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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1949
Page
3
English comedy star Beatrice Lillie was overcome by smoke from a sofa fire in her Swank hotel suite in Chicago. A smouldering cigarette caused the blaze and she was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Aleutco Corporation hosts a two day sale of two million dollars worth of surplus items including trucks jeeps trailers buses generators air compressors pumps and construction equipment. Items are reconditioned and sold as is to the highest bidder with no restrictions. Inspection June 13 14 at Renton and sale June 15 16 at Eagles Auditorium Seattle.
Large catalog lists 480 trucks jeeps and trailers of various types and conditions. Includes 100 GMC 21/ ton 6x6 units with options, 100 Chevrolet 1/ ton 4x4 units with winches or bodies, 100 Willys and Ford jeeps, and 130 miscellaneous carriers and service vehicles. Auction promises genuine military and civilian versions with extensive inventory.
Portable Shovels Barber Green mixing plant featured with concrete mixers and dozers in heavy construction setup. The equipment showcases modular design for on site blending and efficient material handling.
The body of Joy Ryan 38 former Butte resident who drowned in a Helena private pool will arrive in Butte Monday. Funeral services set at Duggan's Merrill mortuary then St Ann church with a requiem high mass. Surviving family includes widow Helena five children and two brothers. An inquest was planned to determine cause.
The Big Butte Volunteer Fire department will convene at their hall at 8 oclock Monday night. Chief Ben Gannon says the meeting will cover business of exceptional importance and all members are urged to attend.
Labor Party Leader Herbert Morrison warned that Tory victory would trigger industrial friction between capital and labor. He said the Socialist government faces a heavy clash if ousted at next year’s election and criticized Winston Churchill as a “wild man.”
A Leesburg Virginia retirement event for General George C Marshall featured President Truman praising his wartime strategy and peacetime Marshall Plan leadership. Dignitaries— including ambassadors from Norway Greece France Italy and other nations— lauded the recovery program and its impact on Europe amid the cold war.
A school band and majorettes showcase travel know how and rain gear. Bill Dahlman, at 16, and another trumpeter learned from a bandmate during the trip. Mothers crafted plastic cap coverings for rain use. Majorette Jean Ann Fisher wears a protective plumed shako cover. Karen Schiesser, 11, dances with the majorettes as she grows into new costumes, while Mrs. Fraser travels from Portland to visit family in Butte and Los Angeles.
The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester Massachusetts maintains one of the nation's largest reference libraries on American history and printing, with roughly 11 miles of shelving.
Police report a South Side tavern quarrel escalated when ex gangster Holden beat his wife and opened fire in a bedroom killing three. Griffin, Archer and the Redmans aided the victim as Holden fled, gun emptied, with gang figures like Ca pone present earlier.
Butte High School Band members, parents, and sponsors depart by train for a seven day journey through Spokane Seattle Victoria and Portland with stops for parades concerts and the Rose Festival events. Officials including principal George Haney and Eddie Price coordinate logistics while nurse Mrs. Barnicoat ensures student welfare during the trip. The schedule features Spokane parades Seattle events Portland Rose Festival jamboree and a Grand Floral Parade with broadcasts over Butte stations.
Yellowstone County Attorney Charles B. Sande and Sheriff Albert Thomas said they will comply with Attorney General Arnold H. Olsen’s request to crack down on illegal gambling. They will begin a Monday drive to seize illegally operated slot machines in Billings following Olsen’s second letter.
Mrs Mary McCaughey of 509 West Woolman, Butte, widow of John McCaughey, died Sunday night after a brief illness. Survived by son Patrick and daughter Ceil, sons and daughters-in-law John and Warney McCaughey, four grandchildren and a great granddaughter, all of Butte. Body at Duggan's Merrill mortuary. Funeral arrangements announced later.
A patient at State hospital No 1 in Fulton goes berserk using a meat cleaver, beheads one inmate, stabs another to death, and critically wounds an attendant on Sunday. Police and hospital staff respond as authorities investigate the attack.
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