built coaches and two Pullman cars with delivery pushed to late summer or fall.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
H. A. Scandrett
Butte
Montana
H. B. Brownell
Scandrett
Milwaukee
Pullman Company
Pullman
Legislators Propose Butter License Repeal and New Montana District
In Helena on January 23 legislators announced measures to repeal the butter substitute license and replace it with a 15 cent per pound margarine tax, while also proposing a new 18th Judicial district by splitting Gallatin County from the Sixth district. The move aims to protect dairy interests and increase state revenue amid ongoing constitutional questions.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
House Committee On
C. J. Taber
Lewis and Clark District Court
State Supreme Court
Ralph F. Cook
Dcascade
House Dairying Committee
Cook
Washington State
United States Supreme Court
Gallatin County
Sixth Judicial District
Gallatin
Park and Sweet Grass Counties
Dean Chaffin
R-Gallatin
Fire at Hull-Dobbs Motor causes three firemen deaths
In Minneapolis on January 23 a blaze and series of explosions at the Hull-Dobbs Motor Co showroom and garage on Hennepin Ave killed three firefighters Arne Anderson Laytock and Harlow Fischer. A fourth fireman Walter McLeod was in serious condition and six others were treated for smoke inhalation and injuries.
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Minneapolis
Hull-Dobbs Motor Co
Hennepin Avenue
Arne Anderson
Laytock
Harlow
Farmers Allowed to Dump Spuds as Surplus Grows
The Agriculture Department authorized farmers to dump all low grade deteriorating potatoes under government price supporting loans to reduce a 45 million bushel surplus from last year. About 20 million bushels may be lost, with the remaining 25 million diverted to school lunch programs relief exports livestock feed and starch plants. Farmers will receive compensation near 90 percent of parity.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Accident in Harlem Kills Man At Crossing
Harlem authorities investigated a train auto collision that killed Max Cooper aged 69 from St. Paul Minnesota near Harlem. A Great Northern passenger train struck his car at a crossing flinging him to death and demolishing the vehicle. Cooper had been with Walter Gloyne and was returning to Harlem alone. He leaves a daughter in Minneapolis.
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Harlem
Max Cooper
St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern
Cooper
Walter Gloyne
Minneapolis
Russia Objects to Demands of Small Nations in Peace Making
Albert C. Fellows, 29, deputy game warden, was killed and his girl companion injured when a jeep and a heavy truck collided at an intersection on the Butte Rn Conda highway near Waite Oil. Miss Marie Woodbury, 19, was bruised and shocked. the truck occupants were uninjured. The crash occurred as the jeep emerged from a side road. speed was below 45 mph per witnesses. Officers and witnesses reported and a hospital transfer followed.
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Russia
Albert C. Fellows
Bluebird
Waite Oil Company
Butte-Rnnconda Highway
Marie Woodbury
Florida
Fellows
St. James Hospital
Forest Hayes
East Park
Ellis Peterson
Hayes
Butte
Tom Cantlon
West Quartz
Vergel Farrar
O. Barnicoat
Carl Hastie
Cantlon
Ernett Sullivan
Miss Woodbury
Highway Patrol
Farrar
Butte Forms Committees to Plan New Sports Arena
The Butte Development association hosted a meeting to form 16 member site inspection, 10 member building, four member legal, 10 member finance, and publicity committees for a proposed county bond financed modern sports arena. Walter Barnard chaired the executive group as plans move toward feasibility discussions with county authorities.
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Butte
Butte Development Association
Association
J. O. Peterson
Silver Bow County
George N. Short
Howard A. Johnson
John J. Burke
Law Risken
Silver Bow
Walter Barnard
Truman says cooperation with Republican Congress is a fact
President Truman stated at a news conference that cooperation with the GOP Congress is a fact and working. He left rent control questions to Congress, named Marion Martin as a potential FCC nominee, and said the Senate War Investigating Committee decision is for the Senate to resolve.
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Congress
Truman
Washington
OPA
Federal Communications Commission
Marion Martin
Republican National Committee
Senate
State Marshall
China
South America
Germany
Palestine
Republicans Open Secret Talks on Reciprocal Trade
In a closed session, GOP members of the House ways and means committee began surveying the nations reciprocal trade program to build support for revision. Democrats protests followed as Rep. Doughton is in the hospital and Rep. Forand warned against roughshod tactics. Chairman Knutson said further hearings would follow after inviting labor and agricultural input.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-N. C
Representative Forand
D-R. L
Knutson
R-Minn
American Labor and Agriculture
Gearhart
Mrs. Bridget Leary Taken by Death
Butte resident Mrs. Bridget Leary died Thursday night in a local hospital after a long illness. She lived at 39 Missoula Avenue and was 63 years a Butte widow active in charity. She was born in Ireland and came to the United States as a girl. She leaves daughters Mamie Lenahan and a Solomon family of Anaconda, two sons John and Patrick predeceased her, and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were pending at Daly Shea chapel.
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Bridget Leary
Butte
Daly- Shea Chapel
Missoula Avenue
Leary
Ireland
United States
Ishpeming
Mich
John Leary
West
Nevada
Centerville
Butte Lodge No. 1
The
Order
Hemlock Circle
Woodcraft
St. Lawrence
Mamie Lenahan
Harrison Avenue
L. J. Solomon
Anaconda
John
Patrick Leary
John P. Leary
Thomas Leary
San Francisco
Frank Lenahan
Farm Benefit Funds Slashed by 100 Million in Budget
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson testified before a Senate panel that President Truman cut 100 million dollars from a 300 million dollar farm benefit request for the next fiscal year. Midwest senators signaled willingness to spend a billion if needed to keep farm income stable.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Senate
Truman
Department
Young
R-N. D
Lucas
D-Ill
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
R-Vt
Harold D. Smith Dies Suddenly
Harold D. Smith, 48, vice president of the World Bank and former director of the U.S. Budget Bureau, died suddenly at his farm in Culpeper on January 23. Family physician Dr. Paul Dickens said Smith was stricken and died before aid arrived. Smith had resigned the budget director post last June to join the new international bank led by Eugene Meyer.
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Culpepper
Harold D. Smith
World Bank
United States Budget Bureau
Paul Dickens
Washington
Smiths
Smith
Budget Bureau
International Bank
Eugene Meyer
UC President Sproul weighs offer amid student protest
Berkeley California January 23 Dr Robert C Sproul president of the University of California told 8000 students gathered that he is considering an offer that could lead to his resignation after 16 years in office He said he cannot discuss the offer but will consider student wishes.
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Berkeley
Calif
U.P
Robert C. Sproul
University of California
America
Sproul
Soviet Australian Envoys Clash Over Peace Treaty Roles
Soviet Russia rejected smaller nations’ bids for a say in drafting postwar treaties accusing the major powers of paying in blood for the right. Australia’s Hodgson urged broader participation and a formal interim plan guiding German and Austrian peace, including a veto on Habsburg restoration.
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London
Russia
Germany
Austria
Feodor T. Gousev
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Bemmellowee Oes Adeeb Mk
Amicnces Bhu Auswauan Soutuces
Hodgson
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
Gousev
Italy
Hapsburg
Brazil
Australia
Canada
Police Sweep In On Short Murder Case In Los Angeles
Forty policemen conducted a house to house search in a several mile area for the place where Elizabeth Short 22 was slain last week. Detective Lt. Freestone said the vacant lot near the nude bi sected body site could be the scene. Mrs Bersinger reported an anonymous tip and was questioned for clues as officers pursued various leads.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Short
P. W. Freestone
John W. Bersinger
Butte Weather Forecast: Cloudy to Stormy Friday Night
Partly cloudy to cloudy Friday with light showers then stormy Friday night. Mild Friday turning cooler Friday night. Max near 45 next 24 hours. Mines 42/33, airport 43/34. West of divide cooler with rain snow and strong winds 40-45. East of divide clouding with snow flurries mountains and milder highs 45-50.
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School of Mines
Divide
Kidnap Evidence Is Uncovered by Authorities
In Lodi California on January 23 authorities announced new leads in the abduction of Alice Dean daughter of a vineyard owner. District Attorney Chester Watson disclosed evidence supporting the kidnapping claim and noting a top suspect was exonerated. Alice Dean remains in seclusion with bruising reported on her throat.
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Lodi
Calif
Alice Dean Patc
Chester Watson
Watson
Alice Dean
J. Edward Devine
Carlos Sousa
San Joaquin County
Millard Fore
Stockton
Waley Seeks Freedom From Alcatraz In Ninth Bid
Harmon M. Waley, imprisoned for the 1935 George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, files his eighth habeas corpus petition in federal court challenging the Lindbergh law and asking to be returned to Tacoma for a new trial. He was convicted in 1935 and sentenced to 47 years after a prior 45 year term. Previous petitions were denied. FBI said he was not seated by counsel in past petitions.
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San Francisco
U.p
Harmon M. Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary
Waley
Federal District Court
FBI
Plea of Innocent Filed in Des Moines Bank Robbery
Des Moines banker Opal Dixon 35 pleaded innocent to a bank robbery charge for a $2950 holdup of the Des Moines Bank and Trust Co. Municipal Judge Ralph Moore set bond at $50000 and a Feb. 6 hearing was scheduled.
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Des Moines
Opal Dixon
Brunette
Des Moines Bank and Trust Co
Ralph Moore
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