Big Three near accord in Moscow and world policy shift
The U S Britain and Soviet foreign ministers wrap a quarterly Moscow conference with praise for progress and a push to align on atomic control and European peace planning. They outline measures on Italy Bulgaria Romania Hungary Finland and Asia while Britain seizes 130 Ruhr mines to curb Germany's war economy.
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Britain
Russia
Moscow
Europe
Asia
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Byrnes
Bevin
Molotov
France
Italy
United Nations
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Germany
Ruhr
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
States Raise Salaries for War Period Employees
A survey shows at least 300000 public employees across 41 states received pay adjustments during the war period. Seventeen states used legislative action, thirteen used administrative action, and six states employed both methods.
China Faces Truce Proposal Amid Yangtze Standstill
China factions discuss a possible truce as 50,000 Red troops threaten the Yangtze between Nanking and Shanghai. Communists urge unity talks with Chiang Kai-shek while seeking less U.S. backing and relying on rallies to pressure Washington. Gen. George C. Marshall arrives to help untangle the political split.
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Nanking
Shanghai
Red
Chiang Kai-shek
George C. Marshall
China
Political Consultative Council
U. S
Chiang
Uncle Sam
Candy shortages predicted for 1946 production drop
The trade forecasts candy output will fall short of demand in the first nine months of 1946 by about 700 million pounds due to shortages of ingredients and labor. Nuts peanuts fruits coconuts cocoa oil sugar remain scarce and wartime wage trends delay workers returning to plants. Rising material costs and a government push to end subsidies in manufacturing will shape modernization and expansion once shortages ease.
Patton laid to rest in Luxembourg cemetery ceremony
In Luxembourg military cemetery a funeral service honors General George S. Patton with Chaplain Edwin R. Carter Jr. leading prayers. Soldiers salute as rifle volleys echo and taps sounds, while Mrs. Patton and allied generals observe. A wreath from Patton’s former units reads To our leader.
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Edwin Royal Carter Jr
Richmond
George S. Patton
Luxemburg
G.ls Patton
Russia
Britain
France
Pig Crop 1945 Surpasses 1944 and Averages
The 1945 pig crop reached 86,714,000 head, slightly above 1944 and over the 10 year 1934-43 average. Fall production offset spring shortfalls with 5,503,000 sows farrowed and pigs saved per litter at 6.38, aided by intentions to breed 8,542,000 sows next spring. Pork supplies expected to stay ample through the coming months.
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Department of Agriculture
USDA
Corn Belt
Atlantic States
Notice to Creditors in Mathias Lamp Estate
In the District Court of Montana Sweet Grass County the administrator de bonis non of the Mathias Lamp estate invites creditors and claimants to present vouchers within four months after the first publication. Claims should be filed at the law office of E. O. Overland in Big Timber. Dated December 10, 1945.
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Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
Mathias Lamp
de Bonis Non
EB. O. Overland
Big Timber
Paul E. Lamp
E. O. Overland
District Court
Elizabeth M. Lamp
OIE Motor Company Partnership Certificate Filed
Montana certificate records a partnership filing in Sweet Grass County for OIE MOTOR COMPANY with Arnold O. Johnson and Charles V. Schuler. Notarized December 15 1945 by E O Overland. commission expires November 1 1947. publication dates December 20 27 and January 3 10 1945 46.
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Montana
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
OIE Motor Company
Arnold O. Johnson
Melville
Charles V. Schuler
Charles V. Schuyler
County of Sweet Grass
E. O. Overland
Food schools push frozen food experiments nationwide
More than half of leading schools and state universities surveyed are conducting or planning frozen food experiments. The focus is on preserving fresh flavor in fruits vegetables dairy and dairy products while retaining vitamins and nutritive value.
G I Insurance Bargain Warns Veterans
Dr. W. M. Curtiss of Cornell University warns discharged servicemen against dropping the National Service Life Insurance. He notes the policy offers lower premiums than mutual and stock firms and includes a disability waiver, costing about 75 cents extra per $1,000 of ordinary life insurance from private companies.
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National Service
W. M. Curtiss
Cornell University
Notice to creditors in Elizabeth M. Lamp estate
The administrator of the estate of Elizabeth M. Lamp deceased invites creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers to E. O. Overland at his law office in the Big Timber Montana courthouse, the official place of business for the estate. Publication dates December 13 20 27 1945 and January 3.
Public Auction of School Buildings in Big Timber Montana
Public auction scheduled for Saturday January 5 1946 at 2:00 PM at the Big Timber Montana court house front door. Items include a frame schoolhouse 32 by 22 feet appraised at 200 dollars and a frame teacherage 20 by 12 feet appraised at 50 dollars located in Sweet Grass county near Melville. Cash payment at sale. no bid below appraised value. district reserves right to reject bids. Kenneth B Flare clerk.
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Big Timber
Montana
Range 14
Sweet Grass County
Melville
Four Per Cent Cut In Used Car Prices
The OPA announced a four percent price reduction for used passenger cars effective January 1. The cut, linked to the depreciation provision of the used car regulation, applies to sales by dealers and private owners in Montana.
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Washington
OPA
Montana
Dusting Off The Old Ones
A marriage license issued December 27 by Clerk Pound lists Ray mond F Coldeen of Spokane Washington and Ida Becker of this city as a couple. Also notes Will Amery of Churchill and Amery now at Camp Lewis in the signal corps learning semiphore and wig wagging. Livingston Enterprise reports Myrtle Nugent wed Mervin Sell in a Livingston home ceremony with a later trip west and plans to reside in Big Timber after February 1.
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Clerk Pound
Raymond F. Coldeen
Spokane
Wash
Ida Becker
Will Amery
Churchhill and Amery
Camp Lewis
Signal Corps
Western Union
Livingston
Myrtle Nugent
Mervin Sell
Big Timber
No. 41
Dutton Baby Born New Year's Day in Big Timber
Pioneer files report a daughter born January 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dutton of Big Timber. Other items note Mrs. Wallace A. Orton and son returning to Bozeman, Dick Rye visiting from north of Gibson, a 7000 bushel grain crop in Sweet Grass County, and the arrival of Robert Earl, a second son, in Wichita Falls Texas to Mr. and Mrs. G E Mahaffey. A large Thanksgiving dinner party at the Hans Tjaaland home includes multiple Bozeman and Bozeman-area families.
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Herbert Dutton
Big Timber
Wallace A. Orton
Bozeman
O. A. Nordstrom
Dick Rye
Gibson
Sweet Grass
Rapelje
Julian Nules
John T. Esp
Eystein Birkland
Fifty Million Taxpayers Benefit From '46 Reductions
The 1946 tax law cuts total about 6 billion dollars. About 12 million low income workers drop from the rolls while individuals earning up to 50 thousand get 10 percent plus reductions. Corporations gain 3.1 billion in relief with repeals of excess profits taxes and new exemptions.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Vinson
Japanese officer accused of laughing at prisoner beating
In Yokohama on December 31 a war crimes trial heard a Dutch officer testify that Japanese camp commander Lieut Okotaro Furushima laughed as American Private First Class Robert L. Robison was brutally beaten until he lost his sanity and later died. Theunissen's affidavit described water torture, naked confinement, and repeated revivals.
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Yokohama
Kamioka
Okotaro Furushima
Gerald Herman Theunissen
Java
Robert L. Robison
Robison
Furushima
Robinson
Theunissen
James H. Smith
Smith
Fog Lifts As Cold Wave Hits Britain
London reports the worst fog in 20 years clearing on New Year’s Day. Traffic resumed after delays but a severe cold snap followed, with seven deaths attributed indirectly to the fog's disruption.
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London
English Channel
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