Death ends career of W Dixon Ellis in New York
Word came that W Dixon Ellis died August 22 at his Park Avenue home in New York City. The Montana investor, born in September, was nearly 92. He built a fortune in oil, owning the largest oil business in the nation before selling much to Standard Oil. His life intertwined with the Briggs Ellis Co and extensive Montana grazing and sheep ventures. The obituary notes his wife survives him, with Harvey Coit a cousin, and references past business leadership and ranch holdings. Continued details appear on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Coit
San Diego
Calif
Park Avenue
New York City
W. Dixon Ellis
Montana
Ellis
Pennsylvania
United States
Standard Oil Co
Ralph B. Briggs
Warren
Briggs-Ellis Co
Briggs- Ellis
Arneson
Tom Burns
Harvey Cort
Boulder Country
Lee Smoot
Mission Creek
Mission Creek Bridge
C. B. Chittenden
Sheep Mountain
Gierde
Marshall King
Cort Ranch
John E. King
Gallatin Cline
Livingston
Sim
B. Roberts
James Vestal
Col
A. B. Coit
Briggs- Ellis Co
A. Gow
Briggs & Ellis Co
Charley Russell
Custer, Mont
Stimulated Industry Creates Employment Rise in 1940 Jobs
Secretary Perkins said defense work and construction continued stimulating industry and created 130000 new jobs between mid-June and mid-July. Employment reached a new high for 1940 with 35600000 people at work in nonagricultural industries, about 1000000 more than the same period last year.
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Washington
Perkins
Vennard of Terry Heads State Press Association
W B Vennard of Terry was elected president of the Montana State Press Association succeeding Lloyd Raw of Lewistown. Bozeman will host next year’s convention August 21 to 23. Other officers named include Doherty of Missoula Flynn of Miles City Whetstone of Cut Bank Mrs Nellie Cheeley Brent Falls and Henry O Weare. Awards for weekly newspapers honored Dawson County Review Laurel Outlook Bozeman Courier Boulder Monitor Plentywood Herald and Western News Libby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glacier National Park
W. B. Vennard
Terry
Lloyd Raw
Lewistown
Montana State Press Association
Bozeman
Charles Doherty
Missoula
W. F. Flynn
Miles City
Frank Whetstone
Cut Bank
Nellie Cheeley
Brent Falls
Henry O. Weare
Helena
Montana Sets Dates for Upland Bird Season and Migratory Birds
The Montana fish and game commission announced a three day upland bird season for 17 eastern counties starting September 1 and a one day western season starting September 22 with Lincoln county a special three day period. Bag limits are three birds with a three bird possession in the east and three birds in the west. Lincoln adds six in possession. Migratory season runs October 1 to November 29 per federal dates.
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Helena
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Montana
Lincoln County
Forest Service
Commission
Wibaux
Blaine
Phillips
Valley
Daniels
Sheridan
Roosevelt
Richland
McCone
Dawson
Garfield
Prairie
Fallon
Custer
Rosebud
Powder River
Carter
WPA to Focus on Military Roads and Air Ports
The work projects administration announced defense plans stressing strategic military roads and air ports. Acting WPA administrator Howard O. Hunter said 7,271,100 in new defense projects for 27 states and Puerto Rico were authorized between August 1 and 14, with total WPA defense authorizations since 1935 reaching 455,392,000. The program includes access roads to military and naval reservations and airport linkage roads.
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Washington
Work Projects Administration
Howard O. Hunter
WPA
Puerto Rico
War Department Mobilizes National Guard September 15
The War Department plans to mobilize 55 000 National Guard officers and men on September 15 for a year of training. The move, under Roosevelt signed legislation, includes four infantry divisions four antiaircraft squadrons and coast artillery units. Additional mobilizations and convicts are planned through December 1941.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Roosevelt
William Allen White Urges Confidence in Roosevelt War Policy
William Allen White, chairman of the committee to defend America by aiding the allies, urged Americans to have patient confidence in President Roosevelt. He praised Roosevelt's leadership in foreign affairs, saying his vision has shown the meaning of the war against democracy and called for national unity despite domestic policy disagreements.
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William Allen White
Roosevelt
New York
Committee To Defend
America
United People
White
Columbia Broadcasting System
United States
Rhine
Willkie
Senate Passes Conscription Bill in 58 to 31 Vote
The Senate approved a peacetime draft bill by a 58 to 31 vote, mandating registration for all male citizens aged 21 to 30 and one year of training, with optional one year hitch for ages 18 to 35. An amendment would also allow drafting of industrial plants if needed, amid fears of economic conscription and wartime measures.
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Senate
Washington
House
Western Hemisphere
Congress
War Department
Jury Frees Freebourn of Tax Evasion Charge
The noon radio announced that the jury in the United States case against Harrison J. Freebourn, attorney general of Montana, found him not guilty. He was tried at Helena before Federal Judge James H. Baldwin on a charge of failing to pay one government income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harrison J. Freebourn
Montana
Helena
James H. Baldwin
Bridges
Kine
Labor Department
Supreme Court
Communist Party
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
San Francisco
Congress
Jackson
Roosevelt Wallace outline non political Labor Day tours
President Roosevelt and Democratic nominee Henry A. Wallace announced three Labor Day speeches were non political. Roosevelt will dedicate Chickamauga Dam in Tennessee and Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with a Tennessee North Carolina border ceremony. He then surveys naval armor plants at South Charleston West Virginia before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Des Moines
White House
Chickamauga Dam
Chattanooga
Tenn
Newfound Gap
Tennessee- North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
South Charleston
W. Va
Willkie Plans 3,800-Mile Western Primary Tour
Wendell L. Willkie announced a long campaign trip through 18 middle and far western states starting September 14 from Rushville Indiana. He will open in Coffeyville Kansas two days later and finish with a speech in Detroit on September 30 before the National Federation of Women's Clubs. The train route covers Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas Arizona New Mexico California Oregon Washington Idaho Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin and Michigan.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Middle
Far West
Joseph W. Martin
Republican National Committee
Rushville
Ind
Coffeyville
Kan
Detroit
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Willkie
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Three Parties Choose Johnson for Senator in California
Early returns from Tuesday's primary show Hiram W. Johnson nominated by Republicans Democrats and Progressives for the U S Senate. Johnson, a Republican critic of much of the administration's foreign policy, won overwhelming support across the three faiths.
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Johnson
San Francisco
Canadian nitrate plant being built near Ottawa
Construction in Alberta of an eight million dollar ammonium nitrate plant for the dominion government has been started by Consolidated Mining and Smelting. The Consolidated smelters will operate it for the government as part of its explosives program.
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Ottawa
Ont
Alberta
Dominion
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Corporation
Consolidated Smelters
Douglas Plant Builds World's Largest Plane
Major General Henry H Arnold announced a massive bomber nearing completion at the Douglas plant. The four 2,000 horsepower engines power a 212 foot wingspan and 112 foot length. Capable of New York to Europe nonstop, it carries 11,000 gallons of gasoline and a crew of 10 with secret armament details.
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Los Angeles
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Douglas
New York
Europe
C. E. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
U S Marshal Chitty Dies After Courthouse Attack
United States Marshal A J Chitty, 56, died of a heart attack after being struck by Joseph Paul Cretzer and Arnold Thomas Kyle, two bank robbers on trial for escaping McNeil Island prison. The assault occurred as Chitty escorted them to the court cage, triggering chaos and deputies’ intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
United States
A. J. Chitty
Federal District Court
McNeil Island Federal Prison
Chitty
Joseph Paul Cretzer
Arnold Thoma Kyle
Channers
Cretzer
Kyle
Helena Boy Killed as Lights Blind Him
Eugene Anson, 22, of Helena was killed when a car driven by him overturned on Highway No. 10, 25 miles east of Missoula, after the oncoming glare blinded him. Bill Behre, passenger, reported the crash as Anson attempted to avoid the blinding light and veered onto the soft shoulder and ditch. Anson was reportedly taking four young companions to Missoula at the time.
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Missoula
Eugene Anson
Helena
Bill Behre
Anson
Willkie Attacks WPA Plan as It Expands Relief Rolls
The WPA challenged Wendell Willkie to answer if it hires too many people and where to fire. Howard Hunter said September average employment will be 1.7 million and October up to 1.8 million, with the increases largely in the South due to floods. Senator Byrnes and Senator Taft commented on Willkie's statements amid debates on relief rolls.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Wendell Willkie
WPA
Howard Hunter
New York
Hunter
Willkie
South
Senate
Byrnes
S. C
White House
South Carolina
Taft
R. Chin
President Roosevelt names Jesse H. Jones as new commerce secretary
Roosevelt named Jesse H. Jones to succeed Harry Hopkins as secretary of commerce. Jones, a 66 year old Texan and federal loan administrator, has the offer under advisement while Hopkins plans to rest. possible next steps for Hopkins include a librarian post at Hyde Park library.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jones
Harry L. Hopkins
White House
Hopkins
Jones
Hyde Park
N. Y
Wickard Calls Willkie A Wall Street Boy On Farm
Claude R Wickard Roosevelt’s agriculture secretary nominee labeled Wendell L Willkie as a Wall Street boy trying to make good on the farm He spoke at Henry A Wallace’s press conference noting their close counties and little prior knowledge of Willkie as a farmer until recently
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Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Wall Street
Wickard
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Carroll County
Indiana
Willkie
Elwood
Charles Linza McNary Accepts Nomination
In Salem Oregon on August 27 Charles Linza McNary accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination. He attacked the administrations reciprocal trade system and defended protective farm legislation. He charged the facts fail to dissipate the uneconomic agricultural conditions and criticized statism while avoiding a blanket condemnation of the New Deal.
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Salem
Ore
Charles Linza McNary
Oregon
Senate
Montana to list candidates alphabetically on ballots
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn ruled that in the November general election candidates will be arranged in alphabetical order under the title of their offices. The ruling addresses Montana’s new streamlined ballot crafted in the 1939 legislative session, following a request from Lewis and Clark county attorney H. K. Anderson.
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Helena
H. J. Freebourn
Montana
H. K. Anderson
Lewis and Clark County
Glacier Park Extends Season to October 15
Glacier Park will feed late visitors as the official season extends to October 15 for the first time since establishment. Camp grounds stay open weather permitting and private lodgings near entrances will serve late season tourists with closing dates for several accommodations listed.
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Glacier National Park
D. S. Libbey
Glacier Park Hotel Company
Park Saddle Horse Company
Cutbank
Red Eagle Camp
Granite Park
Justice Department Reopens Bridges Deportation Matter
The Justice Department began a Senate supported inquiry into whether Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, qualifies for deportation under new Smith Act provisions. Attorney General Jackson said J. Edgar Hoover would start on the case on the West Coast, amid calls from Senator King for immediate deportation to Australia.
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Washington
Justice Department
Senate
Harry Bridges
Senate Immigration Committee
Jackson
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
King
Utah
Bridges
Australia
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George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Philippine Islands
Freebourn
Roosevelt and
Nates
Douglas Plant
U. S
Charles Linza M’nary
ABC Plan
Glacier Park
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