Governors Seek Unified River Plan For Irrigation And Flood Control
Gov. Sam C. Ford returning from Washington reports progress in securing irrigation rights within a Missouri River division. He and Governors Hunt of Wyoming and Moses of North Dakota urged delaying navigation action until flood control measures are reviewed. They emphasized unifying irrigation, flood control and navigation in river legislation and criticized piecemeal development.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Washington, D. C
Senate
Ford
Hunt
Wyoming
Moses
North Dakota
Montana
Sioux City
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Army
Bureau of Reclamation
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Farm Animal Casualties at Crossings Rise in 1943
Bozeman reports railroad right of way and crossing accidents killed 1 449 farm animals in 1943. Extension Livestock Specialist E P Orcutt of Montana State College noted 1 107 head in 1941 and the 1942 toll, urging the public to close gates report wandering livestock and prop up loose fence posts.
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Bozeman
E. P. Orcutt
Montana State College
Orcutt
Gets Patent on Plans For Super Submarine
Nevil Monroe Hopkins of New York was granted a patent Tuesday on his plans for a submersible battle cruiser a super submarine with a long range super gun. The main feature is a submersible gun mount for an 18 inch gun larger than any mounted by a battleship.
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Washington
Nevil Monroe Hopkins
New York
Ration Board Sets Two Canning Sugar periods
All ration boards will issue sugar for home canning in two periods this season. Each period allows up to 10 pounds per person in addition to the five pounds with sugar stamp 40 in war ration book 4. If not applied in the first period, up to 20 pounds per person may be issued in the second period if justified. The June 12 to 24 window is affected by a clerk's absence. apply before the 12th or in the last week of June for early canning needs.
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Focal Board
Number of 4-Fs Now Over Four Million
Washington report shows 4 089 914 men classified 4 F as of May 1 1943 with transfer to occupational deferments expected to shrink 4 F totals. Other classifications listed include 2 348 075 in 1-A 1 325 792 in 2-A 2 232 039 in 2-B 1 001 898 in 2-C 340 464 in 3-A and 655 153 in 3-C. The total registrants reach 22 216 809 with 9 908 277 in uniform or discharged from service.
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Washington
Selective Service
WLB Approves Mine Wage Agreement
The war labor board on Friday night approved the wage agreement between John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers and over 1710 percent of the soft coal industry after a year of disputes and four general coal strikes. The decision, 10 to 2 with two industry members dissenting, transfers wage and working conditions obligations from Secretary Ickes to the operators, enabling possible withdrawal of government control in the covered mines.
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Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Harold Bell Wright Dies In California At 72
Harold Bell Wright, once a preacher turned noted American fiction writer, died Wednesday in a La Jolla hospital, San Diego. He was 72 years old.
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Harold Bell Wright
San Diego
America
la Jolla
Cal
25 Year Old Communist Party to Dissolve and Reorganize
The Communist Party of the United States votes to dissolve as a political party after 25 years and form a nonparty organization. Earl Browder moves to liquidate party assets and to transfer surplus to allied groups supporting the war effort and a durable peace. The convention, in the Plaza Hotel, had 402 delegates from 44 states, Browder urges reelection of Roosevelt. The party will operate under a new name, dropping the word Communist for a title such as American Communist Association or American Communist Political Association.
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New York
Communist Party of the United States
Earl Browder
Roosevelt
Illinois
California
Browder
Plaza Hotel
Na- Hoost
American Communist Association
American Commmunis Political Association
Dedication of Honor Roll at Memorial Day Services
The Sweet Grass county honor roll will be dedicated at Memorial Day services Tuesday May 30 in Big Timber. Legionnaires will meet at the library at 10:30 to march to the cemetery for a firing squad salute, then gather at the library with the Big Timber band and scouts for the dedication at the Dugout beside the city park. Stores and offices will close only on Memorial Day.
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Sweet Grass County
American Legion
Lions Club
Big Timber Band
Rev. H. 8. Tool
Big Timber Lions Club
Woodward
Big Timber
Jtatter
O Connor seeks another term in Congress from Montana
Representative James F. O Connor, Democrat of Livingston, announced he will run to succeed himself in the upcoming primary. He cited eight years of committee seniority and pledged to continue support for irrigation and farm interests while backing President Roosevelt for war. He has chaired the Indian affairs committee and sits on census flood control irrigation and reclamation public lands and territories committees.
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James F. O'Connor
Congress
Washington
Montana
O’connor
Monce
Missouri
Livingston
Indian Affairs Committee
House
Census
Irrigation and Reclamation Public Lands and Territories
Two Are Drowned in Martinsdale Lake
Two men from Great Falls Ralph Kossgaard and Roy Popovich drowned when their boat capsized in Martinsdale lake while fishing. A third occupant Eddie Anderson was rescued. searchers continued for Kossgaard on Sunday and Popovich’s body was recovered Tuesday evening.
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Martinsdale
Ralph Kossgaard
Roy Popovich
Great Falls
Martinsdale Lake
E. R. Anderson
Frank Tognlie
Olaf Haugan
L. C. Fredregill
Helena
Kossgard
Marie Carr
Popovich
Kossgaard
Cascade
Meagher
Wheatland
Rossgaard
Committee Works On G I Bill of Rights Compromise
A Senate-House panel cleared an initial hurdle on veterans benefits by proposing government loans up to 2500 dollars for homes farms or businesses with 3 percent interest through the Veterans Administration and allied agencies. The deal blends 3 percent loans to 1000 by the Senate with 50 percent private loan guarantees up to 2500 at 6 percent and sets unemployment benefits at 26 weeks.
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Washington
Senate
House
Veterans Administration
Roosevelt Supporters Stage Walk Out
In Austin Texas on May 23 two rival Democratic conventions emerged. A walkout by Roosevelt loyalists formed a separate convention led by Alvin J. Wirtz while the regular party convention named presidential electors and an uninstructed delegation to Chicago.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Roosevelt
Alvin J. Wirtz
Interior
Chicago
Body of Will Rogers Taken to Oklahoma
Nine years after his death in an Alaska plane crash, Will Rogers was returned to Claremore Oklahoma and buried in a hillside niche beside the Will Rogers Memorial museum following a secret ceremony. Reverend John R Abernathy called the site a shrine for pilgrims seeking inspiration along life’s long trail.
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Claremore
Okla
Alaska
Will Rogers
Glendale
Cal
John R. Abernathy
Oklahoma City
Wallace Leaves On Mission to China
Vice President Wallace departed for China on Roosevelt orders to gather first hand war area reports to guide future peace and prosperity. He travels as a messenger returning around mid July with John Carter Vincent Owen Lattimore and John Hazard accompanying him from the State Department OWI and FEA.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Allace
China
White House
Wallace
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Owen Lattimore
Office of War Information
John Hazard
Leason
Foreign Economic Administration
Dewey Extends Lead in Oregon Republican Primary
Late returns show Gov. Thomas E. Dewey widening his margin to control of Oregon's 15 Republican national convention delegates while Wayne Morse defeats Rufus C. Holman for the Senate nomination. With 393 of 1,828 rural precincts reporting, Dewey leads over Stassen and Bricker as the early tallies stand.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Wayne L. Morse
U. S
Rufus C. Holman
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Montana seeks federal grant for Warm Springs dormitory
The Montana board of examiners asked the federal Works Administration to approve a grant of about 55 000 dollars as half the cost of a 43 room employee dormitory at the Warm Springs state hospital. Montana would supply the other 55 000 from a 1941 bond issue fund of 500 000 dollars. If approved the grant would secure construction priorities for the project.
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Warm Springs
Helena
Montana Board of Examiners
Federal Works Administration
Baldine
State Hospital
Oyes
Warm Springs Institution
Longtime Sweet Grass Sheriff Ed Brannin Dies at 71
Ed Brannin 71 former Sweet Grass County sheriff died after a long illness at his home in Big Timber. He served 1923 to 1932 and survived by widow Dora and three children. The death followed a 10 year career shadowed by a 1932 Bridger Canyon ambush that killed deputy Frank Whitsel and left Brannin wounded.
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Ed Brannin
Sweet Grass County
Anton Trenrud
Melville
Big Timber Lutheran Church
Axel Anderson
A. Ronald McDonnell
E. O. Overland
Ernest Parker
Victor Tronrud
Anton Tronrud
Lloyd G. Rein
Tom Anderson
P. J. Deegan
Mountain View
Lowry’s
Dora Brannin
Lewis Brannin
W. H. Donald
James E. Brannin
Postal Service
Greenland
Thelma Cockerell
San Francisco
Elaine
Sidney Brannin
Port Orchard
Wash
Gus
Barney
Crawford Brannin
Luella Schroeder
Los Angeles
Julia Cannon
Helena
Alice Tucker
Juneau
Alaska
Anita Ward
Silver City
N. Mex
Stanton S
Guadalupe Brannin
New Mexico
Utah
Little
Colorado
Brannin
Crazy Mountains
Montana
Annabelle
Silver
Mont
Sweet Grass
Dora Overhuls
Grey Cliff
Big Timber
Frank S. Whiteel
Bridger’ Canyon
Sam C. Reigel
Teddy Thompson
Bridger
Whitsel
Oscar A. Fallang
Reigel
Check Arrives For Carload of Paper
A check for 370.26 was received this week by Dorman Kellogg chairman of the county salvage committee from Waldorf Paper Products Co for a carload of paper shipped from Big Timber four weeks ago. The amount funds the Boy Scout fund. Boy Scouts Lions club and others did the collection sorting and packing and are pleased with the results.
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Dorman Kellogg
Waldorf Paper Products Co
Big Timber
Boy Scout Fund
Boy Scouts
Lions Club
General Clark Escapes Booby Trap On Italian Front
May 21 report says a hidden booby trap on an abandoned German artillery piece nearly killed Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark. The explosion wounded one soldier and injured several others, while Clark and his jeep escaped unharmed during a front-line survey drive.
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Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Mark W. Clark
President Signs Lend-Lease Act Extension
President Roosevelt signed the third extension of the lend-lease act extending authority to June 30, 1945. He stated that lend-lease and reverse lend-lease pool the material resources of the United Nations for efficient use against common enemies, with $21,000,000,000 directed to the effort since inception.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
Hog Embargo Set By National Hog Marketing Board
Hog embargo enacted at National Stockyards by the hog marketing committee to continue indefinitely. Receipts reach 38,000 with an estimated holdover of 20,000 plus. The ban applies to all hogs except those in transit. A four day embargo was lifted Sunday morning.
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National Stockyards
Hog Marketing Committee
200 Miners Quit Work at Butte
The first work stoppage in the Butte copper mines in ten years occurred when 200 miners quit at the Anaconda Copper Mining capper St. Lawrence mine. D. M. Kelly, western vice president of the ACM Co., said the men refused to work because they objected to a shift boss at the mine.
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Butte
Anaconda
St. Lawrence
D. M. Kelly
Western
ACM Co
Yellowstone Park Opens for 1944 Season with Self Transport Only
Superintendent Edmund B. Rogers announced that Yellowstone will be open in 1944 for visitors arriving with their own transportation. No park buses, rail-delivered passengers limited, with Northern Pacific offering daily bus service from Livingston to Gardiner except Sundays. Gates open from 7 am to 7 pm, various entrances and reservations listed. lodging limited, meals and gasoline available at Mammoth and Old Faithful, with campgrounds and fishing seasons described.
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Livingston
Yellowstone Park
Wonderland
Edmund B. Rogers
Park
Northern Pacific
Gardiner
West Yellowstone
Old Faithful
See
Roads Canyon
Lake
Pottle
Leties
Continental Divide
Dunraven Pass
Jo Park
Rogers
Pryor General
Mammoth
Hamilton General Store
Hamilton
Fishing Bridge
Madison Junction
Lewis Lake
Pebble Creek
Indian Creek
Lava Creek
West Thumb
Snake River
Canyon
Tower Falls
Yellowstone Cascades
Specimen Creek
Norris
Haynes
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Gov. Ford
E. Reybold
Fred Buck
Omaha
Missouri River State’s Committee
WLB
Communist Party
G. I
Oklahoma
Yellowstone Park Service Limited
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