Miss America pageant comes to Montana fair preliminaries
Montana girls from 20 communities compete at the North Montana State fair August 5 10 to name Miss Montana who will travel to Atlantic City New Jersey for the national Miss America contest. Local contests run in Butte Helena Missoula Billings Anaconda Glasgow and more with finals July 27 and a parade August 6 feature.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Patricia Donnelly
Miss Donnelly
L. Oliver
San Francisco
Butte
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Missoula
Billings
Anaconda
Glasgow
Livingston
Roundup
Lewistown
Bozeman
Oliver
Hotel Rainbow
Great Falls
North Montana State Fairgrounds
Glasgow Contractor Relocating Rail Line
J. J. Reese a Glasgow contractor operates a double shift with 30 trucks and over 60 workers on a three mile rail line relocation and regrading project near Bowdoin for Great Northern. The work moves about 30000 yards of material including curve relocation and new fill, plus bridge elimination and drainage structures for a large slough. Reese has additional railway contracts lined up for the summer and will next work west of Malta.
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J. J. Reese
Glasgow
Bowdoin
Great Northern
Reese
Malta
States Land Rentals Grow as Crop Share Returns Hit Record
Montana state reports total $155000 from crop share leases last year, an all time high. Under a 1939 law shift to 10 year leases boosted grazing and land development, with 3.84 million acres under grazing leases yielding $209564.20 annually by May 1940.
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Nanita B. Sherlock
Land Board
Empumatostoner
Sherlock
Montana
State Unemployed Paid 2.44 Million in 1939 40
Unemployed Montanans received 2 438 500 dollars in unemployment compensation from July 22 1939 to May 31 1940. Barclay Craighead chair of the unemployment compensation commission noted a sharp decline in benefits and generally improved employment conditions. About 8 500 claims were handled since the start of the year by the state employment division to assist employers.
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Barclay Craighead
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Craighead
Cronlogene
Wth Sarge Gga Bascesa
British scorch French fleet at Oran in North Africa war
The report details a fierce naval clash off Oran, Algeria, where British guns sunk or badly damaged seven French warships. It notes mass seizure of French vessels in British ports and in Alexandria, Egypt, amid shifting allied ties and wider war dynamics.
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Montana Extends Tenant Farm Purchase Loans to More Counties
Farm Security Administration official confirms expansion of tenant purchase loans to Carbon Lake Cascade Pondora Richland and Stillwater counties in Montana. In four counties 27 families have bought farms since 1937 under Bankhead Jones act provisions with 40 year 3 percent loans including building repairs and new construction where needed.
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Lake
Montana
C. Hi. Willson
Farm Security Administration
Denver
Henry A. Wallace
Cascade
Pondora
Richland
Stillwater
Congress
Willson
FSA County Farm and Home Management
Bottle Message Found From 1930 Yellowstone Trip
Paul Rouane of Columbus found a Yellowstone river bottle near Columbus containing a note stating it was dropped in Yellowstone Lake in 1930. The message traces a journey over upper and lower Yellowstone falls the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Yankee Jim canyon before reaching Columbus. It was signed by four Livingston residents and mentions impure oil causing hard carbon on the motor.
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Columbus
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone Falls
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Yankee Jim Canyon
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Weaker Countries Face Political Domination Risks
The text argues that weaker states risk losing autonomy as stronger powers exert influence, enabling political domination and shaping regional hierarchies. It frames vulnerability in economic and strategic terms, warning of shifting power balances and diminished sovereignty.
Counties Benefit From Public Welfare Gains Says State Admin
State Welfare Chief J M Brandford reports 1939 county public welfare payments totaling 4 215 239 50 from state and federal funds with a projected net gain to Montana counties of 3 375 397 07 after required reimbursements. Delinquencies reduced funds available for aid while joint state federal activities deliver further benefits to all counties.
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J. M. Brandford
Public Welfare
State Department of Public Welfare
Montana
Brandford
State Department
State Board of Charities and Reforms
Temperature Extremes at Poles and Equator
The average annual temperature at the poles is about zero degrees Fahrenheit and at the equator about 0 degrees Fahrenheit.
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