Social Security Board Reports 1937 Montana Claims Total
Newton R. Holcomb reports Montana has certed 1 212 claims since January 1937 totaling 53 612 with monthly annuities set to begin in 1942. Cash payments now issued in certain cases and 167 000 Montana accounts issued. national figures exceed 13 million in single payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton R. Holcomb
Montana
Federal Social Security Board
Bureau of Old Age Insurance
Riley E. Mapes
Helena
Holcomb
United States
Washington
Bureau
Crippled Children Hospital Planned Near Red Lodge Camp
Plans announce construction of a crippled children hospital at the Billings Rotary club summer camp six miles south of Red Lodge. The camp committee says lumber and materials donated through D M Kelly of Anaconda Copper Mining Co make the 36 by 60 foot log building possible with a 10 by 60 foot porch. The facility will provide hospital care and muscle training for children at the camp, supplementing programs at the St waugeny Orthopedic hospital school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Billings Rotary Club
Red Lodge
D. M. Kelly
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
St. Waugeny Orthopedic Hospital
Influenza Epidemic and Measles Waning
A Montana report shows measles cases easing after epidemic levels with 363 new cases in the week ending March 4, down from 579 a month earlier and 590 on January 23. Influenza also declines with 123 new cases that week, after 200 the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
B. K. Kilbourne
State Board of Health
Stewardess Blythe Loge Joins Western Air Express
Helena nurse Blythe Loge has become a stewardess for Western Air Express. She flies routes from San Diego and Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. Loge, 24, trained at Deaconess in Great Falls, Presbyterian in Chicago, and St. Peter’s in Helena. Parents Mr and Mrs Martin Loge live in Polson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blythe Loge
Helena
Western Air Express
San Diego
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Miss Loge
Deaconess Hospital
Great Falls
Presbyterian Hosital
Chicago
St. Peter’s Hospital
Felena
Martin Loge
Polson
Treasure State News in Brief Highlights Montana notices
Libby Lions and commercial club ask Governor Ayers to appoint Walter Neils to the state park commission. Shelby merchant Max Harrington named JayCees scoutmaster. Helena widow Ottie Spaulding, 52, dies after throat infection. husband dies similarly. Mary Ann Anderson, Montana high school graduate, wins Montana State University ping-pong championships for winter and fall quarters. W. S. Herzog re-elected Roundup fire chief. officers named. Spring storm brings six inches of wet snow in Wallowa county area. State highway extension north of US 87 approved by county commissioners and city council. Marie Maras of Helena wins D A R good citizenship award, trip to Washington DC. Winter cattle and sheep losses in Montana lower than usual. snow on high ranges. Great Falls hosts water works operators course April 12-13. Helena attorney general ruling on five-year land taxation contracts. Jordan reports Big Dry dam rebuild after recent flood. CCC youths assist. Helena mentions $3,000,000 debenture bonds issue proceeds.
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State Highway Commission
United States 87
Courthouse Square
Kalispell
Marie Maras
Helena
Montana
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington, D. C
Russell’s 75th Birthday Reflected By Montana Research
James B. Rankin of New York notes Sunday March 19 marks the 75th anniversary of Charles Marion Russell’s birth. Rankin gathered recollections from prominent and obscure Russell acquaintances across Montana and California, including Joe De Yong and Maj. Wallis Muidekoper, and recalls oilman Breitzman and friends Don and Mrs Price. Rankin says oil interests shaped Russell’s story beyond his cowboy artist identity and notes one old-timer gave poor cooperation during interviews while praising Western fairness overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Rankin
Russell
Rankin
de Yong
Breitzman
Maj. Wallis Muidekoper
American Fork Ranch
Wallis
Montana
Don Price
Greitzman
Bill Hart
Irvin Cobb
Minnie
Bill
Cobb
Hart
West
Ife
Ray Church recounts Chateau days and Montana politics
Ray Church of Helena recalls Senate days with heroes like Harry Gallwey and Maurice Weiss in Butte era caucuses. He and Hugh Rose of Brady reminisce about cowhand beginnings with the ST outfit, bunkhouse boot stories, and mules on Glendora ditch. The piece also notes the death of DeLoss Smith, dean of Montana State University’s music school, a prolific composer and educator.
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Chateau
Hugh Rose
Brady
Ray Church
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Church
Senate
Harry Gallwey
Butte
Maurice Weiss
Placer Hotel
Tommy Larson
Jim Burlingame
Jack Slattery
Ed Donlan
Eddie Booth
Johnny Edwards
Litch
Bally Buck
Bally
The
Bill Hodgskiss
Chateau House
Hugh
Glendora Ditch
Burton Beach
Bailly
Cayuse
Rod McLeod
Cook Shack
Rod
DeLoss Smith
Montana State University
School of Music
Northwest
Dean Smith
Montana
New York City
Uni
WPA funds Montana aviation ground facilities program
The Works Progress Administration reports 551,907 spent since 1935 on Montana aviation ground facilities, funding 35 projects at 20 sites with relief workers paid from welfare rolls. Correlating tragedy cited in Kalispell. William Feenan, 29, died by self-inflicted gunshot amid unemployment concerns. Helena reports leadership changes in the Chamber of Commerce and DAR officer elections with convention sites noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Montana
WPA
Col
F. C. Harrington
Kalispell
William Feenan
Frank Feenan
Columbia Falls
Harry Campbell
John
Fred
Thomas
Robert
Mary Cavanaugh
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A cowhand remembers ditch work and barbwire debates that shaped Montana ranch life. He jokes about pitchforks and WPA workers, laments ditch crew dislike, and muses on joining the Montana Cowboys association while recalling old methods and ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod
Chateau
WPA
Monana
Montana Cowboys’ Association
Hugh
Toole County Music Festival Plans in Shelby
Teachers from Toole County schools schedule a music festival at the big school in Shelby on April 29. A fifth and sixth grade all county chorus directed by Charles Martin and Hubert Huber will perform. Maypole dance and apm bands join, with massed concert in Shelby Sunburst and Galata bands directed by Horace McBride and Albert Jahnke. Parade features three bands and county organizations including Boy Scouts and Girls clubs.
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Toole County
Toole
Shelby
Charles Martin
Hubert Huber
Apm
Horace McBride
Sunburst
Albert Jahnke
Boy
Gil
Mrs Squires Injured In Auto Accident Near Lowton
An auto collision four miles west of Lowton injures Mrs Squires when her car skidded into a cut. Authorities report the mishap occurred on a local road and responders transported her for medical evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowton
Tick vaccine expansion seen to curb spotted fever threat
Public Health Service lab in Hamilton manufactures a tick vaccine to prevent Rocky Mountain spotted fever. With 1938 western state totals of 174 cases and 33 deaths, officials aim to boost annual output after plant upgrades to inoculate more people at no cost to doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Public Health Service Laboratory
Hamilton
Montana Board of Health
Montana
New Mexico
Idaho
Colorado
Nevada
Utah
Oregon
Wyoming
Washington
L. R. Thompson
Public Health Service
Congressional
Hamilton Laboratory
The
Health Service
Three Farm Loan Associations Unite into Rocky Mountain Group
Consolidation of Augusta Choteau and Fort national farm loan associations forms the Rocky Mountain association based in Great Falls. Otto Waknild president W F Fellows secretary treasurer manages the office. The new group has 56 members and oversees 174800 in federal land bank loans.
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Great Falls
W. F. Fellows
Augusta, Choteau
Fort National Farm Loan Associations
Rocky Mountain Association
Otto Waknild
Choteau
W. W. Howard
Gilman
Ernest Arensmeyer
Fellows
Lewis and Clark
Teton
Cascade
Chouteau Counties
Great Falls Smelter Sets Notable Safety Record
The Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Great Falls reduction plant and East Helena slag treatment plant finished 1938 without a fatal accident, a third such five year span. They logged 342 649 shifts with 45 accidents, a rate of 1.31 per 10 000 shifts, the lowest since 1932 except for a halt year, with 12 departments reporting no time loss incidents and an emphasis on safety improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
R. B. Caples
East Helena
Caples
Rombira
Fewer Prisoners at Deer Lodge Penitentiary
The monthly state penitentiary report from Warden Theodore R Bergstrom shows a February inmate count of 553 at the start and 534 at the end, a reduction of 19 prisoners.
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Deer Lodge
Theodore R. Bergstrom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Treasure State News
Libby
Libby Lions Club
Commercial Club
Ayers
Walter Neils
State Park Commission
Max Harrington
Shelby Merchant
Junior Chamber of Commerce
JayCees
Ottie Spaulding
Chad A. Spaulding
St. Peter's Hospital
Neinart
Mary Ann Anderson
Roundup
W. S. Herzog
Roundup Volunteer Fire Department
F. C. Ottman
Earl Fletcher
William Milne
H. B. Powers
Warlowton
Nesena
Jay G. Diamond
Diamond
Montana State College
H. J.eebourn
Joe Metlen
Beaverhead County
Jordan—Water Conservation Board
Civilian Conservation Corps
SBD
Nelena
Quaker
COPE
Lawrence
University
A Cappela
Eureka College
Illinois
Campbell University School of Music
Holton
Kan
Metropolitan School of Music
Indianapolis
F. X. Aherns
L. A. Phelps
Chicago People's Institute
John W. Mahan
Helena Chamber of Commerce
H. Walter Larson
Dodson
Missoula
Anaconda
L. D. Smith
Marrow
Missoulle
Havre
Trar
Ater Butte
Mrs. Squires
United States Public Health Laboratory
Charles M. Russell
Cowboy
Montana Newspaper Assn
Tana Metal
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