PROBABLY YOU THINK SO That the Big Timber Pioneer
The Big Timber Pioneer publicizes its role in promoting Big Timber and Sweet Grass County while sharing a Library of Congress note about its book Parodies and Poems. Circulation reaches 200 copies locally with copies held by 47 US universities and private readers as far as Texas and California.
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Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Library of Congress
Livingston Enterprise
Pioneer
United States
Texas
California
New York
Congressional Record
Congress
Exchange of Beds in Politics Ends in Shifts
A witty observation notes how Senator Wheeler moved from a Democratic alignment to Wendell Willkie's Republican side, and vice versa. The quip implies frequent political realignments and “trades of sleeping quarters” in party politics.
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Senator Wheeler
Wendell Willkie
Wheeler
July 1 set for registering 1 million new 21 year olds
Washington officials say July 1 will mark the registration of about 1,000,000 men who have turned 21 since last October’s draft enrollment. The process will use 6,500 local draft boards and aims for a simple filing. Officials expect many will be called for training within months.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service
Roosevelt
War Department
Selective Service Headquarters
Es War Department
Presient
Shipping Losses In War Zone Reach Over Six Million Tons
London May 10 official ad miralty statistics report British allied and neutral shipping losses total 6 078 330 tons since the war began. The Dunkerque withdrawal added 117 186 tons and 1 443 mer chantmen 5 961 044 tons were sunk. Losses for last month 488 124 tons across 106 ships. Axis losses total 2 912 000 tons since war began with 600 000 tons in six weeks. Germany 1 756 000 tons Italy 1 090 000 tons.
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London
Admiralty
Britain
Dunkerque
Flanders
Axis
Germany
Italy
Farmers Must Pay For Rodent Poison In Montana
Helena May 12 Farmers and ranchers must pay for their own rodent poison even though the county uses money from the gopher destruction fund County Attorney J Miller Smith says the attorney general's office informed him The ruling overturns a prior AG opinion and states the board of county commissioners lacks authority to provide poison free of charge and that it must be supplied at actual cost
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Helena
J. Miller Smith
Board of County Commissioners
Wickard Urges Convoys for British Supplies
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard urged immediate action to ensure American munitions and food reach Britain. He warned England may not survive without timely delivery and pressed farmers to grow more, saying risks at sea are preferable to bombing at home. He warned that a Hitler victory could cost U.S. export markets and threaten farming.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wickard
United States
England
Hitler
Reich Food Estate
Ford Addresses Billings Masons on Subversive Threats
Gov. Sam C. Ford told about 500 Masons in Billings of a subversive element he says “borrs from within” and supports driving it from shores or behind bars. He warned against foreign dictators’ doctrines and urged action against officials who advocate foreign “isms.”
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Billings Gazette
Sam C. Ford
Masonic Temple
Ford
United States
Mrs Taylor Darroch Drowns in Yellowstone
Mrs. Taylor M Darroch drowned in the Yellowstone river sometime Friday. Sheriff Taylor Darroch found her body Saturday on a sandbar downstream from the entry point. Marilyn Darroch, a high school student, was the last to see her mother alive.
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Park County
Taylor M. Darroch
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Mrs. Darroch
Sheriff's Office
Taylor Darroch
Darroch
Sheriff's Force
Ray Shorthill
Marilyn Darroch
Alberta
J. L. Lewis
Fort Lyons
Colo
Woody Burns
West Los Angeles
Calif
Marion Schultz
Harry Yelick
Minneapolis
Philip Weinard
Salmon Arm
B. C
Jack Weinard
Mill Creek
Harry Weinard
War Department orders maneuvers and draft actions
War Department announced field exercises involving more than 550000 troops begin May 24 in California and culminate with a September clash between the 2nd and 3rd field armies in Louisiana. Officials expect historic mobilization and study retention of National Guardsmen beyond one year, with the extension requiring Congress action next month.
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Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
California
Louisiana
Army
Congress
Labor troubles halt warship construction and dock projects
A surge of labor difficulties halted $500 million of West Coast warship work and a $3 million Boston naval drydock project. A Detroit Hudson Motor strike looms amid broader GM stoppages. 1700 AFL CIO machinists walked out, closing 11 San Francisco shipyards, while leaders label the action outlaw. Green calls it violation of a management union pact, though others dispute its applicability.
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West Coast
Boston
Hudson Motor Company
Detroit
Great Michigan
Teamsters
General Motors
Smoot Sand & Gravel Corporation
Washington
War and Navy Departments
Army War College
Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad
William Green
San Francisco
Green
A. F. L. Machinists
House Approves Additional Loans for Crops
The house backed higher loans to farmers on wheat cotton corn tobacco and rice with steep penalties above quotas. Officials warned of higher consumer costs while Farm Bureau president O NeaI disputed the figures.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau
Senate
Roosevelt
Community News From Livingston and Nearby Tribulations
Agent Jay Loving visited Livingston Monday. Julius Gunderson, early Melville pioneer, came with his son for a new tractor. W F McLeod returns from Mayo hospital after eye infection treatment. Big Timber police chief W B Kelly resigns to Mayor Kaiserman. Mildred Kelly is found not guilty of murder in Livingston trial. two ballots cast. At Missoula track meet Kress wins high hurdles and broad jump. Esp disc throw miscounted. Martin Greeley, Livingston blind pianist, dies of pneumonia. Skillman Bailey abstract firm sold to F M Lamp. John McKenzie dies at 85. burial in Stanford, N Y. H E McKinsey of East Boulder loses end of left thumb. Big Timber Rod and Gun trustees elected: O A Fallang, C W Allen, Herman Utermohle, C W Campbell, Phil Cook, Elmer Sanderson, A L Phillips. Edward Kid Royals seeks sentence reduction after horse stealing convictions.
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Jay Loving
Livingston
Julius Gunderson
Melville
W. F. McLeod
McLeod
Mayo Hospital
W. B. Kelly
Big Timber
Kaiserman
Mildred Kelly
Edward Pratt
Missoula
Kress
Esp
Martin Greeley
Skillman & Bailey
F. M. Lamp
John McKenzie
W. D. McKenzie
Stanford
N. Y
H. E. McKinsey
East Boulder
Big Timber Rod and Gun Club
O. A. Fallang
C. W. Allen
Herman Utermohle
C. W. Campbell
Phil Cook
Elmer Sanderson
A. L. Phillips
Edward
Kid) Royals
Notable Deaths and Events From Local Ledger
George Jay Gould of New York died in France from pneumonia. Boxer Jack Dempsey trains in Great Falls for a bout with Tommy Gibbons. Senator Charles W. Hoffman of Bozeman died suddenly in a Los Angeles theater and will be cremated with ashes sent home. A Lutheran confirmation is set for Sunday with several locals named as confirmands. County officials Davis and Lamb left for St Paul as witnesses in the Owens v N P damage case. Owens’ true identity and origins are questioned.
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Pioneer
George Jay Gould
New York
France
Jack Dempsey
Great Falls
Tommy Gibbons
Charles W. Hoffman
Bozeman
Los Angeles
Calif
Lutheran Church
A. A. Holbeck
Pearl Becken
Lillian Grosfield
Agnes Lavold
Arthur Berg
Davis Webb
Theodore Gunderson
Marie Hauge
Clyde E. Davis
Alva Lamb
The
Commercial Bank & Trust Co
St. Paul
Robert Owens
N. P
Owens
American Legion
Chicago
Elk River
Minn
Big Timber Lutheran Parish Annual May 17 Program
May 17 program at 2 30 p m hosted by Big Timber Aid with Mesdames H B Tetlie Harvey Cort Aasa Furstenberg and Harold Roe as hostesses. May 18 Sunday school at 10 a m and divine services at 11 a m with Melville services at a p m.
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BIG Timber Lutheran Parish
Axel Anderson
Big Timber Aid
Mesdames H
B. Tetlie
Harvey Cort
Aasa Furstenberg
Harold Roe
Melville
Evangelical Church Announces Services and Meetings
Rev. Claire L. Harris leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Sermon follows. Choir rehearsals after worship. No evening service for high school baccalaureate. Prayer meeting tonight at 8 o'clock. Brotherhood Tuesday at 8 p.m. Junior Leagues Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Evangelical Church
Claire L. Harris
Brotherhood
St Josephs Catholic Mass Schedule
Fr Schuh offers Mass at 9 30 on the second Sunday each month and at 11 on the fourth Sunday, as announced for St Josephs Church.
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ST. Joseph’s
Fr Schuh
St Mark's Episcopal Church Notice
Rev. W. Roy Bennett, vicar. Sunday School at the usual hour.
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ST. Mark’s
Notice to Taxpayers Second half taxes due May 31 1941
The 1940 second half taxes are due and payable not later than May 31 1941. Pay by check with your tax statement or 1940 first half receipt and call early if possible. Delinquent taxes incur a 2 percent penalty and 2 3 of 1 percent interest to date of payment. Bring or send your tax statement or first half receipt when paying.
Notice to Creditors Montana estate of John P Hansen
In the District Court of Montana Sweet Grass County the administrator with the will annexed for John P Hansen, deceased, calls all creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers by June 19, 1941. Claims should be filed at the law office of E O Overland in the county courthouse at Big Timber. Dated April 19, 1941. J G Johnson, Administrator. E O Overland, Attorney. Pub May 1 8 15 22 1941.
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District Court
Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
John P. Hansen
E. O. Overland
Big Timber
J. G. Johnson
Local notes from Anaconda and Livingston 1923
May 17 1923 Superintendent Matzizk visits Anaconda on hatchery business. John Diffenbach ships five cattle cars to Omaha. Lee Esp son of Mr and Mrs Louis Esp dies after appendix operation. Beginning 1925 stockmen may secure 10 year grazing permits in national forests to aid livestock recovery. Livingston crew and witnesses depart for St Paul in Northern Pacific damage suit. Robert Owens Chicago youth injured at Springdale last August after being run over by a train. extensive injuries led to amputation of part of a leg and fingers.
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Matzizk
Anaconda
John Diffenbach
Omaha
Lee
Louis Esp
D. Claiborn
Claude Williams
Kenneth Burnside
Fred Tilton
Livingston
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Robert Owens
Chicago
Springdale
Owens
Rankin Advises Mothers On Promoting Sentiment
Washington incident shows Representative Rankin guiding Mrs Lotus Brennen of River Forest to draft an advertisement with 24 baby pictures to express war sentiment. The ad appeared locally and Rankin later cited it as an example of women shaping public opinion while urging Congress to oppose sending armed forces beyond the western hemisphere.
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Washington
Rankin
House
America
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