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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
2
German flying bombs struck over London after a short quiet period. The raid disrupted the city as emergency crews rushed to respond to the blasts and assess damage.
The funeral for the late Harry Bietz is scheduled for this Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Rose room of Duggan's Merrill mortuary. Rev. Geo. M. Over dier will officiate with interment at Mountain View cemetery and the Butte Pioneers' club noted.
Funeral services for John Popovich will be held Saturday at 1 PM at Sherman & Reed mortuary with interment in Mt. View cemetery. The Snyder notice states Mrs. Gretta Kitt Snyder remains at Sherman & Reed mortuary and a funeral notice will follow.
Sherman and Reed Funeral Directors advertise their services at Broadway at Arizona Street with a large funeral chapel, family rooms, music room, and a Wurlitzer pipe organ, contact phone 3221.
White's Funeral Home and Embalmers advertise two funeral chapels in Butte with Francis X. Dolan manager and 41 years of service. It lists addresses 101 South Idaho and 307 West Park Street with phone numbers 3981 and 2-3123. The notice promotes wakes and funerals services.
The piece notes Berlin warned of "new monster explosives" to be used against Britain and the Allied west front, though official word calls it talk. It cites Nazi air bombs limited to one ton with 300 to 350 mph speed and 150 mile range, plus reports of enemy activity over southern England and claimed damage.
The U S forest service plans to hire 600 to 700 boys to handle slash disposal and blister rust control in Idaho across camps near Clarksia Pierce and Priest River. Work lasts until late September with camps housing 30 to 60 boys under a camp foreman. Applicants must be 16 or older and weigh at least 125 pounds.
Bozeman business houses closed Thursday for the funeral of Harry H. Howard 67 Bozeman postmaster and co owner of the Bozeman Chronicle Howard died at his home Monday
The State Department named Edward D. McLaughlin of Pottsville as charge d affaires in La Paz on the eve of the United States and 18 other republics recognizing Bolivia. He will work to reestablish relations with the Maj. Gualberto Villarroel regime after December’s coup. Mexico also said it will establish diplomatic ties with Bolivia’s provisional government.
Nellie Ashley a longtime Elliston resident died at her home after a brief illness at age 96. Born March 7 1858 in Decatur Michigan she moved with her husband to Montana in 1880, lived in Butte ten years before settling in Elliston. Survived by husband Arthur Ashley daughter Myrtle Peterson three grandsons and one granddaughter. Services Saturday at 2 pm at the Community church Elliston with Rev John McRobert Lilley officiating. Burial in Oldtown cemetery.
The Society of Montana Pioneers and the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers will host their annual convention in Deer Lodge this year. Mrs. Bessie Healey is named general chairman and will appoint committees soon. No exact date has been set yet.
Helena reports Corporal N. B. Vincent trained with an American-Canadian unit at Fort Harrison and was killed in action in Italy on May 30. The notification was received by Mrs. A. E. Carpenter of 224 12th Avenue.
June 22 in Dillon Kiwanis defeated Elks 22 to 10 to secure second place in the league. Coppin pitched for the winners while Elks hit four home runs, all with the bases empty, leaving them at the basement with 4 losses and 1 win.
Maria Luoma, 76, longtime Philipsburg resident since 1942, died Thursday in a Deer Lodge hospital. Born in Finland on March 9, 1868, she came to Philipsburg in 1993 and leaves son Henry Luoma and brother Henry Hendrickson, both of Philipsburg, plus nieces and nephews. The body rests at Wilson funeral home with services Saturday at 2 PM conducted by Rev. D A Corbett.
Helena reports in the Fifth War Loan drive Granite county reached 52.6 percent and Pondera 50.1 percent, while Daniels and Prairie counties topped the goal last week. Montana statewide progress stood at 31.2 percent toward a $20 million target.
MISSOULA June 22 Eighteen University of Montana students will receive scholarships. Recipients include Verna L Brackman Helena Harriet Dillavoy Billings Margaret S Gehardt Anaconda Marion E Headley Missoula Bernard Hoffman Missoula Marian Avis Lacklen Billings Marjorie E Orner Lewistown Marjorie Jean Powell Missoula Agnes Antonia Regan Helena Elizabeth Ann Rotering Virginia R Sikonia Butte and Margaret Ann Thrailkill Missoula.
Two Montana college faculty members are leaving for the Navy. Dr. R. P. Murphy and James P. Michalos will leave for war service while Robert C. Seibel plans to work for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh next fall.
Great Falls June 22. Parents of Captain William W. Galt 24 year old infantry commander reported missing in action in Italy by the War department. A three time Purple Heart recipient he earned the Silver Star December 19 for leading through mine fields in Italy. He graduated from Montana State College in 1942.
Walter Reichert has been confirmed as a prisoner of war of the Germans. His parents Mr and Mrs W R Reichert were informed by the U S adjutant general on Thursday. The item appears in a daily news item from Hamilton dated June 22.
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as fast relief for aching tender inflamed feet with odor removal and corn callous aid. It guarantees money back if pain not ended and odors eliminated, noting wide sales and local retailers like Owsley Drug Co and Pay Less Drug Co.
Pearl Harbor dispatch notes a rapidly expanding U S air power circling Japan. Nearly 100 Pacific carriers, including Mitscher's Task Force 58, could field over 2 500 planes, with B 29 Superfortresses and combined air forces ready to strike Japan from multiple bases.
Stockholm dispatch reports Helsinki unable to form a new Finnish peace government as Premier Edwin J Linkonies faces opposition from hardliners. German pressure and possible direct contact with Russia cited while Swedish papers hint at a German led northern Finland quisling government if Finland capitulates.
London reports the Berlin radio on June 22 acknowledged Yugoslav Partisans threatened Fiume forcing Nazi relief with mobile guns and motorized units. The broadcast said Partisans were forced from border towns near Fiume but continued night attacks on German garrisons.
Dillon public library adds 15 new books led by Tom Savage's The Pass set in Beaverhead and Lemhi counties Idaho. Mildred Walker Winter Wheat among Montana titles with other authors Robert Carr J C Bowman H E Bates Isobel Field Anne Lindbergh and Charles A Beard included.
FASTEETH powder sprinkles on upper or lower plates to hold teeth firmly in place. It is alkaline and non acid, prevents sliding and rocking, has no gummy taste, and reduces denture odor. Get FASTEETH at any drug store.
Funeral services for C. P. Thomas will be held Friday at 2 PM at St James Episcopal Church with Rev. Lewis D. Smith officiating. Interment follows in Mountain View cemetery with Dillon Lodge No. 16 A F and A M in charge of the committal rites. Emeralds are among the oldest gems.
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