Veterans Return Home: Montana Shifts 55 500 Discharges
Montana industry has absorbed the majority of 55 500 veterans discharged since V J Day through June. About 36 000 found jobs, 14 730 are still in service, 53 000 discharged, 1 866 killed or died. Readjustment claims and unemployment benefits are detailed by state authorities.
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Montana
Armed Services
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Commission
Washington
California
Oregon
Wac
G. I. Bill
Ellen Brunckhorst Weds Luther Davies in Port Huron Home
Miss Ellen Genevieve Brunckhorst of Columbus and Luther S. Davies of Paw Paw were married in a candle light ceremony September 21 in Port Huron. Rev. George Q. Woomer officiated in the sun room overlooking Lake Huron. The couple will reside at 757 Collingwood Avenue Detroit.
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Ellen Genevieve Brunckhorst
Columbus
Violet M. Brunkhorst
Chris A. Brunckhorst
Luther S. Davies
Carl W. Davies
Paw Paw
Mich
Lewis M. Carey, Jr
Port Huron
William Steele
Wayne University
Detroit
Davies
Columbus High School
Eastern Montana State Normal
University of Montana
Big Timber
Women’s Army Corps
Chemical Welfare Center
Edge
Susanna Hardt Dies at Billings Home
Mrs. Susanna Hardt aged 75 longtime Yellowstone County resident died at 3 30 p m Saturday at her home four miles west of Billings from a heart attack. Born in Kautz Russia she came to U S in 1906 and settled in Yellowstone County in 1909. Survivors include son George J Hardt four daughters Mrs William Frank Mrs George Yost and Mrs Leonard Yost a brother Conrad Frank 24 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Billings
Susanna Hardt
Yellowstone County
Winners Named at 4 H and FFA Fair
Winners for 4 H and FFA events are listed with exhibitors Dewey Scholten-Garden Jimmy Scholten-Garden Dale McLane-Garden Evelyn McLane-Garden Barbara Officer-Dinner Edward Vander Voort-Sheep Wesley Vander Voort-Sheep Helen Vander Voort-Canning Jean Duncan-Garden Cherie Hoffman-Garden Joyce Viers-Canning. Continued on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Scholten
Jimmy Scholten
Dale McLane
Evelyn McLane
Barbara Officer
Edward Vander Voort
Wesley Vander Voort
Helen Vander Voort
Jean Duncan
Cherie Hoffman
Joyce Viers
Future Homemakers Club Attends District Meet in Belfry
Thirty-one members of the high school Future Homemakers club led by sponsor Miss Harriet Mecklenburg will attend the annual district home economics convention in Belfry. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with clubs from Absarokee Big Timber Belfry Edgar Joliet Laur el Livingston Fromberg Park City Reed Point Roberts and Wilsall represented.
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Future Homemakers Club
Harriet Mecklenburg
Belfry
Absarokee
Big Timber
Edgar
Joliet
Laurel
Livingston
Fromberg
Park City
Reed Point
Roberts
Wilsall
Mary Peterson
Big Timber F. H. A. Club
Amy Brant
Kay Bryan
Brant
Selma Larson
Gloris Gilmore
Betty Olson
Larrain Messine
Betty Kremper
Audry Groom
Barbara Bainter
Sylvia Hoskinson
Jean Tucker
Evelyn McLane
Helen Vander Voort
Home Economics Club
Future Homemakers of America
Brooklyn Dodgers Ready for Do‑Or‑Die Game
Brooklyn hosts the St. Louis Cardinals at 11:30 p.m. Thursday in a best of three National League playoff. After a 4–2 loss, the Dodgers, labeled “ferocious gentlemen” of Flatbush, must win to avoid elimination and force a decisive game at Ebbets Field.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Destiny
St. Louis Cardinals
Flatbush
Ebbets Field
Big Timber Rod and Gun Club starts new magpie drive
The Big Timber Rod and Gun Club announces a new magpie drive starting today with ten cents per bird. Secretary Orvin Flare reports a strong year with a cash balance of 1 087.83 on October 1 and net profits from multiple events including a horse drawing and Pioneer Day. Directors urge opening Sweet Grass county to pheasant hunting in late October pending neighboring counties.
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Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Orvin
Red and Gun Club
Farm Bureau and Wool Growers Association
Rod and Gun Club
State Fish and Game Department
Stillwater
Yellowstone
Local Items Vet Representative Oct 9 at office
Fred Bullock a veterans administration representative will be at the local selective service office next Wednesday Oct 9. Eddie Hodan son of Mr and Mrs Ed Hodan returned home Saturday from Fort Lewis Wash where he received his discharge. He has served in the Philippines Saipan Leyte and Japan. New Undersheriff June R Ewan named by Sheriff Osborne following Lawrence Peterson's resignation. Ewan a veteran of the southwest Pacific was discharged earlier this spring from the paratroopers. He has been at the Ewan ranch on the Boulder since discharge. Episcopal Meeting district No 10 auxiliary to the Episcopal church held its annual meeting in Livingston with Livingston Guild as host. Attendees from here included Mrs Elmer Arneson Mrs Earl Bouse Mrs Chas W Campbell Mrs Howard Mason Mrs Dorman Kellogg Mrs Margaret Bray Mrs Paul Lamp and Mrs Frank Chase. Next year’s meeting will be in Manhattan. Republicans Organized at a county central committee meeting plans formed for general election activities. R A Bray chairs. Mrs Thos M Kuhn vice chair. Mrs C F Ullman treasurer. Lester P Work state committeeman and Mrs C F Ullman state committeewoman. County committeemen include R A Bray Leonard Esp Lester P Work O B Flare Ed F Boddy Carl Hausserman and Bob Lindner Sr. Committeewomen include Mrs Elmer Arneson Mrs Arnold Johnson Mrs Thos Kuhn Mrs C F Ullman Mrs Lester P Work and Mrs Ed Moffett.
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Fred Bullock
Veterans Administration
Selective Service
Eddie Hodan
Ed Hodan
Fort Lewis
Wash
Philippines
Saipan
Leyte
Japan
June R. Ewan
Sweet Grass County
Sheriff Osborne
Lawrence Peterson
Ewan
Dorman Kellogg
Margaret Bray
Paul Lamp
Frank Chase
Manhattan
Republican County Central Committee
R. A. Bray
Thos. M. Kuhn
C. F. Ullman
Lester P. Work
Leonard J. Esp
O. B. Flare
Ed F. Boddy
Carl Hausserman
Bob Lindner
Elmer Arneson
Arnold Johnson
Thos. Kuhn
Ed Moffett
County adopts new coyote control program replacing bounty plan
Sweet Grass county predatory animal control committee shifts from a two year bounty system to a cooperative program with the Fish and Wildlife Service. A government trapper will be employed countywide with emphasis on worst trouble spots. Sheepmen may request hunter assistance via the county extension office. no more bounties after October 1, with prior claims paid.
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Sweet Grass County
Predatory Animal Control Committee
Fish and Wildlife Service
Carl Myrstol
Hull in Critical Condition After Cerebral Hemorrhage
The Navy Department announced Wednesday night that the condition of Cordell Hull has become critical. Earlier reports described his state as serious as he struggled to recover from a cerebral hemorrhage that threatened the life of the former secretary of state.
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Hull
Washington
Navy Department
Cordell Hull
Navy
Big Timber Loses To Laurel Gridders
The Big Timber football squad of 27 traveled to Laurel where a 66 6 defeat followed injuries that sidelined two ends two tackles and two backs. Bill Cole scored the lone Big Timber TD in the third quarter. Don Myers suffered a broken finger, and the Red Lodge game is set for 2 30 tomorrow on the local field with the second team fresh Saturday.
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Laurel
Boettcher
Red Lodge
Big Timber
Bill Cole
Carlton County
Don Myers
Sla
Livingston
Elmer Johnson
Norris Johnson
Alfred Anderson
Lloyd Goakey
Jim Scholten
Kenneth Hogemark
Bob McDonald
Burglar breaks into Gehan and three other offices
A suspect with nine prior break ins is linked to a weekend spree in Billings. Doors were forced in four Stapleton building offices including Dr. Dean M. Grewell where $17.25 was stolen, Dr. J. R. Soltera missing $1.10, and offices of Dr. T. G. Gunderson and Dr. Paul Gehan with no items reported missing.
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Billings
A._ burglar
Stapleton
Stapelton Building
Dean M. Grewell
J. R. Soltera
T. G. Gunderson
Paul Gehan
Truculent Turtle Sets New Nonstop Flight Mark
The Truculent Turtle navy patrol bomber landed at Port Columbus at 10 28 a m completing an 11237 mile nonstop flight from Perth Australia The flight time was 55 hours 18 minutes The Lockheed Neptune P2V carried four crew members and a baby kangaroo and surpassed the prior nonstop record of 7916 miles set by the B 29 Dream Boat last November.
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Columbus
Ohio
Port Columbus
Perth
Australia
Army
MacArthur Denies US Presidential Ambitions
Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo stated he has no political ambitions and no plans for the presidency. He said he will continue to see the Japanese occupation through and addressed reports that Rep. A L Miller suggested he might run in 1948. He emphasized he is not a candidate for high office.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Allied Commander
Rep
A. L. Miller
Rneb
United States
Goering and 11 Nazi chiefs sentenced to death in Nuremberg trial
In the first war crimes trial, Hermann Goering and 11 others were sentenced to hang, while seven defendants including Rudolf Hess got prison terms and three were acquitted. The tribunal ruled aggressive warfare as the supreme crime with executions to be carried out in Nuremberg jail and Berlin for prisoners.
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Mernberg
Germany
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
Rudolph Hess
Nuernberg
Berlin
International Military Tribunal
Mrs Holtan Dies Of Injuries In Bus Crash Near Cedar City
Mrs. Henry Holtan died about midnight from injuries after a bus skid and roll into a barrow pit near Cedar City Utah. Her sister Miss Agnes E Peterson 46 of Faribault Minn also died in the crash. The party returning to Montana after attending funeral services in Elsinore Calif for MSgt Winston Holtan killed in a plane crash. Funeral arrangements and burial plans are noted for Washburn N D and Ryder N D with O E S members to attend.
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Henry Holtan
Cedar City
Utah
District USO Chairman Announced Amid Drive
The USO drive started October 1 with county chair Mrs. Frank Chase. District chairs include Harold O'Dell, Mrs. Ted Busha, Mrs. Ed Braaten, Mrs. Ed Gunderson. Appointments span Auxiliary and Legion units with local leaders named and Sweet Grass county quota set at $657.50.
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USO
Frank Chase
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harold O'Dell
Ted Busha
Ed Braaten
Ed Gunderson
Orvin Flare
Paul Snyder
Legion
Melville
Stanley Hanson Grey Cliff
Oscar Braaten
McLeod
Jim Kratzer
Yellowstone Valley
Carl Myrstol
Glasston
Bob Lindgren
Bridger Creek
Terland Brothers Gibson
Darcie Blair
Wesley Walker
Wayne Babcock
S. N. Lavold
Sweet Grass County
Bond drive seeks high school gymnasium for county recreation
A petition presented to county commissioners requests a bond election to finance a north side high school gymnasium sized 140 by 80 feet. If enough signatures are gathered the petition will move forward. The facility would host basketball volleyball handball and badminton and serve community dances meetings demonstrations and exhibits with a stage dressing rooms and a 31 by 78 foot dining area and kitchen in the basement.
Army search team hunts lost airmen in Mongolian China region
U S Army detachment led by Lt. Col. Herbert Wurtzler pressed into western China seeking American airmen believed held by Lolo tribes near the Chinkiang valley. Mission from Sichang aims to learn if captives survive and arrange rescue through Lolo chiefs amid reports of intertribal conflict and ransom practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army
Mongolian
China
Chengtu
A. U. S. Army
Tibet
Herbert W. Wurtzler
U. S
Hump
India
Sichang
Chantu
Wurtzler
David Crockett Graham
West China University
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Brunckhorst-Davies
Michigan
Riverside Badgers
Big Timber Rod and Gun Club
Dr. Gehan
Goering
Hans Fritsche
Franz von Papen
Hijalmar Schacht
Russia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Julius Streicher
Fritz Sanckel
Alfred Jodi
Arthur Seyss- Inquart
Martin Bormann
Hess
Walter Funk
Erich Raeder
Baldur von Schirach
Albert Speer
Constantin von Newrath
Karl Doenitz
Geoffrey Lawrence
Keitel
Frick
Schacht
von Papen
Fritsche
District Uso
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