North Side Club Elects Officers in Enthusiastic Meeting
Charles F Staples was re elected president of the North Side Athletic club. New officers include Patrick Buckley vice president Nick Rotering treasurer Earl Harris assistant treasurer Emmett Lyons secretary and Thomas Mulcahy assistant secretary. Directors are Terrence Kelly Ed Foley James Shea and Frank Kelly. The club reports a Municipal Softball league entry and a notable baseball game against Helena Legion in Capital City.
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Charles F
Chuck) Staples
North Side Athletic Club
Staples
Patrick Buckley
Nick Rotering
Earl Harris
Emmett (Fish) Lyons
Thomas
Tity) Mulcahy
Terrence Kelly
Ed Foley
James Shea
Frank Kelly
Rotering
Harris
Lyons
Mulcahy
Army captain and civilians held after Colorado Springs raids
In Colorado Springs police and Army FBI agents conducted raids on Peterson Field area homes. They detained an Army captain and an estimated 20 to 30 civilian workers linked to thefts totaling about 50 thousand dollars with potential to reach 100 thousand. Federal grand larceny charges were anticipated.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
U.P
Peterson Field
I. B. Bruce
Army
FBI
Bruce
U.S
Thomas J. Morrisseey
Denver
Fight Over Atomic Controls Looms
The House military committee backed a five member atomic energy control board with at least one military member and a possible second from the armed forces, challenging Senate civilian control plans. The debate centers on domestic administration of atomic energy and the commission’s composition. Army personnel in England face food shortages as they end of service para.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
Special Atomic Committee
Control Commission
House
Montana to form safety council for highway safety
Gov Sam C Ford and 14 Montanans plan July 1 meeting in Helena to draft a Montana safety council. Attendees include state officials and civic leaders from Billings Great Falls Bozeman and Helena. The council would cooperate with civic groups law enforcement and the national safety council to reduce all accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Sam C. Ford
Ritter Named to Lewis and Clark County Board
Walter A. Ritter of Helena, a pharmacist and World War I veteran, was appointed Tuesday to fill the Lewis and Clark county commissioner vacancy since April 1945. District Judges Horsky and Padbury made the appointment, with Ritter to serve until after the general election to fill the late Marvin Craig's seat. Other board members are Ralph E. Hart and Robert E. OConnell.
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Ralph E. Hart
Robert E. O'Connell
Governor Ford Heads to Bismarck Meeting
Helena June 18 Governor Sam C Ford left Tuesday night for Bismarck N C to attend the Missouri basin inter agency committee two day session The governor was accompanied by D P Fabrick of Chateau a member of the state water conservation board The first day will cover discussion and Friday the group will tour the Garrison dam site a key structure in Missouri watershed development
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Bismarck
N. C
Missouri Basin Interagency Committee
Ford
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
State Water Conservation Board
Garrison Dam
Missouri
Registration at U Sets Record for MSU Summer Session
Missoula June 18. Montana State University set an all time record for summer school registration with 969 students registered Monday and Tuesday. Registrar Everett G Marble announces the prior record was 866. Among registrants 660 are men and 308 women, 744 are former students and 225 registered for the first time.
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Missoula
Montana State University
Everett G. Marble
Marble
Missouri River Basin Progress Reported
Eight Interior agencies in regions Six and Seven cooperated in the Missouri River basin development program advancing 16.8 percent in May. H. D. Comstock, director of region Six, reported work for the fiscal year ending July 1 was 68.4 percent complete by the end of May.
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Billings
Department of the Interior
H. D. Comstock
Bureau of Reclamation
Comstock
Montana grass conservation group reelects leaders
Helena Montana June 18 The Montana grass conservation commission re elected J B Grierson of Myers as chairman H M Montgomery of Chinook was re elected vice chairman and Bruce Mott of Miles City was renamed secretary at the annual meeting.
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Helena
Montana Grass Conservation Commission
J. B. Grierson
Myers
H. M. Montgomery
Chinook
Bruce Mott
Miles City
Western Asbestos Chartered in Montana Charter
The Western Asbestos company, a $200 000 California corporation with headquarters in San Francisco, was chartered Tuesday by Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell to do business in Montana. E. G. Toomey, Helena, was named Montana agent.
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Helena
Western Asbestos Company
California
San Francisco
Sam W. Mitchell
Montana
E. G. Toomey
Cut Bank Field Leads in Oil Production
Cut Bank field produced 400,117.70 barrels in April 1946, over half of Montana total oil output of 776,917.62 barrels. Other April figures include Kevin Sunburst 161,964.61, Elk Basin 115,848.01, Frannie 1,959.37, Lake Basin 520, and Willshaw Block 165.24 barrels.
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Helena
U.P
Cut Bank
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Cat Bank
Kevin Sunburst
Cat Creek
Border of
Red Coulee
Bear den
Elk Basin
Gage
Dry Creek
Frannie
Flat Coulee
Whitlash
Devon Block
Lake Basin
Willshaw Block
Montanan Unveils Release Fire Trigger for Rifles
Lewistown expert Ed McGivern introduced a new release fire trigger mechanism for the Springfield rifle. The design eliminates squeeze tension by allowing full trigger pull and then easing off to fire as the target is sighted, with 500 units sent to the San Diego Marine base for testing.
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Lewistown
Ed McGivern
McGivern
San Diego Marine Base
Methodists to Open Meeting in Helena This Week
The eighth annual Montana conference of the Methodist church begins in Helena on Wednesday and runs through Sunday with Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker of Denver in attendance. On Sunday pastors for Montana churches will be designated. Hammaker oversees Colorado Wyoming Montana and the Utah mission.
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Helena
Montana
The
Methodist Church
Wilbur E. Hammaker
Denver
Hammaker
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Sam B. Winn Re-elected Chair of Rail Labor Boards
Sam B. Winn the veteran Milwaukee engineer of Deer Lodge was re-elected chairman of the joint legislative committee at a meeting in Helena. The joint boards of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen and Engineers the Order of Railroad Conductors and the Order of Railroad Trainmen voted him to lead the panel.
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Helena
Sam B. Winn
Milwaukee
Deer Lodge
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen
Order of
MacGillis & Gibbs Manager Die After City Meeting
F G Hindle local manager for MacGillis Gibbs of Wisconsin died after a brief illness following a city council meeting. Hindle resided in Regina Saskatchewan Canada and his wife survives him there.
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White Sulphur Springs
U.P
F. G. Hindle
MacGillis & Gibbs
Wisconsin
Hindle
Regina
Sask
Canada
Examiners reject bids for Warm Springs hospital piping
The Montana Board of Examiners rejected four bids for installing water and drainage pipes at Warm Springs state hospital as too high. The lowest bid was $32,534 from Utilities Builders of Great Falls. The job will be readvertised and bids opened later.
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Helena
Montana Board of Examiners
State Hospital
Warm Springs
Utilities Builders of
Great Falls
Margaret Smith 99 Taken by Death
Margaret Smith 99 long active in family affairs and the Eastern Star. Funeral Friday at 3 PM at Scott funeral home Whitehall with OES services. Burial in Whitehall cemetery. Survived by two sons their wives, grandchildren totaling 14 and great grandchildren.
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Order of Eastern Star
Scott Funeral Home
Whitehall
O.E.S
George P. Smith
Leadore
Carl L. Smith
Butte
F. H. Pyke
Salt Lake City
C. L. Pyke
Boise
Idaho
MacTavish Pyke
Dewey Allhands
Laurin
T. H. Bolitho
C. P. Smith
Garrison
G. O. Smith, Jr
H. Street
Washington
Carl B. Smith
California
Martha Lee Smith
Americans Must Pull in Belts
Washington report quotes Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson predicting tighter food supplies and possible price-driven shifts in the coming year. He cautions estimates are tentative and notes potential impacts if price controls are removed. Anderson forecasts declines in meat and poultry per capita availability while cheese fats and oils stay steady.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Agriculture Department
United States
Production and Marketing Administration
Turkey
U. S
Polson Man Heads I. O. O. F. Group
Earl S. Ferrell of Polson was elected grand patriarch of the grand encampment at the state meeting in Bozeman. Other officers named include Fred W. Sempf Kalispell high priest James E. Measom Stevensville senior warden J. P. Smith Polson junior warden W. H. Johns Butte scribe J Lew Gracey Bozeman treasurer. Also Chicago to Houston air speed record noted for Jimmy Doolittle flight.
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Bozeman
Earl S. Ferrell
Polson
Odd Fellows and Rebekah Grand Lodge
Fred W. Sempf
Kalispell
James E. Measom
Stevensville
J. P. Smith
W. H. Johns
Butte
J. Lew Gracey
Deer Lodge News Circulation Details
G A Meehan operates the Deer Lodge News circulation at 810 Main with contact by telephone 447 for distribution services and local newspaper delivery coordination.
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G. A. Meehan
Hospital Organ to Be Dedicated in Montana
Mrs. Joseph Grenier announces Montana membership will preside at a reception at Fort Harrison Wednesday at 8 pm for the dedication of an electric Hammond organ at the hospital. Gifted by the Eastern Star, the organ will be officially presented before the reception and amplifiers will let bed-ridden patients hear it.
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Deer Lodge
Joseph Grenier
American Legion Auxiliary
Mining District
Montana
Fort Harrison
Order of Eastern Star
Grenier
Clara Lavis
Jack Truscott
Helena
Rotary Club Guest Speaker Named for Personnel Talk
Deer Lodge Montana June 19 Rotarians will hear J B Gillingham director of student personnel at the University of Montana speak on Personnel Administration He assumed the post in February after being discharged from the Navy where he did similar work.
Milwaukee Woman's Club Sets Meeting
The Milwaukee Woman's club will meet Friday at 1 30 PM at the clubhouse in Deer Lodge. A dessert luncheon will be served followed by a business meeting and social hour. All Milwaukee family women are invited.
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Deer Lodge
Milwaukee Woman's Club
Milwaukee
Kirwans to Seattle for Milwaukee Hospital meeting trip
Mr and Mrs P L Kirwan leave Thursday for Seattle where Mr Kirwan will attend the Milwaukee Hospital association board meeting. He represents trainmen and yardmen from Mobridge to Tacoma. Mrs Louis J Sommers returns from a 10 day visit to Racine Wis and former home. They also visited Beloit Janesville and Milwaukee during their trip.
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Deer Lodge
P. L. Kirwan
Seattle
Kirwan
Milwaukee Hospital Association
Mr. Kirwan
Mobridge
Tacoma
Miss Diane Dorsey Hosts Weekend at Flathead Lake Cabin
Diane Dorsey daughter of Mr and Mrs John Dorsey visited at the Staves cabin on Flathead lake over a weekend hosted by Betty Joe Staves of Missoula. A Chinese Communist spokesman charged that President Trumans lend lease remarks were used by Kuomintang generals to rally support for a war of extermination against the Communists.
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Flathead Lake
Deer Lodge
Diane Dorsey
John Dorsey
Betty Joe Staves
Missoula
Staves
Nanking
Truman
China
Kuomintang
National Party
Refugee Influx Raises Alarm in American Zone
U S military officers report about 25 000 displaced persons entered American free care camps in three months amid worries over large numbers of Jews and eastern Europeans in the zone Herbert Hoover arrives in Havana as food survey head on Latin American tour and Venezuela leg ends.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Hoover
Hays
Havana
Herbert Hoover
Truman
Camaras
Venezuela
Wheeler Speaks in Great Falls
Sen. Burton Wheeler arrived from Washington and addressed the Great Falls Business and Professional Women's club. He spoke to the Lions at lunch and to farmers at Belt, arguing wheat growers should receive retroactive bonuses for wheat delivered before April 19.
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Great Falls
Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
Washington
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Wheeler
Lions Club
Belt
Senate
Europe
Army Officials Foil Escape Attempt at Lichfield Guardhouse
In NAUHEIM Germany on June 18 the U S Army said prisoner witnesses at the Lichfield guardhouse trials had a tunnel discovered beneath their floor four feet long and began under a closet. Eleven prisoners face five to twenty year terms. Kilian’s bid to quash the charges was overruled after a heated court martial session.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
U. S
Lichfield
James A. Kilian
England
Kilian
Col. Kilian
Christian Churches Open Convention in Billings
The Montana Christian churches began a three day convention in Billings with a banquet and an address on The Fifth Freedom. Rev Wallace A. Smith of Fort Benton described the fifth freedom as freedom from self and cited the Apostle Paul as an example.
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Billings
Montana Christian Churches
Wallace A. Smith
Fort Benton
State Christian Church Board
Apostle Paul
One-Way Highway Traffic Opened After Landslide Near Plains
Plains reports one way highway traffic reopened twelve miles west after a cloudburst landslide blocked railroad tracks and closed the road. Bulldozers and shovels worked day and night to remove a 200 foot slide. Officials said five days before normal travel would resume. Rail traffic had resumed Monday night.
Russia buys U S radar reports amid secrecy on war discoveries
Washington reports that Russia purchased a complete list of Commerce Department radar and military development reports removed from secret lists. John C. Green testified to the Senate about declassification. Senator Wherry alleged the U S let Russia know current radar knowledge, a claim Secretary Wallace questioned.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
Commerce Department
John C. Green
Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wherry
Rneb
Judiciary Subcommittee
Commerce
Wallace
Appropriations Group
Spectacular Oil Fire at Pearl Harbor Controlled by Navy
A dramatic floating oil fire at Pearl Harbor was brought under control by Navy fire fighters on Tuesday. The blaze damaged several naval docks and threatened to engulf multiple ships before containment.
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Pearl Harbor
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Hebulizer
Ce Ee
Treasure State News
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Carpenter Paper CO
Butte—Billings—Creat Falls
Montanan
Margaret Smith
Roach Edgar A. Murray
Murray
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Chicago
Jimmy Doolitle
Houston
Texas
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EB. Park
Harrison
Salvation Army
Electric & Music Mart
Dreibelbis Music Co
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S. Arizona
30 Club
West Park
Christian Churches Open Convention
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East Park St
Karl Wright
Mon
Karl
Greenk Cafe
North Main
West
Galena St. Butte, Mont
U. S. Army
Owsley
Butte, Montana
Battes Bisio
Otto
East Broadway
Frank Heffern
Curley” Berger
Joe
Chuck
Rialto
Cleee
Francisco
Ycreator
JOO! Lafis
Ade
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Paris
Carl Fsmond
Henie
Veneet O'Shearls
William Gargan
Nancy Kelly
New Today
Heaven
Bing Crosby
PLI
AL. J. Mathien CO
MAICO
C/o Park Hotel
Mont
Lice Insurance
Ralph W. Evans
Metals Bank
Stanley R. Lien
Mase H
James Mason
Lucie Manheim
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Margaret Harrington
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