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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1944

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Allied Ships Reach Antwerp as Budapest Red Army Advances

Allied shipping has entered the Schelde estuary toward Antwerp to support a future offensive, while German E boats attacked and a 2,000 ton vessel was sunk. Simultaneously the Red Army pushes within 33 miles of Budapest, with Lajosmitse captured and Kecskemet secured as forces advance northwest along the Danube and Tisza rivers.

London Schelde Antwerp Berlin Germany Fatherland Cherbourg Normandy Channel Red Army Budapest Ube Tisza Moscow Lajosmitse Kecskemet

Princess Beatrice Dies in England at 87

Princess Beatrice 87 last of Queen Victoria’s nine children died at Balcombe Sussex after a lingering illness. Her daughter former Queen Victoria of Spain flew from Switzerland to London to be with her. Her son the Marquis of Carisbrooke was at her bedside. The bell of St Paul’s tolled for an hour. Plans for funeral to be announced from Buckingham Palace. Her husband Prince Henry I of Battenberg died of fever aboard a British warship.

Beatrice England London Queen Victoria Balcome Sussex Spain Switzerland Marquis of Carisbrooke St. Paul’s Cathedral Buckingham Palace George VI Duke of Windsor George V Kaiser Wilhelm Germany Queen Marie Romania Prince Henry I of Battenberg

American War Casualties Revealed

Washington reports total American war casualties reaching 472 779 with 403 074 army casualties by Oct 14 including 178 522 killed and 220 529 wounded. Navy marine corps and coast guard losses total 60 705 with 27 831 dead and 27 857 wounded.

Washington Henry L. Stimson Navy Stimson Marine Corps and Coast Guard

Archbishop William Temple Dies of Heart Attack

London headlines report the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev William Temple aged 63 from a heart attack. He had served as primate of all England since April and was the first father and son to hold the office with his father the late Dr Frederick Temple having been archbishop in Edward VII's era.

London Canterbury William Temple All England Oldey Temple Church of England Frederick Temple Edward VII

Mrs. Mary Ingle Buried Saturday

Mrs. Mary Ingle 85 twenty lines tribute funeral held at Congregational church Rev Arthur Seebart Livingston praised her lifelong service Music by Mrs A R McDonnell and Mrs Ted C Busha with organ Pallbearers included Chas C Nicholson Roy Webber Graham P Woolsey Adolph Tronrud A R McDonnell Albert Wagner Inter ment Mountain View Missoula hospital Oct 24 died Born December 17 1859 in Scotland she came to America at 21 nurses by trade married George E O Ingle Bozeman July 16 1898 husband died 1920 daughter Bessie Ingle Richardson died 1937 survived by six grandchildren four great grandchildren Living with granddaughter Mary Haug at Thompson Falls prior to funeral

Mary Ingle Congregational Arthur Seebart Livingston A. R. McDonnell Ted C. Busha F. W. Chase Chas. C. Nicholson Roy Webber Graham P. Woolsey Adolph Tronrud Albert Wagner Mountain View Lowry’s Missoula Ingle St. Patrick’s Hospital Scotland America Pennsylvania Montana George E. O Jack) Ingle Bozeman Yellowstone River Bessie Ingle Richardson Missoula Hospital Conrad Haug Mary Thompson Falls

Shortage of Tobacco for Navy Shocks Supply Depot

Oakland Calif Oct 28 Nine million cigars a month go to Uncle Sam for Pacific ships but demand reaches 20 million. About 23 million packages of cigarettes go to navy personnel afloat and at bases overseas. They consume 25 million candy bars every 30 days. Navy bureau orders six months supply for ships stores including tropical bars.

Oakland Calif Pacific Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts

Montana imports top $1 million in fruits and vegetables

Missoula October 26 Montana imported more than 1 000 000 worth of fruits and vegetables in August while consuming less than 250 000 of home grown produce The department of agriculture horticultural division reports 1 133 752 65 in imports led by peaches pears oranges watermelons and tomatoes Home produced crops totaled 243 136 20 led by cherries raspberries lettuce potatoes strawberries and cabbage

Missoula Montana State Department of Agriculture

British Fourteenth Army Casualties in Burma India Front

British Fourteenth army reports 27 108 battle casualties on Burma India front for year to Sept 30, including 5 567 killed. Release noted from Southeast Asia headquarters in Kandy Ceylon dated Oct 28.

Southeast Asia Kandy Ceylon Fourteenth Army Burma-India

Judge J H Baldwin Dies of Heart Attack in Butte

U S District Judge James H Baldwin died of a heart attack in Butte at 68 after being stricken Wednesday He was admitted to Montana bar in 1901 and held posts with Senator Burton Wheeler He leaves a widow two daughters and several siblings and grandchildren escalation.

U.S J. H. Baldwin Butte United States James H. Baldwin Baldwin Montana Burton K Wheeler Wheeler Silver Bow County Thomas Walker Anit- Sie Gemrenicer Bourg Studge Baldwin Joeephy Mo Park and Broadway Here Judge Baldwin Butte Public High School Butte Business College University of Virginia Myrtle White Baldwin Perry R. Gage North Hollywood Cal Leonard R. Jones Long Beach Sue Baldwin J. M. Poindexter Carl F. Ginter Ward I. Baldwin

General Election Ballot Details For November 7

Election day is Tuesday November 1 polls open 8 a m to 6 p m The November 7 ballot lists candidates for president Roosevelt Dewey Watson Thomas Thomas and many state posts including governor Erickson Ford Miller Cannon Eaton Jones Mitchell Hazelbaker Bottomly Foot Pilgeram Porter Holmes Mo Casey Davis Eastman Ireland Anderson Angstman Cheadle Matthews Berg Olmstead Esp Esp Esp Patterson Anderson Armstrong Overland Mosse Osborne for two association justices and county officials plus three measures Senate bill 199 apportionment of county officer terms house bill 87 school fund income apportionment and initiative 48 osteopathy definition and practice.

United States Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey Claude A. Watson Norman Thomas Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker Andrew Johnson Darlington Hoopes Congress James F. O’connor F. F. Haynes E. Spriggs Leif Erickson Sam C. Ford Charles R. Miller Paul Cannon Ernest T. Eaton Floyd Jones Sam W. Mitchell Howard Hazelbaker R. V. Bottomly Stanley R. Foot W. P. Pilgeram George P. Porter John J. Holmes E. J Elmer) Mo Horace F. Casey George A. Davis Violet M. Eastman Elizabeth Ireland Republican Association Albert Anderson Albert K. Angstman Edwin K. Cheadle John A. Matthews Benjamin E. Berg Leon C. Olmstead Leo J. Esp Beulah Patterson Thos Anderson Dick Armstrong E. O. Overland Louis Mosse Walter Osborne Sam Fallang Justice Peace Big Timber Township J. D. Holly George W. Briley

Nick Lorig Services Held Monday

Nick Lorig aged 63 died Thursday at Community hospital after a brief illness. He was buried from St Joseph's Catholic church Monday at 10 a m with interment in Mountain View.Lowry's conducted the services. Rev Fr Wolframski of Columbus officiated at church and graveside. Music by Mrs John Hager Mrs Louis Mysse with Mrs Leo Gilroy on organ. Pallbearers Al bert Wagner Frank Ault Harold Roe Robert A Bray Joe Spann ring W K Amery. He was born April 1 1881 in Caledonia Minn and came to this country 28 years ago as a cement worker. A car motorcycle collision twelve years ago cost him a leg. He learned to use an artificial limb and worked at self supporting jobs while tending a home and garden on the west side. Survived by brother John Lorig Jamestown ND sister Mrs Anna Kramer Akeley Minn a nephew M A Lorig and wife and other nephews and nieces. The relatives returned home Tuesday.

Nick Lorig Community Hospital St. Joseph's Catholic Church Mountain View Lowry’s Wolframski Columbus John Hager Louis Mysse Leo Gilroy Albert Wagner Frank John Lorig Jamestown N. D Anna Kramer Akeley Minn M. A. Lorig

Wave Burns to Death in Farragut Fire

A Wave died and several navy service women were injured when a fire swept the barracks at the United States naval hospital Farragut training center. The blaze drove more than 100 Waves and civilian workers from the building as air and fire crews battled the flames. Some jumped from second story windows, while others used bedsheet lifelines to escape.

Farragut Idaho Navy United States Naval Hospital Farragut Naval Training Center

White Sulphur Ranch Sold for 27000

White Sulphur Springs October 26 Announcement has been made of the sale of the Cook Havey ranch an irrigated 2600 acre tract four miles west of White Sulphur Springs to Alonzo Hanson stockman of upper Smith river The ranch holds early water rights on Smith river and yields 500 to 600 tons annually of timothy alfalfa and alsike The improvements were sold with the land and each und…

White Sulphur Springs Cook - Havey Alonzo Hanson Stockman Smith River

Pheasant season opens with fair success in several counties

The month long pheasant season began Sunday with hunters reporting only fair success in Sweet Grass county. The bag limit is three cocks per day and six in possession after the first day. Partridge shooting is banned in several nearby counties and shooting hours run from 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset.

Sweet Grass Wheatland Stillwater Carbon Golden Valley Yellowstone Musselshell

Gasoline Theft After Leak Sparks Urgent Warning

In Ogden Utah on October 28 workers struck a gas line causing a leak from storage tanks. Firemen said the liquid was routed into the sewer then people began siphoning gasoline into cars. OPA warned all takers must surrender coupons but none did.

Ogden Utah OPA

All Park Roads Open for Travel at Yellowstone

Yellowstone Park in Wyoming reports unusually good fall weather keeps roads open for travel. Sen. Edmund B. Rogers cautions that conditions are uncertain and a sudden snowstorm could close most roads. Accommodations are mostly closed with Old Faithful store open until Nov 2 for meals and lodging. Mammoth general store and gas station stay open through winter.

Yellowstone Park Wyo Yellowstone National Park Edmund B. Rogers Tony Rogers Old Faithful Mammoth

Buffalo wolf shot in North Dakota after 1907 record

In BISMARCK on October 27 a buffalo wolf weighing 85 pounds was killed for the first time in North Dakota since 1907. The animal, much larger than a coyote at 34 inches high and eight inches across the ears, was lured by a bait with a cyanide powder trap.

Bismarck N. D North Dakota

Bulgaria Signs Armistice with Allies

Moscow reports Bulgaria signed an armistice with Russia the United States and Great Britain on October 28 ten days after talks between Churchill and Stalin. Terms were not disclosed immediately. Preliminary terms accepted October 11 included evacuation of Greek and Yugoslav territories seized by Bulgaria.

Moscow Bulgaria Russia United States Great Britain Churchill Stalin

Dewey Sets Special Session on Election Law

Gov. Thomas E. Dewey called a special session of the New York Legislature for next Monday to consider extending polls to 8 p.m. on November 7. The move follows counsel C. D. Breitel warning there is danger war workers may be prevented from voting if polls close at 7 p.m.

Albany N. Y Thomas E. Dewey Dewey C. D. Breitel

Police Guard Roosevelts Philadelphia Visit Planned

A 4500 strong police force with 2500 auxiliaries will guard President Roosevelt during his Philadelphia visit Friday. Also 175 detectives will work with U S Secret Service and Justice Department agents for the president's immediate guard.

Philadelphia Roosevelt Director of Public Safety James H. Malone United States Secret Service Department of Justice

See-Saw Battle at Carigara as Leyte Fight Continues

General MacArthur reports First Cavalry clashing with a large Japanese force at Carigara seven miles east of the escape road to Ormoc. Sherman tanks and heavy artillery attempt to break counterattacks as U S troops outflank the enemy after days of intense fighting.

MacArthur Philippines Carigara Leyte Vern Mudge Carigara Bay Barugo Pinamapan Ormoc Carigara Town Twenty-fourth Division Fred Irving Irving

Patterson Rites Held Monday Afternoon

Linden C. Patterson died of a heart attack last week in Richmond California. His funeral was held at the Lutheran church Monday at 2 30 with Rev E E Tollefson officiating. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery with pallbearers named. He was born May 11 1889 in Genoa Wisconsin and lived in North Dakota Montana and California. He is survived by his wife Tillie Spindler Patterson daughter Irene and three brothers LaVern Wilbert Ellsworth.

J. M. Rook Mervin Sell Irvin Overfelt C. V. Mosier Mr. Patterson Genoa Wis North Dakota Tillie Spindler Garrison N. D Montana Reed Point California Richmond LaVern Wilbert LaCrosse Ellsworth Wilbert Patterson

Stilwell Recalled From China by Roosevelt

President Roosevelt announced General Joseph W. Stilwell was recalled to Washington at Chiang Kai-Shek's request over long standing personal differences. He added that no strategic questions prompted the shake up and that Ambassador Clarence Gauss will resign and be reassigned with no connection to Stilwell.

Washington Roosevelt Joseph W. Stilwell Chiang Kai-Shek United States Clarence Gauss China Gauss Stilwell

Wool Growers to Convene 43rd Montana Meeting in Butte

The Montana Wool Growers association will hold its forty third annual convention in Butte from January 11 to 13. Secretary Carl O Hanson of Helena cites topics including wool purchase plans disposal of the wool stockpile and prepping the industry for postwar readjustment.

Helena Montana Wool Growers Association Butte Carl O. Hanson

Pardee Wins Wild Cow Milking in Madison Square Garden

E Pardee of Lamar Colorado won the wild cow milking contest at the Madison Square Garden rodeo with a 33.4 second time. Gene Rambo of Shandon California placed second with 36.2 seconds and Bill Greenough of Red Lodge Montana finished third in 39.1 seconds.

13 000 Dutch Persons Executed Cremated

London dispatches report that at Vught concentration camp in Holland more than 13 000 Dutch persons were executed and cremated during Nazi occupation. About 35 000 were imprisoned there at one time under harsh conditions with Dutch Red Cross access after Hitler’s inspection. over 3 000 prisoners were shot between June and September 1944 and many more died from cruel treatment.

London Vught Holland Toops Red Cross Adolf Hitler

Bozeman Bull Grand Champion at Aberdeen Angus Show

The Aberdeen Angus show and sale in Billings crowned Violet's Major of Hyalite as grand career bull owned by Harrar Bros Bozeman after a bid. The champion female Blackca XIV of Bordulac from Hannastoc farms Bordulac N D sold for 625 dollars with Marcus Snyder Billings buying the grand champion bull and W W Cloyde purchasing the female champion.

Billings Violet’s Major Hyalite Harrar Bros Bozeman Blackca XIV Bordulac Hannastoc Farms N. D Marcus Snyder W. W. Cloyde

More Hot Water at McLeod Diggings

Drilling at the McLeod well halted last week after a new hot water pocket was found at 2,980 feet. To curb the flow, about 4,000 sacks of cement were used in round-the-clock efforts. The well is now stopped and drilling paused for the moment.

McLeod

Predatory Animal Control Program Taking Shape in Sweet Grass

Sweet Grass county sheepmen move forward with a coyotes and bobcats bounty plan modeled on nearby counties. A three-member committee will oversee the program with 10 to 12 local checkers inspecting and issuing receipts for predators. Payment begins December for October catches and continues monthly after county meetings.

Sweet Grass County D. D. Johnson Johnson

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