Mrs Bequette Dies in Seattle After Montana Life
Word came of the death in Seattle, Washington, of Mrs Ruby A Bequette a longtime Montana resident born January 15 1863 in Ippewa County Wisconsin. She lived much of her life in Montana since moving here in 1907. Funeral services will be held in Seattle. She leaves three daughters Mrs John Gilmore of Butte Mrs Irvin Braustetter of Seattle and Mrs Carl Longenecker of Townsend and eight sons Milo Charles Roy Forest Norman Clarence Jeese and Ted. Some children left for Seattle to attend the funeral.
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Butte
Seattle
Wash
Ruby A. Bequette
Montana
Pacific Coast
Bequette
Ippewa County
Wisconsin
Treasure State
John Gilmore
Irvin Braustetter
Carl Longenecker
Townsend
Milo
Troy
Charles
Thompson Falls
Roy
Forest
Gilmore
Longenecker
Clarence
Death of Frank Bragar In Butte After Short Illness
Frank Bragar died Sunday evening at 405 Kemper street after a brief illness. Born in Austria 58 years ago, he lived in Butte 29 years and worked as a miner. Survived by brother John Bragar and sister-in-law, plus three nephews John George and Joseph Bragar, all of Butte. Funeral arrangements at Sherman and Reed. cortege forms 9 am Wednesday, requiem high mass at Sacred Heart church 9:30 am.
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Frank Bragar
Kemper Street
Austria
Butte
S. P. Z. Lodge
Sherman and Reed Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Church
Crowd Sees 42 Draftees Leave Butte Station
The sendoff featured 42 draftees including Joe Ellis, Joe Brady, and others from Butte. Families, tradesmen, and politicians gathered at the station to bid farewell as draftees headed to the draft, with several born outside the United States among them.
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The
United States
Former Montana Doctor Dies in Berkeley
Dr. Mary B. Atwater, 82, among Montana’s first women physicians, died at her Berkeley home. Funeral set for tomorrow. she retired a decade ago after years serving rural patients from Marysville. She helped establish a Montana tuberculosis hospital and was past regent of the D. A. R. at Helena, and active in women’s suffrage. Her husband Alvord Atwater, long on the Montana revenue staff, had died earlier.
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Berkeley
Calif
Mary B. Atwater
Montana
Atwater
Marysville
Mont
Helena
Alvord Atwater
Collector of Internal Revenue
United States Suppled Most Office Supplies in El Salvador
The report shows nearly 90 percent of El Salvador’s office supplies purchases in the previous year came from the United States, indicating strong U.S. supplier dominance in the local market.
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el Salvador
United States
Central High Graduates 76 Students to Pursue Higher Education
Central High lists 76 seniors planning college and military careers. Yale’s Joan Clifford Riley and Edwin Dennis Spackman head to MIT and the Naval Academy at Newport. Out of state, Caltech, Colorado School of Mines, Gonzaga, University of Washington are chosen by several. Butte Business College attracts 11, the largest single-school group.
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Yale University
Joan Clifford Riley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edwin Dennis Spackman
Naval Academy
Newport
Josef Ralph Singer
California Institute of Technology
Patrick Samuel Dowling
Colorado School of Mines
James Bernard McGee
Gonzaga University
William Patrick Flemming
University of Washington
Butte Business College
Charles Rudolph Crnkovich
John Joseph Downey
Edmond Francis Egan
Edward James Hannifin
Joseph Anton Hud
John Joseph McCoy
John Duncan McLellan
Michael Joseph O'Donnell
George Francis Petritz
Robert Joseph Rolando
Merle Francis Trafford
Thomas Lee Bradley
Chester Patrick Burns
John Joseph Driscoll
James Schilling Duffy
Thomas Francis Joyce
William Morris Lowney
Jean Albert Lehn
John Addis McGrath
Jack Francis Peters
Thomas Leonard Wilson
School of Mines
Carroll College
James Patrick Gannon
Stephen Fletcher Jones
John Gregory Kane
Emmett Patrick McCormack
Leo Alphonsus McNulty
John Joseph O'Neill
Daniel John Sullivan
Gerald John Tomis
Preliminaries to War Games Are Worked Out
Officers of Tennessee war game units conducted a field orders exercise on the Cumberland plateau with 55 000 troops in camp. Divisions moved few units while testing communications and terrain familiarity to speed future troop movement. Attendees included generals and colonels from multiple divisions. other nations and topics noted.
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Tennessee
Cumberland Plateau
Seventh Army Corps
Fort Custer
Mich
Fort McCellan
Ala
Fort Jackson
8. C
Goering Praises Crete Parachutists in Major Address
Berlin June 2 Reichs marshal Hermann Goering praised Nazi parachutists and airborne troops who occupied Crete. He said they proved the Fuehrers words that there are no unconquerable islands and called the conquest an unprecedented achievement marked by super human accomplishments. He suggested possible future operations in England or Cyprus.
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Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Crete
Fuehrer
England
Cyprus
Luftwaffe
Goering
May moisture runs above normal in Butte weather
May brought 2.18 inches of precipitation in Butte, 0.22 inch above normal, lifting the year total to 4.23 inches though still 1.24 inches below normal. May averaged 48.4 degrees, with a high of 80 on May 12 and a low of 25 on May 5. Precipitation occurred on 14 days. 6 clear, 8 partly cloudy, 17 cloudy. At noon today the temperature was 63 degrees under partly cloudy skies.
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Butte
Building permits total $108,490 issued in May
May permits total 108,490 with 25 permits issued. New construction valued at 98,690 and remodeling at 4,800. A 5,000 permit covered removal of Marcus Daly statute to Montana School of Mines campus. May 25 permits issued.
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Marcus Daly
Montana School of Mines
Ten of 13 state highway projects active in division
The local division report shows ten of thirteen state highway projects in the division are under full or partial construction, with three others slated to start this month. Progress has been good despite bad weather, including five projects laying new asphalt and improving bridges.
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Charles Shannon
Montana
Deer Lodge- Butte
Butte-Whitehall
Boulder-Cardwell
Divide-Wisdom
Ralston-Anaconda
Tax payments flood treasurer offices as deadline passes
County Treasurer George O'Brien Jr reports $33,381.26 in payments Saturday bringing total to $147,900.14. City Treasurer Bernard F. Holland notes $31,211.06 Saturday, lifting city total to $96,845.50. Both offices collected second-half taxes with first-half payments already in by November 30 of last year.
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George O'Brien, Jr
Bernard FE. Holland
Vice Admiral Bill Goes to Senate Passed by House
The House passed without debate and sent to the Senate legislation authorizing the President to appoint unlimited vice admirals to command task forces for special missions. Naval officials testified these officers would operate separate from standard fleets on "special and unusual" duties with no locations disclosed.
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Senate
House
Washington
Roosevelt
House Naval Committee
More Italians at Fort Missoula Detention Camp
Ninety Italian officers and 162 seamen joined 840 others at Fort Missoula detention camp. The new arrivals were taken from Italian ships interned at U S ports and integrated into the camp population nearing 1,000 men. A consulate overseen by Eldo Caselli of New York was established to safeguard the detainees.
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Missoula
Fort Missoula
United States
Seattle
Eldo Caselli
New York
Judge Baldwin to Hear Docketed Cases in Helena
Federal Judge James H. Baldwin and staff travel from Butte to Helena where a court session begins Tuesday morning. In Helena the judge will review a grand jury report dated June 6 on criminal violations within the district.
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James H. Baldwin
Butte
Helena
Mining College Opens Commencement Week After Student Tours
Forty nine seniors and 40 juniors of the School of Mines return to Mining City signaling the start of commencement week at the college. Seniors toured Western states inspecting mining industrial and utilities properties in Idaho Washington Oregon California Nevada and Utah from May 20 under Dr S R B Cooke. Juniors toured Montana properties beginning May 24 under Dr Eugene S Perry.
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School of Mines
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Utah
S. R. B. Cooke
Montana
Eugene S. Perry
Building of Dam by U S Upheld
The Supreme Court ruled federal construction of a dam for power production and flood control constitutional. The Denison dam on the Red River, Texas and Oklahoma, valued at 54 million dollars, faced Oklahoma Gov. Leon C. Phillips challenge over state rights and land impact. No dissent was announced. Russia offers prizes for rabbit raisers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Douglas
Denison
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Leon C. Phillips
Justice Department
Willard Boam Elected President of Technical Society
Willard Boam of Butte was elected president of the Anderson Carlisle Technical society for the coming year at the group’s Monday noon meeting in the Chequamegon cafe. George Dunn and James Egan, both of Butte, were named vice president and secretary-treasurer respectively.
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Willard Boam
Butte
Anderson-Carlisle Technical Society
Chequamegon Cafe
Montana School of Mines
George Dunn
James Egan
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Francis A. Thomson
Curtis L. Wilson
Ray Thompson
Navy Accepts Butte Young Man
Clifford H. Morris of 1502 California avenue Butte was enlisted in the Navy in Salt Lake City last week. Along with him, David W. Fairbanks of Dillon and Harvey D. Craig of Lewistown enlisted. In May, Montana total enlistments reached 52 with Great Falls leading at 13, and Butte Missoula Billings each at 11, Helena six, while 200 more applied from the Intermountain area.
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Clifford H. Morris
F. H. Morris
California Avenue
Navy
Salt Lake City
David W. Fairbanks
Dillon
Harvey D. Craig
Lewistown
Montana
Great Falls
Butte
Missoula
Billings
Helena
Intermountain
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Butte, Mont
Tyrone Power
Linda Darnell
Rita- Hayworth
Ned Sparks
Armed Forces
Dennis Scanlon
John Keating, Jr
Charles Graney
Troy Wright
Robert Whiteman
Earl Richards
Donald Hart
Chester Jones
Edward Gregorich
Herbert Fillbach
John Stewart
Fred Berg
Joseph Brady
George Hill
Wesley Johnson
Charles Stratton
Arthur Benton
William A. Hubert
Balfour Davis
Joseph Leary
Hans Rudi
Oscar Berglund
Louis McLenegan
William H. Anderson
Michael Oreskovich
Harold Hanson
Joseph Ellis
Cecil Crossman
Kenneth Gulley
Eugene McGrady
Peter J. Myerle
Genhart Haddeland
Donald Duck
Hub
Owen McGrady
Goodby
Joe Ellis
Monroe Street
Ellis
Butte High School
Englewood
Montana Hardware Wholesale
Joe Brady
Phillips Avenue
Brady
East
Granite Street
Hill
Neil W. Mickelson
Jasper Street
South Wyoming Street
East Broadway
Mickelson
Canada
U.S
Anderson
Berglund
Aberdeen
Scotland
Butte Highland
Molkona
Sweden
America
Centerville
Joseph T. Leary
Mullin Street
Leary
Edward
Lawrence O. Wolfe
South
Wyoming Street
Draft Board
Vince Shea
Oscar Nelson
Earl Claridge
Peter Johnson
Arthur Peris
John Prewitt
Dan Hannifin
Hannifin
Wigal
Chouinard
Tom Wigal
Edward Chouinard
al Boehme
F. A. Gunter
Wendell Johnson
American Legion Auxiliary
Top Frank Bottling Works
Nevin Frank
Joan Bennett
Franchot Tone
Barbara Stanwyck
Henry Fonda
Charles Coburn
Eugene Pallette
Eric Blore
Robert Montgomery
Ingrid Bergman
Heaven
Estelle School OF Dance
Estelle Studio
Harry Slong
Artoon
Howard Hill
Humphre Torre
Louis -Baer Fight Pictures
Marlene Dietrich
Joe E. Brown
Brown Bomber
Baer
Joe Tom Herb Co.oes
Joe Tom
Mexico
Buenos Aires
Argentina
la Paz
Bolivia
Endaco
Arizona
Galena
Capital City
Mining City
Russia
Boam
C. O. D. Laundry
E. Park
Independent Electric Co
East Park
Golden Shell
SHELL
Shell Chateau Park
Granite
Wyoming
Hill City Service
Daly Street
Walkerville
Buck’s
Harrison
Dundee Park Street
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