Thousands Watch Helena Parade and VFW Events
Crowds lined the Helena streets as a parade passed by the reviewing stand with Gov. and state officials attending. The VFW gathering included a mass initiation, state encampment events, a joint banquet with Navy Capt. James E. Van Zandt as keynote, and a military ball. Representative Mike Mansfield urged unity to honor soldiers and uphold peace through cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Sheridan
Montana National Guard
S. H. Mitchell
Fred A. Lange
John D. George
Ninth Infantry
John E. Ancell
Army Recruiting Office
Helena
Frank Fpusick
Navy Recruiting Office
Ray Wine, Jr
Max Singer
Boston
Robert Merrill
Great Falls
National V. F. W
Sallie Cannon
Consistory
Montana
Navy
James E. van Zandt
Philadelphia
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U. S
Three Women Report Attacks in Billings
Police report no new developments in a two week string of attacks on three women in Billings. The latest occurred Wednesday night when a man abducted a woman, robbed her of 54 dollars and assaulted her near Yellowstone river after a jaw injury left her unconscious. Earlier, a housewife escaped after a knife threat and wrist slash, while another woman was forced into a car at knifepoint and assaulted at a remote rim rocks site. One suspect was arrested but released as victims could not identify him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Yellowstone River
Gerald Smith
Smith
Rimrocks
Three Great Falls landlords face treble damages suit
In Helena on June 28 the district office of price administration filed federal court actions against H. W. Jones J. E. Snodgrass and Mrs Olga Kahn for violating maximum rent regulations. Judgments Sought range from 50 to 1250 monthly excess rents and one May overcharge of 3 dollars. Also Western Air Lines announced service from Helena to Jackson Wyoming beginning July 1 with schedules 8 47 a m departure and 10 49 a m arrival in Jackson and 1 35 p m to Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Great Falls
District Office of Price Administration
H. W. Jones
J. E. Snodgrass
Olga Kahn
Western Air Lines
Jackson
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Anacondan Elected to Banker Office
Helena June 28 Frank T. Merrill vice president Midland National bank Billings installed as president of the Montana Bankers association. Robert Wallace secretary treasurer reported Merrill succeeds A W Heidel of Broadus. Douglas Parker Shelby replaces Merrill as vice president. B Silvey Anaconda elected second vice president and Wallace named secretary treasurer at the state convention in Yellowstone National Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Frank T. Merrill
Midland National Bank of Billings
Montana Bankers Association
Robert Wallace
Merrill
A. W. Heidel
Broadus
Douglas Parker
Shelby
B. Silvey
Anaconda
Wallace
Bankers
Yellowstone National Park
Montanans Named as Army Officers in Truman Nominations
President Truman taps 54 Montanans for permanent regular Army commissions amid a nationwide pool of 9,800 selected from over 100,000 applicants. The list includes second lieutenants Archie Grant and Elzeard Des Champs, first lieutenants Neil Johnson and Charles Rose, majors such as Jack Henley and Floyd Roth, colonels like George Cookson and Barton Russell, and numerous captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels across cities including Cut Bank Helena Great Falls Missoula Bozeman Billings Butte and Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Archie W. Grant
Cut Bank
Elzeard J. Des Champs
Power
Helena
John L. Moh
Whitepine
Donald A. Crowe
Augusta
George F. Kroman
Eighth Avenue
South
Great Falls
Neil R. Johnson
N. Avenue
Missoula
Charles E. Rose
Gustave A. Neuberg
Basin
Sam A. Roberts
West Lyndale
Floyd E. Roth
Manhattan
Thomas J. Reilly
Edith
Arnold H. Anderegg
Washington Place
Warren H. Sands
Barton M. Russell
Lewis Avenue
Billings
Fergus C. Fay
Lawrence
Donald J. Green
Anaconda
James D. Kemp
Rowan
Paul E. Geiner
Utah
Butte
Arthur B. Swan
Charles L
Daniel F. Sharp
North Dawes
Lewistown
Harold J. Sheldon, Jr
Alzada
Myron H. Keilman
East Central Avenue
Robert J. de Mers
Watson Apartments
Byron L. Miller
Galena
Wilbur J. Sage
First Avenue
Ralph M. Wanderer, Jr
Hamilton
Frederick W. Searles
Connell Avenue
R. V. Bottomly, Jr
Ninth Avenue
Norval C. Bonowitz
Cook
George S. McClench
Whitefish
Walter R. Rankin
Bozeman
Daniel R. Harrington
North Main
Walter V. Jacobsen
Ovando
John Kilgore
Bonner
James F. Shea
West Quartz
Claude C. Britell
Willard A. Whittet
Supreme Court Rules Damages and Rulings in Montana
Montana's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a district court verdict awarding Harry M. Palmer of Great Falls 20000 for loss of a leg, while reversing a Lewis and Clark county ruling on J C Keith's overtime pay. The court also upheld a Gallatin county ruling denying John Kamps of Manhattan a road crossing and dismissed a writ of supervisory control in the Needham dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
Harry M. Palmer
Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern Railway
J. C. Keith
Lewis and Clark County
Keith
Howard Orville Fox
Gallatin County
John Kamps
Manhattan
Walter White
Kamps
Paul I. Needham
Butte Osteopath
Butte
High Court
Silver Bow
Miss Mae Cooper Dies After Lingering Illness
Helena resident Miss Mae Cooper 71 died Thursday afternoon at 400 North Rodney following a brief illness. Born June 13, 1875 in Minnesota, she migrated to Montana years ago and lived in western towns before settling in Helena. No survivors listed. Body at Opp-Conrad-Retz funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mae Cooper
Minnesota
North Rodney
Miss Cooper
Montana
Opp-Conrad-Retz
Contracts Approved For Havre And Billings Retirement Funds
Helena June 28 The public employes retirement board approved contracts between Havre city and municipal employees and Billings city water system staff establishing retirement funds. Municipalities contribute 3 percent of salaries in each city. Other items postponed until next meeting. date not set. Chairman Sam W. Mitchell secretary of state said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Havre
Billings
Sam W. Mitchell
Butte Osteopath Loses Supreme Court Bid
HELENA June 28 U P Dr Paul I Needham of Butte osteopath lost a Supreme Court action seeking to set aside a Justice court decree over his tenancy of office quarters. The landlord raised the rent and obtained judgment when Needham did not move. A defense motion to quash a petition for an alternative writ of supervisory control was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
U.P
Paul I. Needham
Butte Osteopath
Supreme Court
Justice Court
Needham
Consolidating Small Schools Discussed
MISSOULA June 28 The last general session of Montana's three day educational conference focused on consolidating small school districts and forming single large supervisory areas. Panel chair Dr. Sheldon Davis of Montana State Normal College led educators and state officials in supporting consolidation where feasible by bus, noting some communities cannot be fully eliminated due to isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Montana
Sheldon Davis
Montana State Normal College
Dillon
C. G. Manning
Lewistown
Fred Bennion
Helena
Deep Ruts Overturn Car Near Great Falls
Acting Coroner Dr L L Maillet judged deep ruts in the road caused the fatal rollover that killed Mike Hriczise a 65 year old rancher of Stockett four miles south of there Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
L. L. Maillet
Mike Hriczise
Stockett
Railroad service resumes on Chicago Burlington line
Helena June 28. Montana railroad commission ordered resumption of Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger trains 41 and 44 between Billings and Wyola by August 1. Dillon June 28. Dean Nichols alias Jimmy Hansen held by Sheriff Lay at Idaho Falls request on grand larceny charge. extradition waived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey
Billings
Wyola
Montana Railroad Commission
Dillon Dillon
Dean Nichols
Jimmy Hansen
Claude Lay
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Lay
Beaverhead
Problems Talked by Stockmen at Old Faithful Meeting
At Yellowstone National Park June 28 delegates from Montana Washington Oregon Idaho California Arizona Colorado Wyoming Nevada Utah and New Mexico gathered for a four day Farm Bureau convention. A livestock committee will report Saturday with recommendations for a more orderly livestock marketing to maximize producer returns. Committees will also report on dairy fruit vegetables field crops and poultry. A permanent farmers committee was named to study water problems. Farm bureau membership is expected to reach 60000 in the West in 1946 and grow in subsequent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLD Faithful
Yellowstone National Park
Farm Bureau
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
California
Arizona
Colorado
Wyoming
Nevada
Utah
New Mexico
Bert Smith
West
Highway Patrol Cancels Leaves for Fourth of July
Helena June 28 State Highway Patrol Chief Charles L Sheridan ordered all 69 patrolmen to remain on duty July 4 to curb expected holiday crashes. He noted 71 deaths in 1946 by June 22, the highest for a similar period since the patrol began, with year to date fatalities up five percent versus 1941 and 75 percent higher than 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Charles L. Sheridan
Sheridan
Montana
Highway Patrol
Scrap Metal Pile Finally Moved in Ennis
Ennis residents moved a wartime scrap metal pile from a local lot with county trucks. Nearby McAllister neighbors along Lake Ennis complained the dump spoiled the shore and endangered beachgoers. They urged dumping the metal in a gulch near Ennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis
U.P
Board of County Commissioners
Madison County
McAllister
Here
Lake Ennis
Truman Cheney Named to Post
Truman Cheney, superintendent of Whitehall schools, was named state supervisor of distributive education and guidance, effective July 1, announced by state superintendent Elizabeth Ireland. Cheney succeeds Leo Smith, who becomes registrar at Montana State University. Cheney has coaching and teaching background and Montana and Idaho administrative experience, with degrees from Intermountain Union College and Montana State University and further study at Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
U.P
Truman Cheney
Whitehall
Elizabeth Ireland
Leo Smith
Montana State University
Missoula
Cheney
Buhl
Idaho
Intermountain Union College
Columbia University
Soap and food rationing placard stirs London protest
In London on June 28 a placard warned about soap rationing amid wartime strain. The notice decried soap scarcity while noting the food eaten fails to sustain washing ability. Separately, drivers are burning about 20 wrecks near Liverpool port entrance, threatening shipping during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Queen Street
Cheapside
Liverpool
England
Deer Lodge News Circulation Notice
Public notice from Deer Lodge announcing newspaper circulation details for G A Meehan at 810 Main with contact telephone 447 for inquiries and deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Meehan
Railroaders Picnic Sunday at Deer Lodge Park
The Benefit Association of Railway Employees will host its annual picnic for members and families at Deer Lodge city park and pavilion on Sunday. A lodge committee will provide coffee and ice cream. A sports program and a 2 PM baseball game feature Philipsburg against the local team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Benefit Association of Railway Employes
A. A. Woolman
Ernest Rose
Thomas Thompson
William Speck
Philipsburg
Last Rites Held for W B McElhiney in Deer Lodge
Funeral services for William Bemus McElhiney were held at the Methodist church with Rev. E H Wendland officiating. The body was sent to Spokane crematory after the service as pallbearers from Alberton and Deer Lodge carried the honors. Also noted is the Luce family returning from a month in New York state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
William Bemus McElhiney
Methodist
E. H. Wendland
Spokane
H. T. Brown
Clarence Coyle
Charles Cornwall
Camp Robinson
Alberton
Alex Baehr
Marion Breeding
Ira Luce
New York State
Former Sheriff McCollum Dies at 54 in Idaho
James A. McCollum, 54, former Beaverhead County sheriff and 29 year Dillon resident, died of a heart attack Friday morning in a Pocatello hospital after weeks of illness. Born Canon City, Colorado, he came to Montana as a youth and worked for Union Pacific for years. Survived by widow Lenora and two children Elizabeth and John, the body to Brundage funeral home in Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Orr
Lenora McCollum
Elizabeth
John
Brundage Funeral Home
Beaverhead County Sheepmen Near End Of Shearing
Beaverhead county sheepmen are nearing the close of their shearing season, two weeks ahead of last year. Most large ranches have finished while wool continues to arrive at the Dillon wool warehouse. Daily rain has not delayed operations, and ranchers prepare for the forthcoming haying period starting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Veteran offers eye for business help
Seattle dispatch reports 24 year old former soldier Alfred I Wilson seeks to sell one eye to raise capital for starting a business. He says he is not crazy and believes he can see as well with one eye as with two, a plan he has considered at length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Alfred I. Wilson
Byrnes Seeks Peace Talk Timing Amid European Conference Debate
The Molotov Byrnes exchange shows shifting positions over when to raise the European peace conference. Molotov agrees to discuss the conference only after lingering treaty items are settled and hints at Sunday as a possible meeting. Byrnes pushes to place the issue on Saturday after Finland and Danube matters are addressed, warning time is tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molotov-Byrnes
Byrnes
Molotov
Danube
Killer in London Strikes Again Clubbed by Mistaken Bride
A woman named Miss Lindsay was found dead in a hotel room with police describing her as strikingly beautiful. Investigators pursued a teenaged companion as a potential motiveless homicide in the Griffiths case while checking Wimbledon crowds for a suspect linked to a recent hotel room killing. Another unsolved death involves Miss Elizabeth MacLindon found shot in a Belgravia mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay
Griffiths
Scotland Yard
Marjorie Gardner
Elizabeth MacLindon
King George of
Greece
Belgravia
Broadcast Sunday to carry Bikini atoll atomic blast
On Sunday at 4 p.m. Butte time radio listeners can hear Operation Crossroads from Bikini atoll. Major networks pool facilities and personnel for eyewitness accounts, scientist and military interviews, crew voices aboard the bombing plane, and the blast sound itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bikini Atoll
Butte
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Crystal Creamery
Treasure State News
West Park Street
Electric & Music Mart
Dreibelbis Music Co
W. Park
W. B. McElhiney
Park
30 Club
West Park
Butte Miners Union NO
John McLeod
Moose Oar
Mark Stevens
William Bendix
Clifton Webb
Pom Conturt
PF Ctort
Ida Lupino
Sten
Wm. Gargan
James Boys
Tyrone al Ty
Sea Iy
Jesse Fes
Henry King
MLL
Frank James
Fritz Lang
Randolpy
Walney Parcury
Bob Steele
Thunder Town
Phantom Rider
Dream
Ladies’ Rodeo
Allstate
Briggs and Stratton
H. P. Engine
Granite Street
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