Montana WPA Opens Largest Season In Adult Education
Montana division of education reports September enrollment 5,993 with total 91,853 instruction hours across 195 WPA teachers. By October enrollment passed 6,000 as 275 teachers are now employed, with vocational courses leading at 2,269 students and naturalization 1,494. Programs span from literacy to advanced calculus and include nursery schools for needy children.
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WPA
Joseph E. Parker
Montana
Montana Works Progress Administration
Division of Education
Montana State College
Parker
The Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague
The permanent court of international justice in The Hague comprises fifteen judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permanent Court of International Justice
the Hague
Holland
Blind Readers Club Formed in Topeka Kansas
A literary club for the blind has been organized in Topeka Kansas inviting local readers to join and share accessible reading sessions and discussions.
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Topeka
Kan
Farm Security loan saves Montana family from bankruptcy
A Hill County family near Fairchild credits the Farm Security Administration rehabilitation division with rescuing them from near bankruptcy in 1936. The letter describes loans used to pay debts, fund crops, and weather harsh winters, leading to a debt-free, prosperous status by 1938 with future liquidation prospects and seed cash for next year.
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Farm Security Administration
Montana
John Chryilicek
Fairchild
Hill County
John C. McKay
Rehabilitation Division
Chvilicek
Commodity Credit Corp
32 Buses Sold at $175 Average at Great Falls Bull Sale
L Chatterton staged a Montana bull sale at Wolf Langman yards with 32 coming 2-year-old bulls averaging $175. Wales Domino 42d topped at $440 to E E Bell of Eden. The top 10 averaged $237. Cows and heifers drew strong bids despite snow and travel issues.
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Great Falls
Wales Domino
Steward E. Bell
Eden
L. Chatterton
Montana
Wolf-Langman Livestock Commission Co
Astor Domino
Domino
Stewart BE. Bell
Colonel Domino
Roy S. Currell
Mission
Cuba
John Willard
Augusta
Willard
Gene Dabney
Conrad
C. E. Smiley
Herman Wuerl
J. J. Patton
A. H. Jones
Highwood
Chatterton
Fred Reppert
Decatur
Ind
L. E. Sedgwick
White Sulphur Springs
Forrest Bassford
Pluto’s Gravitational Pull Noted Before Telescopic View
Historical notes show Pluto’s gravitational influence discussed years before its first telescopic observation. A separate cultural note highlights Japanese wedding customs where the couple drinks from three differently sized cups three times.
Montana Briefs Highlight Local Developments Across State
In Harlowton Deputy Warden Miller notes about 750 deer taken locally. Helena residents report Mrs. Arthur Wigfield picked strawberries after mild November weather. Eddy Bakeries director J. E. O’Connell re elected to Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board for three years. Kalispell bridge over the South fork completed at $138000 after a year of work. John Ficken of Somers dies leaving $81000 estate with seven German nieces. Sheridan County wheat loan program approves 152 loans. A F McLean oversees. Flathead Power rural line wiring delayed until about 230 sign ups finished. roughly 100 farm subscribers wired. Conrad beet tonnage up with 29000 tons stored. 80 cars shipped to Chinook. Helena reports $21709.56 interest added to unemployment trust fund. total now $54746. Malta man Stanley Dolski jailed 15 years for shooting a Dodson foreman. Forsyth Scout Day sees officials cede city duties to Boy Scouts. fines go to Scout fund. Kalispell secretary Leland Tansel resigns to take Somers cashier post December 1. Malta CCC work on Milk River irrigation logs 1091 man days in October. Worden J W Shevlin buys Huntley project Yellowstone weekly. Helena 133 motor vehicle for hire rights cancelled. Missoula state apple market grows as Montana imports 21 380 boxes via St. Regis port. Great Falls airport project begins at 304000 with hangar and admin building under PWA funding. Helena health board notes rise in whooping cough measles but drop in overall communicable diseases. Bozeman Farm Bureau re elects N L Towne as president and names officers and directors.
Milk River Water Contamination Sparks Montana Health Review
The Montana board of Health reports no complaints this fall about Milk river water quality after Harlem residents raised concerns over sugar factory refuse at Chinook. Dr. L H Fligman says current conditions are good and Chinook factory officials offered full cooperation to fix contamination issues.
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Montana Board of Health
Montana
L. H. Fligman
Helena
Harlem
Chinook
W. F. Cogswell
Women’s waistlines rise and fall while men widen only horizontal
A playful remark notes that women’s waistlines change with fashion or health trends, whereas men’s expansion is described as occurring only in the horizontal dimension, reflecting a lighthearted look at body shapes across genders.
Montana's 1903 dynamite threat ignited Northern Pacific manhunt
The fall of 1903 saw an armed cover across southern Montana as threats to dynamite Northern Pacific trains spurred a massive hunt. A ransom scale rose from 25 000 to 50 000 dollars with letters, gun bans, bloodhounds, and detectives hunting a suspect linked to a haystack cache and a Helena cabin.
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Northern Pacific
Montana
Intergale
Ength
St. Paul
Spokane
Livingston
Missoula
Butte
Garrison
Helena
Elliston
Great Falls Forms Boys Club for Delinquency Prevention
Great Falls business leaders police juvenile bureau and Cascade county probation department establish the Great Falls Boys club on the Simpson block Central avenue between Second and Third streets. The self governing group will host 30 members aged 15 to 18 with dues of 15 cents monthly.
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Great Falls
Police Juvenile Bureau
Probation Department
Cascade County District Court
Simpson Block
Central Avenue
Deane Bailey
Harold M. Mady
Bailey
Great Falls Boys Club Is Patterned After Units of the Boys Clubs of America
Mady
George P. Spartz
Leo Tessman
Robert Lee
Bill Grant
Vincent Murphy
Tessman
Grant
Lee
Sup
Warren Jones
Proposed new dam on Rattlesnake in western Montana
County Commissioner R P Glasscock outlined a WPA irrigation dam plan for ranchers in the Rattlesnake area of western Montana. Surveyor Charles S Dimmick will meet Col George F Weisel WPA zoning engineer to plan an application. Funds for the sponsor’s share would be provided by the Rat-
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Rattlesnake
Montana
R. P. Glasscock
Missoula County
Charles S. Dimmick
George F. Weisel
WPA
Four MSU seniors vie for Rhodes scholarship trials
Four senior students at Montana State college will compete in state trials for the Rhodes scholarship contest. They are Carroll O Rourke Billings George Peterson Waltham Stanley Swingle Bozeman and Robert Tichenor Belgrade. Two winners in the state contest advance to the district contest later this year.
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Montana State College
Carroll O'Rourke
Billings
George Peterson
Waltham
Stanley Swingle
Bozeman
Robert Tichenor
Belgrade
North America Uses Half World Timber With Small Population
North America accounts for about 1/12 of global population yet consumes roughly 50 percent of the world's timber. The statistic highlights regional demand and resource pressures amid growth.
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North America
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Na Coap
Philadelp
FSA
North Montana
John Chvilicek
Hereford
Pluto
Treasure State News
Harlowton
Louis Miller
Arthur Wigfield
J. E. O'Connell
The
Eddy Bakeries, Inc
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Kalispell
South Fork
Columbia Falls
Coram
Kalispelle
John Ficken
Somers
Germany
Plenty Wood
Sheridan County Conservation Association
A. F. McLean
Flathead Power Co
C. A. Beecraft
Walier
Federal Treasury
Ray N. Shannon
Malta
Stanley Dolski
John Hurly
Frank Dudek
Dodson
Dudek
Forsyth
Donald McPhee
Leland Tansel
Chamber of Commerce
State Bank of
Tansel
Conrad National Bank of
CCC
Bureau of Reclamation
Worden
J. W. Shevlin
St. Louis
Yellowstone
Huntley Project
A. J. Isaac
Shevlin
St. Louis Globe
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
George L. Knight
St. Regis
PWA
State Board of Health
B. K. Kilbourne
Montana State Farm Bureau
N. L. Towne
Claude Gray
Big Timber
C. BE. Woodgerd
Lee Elliott
Clinton
Wesley O’ewart
Wilsall
Henry Hayes
Potomac
Frank Wyatt
Robert Collins
Haystack
Frank Latta
A. G. Reynolds
Isaac Gravelle
Gravelle
Collins
Deer Lodge
State
Tlesnake Ditch Co
Missoula Lake
Montana Power Co
FALLS
Probation Department of District Court
Pacific Hide & Fur
Havre
Glasgow
Ea Worte
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Charles M. Russell
Montana Newspaper Association
Pala
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