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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
4
If you failed to vote in the 1942 general election or voted by absent ballot, you must re register to vote in the November 7 1944 election. Registration closes September 22 at 5 pm. Register with the county clerk deputy registrar notary public or justice of the peace.
Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia urged education include manners, hoping courtesy becomes as essential as the three Rs. Superintendent Dr John Wade said character education has long been a goal and no curriculum change was planned. Acting superintendent Regina Burke called bad behavior a social issue, not just a school one, stressing shared responsibility with families and communities.
Paris occupied by German forces continues as the Seventh Army presses toward northern France. Bucharest broadcasts Romania’s withdrawal from the war and acceptance of armistice terms aligned with Russia, the United States, and Britain. A new government led by General Konstatnin Sanatescu replaces Ion Antonescu.
Nearly 6000 pounds of government beef from the Pierce Packing Company spoiled at the plant after a labor dispute kept workers off the line. An army inspector ruled the meat spoiled as a result of the stayoff and union objections to joining Local 1172. Company president Fred C. Pierce said a car of veal would be loaded to free freezer space, with possible relocation of government stocks if a refrigerator car becomes available.
A brief listing noting Jerome Williams offers Parodies and Poems at 50 cents per copy with only a few left in stock.
The ballot for the November 7 election lists candidates for President and Vice President, Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Auditor, Railroad Commissioner, Superintendent Public Instruction, Associate Justices, judges, county offices, and two state measures including Senate bill 199 and house bill 87 and initiative No 48. Voters will choose multiple items including two associate justices and two county positions in Big Timber Township.
Chief Radioman George Ray Tweed 42, famed for eluding the Japanese on Guam for 31 months, received an interlocutory decree of divorce from Mary Frances Tweed 27 in San Diego Superior Court. Custody of their child was awarded to Mrs. Tweed with $30 monthly support. Tweed kept the family home.
Governor Sam C. Ford told the 59th Montana Press association convention that Montana must break economic chains to unlock its resources. He urged decentralization of industries to reduce freight costs and boost state development, praising newspapermen as torchbearers of their communities.
Lewistown August 21 Republicans conclude a platform meeting focused on postwar agricultural development. Ashton Jones of Broadus chosen state chairman succeeding Dan Maddox. About 300 delegates heard a farm plank urging markets for rubber plastics and industrial alcohol, price and wage protections, and high income through fall production. Representative Everett Dirksen attacked the New Deal and urged a stronger Republican stance in November. The party endorsed states rights, opposed federal centralization, backed teachers retirement reform, and pledged to restore small business through reduced regulation and competition.
President Roosevelt signed amendments to the soldier vote law relaxing limits on political news and opinion distribution to armed forces. The changes authorize sale of newspapers magazines and books through army post exchanges and navy stores within transportation limits and permit radio broadcasts with equal time to parties in states with a presidential candidate in six or more states. Motion pictures may be shown impartially. selections must be nonpartisan. Government funded propaganda remains banned.
Chairman Robert E. Hannegan met with President Roosevelt at the White House for an hour and a half to discuss campaign plans. He said the November outlook was favorable but cautioned against overconfidence and stressed the need for voter registration, noting many workers in war industries have moved away and must reregister.
Municipal band of this city scheduled to perform at the Bozeman sweet pea carnival tomorrow. Also notes several local moves and births including Rachal Sheridan moving to Chester Montana and twins born to Grey Cliff residents. A sewerage system survey for the business district will start soon. Inga Solberg serves as county superintendent at reduced pay and may seek a second term at full salary. Tintinger Hereford herd of 21 cattle arrives at Park City and will appear at the Billings fair in September.
Community fair plans are underway with prizes listed. Local items note a series of community updates including deaths births and local incidents in Pioneer files from August 26 1926.
Alva Ewan is in Corsica and sent home handmade dollies. Charles Fallang moved from Lincoln Nebraska to Great Bend Kansas to run the squadron woodwork shop with three delayed promotions. He works 12 hours daily and values his role in bomber equipment. Bill Sippel at Farragut Idaho reports boat training and a home message to mom about Navy cleanliness. John Weidinger Jr. moved from Camp White Oregon to Little Rock Arkansas. John Viets in China serves as Fort s crew chief. Bill Mjelde arrived overseas safely. Alfred Hermanson received overseas orders in the Pacific. Torris Hoyem moved from Keesler Field Mississippi to Independence Kansas. Martha Georgina Duffey, a 2c WAVE, stationed in Seattle. Charles Osburn in New Guinea recovering from shrapnel wound and malaria after Guam invasion. Kenneth Sullivan reports his fourth promotion to coxswain in the Pacific theater.
In the District Court of Sweet Grass County Montana executors summon creditors and claimants to present vouchers within four months of first publication to Charles W Campbell Big Timber Montana. August 23 1944. Carl Hausserman Executor. Chas W Campbell Attorney. Pub Aug 24 31 Sept 7 14 1944. Norman W Thompson seaman second class graduated from signal man's school Farragut Idaho and to be stationed at San Bruno California. Donald and Dean Curtis promoted to master sergeants in China inform their parents Mr and Mrs Friend Curtis.
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