Royal visit ends in Newfoundland with fatality during parade
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth concluded a 30 day voyage to Newfoundland aboard the Empress of Britain and witnessed the citys greatest maritime celebration. Seaman Samuel Batts of Halifax,Nova Scotia, 23, fell from a deck and drowned during lifeboat work as the royal entourage departed port. The royals later attended a garden party and were formally welcomed at Government House while the king addressed local distress from recent years.
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ST. Johns
Newfoundland
George
Queen Elizabeth
Samuel Batts
Halifax
N. 8
Government House
Senate moves to speed WPA relief bill amid public works push
Washington June 17. Senate leaders plan to push the relief bill as economy bloc aims to prevent any increase in the 1.735 billion measure. The House passed it after a 14 hour session and it goes to a Senate sub committee next Tuesday. Chairman Adams says to send it to the floor late week. Barkley pledges fast action to avoid lapse of WPA funds June 30.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Senate Appropriations
Adams
D.-Cole
Barkley
D.-Ky
Harrington
PWA
Roosevelt
Mead
D-N. Y
Mother Admits Murder in Clyde Creek Tragedy
Fremont Ohio June 17 Mrs Velma Baker Fink admitted orally she killed her 10 week old son Baldon known as Buster whose body was found in a Clyde area creek. The confession followed a lie detector test after the infant’s burial in Clyde cemetery with officials present including Sheriff Myers and Mrs Oran Baker.
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Baldon “Buster
Clyde
Ohio
H. L. Myers
Oran Baker
Fink
Edwin Baker
Howard G. Robinson
Hyzer
Sandusky County
Murder Indictments Included in 43 True Bills Given by Grand Jury
Helena, June 17. A federal grand jury returned 43 true bills to District Judge James H. Baldwin. Two murder indictments involve Peter takes-the-horse and William Shane Jr. on the Crow reservation slaying Beryl Scott at Burlington station and Gilbert Myers on the Rocky Boy reservation killing Big Bow. Bonds set at 15000. Remaining bills cover postal narcotics and liquor offenses. C R Garlow said details to follow after filing and checks.
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Helena
James H. Baldwin
Peter Takes-The-Horse
William Shane Jr
Yellowstone County
Billings
Beryl Scott
Burlington Station
Crow Indian
Gilbert Myers
Big Bow
Rocky Boy
Myers
Havre
C. R. Garlow
Powers Seek U S Aid in Asia Crisis
Paris reports Britain and France asked the United States to join a coordinated Far East policing plan. Chiefs of staff were to meet to address the Japanese blockade threat to concessions in Tientsin. Britain proposed sending five cruisers to China waters while the United States would send three.
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Britain
France
Washington
Far East
Far Eastern
Tientsin
Japan
Paris
China
United States
Tokyo
Montana County Adopts Six More Watersheds for Federal Project
Washington June 17 The Agriculture Department selected six additional watersheds in Dawson County Montana for immediate work in its water facilities program They are Upper Seven Mile Creek Lower Seven Mile Creek Deer Creek Morgan Creek Thirteen Mile Creek and Burns Creek Upper Clear Creek was authorized earlier The department will assist farmers and ranchers in developing new springs and wells installing windmills and other pumping equipment and building reservoirs for flood irrigation
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Washington
Argiculture Department
Dawson County
Mont
Deer Creek
Clear Creek
Butte Stadium Transformed Into Outdoor Theater for Jubilee
Butte high school football field will be converted into a giant outdoor theater for the Treasure State Jubilee pageant Bullion, Bandits and Builders. A huge structure will span between the 15 yard lines and rise 24 to 30 feet above the stage. Harry Walters of Jerome H. Cargill will supervise, arriving tomorrow from New York. The show, with about 1000 cast members, runs July 1 to 4 and aims to be the Northwest’s largest outdoor dramatic presentation.
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Butte High School
Montana and
Butte
Harry Walters
Jerome H. Cargill Producing Company
New York
Montana
Northwest
Admiral Yarnell to Visit Tientsin Amid Blockade Crisis
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, head of the U S Asiatic fleet, planned to arrive in Tientsin on Monday during a four day blockade of the British and French concessions. The crisis worsened shortages in the besieged area with milk scarce and perishable goods limited while Japan pressed for four alleged terrorists.
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Tientsin
Harry E. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Governor's Day at Camp Cancelled in Montana Incident
Brigadier General John Mehan announced the Governor's day program at the guard encampment in Montana was cancelled due to bad weather. The review of the 163rd Infantry by Governor Roy E. Ayers and his staff was postponed to next week for the same reason.
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Roy E. Ayers
John Mehan
Montana National Guard
163Rd Infantry
Dust Bowl crops reward faith with bountiful harvests
Boasting across Oklahoma Texas Colorado and New Mexico reports show drought decades yielding better wheat. Cimarron county estimates 816000 bushels from 102000 harvested acres eight bushels per acre. Texas panhandle predicts 15000000 to 25000000 bushels as rain returns and dryland areas rebound. New Mexico spring grain totals exceed last year with Dust Bowl optimism.
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Boise City
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Cimarron County
Oklahoma Panhandle
W. E. Baker
Texas Panhandle
Jack French
Prowers
Ickes Rejects WPA Funds For Georgia Hospital Lobby Fee
Secretary Ickes denounces lobbying for public works and announces refusal to permit use of PWA funds to pay a 36000 dollar fee to the L W Chip Robert firm for a 4 881 million Georgia state hospital project. He says the Georgia contract with PWA barred any grant portion for lobbying locally or in Washington.
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Washington
Ickes
PWA
L. W
Chip) Robert Firm of Architects and Engineers
Georgia State Hospital
Robert
Democratic National Committee
Georgia State Department of Public Welfare
Atlanta
Hospital For
Milledgeville
Georgia Department
Mount Veniaminos Threatens Largest Eruption Since 1912
Perryville Alaska faces possible evacuation as Mount Veniaminos rears a blunt peak and erupts with terrifically tall plumes. Coast Guard cutter Morris offers evacuations which locals decline. If the volcano blows its top, it would surpass Katmai’s 1912 eruption in scale.
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Perryville
Alaska
Mount Veniaminos
Alaskan
Coast Guard
Morris
Johnsons
Seattle
H. F. Garcia
Chignik
Juneau
Butte Observes Father’s Day With Family Dinners
Butte marks Father’s Day as families shop and plan special dinners honoring dads. The observance centers on recognizing fathers as guests of honor during today’s holiday activities.
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Father
Dad
Paw
Pop
Pappa
Butte
Fathers
Death of Monsignor Campana Touches Butte Kin
Relatives in Butte learn of the death of Monsignor Emilio Campana 64 a Catholic church canon and seminary professor in Lugano Switzerland a close friend of Pope Pius XI He died 42 years to the day after his first Mass in Rome June 13 1897 His sister Mrs John Tam 54114 Colorado reported the news noting his long residence in Rome as a student and teacher and the completion of a book he had been working on last summer.
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Emilio Campana
Lugano
Switzerland
Pius XI
Butte
Rome
John Tam
Colorado
Monsignor Campana
Tam
London Daily News
Fox or fox or coyote thief worries Butte householder
Annie Dotti reports a gentle wild animal in her yard believed to be a fox or coyote. She captured it in a wooden box and plans to move it to her Pipe Stone summer home this summer. She seeks expert identification and whether the creature is a domestic pet.
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Fox
Coyote
Butte Householder
Annie Dotti
South
Wyoming
Allis Chalmers Strike Ends in Milwaukee
A United Automobile Workers strike at Allis Chalmers in Milwaukee ended when union members voted to accept a labor contract after negotiations among the company union officers and Governor Julius Heil.
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Milwaukee
United Automobile Workers Union
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Julius Heil
Railroad Trainmen Re-elect Whitney and Anderson
In Cleveland on June 17, 1944 the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen re-elected President Alexander F. Whitney and Secretary-Treasurer G. W. Anderson. Both leaders had tried to unseat the other amid accusations of extravagance during the quadrennial convention.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Alexander F. Whitney
G. W. Anderson
Brotherhood
California Town Suffers Bad Fire
A $125,000 blaze tore through half a block of Yreka's business district today, damaging five buildings before firefighters brought it under control. Several people suffered minor burns.
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Yreka
Calif
Montana Forecast Sees Unsettled Weekend Showers
The forecast calls for unsettled conditions in Montana on Sunday and Monday with likely showers. Temperatures warm up east of the Divide on Sunday as an area of moisture moves in.
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Montana
Divide
Butte Weather Fails to Cheer as Rain Persists
Butte shivered in a drizzle with unsettled forecast and more rain expected. The day saw a high of 44 and a low of 36 with about 0.25 inch of precipitation. Fog and low clouds disrupted air travel as Western Air Express canceled Idaho Falls to Great Falls service and two Northwest Airlines flights were halted at Billings. One NWA flight waited at Miles City for several hours.
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Butte
Western Air Express
Idaho Falls
Great Falls
Northwest Airlines
Billings
Associated Press
Miles City
Butte Amateur Radio Men Join National Competition
Butte amateur radio operators engaged in a 26 hour field day run ending at 6 o'clock this afternoon marking the third annual entry by the Mining City Amateur Radio club in the American Radio Relay League event. The league started in 1933 to promote emergency radio readiness, with last year totaling 138 entries. The contest adds stakes by rewarding the club contacting the most entries worldwide, with handicaps to simulate outages.
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Butte
Mining City
American Radio Relay League
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