Reed Point Community Birthdays and Visits in War Time Notes
Reed Point local column records visitors and departures among residents and relatives during wartime. Notable entries include Miss Mattie McBride of Rocky Ford visiting W. D. McBride, Miss Ada Schmitt of Phoenix visiting the Schmitt family, and Ensign James Meacham traveling to the west coast. Also noted are furloughs for Sgt. Claude Falgren and Pvt. Harold Schmitt, hospital staff and several social gatherings, plus obituaries for Mrs. Frank Webb of Livingston.
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Mattie McBride
Rocky Ford
Colo
W. D. McBride
Betty Sargent
Billings
Carl Imlay
Delilah Flesher
Sgt
Claude Falgren
South Pacific
Dan
W. H. Langford
Ada Schmitt
Phoenix
Ariz
Harry Schmitt
Guy Bovee
Reed Point
Columbus
Margaret Krone
Stillwater Hospital
Norman Jardet
Emory Redlif
Furlrough
James Meacham
Frank Meacham
Gus Westerhaus
West Coast
E. J. Schroeder
Lorraine
Arthur Neumann
Luecock Park
Donald McKieth
Mose Lake
Wash
P. McKieth
Pvt
Harold Schmitt
Camp Roberts
Cal
Arthur York
San Francisco
Russel Cain
York
Pfc
Neil Sharkey
Camp Beeley
Sharkey
Portland
Frank Webb
Livingston
Cardicle Elevator
Fred Swift
A. P. Brumfield
P. A. Huntley
John Hornsby
F. Ferguson
O. L. Shutes
Nettie Lamb
H. H. Marlow
Donald Lamb
James Friend
Walter Lamb
T. J. Cummins
E. J. Backe
Fargo
N. D
Howard Shutes
Alberta Orndorff
Raleigh Brumfield
Hornsby
James Friend Jr
Vanport
Ore
Thomas Deckert
Don Lamb
Crow Agency
Cumae
Florida
Show Business at State Sunday
Show Business is a comedy romance featuring Edie Cantor and Joan Davis opening at the State Theatre Sunday. George Murphy Nancy Kelly and Constance Moore star with Cantor producing. The musical draws on authentic stories from the principals careers and includes eight old songs such as It Had to Be You and Dinah.
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Eddie Cantor
Joan Davis
RKO Radio
State Theatre
George Murphy
Nancy Kelly
Constance Moore
Cantor
Dinah
Edwin L. Marin
Brayton couple thanked for help in 5th bond drive
Tom Dooley of Duck Creek District expresses thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brayton for material aid in securing the district’s success in the fifth bond drive and extends gratitude to others who contributed to the quota.
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Alexander Sisters
Max Forster
Fred Brayton
Tom Dooley
Duck Creek District
Thanks for Your Vote in Tuesday's Primary
A set of brief thank you notes expresses gratitude from Dick Armstrong Beulah Patterson Leo J. Esp and Leon C. Olmstead for support in the recent primary election. The U S civil service commission announces a new laboratory mechanic examination paying 1752 per year with details at Big Timber post office via L H Bryan.
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Dick Armstrong
Beulah Patterson
Leo J. Esp
Leon C. Olmstead
U. S. Civil Service Commission
L. H. Bryan
Big Timber
Tojo Relieved as Army Chief in Japan Shakeup
Tokyo announced Premier General Hideki Tojo was relieved as chief of the army general staff in a second high command shakeup amid a national crisis. General Yoshijiro Umezu was named staff chief. General Otozo Yamada took Manchuria and Manchukuo posts as changes were announced with Saipan reported lost.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tojo
Navy
Pacific
Associated Press
United States
Saipan
Yoshijiro Umezu
Manchuria
Manchukuo
Umezu
Otozo Yamada
Allied Bombers Pound German French Areas
Allied air forces unleash a massive sustained attack across Germany and France. About 4,000 warplanes, led by the U S Eighth Air Force and Italian Fifteenth Air Force, dropped more than 18 000 tons of explosives in the last 36 hours, targeting Munich and other industrial sites amid a campaign that began with the Caen area strikes.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
Italy
Britain
Germany
France
Nazi Europe
Caen
United States
Eighth Air Force
Munich
Fifteenth Air Force
Eighth
Total Japanese Losses in India Fight Rise to 15,500
Southeast Asia Command at Kandy Ceylon reports 4,500 more Japanese killed in India fighting, bringing total losses to 15,500. The 4,500 deaths are credited to the 33rd corps, first engaged April 4, with earlier reports noting the 4th corps had killed 11,000 since March 4.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Good wheat crop seen on 600-acre Rapelje farm
Rapelje rancher Philip Brickley reports a bumper wheat crop on his 600-acre farm. He estimates 30 bushels per acre, with storage space and transport facilities likely insufficient to handle the expected harvest.
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Philip Brickley
Will Shew Circus Cease Show Plans Clash In Billings
Laurel Cole Bros. circus star Will Shew refuses a cease show and announces a Billings date set for August 12 at Laurel amid fair scheduling conflicts. Mrs. William H. Baldridge of Kansas City underwent an operation Wednesday at a Billings hospital. Bozeman residents attended the wedding of Mary Ann Batch to Joe Timber and Kirby Whitham, a Bozeman chemistry department member.
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Laurel
Cole Bros
Billings
Ration Illings Gazette
William H. Baldridge
Kansas City
Helen Regory
Clark Avenue
Weddin
Dorman Kellogg
Arthur L. Schump
Bozeman
Mary Ann
Otto Batch
Joe We Timber
Kirby Whitham
Chemistry
Service
Lightning Damage Costs Billions in US Property Loss
Lightning is estimated to cause about 12 million dollars in property loss annually in the United States.
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United States
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Marion van Campen
Fifth Ave
Nick Lorig
Gunder Birkeland
L. H. McNeal
Hamilton, Mont
Maud Hickman
Livingston Exchange
Wm Nevin
Rupert Place
Melville
Chester
Cyril Nyre
Grey Cliff
Guernsey
D. D. Johnson
Herefords
W. H. Donald
Jessie M.oon
Bert Oakley
Box
Tel
Heywood Daly
Norwest Radio Laboratories
State Sunday
Professional Directory
R. J
Optum
Sein St. Livingston
Mont
D. Claiborn
Montana
L. W. Baskett
O. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Guy
Cole Drug Company
Cody Bovee
Montana Pipe & Supply CO
Billings, Mont
Minnesota Ave
Ford Motor Company
Mcleod ST
Fourth Ave
Ford
Ford Dealer
Ford Protective Service
Chico Hot Springs Hotel and Hospital
Emigrant
N. P
Chico
R. C. Knowles
G. A. Townsend
Tment
Big Timber Cleaners
Dickies
Golden Rule
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound
America
Grand Hotel
Big Timber, Montana
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