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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1940

Page

8

Community notices from Reed Point and surroundings

A collage of local interactions records travel, visits, and gatherings across Reed Point and nearby towns. Residents such as Marie Moser, Donald Lamb, Irene Patterson, and Elmer Moler are noted with relatives, friends, and hosts in Clyde Park, Elliston, Laurel, Willow Creek, and Billings. The piece also mentions a dance sponsored by the Young Womans club, a four H Clothing club formation, and a birthday gathering for Pat Patterson.

Harry Schmitt Clyde Park Donald Lamb Elliston Mont George Si Hatfield Harlowton Milo Collins Walt Whitford John McNamara Charles Whitford Columbus Rex Guthrie Edgar, Mont Lewis Guthrie Dwain Bill Halls Irene Patterson Big Timber Robert Cunningham Carl Hiner Laurel Raymond Smith John Hiner Elmer Moler Maxine Mike Brano Weldon Moler Moler Virgil Carmichael Willow Creek Carmichael Joe Egan Billings Mabel Farr Lee Miller Elda Neumann Park City Arthur Neumann Young Womans Club Rym Bob Lee Orchestra Dorothy Austin Seattle James Baxter Dorothy Vinton Guthrie Arleda Delores Weber Evelyn Livingston Marion VanCampen Marion James Morris Countryman Creek Divide Pleun Roobel Donald Todd Bie Timber Fred Bokma Rudolf Lukkas D. Lukkas Cornelius John Lukkas Tony Dahl Parry Phelps Elinore Erickson Percy Huntley

Memorial Day Opens Fine with City Parade in Dillon

Memorial Day in Dillon opened under clear skies with a courthouse parade led by the City band to City Park as the Pioneer went to press. The day included planned community activities and notes on local travel and visitors amid a string of society items.

Dillon Audrey Dahl Victoria O’leary E. L. Harris Missouri Powell Wyo Edith Kopriva Big Timber Court House City Park

Reward offered for livestock theft conviction

A $250 reward is offered for information leading to the first conviction of anyone stealing horses or cattle belonging to any paid up member of the Sweet Grass Stock Growers Association on the protected list. Grant Bishir, Secretary.

Sweet Grass Stock Growers Association Grant Bishir

Womans Club Events Highlight Bridger Creek Page

A large crowd attended the Bridger Creek women's club dance Saturday night. Mrs. Sidney Fraser Jr hosted the Junior Womans club Thursday afternoon. Clarence and Ralph Berrie visited their parents in Billings last week. locals attended the National Farm Loan Association luncheon at Fraternity Hall in Big Timber on Tuesday.

Sidney Fraser, Jr Clarence Ralph Berrie Frank Berrie Billings National Farm Loan Association Fraternity Hall Big Timber

Lindbergh Loses Honorary Membership In Escadrille

In Paris on May 28 the Lafayette Escadrille veterans revoked Colonel Charles A. Lindberghs honorary escadrille membership. They cited his May 19 broadcast urging US noninvolvement abroad as insulting to fallen comrades and to the memory of the crypt at Garches.

Paris Lafayette Escadrille Charles A. Lindbergh Trench and Air Association Escadrille Lindbergh Foreign Legion France Association Lafayette

Norris Says Roosevelt Likely To Seek Third Term

Senator Norris Nebraska says with Democratic delegates loyal to Roosevelt the president will almost have to run again. He notes party rank and file want Roosevelt in the White House and discusses possible vice presidential choices amid talk of a Roosevelt Garner ticket.

Washington Roosevelt Norris Nebraska Germany English Channel White House Capitol Byrnes South Carolina Wheeler Montana O’ma

Competition Keen For Airplane Plants in Wartime

Washington May 25 Scores of cities vie for air training centers and military posts in the administration's preparedness program. Officials said civic and congressional pleas influence War Secretary Woodring and Assistant Secretary Johnson as decisions loom. The war department appropriations bill provides 44 million for new arms facilities including powder, rifles, ammunition loading and storage plants.

Washington Congress War Woodring Louis Johnson Treasury Council On National Defense War Department House Senate Roosevelt George C. Marshall Army

Ninth Corps Area Strength Rises on West Coast

On May 29 in San Francisco the army air corps personnel on the west coast doubled and Ninth corps area strength rose about 40 percent since the outbreak of the European war. The report notes added navy enlistments abroad and around 100 coast guardsmen, changes in neutrality controls, and new FBI duties in espionage cases. The Ninth corps area strength had been increased twice since September.

San Francisco Uncle Sam Army Air Corps West Coast Ninth Corps Navy Federal Bureau of Investigation

Commission of Seven Directed to Speed War Production

Roosevelt names a seven member national defense commission from government business and labor to accelerate production of planes engines guns and other defense items. The group includes Edward R Stettinius Jr William S Knudsen Sidney Hillman Chester C Davis Ralph Budd Leon Henderson and Miss Harriett Elliott. A tax plan to finance defense raises income and excise taxes and extends borrowing authority aimed at 683 million annually in new revenue.

Washington Roosevelt National Defense Commission Edward R. Stettinius, Jr United States Steel William S. Knudsen General Motors Sidney Hillman Amalgamated Clothing Workers Chester C. Davis Federal Reserve Board Ralph Budd Burlington Railroad Leon Henderson Securities Commission Harriett Elliott University of North Carolina Capitol Congressional Congress

Wheeler Urges Helena Airplane Factory Plan

Senator B K Wheeler urged President Roosevelt and war and navy leaders to build an aircraft factory near the Helena high school aviation program. He praised the campus housing 125 students and 150 graduates, highlighting local land, noncoastal location, and government support as key factors for attracting manufacturers.

Helena B. K. Wheeler Washington, D. C Roosevelt War and Navy Departments Wheeler J. J. Haytin Lester Loble J. Burke Clements J. B. Love National Youth Administration High Schol L. W. Fahrner Harry Woodring Lewis Johnson Charles Edison Boeing Douglas North American Lockheed Works Projects Administration Navy

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