Coroner's Jury Delivers Verdict in Butte Shooting Case
Witnesses testified in the inquest into the shooting death of Guidoni. Tomich recalled two shots from the Holling home area as he and Guidoni walked home on Mercury street. Ellen Holling and Edna Holling described the scene and their father's cat shooting habit. Mrs Guidoni said Guidoni spoke after being shot, wishing to know who fired. Trial details show Coroner Sayatovic and County Attorney Roe presiding.
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Butte
Young Tomich
Guidoni Boy
Mercury Street
Holling Home
Holling Porch
Guidoni
Edna Jean Holling
Meat Shortage Protest From Butte Dealers and Chamber
OPA regional directors in Denver receive telegrams from the Butte Chamber of Commerce representing 93 retail and wholesale meat processors protesting current quotas and ceilings. They demand relief to secure 15 to 30 percent average supply and warn of famine risk if not addressed. Senators Wheeler and Murray are urged to act to improve meat availability and either abandon or rectify OPA policy.
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OPA
Denver
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
B. K. Wheeler
James E. Murray
Montana
Senate
Greece’s emergency decree suspends courts and orders death penalty
The royalist government in Athens invoked a drastic emergency decree to crush disorder in Greece. It suspends six articles of the constitution relating to courts and grants police and troops broad powers including entry without warrants. The decree imposes the death penalty for armed actions against authorities or interference with police as Macedonia is placed on high alert.
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Athens
Greece
Macedonia
Mines Alumni Banquet Set With New Graduates Honored
Mines alumni plan a banquet inviting faculty and guests. New alumni include James T. Thornton Walter F. Everly Wilmer R. Peterson from Butte John R. Cole Anaconda William H. Love Billings Albert E. Letey Klein William L. Goodman Great Falls Robert R. Bergis Oswego Ore Charles J. Leyden Joplin Mo The event caps a year of three meetings and follows sessions in Butte and Anaconda with enthusiastic reports.
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Mines
James T. Thornton
Walter F. Everly
Wilmer R. Peterson
Butte
John R. Cole
Anaconda
William H. Love
Billings
Albert E. Letey
Klein
William L. Goodman
Great Falls
Robert R. Bergis
Oswego
Burma Faces Reign of Terror as British in Burma Struggle
In the House of Commons reports describe Burma in a state of near war with lawlessness widespread. Brigands armed with mortars and automatic rifles clash with government forces as village defense schemes expand and the civil government presses on with combined operations.
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London
House of Commons
Burma
Commons
Rangoon
Britain
Leonard David Gammons
Arthur Henderson
India
Henderson
Basin Neven-Spence
Spence
Tom Driberg
Torpedo Found At Golden Gate Declared Dud
Navy demolition experts reported a Japanese torpedo found at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge was practically a dud. Normal traffic resumed over and under the bridge after the discovery two days earlier.
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San Francisco
U.P
Golden Gate Bridge
Navy
Resourcefulness Is Needed to Lick Problems of Peace
Secretary Krug speaks at the 46th Montana School of Mines graduation in Butte about intensifying resource exploration, improved methods, and the need to preserve industrial strength for national defense. He receives an honorary doctor of engineering and praises Dr. Thomson and Gov. Ford as Montana leaders.
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Krug
America
Francis A. Thomson
Thomson
Interior Department
Laramie
Wyo
Wyoming Stock Growers Association
Michael W. Straus
Reclamation
C. Girard Davidson
Bonneville Power Administration
Interior
Joel Wolfsohn
General Land Office
Washington
D. C
S. H. Lorain
Albany
Ore
United States Bureau of Mines
John A. Johnson
Duluth
Butte
Continental Divide
Sam C. Ford
Montana Mines
G. A. Selke
Helena
University of Montana
George Bennett
U. S. Bureau of Mines
C. E. Erdman
Great Falls
U. S. Geological Survey
D. M. Kelly
Western
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
R. H. Glover
Anaconda Company
E. S. McGlone
Western Mining
F. W. Bird
Montana Power Company
Carl J. Trauerman
Mining Association of Montana
Paul A. Gow
North Butte Mining Company
E. M. Tittman
East Helena
American Smelting and Refining Company
G. T. Vandel
Last Chance Gulch
Lyman Brooks, Jr
Cooke City
Finlen
O. S. Worden
Montana State Conservation Board
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
al Winkler
Kalispell
Don Treloar
Montana
Mr. Trauerman
Reno H. Sales
Bureau of Mines
The
Geological Survey
Montana School of Mines
Gov. Ford
A. E. Koenig
W. Milton Brown
Montana Board of Education
Ford
Selke
John H. Gambill, Jr
Seattle
Wash
John A. Finley
Milwaukee
Wis
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wisconsin University
St Joseph Aspirin Ad Promises Purity and Value
A local advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as guaranteed quality and purity. It claims fast acting relief with a 12 tablet pack for 10c and a 100 tablet bottle for 35c, urging readers to demand genuine product at low price.
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St. Joseph
Senators Hit Back at Philip Murray
Six senators including Ball Byrd Elender Hatch Smith and Taft criticized C I O president Philip Murray for opposing the Case labor disputes bill. They argued Murray’s analysis shows the CIO seeks no restraint on strikes and urged the President to act by midnight next Wednesday.
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Washington
Philip Murray
Ball
R-Minn
Byrd
D-Va
Ellender
D-La
Hatch
D-N. M
Smith
R-N. J
Taft
Rohio
Murray
Firemen Use Goldfish to Fight South African Blaze
A home near Pietermaritzburg lacked municipal water forcing firefighters to deploy hundreds of goldfish from a pond through hoses for hours. They then brought water in pails from a nearby hill to douse the flames. Halwill, England, is effectively run by eight White families owning most village offices.
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Pietermaritzburg
South Africa
Halwill
England
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