O'Mahoney probes Arco reactor site decision
Sen Joseph C O Mahoney said he will investigate why the Arco Idaho region was chosen for an atomic reactor works rather than Fort Peck Montana He noted an affidavit from a Fort Peck taxi driver claiming an engineer on the Montana site never visited There is a 400000 acre Arco area designated with Idaho Falls as HQ Three reactors are planned at Arco including a mobile land based power reactor and an experimental reactor The commission seeks 36000000 for plant development with 21 million next year and the cheapest reactor priced around 2750000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Arco
Shugg
National Guard Encampment Opens at Fort Harrison
Montana's National Guard will open its encampment at Fort Harrison on Sunday with about 1000 men training until June 26. The camp, named Camp John W. Bonner, includes units from the 163rd infantry regiment the 443rd field artillery battalion and 210th engineer company among others with Regular Sixth Army instructors.
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Helena
Montana
National Guard
Fort Harrison
John W. Bonner
S. H. Mitchell
Sixth Army
163Rd Infantry Regimental
W. R. Rankin
Bozeman
163Rd
Malta
Culbertson
Sidney
Poplar
Plentywood
Glasgow
Livingston
Havre
Lewistown
Harlowton
Billings
Glendive
Miles City
443Rd Field Artillery Battalion
Missoula
Kalispell
Deer Lodge
210Th Engineer Combat Company
46Th Army Band
3669Th Ordnance
Itinerant Worker to Face Trial for Grain Elevator Fire
Tom Mansfield, an itinerant farm worker, is docketed to appear in district court Wednesday to answer a charge of setting fire to a grain elevator at Coffee Creek on April 3. The blaze spread to a second elevator, causing an estimated loss of 500000 dollars.
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Lewistown
Tom Mansfield
Coffee Creek
Butte Death Notices and funeral details
Obituaries and funeral notices list Mrs Herlinda Bolton Stanley D Neisess Oscar Brown Mary McCaughey and Patrick Failey deaths with funeral times at Duggan's Merrill mortuary interments at Holy Cross Mountain View and Immaculate Conception churches and notices from NCCW Daughters of Isabella Copper Leaf Hive Maccabees and St Philip and Jacob lodge about services and remembrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neisess
Stanley D. Neisess
Duggan’s
Merrill Mortuary
Dorrance Jensen
Mountain View Cemetery
Remains of Mrs. Mary E. Sando to be laid to rest
The remains are at Richards funeral home with funeral Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. at St. Lawrence Church for a requiem high mass at 9:30. Burial follows at Mount Moriah cemetery. The notice lists Duggan's Mortuary lessee details in Butte Montana.
Semsack Remains Arrive in Butte for Funeral Services
The remains of Sgt. Alfred G. Semsack arrive Wednesday afternoon in Butte and are taken to Sherman & Reed. A requiem high mass is set for Thursday at 9 30 in St Joseph church with interment in Holy Cross Cemetery and services by Silver Bow post No 1 American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nitz
Sherman & Reed Funeral
Plum Street
Holy Savior Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Copper Leaf Hive of the Maccabees
Margaret Kranitz
St. Philip and Jacob Lodge No. 165
Semsack
Alfred G
Honey
Butte
Sherman & Reed Funeral Home
St. Joseph Church
Silver Bow Post No. 1
American Legion
Funeral Home Acknowledgments for Sullivan and Reome
Sherman Reed funeral notices express gratitude for kindness shown after the deaths of Michael P. Sullivan and William H. Reome. Families thank friends, floral offerings, spiritual bouquets, and the Silver Bow American Legion post and St James hospital staff for support and sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Curran
Pete Hanley
Dan Hanley
John Hanley
Michael P. Sullivan
Silver Bow Post No. 1
The
American Legion
Sullivan
Fields
William H. Reome
St. James Hospital
Daly-Shea Mortuary Twin Funeral Chapels Listed
The notice lists Daly-Shea Mortuary two funeral chapels for wakes and funerals operated by Francis X. Dolan Mer at 101 South Idaho and contact phone 3981. It also covers pending services for Anna Louise Sjoblom Anna L Handlin Theodore Freiheit with service times and cemeteries noted at White's Funeral Home Mount Moriah Mountain View and related church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly-Shea Mortuary
Francis X. Dolan
Mer
South
Idaho
Sam R. White Funeral Director in Butte Dies
Sam R. White 43 years of service as funeral director and embalmer at White's Funeral Home, based at 307 West Park Street, Butte, dies leaving a long local legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam R. White
Butte
West Park Street
Inquest Slated in Death of Joe Ryan
A coroner's inquest is scheduled for 10 a m Wednesday into the death of Joe Ryan 37 whose body was found in a Helena swimming pool Saturday morning Sheriff Coroner E R Munger believes Ryan a Billings insurance man and former deputy state treasurer drowned while swimming about 2 a m in the private pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Joe Ryan
E. R. Munger
Ryan
Billings
Toston Appealing to Keep Community on Highway 10 N
A Toston delegation will meet the Montana State Highway Commission during its three day session to press to keep the town on highway 10 N. Officials plan July bids for a Missouri River bridge railway underpass and road work near Toston to remove the town from the highway and fix the dangerous crossing.
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Helena
Toston
State Highway Commission
Commission
W. O. Whipps
Highway Department
Whipps
The
Highway Commission
Montana Creamery Output Falls in April
Montana creameries produced 605000 pounds of butter in April, down 29.1 percent from the 1943 47 five year average and 129 percent from April last year. Cheese output totaled 210000 pounds, surpassing the five year average by 40000 pounds. Ice cream production reached 235000 gallons, up 15.2 percent year over year. Cottage cheese rose 12.7 percent from 1948.
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Helena
U.P
Montana
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
BAE
State Land Board Approves Leases for Oil and Gas
The Montana land board approved leasing 1 484 acres of state land for oil and gas exploration. Premium bids topped the list with S E Montgomery paying 2 per acre for 640 acres in Choteau county and Montana DAKOTA Utilities at 1 per acre for 200 acres in Fallon county. Other tracts sold at 75 cents per acre plus royalty. Powell Briscoe of Oklahoma City took 328 acres in Golden Valley county and C C Thomas of Cheyenne leased 316 acres in Blaine county. The next meeting was moved to June 15. Some members will give commencement talks at high schools.
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Helena
Montana Land Board
S. E. Montgomery
Carter
Choteau
Montana - Dakota Utilities Company
Fallon
Powell Briscoe
Oklahoma City
Golden Valley
Gasoline theft disrupts Helena plant over weekend
Helena police report 100 gallons of gasoline stolen from Elk River Concrete Pipe Co over the weekend. Detectives say thieves loosened a nozzle from a storage tank hose to siphon fuel. Separately officers note broken seals on two liquor cars in Great Northern yards but contents untouched. one car carried wine and the other whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
U.P
Elk River
John Tobin
Great Northern
Bozeman Gambling Case Docketed
In Bozeman a case on gambling at the Tepee nonprofit social club in West Yellowstone is scheduled for district court hearing on June 24. The club’s gambling was restricted Sept 5, 1947 by Judge Harry A. Bolinger, in a case brought by W. W. Lessley, former county attorney. Judge Guy C. Derry of Billings will preside.
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Bozeman
Tepee
West Yellowstone
Harry A. Bolinger
W. W. Lessley
Guy C. Derry
Billings
Will Suspend Mining Assessment Work For One Year
Helena June 7 House and Senate conferees agreed to suspend mining assessment work for one year Rep Mike Mansfield said in a telegram to United Press The conference report must pass both houses and be signed by President Truman before becoming law
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Helena
U.P
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
United Press
Truman
Mansfield
Drowning Victim Leroy Martin Fated for Burial
Leroy Eugene Martin, 23, of Tongue River, drowned while swimming Sunday when his head struck a flume box frame. He will be buried in Miles City Wednesday, his wife reports.
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Miles City
Leroy Eugene Martin
Tongue River
Martin
Lewistown Council Reappoints Key Officials
Lewistown officials reappointed include Joe Schmit as engineer A C McKnight as police chief Raymond Dockery as attorney and Harry Pierce as clerk. The report notes diverse Bantu language forms spoken by tribes native to Africa south of the equator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Joe Schmit
A. C. McKnight
Raymond Dockery
Harry Pierce
Africa
Equator
Eastern Montana Farmlands Need More Rain
Eastern Montana remains in acute moisture shortage with drought stretching from Phillips to Rosebud counties. The weekly weather crop report notes sparse rainfall, potential abandonment or replanting of seeded acres, and expected continued dryness despite some late-week showers.
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Helena
Montana
Phillips, Garfield
Rosebud
Northcentral
Blaine
Phillips
Valley
Roosevelt
Garfield
McCone
Park
Judith Basin
Glacier County
Billings
Hardin
Carbon County
West Yellowstone
Superior
Divide
One new spotted fever case reported in state
Helena June 7 One new case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever was reported last week at Missoula, bringing the state's total this year to eight. Measles cases eased with 282 new cases last week versus 362 the prior week. Great Falls 129 and Missoula 84. Montana's total new communicable disease cases fell to 349 from 441.
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Helena
U.P
Rocky Mountain
Missoula
State Board of Health
Montana
Great Falls
Montana Capitol Draws Tourists
Helena June 7 nearly 700 visitors have toured the Montana capitol since Ed Commers began guiding tours. He said 664 guests signed the ground floor registry from 25 states, India, Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippine islands. Monday saw 41 guests, the busiest day of the month.
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Helena
Montana
Ed Commers
Commers
India
Alaska
Hawaii
Baguio
Philippine Islands
Bridge Engineer for PRA Named
Montana district bridge engineer Rus sell A. Stephenson reports Monday for assignment with the Public Roads Administration. He comes from San Francisco after serving 14 years with the Montana highway department and a cooperative project in Bolivia. Headquarters in Missoula.
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Missoula
Russell A. Stephenson
Montana
Public Roads Administration
Stephenson
San Francisco
Montana Highway Department
Public Roads Forces
Bolivia
Bureau
Council Favors Improvements In Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge council votes four to three for special improvement district No. 88 to upgrade Main Street drainage. The 8.87 million sq ft area excludes streets. protests total 2.86 million sq ft, under the 40 percent threshold. City taxpayers face $69,000 while the government pays $117,000.
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Deer Lodge
Main Street
Deer Lodge Plans for Its Part in Butte Pageant
Deer Lodge residents organized to start a historical segment for the August Butte pageant. The Powell County Civic Association will sponsor the local presentation with Don Valston presiding. Ted Rule will handle production and publicity, with O. M. Bryan and Warren Trask directing properties.
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Deer Lodge
Butte
City Hall
Powell County Civic Association
Don Valston
Johnny Grant
Ted Rule
O. M. Bryan
Warren Trask
Thelma Shaw
Thelma Kantner
Judy Daniels
Meeting canceled for Hel ena Eastern Star chapter
Deer Lodge June 7. The Eastern Star Order will not travel to Helena on June 21 for the dinner meeting as scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Helena
Big Butte Groups to Meet Friday
An important special meeting of the Big Butte Volunteer fire department and women's auxiliary is set for 8 o'clock Friday night in the fire hall. Chief Ben Gannon and auxiliary president Mrs. Alice Hamm urge full attendance to discuss matters of special importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Butte
Montanan Urges Moorhead Dam in Powder River Region
E W Rising, representing Montana water board, urged Moorhead dam construction on the Powder River before a Senate appropriations subcommittee. Opponents feared inundation of lands. Rising proposed capacity tweaks and cited 25 to 30 year operation with 275 000 acre feet, seeking a $4 million appropriation despite House at $3 4 million.
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Washington
Moorhead
Montana-Wyoming
Powder River
Senate Appropriations
E. W. Rising
Montana State Water Conservation Board
Wyoming
Montana
Rising
Congress
Montana Board
Interior Department
Senate
Moorhead Dam
House
Interior
Idaho
Canyon Ferry
Lower Marias
Mont
Hardin
Missouri Basin
Budget Bureau
First Man Made Balloon Rises From Earth in 1782
The historical record notes that the first man made balloon is believed to have ascended from the earth in the year 1782. This milestone marks the dawn of balloon flight and early aeronautics.
New Labor Youth League Seen Aimed at Jobless Youth
Washington reports a new Communist youth outreach named the Labor Youth League created in Chicago May end. It targets high school and college graduates amid potential depression, planning to operate in over 100 communities and focus on race issues in major cities.
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Washington
U.P
Labor Youth League
Chicago
Los Angeles
Detroit
New York
Leon Wofsy
Young Communist League
Wofsy
Congress
Vito Marcantonio
ALP
N. Y
Marcantonio
Communist Party
United States
New Youth Movement
Hospital Worker Dies Suddenly in Anaconda
Mrs. Frances Julia Faucher, 24, who came from the East six weeks ago to work at the Warm Springs state hospital, died Tuesday morning at St. Ann hospital after a brief illness. She lived at 619 Main and belonged to St. Paul church. Born October 10, 1925 in Worcester, Mass, her funeral will be at St. Paul church, with burial in Mount Carmel cemetery. No relatives in the area.
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Anaconda
Frances Julia Faucher
State Hospital
Warm Springs
St. Ann Hospital
Faucher
Main
St. Paul Church
Worcester
Mass
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Spokane Girl Louise Goldstein Guest of Deer Lodge Friends
Miss Louise Goldstein of Spokane is the guest of Deer Lodge friends this week in an indicated Spokane connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Louise Goldstein
Spokane
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O'Mahoney
Park Florists
REVO
W. Broadway
Treasure State News
Bolton
Herlinda Bolton
McCaughey
Mary McCaughey
Duggan’s Merrill
Immaculate Conception Church
NCCW
St. Patrick Branch
Daughters of Isabella
Failey
Patrick Failey
Kranitz
Margaret
Kranjac
Kra
Sherman & Reed
J. R. Reed
Broadway
Arizona Street
Sjoblom
Anna Louise Sjoblom
White’s
Andrew Magnuson
Mount Moriah
Freiheit
Theodore T. Freiheit
White
White’s Funeral Home
State Land Board
PRA
Frances Hale Jerabek
Council
Montanan Urges
New Communist League
Civic Drama Festival
Hennessy’s
Butte Active Club
John Goad
Fernway Drive
Maple Heights
Ohio
Nash
Nash Motors
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Detroit, Mi
White Bros
Nash Commercial
Oak St
Thigon
Norine Bros., Inc
7Th Avenue
Banner-Nash CO
N. Main St
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