Red Lodge Area Social and Visitors Chronicle
A long column lists local visits and arrivals in Red Lodge and surrounding towns. Names include Marie Moler, Dorothy Roukema, Lorraine Petosa, Alice Crittenden, Kenneth Harlan Jr, and many families visiting relatives in Big Timber, Emigrant, and Colum bus. Community events include a harvest dance Aug 30 and a Women's Missionary Society rally at the Evangelical church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald and
Owen McKeith
Red Lodge
Roy Lamb
Baby
Marsh
Mont
Roy
Dorothy Roukema
Mrs. Sage
Big Timber
Lorraine Petosa
Columbus
Shirley Crosby
Alice Crittenden
Wirt West
Bozeman
Kenneth Harlan, Jr
Lewis Guthrie
Robert Mysse
Marie Thompson
Donald Mysse
Melville
Robert
Phyllis Morrison
Beaver Creek
Winston
Carl Mysse
Jack Vink
Emigrant
Handy Mandy 4-H Club
T. H. Deckert
Swan Lind
H. H. Marlow
Elza Thelander
Howard Shutes
Billings
O. L. Shutes
Missoula
Grand Lodge
Mountain View
Marion VanCampen
Marion James
Morris
Jane Ann Guthrie
Rex Guthrie
Carl Rogers
Arlene
Sheridan
Wyo
Sidney Taylor
Seattle
Rogers
Tom Bare
Livingston
Charles Bare
Frances Bare
Kenneth Richard
Shirley
Nick Campanella
Portland
Chicago
Perry Moler
Sidney
Perry
Big
Amelia Bauer
J. A. Bauer
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
University Hospital
Ralph Eudaily
Gloria
Joe Deeney
Butte
Eudaily
Elliston School System
Frank Bissil
Adolf Myvyrstol
Melvin Peterson
Bissil
Thomval Krone
Walter McBride
Illa Ostenson
George Nute
O. E. Schuyler
P. A. Huntley
Frank Deeney
B. C. Bare
Milt Schuyler
Betty
Edna Mae Schuyler
Doris
Louise
Patsy McBride
Betty Bishop
Joe
Martha Bare
Adelbert Neumann
Dan Schuyler
Elda
Geraldine Neumann
Carl Bue
Hilda
Shirley Hartline
Douglas Myrstol
Milo Collins
Summer or Hours Schedule Update
Hours indicate Mondays 7 to 93. Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays 2 30 to 5 and 7 to 9. Closed Wednesdays and Fridays.
County wide fire unit eyed by county board and fire chiefs
Fire Chief Jim Annin says cooperation between the board of county commissioners and Columbus fire departments will form a county wide fighting unit. Local firemen will staff a county supplied truck with water barrels sprayers extinguishers shovels and rakes plus seating for six. Later additions could include a chemical tank and a pump for smaller towns or ranch buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Irene Roanet
Seattle
Columbus News
Board of County Commissioners
Columbus Fire Departments
Jim Annin
USCC Proposes Source Tax to Boost Federal Revenues
The United States Chamber of Commerce urged the Senate Finance Committee to tax wages and salaries, dividends, and interest at their source to raise about 4.5 billion dollars annually. They urged a 3 percent withholding tax yielding at least 2 billion, plus other taxes to total about 6.5 billion with spending cuts and concerns over burden on high taxpayers. Helena reports record state gasoline tax collections for the 30 days ending August 15 at 747,383.98 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
United States Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
Alvord
Chamber
Helena
State Board of Equalization
Bridger Creek Social Notes and Family Visits
Local residents share visits with relatives from Livingston Fishtail and Washington Idaho. Ice cream social program yields 18 dollars despite smaller turnout. Community updates include requests for correction on Pioneer Society sponsorship and varied afternoon visits across families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridger Creek
Estelle Fraser Jonnson
Jess Parr
Livingston
Robert Taylor
Howard Ebert
Fishtail
Herman Flemming
John Hash
Jack Crane
Irvin Miller
Melvin
Donald
Washington
Idaho
Fred Swift
Selectees to Serve Less Than Eighteen Months
Washington reports show selectees and national guardsmen now in service for an average of under 18 months, not the 30 months allowed by law. About 200,000 will be released by Christmas, with releases prioritizing hardship, dependency, and older trainees, while some will reenlist for three years or extend to the full term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rooseve
Frederick H. Osbo
New York City
Gener
Roosevelt
Osboi
James A. Ulio
Gener Ulio
Marrie
Actic
Department
High Command
War Department
National Guard
Army
George C. Marshall
Western Air Lines Face Wartime Transport Crisis
Western area notes that aircraft shortages limit transport capacity as manufacturers shift all facilities to produce warplanes. The industry, forged by two decades of struggle for survival, now focuses on dominating bomber and fighter output to outpace Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Cowboy race and youth events at Lazy K Bar grounds
Thorvald Anderson won the cowboy race on Peggy with Bill Glenn second and Dale Gottlob third. Boys and girls dude races crowned Wayne Palmer and Pat Percival respectively with multiple placers. Relay saw Thorvald Anderson take first. Solbergs donated belts to the girls and boys winners. Lester P. Work and Paul Van Cleve disputed a long planned match race, with Van Cleve prevailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorvald Anderson
Peggy
Bill Glenn
Miles City
Shelby
Dale Gottlob
Wayne Palmer
Sleepy
George Hilliard
Joe
Jack Mason
Pat Percival
Peg Tenney
Henny Hill
Micky
Bob Hart
Solberg
Lester P
McLeod
Paul van Cleve
Paul
Livingston hosts tourist meeting to attract residents and investors
Charles Campbell of the Lions club gave a welcome at a Livingston event aimed at drawing visitors to settle and invest in the area. Ralph Prather of the Big Timber Junior Chamber of Commerce announced the group's support for the meeting. E. N. Lindquist sang, Tom Madden played violin, and Edna Calhoun accompanied on piano. John N. MacFarlane led the Big Timber men, while Steve Posterick introduced Livingston visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Campbell
Lions Club
Ralph Prather
Big Timber Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. N. Lindquist
Tom Madden
Edna Calhoun
George J. Allen
O’connor
John
Senate Cuts Defense Highway Bill by Fifty Million
Senator Vandenberg with Senator Taft forced a 50 million reduction in a 245 million defense highway bill after a quorum delay and a heated clash with Democrats. The final 195 million allocation covers strategic highways bridges and road access with a mix of federal and state funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
House
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Senate
McKellar
Tenn
Hayden
Ariz
Barkley
Defense
Administration
Boiler Explosion Injures Road Worker Near Wilsall
James Jorgensen, a Wagner Construction employee, was badly burned when a steam boiler weighing about 250 pounds exploded while cleaning equipment during road work north of Wilsall. The blast sent the boiler about 600 feet, injuring several bystanders. Jorgensen was taken to Park hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
James Jorgensen
Wagner Construction Company
Wilsall
Park Hospital
Jorgensen
Magnus Kelly
Harry Hurning
Roosevelt Returns to Washington After Conferencing Allies
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington from talks with Winston Churchill and then met with Secretary Hull at the White House to discuss stronger Franco German ties and the Far East crisis. Congress faces a possible new lease rent program and a potential 10 billion dollar appropriation. Hopkins lunched with Lord Beaverbrook during the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Capital
Winston Churchill
United States
Britain
Russia
Hull
White House
Germany
Far East
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
Lord Beaverbrook
Churchill calls cabinet for report on secret talks with Roosevelt
Prime Minister Churchill reportedly summoned the war cabinet for a first hand account of secret discussions with President Roosevelt. He traveled to London on a special train from Iceland after touring troops aboard the Prince of Wales and was to address the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
War Cabinet
Roosevelt
England
Downing Street
Brenden Bracken
Britain
Russia
Iran
Persia
India
Iceland
Prince of Wales
Mgr. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John C. Tovey
Chester Water Killed in Lake Elmo Road Crash
Chester Water 21 of Livingston died Sunday at a local hospital from injuries after a Saturday auto crash on Lake Elmo road. A coroner’s inquest is set for Tuesday morning. Water’s body was taken to Livingston. he was born August 3, 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Chester Water
Livingston
Lake Elmo
Howard C. Smith
Water
Bill Eyler
State Patrol
Orin Hogan
Eyler
Vater
Grace Water
Earl
Clyde Park
Bodine Herefords Win Prizes at Billings Show
Bodine Hereford ranch of the Shields river valley exhibited one champion a reserve champion and won numerous other high places in the Hereford show staged at the Midland Empire fair in Billings according to prize winners listed by The Billings Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
Bodine Hereford Ranch
Shields River Valley
Billings
Billings Gazette
Five Die In Brookyln Waterfront Fire And Panuco Ship Loss
A five alarm fire at the Brooklyn waterfront destroyed the Cuba Mail line cargo ship Panuco and its $600,000 cargo, killing at least five men and injuring many more. The disaster also damaged the pier, with reports of up to nine deaths, and 25 longshoremen were pulled from the water or rescued as the vessel drifted away. Coast guard and police recovered 28 of 45 crew members by midafternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Cuba Mail Line
Panuco
New York Dock Company
Coast Guard
New York Bay
Buttermilk Channel
Red Hook Flats
Yellowstone Travel Surges 10.8 Percent Through Aug 15
Yellowstone Park reports an 10.8 percent rise in travel through August 15 versus 1940, with 129,170 autos checked in and rail travel up 7.8 percent. Superintendent Edmund B. Rogers predicts about 500,000 visitors by September 1, noting east gate leads with 134,187 visitors and south gate shows 22.8 percent growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Edmund B. Rogers
Park
National Playground
Rogers
Help Wanted and Real Estate Ad Brief
Classified notice offering steady door to door work in Sweet Grass county with no experience and potential earnings up to 100 dollars weekly. Also a 160 acre ranch for sale with water rights and ditch irrigation five miles west of Reed Point on highway 10 in Reed Point Montana. H T Flemming Reed Point Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County
McNess Co
Dept. S
Freeport
Ill
Reed Point
H. T. Flemming
Mont
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marie Moler
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone
Elsie K. Watson
C. T. Penn
Pittsburgh
Don L. Ferguson
America
Alaska
Gardiner
Ore
Burlington
Northwest
USCC
President Roosevelt
Bodine Herefords
Rapelje
Pioneer Office
Columbia
Cremerra
Cunningham Place
Sigurd T Lavold
C. V. Mosier
Montana
Reyhoun
Canada
Greyhound
Grand Hotel
Professional Directory
DR. D. Claiborn
Overland
Law County
L. W. Baskett
Montana Power Co
C. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
VIC ~ Christensen Furstenberg
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