Butte High Band Sets Sail for Pacific Northwest Tour
Butte high school's traveling band of 139 members departs at 11 pm to appear in Spokane Seattle and Portland as part of a band jamboree Junior Rose Festival parade and Grand Floral Parade crowds approach 40 000 in Multnomah stadium Performers including majorettes and twirlers many veterans of prior Roses trips look to extend Butte pride across western cities with planned Victoria visit and future concerts
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Butte
Butte High School
Multnomah Stadium
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
Washington
Victoria
Musicians to Perform at Seattle Stadium Tuesday Night
A band from Butte, organized by Jimmy Gilmore and Johnny Sullivan, will play during a Pacific Coast league game between Seattle and Los Angeles at Sicks Stadium. The Seattle trip group raised 250 dollars to fund the program and paid the Seattle Musicians Union to clear the Butte band's appearance.
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Sicks Stadium
Seattle
Los Angeles
Butte
Jimmy Gilmore
Johnny Sullivan
Eddie Price
Band Trip
Seattle Musicians’ Union
Butte Band Heads for Portland Festival Parade
Flashes from Band Route depot as the 12 car special train pulled out. About 5,000 parents and friends packed Naranche Stadium for a final dress rehearsal. The group, led by Henry J. Schiesser, aims for the Portland Rose festival and Multnomah Civic Stadium command performance.
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Naranche Memorial Stadium
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Nev
Henry J. Schiesser
Multnomah Civic Stadium
Ex-Gangster Holden Kills Three Then Flees
Chicago police say ex gangster Tough Tommy Holden 52 shot and killed his wife Lillian 36 and two brothers in law John Archer 28 and Ray Griffin 30 during a drunken birthday party. A fourth person was critically injured and Holden fled the Southwest Side apartment.
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U.P
Tommy Holden
Alcatraz
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Capone
Grand Trunk Railroad
Lillian
John Archer
Ray Griffin
Griffin
Alva
Englewood Hospital
Ray Brady
Brady
Batory Ready to Sail as Eisler Stay Tight Guard
The Polish liner Batory, carrying Communist Gerhart Eisler after his escape, remained under heavy U S guard at the Hudson River pier. Federal officials removed four crew members and sent 111 passengers to Ellis Island for hearings as investigations continued. Captain Jan Cwiklinski expected the ship to sail for home Monday unless halted.
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Gerhart Eisler
Europe
Batory
Ellis Island
Jan Cwiklinski
Eisler
Freedom
Germany
Immigration and Customs
Hudson River
Gdynia America Line
Cwikinski
Compromises Talked On Eve Of Taft Hartley Debate
Senate leaders discussed new compromises to repeal Taft Hartley while debate on the administration bill to repeal the act is set to start. Senator Pepper predicts stripping at least half of the act this session as Truman seeks the best possible compromise over the GOP substitute bill with amendments for presidential seizure in emergencies.
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Washington
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Truman
Congress
Pepper
D-Fla
Taft
Ohio
Donnell
Smith
N. J
Marshall urges prompt Atlantic pact to back Marshall Plan
General George C. Marshall urged immediate action to implement the North Atlantic treaty saying the Marshall Plan alone is not enough to secure western Europe. He spoke at a dinner honoring him on the second anniversary of his Harvard speech, alongside President Truman who reaffirmed American resolve for world peace and prosperity.
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George C. Marshall
Europe
Marshall
Army
Truman
Harvard University
Western Europe
Druggists Convene in Butte June 24 and 25
Montana Pharmaceutical Association plans its annual convention in Butte on June 24 and 25 drawing more than 300 pharmacists and guests. The program, chaired by O J Gunnell and John Pancic, features a Salesmen Folies show at the Savoy cafe with Arthur Merkle master of ceremonies and Howard Hamilton salesmen entertainment chair.
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O. J. Gunnell
John Pancic
Butte
Louis Erhlich
Transportation Committee
Russell Lee
Jean Maillet
Helena
Missoula
Finlen Hotel
Trio of Escapees Caught in Ohio Three Still Gone
In Cadiz Ohio on Sunday June 5 policemen James Bailey and C E Tate with three civilians pursued and captured three of the 14 WV penitentiary escapees Stanley Sheffie 33 John Valykeo 36 and Otto Neff 38 after a tip from a Mingo storekeeper near a swamp five miles away Neff was shot twice by Bailey while the other two surrendered leaving three prisoners at large and all escapees were life term inmates with one wounded in the neck and shoulder.
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West Virginia State Penitentiary
Moundsville
W. Va
Carrollton
Ohio
Cadiz
Mingo
James Bailey
C. E. Tate
Brilliant
Stanley Sheffie
John Valykeo
Otto Neff
Bailey
Neff
Top Detectives on Ice Box Case
Walnut Ridge Arkansas June 5 Governor Sid McMath called the ice box deaths of three children near here a fiendish slaying and assigned the state’s two top criminologists to the case Local officers prepared for an all out investigation as they ruled foul play likely in the deaths of the three youngsters found in an old fashioned ice box in their farm home late Friday Sheriff Joe Spadse led the probe with emphasis on the human angle but the state push focused on solving the crime
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Ark
U.pi
Arkansas
Sid McMath
Here
Joe Spadse
Butte Students to Receive Degrees in Largest MSU Class
Thirty five Butte graduates join Montana State University Missoula on Monday for the 52nd commencement as the university confers 685 degrees, the largest total in its history, including 616 bachelor’s and 69 master’s degrees.
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Montana State University
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Algeria
Canada
France
Puerto Rico
Angeline O'Leary
Joe S. Buncich
Marjorie Louise Christy
Robert H. McDougall
Ann Albright Hawkins
Thomas L. Bradley
William F. Biiney
Blanche Elsie Rambo
Risken
John G. Evans, Jr
George G. Kovacich
Murray C. Lind
Roger N. Youlden
James L. MacPherson
Margie Colbert Emery
Mary Alice McNelis
Philip R. Magee
Ruby Marie Tretheway
Victor K. Koskinen
Rosemary L. Vernetti
Samuel L. Leeper
Roy Martinsen
Frank J. Kline
Ann Elizabeth Davey
Donna Mary Fanning
Richard D. Lodders
Shirley Savage Stand
Bentley Names Six More Suspected Soviet Spies
Elizabeth T. Bentley, former Red courier, adds six government workers to the list of suspected Soviet information suppliers. The new names include Peter Perazich UN relief, Ruth Rivkin UNRRA, Bernice Levin WPB, Vladimir Kazakevich Cornell Army course teacher, Peter Rhodes Army broadcaster, and Abraham Brothman Reserve officer and Republic Steel employee.
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Red Courier
Miss Bentley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Peter Perazich
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Ruth Rivkin
UNRRA
Bernice Levin
Old War Production Board
Vladimir Kazakevich
Cornell University
Peter Rhodes
Africa
Italy
Abraham Brothman
Republic Steel Company
Greek Ship Vanishes After Delaware Collision
The Greek freighter Hellenic Beach collided with the Exmouth in dense fog off the Delaware coast. Exmouth crewmen were injured and two were evacuated to Beebe Hospital. Hellenic Beach disappeared and was identified 15 hours later.
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Exmouth
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Beebe
Soviet Zone Police Stage Sham Battle Near Berlin
The Soviet zone police conducted a three day sham battle under Russian army oversight last week near Oderberg, 28 miles northeast of Berlin. The Socialist newspaper claims Russia plans a police army over 500000 Germans to seize the Reich for communism, while the American military government estimates about 80000 with limited effectiveness. An American intelligence officer had no confirmation of the Sozialdemokrat report.
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Soviet Zone
People’s Police
Socialdemokrat
Socialist
Russia
Reich
Sozialdemokrat
Oderberg
Fof
Secretary Acheson Pushes Berlin Compromise At Conference
U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson privately outlined U S concessions to Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky at a Paris dinner to break the Berlin deadlock. Bevin and Schuman were briefed as ministers plan a Monday session to assess new proposals and avoid failure. The core dispute remains the veto in the allied Kommandatura with Russia seeking full control and the West seeking limits.
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Dean Acheson
Berlin
Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
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Soviet Union
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Vishinsky
Moscow
Kremlins
Kommandatura
Russia
Omaha Beach Rite Honors D-Day Dead On Eve Of Anniversary
On Omaha Beach Normandy June 5 a simple ceremony honored American war dead the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Allied landings. About 2000 attendees heard Robert Betoland French minister of ex servicemen and war victims praise the courage of thousands of Americans who stormed ashore. Brig Gen Joseph J O Hannon military attaché represented Ambassador David K Bruce.
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France
Robert Betoland
Hore
Joseph J. O'Hare
Paris
David K. Bruce
Butte and Montana Divide Weather Outlook
Butte area will be clear to partly cloudy on Monday with possible thunderstorms and trace precipitation. Temperatures reach 71 to 73 with lows in the mid 40s to upper 30s. West of Divide expects 75 to 85 high with afternoon thunderstorms. East of Divide projects 80 to 90 with scattered thundershowers southwest in the afternoon.
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Divide
Gunmen in Montana-Kidnap Suspects Sought by Authorities
Authorities expanded a Missouri river search for three gunmen suspected of killing Patrolman Ralph Sehn and kidnapping another in Mandan North Dakota. They fled in a stolen squad car and were linked to an officer's killing in Richfield Minnesota.
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Richfield
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Butte
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Senn
Fort Yates
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Watts
Five Brothers Die in Pre-Dawn Fire at Hazleton
In West Hazleton Pennsylvania five young brothers died in a pre dawn house fire. Their parents and another son were severely burned and in critical condition. The surviving siblings, including Aloysius 15 and Joan 12, aided their parents as firemen battled the blaze.
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Stanley Gaczick
Robert
Hazleton State Hospital
Dominick
Thomas
Leo
Richard
Joseph
Steven
Eleanor
Clara
Aloysius
Joan
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