Gambling raids net fifteen arrests in downtown Butte
Butte police with deputized firemen raided several downtown gambling spots, seizing slot machines and gaming fixtures. About $3,500 in currency and 23 machines were confiscated as fifteen men were arrested within an hour between 4 and 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Ed Molthen
Ed Malthen
Tom Nixon
Ed O'Keefe
John Lyden
William Ryan
Willard McCallum
John Moriarity
Ed Huhtanen
John Maguire
George Stanich
Earl Holman
Larry Tromly
North Main
Club
West Park
Board of Trade
East Park
Attorneys Arrive for 58th Montana Bar Association Meet
Delegates from across Montana converge on Butte to begin a two day Montana Bar Association convention. Registration opens at the Finlen hotel with the opening session led by President H C Crippen. W E Keeley and Marshall Murray serve as top officers and committee chairs.
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Montana Bar Association
Butte
Finlen Hotel
Resolutions Committee
H. Leonard DeKalb
Lewistown
H. C. Crippen
Billings
T. J. Davis
Crippen
W. E. Keeley
Deer Lodge
Marshall Murray
Kalispell
Young Democrats Elect Leaders in Montana
Gene Daly of Great Falls was elected president of Montana Young Democrats with Ann Albright of Butte as first vice president and Lester Lukkason of Polson as second vice president. Betty Anderegg of Helena becomes secretary and Armond Town of Miles City treasurer, with Miles City’s William Dunn as national committeeman and Lewistown’s Anna Zillick as national committeewoman.
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Helena
Gene Daly
Great Falls
Montana
Young Democrats
Ann Albright
Butte
Lester Lukkason
Polson
Betty Anderegg
Armond Town
Miles City
William Dunn
Anna Zillick
Lewistown
Western
Dave Karsted
Missoula
Art Meyer
Gloria Morgenson
Nellie Hubbard
Bozeman
Jack Toole
Shelby
Ira Beeler
Billings
Mary Preval
Harlowton
Richard Shipman
Captain Cronin Loses License After Sea Collision
Capt Arthur P. Cronin, 51, master of the freighter American Farmer, who was reported sunk then towed to port after a July 31 collision with the cattle boat William J. Riddle, was found guilty of inattention to duty by a Coast Guard hearing officer. His shipmaster license is suspended for three months.
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New York
Arthur P. Cronin
William J. Riddle
Coast Guard
Byrnes Expected to Restate American Policy in Stuttgart
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes travels by special train to Stuttgart where at 1 p.m. Friday he will deliver a keynote policy statement. Observers expect him to affirm U.S. commitment to a stable, peaceful Germany and continued occupation as needed, with talks on German policy and Potsdam formulas.
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Byrnes
Stuttgart
Germany
U.P
James F. Byrnes
Europe
United States
America
Concert of Nations
Big Four
Foreign Ministerial Council
Ruhr
France
Viacheslav Molotov
Moscow
Paris
Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Molotov
Sokolovsky
Tom Connally
Texas
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Benjamin V. Cohen
State Department
State Department Countselor
H. Freeman Matthews
Prankfurt
Joseph T. McNarney
Session Postponed by Moscow Radio
The Moscow radio said the second session of the supreme Soviet of the USSR would be postponed from September 20 to October 15. It did not provide a reason for the delay.
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London
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Butte Weather Forecast Shows Clouds and Showers
Partly cloudy Friday with increasing cloudiness and showers in the afternoon. Highs: 55 to 65 west of divide and cooler 45 to 55 north of divide, 55 to 65 south. School of Mines and Airport: max 63, min 42 or 44. Temperatures steady overall with scattered showers.
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School of Mines
Divide
Molotov Returns to Paris Peace Table From Russian Capital
Elko Nevada reports a New York to San Francisco airliner crashed on a fogbound desert mountain while attempting to land at Elko airport. Twenty one aboard perished, including Army and Navy personnel. a two year old survivor, Peter Link, was wounded but expected to recover. The child’s uncle in Brooklyn identified him and noted the parents Joseph and Ann Link also died in the wreck.
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Elko
Nev
U.P
San Francisco
Desert
Elke Airport
Elko General Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
Peter Link
Joseph
Ann Link
Peter
West Coast
Charter airliner crash linked to safety rule violation
Washington reports a Trans Luxury airliner crashed near Elko Nevada in dawn fog while flying in direct violation of federal safety rules for charter carriers. CAA said minimum ceiling was 2,500 feet, Elko reported at 200 feet with cloud base at 100 feet.
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Charles Cord
Washington
Elko
Nev
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Civil Aeronautics Board
Brit Firm Designed High Speed Plane
READIN G England September 5 Miles Aircraft Ltd announces a design for an aircraft capable of 1000 miles per hour and 36000 feet. Construction halted when the air ministry canceled the contract. The craft would have been about 250 mph faster than sound and near term test flights before work stopped.
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Reading
England
Miles Aircraft, Ltd
Air Ministry
France asks U S to cease wartime broadcasts from transmitters
Paris asks Washington to end broadcasting from wartime transmitters installed by the United States. In Algiers the State Department said negotiations continue on periods for relay of American programs from Algiers if transmitters are turned over to France by sale or other means.
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Washington
France
United States
Algiers
North Africa
State Department
Death Toll in India Nears 200
Bombay clashes between Hindus and Muslims push deaths to about 200 and injuries to around 600 since Sunday. Reports recount a shrine mob attack killing six men and a woman by knives, with police and troops firing on crowds in several cities including Calcutta and Trichinology.
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Bombay
Calcutta
Trichinology
Madras
May is Denied Satisfactory Statement on Garsson Ties
The Senate war investigating committee rejected Rep. May of Kentucky new statements about his ties to the Garsson munitions group as unsatisfactory. The panel urged May to return to Washington to testify, or to allow subcommittee questioning at his Prestonsburg home while he recovers from a heart ailment. The committee hint suggests May’s appearance could be delayed past the November election if leadership changes occur.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
May
D-Ky
Garsson Munitions Combine
Prestonsburg
Combine
Mead
D-N. Y
Henry M. Garsson
Sugar price ceilings to rise under Cuban agreement
Washington officials said sugar ceiling prices must increase with a possible one cent rise at retail. The move, tied to the Cuban American accord and cost of living changes, could cost consumers about 80 million dollars annually. CPA spokesmen and government CCC representatives confirm the adjustment.
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Washington
CPA
Commodity Credit Corporation
United States
Britain Denounces Ukraine Case Against Greece at UN
Britain called Ukraine’s complaint to the United Nations against Greece and the United Kingdom propagandistic and weak. Sir Alexander Cadogan said Ukraine failed to make a case and warned the council against disrepute if used for such protests. The session went into secret talks to discuss a report for the General Assembly opening Sept. 23.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Great Britain
Ukraine
United Nations Security Council
Greece
United Kingdom
New York
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations
Oscar Lange
Poland
General Assembly
Paul Hasluck
Australia
Cadogan
Moscow
Shipping Troup Threatens Food Spoilage
The Associated Press reports a nationwide maritime strike threatens perishable food spoilage and delays relief shipments for the world’s needy. An AFL union-led action, joined by CIO seamen, aims to press a wage board ruling denying full increases won in contracts.
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Associated Press
C. I. O. Maritime Union
Wage Stabilization Board
Seafarers International Union
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
West Coast
Secretary of
Schwellenbach
Phillip Hannah
San Francisco
Harry Lundeberg
Hannah
Ohio
Hatchet Slaying Probed in Western Montana Ranch Area
Sheriff William Hynes investigates the alleged hatchet murder of Felix Mueller, 58, a ranch hand found near Bear Mouth east of Missoula. Mueller, paid Monday, had about 180 dollars in his shirt, and deputies note a crushed skull and clean bloodless body. Investigators found fresh car tracks and believe the killing occurred elsewhere and was staged as an accident.
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Philipsburg
William Bryan Hynes
Felix Mueller
Bearmouth
Missoula
Montana
Joe Clawson
Mueller
Hynes
Merger Pact Outlines Bizonal Economic Union Plan
Berlin reports a four point framework for a bizonal economic merger of the American and British zones in Germany. The plan creates German staffed agencies with executive powers and aims to cut costs, stabilize living standards, pool resources, and coordinate import export policies across zones.
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Berlin
Germany
Agree
Rejection of Italian Claims Urged at Peace Conference
At The Paris conference Molotov returned as Vishinsky urged rejection of all Italian claims to Istria and Trieste. Vishinsky defended the Big Four plan for a free Trieste and pressed Yugoslavia’s rightful claim to the port city, citing postwar political considerations.
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Paris
Molotov
Andrei Vishinsky
Haa P
Russia
Trieste
Mostov
Kremlin
Berlin
Vassily Sokolovsky
Germany
Foreign Ministers Council
Romania
Transylvania
Hungary
FP. X
Big Four
Alexander Bogomolov
Vienna
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Europe
Ivance Bonomi
Flag of Justice
Believe Helena Man Died in Accident
A. J. Harstad of Helena Montana, 60, was killed when his car plunged from a Moyie river canyon embankment nine miles east of Bonners Ferry Idaho. A blowout on a treacherous road is blamed. authorities recovered the body and will search the river for possible additional occupants.
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Bonners Ferry
Ida
A. J. Harstad
Eighth Ave
Helena
Mont
Here
Moyie
Moyie River
Harstad
Rocky River
Heirens 17 is given life terms for triple slayings
Chicago report details 17 year old William Heirens receiving three consecutive life sentences for the kidnap slaying of Suzanne Degnan and the killings of two women. The court rejected the death penalty, ordering a minimum 60 years before parole. Heirens expressed sorrow as the judge declared the sentences.
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William Heirens
Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Heirens
William J. Tuohy
Harold G. Ward
The
Criminal Court
Francis Brown
Joesphine Ross
Ward
Wilbert Crowley
John Coghlan
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