Thirty One and Thirty The Pioneer sale and aging owners
The Big Timber Pioneer marks thirty one years under current ownership and signals a forthcoming sale as owners Jerome and Grace Williams retire. The paper once printed 650 weekly now issues about 1 475 copies with 98 percent paid circulation and $2 594 50 in yearly subscriptions. Local obituary notes L H Van Dyck, a respected Park County businessman and former Montana legislator, dies in Livingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber Pioneer
Father Time
Jerome
Grace Williams
Montana
Pioneer
Western Newspaper Union
Billings
Livingston
L. H. van Dyck
van Dyck & Deever
Gardiner
Yellowstone Park
Fort Yellowstone
Shields River
Park County
National Park Bank of
London Battle Diary Exposes Berlin Firestorm Blitz
War report details a massive RAF raid on Berlin with Lancaster bombers dropping more than a thousand tons of bombs in eight nights. Stuttgart raid blamed for a final blaze as Berlin suffered widespread ruin. fires raged across vast districts while firemen faced ruptured water mains and collapsing structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Stuttgart
Germany
Air Ministry
Arthur T. Harris
Bomber Command
Stockholm
Tiegarten
Marines Hold River Crossing in Jungle Firefight
A unit of five Marines repels advancing Japanese troops near a river as they defend a bush line. Les operates a machine gun while Barlo Trott Logan feed ammo and Brown throws grenades in a tense jungle engagement. The crew endures heat and fatigue as they maintain suppressive fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les
Barlo
Trott
Brown
Barb
Logan
Service Boys Update Their Addresses and Training
Several service members report new addresses including Pvt Arthur Strand in Santa Maria California Lt M Lyman Jr in Lake Charles Louisiana Pfc Charles Osburn at Camp Pendleton Oceanside California Sgt A J Buskirk at Fort Fisher North Carolina and T 3 G Swiney at Camp Stoneman California John J Franklin begins radio training in San Diego with a Panama trip noted. A R T 2c Paul Snyder completed radio instruction in Corpus Christi Texas and sails to Memphis Tennessee as naval radio instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lloyd Strand
Santa Maria
Calif
8. M. Lyman Jr
Lake Charles
Charles Emmett Osburn
Camp
Joseph H. Pendleton
Oceanside
A. J. Buskirk
Fort Fisher
N. C
G. Swiney
Camp Stoneman
John J. Franklin
San Diego
Panama
Camp Barkeley
Tex
Leo Sleveland
Fort Fox
Ration stamps and pork point rules in wartime memo
The notice lists ration stamps and expiration dates for sugar, shoes, airplane, meats and processed foods across stamp books and colors. It notes that pork requires ration points in place to prevent black market sales and mentions wool restrictions with limited exceptions for military needs and carpeting fibers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WFA
OPA
WPB
Penwell tax declarations and December deadline clarified
The notice explains amended declarations due by December 15 for 1943 tax. if under or over estimated, file by December 15 and pay any due amount. For forms, contact the Helena Montana Collector or nearest Deputy Collector. The battle report then recounts jungle combat with Jap forces and Marines noting reduced enemy fire and a final quiet after a long engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collector of Internal Revenue
Helena
Montana
Nine Die as Eastern Snowstorms Take Toll
At least nine people died with several missing or injured as more than 20 inches of snow blanketed parts of upper New York and New England in a two day storm. Communities were isolated as the season’s first major snowstorm battered the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
New York
New England
McNary Undergoes Brain Tumor Operation
Senator McNary Republican Oregon minority leader and 1940 Republican vice presidential nominee underwent an operation for a brain tumor on November 27 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Montana court fixes terms for naturalization hearings 1943
The District Court of the Sixth Judicial District in Montana fixes terms of court and law and motion days for Gallatin Park and Sweet Grass Counties for 1944. Gallatin County holds Mondays Jan 3 Apr 3 Jul 10 Oct 2 with final naturalization hearings Mar 27 and Aug 28. Park County holds Tuesdays Jan 4 Apr 4 Jul 11 Oct 3 with final hearings Mar 28 and Aug 29. Sweet Grass County holds Wednesdays Jan 5 Apr 5 Jul 12 Oct 4 with first Wednesday law and motion days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Park, Sweet Grass and
Gallatin
Park and Sweet Grass
Park County
Sweet Grass
Gallatin County
Sweet Grass County
Notice to Creditors in the Alice E. Patterson Estate
Edith M. Cameron executrix of Alice E. Patterson deceased notifies creditors and claimants to file their claims with vouchers within four months after the first publication. Claims must be presented to Chas. W. Campbell, attorney for the executrix, at his Big Timber Montana office for estate business. Publication dates November 18 25 December 2 9 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
Alice E. Patterson
Chas. W. Campbell
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Edith M. Cameron
Chas
Local items and notices from a midwestern town
A collection of short notices reports purchases and promotions at a general store and a bank headlined by a false ad scam and low price fruit. Community members celebrate a golden wedding anniversary and Thanksgiving gatherings while others travel for medical care and expositions. A fire damages a home twice in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Rule
Patterson’s
John F. Asbury
Commercial Bank & Trust Co
Kirksville
Ellingson Bros
Spencer Jarrett
Phil Bottler
Frank Young
R. S. Jarrett
W. A. Harrison
Sweet Grass
Mr. Harrison
Mrs. Harrison
T. K. Baker
G. M. Kirwan
Pioneer Mary Brownlee Chosen Queen at High School Carnival
The article notes Mary Brownlee being named queen of the local high school carnival. It also lists social events, travel, a bishop’s valediction, and community notices including a death, a move of a cafe, a wedding anniversary, and a major donation to the Corcoran art gallery in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Brownlee
I. J. Lay
Montana
West
J. P. Carroll
H. T. Flemming
Quebec
Iowa
Gunder Gunderson
Grand Hotel
W. H. Rickel
Trower
R. S. Weller
Gem Cafe
Cort Hotel
Silver Moon
Carl Myrstol
British Columbia
Carl D. Paulson
Portland
C. A. Bishop
Sen
W. A. Clark
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
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Jerome Williams
City
United States
Adolf Hitler
Friedrichstrasse
Sweden
Hamburg
Tiergartenstrasse
Penwell
M’nary Operated
Pioneer Office
O. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Chico Hot Springs Hotel and Hospital
Emigrant
N. P
Chico
R. C. Knowles
G. A. Townsend
Boyee Orchestra
The
Evangelical Church
H. S. Tool
the Evangelical Church
Professional Directory
R. J
DR. D. Claiborn
Law County Court House
L. W. Baskett
America
Montana Power Company
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