Women in War Plants Take Leading Roles in Production
In Chicago ordnance districts women, many with limited formal education, increasingly fill nearly half of shell production jobs and move into tanks and war implements. Managers tout speed and dexterity, while war posters and flags boost morale as plants convert from peacetime to mass munitions output.
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Chicago Ordnance District
Shell
Army Ordnance
Ordnance Department
Ordnance
Ellis Island
Chicago
WPA Aids Many in Getting Jobs Across Montana
Joseph E. Parker reports the Work Projects Administration helped 1 710 workers on WPA rolls secure private jobs since January 1, 1942. An additional 1 540 men and women voluntary separated for other employment, totaling 3 250 fewer WPA workers. Vocational classes in public schools trained many for private work, with over 1 000 Montana WPA workers now aiding war production. Veterans and women receive targeted training expansion as applications arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Parker
Work Projects Administration
WPA
Parker
Montana
Sugar as Medicine Before Elizabethan Era
Before the Elizabethan period sugar arrived for home use and was mainly employed for medicinal needs, reflecting early medicinal uses of the sweet crystals.
Fire Claims Browning Landmark Store of Sherburne Co
The Sherburne Mercantile Co store at Browning burned recently destroying a western landmark linked to J H Sherburne a respected trader and adviser to the Blackfeet. His broad frontier career included trading among Poncas and early work supplying Fort Sill and supporting community progress.
Sherburne Pioneer of Browning and Ponca City History
Sherburne witnessed Ponca City’s founding as settlers raced to claim homesteads the day the strip opened. He later helped found Browning Montana, ran a trading post in 1896, led the First National Bank, and traded with Nez Perce chiefs including Chief Joseph who gifted him eagle head dress. He drove Montana’s first oil venture and was the first to own an automobile in the region.
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Sherburne
Ponca
Arkansas City
Whiteagle
Ponca City
Chekaska River
Montana
Joseph
Tom Hill
Little Band of Indians
Pawnee
T. M. Finney
Theodosia
Great West
Helen P. Clarke
Miss Clarke
Treasure
Stevenson
Helena
Sherburne Mercantile Co
First National Bank of
Browning
Frank
Joe
Anaconda Copper Mining holds annual stockholders meeting
The Anaconda Copper Mining Co. held its regular annual meeting in Anaconda with James R. Hobbins presiding. Directors William C. Potter and Gordon S. Rentschler were reelected for three years, and 4,772,168 shares were represented. The 1941 chairman’s report was accepted and filed.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Anaconda
James R. Hobbins
William C. Potter
Hobbins
Gordon S. Rentschler
Fire damages Milk River CCC camp near Malta Vic
A fire at the Milk River CCC camp near Malta caused heavy damage estimated at 15 000 to 20 000. Three 60 by 40 foot structures including two garages and a machine shop were destroyed along with four dump trucks two pickups and welding gear. Fire extinguishers and Malta fire crews saved other buildings and five trucks.
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Milk River
CCC
Army Quartermaster Corps
Malta Fire Department
Main Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago Ordnance Factories
C. E. Matson
J. H. Sherburne
Phillips
Minnesota
al Newman
Kan
Daniel Beedy
Walnut River
Newman
Indian Territory
St. Louis
Old Fort Sill
Mr. C. Scott
Montana State College
Gladys Branegan
Division of
Household and Industrial Arts
Daphne Roddy
Fort Benton
Mills College
California
Jean Tait
Whitehall
Michael Reese Hospital
Mildred Anderson
Deer Lodge
University of Washington
Rachel Wilson
University of Iowa
Gary Ole
Malta
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Helen
smMé
Bob
Conoco
Myrtle Street
Continental Oil Company
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