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Newspaper

The Montana Standard

Location

Butte, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1940

Page

7

Simulated Air Attack Planned Over Panama Canal

Army authorities said a 15-plane Navy bomber exercise would simulate an air strike on the canal using flares rather than bombs and no counterattack. Nets were placed at Atlantic and Pacific entrances for training with the fleet expected from Hawaii arriving Friday.

Balboa C. Z W.P Panama Canal Navy United States Army Pacific Atlantic Canal United States Hawaii

Use of parachutists waged in fire fighting

A fire fighting trial shows parachute drops could aid attack on a small blaze spotted from the air. Fifty sealed dinners were dropped to workers near Nine Mile Remount station, producing no breakages and proving meals can be delivered by air to crews on fires.

Nine Mile Remount Station Missoula Forestry Mr. Myrick

Cigarette Tax Rates Aim to Increase with July 1 Inventory

The internal revenue collector announces an upcoming higher cigarette tax and requires every manufacturer and dealer to request blank return forms for reporting stock on hand as of July 1. Taxpayers must file the return and inventory with payment by August 1, 1940, with forms delayed by printing. Investigations into district records are planned to ensure compliance.

Internal Revenue Washington

Marie Johnston Pioneer of Butte Dies After Illness

Marie Johnston widow of P M Johnston died in a local hospital after a short illness. She lived in Butte for fifty years at 921 West Broadway and was born in Michigan. She leaves three sons and daughters in law, two daughters, seven grandchildren, and relatives in Michigan and the West. Funeral services set for 11 am Monday at Richards chapel with Rev. Thomas Ashworth officiating. interment Mount Moriah cemetery.

Butte Marie Johnston P. M. Johnston West Broadway Michigan Kenneth Johnston Howard Johnston J. B. Johnston Frank Burns Port Townsend Wash George Bent Portland Ore Edward Kemp San Mario Calif Richards Chapel Thomas Ashworth Mount Moriah Cemetery

Requiem Mass for Butte Contractor William A. O'Brien

William A. O'Brien a longtime Butte contractor died Wednesday night at 1111 West Park Street and was laid to rest with a Requiem high mass at Immaculate Conception Church yesterday. Rev. Thomas Gannon led the service Monsignor J C Willging officiated at Holy Cross Cemetery with pallbearers Edward P. Shea W J Fox A R McLeod W J Sewell P K Ramsey and Dennis J Lordan. O'Brien had lived in the Mining City for 56 years.

William A. O'Brien Immaculate Conception Church Thomas Gannon J. C. Willging Edward P. Shea W. J. Fox A. R. McLeod W. J. Sewell P. K. Ramsey Dennis J. Lordan Holy Cross Cemetery Mr. O'Brien Butte West Park Street

Mrs Harold Burns 21 Dies. Rites Planned in Butte

Mrs Harold Burns aged 21 of Rocker died Friday night. Survived by husband Bernard, daughter Reann, mother Irene Howe, brothers Jack and Frank Hawe, father-in-law Thomas L Burns, uncles James D Cleary Richard Hawe, aunts Helen Herlihy Kathryn Hawe Ruth Cleary, brothers-in-law Leo Ray Robert and Bernard Burns, niece Jean Ann Howe, nephew Jack Howe, and many cousins. Requiem high mass set for Tuesday at 9:30 in St Patrick church. funeral cortege from Daly-Shea mortuary at 9. Burial at Holy Cross.

Harold Burns Rocker Webster Butte High School Reann Burns Irene Howe Jack Hawe Frank Hawe Thomas L. Burns James D. Cleary Richard Hawe Helen Her

Funeral services for Donald J. Carmichael

Donald J. Carmichael died in a local hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for 2 o'clock Monday at Whites with burial in Mount Moriah cemetery. He was a Nova Scotia native who lived in Montana over 50 years and resided at 321 South Washington Street. Surviving relatives include a son-in-law and daughter Merlin and Mrs. Varcol, a grandchild Herbert Varcol, siblings in Butte Seattle Philadelphia and Canada, and several nieces and nephews.

Donald J. Carmichael White's Mount Moriah Montana Carmichael Nova Scotia South Washington Street Merlin G. Varcol Herbert Varcol Hugh Carmichael Butte Elizabeth MacDonald Seattle Euphemia Dunn Philadelphia Canada T. H. MacKinnon Murdock Carmichael Whitehall Malcolm Carmichael

Prompted Tax Returns and Stock Records for July 1

Instructions urge parties to complete returns and inventories promptly and send to the internal revenue collector with remittances and to preserve full records of stocks on hand as of July 1 for investigators.

Tories Internal Revenue

Large naturalization hearing set for 74 seeking citizenship

One of the largest groups ever to seek U S citizenship will appear before U S District Judge James H Baldwin on September 27 in federal naturalization hearings conducted by a federal examiner. Seventy four candidates, many recent wartime petitioners, hail from Yugoslavia Finland Great Britain Greece Italy Germany Sweden and other nations with most residing in Butte area. The list includes dozens of named applicants and addresses across Butte Meaderville Walkerville Anaconda and surrounding streets.

U. S James H. Baldwin Harold Allen United States Yugoslavia Finland Great Britain England Ireland Greece Italy Germany Sweden Poland France Russia Bulgaria Norway Butte

Governor Reports Montana Budget and Debt Plan

The governor announces Montana reduced state debt interest from 506000 in 1936 to 388000 in 1939, a 23 percent drop. He seeks authority to refund 2.75 million dollars in four percent obligations to maintain strong credit ratings amid economic pressures.

Legisature Montana

Budget Shifts as Defense Programs Expand Expenditures

The 1941 budget envisions a major shift from peacetime to preparedness with defense outlays rising from 1.575 billion to about 3.6 billion dollars and total borrowing power boosted by four billion. WPA relief costs ease to 1.4 billion while non-defense costs shrink slightly. New tax levies promise higher revenue: old taxes up 385 million, new levies adding 715 million, totaling 994.2 million annually for four years, though first year receipts dip due to timing. Excise taxes rise, estate and gift taxes climb, income taxes up, corporation taxes up, and personal exemptions fall from 2500 to 2000 dollars.

Treasury WPA

Boundary Shifts As Soviet Armies Seize Bessarabia and Bukovina

Russian forces push beyond the agreed line into Bessarabia and North Bukovina during a bloodless occupation. Bucharest reports the Red Army has advanced to the Prut and Suceava corridor, with chaos and unclear final borders as Romanian troops withdraw.

Bucovina Carol Red Army Bucharest Dorohoi Bessarabia Rumania Bukovina Europe Teofil Sidorovici Bessarabian Doronoi Moldavia Russia Sidorovicl Hungary Bulgaria Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Balkans Great Britain Transylvania Dobrudja Germany

Minneapolis Grain: Wheat Receipts and Prices

Minneapolis grain report shows today wheat receipts at 83 cars versus 136 a year ago with trading basis unchanged and quotations lower. Cash quotes list No 1 heavy dark northern at 75 3/4 to 75 3/4 cents with various grades and related grain prices across Minnesota and South Dakota including dark northern and red durum, yellow corn, barley, rye, flax and sweet clover seed with modest changes from prior levels.

Minneapolis Montana Minnesota South Dakota

Seattle Produce Dairy Prices Unchanged in Market News

Seattle June 29 Butter and eggs hold steady. Wholesale cheese on Seattle exchange shows crackly quotes with trip lets at 15'4c and loaf at 16'40.

Seattle

Butte Hog Market Prices Reported Today

Hogs were quoted in the Butte market with ranges by weight. Choice hogs 160 to 200 lbs 5 1/ 6 c per lb, 200 to 225 lbs 5 4 c, 225 to 275 lbs 5 1/ 4 c, 275 to 300 lbs 4 3/ 4 c, 300 to 325 lbs 4 1/ 2 c, 325 to 350 lbs 4 1/ 2 c. Heavy sows and stags 3 3/ 4 c.

Butte

Tax Bill Expands Taxpayer Roll Under Roosevelt Plan

The new tax law boosts government revenue by adding about 2.2 million income taxpayers including married couples and single filers. Estate and gift taxes took effect last Tuesday after Roosevelt signed the bill. excise taxes start next Monday and income taxes apply to 1940 income.

Roosevelt

Record Attendance Is Seen for First-Aid Meet Today

A large turnout is expected at the first aid contest held at the Gardens grove near the playgrounds. Dozens of mining firms from Butte area compete in six sections with five teams each, under U S Bureau of Mines supervision. Cash prizes totaling 1400 dollars reward winners, with public buses from Butte City Lines to the Gardens and a post contest dance.

U. S. Bureau of Mines Anaconda Company E. H. Denny United States Bureau of Mines Denny Anaconda Washoe Park Walter W. Kessler U.S. Bureau of Mines Salt Lake City Allan G. Look Milton McCall D. F. McFlhattan Mines Safety Appliance Company H. H McMillan Mine Safety Appliance Company Butte Jack Combes Universal Safety Appliance Company H. Estabrook Larry McAllister P. Trythall J. W. Warren Lester Bishop J. C. O'Donnell J.M. Hosking J. P. Carroll Tom Corkish Louis Bertoglio Hadley Sullivan John P. Langhorn Maurice Barry Butte City Lines, Inc

Balbo and Nine Others Die as Planes Shot Down Over Tobruk

Marshal Italo Balbo and nine others are killed when a plane on an official mission is shot down by British aircraft over Tobruk Libya. The victims include the Tripoli consul general editor of Corriere Padano and Balbo relatives. Mussolini orders flags at half mast and fascist offices to display black crepe.

Rome Italo Balbo Tobruk Libya Tripoli Balbo Corriere Padano Signor Ferrara Florio Gino High Command Armed Forces of Italy Chicago New York Mussolini Galeazzo Ciano Duce Piazza Venezia Atlantic South America

Law Requires Fingerprinting of Foreigners

The army and navy training programs at Fort Benning Georgia and Fort Riley Kansas will include new mechanical courses as part of defenses. President Roosevelt asked Owen D Young to advise Sidney Hillman on training workers for national defense industries. Justice and Post Office departments will lead a mass alien registration and fingerprinting program with education campaigns in 1000 foreign language papers and radio outlets.

Fantry School Fort Benning Cavalry Fort Riley Kan Roosevelt White House Owen D. Young General Electric Company Sidney Hillman National Defense Industries Young National Police Academy William Green A. FP. L Congress Communist Party Nazi Bund Justice and Postoffice Departments Francis Biddle Census Bureau Biddle Mr. Roosevelt Potomac Jesse Jones Federal Loan The Lions Rotary Kiwanis

Germans warn United States against intervention in Europe

A Berlin Rome Tokyo warned the western hemisphere against costly intervention in Europe and cautioned the US not to sacrifice its own interests for a France that has collapsed or England facing the same fate. It criticized Roosevelt regime for souring relations with Germany Italy Japan and Soviet Russia.

Americas Berlin Rome Tokyo Europe France England United States Roosevelt Germany Italy Japan Soviet Russia

Post Office to Register and Fingerprint Aliens Nationwide

The commerce department and American Legion will coordinate a program in about 45 000 postoffices to register and fingerprint aliens. The Post Office plans to mail registration cards to aliens and pass data to immigration and justice departments for verification and classification. Congress provides 2 million dollars for registration and 500 thousand for fingerprint work. Britain reports loss of 1132 teaspoons in five months of war.

Congress Britain Ministry of Information

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