Montana Leads Nation in Exceeding E Bond Quota
Helena June 22 Montana became the first state to surpass its seventh war loan E bond quota and continued the rush. State War Finance Director A T Hibbard said Montana went over the top Friday night and kept going, topping the 16 000 000 E quota and outpacing Mississippi in the race. Montana also exceeded its total individual quota of 25 000 000 with 26 300 000 and finished with a grand total of 50 500 000 against a 35 000 000 goal. County totals show 32 counties above E quotas and Fallon 177 9 percent.
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Montana
Mississippi
War Finance Committee
Fallon
Federal Reserve Bank
Union
Busha Named Washington Representative for Montana Chamber
Busha Jr., a former Helena and Great Falls resident, is appointed Washington representative for Montanans, Inc., the state chamber of commerce. He will work to secure a eastern Montana veterans hospital, with Miles City likely as the site, per manager Wm. G. Ferguson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
C. T. Busha Jr
Great Falls
Washington, D. C
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Wm. G. Ferguson
Busha
Fort Harrison
One Montana Project
Ferguson
Miles City
Repair Crews Work Through Night After Montana Storm
Polson Montana June 23 repair crews seven workers labored overnight to restore communications to Kalispell and nearby towns cut off by a severe wind and electrical storm. The storm from Flathead lake area hit Polson and Kalispell near midnight and moved eastward. About 50 MT Tel & Tel poles were replaced in Kalispell and no injuries were reported. In Polson roofs were ripped from the Salish hotel and a grocery store. the J C Penney roof was torn away.
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Polson
Kalispell
Montana
Flathead Lake
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Salish
J. C. Penney
Petersens Celebrate Family News From War Fronts
Yesterday the Petersen family welcomed home Sgt Ernest B Petersen on furlough after nearly four years in the service, much of it in Europe, while their other son Cpl John Petersen remains a Japanese prisoner of war in Camp Fukouka Kyushu Japan. Messages from relatives in San Francisco and Washington state conveyed hope and prayers. Ernest plans to bring his English wife to the United States after red tape is cleared.
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Nils T. Petersen
Sgt
Ernest B
States
Ernest
Great Falls
Petersens
Cpl
John
Tokyo
G. C. Gallagher
San Francisco
Washington State
Pearl Harbor
Camp Fukouka
Kyushu
Japan
Father of Modern Submarine Dies
Simon Lake, regarded as the father of the modern submarine, died at 79 in St. Vincent's hospital Bridgeport after a brief illness. He built the first practical submarine in 1894 and the Argonaut, a 36 foot craft, tested with a crew of five over 1000 miles. He formed a company and sold subs mainly to governments before World War I, advocating cargo transport over war use.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Simon Lake
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Lake
Pioneer Trails Organization Expands to Montana Chapters
Helena June 20 Nearly 100 Montana chapters of the American Pioneer Trails association were reported by Executive VP Joe L. Markham. Directors of Montanans Inc the state chamber will meet Friday to review activities for the Lewis and Clark anniversary. Plans include a mid July national rendezvous at Great Falls Helena Three Forks and Dillon or Missoula.
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Helena
Montana
American Pioneer Trails Association
State Council
Joe L. Markham
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Association
Great Falls
Three Forks
Dillon
Missoula
Liberated Airman Describes 700-Mile March by British Troops
Sgt. John W. Lunceford, home on furlough, recalls liberation after 87 days of forced march under German guard. He spent 16 months in prison camps after his bomber was shot down February 22, 1944. Airmen received better treatment. Red Cross aided with parcels and shows while mail from home was prized.
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John Lunceford
Europe
Red Cross
Dusseldorf
Lunceford
England
Germany
Park Commissioners Say They Have No Authority to Appoint D'Ewart Successor
Livingston June 27 The board of county commissioners said it has no authority to appoint a successor to Wesley A D Ewart who resigned as state senator from Park county after winning election June 5 as Montana's Second district representative in Congress. Montana law allows filling vacancies only for death. other vacancies require election by the governor proclamation. No special election needed before the next general election, the commissioners stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D‘ewart
Livingston
Board of County Commissioners
Wesley A. D’ewart
Park County
Montana
Great Falls Man Fined for Killing Doe Deer Out of Season
Arlys M. Jacobson of Great Falls was fined $150 after a justice court hearing in Judge J. D. Holly's court. The charge stemmed from a June 17 incident at the American ranch near Great Falls where witnesses found a dying doe and three men. A jury found Jacobson guilty and he filed notice of appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Arlys M. Jacobson
Justice Court
J. D. Holly
John Christensen
Christensen
E. O. Overland
Norman Barncord
Harlowton
E. G. Vedova
Montana State Fish and Game Commission
G. O. Johnson
George Holibaugh
Lewistown
Ed McGivern
Ed Adam
Chris Boe
Ross G. Williams
Hans Tjaaland
Art Gow
Dorman Kellogg
REA Wiring Loans Available for Rural Homes
County Agent H. M. Oefstos notes loans for wiring and plumbing in rural houses through the local cooperative office. Members may borrow up to 80 percent of installation costs on a five year basis at a low rate. The local cooperative credit agency, not REA, handles loans. county extension office can provide information.
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REA
Sweet Grass
H. M. Oefstos
Oefstos
County Extension Ofce
Senator Scrugham of Nevada Dies at Naval Hospital
Senator James G. Scrugham of Nevada died in San Diego at the naval hospital from a heart ailment. A Democrat, he was elected to the Senate in 1942 to fill Pittman’s unexpired term after ten years in the House. He helped found the American Legion and led the veterans’ organization as commander in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
United States
James G. Scrugham
Nevada
San Diego Naval Hospital
Senate
Pittman
American Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Navy
House
Appropriations
Wickard Confirmed As Head of REA
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard won senate confirmation to a 10 year term as rural electrification administrator by a 56 to 6 vote. Wickard succeeds Harry Slattery who resigned last Dec. 1. Rep Clinton P Anderson will take over Wickard's cabinet post. The vote followed a futile fight led by Senator Shipstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Senate
Wickard
Harry Slattery
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N. M
Senator Shipstead
R-Minn
Liner Queen Mary Returns with 14000 Troops to New York
The British liner Queen Mary arrived in New York harbor bringing 14,000 troops home from Europe. Among them were 11,248 redeployment troops, 610 with discharge points, 467 liberated POWs, and 2,200 naval personnel. Redeployments go to Camp Shanks New York and Camp Kilmer New Jersey.
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New York
New York Harbor
Camp Shanks
N. Y
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Sally Rand Seeks Divorce in Billings Court
Sally Rand filed suit for divorce from Turk Greenough a Red Lodge cowboy and bronc buster in district court here on Wednesday Her attorney withdrew the papers from the court clerk s file and refused to reveal the grounds for the divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Rand
Billings
Billings Gazette
Heaven
Turk Greenough
Red Lodge
A Gas Coupons Now Worth Six Gallons
The 50 percent increase in basic A gasoline rations took effect nationwide. Motorists with A-16 coupons can buy six gallons, up from four, for a three month period through Sept. 21 totaling 36 gallons. B ration ceiling rose to 650 miles monthly from June 11.
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Washington
Milwaukee Road to Get 30 More Diesels
Chicago, June 21. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad will acquire 30 additional diesel electric locomotives to speed wartime freight. Five 5,400 horsepower freight engines will run Chicago to St Paul Minneapolis via Kansas City Omaha and Sioux Falls. If needed they may be sent to the Pacific slope to join electric engines in the mountains. Deliveries start in July and all units are to be in service by October.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
H. A. Scandrett
Thursay
Kansas City
Omaha
Sioux Falls
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Pacific Area
Rocky
Bitterroot
Cascade Mountains
Red Cross speaker highlights wartime work at Townsend Rotary
Joe Mjolsness field director for the American Red Cross addressed Townsend Rotary on Red Cross battlefield service while serving in the Pacific theater of war. Other guests included Highway Patrolman T. J. Cahill and John Lindstrom who spoke on highway department services.
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Townsend
Joe Mjolsness
American Red Cross
Townsend Rotary Club
Mjolsness
Red Cross
T. J. Cahill
John Lindstrom
Highway Department
Cooke City Highway Opens to Summit
The Red Lodge Cooke City highway is open to the summit but snow from there to Cooke City remains uncleared and the road is rough. Engineers expect opening further to Cooke City and Yellowstone Park by mid to late July.
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Cooke City
Red Lodge
Montana Highway Commission
Yellowstone Park
Odd Lot Shoes to Be Sold Ration Free
Washington announces 4.5 million pairs of men and women odd lot shoes will be sold ration free from July 9 to 28. Prices cut at least 25 percent from June 1 levels. About 1.4 million men’s pairs and 3.1 million women’s pairs released.
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Washington
OPA
Cherry crop in Washington faces record small harvest
Washington reports the red cherry crop may be the smallest on record. The war food administration imposes a 100 percent set aside on all canned and frozen cherries processed in 1945 to conserve supplies.
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Washington
War Food Administration
United States Signs New World Peace Charter at UN
The United Nations conference adjourned as Secretary of State Stettinius signed the charter for a new world peace organization. President Truman and delegates from 50 nations watched as signs were made to ratify the pact by 28 nations for life of the charter. Ratification by the United States Britain China France and Russia plus 23 of 45 others is required before it takes effect.
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San Francisco
United States
M.W.T
United Nations
Harry S. Truman
Stettinius
Tom Connally
Arthur Vandenberg
Sol. Bloom
Charles A. Eaton
Harold E. Stassen
Dean Virginia Gildersleeve
Truman
Senator Connally
China
Veterans Building
United Nations Organization
Senate
Washington
Britain
France
Russia
Scrap Paper to Be Loaded Saturday in Sweet Grass
A scrap paper car will be spot ted at the local siding this weekend per Dorman Kellogg chair of the Sweet Grass county salvage committee. Paper must be tied and brought to the storage pile south of the telephone building by 7 p.m. Saturday. No late deposits. Notify Mr Jelony for pickup from stores with excess paper. No city pickup due to staff shortage. The load will require several trucks and volunteers.
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Dorman Kellogg
Sweet Grass County Salvage Committee
Jelony
House Approves OPA Extension in Food Controls Shift
The House voted to transfer absolute food controls to the cabinet and approved a one year extension of the price control act. It backed a bill granting OPA another year while GOP amendments sought court review of decisions and transfer of agricultural authority to the secretary of agriculture.
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Washington
House
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Nazis Planned to Blow Up Art Treasures
American officers reported that Nazis planned to destroy priceless art in a salt mine near Salzburg. Major Bancel Le Farge said six cases of explosives were moved to the mine last April. Curators resisted demolition, hid some explosives, and American troops found the damaged mine entrance after some charges exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
Salzburg
Bancel le Farge
Mount Carmel
Conn
Frances Perkins Bids Farewell
Frances Perkins resigns as labor secretary effective Saturday after a farewell in the labor department with 1,800 staff present. She will be succeeded by Federal Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington state and plans a month of vacation.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Labor Department
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Washington State
National Debt Reaches 250 Billion Mark After June Rise
The national debt climbed more than three billion dollars on June 20, with the total debt now at 250,366,962,836.55. Officials credit the rise to corporation sales in the seventh war loan drive, noting it is the largest one day increase since December.
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Washington
Treasury Statement
Treasury
State Maintenace Crews at Work Across Montana Highways
Helena June 22 More than 10 maintenance crews totaling 1200 workers are patching and resurfacing Montana highways. Oil and crusher crews plus seven shovel teams operate in districts statewide. Other efforts raise grades in swampy low areas affected by heavy moisture.
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Helena
Montana
George W Briley Died at Community Hospital
George W Briley died at Community Hospital about 2 a.m. Monday at age 84 years 8 months 16 days after four weeks illness including pneumonia and general breakdown. Funeral services were held at the Evangelical church with Rev. H. S. Tool. burial at Mountain View with wife and daughter. He was born in Niota Illinois and married Anna McMahon in 1889. He farmed in Carthage and helped organize the first Illinois farm bureau. Surviving are 7 siblings and several nieces and nephews, with a long history in Sweet Grass County and Big Timber.
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George W. Briley
Community Hospital
Evangelical
H. S. Tool
A. Ronald McDonnell
Mervin Sell
Mountain View
Charles E. Crum
Arthur Minshall
O. L. Noe
John P. Campbell
D. Claiborn
Mr. Briley
Niota
Ill
Anna Elizabeth McMahon
Carthage
Helen
Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass Corn Land Company
Charles A. Rupert
Briley
Gugler Basin
Melville
Briley An
Brileys
Tom Blakeman
Yosts
Sweet Grass Creek
Rupete
Upert
Maj
Franklin Longan
Ilinois
W. L. Heberer
E. M. Conger
Bessie Bertschi
Macomb
Marie Howard
Chicago
Dave Briley
Lewis Briley
LaHarpe
J.T. Stevens
Harlowton
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Nils T. Petersens
Pioneer Trails
John W. Lunceford
Senator Scrugham
He In
Milwaukee Road
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