New Housing Expediter Vows to Cut Federal Red Tape
Washington January 5 The new housing expeditor Wilson W Wyatt Jr promised to cut red tape blocking shelter starved Americans from affordable dwellings at a White House meeting with Reconversion Director Snyder and agency heads. He urged cities to act quickly and said no miracles will occur, prioritizing low cost housing with veteran preferences.Industry groups asked for prompt relief to avoid bottlenecks for 500000 planned dwellings and noted key shortages in millwork plumbing fixtures and heating equipment. About 150000 prefabs could be built this year with urgent priority.
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Washington
Wilson W. Wyatt, Jr
Wyatt
White House
Snyder
Louisville, Ky
Production Council, Inc
Former Mayor of Livingston Dies
Dr Paul Lincoln Greene 60 longtime Livingston physician and ex mayor died at Northern Pacific hospital Missoula at 7 30 am after extended illness. He was born September 27 1885 in Sheldon North Dakota trained at Drake University earned MD in 1909 and came to Livingston in 1912 to practice medicine. He married Olga Johnson June 28 1942 at Helena.
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Livingston Enterprise
Paul Lincoln Greene
Livingston
Northern Pacific Hospital
Missoula
Greene
Sheldon
N. D
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Olga Johnson
Mankato
Minn
Helena
Has License Plates But Car Missing
Billings police report that John Fox from Route 1 found his 1946 license plates but no car to mount them on. He parked near police headquarters while purchasing new plates across the street at Yellowstone County Courthouse and returned to learn his car had been stolen.
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Billings
John Fox
Route 1
Yellowstone County Court House
D’Ewart Calls for Clear Cut Postwar Agriculture Policy
Rep Wesley A D Ewart Republican Montana said the nation needs a clear cut policy on production and marketing of agricultural products. He criticized current policy as patch up and urged Congress to establish a national policy on imports and exports of all agricultural products for postwar sound agriculture.
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Helena
Wesley A. D’ewart
Mont
Congress
Heavy Enrollment of Vets at State College
Bozeman Montana State College registrar W H McCall reports 404 new students for the winter quarter including 294 World War II veterans. All veterans found quarters, with 20 temporarily housed in campus bar racks. 26 married veterans live in trailers and 22 await trailers.
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Bozeman
W. H. McCall
Montana State College
McCall
Nine Road Bridge Contracts to Be Let in Montana
State Highway Engineer announces Montana highway commission will open bids January 23 on nine road and bridge construction projects totaling about 875000 dollars. Projects include overpasses near Great Falls, bridges over the Judith river and Sage creek, and resurfacing long stretches in Fergus, McCone, Lake, Yellowstone, and other counties.
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Helena
Howard W. Holmes
Montana Highway Commission
Ulm Gore Hill
Great Falls
Great Northern
Armington-Lewistown
Fergus County
Jordan Circle
McCone County
Little Power River
Broadus
Judith River
Sage Creek
Lewistown
Denton
Flathead Lake
Lake County
Billings-Broadview
Yellowstone County
Uncompensated Draft Board Members Will Receive Award
Congress authorizes an award of merit to uncompensated selective service personnel with over two years service. Montana ceremonies will honor local board members and appeal agents from Helena to Billings during the week of January 28. Governor Ford or Colonel Michell will present awards in Billings on February 2 to attendees from multiple MT towns.
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Congress
Selective Service
Congress of the
United States
Montana
Government Appeal
Helena
Missoula
Great Falls
Wolf Point
Miles City
Billings
Hardin
Red Lodge
Columbus
Roundup
Harlowton
Big Timber
Livingston
Ryegate
Hysham
Sam C. Ford
8. H. Michell
Forty-Five Names Drawn For Jury Service Jan. 23
Forty five names were drawn by Judge Berg for jury duty on January 23, with four criminal cases set for trial. Cases include Eleanor Cole carrying concealed weapons Gus Tollefson grand larceny Leonard Nelson involuntary manslaughter and Elmer Stahlman alleged rape. Stahlman pleaded not guilty bond set at 1000 and he was remanded to sheriff. Franklin Longan of Billings is his attorney.
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B. E. Berg
Eleanor Cole
Gus Tollefson
Leonard Nelson
Elmer Stahlman
Berg
Stahlman
Franklin Longan
Billings
Phyllis Louise Hegg
Roy Allen Hegg
Phyllis Louise Hodan
Alice Nelson
Martin Nelson
Paulsons Sell Grocery Store to Ross Snyder
Mr and Mrs Carl D Paulson have sold their grocery store and their home at Fifth and Anderson to Mr and Mrs Ross Snyder effective Feb 1 The Paulsons will visit the coast mid February for a rest before seeking a new location Snyder recently left the Seabees after Pacific service and now works at the local fish hatchery Paulson began in Melville in 1905 later moving to Big Timber and buying the Paulson Grocery in 1919 The couple returned to operate the store after a Portland sojourn and marriage in 1913
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Carl D. Paulson
Fifth and
Anderson
Ross Snyder
Paulsons
Snyder
Seabees
Pacific
Paulson
Melville
Kellogg
Canada
Great Falls
Early completion expected for county REA lines
W N Clayton reports rural electric service may reach Sweet Grass county by spring as construction proceeds. The project will serve over 100 users across Boulder Valley, Big Timber areas, and Swamp Creek with about 80 miles of line funded prewar. Clayton urges towns to organize quickly for further expansion and stresses farmstead wiring to standard fire underwriters specifications.
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Sweet Grass County
W. N. Clayton
Boulder Valley
Big Timber
Swamp Creek
Mr. Clayton
Clayton
Hope For Break In Girl Murder Case Shifts Hope to Break
Chicago January 9 hoping for a major break in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and dismemberment case detective sergeant Jack Hanrahan said all our men are out looking for another man and developments depend on apprehending him during a habeas corpus hearing for two north side janitors Hector Verburgh 65 and Desere Smet 35 and Verburghs wife 64 who sought release under a court order charging or releasing within 24 hours.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Jack Hanrahan
Criminal Court
Hanrahan
Northside
Hector Verburgh
Desere Smet
Verburgh
Mary
Gib McFarland to Judge Stock Show
Harlowtown Jan 9 Gib McFarland a longtime Musselshell valley rancher has been named one of the judges of Hereford bulls at the 1946 livestock show opening in Denver. He will judge with A D Weber Kansas State college and Allen Feeney Milky Way Hereford ranch Phoenix Ariz McFarland arrived in Montana over 50 years ago and later led cattle to fame including the championship load at the Chicago international Hereford show.
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Harlowtown
Gib McFarland
Twedot
Musselshell Valey
Denver
McFarland
A. D. Weber
Kansas State College
Allen Feeney
Milky Way
Pheonix
Ariz
Montana
Glennie Ranch
Chicago
Deer Trapping Underway to Rebuild Depleted Herds
Helena January 4 Deer trapping by Montana fish and game department wildlife restoration division is under way to curb overstocked areas and build new herds. Traps on the federal bison range in western Montana and in the Crazy mountains foothills will transplant deer to the Bull mountains near Roundup and Wolf mountains.
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Helena
State Fish and Game Department
Wildlife Restoration Division
Montana
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Crazy Mountains
Bull Mountains
Roundup
Wolf Mountains
Forsyth
Glendive
Baker
Bull Mountain
Robert Cooney
Cooney
Flathead County
Beartooth Mountains
Murder Victims Found in Berlin as Police Probe Slayings
Four bodies were found in Berlin on Sunday as American and Russian military police searched the American sector for gunmen possibly linked to the killing of two U S soldiers last week.
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Berlin
United States
G I Demands for Removal of Patterson Grow Overseas
Soldiers abroad urge swift demobilization and removal of Secretary Patterson. Mass meeting in Batangas funds ads in 15 US papers to press Congress and Truman. Total ads fund approved at 3700 dollars with plans for paid messages to the President and lawmakers. Truman links slow demobilization to critical overseas needs. House military committee likely to probe demobilization.
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Truman
G. I’s
Batangas
Luzon
United States
Patterson
Congress
Senate
House
America
Europe
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Capitol Hill
House Military Committee
Whitefish Limit Enforced Across Montana Rivers
State Fish and Game Warden A P OClaire warned winter fishermen that a 15 pound daily bag and 15 pound possession limit, plus one extra whitefish, now applies just like for trout. Reports of violations rise as anglers adjust to the new rule amid heavy catches on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers.
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Helena
A. P. O’claire
O’claire
Missouri
Yellowstone
Ceremonies Honor Late Dean Stone at UM
Montana publishers students and friends gather on the Missoula campus Friday January 18 for events honoring Dean Emeritus Arthur L. Stone founder of the School of Journalism. A convocation in the Student Union Auditorium will feature O S Warden as speaker and a film presentation of early Press Club trips.
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Missoula
Montana
Arthur L. Stone
The
State University Journalism School
Stone
School of Journalism
James A. McCain
Montana State University
O. S. Warden
Warden
Great Falls Tribune
Dean Stone
Press Club
Journalism School
University of Montana
Deficiency Supply Bill Signed by President Truman
President Truman signed a 2.4 billion deficiency supply bill funding United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation, veterans housing, navigation and flood control. The measure includes 750 million for UNRRA, 191 million for veterans housing, and 125 million for navigation and food control projects to cover the fiscal year ending June 30.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Restrictions Put On Sections of Highways
Engineer H W Holmes announced load and speed restrictions on U S highway 10 A from the Ravalli junction with U S 93 through Thompson Falls to the Montana Idaho line due to winter driving conditions. The weight limit is 400 pounds per inch of tire width and a 35 mph limit applies to trucks trailers and commercial buses. restrictions will be lifted when weather permits.
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Helena
H. W. Holmes
Ravalli
Thompson Falls
Montana- Idaho
Lake and Sanders
Holmes
Fessenden to Resume Coaching At U Montana
MISSOULA UP The Montana State University Athletic Committee announced Douglas A. Fessenden will return this month to resume his post as head football coach. He left in 1942 to join the army and served as a major coaching service teams including the Air Force Training Command Skymaster squad at Fort Worth Texas, which tied for first in its league.
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Missoula
Montana State University Athletic Committee
Douglas A. Fessenden
Fressenden
Air Corps
Air Force Training Command
Skymaster
Fort Worth
Tex
Estimated Income Tax Forms Due By January fifteenth
1945 estimated income declarations must be filed by farmers and others who exceed wage thresholds or have non wage income subject to tax. Forms 1040ES or 1040 may be used with amended labeling if needed, penalties apply for late or underpaid taxes, and Helena office is the filing address.
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Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue
Penwell
United States
Collector of Internal Revenue
Federal Building
Helena
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D’ewart
State College
Nelson
Joseph J. Lanagan
L. Ruth Lanagan
John Dunn
L. W. Baskett
Sam T. Hetland
Mildred M. Buffington
Mildred M. Black
Herman E. Mijelde
Hallie M. Gunderson
E. O. Overland
Oscar Elvin Schuyler
Louise Sanford
David Sanford
Ross Snyders
County Rea
Secretary of War
Fessenden
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