Stock Growers Association Exits Central Montana Details
The Sweet Grass Stock Growers association planned in 1911 is dissolving after years with 11 members left from a peak of 300. Funds will be turned over to the state association. The group aimed to protect stock interests, foster member cooperation, and curb stray cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Growers Association
Grant Bishir
Sweet Grass Stock Growers Association
The
Pioneer
H. P. Franklin
Theodore D. Tintinger
Sweet Grass Stockmen’s Association
Montana
Woman Attorney Files For Supreme Court
Jessie Roscow, a Butte woman attorney with over twenty years of practice, filed Saturday for nomination to Montana’s supreme court. The campaign is noted as the first such effort by a Montana woman. Roscow previously worked with the W. A. Clark firm and served in the state legislature in 1928 as Silver Bow county’s first female representative.
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Helena
Jessie Roscow
Butte
Montana Supreme Court
Montana
Roscow
W. A. Clark
Silver Bow County
Flag Day Proclaimed in Montana by Gov Ford
Governor Sam C. Ford designated Wednesday June 14 as Flag Day in Montana and declared the week of June 11 to 17 as Pledge Allegiance to the Flag week. He urged Montanans to rededicate themselves to reverence for Old Glory and for the forces fighting for freedom and justice.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Ford
Finnish Firms Are Blacklisted by U S
The United States blacklisted 84 Finnish firms to force Finland to end its alliance with Germany. The action, aimed at pressuring wartime ties, imposes economic penalties during and after the war, and includes firms headed by Helsinki cabinet members.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Germany
Helsinki
Heavy Rains Swell Creeks Wash Roads
Sweet Grass county reports heavy rainfall over the past week with 3 inches in Big Timber. Creeks rising wash out small bridges and cover roads with mud and debris. Ion creek bridge approach near No 10 was unsafe delaying travel. Upper Deer creek residents were marooned as five feet of water covered the road near Sam Duffey ranch. East Boulder bridges also out.
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Sweet Grass
Big Timber
Ion Creek
No. 10
Upper Deer Creek
Sam Duffey
First Bridge
News Notes From Boys In Service
Lester V. Green promoted to first lieutenant in the signal corps of the air forces at Dunedin Fiji. Donald and Dean Curtis stationed with the army air forces somewhere in China. Pvt. Charles A. Fallang to Lincoln Nebraska as carpenter at the air field. Wm. Ernst seaman second class serving in the Pacific theatre as lookout on an island. Lt. Orvin Flare and family move from Greenville Mississippi to Stuttgart Arkansas for 10 weeks advanced work. Stuttgart in rice belt. weather warm and grain in the shock. Mrs. Flare reports. Thayer brothers former Big Timber residents: Clarence in Australia a year, Raymond in the Marshall Islands, Magour ship fitter first class. Swanson brothers: Bob on furlough in Portland Oregon, George in England, Ronnie with PM San Francisco address. S-Sgt. Alva Ewan reports meeting T-Sgt. Clarence Jones in Corsica. asks for fishing tackle. Cpl. Donald Hauge paratrooper stationed in England. Pvt. Homer W. Hanson enrolled in armored school communications at Fort Knox Kentucky. AS Carl M. Anderson moved from College Station Texas to San Antonio. Irving Sonny Sleveland sergeant at Camp Sill Oklahoma.
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Lester V. Green
Signal Corps
Air Forces
Dunedin
Fila
Donald
Dean Curtis
Friend Curtis
Army Air Forces
China
Charles A. Fallang
Lincoln
Neb
Wm. Ernst
Orvin Flare
Greenville
Miss
Stuttgart
Ark
Orvin
Flare
Thayer Boys
Big Timber
Clarence
Australia
Raymond
Marshall Islands
Magour
Swanson
Bob
Portland
Ore
George
England
Ronnie
San Francisco
Alva Ewan
Clarence Jones
Corsica
Donald Hauge
Homer W. Hanson
Linn Hanson
Armored School
Fort Knox
Carl M. Anderson
College Station
Tex
San Antonio
Irving
Sonny) Sleveland
Camp Sill
Okla
War Bond Issued For Soldiers At Seven Fifty
Treasury announces a GI war bond costing 7.50 dollars and paying 10 dollars at maturity. The issue is available to members of the army navy marines coast guard and maritime service.
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Washington
Treasury
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Maritime Service
John Bruno Buried Thursday with Public Administrator to Take Charge
John Chmielewski known as John J. Bena, 70, was buried Thursday at Mountain View cemetery with Rev. Fr. P. C. Wolframski officiating. Public Administrator Dor othy M. Traver seeks letters of administration. estate valued around $3,000 including cash, an International pickup, and wages receivable.
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John Bruno
P. C. Wolframski
Columbus
John Chmielewski
John J. Bena
Mountain View Cemetery
Samane
Louis
Oo. Dell
Ross Oier
Ehevenban
D. J. Phef Billings
Tony Tranl
Ronald Halverson
Jack
Peraer
Halverson
Bruno
Cokedale
Larsd
Deer Creek
Fotland
Minnesota
Dorothy M. Traver
Court
Chas, W. Campbell
Tolack Wirak
Fifth War Loan Drive Appeal for Sweet Grass County
Leon C. Olmstead urges Sweet Grass County residents to join the fifth war loan drive June 12 to July 8 with a $116000 quota for E F and G bonds. Last drive per capita E bond sales topped district and state averages, yet county lagged in earlier drives. County youths in the armed forces contributed $3670 in bonds, inspiring early purchases and national morale. Buy early at banks or post offices and aim to exceed prior performance.
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Leon C. Olmstead
Sweet Grass County
Treasure
Park County
Yellowstone County
Billings
Big Timber
Auto use stamps mandatory for Montana motorists July 1
Stamp sale for $5 auto use tax begins June 10. Lewis Penwell, Montana district internal revenue collector, urged all motor vehicle owners to purchase and affix the $5 stamp by July 1. Stamps available only at post offices and Helena office, cash only, no mail orders, with back of stamp for vehicle make model serial and license. Uncertified checks not accepted.
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Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue
District of Montana
Collector of
Helena
Post Office
WEA lifts restrictions on farmer meat sales
Billings June 2 All War Food Administration limits on farm slaughter and direct meat delivery off the farm were lifted on May 26, per J Frank McGuire area supervisor of food distribution. The move aims to move farm livestock to consumer channels and ease rural meat supplies.
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Billings
WFA
J. Frank McGuire
War Food Administration
McGuire
Office of Price Administration
Ku Klux Klan Disbands Nationally in 1920s Era
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, once claiming 5,100,000 members, have disbanded as a national group the Atlanta Journal reports. Imperial Wizard James A. Colescott says a April 23 secret klanvokation voted to suspend Klan laws, revoke charter klans, and order disbandment of provisional klans.
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Atlanta
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta Journal
Fred D. Moon
Journal
James A. Colescott
Colescott
Troop Carriers and Gliders Missing After Normandy Ops
The Ninth Air Force reports twelve C 47 troop carriers and twelve CG 4A gliders missing from overnight reinforcement missions beyond the Normandy beachheads. Each C 47 carries 24 soldiers plus crew. gliders seat 15, though rarely loaded to capacity.
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Ninth Air Force
Normandy
Roy Ayers Files For Governor
Former Governor Roy E. Ayers of Lewistown filed his petition for the Democratic nomination for governor in Helena. Ayers, elected Montana’s governor in 1936, served one term and remains a veteran campaigner.
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Helena
Roy EB. Ayers
Lewistown
Montana
Pioneer Adds 26 New Subscribers in May
Twenty six new names were added to The Pioneer's subscription list during May. Names span towns including Big Timber, Grey Cliff, Springdale, Livingston, Reed Point, Milan, Pendleton, Everett, Kingston, and Kingston Idaho, plus service members such as Jesse Langston Ellen Peterson Carl Mosness Rudolph Mosness and others.
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Pioneer
Big Timber
Ole Mosness
Morley B. Lamp
P. V. Zehm
Eddie
Pendleton
Ore
Palmer Williams
Everett
Wash
Fred Frink
Kingston
Ida
Jesse E. Langston
Ellen M. L. Peterson
Carl Mosness
Rudolph Mosness
Alfred Hermanson
Marion Nicholson
Norman Thompson
James Thompson
Agnes Hereim
Mary Utermandle
Pierre Franklin
Marie Hanson
Services at Billings for James B. Convery
Funeral services for James Blaine Convery 50 state welfare administrator who died at Helena were held at Lettergren’s chapel with Rev George S Sloan of Buffalo Wyoming officiating. Masonic rites were conducted at the Billings mausoleum and interment followed. The Montana board of public welfare appointed William J Fouse to succeed Convery as state welfare administrator.
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Billings
James Blaine Convery
Helena
Lettergren
George S. Sloan
Buffalo
Wyo
First Congregational Church
Hubert V. Brunsvold
Helen F. Tansil
Moon Lodge
Joliet
Billings Ashlar
Billings Mausoleum
Mack T. Anderson
Carbon Lodge
Montana Board of Public Welfare
William J. Fouse
Montana County Commissioners Association
James B. Convery
Wright Sworn in as U. S. Marshal in Great Falls
George A. Wright of Havre was sworn in as United States marshal for Montana, succeeding E. E. Lieberg of Helena. Lieberg had been chief deputy marshal and was named marshal after the Senate did not confirm William W. Crawford. Crawford served from Sept. 1, 1938 to Aug. 5, 1939.
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Great Falls
George A. Wright
Havre
United States
Montana
E. E. Lieberg
Helena
Lieberg
Charles N. Pray
James H. Baldwin
United State Senate
William W. Crawford
Crawford
Couple from Montana Wed at Mary's Cathedral
Vernon of Patan and Tesson McMa of Butte Montana were married today at Marys Cathedral in San Francisco with a brief ceremony.
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San Francisco
Vernon
Pata
Tesson McMaButte
Mont
Mary's
Invasion Begins Normandy Landings Reported by Allies
Allied forces began landing on the northern coast of France with naval and air support. Caen became a center of fierce fighting as American Canadian and British troops pushed inland on a 60 mile front with heavy German resistance and uncertain counterattacks.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Eisenhower
le Havre
Cherbourg
Bay of the Seine
Normandy
Berlin
B. L. Montgomery
Caen
Trouville
Montgomery
Allied Liberation Army
Supreme Heardquarters
Great Britain
French
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Gerd von Rundstedt
Erwin Rommel
Adolf Hitler
14 Arrested on Draft Evasion Charges
The FBI in Baltimore arrested 14 men and one woman for evading the draft or helping inductees fake mental illnesses to gain deferments. The group includes a navy petty officer and two army NCOs at the Fifth Regiment induction station. Payments for psycho-neurotic rejections ranged from 150 to 500 dollars. Eight indicted for evading induction and seven for assisting in draft evasion.
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Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John W. Vincent
FBI
Navy
Fifth Regiment
Vincent
Drafting of unemployed women into armed forces proposed
Washington June 1 Representative Celler of New York introduced legislation to draft single unemployed women aged 20 to 35 into the armed services. He cited 590,000 such women and argued the women’s branches need recruits and the law should compel action if persuasion fails.
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Washington
Representative Celler
Democrat
New York
Celler
Armed Services
America
Bond Redemption in May Hits High Mark
The Treasury reported that May set a record for war bond redemptions with $713,807,992 of Series E bonds sold and $271,714,318 cashed in by May 30, about 38 percent of sales. If May 31 redemptions are included, the month likely totals near $280,000,000, beating March’s prior record of $268,000,000.
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Washington
Treasury
Allied forces seize Bayeux and push toward Caen in Normandy invasion
Supreme Headquarters reports Allied troops have captured Bayeux five miles inland on the Normandy coast and crossed the Bayeux Caen highway at multiple points. Caen streets were reached on D-Day, Bayeux the first French city liberated. Eisenhower visited the beachhead as resistance reportedly stiffens with ongoing combat and German attempts to set fires on Cherbourg peninsula.
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Supreme Allied
London
Bayeux
Normandy Coast
Bayeux-Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Caen
France
Cherbourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Fifth Army Frees Rome in Fierce Street Fighting
Allied Fifth Army entered Rome after a four hour battle with German rear guards and completed mop up at 9:15 p m near the Bank of Italy. Civilians cheered while troops advanced through the city as tanks and infantry faced German opposition and civilians described shortages and fascist retreat.
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Daniel DE Luce
Rome
Fifth Army
Forum
Anzio
Italy
Trajan
Borgata Finocchio
Via Casilina
Torre Spaccata
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Knute Hanson
Melville
Lew Webb
Lewis Davis
Alfred Rudd
Wm. H. Donald
Supreme Court
Gov
U. S
WEA
Ku Klux Klan
Roy Ayers
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