Montanans Enlist For Army Air Navy Service in Draft Weeks
Seven Montanans report for Army duty under the Selective Service Act. Draftees include Cromrich and Masters of Butte, Downs and Evans of Lewis and Clark, Ross of Park, Jones of Deer Lodge, and Egan of Fergus. Air Cadets Drew, Dyrdahl, Chrest, Capek, and Johnson of Missoula. Miles City. Butte. enlisted along with Navy recruits Fuerch Great Falls Felsman Ignatius Doll Becker Adamson Gould Hoppe Libby Cartwright Troy.
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Butte
Daniel J. Cromrich
Lee FE. Masters
Missoula
John R. Dyrdahl
Great Falls
Richard L. Chrest
Miles City
James G. Capek
Baird W. Johnson
Air Force
Navy
Cmdr
J. A. Hein
Robert C. Fuerch
Joseph J. Felsman
Ignatius
Anthony Doll
Glendive
Allan P. Becker
Edwin E. Adamson
Monte B. Gould
Wayne L. Hoppe
Libby
Doehler E. Cartwright
Troy
John Hellman Files for Legislature Nomination
John Hellman of 707 S Wyoming has filed for the Democratic nomination for the legislature from Silver Bow County. The filing was announced at the clerk and recorder's office.
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John Hellman
Wyoming
Silver Bow County
Cum laude meanings explained
Cum laude means with praise while summa cum laude denotes the highest praise.
Sonny Tufts Denies Bite Claim by Dancer on Yacht
Los Angeles actor Sonny Tufts filed a denial in a suit by Marjorie Von of Long Beach who alleges he bit her on the thigh while she rested beneath deck on a yacht anchored off Balboa last Feb 20. The dancer seeks 26500 dollars in damages. A second dancer, Barbara Atkins, had made similar charges in a separate suit for 25900 dollars but dropped it.
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Los Angeles
Sonny Tufts
Marjorie von
Long Beach
Balboa
Barbara Gray Atkins
Tufts
Oral Pleas Denied by AEC in Oppenheimer Case
The Atomic Energy Commission refused to allow oral pleas for Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer’s reinstatement, permitting only written arguments due to security clearance rules. A three member board had ruled him a loyal citizen but a security risk, barring access to atomic bomb secrets.
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AEC
Oppenheimer
Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Commission
K. D. Nichols
Lloyd K. Garrison
Births Soar In May With 136 City Rural Totals Listed
May records show 136 new births and seven delayed registrations at the city health office per S R King health board clerk. The tally includes 47 male and 48 female city births, plus 10 male 19 female county births and seven male five female from out of the county. Deaths totaled 64 certificates, with 23 male 15 female in the city, 13 male six female in the county, and six male one female brought from out of the county for burial in Butte.
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S. R. King
Health Board
Butte
City Treasurers Report Shows $262000 Balance
City accounts totaled 262,927.49 on June 1 with 60,331.59 in trust and agency. May receipts 50,229.40 against expenditures 57,412.05. trust and agency receipts 1,542.88 and outlays 5,693.57. Noted large balances include Parking meter 42,784.84 and General fund 32,957.69 among others. May taxes 7,983.06 and police court receipts 6,329.50. Treasurer Holland urged prompt payment of encroachment taxes as many have not paid.
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Bernard Holland
Holland
Leffler Funeral Rites Conducted
ANACONDA Mrs. Ellen May Leffler, longtime Anaconda resident, died last Thursday and was laid to rest Monday in Hill Cemetery. The service began at Finnegan Co Mortuary then moved to St Paul Church for a 9 o'clock requiem mass led by Rev Joseph F Shulte with choir. Graveside prayers were by Rev Patrick J Brown. pallbearers were Roy Kenvig Emmet Woods Oran Hetherington Thomas J O'Brien Louis Orrino and J L Reid.
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Anaconda
Ellen May Leffler
Hill Cemetery
Finnegan Co
St. Paul Church
Joseph F. Shulte
Butte
Patrick J. Brown
Roy Kenvig
Emmet Woods
Oran Hetherington
Thomas J. O’brien
Louis Orrino
J. L. Reid
Hobart Flood Paralyzes City After Record Rainfall
The worst flood in 30 years hits Hobart Tasmania with five inches of rain in 48 hours. Streets flood and thousands are marooned in their homes as the capital grinds to a standstill.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Body parts found in Stockholm suitcases
Police reported two suitcases containing parts of a male body were found in a suburban Stockholm apartment late Sunday night. The head was missing.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Butte News in Brief Highlights Local Births and Events
Butte area notices cover births at St. James Hospital and Community Memorial Hospital, naval assignments and travels of local residents, club and fire department meetings, and upcoming Rainbow Grand Assembly registration in Butte. Names include Schallenkamp Swaldi Ward Rouleau Connors and others with dates and locations across Butte and nearby towns.
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Rainbow Grand Assembly
Butte
Masonic Temple
Betty DeBorde
Rainbows
Eastern Star
Masons
Grand Assembly
Van Huss Infant Laid to Rest
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O. Van Huss died Monday morning in a local hospital. Funeral services were held at Duggan's Mer rill Mortuary at 1 30 p.m. and burial took place in Mount Moriah Cemetery.
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Daniel O. van Huss
Girard
Duggan
Merrill Mortuary
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Homer the Beggar Noted as a Professional Earnest Citizen
The historical remark records Homer not as a trained writer but as someone who earned his living through professional begging, illustrating social roles and employment styles of the period.
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Homer
Death Summons Anaconda Man Leeper at 72
John T. Bugs Leeper, 72, longtime Anaconda resident, died Monday at St. Ann Hospital after long illness. Born Arcadia Nebraska in 1881, he came to Anaconda in 1895 and was known for early baseball, bronc busting, and range riding. He worked as a guard at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge and was retired the past years. Survived by sister Mabel Doyle of Missoula and several nephews and nieces including Alice Marie and Frank Doyle, Missoula, Harry McGuire, and Ernest Doyle. Funeral at Finnegan Co. Funeral Home.
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Anaconda
John T
Bugs) Leeper
St. Ann Hospital
Mr. Leeper
Arcadia
Neb
Leeper
Montana State Prison
Deer Lodge
Methodist Church
Finnegan Co. Funeral Home
Mabel Doyle
Missoula
Alice Marie
Frank Doyle
Harry McGuire
Ernest
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Butte, Mont
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John Schallenkamp
117 Academy
Walkerville
St. James Hospital
Community Memorial Hospital
James A. Swaldi
Whitman
Knut Swanson
Phoenix
Tacoma
Wash
John G. Ward
Eveline C. Rouleau
W. Park St
U.S. Naval War College
Newport
R. L
Spinax
Olga Goninan
Caledonia
Ruth and
Naomi
Robert J. Connors
Teleman
Manchester
Far East
U.N
Sacajawea Council of
Arbeide Card Club
Ida O'Neill
Silver Bow
Zella Tomlinson
S. Jackson
Mullan
Idaho
al Stoecker
Bozeman
Henry W. Lawton
United Spanish War Veterans
Patriotic Hall
J. Frank Fuller
Grand Hotel
Lois Owen
Dillon
W. V. Robinson
Billings
Lloyd Lund
A. B. Bennett
Leggat Hotel
Stanley Krivee
Burton Obert
W. C. Troxel
Walter Donahoe
White Sulphur Springs
Acoma Hotel
F. C. Harrington
Helena
W. L. Brown
Finlen Hotel
McQueen Volunteer Fire Department
van Huss
Death
Servien
Hi Fe
R. E. Berner
Consolidated Ticket Office
R. E. McCourtney
Metals Bank
Northern Pacific Railway
Yeun Streel
Maidwest
Tex
Minneapolis
Chicago
Fargo
Bismarck
Seve Meney
Chrysler
Windsor
de Luxe
America
Cook
Wilson Motor CO
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