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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1944
Page
5
Two films Battle for the Beachheads and Battle for Russia will be shown after the Butte Miners Union meeting at 9 45 p m. The public is invited. The Victory Labor Management committee sponsors the event and the sports and education committee arranged the showing.
Patrick G. Galvin, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Galvin of 120414 East Second, enlisted in the Marine corps Monday afternoon. He is a junior at Butte high school and was placed on inactive status pending training. He played on the high school football team.
Pvt Joe Williams and S2c Robert Williams visit Meaderville parents during furloughs before Army duties at Fort Bragg and Navy training at Farragut. Aviation Machinist Mate Thurston tours Butte with wife and child after duty in Maryland. Ralph McAvoy chosen for Fort Sill course after Camp Gruber. Lt Leonard Erickson earns second oak leaf cluster on the Air Medal aboard the Flying Fortress Little Rock Blonde. Charles Hanson fights in France as C 47 crew member with Ninth Air Force. Lewis Rudolph completes flexible gunnery school at Kingman and aims to join a combat unit.
The Last Chance Mining Association of Helena invites Montana mining men to a 7 o'clock Thursday evening gathering at the Placer hotel. Dr. R. S. Dean of the U S Bureau of Mines will speak, with J Burke Clements and E J Keeley also featured. A postwar Montana mining development discussion and a proposal to expand the State Bureau of Mines will be considered.
Reckless driving charges against Mrs. Jacob Brulla at 418 Shields were dismissed at the request of the complainants Mr and Mrs G A Stevens. The case stemmed from a crash into the Stevens home at 1116 East Galena Street early Monday morning.
Francis Bradford pleaded guilty to vagrancy and received 15 days in county jail. Mary Johnson was sentenced to 20 days for vagrancy. Ottis Williams forfeited a $50 bond on a vagrancy charge.
The public is invited to a Flag Day program at the Elks Temple on Wednesday evening. It begins at 7:30 with a drum and bugle corps serenade at 7 and ends in time for a bond rally at Butte High School stadium. Program includes colors, speeches, music, a history of the flag, and an Eagle Scout address.
Boy Scouts and Cubs in Butte organize a city wide waste paper drive for the war effort. They outline 9:30 Friday first pickup from schools and street corners, with bundles tied and placed on sidewalks ready by 10. Businesses to contribute next day with flat boxes and bale ready papers.
Ellery Queen and Wrightsville residents weigh Jim Haight’s murder arrest and its impact on Nora and the family. Hermy backs Jim, Nora’s fate, and a possible divorce while Eli Martin contemplates taking the stand as defense. Ellery and Pat discuss elusive clues and prepare to act.
A pair of locals exchange cryptic dialogue hinting at an undisclosed truth. One character questions a hidden fact while the other pledges to reveal it if known, suggesting a developing, suspenseful plot.
Judge T. E. Downey fixed the inheritance tax for the Samuel R. White estate at 1919.79 on an estate valued at 97918.15. Letters of administration issued for the Thomas M. Paul estate to Emalene Paul upon posting a 700 bond.
Two Butte residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in Helena last weekend. Pascual Garcia faces a liquor charge for possessing liquor in an unstamped container while John R. Scovil is charged with unlawful selling of retail liquor without paying a special tax. Each posted a $500 bond.
Mr and Mrs Gene Tate and their son Horace, longtime Butte residents now in Seattle, are visiting relatives and friends. Mrs Tate, formerly Beth Powers, is sister of Butte’s Robert Coppo. Mr Tate formerly managed disc play at Hennessys and now works with Boeing Aircraft.
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