Federal Jury to Hear Idaho Kidnap Case
The FBI will present facts to a federal grand jury in Boise on June 15 over the alleged kidnapping of Anaconda taxi driver Gordon Willis Rickaby by Walter Lyndon Babcock. Babcock, 26, abducted Rickaby at gunpoint then drove to Philipsburg and Coeur d Alene before arrest. Conviction on a federal kidnapping charge could bring life in prison under the Lindbergh law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boise
Idaho
FBI
W. G. Banister
Butte
Montana
Walter Lyndon Babcock
Gordon Willis Rickaby
Babcock
Rickaby
Anaconda
Philipsburg
Coeur d'Alene
East Front Street
Arnold Engen
Coeur d’Alene
Banister
Eagles Install McEnaney As Aerie President In Butte
Maurice McEnaney will be installed as president of the Butte Aerie of Eagles at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Eagles hall with Mike Hartnett presiding. Officers to be installed include Ray Mahoney as vice president Gerald Shea as chaplain Ed Wadel as treasurer Victor Rauh as conductor Ronald MacDonald as inside guard John Moriarity as outside guard. Holdover trustees are John McLeod Hugo Waara and James M Murphy. Retiring president Irvin Coombe becomes junior past president and ex officio trustee. An entertainment program and social will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice McEnaney
Butte Aerie of Eagles
Eagles
Mike Hartnett
Ray Mahoney
Gerald Shea
Ed Wadel
Victor Rauh
Ronald MacDonald
John Moriarity
John McLeod
Hugo Waara
James M. Murphy
Irvin Coombe
Breakfast at IC Will Be Sunday
Immaculate Conception church hosts the annual men's corporate communion breakfast after the 8 o'clock mass on Sunday. Rev. Father N C Hoff will celebrate, with Harry Shields as speaker and William Delaney as master of ceremonies. A film will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception Church
Peter J. Curran
N. C. Hoff
Harry Shields
William Delaney
Registration Books For Primary Election Closes
Registration books for the July 18 primary closed Friday after noon. The clerk and recorder's office noted few last minute registrations during the day. The office stayed open until 8 pm Thursday to help voters register. Deputies counted about 85 registrants in the three hour period.
Holy Savior School Graduation Program Highlights
Albert Osselle played an accordion solo at the Holy Savior grade school graduation on Sunday announced Friday. The program also featured a song by third and fourth grades a kitchen band by fifth and sixth grade boys and a flag drill by fifth and sixth grade girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Osselle
Holy Savior
Richard Shaw Promoted to Colonel and Doug Brown to Major
United States Army Reserve announces Richard C. Shaw from major to lieutenant colonel and Douglas F. Brown from captain to major USAR in Butte. Shaw and Brown have war records. Shaw commands the 3rd Battalion 381st Infantry USAR and Brown is operations officer. Also promoted: William K. Carroll to 2nd lieutenant MI USAR and several enlisted moves. Vacancies exist in ordnance artillery and infantry USAR units. Interested veterans contact Army Reserve office at 50 East Broadway or 25811.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Army
United States Army Reserve Office
Richard C. Shaw
Garrison Avenue
Infantry Usar
Douglas F. Brown
Ramsay
William R. Burn
United States Army Reserve
Col. Shaw
Maj. Brown
Butte
Shaw
Butte Daily Post
Veterans’ Administration
381St Infantry Regiment
USAR
William K
Arthur Campbell
Anaconda
Army Reserve Office
East Broadway
Burn
Bessie Keam Laid at Rest
Mrs Bessie Keam was laid at rest Friday afternoon in Mount Moriah cemetery family plot. Rev H B Ricketts officiated at services in White's chapel with Mrs Martha B Davies singing Beautiful Isle of Somewhere The Lord's Prayer and Christians Goodnight. Mrs Harold Price played accompaniment. Pallbearers were Robert Raymond Amil Sundberg William Samp son Jack Brandl and Alvin Hoar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Keam
Mount Moriah
H. B. Ricketts
White's Chapel
Martha B. Davies
Isle of Somewhere
Christian
Harold Price
Robert, Raymond
Amil Sundberg
William Sampson
Jack Brandl
Alvin Hoar
Funeral services for John M venich in White's chapel
Funeral services for John M venich were conducted Friday afternoon in White's chapel by the Rev. H. B. Ricketts. Mrs. Frank Bell, accompanied by W. H. Johns, sang The Lord's Prayer and Abide With Me. Active pallbearers were Herbert Lane, Thomas Gribble, Joseph Brady, Harry Huber, Ray Kuntz and Eugene Howard. Honorary pallbearers were Peter Cirlo, Arthur Lundgren, William Lybold, Norman Faulkner and Peter Burrer. Burial was in Ellis' plot in Mountain View cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M.venich
White's Chapel
H. B. Ricketts
Frank Bell
W. H. Johns
Herbert Lane
Thomas Gribble
Joseph Brady
Harry Huber
Ray Kuntz
Eugene Howard
Peter Cirlo
Arthur Lundgren
William Lybold
Norman Faulkner
Peter Burrer
Ellis
Mountain View Cemetery
Race Track Firemen Schedule Work Duty
Members of the Race Track Volunteer Fire department have been asked by Chief Harold Jonen to report for work on Saturday at 8 o'clock. The task includes pouring concrete for the foundation of the new fire hall and community center under construction at the department headquarters on Grand Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Race Track
Harold Jonen
Grand Avenue
Watchman Grateful for Honest People
A Butte mine watchman thanked two Butte City Lines employees for recovering his wallet and $14.20 after he misplaced it on a bus. The unnamed North Butte mine watchman said the bus loss occurred en route to work, and Jim Swenson and Paul Romanick returned the purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
North Butte
Jim Swenson
West Front
Paul Romanick
Zarelda
Girls Central Class of 35 Plans Reunion Wednesday
The class of 1935 at Girls Central high school will reunite at the Rocky Mountain cafe in Meaderville at 8 PM on Wednesday. Reservations are due Monday and may be made with Mrs. Jack McGinley, Mrs. Dan McCarthy, or Mrs. Charles Robbins at listed addresses and phones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Central High School
Rocky Mountain Cafe
Meaderville
Jack McGinley
East First
Dan McCarthy
O'Neill
Charles Robbins
Warren
Fines and Forfeited Bonds Total $30 in Police Court
In Butte on Friday afternoon the city treasury gained $30 from traffic cases. Joe Scrotes paid a $10 fine for speeding. Robert Goodman forfeited a $10 bond for improper license plates and another $10 bond for unlawful parking in an alley. Ray Rogers, from an unknown outside address, was sentenced to five days in jail on a state vagrancy charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Joe Scrotes
Robert Goodman
Ray Rogers
Mission closes after week of men’s services in Butte
St Mary church will host the closing afternoon service Sunday for a week of talks by Franciscan friars Fathers Sebastian Egan and Fabian Joyce. The programs drawn hundreds of local men and a late evening session is planned tonight at 7 30 and Sunday at 3. Regular novena services are announced for Tuesday at 3 30 6 15 7 and 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Sebastian Egan
Fabian Joyce
St. Mary Church
J. A. Rooney
Poison Grain to Be Spread In Silver Bow County Gopher Control
Silver Bow County launches a farm bureau backed gopher control program using poisoned oats to protect crops and land. Edward Beebe of the federal Fish and Wildlife Service directs the initial phase from Ramsay with Roy Vance taking permanent supervision. A $1600 county appropriation funds supervision, poison, and supplies donated by farmers. Final plans were set at a Divide meeting with Beebe in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
Ramsay
Carl Gillespie
County Farm Bureau
Edward Beebe
Missoula
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Roy
Gillespie
Farm Bureau
Divide
Beebe
Clayton Maxwell
Frank Sullivan
Butte
Hospital Notes at St James Admits and Dismissals List
Hospital notes list admitted and dismissed patients with full names and street addresses. Entries include Mrs Margaret McKenna. Sam Radulovich. Hannah Kerr. Harry Larkin. Douglas Schamp. Barney McEnnaney. Paul Hauschildt. Edmund Richter. Loren Sigman. Betty Lee Triniman. Charles W Collier. Dolores Behreandt. Leonard Brown. Nancy Mazzolini. Ida Butts. Monty White. Miss John Gribben. plus numerous others from towns like Deer Lodge Meaderville Walkerville Dillon and Livingston. Dismissals include Mariana Annatall Neil Anthony Duddy Mrs Ralph Hocking Nancy Jewell Mrs Ben Woods Minnie McPherson Hilda LeGore Baby Jeanette Murphy and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret McKenna
Harrison
Sam Radulovich
East Broadway
Hannah Kerr
East LaPlatte
Harry Larkin
Wilson
Douglas Schamp
East Center
Barney McEnnaney
South Arizona
Paul Hauschildt
West Galena
Edmund Richter
Rocker
Loren Sigman
East Second
Betty Lee Triniman
Yale
Charles W. Collier
South Jackson
Dolores Behreandt
Deer Lodge
Leonard Brown
Basin
Nancy Mazzolini
Main
Meaderville
Ida Butts
Illinois
Monty White
Missoula
John Gribben
Mariana Annatall
West Quartz
Neil Anthony Duddy
Delaware
Ralph Hocking
East Daly
Walkerville
Nelson Graves
Yakima
Wash
Nancy Jewell
West Granite
Marines Guarded the Mails in 1921 and 1926
Leathernecks were assigned to guard mail at the request of the Post Office department in 1921 and again in 1926, reflecting a recurring duty for Marines in past years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Bozeman to Host Chief of Agricultural Economics
Cris Vernon Wells, chief of the United States bureau of agricultural economics, will deliver Montana State college commencement addresses June 5 at 9 and 11 am to accommodate all graduates. He will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree. Wells has a long career including service at USDA Washington from 1929 to 1947 and roles with the War Food Administration and the world food organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Cris Vernon Wells
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana State College
Wells
New Mexico State College
University of Minnesota
Harvard
USDA
Washington, D. C
War Food Administration
World Food Organization
Bielenberg Seeks Justice of Peace in Cottonwood Township
DEER LODGE June 2 Claude Harvey Bielenberg filed his nominating petition for the office of justice of peace of Cottonwood township with Daniel B Hertz Jr clerk and recorder this week He seeks re election on the Republican ticket.
Births and admissions at St Joseph hospital Deer Lodge
Birth announcements list Mrs Alfred Chaffee Ovando a son May 28 Mrs Martin Briggeman Drummond a daughter May 29 Mrs Sylvester Murphy Helmville a daughter May 30 and Mrs Thomas Lunceford Deer Lodge a son May 30 Admitted include Peter Beukles Sidney Lucey Baby Catherine Harpole Mrs Marvin Fadness Joseph Ryan Kenneth Sutherland Marcus Perrin Gene Jacobs William Murphy Kenny Chessmore Mrs Eddy Fisher Drummond and A A Bullington Pocatello Idaho Dismissals name several including Mrs Nels Nelson infant Mrs Grover Palin Drummond Mrs Pauline Beckerman Miss Arthur Rosebloom Marcus Perrin Peter Beukles Sidney Lucey Baby Catherine Harpole Mrs Marvin Fadness Joseph Ryan Mrs Eddy Fisher and Mrs John Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
St. Joseph Hospital
Alfred Chaffee
Ovando
Martin Briggeman
Drummond
Sylvester Murphy
Helmville
Thomas Lunceford
Peter Beukles
Sidney Lucey
Catherine Harpole
Marvin Fadness
Joseph Ryan
Kenneth Sutherland
Marcus Perrin
Gene Jacobs
William Murphy
Kenny Chessmore
Eddy Fisher
A. A. Bullington
Pocatello
Idaho
Nels Nelson
Grover Palin
Pauline Beckerman
Arthur Rosebloom
John Sidney
Deer Lodge Briefs Highlight Local Guests and Travel
June 2 Deer Lodge report notes Mr. and Mrs. Bill Marquette and their baby visiting Dr. and Mrs. G J Marquette in Deer Lodge from Seattle. Mrs. Lucy Asbury returns from Spokane to visit her sister Mrs. Ronald Wright and family. Mrs. John Dorsey and Mrs. E L Hopkins attended Ladies' Day activities at the Anaconda Country Club in Anaconda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Bill Marquette
Baby
Marquette
G. J. Marquette
Seattle
Lucy Asbury
Spokane
Ronald Wright
John Dorsey
E. L. Hopkins
Anaconda
Anaconda Country Club
Son Born To Mr And Mrs Merrill E Joy In Stockton
Word arrived from Deer Lodge of the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Merrill E Joy of Stockton California on May 30 Mrs Joy is formerly Miss Eleanor Marx daughter of Mrs H C Heinsch of Deer Lodge Both mother and baby are reported doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Merrill E. Joy
Stockton
Calif
Joy
Eleanor Marx
H. C. Heinsch
Marriage License Issued in Deer Lodge
A marriage license was issued Wednesday in Deer Lodge to Clement George Stirn of Drummond and Frances Lee Manley daughter of Mr and Mrs James Clifford Manley of Helmville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Clement George Stirn
Drummond
Frances Lee Manley
James Clifford Manley
Helmville
Newspaper Advertising Given Top Medium Status
Detroit June 2 A leading advertising official told 1000 delegates at the Advertising Federation of America that newspapers offer the strongest results when used wisely. Harold S. Barnes urged targeting rural areas for flour ads and spreading campaigns to keep reminders frequent, noting 85 percent read dailies and 65 cents of every ad dollar goes to newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.P
Harold S. Barnes
Bureau of Advertising
Advertising Federation of America
Barnes
Butte Masons Plan to Visit Sheridan
Members of Highland lodge No. 142 AF and AM will visit Sheridan lodge No. 20 at Sheridan on Saturday night. Cars depart the Masonic temple on West Park street between 6 and 6:30. Master Masons are invited to join Highland members. Frank W. Brown leads Highland, Edward E. Branch leads Sheridan. Sheridan will return the visit in the fall after July August recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Lodge No. 142
Sheridan Lodge No
Sheridan
Highland Lodge
Masonic Temple
West Park Street
Frank W. Brown
Edward E. Branch
Sheridan Lodge
Sheridan Masons
Attorney Burkes hot suit incident shocks Spokane court
In Spokane on June 2 attorney Harrison Berkey had just testified in a complex accounting case when a spectator shouted. Hot ashes from his pipe set fire to the lining of his suit coat pocket, causing a court recess while the blaze was extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Harrison Berkey
Berkey
Chinese Communists Seize Marshall Plan Goods in Shanghai
Foreign Recovery Chief Paul G Hoffman announced that about 4 million dollars worth of Marshall plan goods, mainly raw cotton, were seized by Chinese Communists in Shanghai on March 17. They confiscated 22,387 bales of cotton after ECA refused to surrender shipments. Hoffman said the goods might be used for Communist credit or sales, with uncertain proceeds, while noting the effort to claim them regardless of disposal. The report followed a meeting with George St Louis, who heads ECA Shanghai operations and recently returned from a year under the new regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Paul G. Hoffman
Marshall Plan
Shanghai
ECA
China
Hoffman
George St. Louis
Escanaba, Mich
St. Louis
Truman Optimism Is Baffling
President Truman claims the world nears real peace while Congress and defense leaders push for extended draft authority and a $1.2225 billion mutual aid package. The clash of optimism and urgency tests lawmakers amid Soviet and China tensions and the Baltic incident. The editorial notes mixed signals as Acheson Bradley Vinson Mahon respond to shifting assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
U.P
Truman
National Defense Establishment
Congress
Louis Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Omar N. Bradsley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House
Johnson
China
Baltic
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Far East
Soviet Union
Mr. Truman
Bradley
Acheson
House Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
W. Sterling Cole
R-N. Y
George H. Mahon
Dtexas
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Marines Landing Phrase Attributed To Davis
The famous line about Marines landing and having the situation well in hand is often credited to journalist Richard Harding Davis, though its first published origin is debated among historians and military reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Harding Davis
Summer Schedule of Masses at Immaculate Conception
The Rev. Father Norbert C Hoff announced the summer mass schedule for the Immaculate Conception parish on the west side. The schedule, effective Sunday June 4, lists masses at 7, 6, 10, 30, and 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert C. Hoff
Immaculate Conception
West Side
Divorces Filed in Court Include Gentry and Ward Decisions
Two divorces were filed in district court on Friday. Eleanor Gentry was granted a divorce from John Gentry with custody to the father and visitation for the mother. Margaret Ward was granted a divorce from Clyde Ward with custody of three children and $60 monthly support. Probate actions followed, including executrix appointment for Marie Daly Gerry and estate administration for Edward Caddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
T. E. Downey
John B. McClernan
Downey
Eleanor Gentry
John Gentry
Margaret Ward
Clyde B. Ward
Ward
Owsley
Emil F. Nitchie
Jack Mero
Martha N. Morgan
H. C. Davis
G. W. Brew
R. C. Redlich
Edward Bolever
Grace I. Gieser
Mary Walsh
Tony A. (Bene) Abene
Veal Cutlets Made Tastier Ended In Illness
In Redondo Beach California on June 2 Mrs Thelma Haith 43 fixed veal cutlets in a differently styled breading with her husband James 58 and son Bobby 16 dining that night They became violently ill several hours later The husband checked the kitchen and found two paper bags One contained rice flour used for breading the other ant powder A stomach pump at Harbor General hospital treated them all successfully
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redondo Beach
Calif
Thelma Haith
James
Bobby
Harbor General Hospital
Boy Dies From Gasoline Fire In Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, June 2 A 12 year old boy Larry Bunker died Friday from burns after a can of gasoline tipped over while he and friend Kenneth Lewis 12 played in an old car. Lewis suffered extensive burns and was in extremely critical condition awaiting treatment and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Larry Bunker
Kenneth Lewis
Woman Killed by Angered Brother-in-Law Near Dell Rapids
Dell Rapids—Martin Merkle shot his sister in law Mrs. Henry Potter after warning her he had ten minutes to live. Potter, 35, lived on a farm southeast of Dell Rapids. Merkle, 25, wounded two men in a poolroom before being overpowered and jailed on murder charges. Witnesses say Merkle and his wife had lived with Potter’s family. enmity grew over their staying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell Rapids
Henry Potter
Barney Boos
Martin Allen Merkle
Merkle
LeRoy Mohrman
James Nesby, Jr
Veterans Hospital
Sioux Falls
Boos
Patzer
Women Refuse to Seek Repeal of Theater Tax
In Boston delegates from the General Federation of Women's Clubs representing about 11 million women rejected a resolution calling for repeal of the 20 percent theater ticket tax. They said supporting repeal would imply approval of the movie industry. A separate resolution condemning crime levies as detrimental to youth and American morals was approved, while AP erred in reporting repeal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
O. K
Associated Press
Takasu Fire Destroys 850 Houses in Northern Japan
A six hour blaze in Takasu, Northern Japan, on Friday left 850 houses burned but caused no deaths. The incident occurred in the Tokyo region according to dispatches received. Fire crews fought the flames for six hours as residents assessed the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.P
Takasu
Japan
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East Park
Star Cleaners
W. Park
Robert Joseph Smithdas
New York
John Spanner
Smithdas
St. John College
Richard Shaw
Doug Brown
John M. Sevenich
Watchman
5451
Girls Central
Class of
St. Mary Mission
ST. James
Murray
Herbert Slack
South Dakota
Austin G. Parsell
Dillon
James L. Reed
William L. Hess
Louis J. Guay
Evelyn Antonovich
Spruce
Fritz S. Chapman
Princeton
Ella Bakke
Mildred Nelson
Livingston
West Gold
Beverly Aylward
East Copper
Phyllis Jane Mellow
Andrew M. Gras
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Cris V. Wells
Lssue
Frances Hale Jerabek
Bielenberg
Justice of Peace
Butte Masons
Jensen Drug Store
S. Montana
Red China
W. Park St
Butte Day Nursery
W. Broadway
Council On Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
The
American Medical Association
Tles
Butte Brewing Co
Butte, Montana
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