Anaconda Youth Wins $1500 Ryan Fellowship
Anaconda youth R Lyon and Missoula’s E O Loughlin were named top awards at MSU as the 58th commencement week opened. Lyon received the $1500 Ryan fellowship in economics, last awarded in 1946 to Janet Rhinertson, while O Loughlin received the Grizzly Cup for outstanding service.
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Missoula
R. Lyon
Anaconda
E. O'Loughlin
Montana State University
Ryan
MSU
Janet Rhinertson
O'Loughlin
Lyon
Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants
John C. Brownlee
Stanford
Mortar Board
Elizabeth A. Hart
Glasgow
Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers
Lobel G. Bennett
Big Timber
American Hellenic Educational and Progressive Association
Weldon N. Niva
Butte
Dean Stone
Ward T. Sims
Clearwater
Wash
Western Montana Press - Radio Club
Shirley J. McKown
Seattle
Wash O. S. Warden
Reba C. Turnquist
Ronan
Mosby Kgvo
Russell R. Nielsen
Western Montana Press Radio Club
Montana to Admit 31 New Lawyers
Montana's Supreme Court will admit 31 graduates from the State University law school to practice law on Wednesday. The list includes Richard W Bottomly, Mary Elizabeth Burke, Francis J. Butler, Helena. Charles L. Jacobson, Wolf Creek. Roger G. Baldwin, Kalispell. Bruce L. Beatty, Billings. John J. Cavan Jr., Harlowton. and others from Butte, Baker, Hamilton, Wolf Point, Sidney, Great Falls, Deer Lodge, Arlee, Miles City, and more, all of whom are from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
State University Law School
Richard W Bottomly
Mary Elizabeth Burke
Francis J. Butler
Charles L. Jacobson
Wolf Creek
Roger G. Baldwin
Kalispell
Bruce L. Beatty
Billings
John J. Cavan, Jr
Harlowton
Russell
Next License Plates to Be Blue and Yellow
Montana motorists will receive two license plates next year in royal blue and golden yellow, replacing the single wartime plate. Numbers will be yellow on blue. About 46,000 plates have been produced for Silver Bow, Cascade, Yellowstone and Missoula counties using steel bought from Western Smelting and Refining at $189.50 per ton.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Examiners
Silver Bow
Cascade
Yellowstone
Missoula
Western Smelting and Refining Company
Omaha
Missoula Blindman's Renewed Faith in Mankind
MISSOULA June 2. Melvin Bouck, a blind candy counter operator, was short five dollars after a visiting youth passed a five dollar bill for a five cent purchase and received 9.95 in change during a May 19 interscholastic track meet. Today Bouck got back the five dollars and a letter from Principal Charles E. Hood of Custer County High School Miles City explaining the delay. Hood says the boy feels ashamed and was not affiliated with a school group or present with parental consent.
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Missoula
Melvin Bouck
Bouck
Charles E. Hood
Custer County High School
Miles City
Hood
Bonner Reappoints Health Board Members in Montana
Helena June 3. Gov John W Bonner reappointed Dr EF Murphy of Missoula to the state health board and named Bud Grover of Deer Lodge to the same panel. Gordon Monkman of Billings was named to the state armory board.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
EF. S. Murphy
Missoula
Bud Grover
Deer Lodge
State Health Board
Gordon Monkman
Billings
State Armory Board
Official Welcome for Tourists to Start on June 14
Montana will begin its official tourist welcome season June 14 with nine highway ports of entry opening that day. State Publicity Chief Albert Frickson said twenty college students will staff the ports, distributing information about the state and collecting traffic data. They will be dressed in cowboy garb at sites near Columbia Falls Missoula Gardiner West Yellowstone Rockvale Crow Agency Lima Miles City and Culbertson.
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Helena
Montana
Albert Frickson
Columbia Falls
Missoula
Gardiner
West Yellowstone
Rockvale
Crow Agency
Lima
Miles City
Culbertson
VFW Resolution Endorses Missouri Valley Authority
Kalispell June 2. A VFW 28th encampment adopted 41 resolutions including support for a Missouri Valley Authority to unify Army Engineers Bureau of Reclamation and Pick-Sloan programs. Also urged bed expansion at Fort Harrison to 575, neuro psychiatric and tuberculosis care, and evenings weekends recreation access. Resolutions condemned weakening veterans preference law and opposed transferring VA home loan functions. District service schools and a Kalispell drum corps pageant capped the event with corps from Billings Havre Great Falls Whitefish and Kalispell.
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Kalispell
Missouri Valley Authority
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Montana
Congress
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Pick-Sloan
Veterans Hospital
Fort Harrison
Helena
VFW
Veterans Preference Law
Federal
National Mortgage Association
Housing Or Home Finance Agency
VA Home Loan
Billings
Havre
Great Falls
Whitefish
Kalispell Corps
Montana Mother of Two Kills Self
Miles City report states Mrs. Richard Wenz about 26 killed herself with a rifle in the head at the ranch six miles north of Plevna. The widow of two children, she was distraught after her brother died in a May 15 gasoline explosion. Funeral services planned in Plevna Sunday.
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Miles City
Lloyd Owens
Owens
Richard Wenz
Plevna
Wenz
Henry Loble Seeks Legislative Post
Henry Loble of Helena seeks Democratic renomination for a state representative seat from Lewis and Clark county. The former majority House leader in 1949 wants a third term, with the primary set for July 18 in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Henry Loble
Lewis and Clark County
Loble
Brooks Named Marketing Specialist for State Extension Service
June 2 in Bozeman reports Bruce L. Brooks is appointed marketing specialist for the state extension service. Acting Director N. E. Beers announces the hire noting Brooks, a former Idaho county agent, will focus full time on agricultural marketing problems.
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Bozeman
Bruce L. Brooks
State Extension Service
N. E. Beers
Brooks
Idaho
Motel Sold North of Dillon Changes Hands
Roy Howard bought the Shady Nook motel camp north of Dillon this week and took possession Thursday. Former owners were Mr. and Mrs. John Cook.
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Dillon
Roy Howard
Shady Nook
John Cook
Bids Sought to Paint Silver Bow County Buildings
Sealed bids to paint exterior wood work window frames doors and wooden trim on the Silver Bow County Courthouse and County Jail will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Silver Bow County Montana until 11 00 daylight time June 24 1950. A bid bond or certified check equal to ten percent of the bid must accompany the submission. Contract form available at the Commissioners Office. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Board of County Commissioners
Silver Bow County
Montana
Silver Bow
Commissioners' Office
Board of Commissioners
Ewart seeks fourth term in Montana congressional race
Rep Wesley D Ewart filed for Republican nomination in eastern Montana on July 18, aiming a fourth term in Congress. He pitched a record of opposing socialism and deficit spending, and promoted unity, liberty, and preservation of the American way of life. D Ewart sits on public lands and reclamation issues and has held past leadership roles in state and Montana conservation groups.
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Helena
Wesley A. D’ewart
Congress
Wilsall
Secretary of State
Montana
John J. Holmes
Willard Fraser
Billings
David J. Ryan
Great Falls
D'Ewart
D’ewart
House
Public Lands Committee
Absaroka Conservation Committee
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Montana Reclamation Association
Mauna Loa Eruption Forces Hawaiians From Homes
The sixth Mauna Loa eruption since 1933 drove lava toward the coast causing evacuations around HuUnaunau. Mrs. Homer Hayes described glowing lava, steam plumes, and a blistering canoe hull as observers watched the river of lava move slowly from a summit crater. Flight observers noted a 20,000 foot ash and flame column, with other planes scoping the area while Hawaii’s volcanologist predicted the flow would continue for several days.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
United Press
Homer Hayes
Kona Fish and Game
G. B. Blackmore
Pan American Airlines
Hawaii
Blackmore
Ray Finch
Huunaunau
Water color in Horringer blamed on iron content
In Horringer England a city water user delegation complained of increasingly orange bath water. City engineer S M Casson reported the color results from heavy iron content and said he is attempting a solution. He noted the water remains pure bacteriologically and chemically.
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Horringer
England
S. M. Casson
Pere Marquette and Joliet’s 1673 Kentucky discovery
The report notes that Pere Marquette and Louis Joliet explored and reported Kentucky territory around 1673, marking an early European discovery of the region.
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Kentucky
Pere Marquette
Louis Joliet
Ranch and Cattle Are Purchased in Grasshopper Creek Deal
Dillon reports a major sale of the C. L. Boyer holdings on Grasshopper creek west of Dillon to an eastern corporation. The deal covers several thousand acres of deeded land and large tracts of leased land along with 200 head of pure-blood Angus cattle.
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Dillon
C. L. Boyer
Grasshopper Creek
Eastern
Protests Highway Board Decision In Montana
The Livingston-based Highway 10 association protested adding Sidney Circle road to Montana's primary highway system saying any extra primary mileage harms the state. Delegates will ask the state highway commission at a future hearing for reasons behind the addition. The group backed Gov. Bonner interim advisory plan to replace the five member highway commission with a 12 man body. C M Wall of Helena explained the plan. Association officers were reelected: Les Swanson president Evan W Kelley vice president Kendall Steeves secretary. Directors include Swanson Kelley Burgan Hilger De France Reidesel Schotte.
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Livingston
Highway 10 Association
Sidney Circle
Montana
Association
State Highway Commission
John W. Bonner
C. M. Wall
Helena
Les Swanson
Evan W. Kelley
Missoula
Kendall Steeves
Swanson
Kelley
Clyde Burgan
Bert Hilger
Glendive
Frank de France
Miles City
Russell Reidesel
Billings
George Schotte
Butte
Belgians to Elect Assembly Sunday
Belgians vote Sunday to decide whether exiled King Leopold shall return to the throne. About 5 million eligible voters will elect a new parliament that could set Leopold's fate after his surrender to the Nazis. Pro Leopoldists seek a strong Social Christian majority to restore him, while socialists warn of strikes and demonstrations if he returns. Leopold, in Switzerland, says he would accept a return only under an all Social Christian government strong enough to override opposition.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Switzerland
Prospector Claims Possible Door Tunnel Near Bannack
J L McKinney of Lima reports finding a mine shaft about eight to 10 miles south of Bannack on Memorial Day that may be the legendary Door tunnel. He describes a timbered barricade guarding the shaft, rails visible through cracks, and a dump suggesting a quarter mile of workings aged to the late 1870s with no road access.
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Dillon
J. L. McKinney
Lima
Bannack
McKinney
California
Communists Refuse Rogge Speech in London Rally showdown
London June 2. Executives of the Communist led world peace committee blocked O John Rogge from speaking after he admitted he is a registered lobbyist for Yugoslavia. Rogge, a former US assistant attorney general, said he was invited as vice president of the world committee of the defenders of peace to address a rally. His proposal for Yugoslavia to be readmitted to the world organization drew sharp attack from Singer Paul Robeson.
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London
World Peace Committee
O. John Rogge
Yugoslavia
Rogge
United States
World Committee of the Defenders of Peace
World Organization
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Paul Robeson
New Cold Rubber Promises Longer Tire Life
Long life footwear is expected with the use of the new synthetic cold rubber which is predicted to double the life of automobile tire treads and is already in use on a number of passenger cars.
Kovacich Wins Union Scholarship At Anaconda Commencement
Anaconda June 2 Vincent Kovacich a noted local athlete and student was named winner of the Mill and Smeltermen's union four year scholarship awarded annually to a son or daughter of a union member. The $200 yearly award honors leadership scholarship service and citizenship and may be used at Anaconda High or Catholic Central High School. Kovacich a National Honor Society member led school activities and holds offices in clubs while awaiting college records review.
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Anaconda
Vincent Kovacich
Mill and Smeltermen’s Union
Thomas Kovacich
Washington
Mill and Smeltermen’s Union of
Walter Dooley
Union
Anaconda High
Catholic Central High School
Kovacich
Pat Sugrue
Priscilla Coverdale
Kenneth Hursh
Neva Gnose
Joy Moran
Larry Johnson
Betty Rae Hansen
Dolores Marick
Jewel
Jean Munro
Mary Ann Dimock
Missoula
Jewell Dean Anderson
Dillon
Ray Gustafson
Ruth Ann McArdle
Five Year Recovery Plan Adopted by OEEC Members
Paris June 2 The Marshall Plan nations' foreign ministers adopted a five year program to succeed Europe’s recovery effort. The OEEC plan calls for 18 Marshall plan areas to harmonize policies and to provide capital equipment and consumer goods to backward areas as aid ends in 1952. It stresses rapid development of economically backward areas to restore the free world’s social and political balance, noting the U S point four program aligns with the effort.
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Paris
America
Organization For European Economic Co-Operation
OEEC
Europe
Free World
United States
Truman
Barkley Receives Gold Medal for Distinguished Service
Vice President Alben W. Barkley was awarded a gold medal by President Truman for distinguished public service in a ceremony at the White House attended by Supreme Court justices, cabinet members, and Democratic leaders. The medal, funded by Congress at 2500 dollars, bears Barkley’s likeness and an American eagle. Barkley joked about the coin’s fineness and gave a Treasury secretary a penny to finish it.
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Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Oval Office
Supreme Court
Veterans Administration News Briefs In The Mail Bag
A weekly Veterans Administration service columns readers with briefs for local veterans. For more information veterans should contact or write their nearest VA office.
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Veterans Administration
New Housing Act 1950 expands GI loan benefits
President signs the Housing act of 1950 boosting VA loan guaranty to 60 percent up to 7500 dollars and extending loan terms to 30 years. It allows widows of veterans to receive GI benefits, ends certain FHA GI combos, enables direct 4 percent VA loans in chosen areas, and sets minimum construction standards for new homes. It also clarifies entitlement restoration after condemnation or disaster and eases GI loans for farm dwellings.
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Veterans Administration
Free medical exam for veterans to determine VA benefit entitlement
A free medical examination will be provided to any veteran when needed to determine eligibility for a VA benefit.
Lisby Acquitted In Drunken Driving Case Then Fined On License Charge
Fort Worth Texas James E B Lisby aged 25 was acquitted of drunken driving in court then arrested as he left. A justice of the peace fined him for driving without an operator s license in the same incident final outcome uncertain and terse.
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Fort Worth
Texas
U.P
James EB. Lisby
Justice of the Peace
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Wesley D Ewart
Rep Wesley D’ewart
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