British bombers strike German targets across Ardennes and Belgium
London reports wide scale raids by British bombers against German ammunition dumps in the Ardennes, oil tanks in Belgium, and troop positions behind the front. The health ministry warns of mass relocations of 120000 London children to safer western areas and many more from the east. Royal Air Force claims 17 German aircraft shot down with several British planes missing.
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London
Ardennes Mountains
Belgium
Air Ministry
Health Ministry
England
Greater
Cornwall
Evonshire
Somerset
Wales
Germany
Rhenish
Prussia
Ruhr
Royal Air Force
Heinkel
Messerschmitt
Ghent
Bresle
Somme
Rev E C Hanna Returns to City After Chicago Visit
The Rev. E C Hanna pastor of St Helena church Meaderville and St James hospital attendant priest, returned Saturday from Chicago where he was called April 26 after his brother Stephen Hanna died suddenly. He attended funeral services and visited friends, and witnessed his niece Julia Mary Hanna graduate from Mundelein College in Chicago.
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E. C. Hanna
St. Helena
Meaderville
St. James Hospital
Chicago
Stephen Hanna
Hanna
Julia Mary Hanna
Mundelein College
Miss Hanna
Plane hits high tension line halts Nairobi power
A single engine plane collided with a high tension wire in Nairobi causing power cuts to parts of the city. The wire cushioned the crash enough to prevent severe injuries to the pilot.
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Nairobi
South Africa
Maginot Linc Guns Open Up Over Basel
French Maginot fort guns near Basel opened fire at 2 a m and again at dawn in a heavy shelling of the Siegfried line. German batteries responded as Basel residents watched from rooftops and vantage points during an hour and 25 minutes of intense bombardment. The operation aimed to disrupt German preparations behind their lines near the Black Forest where about 20 divisions were reported.
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Basel
Switzerland
Rhine
Siegfried Line
Westwall
Black Forest
Mrs Agnes Stanbury Dies After Illness in Butte Home
Mrs Agnes Stanbury a longtime Butte resident died Saturday night at 615 West Silver after an illness. She was widow of the late A R Stanbury. Survived by a son two daughters in law and several grandchildren all of Butte and Bozeman. Funeral arrangements set at Sherman Reed funeral home with requiem mass at St Patrick church and burial in Holy Cross cemetery.
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Agnes Stanbury
Butte
West Silver Street
A. R Stanbury
Stanbury
Canada
Sam Stanbury
Bozeman
Florence Stanbury
Doloris Stanbury
Kenneth
Robert Stanbury
Sam Stanbury Jr
Joseph Slono
Sherman & Reed Funeral Home
St. Patrick Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Officers Installed at Salmon Eagles Lodge
Salmon Idaho June 9 Officers of the Salmon aerie of the Eagles lodge were installed Friday evening with Gerald Butler named worthy president Antone Harris worthy vice president Vern Chandler conductor Walter Harris secretary John Fattu treasurer William Harris inside guard Milford Harris outside guard Danchell sr chaplain Dr John L Mulder physician Roy Conlee three year trustee and past president.
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Salmon
Idaho
The
Salmon Aerie of the Eagles Lodge
Gerald Butler
Antone Harris
Vern Chandler
Walter Harris
John Fattu
William Harris
Milford Harris
Dan §Chell Sr
John L. Mulder
Roy Conlee
Navy Fleet To Steam To Sea For Three Weeks Of Drills
The Pacific battle fleet will depart Honolulu for three weeks of naval drills starting tomorrow after a decision to extend annual maneuvers in the Hawaiian area. Navy officials announced last night.
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Honolulu
T. H
U.S. Navy
Pacific Battle Fleet
Hawaiian Islands
Gas mask murder shocks Liverpool with infant death
In Liverpool on June 9 police reported the first gas mask murder case. A 16 month old child died after its mother placed a gas mask on the baby and inserted a tube into a gas outlet.
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Liverpool
Great Britain
Theft reported of bike and dog from residence
Theft of a small black and white terrier and a bicycle from the home of William Semask at 103 South Washington was reported to police yesterday. The dog was on a five foot leash attached to a harness, Semask told officers.
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William Semask
South
Washington
Bemask
Deer Lodge Woman Frances Hale Correspondent
Frances Hale reports from Deer Lodge on local events and community notes for the week. Her columns cover town activities, neighborly updates, and small happenings around Deer Lodge.
Deer Lodge Forms City Band Under School Instructor
Deer Lodge on June 9 announced a movement to organize a city band. Stephen Niblick, a school instructor, will supervise the project with adults invited to indicate their instrument and desire to join. First sessions, begun last Thursday, will run weekly at the high school agricultural building.
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Deer Lodge
Stephen Niblick
Niblick
Deer Lodge Residents Honored At Odd Fellows Meeting
Two Deer Lodge residents were honored at the district convention of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in Anaconda. Mrs. Sid Lawson was elected president of her group and A A Woolman became district president of the Odd Fellows. Officers were installed by the Deer Lodge Degree staff.
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Deer Lodge
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Anaconda
Sid Lawson
A. A. Woolman
A. FE. Hauxwell
Evelyn Lawson
Iris Miser
Pearl Rutherford
Rutherford
Clemmens
Frances Howard
Edna Gilbert
Anna Sommers
Mary Boyd
J. A. Ward
W. E. Keeley
Alice Meyers
Country club to meet on Tuesday at courthouse
All members of the Country club are invited to meet Tuesday evening June 11 at 7 30 at the courthouse. Tom Somerville, president, will preside and outline summer activity plans for the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Country Club
Tom Somerville
Bridge Work to Replace Wood Span at Deer Lodge
Work on the proposed west side bridge in Deer Lodge will start soon replacing the aging wood structure that has spanned the river for many years. The three span bridge project marks a modernization effort in the area.
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Deer Lodge
West Side
Sleepwalking boy survives 20 foot fall in Lewes
Arnold aged 13 of Lewes England nearly fell twenty feet from a bedroom window while sleepwalking. His grandmother Mrs Beeching saw him on the dresser before he stepped outside. He reappeared at the front door, still asleep and unhurt. The scene followed a frightful incident but ended with no injuries. In Tokyo crowds marked Kagamiwa’s retirement after twenty years as a star wrestler of Japan. The ceremony included the traditional removal of his top knot in formal style.
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Treve
Arnold
Lewes
England
Mrs. Beeching
Kagamiwa
Tokyo
Montana payroll study shows 72 732 workers in 1938
The Social Security board reports Montana had 72 732 workers covered by unemployment compensation in 1938 with total wages of 98 460 000. Mining, construction, manufacturing and trade dominate covered employment while key sectors include bituminous coal, petroleum, lumber and iron and steel.
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Washington
Montana
Social Security Board
Miner Sought by Billings Brother
Police sought Frank Kortje, a miner formerly of Belmont, to notify him of his sister's death in Billings. Nick Kortje, his brother from Butte, asked officers for help and requested Frank wire his brother immediately.
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Frank Kortje
Belmont
Billings
Nick Kortje
Butte
Six hurt when eastbound auto overturns on Butte highway
Six youths escaped major injury when their eastbound car overturned one mile west of Bluebird service station on the Butte Anaconda highway near Rocker and Nissler shortly after 4:30 yesterday morning. Passengers received cuts and bruises. Murray hospital treated Jack Williams the most seriously. Other injured include Virginia McCormack and Harry Nicholls with minor injuries. Two girls Alice Pearson and Augusta Friesz were at St. James hospital with facial cuts and bruises. George Williams received emergency care. The crash’s cause remains under investigation. Separately a 16 year old was released after striking a man at Park and Wyoming streets during the early hours.
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Butte
Bluebird
Rocker
Nissler
Butte-Anaconda
Harry Nicholls
East Summit Street
Melrose
Murray Hospital
Jack Williams
Missoula Avenue
Virginia McCormack
West Pacific
Nicholls
Alice Pearson
North
Washington
Augusta Friesz
Moulton
St. James Hospital
George Williams
Park and
Wyoming
Felix Furstman
Comet
351 East Granite
William Casey
Hazel Block
Butte Couple Marry in Salmon Ceremony
Darrel O. McBride and Elma N. Kinman, both of Butte, were married at Salmon on Wednesday evening. Probate Judge Emerson Hill officiated in the presence of Mary Waldhly of Salmon and Melvin McBride of Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmon
Idaho
Darrel O. McBride
Elma N. Kinman
Butte
Emerson Hill
Mary Waldhly
Melvin McBride
Wilsey and Walcott Lease Lemhi Assay Office
Russel H. Wilsey of Butte and W. E. Walcott of Missoula have leased the Lemhi Assay and Engineering office from Ralph Geumlek this week. Wilsey was with Arthur Corry in R. F. Co. in Montana for two years, while Walcott has worked with a mine exploration company.
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Salmon
Idaho
Russel H. Wilsey
Butte
W. E. Walcott
Missoula
Lemhi Assay
Ralph Geumlek
Mr. Wilsey
Arthur Corry
R. F. Co
Montana
Mr. Walcott
UC scientists announce creation of element 93
Berkeley Calif June 9 University of California researchers Dr Edwin M McMillan and Dr Philip H Abelson report the discovery of a new element numbered 93 by bombarding uranium with atomic particles in the cyclotron. They also describe the potential to produce element 94 and note the result challenges the old view that 92 elements make up all building blocks of matter.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Edwin M. McMillan
Philip Hauge Abelson
Carnegie Institution
McMillan and Abelson
Goofy Gazette Curiosities Jump About in Week’s Oddities
A San Francisco fisherman John Woo freed a smelt with a rubber band around its neck. In Manteo a 250 pound bear, dead, was hauled aboard a boat. Navajo council in Gallup kept the belief bears are reincarnated mothers in law. California police scrapped safety dummies after startling drivers. A Sparta sheriff found a still operating on his own farm.
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Gladwin Hill
New York
San Francisco
John Woo
Mr. Woo
Manteo
N. C
Gallup
N. M
California
Sparta
Butte in Brief Local hospital notes and births
St James records admit Knoyle Coonan and Mrs Smith at 219 Front, 431 South Jackson, and 735 West Park. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Charles Lee at 314 West Copper. Dismissals include Mrs Ed Marans and baby, Mrs John Adonovic, and Mrs Catherine McNabb. Murray hospital dismissals and admissions list several residents. Boy Scouts tally at 3 306.
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ST. James
Wayne Knoyle
Fast Front Street
Julia Coonan
South Jackson
Sarah Smith
West Park Street
St. James Hospital
Charles Lee
West Copper Street
Ed Marans
Bullet Shatters Hocking Kitchen Window in City Home
A spent .22 caliber bullet shattered a back porch window and landed in the busy Pascoe Hocking kitchen at 1057 Diamond Street yesterday afternoon. Police sought the shooter, noting prior garage window damage from pellet fire and warning rifle owners to avoid discharging within city limits.
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Pascoe Hocking
Diamond Street
Stimson Urges Allied Aid and Universal Training
Secretary of state Henry L. Stimson urges immediate U S aid to the Allies and adoption of universal military training in a letter to the Herald Tribune. He argues the Allied battle is the United States danger and responsibility and calls for swift action.
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New York
Henry L. Stimson
The
Herald Tribune
United States
Farley Names Bourbon Group
Democratic National Chairman James A Farley designated a 21 member committee to select the keynoter and permanent chairman for the national convention meeting in Chicago June 20. Farley chairs arrangements and lists members including L W Robert Jr Oliver A Quayle Jr Ed win A Halsey Lucretia Del Valle Grady David Fitzgerald Patrick Nash Lynn Broderick Chandler Edmund Shields James C Quig ley Helen Hanson Clavin W Rawlings W W Howes Charles E Broughton Emma Guffy Miller Edward A Carroll Mildred R Jaster Edward J Flynn Lyon Childress John P Erickson.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Chicago
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Byrnes
South Carolina
Lee
Oklahoma
Bankhead
Homer Cummings
John Hamilton
Resolutions Committee
Philadelphia
Platform Committee
Farley
L. W. Robert Jr
Oliver A.quayle Jr
Edwin A. Halsey
Senate
Lucretia del Valle Grady
California
David Fitzgerald
Connecticut
Patrick Nash
Illlinois
Lynn Broderick
Kansas
Senator Chandler
Edmund Shields
Michigan
James C. Quigley
Nebraska
Helen N. Hanson
Mairie
Clavin W. Rawlings
Utah
W. W. Howes
South Dakota
Charles E. Broughton
Wisconsin
Emma Guffy Miller
Pennsylvania
Edward A. Carroll
Mildred R. Jaster
Ohio
Twin Bridges Visitors Count Many During Last Week
Twin Bridges reports a busy week with guests including Mrs. Randall Storey and son Dean plus Mrs. Arthur Storey of Cameron staying with Mr. and Mrs. George Balkovett. Weddings in Butte and Los Angeles drew locals, while Rainbow for Girls held initiations and others traveled to see kin in Dillon and Oakland.
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Twin Bridges
Randall Storey
Dean
Arthur Storey
Cameron
George Balkovett Sr
Roscoe Dillet
Nora Mathews
Kathleen Shaw
Butte
Shaw
Whitehall
Ethel Jones Moser
J. C. Vanderton
Los Angeles
Vanderton
John Seyler
Earl Jones
Lucy Nichols
Order of the Rainbow
M. J. Lott
Bob
Dillon
Mae Dawes
Oakland
Calif
Rose Poglina
St. James Hospital
Josephine Poglina
Walter Pitcher
Vivian
Mac's Inn
Idaho
Historic battleship Oregon nearly scuttled near Portland
The inactive battleship Oregon in the Willamette River was flooded with 600 tons of water after a sea cock was opened near the port stern in a suspected sabotage attempt. The watchman alerted harbor patrol and fire crews. water was pumped out with little damage. The vessel, famed from the Spanish American War, has been inactive for years berthed beside a state park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
UPR
Oregon
United States
Manila
Willamette River
Allied broadcasts urge Czech rise as war strains bend Germany
Information Minister Alfred Duff Cooper told Czechs in a broadcast that when Germany staggers under war strain, the people of Czecho-Slovakia will rise again and establish a free country in central Europe. In Bahia Blanca Argentina thermometers reached 106 degrees in February.
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London
Alfred Duff Cooper
Germany
Cecho-Slovakia
Europe
Bahia Blanca
Argentina
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Namps Au Val
Abbeville
Eindhoven
Netherlands
France
Essen
Duren
Euskirchen
Wavre
Brussels
Bonnet Carre
Mississippi River
Lake Ponchartrain
New
Orleans
U. S. Army
Frances Hale
Stephen Niblack
Miner
Billings Brother
CIA
Jeanne Lewis
van Wert
Jubilee IX
Col
Robert §. BeighUer
Ohio Highway Director
Miss Lewis
In. Kemp
Sun
Virginia Capes
Giles C. Stedman
America
Central Press
Murray
Pugene Bishop
West Aluminum
Baby Boy
Jessie Carlisle
Basin
Mary Fitzgibbons
Wall Street
Annie Mending
East Mercury
Ellen Prusett
Maudie Moyle
East Galena
Ruth Milkwick
A. J. Malarky
Clara Winchester
Schley Street
Boy Scouts
Hocking
Bourbon
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