Three Part Editorial on Sleep and War Time Comforts
The piece blends memories of soldiers in foxholes craving clean sheets with a wartime vignette about Lt. Wm. K. Hruza and a circus of rough living juxtaposed against a ranch labor tale. It closes with workers demanding sheets clean cool white sheets after a long day.
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Life Magazine
Billy Hruza
Billy
Big Timber
Minneapolis
Mary Hruza
Livingston
Park County
J.g
Wm. K. Hruza
Henry Jondrow
Saipan
Lt. Hruza
Red Cross
Sick Bay
Sherman
Democrats Nominate Roosevelt Truman Split Deepens
Nance Garner was dropped at the president’s urging. The president said he would vote for Wallace as a convention delegate but believed Truman or Justice William O. Douglas would add real strength to the ticket opposing Republicans Dewey and Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Truman
Nance Garner
Wallace
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Thomas E. Dewey
John
Truman's Rise Tied to Pendergast Machine and Wallace Endorsement
The piece traces Truman's path from Missouri politics to national prominence. It credits Rob ert E. Hannegan with orchestrating a Truman victory and explains how Pendergast’s machine backed Truman’s rise. It notes Truman’s early obscurity and later influence after defense contract probes boosted his stature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bricker
White House
Wallace
Robert E. Hannegan
Truman
Thomas J. Pendergast
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Pendergast
Senate
Notice of Tax Deed Application in Sweet Grass County
The undersigned will apply to the county treasurer of Sweet Grass county Montana on September 28 1944 for a tax deed to the east half of the east half of section 22 township 4 north range 15 east MT Principal Meridian. Amount due July 10 1944 is 280.45 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County
Montana
City Budget Hearing Set In Big Timber Montana
The city council of Big Timber Montana has completed the preliminary municipal budget for the current fiscal year. It is on file in the city clerk’s office and a public hearing will be held on August 9 at 8 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. Taxpayers may appear and be heard on any part of the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Montana
Horse Racing Nets Charities Nice Sum
Five days of racing at Washington Park in early July raised 400800.04 dollars for civilian and war charities. Attendance reached 114000, with new state records for mutual betting on two race days. A guard with Allied armies in France earned the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross for meritorious missions.
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Chicago
Washington Park
France
Dusting Off The Old Ones From Pioneer Files
Clyde Davis returns from Seattle after finishing at Wilson's Business College. Northern Pacific reports Gibson will have no branch line this year. E Pat Kelly visited Busha home and heads back to Butte from Boston. Agent Nordstrom notes local wool shipments total 833152 pounds this year at 27 to 30 cents. Ralph Davis sells Dil nalivery to John Hochum. A dancing party by Mr and Mrs Robert Gugler of Progress hosts 44 guests. only 10 remain. No chautauqua next year as attendance fell. Guarantors paid about 300. management lost 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Davis
Seattle
Wilson’s Business College
Northern Pacific
Gibson
E. Pat Kelly
Busha
Butte
Boston
Nordstrom
Ralph Davis
John Hochum
Robert Gugler
Progress
Pioneer ethics and local notices from Park hospital and area
Obituaries report Mrs. James Widdicombe dying at Park hospital. Marriage of L Max Forster and Ellen Elizabeth Miller in Kansas City. Robert T. Lincoln found dead in Manchester Vermont at age 83. Local visits include Rostad Esp and Dahl in Lennep. Jitney crash injures Eugene Sandsness. Dunning dies from fishing accident. Mrs. Jerome Williams attends Portland reunion. wrist fracture from Gibson car incident. Cars accident injures Leroy Harris and Lindstrom with a bad cut.
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James Widdicombe
Park Hospital
L. Max Forster
Ellen Elizabeth Miller
Kansas City
Robert T. Lincoln
President Lincoln
Manchester
Isaac Rostad
John T. Esp
Marie Dahl
Lennep
Eugene Sandsness
Jerome Williams
Portland
Martin
A. R. Thomason
Gibson
Gibson Ranch
Leroy Harris
H. M. Lindstrom
Harris
McLeod
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Grace of Williams
Beck
City
United Baples
State Theatre
FBI
Victor Moore
Mary Martin
Dick Powell
Franchot Tone
America
Dick Foran
Cartoon
SUN
Filen
Cartoon News
Gareth W. Swiney
Fort Lewis
Wash
Kenneth O'Dell
Camp Shelby
Miss
Gordon Amery
Jene W. Carl
Lemoore
Calif
Alfred A. Lien
Camp Hulen
Tex
Camp McCain
Harold O’dell
Naples
Ole Solberg
Solomons
Ora Herbert Rostad
Great Lakes
Ill
Marion Nicholson
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Mass
Basil Ashcraft
England
Stubba
Central Pacific
Pfc
Gus Cook
Set
Osen
Glasston
Italy
Raymond Grande
Norfolk
Wm. Churchill
Guy Ronald Skillman
Bullock's
Los Angeles
Bullock’s
Chauncey S. Irvine
U. S
Germany
Nice Sum
Chico Hot Springs Hotel and Hospital
Emigrant
N. P
Chico
R. C. Knowles
G. A. Townsend
Bovee Orchestra
Pioneer Files
O. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Firestone
Pirestone
OIE Motor CO
Judge
Steve
Penther
Alsohelis
Reneregs
Hadestria
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