Riley Named Police Chief In Butte Vote
Mayor Barry O’Leary appointed Bart Joseph Riley chief of police after an eight to six council vote. Breen’s legal status remained unsettled as Breen supporters prepared to seek court action. Riley, a 14 year veteran of the department born in 1902, is active in sports and community groups and lives at 1037 West Woolman Street.
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Bart Joseph Riley
Butte
Breen
William H. Breen
Barry O'Leary
Riley
First Ward
John T. Sullivan
Phil Doherty
Sullivan
Leonard Harrington
John E. O'Neill
Emmett Malone
Fred Christy
Alex McDonald
Doherty
Frank Moran
Arthur Mehrens
Peter Sodja
John J. Haggerty
T. R. Morgan
John Lindquist
Fred Seubert
Dewey McGeehan
Edward J. Lowney
Police Commission
Septmer
Metropolitan Police
O'Leary
Thomas Boyle
West Park Street
City Hall
Central High School
Hubs
Butte Lodge of Elks
Butte Council of the
Albert E German to be feted for long service at Montana Power
Albert E German, a Montana Power employee for 42 years, retires from active service on November 1 and plans a winter in California with Mrs German after a winding career as foreman at the Montana street sub station, warehouse, garage and shop. A testimonial dinner at Eddy's Drive Inn tonight at 6:30 p.m. honors his service, announced by M E Buck vice president and general superintendent.
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Albert E. German
Montana Power Company
Montana Street
Seventeen Civilians Die in Atlantic Voyage
Washington dispatch reports seventeen American civilians and two Canadians, enlisted in the British civilian technical corps, killed when their transport to England was sunk. The British announced no ship name or port, but telegrams were sent to next of kin. Civilians were described as skilled radio and automobile mechanics and other technical tradesmen.
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England
Technical Corps
Washington
Navy Department
Kearny
Reuben James
Royal Air Force
Germans Split Soviet Defenders of Crimea Into Three Segments
Berlin reports a spearhead drive through the Yarla mountains reaching the Black Sea to divide Crimea's Soviet defense into three sectors. German forces push toward Sevastopol and Feodosia while air attacks target Leningrad and Gorki, with Crimea viewed as a base for sea-borne supply lines from Romanian ports.
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Crimea
Berlin
Yarla
Black Sea
Simferopol
Sevastopol
Moscow
Gorki
Molotov Motor Works
Leningrad
Neva
Peninsula
Craft Unions to Discuss Contracts With A C M Co
International and local representatives of metal trades and building trades unions of the American Federation of Labor will meet Tuesday, Nov. 11, with officials of the Anaconda Copper Mining company to discuss new agreements covering crafts in Butte, Anaconda and Great Falls.
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Metal Trades and Building Trades Unions
American Federation of Labor
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
New CAA Flight Training Course Open With 11 Enrollees
Eleven students begin a Civil Aeronautics Administration flight training course here under instructor John Fox from Seattle. Ground instruction is by Montana School of Mines with Dr. G L Shue in charge. Trainees must complete ground school and log 35 to 45 flight hours to earn a private pilot license. This is the sixth such course since 1939 and runway work promises unusually good field conditions.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
John Fox
CAA
Seattle
Wash
Montana
School of Mines
G. L. Shue
Arthur Connors
Frank Gardner
Vincent Haynes
Ralph McLaughlin
Francis Veale
Thomas Allen
William Michaely
John Purdy
Thomas Quinn
Charles Sweeney
Glen Shean
Reds Report German Drive Halted
Moscow reports the German push on Moscow halted with retreat in parts of the Donets basin. Russians claim they destroyed hundreds of Nazi tanks and guns in a two day counteroffensive while German forces dig trenches and convert tanks into pill boxes. The radio says Moscow area fighting continues with the enemy less ardent after the initial assault.
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Moscow
Donets
Tula
Kalinin
Red
Maloyarsklavets
Mozhaisk
Army Pursuit Plane Crashes After Hitting Power Line
An Army pursuit training plane from Hamilton Field struck a high tension line six miles west of Woodland California on Wednesday. Pilot Garth Jarred 25 was badly cut and his companion Dan g ers suffered possible internal injuries and multiple fractures. Both were hospitalized. The aircraft flipped and crashed near Cache Creek after the impact.
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Woodland
Calif
Hamilton Field
Garth Jarred
Jarred
Cache Creek
Congress To Stay In Session Amid Japan Relations Crisis
Administration leaders decide to keep Congress in session indefinitely due to tense Japanese American relations. Some House leaders had floated recesses after neutrality and price control measures, while Kurusu’s Washington visit adds pressure as lawmakers call for continued action.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Saburo Kurusu
Germany
United States
Kurusu
Bloom
D-N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Luther Johnson
Texas
Japan
Hull
State Department
Kensuke Normura
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Wheeler Denounces Roosevelt Use of Neutrality Act
Senator Wheeler of Montana lambasted President Roosevelt for not applying the Neutrality Act to the Russo German war and accused him of using the law for power politics. The debate centers on revoking arms and belligerent port restrictions, while White House aides advise keeping amendments out of the bill. Secretary Knox argues arming ships could deter submarine attacks even as the dispute intensifies.
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Washington, Navy
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Alumni of School of Mines to Hold Outstanding Homecoming
Alumni from the Montana School of Mines plan a Saturday homecoming tied to the Mines Carroll College football game in Butte. A 7 p.m. banquet at the Pinsen hotel will honor ex star Charles McAuliffe and feature talks by McAuliffe and Frank Curran with Dr. Thomson and Dr. Adams also speaking.
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School of Mines
Montana School of Mines
Mines-Carroll College
Alumni Association of
The
Treasure State
Butte
Helena
Pinsen
Charles McAuliffe
Ing and Refining Company
East Helena
Alumni Association
Wallace O'Brien
Brandon McMahon
Professor Adams
George Vivian
August Grunert
Clifford Milkwick
Anaconda
John Steadman
Highland Mine
Mr. Roy
School of Mines-Carroll
Mines School
Carroll College
Montana College
Grunert
Legion Discusses Armistice Plans at Silver Bow Post
Silver Bow post of the American Legion held a busy regular meeting stressing the Armistice day program. Anticipated is the largest post parade next Tuesday at 7 30 p m with the annual stag banquet at the Avo cafe in Meaderville Saturday at 7 30 p m with over 100 reservations. The scrap metal drive for defense materials drew wide public support as city and county trucks gathered metals from homes and businesses. Wendell Johnson thanked the public for strong participation as membership efforts proceed toward a Tuesday end and the post reports 441 paid-up members in the past year.
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Silver Bow Post
American Legion
Post
Avo Cafe
Meaderville
William
Wreck) Donnelly
Legion
Wendell Johnson
Roosevelt Plans Important Address Today
The White House labeled the speech by President Roosevelt as important. He will address International Labor Office delegates at 1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time Thursday. All three major radio chains will carry the address.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
International Labor Office
Judge Deliberates On Montana Hickey Gambling Law
Helena, Nov. 5. District Judge A. J. Horsky held a case under advisement challenging Chapter 135 of 1937 laws which permits chance games in club rooms of fraternal and charitable groups. Plaintiffs Erickson and Black seek to halt such games, arguing improper title limitations. The hearing featured heated exchanges as briefs are due within 20 days.
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Helena
A. J. Horsky
Montana
Simon Erickson
W. A. Black
John W. Bonner
J. Miller Smith
Brian D. O'Connell
Elk
Scrap Shoes Arrive for War Scrap Drive
A local store donated a box of shoes to a Legion scrap drive for defense. At the city corral the arriving box drew attention as some boys traded old shoes for new. By evening nearly everyone knew the samples were one foot only and made of rubber for scrap use.
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Legion
Treasury proposes $4.8 billion tax program to fund 1942
The Treasury and aides unveil a sweeping plan with a 15 percent at the source income tax, a 1 percent payroll tax for unemployment and a 1 percent payroll hike for old age and pensions. Effective January 1, 1942, the plan would yield about 4.8 billion and faces immediate House hearings.
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Washington
U.R
the Treasury
Congress
House
Ways and Means
The
Treasury
Social Security
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
John L. Sullivan
Morgenthau
Congressional
Butte and Montana Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. The forecast covers Butte and Montana with similar conditions and minor variation in temperature expected.
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Butte
Montana
26 Prospective Soldiers From Butte Arrive at Missoula for Tests
Twenty six prospective soldiers from Butte arrived in Missoula with a crowd of about two thousand cheering them. They will be tested to determine fitness and those accepted will be sworn into the Army and sent to Fort Lewis. The Butte draft contribution now totals 615 soldiers.
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Butte
Missoula
Army of the United States
Fort Lewis
Wash
Silver Bow County
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Atlantic
Big Peninsula
Caucausus
Feodosiya
Kerch
Caucasus
Reds
Donets Basin
Pacific
Uncle Sam
United States Navy
Atlantic Air Patrol
North Atlantic
Quisling
Lee
D-Okla
Small
Capitol
Robert L. Doughton
D-N. C
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