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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
2
Sam Betsey and their dog Gyp tour Paris street markets on Rue Druot meeting Nanette the street singer. A music box thrills them at Nanette's home before Gyp goes missing, prompting a hopeful search for the next day.
Meteorologist C. A. Carpenter reports weather data showing Montana’s June rain mainly originates from Gulf of Mexico air rather than the Pacific. Thunderstorms bring moisture from the gulf across multiple states, with Butte noting June as its wettest month, about half from thunderstorms.
Construction begins on a two story service station and apartment house by Farmers Union Oil Co. in Chinook with a project value of 10000 dollars.
Engineer Bandy of the general land office in Helena leads a surveying crew in the Castle mountains near White Sulphur Springs. In Plentywood a supervised recreation program for preschool children opens with Mary Rita Hoveland as supervisor. The new toilet operates six days weekly 10 to 12 and 3 to 5.
The state railroad and public service commission has ordered Great Corp to reduce its rates immediately. The reduction will save Great Falls users about $50,000 annually.
The Montana state highway department releases its 1939 road map now being distributed. The package includes distinct maps for Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, a mileage table showing distances between towns, and a foreword by the governor.
The 1939 map includes a mileage table with distances between cities and towns and 200000 copies distributed through nine state ports of entry travel bureaus and World’s Fairs. Gov Roy Ayers extols northern route to fairs and Montana’s landscapes and displays.
Montana eight insured savings and loan associations made 432 loans totaling 1,009,000 dollars on homes in the state in the first half of the year according to a report by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. The Vatican, with more than 4,000 offices, is noted as the largest palace in the war.
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