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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
4
Local residents from ranches around Mon day to Tuesday visited Big Piney and Evanston scenes. Names include O Neil Meeks Twichel Burney Fancher Guthrie Budd Edwards Stader Hackett Carlson, with travel between Mason Dry Piney and Middle Tiny. Notices mention scrap drive requests and a defense school ad offering certificates and bonds.
The Army relies on mules alongside tractors in rough terrain where wheeled vehicles fail. Mule pack trains support Field Artillery and Cavalry in mountains, proving slow but steady. The army purchases thousands of mules at 175 to 110 each, funded partly by War Bonds.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced the August 194X war bond quotas totaling 815 million across 3070 counties. Wyoming’s August quota is 1.25 million. Counties will be measured against monthly quotas on a cumulative basis, with deviations carried forward to future months.
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