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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1945
Page
8
E E Telfefson pastor announces Big Timber morning worship at 11 a m with no Sunday school. Melville holds Sunday services January 6 at 2 pm followed by annual business meeting at 3 pm. Chest X rays for industrial job applicants are urged in a tuberculosis control campaign funded by Christmas seals.
A Friday Christmas program featured recitations and plays from primary to junior high, plus glee club songs and Christmas stories. Local residents report holiday visits from relatives and friends, including Margaret Krone, Pauline Bare, Cora Bue, and Mrs. Jake Marks. A surprise birthday party honored Mrs. Chloe Langford, with many neighbors in attendance.
The piece describes a massive postwar holiday travel surge as service members and civilians rush home for Christmas. Crowds flood trains, buses, and airports amid record volumes, with railroads halting civilian ticket sales temporarily and airlines facing long waiting lists.
Moscow radio reported the three power conference of foreign ministers reached definite agreements on peace treaties. France would help frame the Italian treaty and nations with capitulation agreements with Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland would participate in drafting those treaties. Byrnes Molotov and Bevin agreed deputy ministers should resume work in London based on the first session’s agreements. A conference will be called to discuss treaties with Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland.
Washington officials outline postwar national guard air units to use abandoned army air fields. Planning aims for a guard air force around 2,000 front-line planes, with facilities larger than prewar levels and no field selections finalized yet. State officials will join the planning as it expands the force and personnel.
President Truman directed entry of European war refugees into the United States within established quotas at about 39,000 a year. Most come from central and eastern Europe and the Balkans where 2,000,000 are homeless. The move fills quotas with refugees unable or unwilling to return home.
Notice announces two annual stockholder meetings at Citizens Bank & Trust Co in Big Timber Montana. Big Timber Building & Loan seeks trustees at 7 p m January 14 1946. State Farms Go seeks directors at 7 p m January 8 1946. Both dates include publication in December 1945.
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