Eight broken legs from six injured in crashes
Two separate accidents leave six people hurt and eight leg fractures. In Montana near Grey Cliff, Lee Johnson and Dowell Mulanix survive critical and serious injuries after a truck crash. Helpers arrive around 5:30, with Nash-Finch Co. taking over the peaches load.
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Lee Johnson
Bozeman
Dowell Mulanix
Marsing
Idaho
Grey Cliff
Johnson
Mulanix
L. W. Baskett
Harry Clouuse
Livingston
the Park Hospital
Sheridan
Wyo
Nash-Finch Co
Bouse Chevrolet Garage
Governor Ford Misses Mother's Funeral Due to State Business
Aug 22 press of state duties keeps Gov. Sam C. Ford from attending his mother Mrs. Glenora E. Ford's funeral in Garden City Kansas. Mrs. Ford died yesterday in Tulsa Oklahoma. Ford cancelled several public appearances. Walter Coombs of Missoula read a prepared talk on State Reorganization at a Montana Press Association banquet in Bozeman.
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Helena
Press of
Sam C. Ford
Glenora E. Ford
Garden City
Kas
Ford
Tulsa
Okla
Montana State Press Association
Bozeman
Walter Coombs
Missoula
Coombs
Townsend Urges U.S. to Enter War Soon
In Denver Townsend calls for immediate U.S. entry into World War II. He says he would rather his own son die fighting than live under Hitler, notes Japan as a more immediate menace, and praises President Roosevelt as independent-minded in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Francis E. Townsend
United States
Hitler
America
Townsend
Japan
Germany
Two Day County Fair Opens Friday Morning
Readied for the 4-H Future Farmer and rural school fair at the fairgrounds. Entries to extension office by evening. exhibits must be in place by 9 am tomorrow. Friday features judging, demonstrations, dress revue, showmanship, horse races and music. Saturday morning exhibits continue with recreation events and soft ball games finishing with horse races at 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer and Rural
Goosey
The
Montana Extension Service
Herb Moore
Livingston
Brother of T. J. Walsh Dies at Glacier Park
John Walsh aged about 70 brother of the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana died Monday at Lake McDonald in Glacier Park. He suffered a heart ailment. Mrs. Walsh accompanied him from Washington to visit niece Genevieve Gudger. He is survived by his widow a daughter in Chicago and three grandchildren. Walsh practiced law in Washington.
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Glacier Park
John Walsh
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Lake McDonald
Walsh
Washington, D. C
Genevieve Gudger
Chicago
Washington
Senate panel weighs lower income tax exemptions
Washington Aug 23 Senate finance committee wrapped up public hearings on the 3 236 700 000 tax bill with several members voicing support for cutting personal income tax exemptions to add about 300 per ton to the house approved tool. The panel plans an executive session on the bill next week.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
1942 Car Production Slashed to Conserve Materials
Washington officials said 1942 passenger car output will be cut by about 50 percent as the defense drive tightens. Output for the first four months is set at roughly 2.7 million cars, with broader reductions planned through the year to save scarce materials for armament. Truck production will rise to meet defense needs and Russia shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Office of Production Management
Office of Price Control and Civilian Supply
Russia
United States Army
Stallings Charged In Hammer Slaying Of Three Forks Hotel Owner
Gallatin county officers with help from Calvert Stallings charge Eddie Stallings 38 with murder of Laura Adams 60 owner of a Three Forks rooming house. A confession was signed but he plans to plead not guilty. The body was found August 19 and Stallings was arrested near Butte after a car ride and a lane search south of Logan. Adams allegedly drugged him and tried to grab his money. he says she struck him with a hammer and he struck back several times.
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Bozeman
Gallatin County
Calvert
Eddie) Stallings
Laura Adams
Three Forks
Logan
Lessley
Stallings
Berg
Adams
Madison River
Lovitt I. Westlake
Butte
Silver Bow
Frank Roe
Arthur Mueller recalls Zam Zam sinking and Nazi captivity
In a vivid letter to Attorney Alf C. Kremer Mueller recounts the Zam Zam explosion by a German raider on April 22 in the South Atlantic, his capture and weeks in a French prison camp, and his observations of Nazi aims and the war’s nerve warfare. He notes road hardships through Spain and contrasts aid given to German-occupied travel with hunger at home. He warns Ontanda residents of danger and urges vigilance against Hitler’s plans.
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Montana
Arthur Mueller
Alf C. Kremer
Butte
Mueller
Africa
France
America
West Point
Onianda
N. Y
Hitler
Spain
Helena May Donate Scrapped Rails to War Effort
Helena officials report 285 tons of unused rails buried under streets could be repurposed for defense production. R. E. Towle and A. K. Richardson say Montana's first rail survey may trigger WPA labor for track removal and street repairs at no city cost.
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Helena
National Defense Program
R. E. Towle
Montana
Office of Production Management
OPM
A. K. Richardson
Towle
Richardson
WPA
FDR Says Some Democrats Are In Wrong Party
President Roosevelt told the Young Democratic clubs that Democrats in Congress opposing national preparedness act like obstructionists and that partisan politics still run rampant in defense measures. He noted some opposition members support the defense cause while others hinder it.
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Louisville
Roosevelt
Congress
National Convention of
Young Democratic Clubs
Private escapes from Army post hospital at Fort George Wright
Spokane, Aug 24. Private Lloyd Robertson a World War II draftee from Montana escaped from the Fort George Wright post hospital after diving through an open window while under guard. Robertson, already court martialed and dishonorably discharged, had been sentenced to Leavenworth for desertion and auto theft and reportedly drove the car across the state line to Idaho before his escape. Authorities joined in the search as he fled into the woods by the Spokane river.
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Spokane
Wash
Lloyd Robertson
Fort George Wright
Post Hospital
Robertson
Montana
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Leavenworth
Spokane River
Edwin S Booth Dies at 76 After Heart Ailment
Helena Montana August 22 Edwin S Booth 76 a well known attorney former state senator and federal official died Friday from a heart ailment He had been in ill health two months and suffered a heart attack Thursday before dying at a hospital He came to Montana in 1887 settled in Butte served as deputy county attorney city attorney and state representative from Silver Bow He later moved to Baker and resumed law practice guiding Fallon County’s creation and served in the sixteenth legislative assembly in 1913 representing Fallon County
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Helena
Edwin S. Booth
Montana
Booth
Keokuk
Iowa
Butte
State House of Representatives
Silver Bow County
Yellowstone County
Baker
Fallon County
Senate
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
Bus Crash Kills Seven In Waldwick NJ Route 2 Collision
A Central Greyhound 38 passenger bus slammed into four parked cars on Route 2 in Waldwick New Jersey bursting into flames and killing at least seven people with six bodies recovered including what appeared to be a mother holding an infant. The bus was en route from Albany to New York when it struck stopped vehicles at a traffic light on a downgrade, according to state police Corporal Jacob J. Harris.
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Waldwick
N. J
Central Greyhound
Albany
New York
Jacob J. Harris
Ridgewood State
Russell's friend Ben Roberts dies in Helena
Ben R Roberts, 78, longtime Montana resident and friend of Charlie Russell, died after a long illness. A harness and saddlery businessman in Helena and Cascade, he moved with family to Virginia City as a child and to Helena the following year. His father W K Roberts was a county sheriff in the 1860s. Roberts knew Russell since the 1880s and hosted weddings at his home in Cascade. Funeral services likely in Helena Monday.
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Helena
Ben R. Roberts
Lewis and Clark County
Montana
Charlie Russell
Virginia City
W. K. Roberts
Roberts
Cascade County
Cascade
Russell
Edgerton County
French Leader Laval Shot and Wounded in Versailles
Pierre Laval and collaborator Marcel Deat were gravely wounded in a Versailles shooting by a young French assassin posing as a recruit. Deat’s throat and chest injuries were serious, Laval’s wounds were life threatening but not hopeless. The attack occurred as France moved to join Germany against Russia under German occupation.
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Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Marcel Deat
Versailles Barracks
Laval
Deat
S. Deat
Danzig
Germany
Russia
Marshal Petain
Paul Colette
Washington Struggles With Early Gas Shortage
In Washington on August 22 motorists faced shortages as stations limit sales amid demand. Some outlets capped at five or three gallons with others offering full service. Acting petroleum coordinator Ralph K Davies condemned forecasts of no danger while federal plans seek a 40 percent cut in eastern consumption in late August based on recommendations from the eastern petroleum marketing board after two days of talks in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph K. Davies
M Oil
Eastern Seaboard
Davies
Eastern Petroleum Marketing Board
New York
Passenger Equipment May Be Curtailed
Officials of the Association of American Railroads urged member railroads to curtail passenger service where possible to free equipment for anticipated troop movements. The Office of Emergency Management seeks abandonment of lines to reclaim steel for national defense.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Office of Emergency Management
Yellowstone Park Celebrates Half Million Visitors
Yellowstone National Park reports more than 500000 visitors this year, surpassing the half‑million mark two weeks earlier than 1940. Through August, 54473 more people entered, a 12.2 percent rise over last year.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Missoula Youth Dead in Logging Camp Accident
Kenneth Roberts, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Irvin Roberts of Missoula, was killed when crushed by a fallen tree at a logging camp near Hall early yesterday morning.
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Missoula
Kenneth Roberts
Irvin Roberts
Hall
Mother of Gov Ford Dies in Oklahoma
Mrs. Glenora E. Ford 86, mother of Governor Sam C. Ford of Montana, died in Tulsa after a year of illness. She moved to Tulsa ten years ago from Garden City Kansas. Funeral services planned in Garden City Saturday. Survivors include two sons James P. Ford Lamar Colorado and Charles H. Ford Springs Garden California, and two daughters Mrs J H Billings Pueblo Colorado and Mrs R S Jarrell Tulsa.
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Tulsa
Okla
Glenora E. Ford
Sam C. Ford
Montana
O Mahoney Sees Need of Unity in America
Wyoming Senator J C O Mahoney told the Wyoming Wool Growers Association that unity in facing the world’s greatest crisis will shape America’s future government. He urged maintaining the right of self government for the United States and others and denied claims that anyone seeks entry into war through back doors.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
J. C. O’mahoney
America
Wyoming Wool Growers Association
O’mahoney
People of
United States
Wyoming
President Roosevelts defense figures dispute Byrds claims
At Hyde Park on August 22, President Roosevelt rebutted Senator Byrds charge of weak defense production. He cited war department figures and noted tanks to Britain, higher 90 mm anti aircraft guns, 37 mm anti tank guns, mortars and planes would meet or exceed planned monthly outputs in coming months.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Byrd
Virginia
Senate
War Department
Department
England
Britain
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Pray
Yellowstone Valley
J. W. Heist
Tom Miner Basin
J. W
Jack) Kirkwood
Chico Hot Springs Hospital
Joe Byrtus
Cody
Harry Burnham
Kirkwood
Byrtus
Seattle
Cody High School
Heist
U. S
T. J. Walsh
FDR
Army Post Hospital
Deats
London
Iran
Persian Gulf
Marid
Teheran
Ali Mansur
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Moscow
Kiev
Leningrad
Twenty-Second
Red Army
Yellowstone Park
Gov. Ford
Oklahoma
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