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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
8
The Reed Point column details local events and visits including P T A postponement to October the travels of Mrs Nettie Lamb and Mrs P A Huntley family visits in Billings Absarokee and Kalispell and wartime service inductions. It also reports the death of George Pendleton Stritch at 77 with funeral services held at the Reed Point Evangelical church and burial in Reed Point cemetery.
Helena August 17 Governor Sam C Ford proclaimed November 7 as general election day voters will cast ballots for federal and state officers and 23 district judges 29 state senators and 91 state representatives Also two constitutional amendments and an osteopathy initiative are on the ballot including school funding and four year terms for certain county officers
Local notes report George Kaufman visiting Billings for a clinic while Mrs C W Ewan and Rev Henry Ewan stayed over in Billings. Attendees at Lewis town Republican convention include Mrs C F Ullman. Phil F McGuire of Big Timber travels to San Francisco for business. Livingston visitor Mrs J E Cline stayed with Mrs S W Nugent. Joe Howe Jr. had tonsils removed. Dr P J Gehan family visited Billings from Arizona and Lewistown. Olmstead couple attended the Republican state convention in Lewistown. Bozeman visitors include Mr and Mrs Ray Holloway at John Work's home on furlough. Missionaries Rev and Mrs Odin Erickson and two children left for Faribault, Minn. Mosnesses returned to Camp Maxey, Tex. A hotel stabbing occurs at Haugan hotel with manager Hagen injured. suspect in custody next day. War veteran Bill Braughton, Livingston native, returns from Hawaii to join the army. Haugan silver wedding anniversary celebrated at Martinsdale hall with 200-250 guests and toastmasters. performances by local singers and a marching band.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Claude R. Porter will hold a hearing September 18 at White Sulphur Springs on proposed abandonment of the White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park railroad in Meagher County. Governor Ford and Montana railroad officials argued against midsummer dates. the commission will appear as a protestant at the Meagher county venue as sheep growers push to preserve service from Ringling to White Sulphur.
Advertiser D. D. Johnson offers five fresh cows with calves for sale at a price between 100 and 125 dollars each. The note appears from a local dairy seller seeking buyers.
In a grateful note Wilma Wilson thanks friends and customers for well wishes after a mishap. She assures no bones broken and no internal injuries crediting God with protection and a reason for everything. Flowers and fruit baskets arrive from shop neighbors and Mrs Lowry will collect orders.
President Roosevelt urged public study of a year long postwar training program for 17 to 23 year olds, proposing military and civilian schooling in national service camps that could house up to 5 million. He emphasized non compulsory training with vocational courses, discipline, cleanliness, and group living to fit civilian government roles.
Washington outlines main points for a world security organization including an executive council of the Big Four, a United Nations assembly, a world court, dispute mediation machinery, and regional peace roles. Dulles proposes policing Germany and Japan with Britain and Russia plus liberated neighbors contributing.
President Roosevelt ordered the secretary of the navy to take over 99 machine shop companies near San Francisco producing war materials after the International Association of Machinists refused to lift an overtime ban. The move follows a War Labor Board recommendation and ongoing labor disruptions feared to hinder war production. Naval officers were also authorized to revoke gasoline rations for workers at five strike-bound plants.
The report notes robot bombs damaged grounds of a palace and nearby area. It recalls the palace was previously targeted during the German blitz of 1940 41 and mentions ongoing concerns about security at state sites amid wartime activity.
A fatal crash near Shawmut killed 17 year old Maxine Miller of Harlowton and injured seven others including six teens from Harlowton Ryegate and Costa Mesa California. The eight occupants were thrown clear when the car overturned after a tire blew out. Miller died in Harlowton, others were treated and transported to Lewistown hospital.
Alexander Warden of the Great Falls Tribune was chosen president of the Montana State Press Association, succeeding Frank A. Whetsone of the Cut Bank Pioneer Press. Officers include Harold Stearns first vice president G G Hoole second vice president Ashton Jones third vice president Howard K Hazelbaker secretary manager and Father Patrick Casey chaplain. Resolutions urge united support of the war effort postwar Montana development state funding for resources and highway irrigation land and public works programs.
The grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Montana installed officers at the Civic Center with over 1,000 delegates and visitors attending. Nellie Yale Hauberg of Helena was named worthy grand matron and J. J. Ping of Hardin as worthy grand patron, succeeding Olive Flachsenhar and Henry Rakeman Jr. among others.
Houston elector John H. Bookes said fifteen of Texas's 23 Democratic electors named May 23 will not vote for President Roosevelt. They will cast ballots for Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, according to his statement to the Post.
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