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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1948
Page
7
Republicans convene amid jockeying for presidential nominations with Dewey leading in early tallies. Taft Stassen talk dominates hotel chatter as McCormick endorses a Taft Stassen ticket. Delegates flood the auditorium floor, ignoring gavel, cheering during the Star Spangled Banner as blocs seek pledged support and momentum.
Ten year old Laverne Taylor of Ennis was released from St James hospital after internal injuries from an automobile crash near Ennis Wednesday night. The crash killed her aunt Mrs Josephine Vetter, a resident of the Ennis community, and occurred on North Hill 12 miles from Ennis.
Midshipman Duncan B. MacLaren, who visited his parents at 2913 State, has departed for Treasure Island California to report for midshipman training in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. He will sail on the U S S Springfield for a six week cruise to locations including Pearl Harbor.
Fred Miller of Washington D C Clyde Webb and Sidney McLaughlin of Missoula Forest Service discuss personnel work with Deer Lodge National Forest staff. They will visit Philipsburg Anaconda Butte and Whitehall ranger stations and the supervisor's office in Butte.
An unofficial text published in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin outlines a foreign policy of friendly firmness and collective security. It urges abolition of the UN veto on peaceful disputes and creation of an international peace keeping force. Mundt and Nixon pressed for an anti Communist plank to identify groups with foreign ties and curb Communist practices.
Taft and Stassen, leading Republican presidential hopefuls, spoke informally at a breakfast caucus with Montana delegates in Philadelphia. Dewey aides said he could not attend, while Montana leaders considered voting as a unit though some questioned the rule. The delegation was introduced to both Taft and Stassen by national committeeman Dan Whetstone.
Col. Robert R. McCormick of Chicago, a Republican convention delegate, proposed to the party a Taft-Stassen ticket on Monday. He stated he is for Taft and has no second choice for the presidential nomination.
The keynote speaker argues Republicans will curb communist influence and aid freedom in Europe while building a sound American economy. He praises the Taft Hartley act, calls for housing social security and farm reform, and claims Republicans cut taxes over presidential vetoes. He asserts New Deal opponents cannot win without Truman and Wallace.
The United States Corps of Engineers estimated on Monday night that its part in controlling the Columbia river flood for three weeks would cost 2,000,000 dollars exclusive of property loss or damage to dikes and other works along the river.
Admission entries include Mrs Mamie Case Mrs Lillian Davidson Mrs Bertha McClure and others with addresses such as 17 West Broadway 1305 East Broadway 1117 California. Dismissals note Mrs Marge Schoonfeld and several others with multiple street addresses and names like W J Dean Lucille Anne White George Hamilton Lennox hotel Mrs Paul McDonald and Robert Peterson.
Everett, Washington June 21 Two offers to adopt four year old Mary Bernice Williams were reported. Joe P Campbell of Augusta Georgia offered to pay all hospital costs as she recovers from critical injuries in Providence hospital. Bertha J Willines of Chicago offered a home, stating she has two attorney sons. The child’s father Wayne J Williams 31 is held on murder charges after beating the child and her mother and throwing them from a cliff.
Fire crews quelled a small truck motor fire in the 900 block of Utah Avenue. Multiple births reported include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roland Ruffner in St. James hospital and a son to Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Held in Murray hospital, both Monday.
Clare Boothe Luce denounces Tehran Yalta Potsdam accords as condemned by secret Roosevelt Truman deals with the Russians and blasts Democrats as split into wings led by Jim Crow Bourbons Moscow and Pendergast. She urges a US president with Americanism and cites Senator Vandenberg as her choice.
The United States and Russia agreed Belgrade as the site for a 10 power conference to open the Danube to free navigation. The conference starts July 30 and aims to establish a new international agreement on Danube traffic with France and Britain generally aligned.
The Rev Father John F Gubbins S J a native of Anaconda has been named vice president of Gonzaga University An announcement from Rev Father Francis EB Corkery S J Gonzaga president shows Father Gubbins joined the Jesuit order in 1932 at Sheridan Oregon and studied philosophy at Mount Michaels Idaho He taught at Gonzaga from 1929 to 1942 and later served at St Marys Kaw where he was ordained in 1945.
An endorsement from Afra V DeBonis of Philadelphia claims ALL-BRAN stops laxatives as a breakfast cereal. The ad urges daily an ounce in milk with water, promising a refund if not satisfied after ten days and asks customers to mail the empty carton to Battle Creek Michigan.
Manila June 21 President Elpidio Quirino announced a conditional amnesty for agrarian dissidents. The move aims to quell ongoing unrest that has persisted since the war ended, signaling a possible end to violence in rural areas. The decree affects detainees and seeks to ease tensions between peasants and authorities.
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