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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
COMMITS MURDER,
SUICIDE AT BAR
HERE WEDNESDAY
Mike .Helco Shoots And
Kills Muriun Scotland.
Turns Gun On Sell

The Old Heidelberg bar here
shooting about TOO p. m.
Wednesday, when Mike Helco,
world war veteran and ranch
hand, pumped two shots into
the back Of Mrs. Marian Soc
land, also known as Marian
Shannon and Marie Huffman,
then took refuge in u shed
along the alley and shot him
self in the left temple.
There were several eyewtt-
nesses to Mrs. Soeland's death.
She had been arguing with Hell
CO at the bar regarding 5000
which the man said she had
taken from him some time ago.
Witnesses said Helco asked
her to drink a beer with him,
but she refused and turned
away. Helco pulled a Luger re-
volver. His first shot creased
the shoulder of Russell Brown,
who said he lodged as he saw
the ranch hand start to shoot.
After Mrs. Scotland fell to the
floor, Helco made his way to-
ward the back of the bar,
threatening those in his way
with the gun. The woman died
almost Immediately.
Policeman Walter Willett,
who had been summoned went
through the building a d
turned down the alley. He sta
ted that he saw Helco through
a crack in the shed, but as
soon as the killer saw the po-
liceman, he raised the gun to
his left temple and fired. He
died instantly.
Helco had been employed on
the Ed Kopac ranch. He had
lived in Butte for some time
before coming to Hardin.
Officers said that there would
probably be no inquest.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
Asylum Inrndte
Is Jdiled Here

George Sorenson was arrest
ed Tuesday by the state high
way patrol in Billings after he
had de-swiped the car of Ed
gar B. williams, a tourist, five
miles west of Hardin, and had
failed to stop and report the
accident.
It was later discovered that
Sorenson had escaped from the
State Hospital for the Insane
at Jamestown, N. D.
Officers here are awaiting
word from Jamestown, and in
the meantime Sorenson is in
the Big Horn county jail.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
Six Guilty OF
Drunken Driving

Six men were arrested and
pleaded guilty to drunken driv-
ing charges on Sunday and
Monday. All were fined $500,
and given Jail sentences of
from so to go days.
The imprisonment was to be
suspended if the fines were
paid.
Those arrested, the date, the
officer who made the arrest,
and the justice before whom
they appeared are as follows:
Pedro Valdez, arrested June
"a by Lynn Armstrong of the
State Highway patrol, Justice
c. A.. Corkins.
Bob Poulton, arrested June
% by Lynn Armstrong of the
State Highway patrol, Justice
Robert A. Vickers.
R. E. Bin, arrested June "a
by G. K. McDermid of the State
Highway patrol, Justice Cor
kins.
Trinidad Ayala, arrested June
% by Tom Stark Of the State
Highway patrol, Justice Cork
ms.
John Turpen, arrested June
"a by Tom Stark of the State
Highway Patrol, Justice Vickers.
Burton c. DENLY, arrested
June "a by Tom Stark Of the
State Highway Patrol, Justice
Vickers,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
!. w. TRIPLET DIES

James W. Triplet, 81 died
here last Thursday following a
heart attack at his home. He
was preceded in death by his
wife, who passed away two
months ago.
He was engaged in the house
moving business and had been
a resident here for many years.
Funeral services were held at
the Four Square church Mon
day afternoon. The Rev. E. E.
Fitch officiated. Bulls and
Chilly were in charge of the
funeral arrangements. Burial
was made in the Hardin ceme-
terry.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
DeMoloYs Plon
Picnic Sunday

Members Of Big Horn chap
ter, Order Of DeMolay, their
guests, and several members of
the advisory council will go to
Red Lodge Sunday for an all
day picnic.
Activities are expected to in
clude fishing, baseball, and
horseshoe pitching.
The boys are to furnish ice
cream and lemonade, and the
girls will bring the rest of the
picnic lunch, It was stated.
The party will leave at 600
am, from the Masonic temple.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
INDIAN WOMAN DIES

Edith Blackhair, wife of Sid
Blackhair, died at Crow Agency
Tuesday from q kidney ailment,
Funeral services were con-
Quoted today at the Baptist
church In Crow Agency with
the Rev. G. A. Bentley officiat-
ing. Burial was In the ceme-
terry there. Bulls and Chilly
had charge Of the funeral ar
rangements.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
AWNING c FIRE

Members of the Hardin vol
unteer fire department were
called to the hammers second
hand store about 8:45 this
morning to extinguish a fire
which had started in the avn
ing.
Mike Kuchera, who operates
a business next door, was at
tempting to smother the flames
when the department arrived
and sprayed water on the avn
ing.
The cause of the fire was I'M
known. y
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
URIED AT

Funeral services for Warner
G. Just, world war veteran, who
died at the Fort Harrison hos
pital in Helena, were held this
afternoon at the Custer Bat
tlefield national cemetery.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
MONTANA TOWNS
SHOW INCREASE

Many towns throughout Mon
tana showed substantial in
creases in population over the
1880 census, a report from Will
lard E. Fraser, census manager
for this area shows.
Hardin increased 712 per-
sons in the ten year period.
Other towns and their stand
ingS are as follows:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
IS F1oATED

Bob steele. also known as
nob De Haven. WAS ayreste6
this week by Sheriff Henry IA.
Uirich on a charge OF vaerancv.
He anueared before Justice
OF the Peace Robert "A. vickers.
and was told to leave town.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27

Miss Lois Troumbly OF Great
Falls, Republican candidate for
the office Of state superintend-
ent Of public instruction, was in
Hardin Thursday calling on
friends and in the interest OF
her campaign.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-06-27
NOTICE

NOTICE -
There will be a meeting of
the North Bench local of the
Farmers Union at the North
Bench school house Friday eve
ming.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
REAL 'HOLD-UP'
COWBOY OUSTED
Spectators Thought 1t
Was Carnival Spirit at
First, But Reacted

San Francisco. May 2i-(UP)-
The bartender winked and nodded
his approval when the little man
In cowboy suit sauntered up to
the bar, waved gun and piped:
"This Is q holdlup."
The other customers, also dressed
In the costumes OF the west when
II was Wild, slapped the little fellow
on the back and downed their whis-
key neat. This, they agreed, was the
proper carnival spirit to boost the
reopening OF the Gilden Gate Inter-
national Exposition.
Then the little man got mad and
tears came into his eyes. He showed
a customer of a stool and thumped
the bar with the but tot his gun.
The customer took the gun away
from him and found 1t loaded.
At that, the bartender and the
customers took alarm. BACKED the
little mans eyes and heaved him
out the door into the arms Of police,
who hauled him away TO Jail.
There, the little man said he was
John Hovis of Cochranton, Pa,
"just a Pennsylvania poet" He
pleaded innocent to a charge Of at
tempted robbery.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
Officially Everything in
Connection With Trial
Has Left City
CLERK GEORGE II.
FREEMAN IN FINALE
Removes All Evidence,
Places in New Haven
Supreme Court Care

The Waterbury conspiracy
trial officially cleft" this city,
insofar as evidence and court
procedure In the case Is con-
cerned this noon. Superior
Court Clerk George H. Free
man left the courthouse at
that time with a huge card
board box, containing the
stenographic evidence In the
case, enroute to New Haven,
where the evidence will be
turned over 10 the clerk OF The
Supreme Court OF Errors In the Elm
City, TO which court fourteen OF
thc defendants In the case have APP
pealed their cases.
The moving OF this evidence TO
New Haven takes out Of the local
courthouse the final records In the
case and all future action In the
case will be In the Supreme Court
of Errors, or the United States Cir
cult Court Of Appeals or the Su-
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
REFUGEES FILL
PARTS OF FRANCE
Estimated That 3,OOO,O 900
Have Fled Before Nazis
in LOwlandS
BY PERCY NOEL
nited Press Staff CORRESPONDENCE

UNITED Press SJaIf COrreSpOnuent)
Paris, May 2l.-(UP)-Endless
rivers OF refugees-already officially
estimated at more than 10000
persons-poured into central and
southern France today.
A large number were old people
and children, seeking any haven
from the war.
The flow that began II days ago
when the Germans invaded the Low
Countries now was comprised OF
black columns of humanity.
France, already burdened with
Spanish war refugees and German
exiles, was assimilating the new
streams and providing for their
immediate wants with amazing ef-
ficiency.
The refugees. found, seek but
little-only a haven from total war
that has wrecked their homes and
farms and cut them adrift from
the stream of normal life.
The French government an
nounced that distribution OF food
cards will be completed by the end
of the month. but only residents will
receive food cards and the refugees
will continue to be fed and housed
without red tape.
Census VIII BE Taken
The ministry OF labor announced
that a census will be taken OF all
CONTINUED on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
REAL LIFE GOALS
OF HARVARDITES

Cambridge. Mass. May 2i-(UP)
An annual income Of 5000. mar
riage by l945 and eventually family
Of three children are goals OF this
years Harvard college graduate.
These aims were disclosed In the
senior class album published today.
A majority OF the $40 members OF
tn graduating class said they would
be content with 5000 annually pro-
vided their joLs proved worthwhile
contribution 10 society. contrasted
with jobs paying $4,000 a year and
offering nothing but material re-
ward.
Maintenance Of New Deal legisla-
ton was advocated By 20 per cent
Of the class. the majority believing
II should be 'curtailed and m0di-
led"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
u. S. Senator Maloney
Gets Local Delegates
Al Votes Will Be Cast for Him at State Convention;
Resolution Praising President Roosevelt
Also Is Passed
(NEA Cablephoto)

Waterbury's Al votes at the DEM
ocratic state convention June 3 and
4 at Hartford will be cast for the
denomination OF U. s. Senator
Francis r. Maloney, the Democratic
town convention last night instruct
ing the delegation to take such ac-
ton. The convention also adopted
q resolution praising President
Roosevelt, but making no mention
Of a third term, and voted to bind
the delegation by the unit rule.
Endorsements Of President Roose-
welt and Senator Maloney were vot-
ed at conventions and caucuses In
many other towns, though the res
olutions differed somewhat In their
texts. Harmony marked oil the
gatherings In this section Of the
state.
Atty. Blansfield Presided
Attorney Michael v. Blansfield
served as chairman OF the conven-
ton, with John DiCorpo as clerk.
A nominating committee, consisting
OF Senator Edward p. Egan, ex-
Mayor Francis T. Reeves, Attorney
Stephen Homick, Corporation Coun-
sci j. Gregory Lynch and Commits
sioner John SAVING, presented a
slate of state convention delegates.
On the list we're the 20 delegates
and the five alternates to the town
convention, along with Mayor Vim
cent Scully and six other party
leaders. In addition to the Al dele
gates, there were IL alternates
elected.
The delegation will consist of the
following:
Names Of Delegates
Delegates-Mayor Vincent Scully,
State Chairman j. Francis Smith,
Town Chairman Maurice F. Tang
ney, Joseph F. Mulville, Neil Ma
Continued on Page y
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
WarHorrorsT old by2
u. P. Correspondents
Frederick G. Oechner Stationed With German
Army in Belgium, Ralph Heinzen With
Armies at Front Describe Them
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press Stan Correspondent

UNITED Press Stan Correspondent
French Army General Headquar-
tiers, May 2l.-(UP)-Out at the
front today the Allies and Germans
are fighting the strangest war ever
fought.
IT Is a war between thousands OF
little forts, in each OF them couple
TO 10 or Is sweating men, who sweep
fields, forests, roads and village
streets with fire which 1t would be
impossible for man alone to live
under for five minutes.
There are no witnesses but the
men engaged, but have seen some
thing, before correspondents were
called back to headquarters, and
heard more of the way this war Is
being fought.
The Allied tanks are now IN &C
ton, smacking into German posi-
tons with their guns blazing. firing
their ammunition. and racing back
to take on oil and more ammunition.
There are two or three men In
most OF the tanks on the Allied side,
They come back blackened and
sweated.
The crews wear the special leath-
er helmets. padded front and back,
to protect their heads which bang
against the steel tank walls as the
tanks lumber across bitches.
Tank Shut Tight
As the tank goes into battle its
apertures are shut and clamped
tight, leaving only peep holes for
the driver and gunner to look
through.
The gunner IN the turret had a
radio with ear phones through which
TO receive orders He guides the dTiv-
er by nudgeS with his toes because
talk Is impossible IN this din.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
BRASS WORKERS
PLEDGE UNIONS
Will Safeguard Industries
Against Sabotage They
Tell Governor

The Waterbury Brass Workers
union, q unit of the CLIO Interna-
tional Union Of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers, today sent to Gov.
Raymond f. Baldwin and local fac
tory executives copies of resolu-
ton pledging It's members to safe
guard industry against sabotage.
The resolution states that union Of
ficials and shop committees have
bene instructed to cooperate fully
with the managemnets Of all plants
In joint measures for defense
against any attempts to interfere
with production of goods needed for
the national defense program.
At the same time, the union an
nounced that it would oppose any
efforts to set up systems Of indus
trial espionage which might be di-
rected against organized labor. The
resolution warns that 1t will not al
low anti-sabotage measures to serve
as a screen behind which efforts
may be made TO smash our unions
or destroy wage scales and working
conditions.
Labor as well as capital is vitality
interested In seeing that plants
operate smoothly and steadily in
order that members may have secur-
ity, the resolution states.
The copies OF the resolution were
sent by John j. Driscoll, executive
secretary OF the union. The resolu-
ton states.
WHEREAS, there Is growing
tension and uneasiness In the
United States because OF the wais
In Europe and Asia which has
been the basis OF grOundless
SANDERS against organized labor
by its enemies, and
WHEREAS, this atmosphere OF
tension has been utilized for the
spreading OF sabotage scares and
the institution Of systems OF In
dustrial espionage aimed In most
cases not at unknown enemy
agents but at the bona fide or.
CARNATIONS Of American work.
men. and
WHEREAS. organized labor. and
CONTINUED on Page %
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21

We feature daily and sundays Fresh
IIet ReiiE. Open Sundays Z p. m. u u
.. d. Behnelder's, g Z. Main bt.--Adv
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
ROOSEVELT TO
MEET LANDON
There Was Mix.Up Over
Conference, Which Was
at First Postponed
BY LYLE G. WILSON
UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent

Washington, May 81 -- (U.P0 -
President Roosevelt today PERSONAL
ly renewed his invitation to his
1886 opponent, All M. Landon, to
confer with him tomorrow at the
White House and announced that
Landon had accepted.
White House Secretary Stephen
r. Early said earlier cancellation
OF the engagement was the result
OF o mixup due TO negotiations
through Intermediates. He said Mr..
Roosevelt cut through the confusion
this morning with a long distance
telephone call to Landon at Chi
cago.
1t was decided then that the 1895
Republican standard bearer would
lunch tomorrow at the White
House, as had been planned last
week.
The announcement of the new en-
gagement came n few hours after
Brigadier General Edwin M. Wat
son, another White House secretary
had said the luncheon had been
called off. Early said, however, that
Mr.. Roosevelt merely had wanted to
postpone the luncheon engagement
for one day rather than TO cancel
II entirely,
Comedy Of Errors
The comedy Of errors followed re-
ports that Mr.. Roosevelt Is consid-
ering the possibility Of forming q
coalition cabinet, perhaps by NAM
Ing Colonel Frank Knox as secre-
tary of navy, replacing secretary
Charles Edison who Is resigning TO
run for governor OF New Jersey.
But the circumstances OF chang.
ing the plans puzzled the capitol.
Landon already had reached Chi
cago en- route TO Washington
when II was decided TO call of the
luncheon with Mr.. Roosevelt.
(f,notlnund IN papa A
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
JUDGE SEYMOUR POOR

Litchfield. Conn.,. May 2i-(UP)-
The condition OF common pleas
court Judge Origen 8. Seymour was
ascribed today as "very poor" at
Charlotte Hungeriord hospital.
Judge Seymour was admitted 10
the hospital last Wednesday SUI
fering frol blood poisoning He K
% years old and was appointed 10
the court N 1896 by former Gov.
Wilbur L. Gross.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 21-UP)-Gov-
eminent expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year through May
18th, compared with year ago:
This Year Expenses Last Year
$s,363,s77,296.41 $s,050,551 .02i.77
$500, o7s, 255.s2 s4.sso.12 800. O5
Gross Deficit
1891, sol. o407S $4,000. 424.7oi.72
Net Deficit
1920. sl7. 440.79 $3.053.549,651.72
Cash Balance
$2,o6s. 77s.5ss. s3.Ol5.1sG, sOg.17
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
by FREDERICK G. OECHSNER
Nnitcd Press STAFF Correspondent


With the German Army in Bel
GUM, May I'll (UP)-Famished
dogs, left behind by their women
and children owners in a panic
flight, raced crazily about the streets
of Louvain today, past the shoulder
ing ruins of the beautiful library
which America rebuilt after the
World war.
Tongues lolling, the dogs raced
aimlessly. nosed for food and water,
and raced on again. German soldiers
adopted some of them; the rest were
left to themselves,
Louvain is the most shot up town
I have seen in this war or the Polish
war. Whole blocks have been laid
waste by the joint action of German
Stuka dive bombing planes and ar
tillery.
Tracks at the railroad station were
like pretzelS and We were warned by
the commandant that the tracks
were still mined and that we should
take care where We stepped.
Hand grenades left by the British
were lying about the fountain in
the market square. The Avenue de
Tirlemont. one OF the main resi-
dental boulevards. was ghaslty. 1t
seemed as IL every house had been
struck by grenades or artillery The
British had defended 1t at one time
during four days OF fighting, the
Germans at another.
L0uvain People Fled
Apparently every one OF Louvain S
remaining II 900 people had evacu-
ated before the Germans arrived.
The German commandant told US
that when he arrived Saturday
morning he found the city deserted
and that he took u over with q
small ofiicial staff.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21
The Weather

Occasional Showers To-
night, Wednesday
-" $50
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-21

Adolf HitIer's bIitzkrieg struck its greatest blow
of the war today in a paralyzng knife-like drive to
the English Channel at the French port of Abbevile.
Hters bltzkrieg armies had smashed through to the
English Channel in "the greatest attack operation of
all times" and had cut off all Allied troops in north
ern France and Belgium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
ENGINEERS OPEN
SUMMER MEETING
T. S. Johnson Speaks AT
Banquet; Officers Will
Be Selected Today

An overflow crowd of members
and guests of the North Caroline
Society of Engineers attended a ban
quet last night at the Cape Feal
Country club annex, Harbor Island
closing the first day of the society's
midsummer meeting at Wrights
vile Beach.
Colonel Earl I. Brown, presiden1
of the Wilmington Engineers club
hosts at the banquet, presided as
POSTMASTER.
T. S. Johnson, O, N. C. State col.
lege, gave a full treatment to the
subject: "Hokum." ..
Officers for the year 1940-41 will
be elected at a business session
opening this morning at $3.50 O'Clock
at the Ocean Terrace hotel.
The convention will be adjourned
at about noon today.
At the banquet last night, Dear
w. C. Riddick, of State college
school of engineers, was honored or
his birthday when he was presented
with a cake by the society. HI
made a short address Of thanks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
FLETCHER TALKS
AT BEACH TODAY
Will Address Directors OF
Carolinas Lumber And
Builders Supply Body

Major A. L. Fletcher, regional di-
rector of the federal wage-hour divi-
sion, will be the principal speaker at
the annual midsummer meeting OF
the directors Of the Carolinas Lum-
Der and Builders Supply association
at the Ocean Terrace hotel, Wrights-
vile Beach, today.
The meeting will open at. 10 o'clock
this morning, with approximately 30
delegates expected to attend.
Major Fletcher, former North
Carolina labor commissioner, will re-
view the main provisions of the
wage-hour law and will also lead a
question and answer open forum dis
cussion on the act.
Alex S. Watkins, Of Henderson,
president of the association, will pre-
side over the meeting. G.. M. Garner
of Charlotte, is secretary-treasurer of
the organization.
Officers of the association are elect
ed a THE annual winter session.
Several of the delegates from vari-
Gus points in North and South Caro-
lima had already arrived last night
for the meeting today. Besides the
address by Major Fletcher, various
business activities of the organized
will be discussed.
An entertainment program has
been arranged for this afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
INDUSTRIAL BODY
BUDGET PLANNED
Col. Gillette Declines To
Serve As Chairman OF
Executive Group

Plans for drawing a budget as a
basis for the request for $4,000 from
the city and county were made at a
meeting of the executive committee
yesterday morning in the council
chamber at the city hall.
The chairman, the vice-chairman
and the secretary of the committee
as a whole. we're instructed to draft
a tentative minimum budget for the
operating funds requested.
The executive committee directed
ais othat the budget include a sum
of money for the conduct of q survey
and the draft of a prospectus on the
facilities available in Wilmington for
wartime and other industries
The budget will also include ex'
penses for committees to go to Wash
ington in an attempt to get such in
dustries here.
The motion also stated the budget
should be drafted on a basis of pos
sibly leading up to the hiring OF a
|.permanent representative in Wash
ington after the groundwork has
been properly taid.~'
At the opening of the meeting
Col. George W. Gillette, a member
of the executive committee, was
nominated as chairman OF the xec
utiye committee, but refused the
position, saying his official duties
as Wilmington district army engi
neer, require him to be out Of the
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