News Notes From Boys in Service
War department personnel center at Fort Snelling Minnesota. Sgt Lester C Jones awarded the bronze star for campaigns in Normandy Northern France Ardennes Rhineland and Central Europe. Pfc Benjamin Miles of Bozeman awarded the Philippines Liberation Ribbon Asiatic Pacific ribbon with bronze star for Northern Solomons. Miles a Gallatin County High School and Montana State College alumnus Sigma Chi member inducted December 1942 trained at Fort Cacey Camp Haan and served in New Caledonia Guadalcanal Russell Islands Northern Solomons and Philippine Islands. Eighth Air Force praised by Lt Gen Doolittle for bombing feats since 1942.
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War Department
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Minn
Lester C. Jones
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France
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Rhineland
Europe
Army Mail and Distribution AG
Theron Miles
Bozeman
Solomons
Pfc
Miles
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Sigma Chi Fraternity
Fort Cacey
Wash
Camp Haan
Calif
Eighth
Henry Hausserman
Terland Boys
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Tirschenreuth
Germany
Roosevelt Monument Details Revealed at Hyde Park Estate
Basil O'Connor, executor, disclosed that a plain white marble monument will mark Franklin D. Roosevelt's grave in the Hyde Park rose garden. The design follows a 1937 note specifying eight by four by three feet dimensions, a low base, and no inscription beyond "Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882-19." The 15 ton stone is quarried by Vermont Marble Co. in Proctor, Vermont, from the same source as the Peace Memorial.
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New York
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Basil O’connor
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Anna Uae Roosevelt O’connor
Vermont Marble Co
Proctor
Washingon
Bee Keeper Faces Heavy Fines For Loose Bees
JOLIET ILL June 22 Helge Johnson fights to move about 400 000 bees under order of Justice of the Peace John McKay who says bees loose in the city violate a ordinance. The judge notes fines from 1 to 10 dollars per bee per day, potentially totaling 400 000 to 4 000 000 daily. Johnson vows to relocate the swarm.
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Johnson
Army to Cut Meat Purchases to Aid Civilians
The army will sharply reduce meat purchases for 60 days to relieve civilian shortages. The move follows a re‑examined supply, with lend‑lease meat shipments suspended for July–September. War Food Admin Marvin Jones orders 30 percent of slaughtered beef for government instead of 50, and 65 percent of lower grades instead of 75.
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Washington
Truman
Olympia
Wash
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N. M
War Food
Marvin Jones
State Employes Will Have Retirement Plan
Helena June 23 The Montana public employes retirement system will start July 1 as required by the 1945 legislature. The retirement board led by Secretary of State Sam W Mitchell will distribute information and forms Monday. Contributions begin with July salary, 3 percent of payroll paid by state agencies, and pensions start July 1, 1947 or after war ends.
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Helena
Montana
Everett E. Lofgren
Sam W. Mitchell
United States
Ard
Lofgren
Logren
Butte Officer Helped Capture Von Papen
Lt. Col. Robert L. Ashworth of Butte received the silver star and bronze star in ceremonies in Germany for helping capture Franz von Papen. He is the son of Rev. Thomas Ashworth, rector of St. John Episcopal church in Butte.
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Butte
von Papen Butte
Robert L. Ashworth
Franz von Papen
Germany
Thomas Ashworth
St. John Episcopal Church
Australian Ninth Division retakes Seria oil fields in Borneo
Australian Ninth Division troops retake the Seria oil fields on Borneo after a 60 mile coastal march. The district had been sabotaged by Japan and several wells burned on arrival. the field could reenter operation soon as Allied war aims. Australian forces also control Miri airfield and have cleared Labuan and Tarakan islands.
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Manila
Borneo
Seria
MacArthur
Miri
Melbourne
Labuan
Brunei Bay
Tarakan
War Bonds Found Hidden in Beaverhead Trailer House
Dillon June 22. W E Talent, a local businessman, bought a trailer house from the estate of Jean Labiste. A hidden drawer yielded $7 025 in war bonds. Talent turned the bonds over to the public administrator. Friends say Labiste worked as a ranch hand for 20 years and invested his savings in war bonds.
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Dillon
W. E. Talent
Jean Labiste
Beaverhead County
Talent
Labiste
Ranch and Farm Land Leasing and Sales Service
Experienced, dependable leasing and selling of farm and ranch lands. Ranch Management and Marketing Service. 281514 First to N., Billings, Mont. Phone.
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Billings
Mont
Ship Named for Pyle Launch Set at Vancouver
Portland Oregon June 21 The U S Ernie Pyle a C 4 troop ship will be launched at Vancouver shipyards Saturday with Miss Babette Johnson a student at Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas acting as sponsor.
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Portland
Ore
U. S
Ernie Pyle
Van
Couver Shipyards
Babette Johnson
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas
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