OPA Lifts Price Ceilings On Most Foods Beverages
The Office of Price Administration ends ceilings on bread flour baked goods fruit whisky beer and many other items effective at midnight. Sugar and rice remain controlled while fats oils and tallow stay price capped for production needs. The move frees hundreds of thousands from wage controls and shifts market dynamics nationwide.
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Washington
OPA
New York
Paul Porter
Truman
Opas
United States
University Band Seeks Deer Skins for Buckskin Uniforms
Montana State University Missoula band asks hunters to send dried salted or green hides to the Grizzly band to craft Indian beaded buckskin uniforms. The plan aims to outfit the band and drum majorettes by next fall with hides sent express collect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State University
Missoula
Montana
Crowder
Express
State University
Betty Esp Weds Wisconsin Ensign in Madison Ceremony
Elizabeth Ann Esp daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Esp of Big Timber married Ensign Robert W. Leicht USNR son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Leicht of Sheboygan Wis. The ceremony at the Leicht home in Sheboygan featured white gladiolas and ferns. The couple will reside at 110 S Hancock Avenue Madison as Leicht pursues further naval officer training at Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Esp
Leonard J. Esp
Big Timber
Robert W. Leicht
USNR
Kenneth D. Leicht
Sheboygan
Wis
Fred Leicht
Herbert Senkheil
Ensign Leicht
S. Hancock Avenue
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Navy Department
Farragut
Ida
Naval Training Center
San Fran
Lutheran Evening Circle Organized
Twenty young matrons met on October 8 to organize the Lutheran Evening Circle, an auxiliary of the Ladies Aid under the Christian Nurture department of the W. M. F. Mrs. Kenneth Roe was elected president and a program plan was formed for monthly meetings. The second meeting was held October 15 with Mrs. Arthur Algard and Mrs. Kenneth Boe as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Christian Nurture
Kenneth Roe
Tove Strobel
Harold Branne
George Hauge
Duane Hooper
E. E. Tollefson
C. C. Nicholson
Arthur Algard
Kenneth Boe
Weather data snapshot with temps and precipitation
High 66 on October 22 and low 24 on October 17. No precipitation forecast this week. Monthly total precipitation stands at 2.15 inches.
Local Notes and Folks Aid Medical Care and News
Local notes report Dick Bartholomaus receiving two weeks of medical care in Billings and visitors like Mrs. Henry Nicholson returning from Victoria. Marriages include Joseph Brinkle and Ruth Britton at St Vincent's. Navy nurse Lt Marguerite Clark visits from California before duty at Annapolis. Also details on births, travels, Red Cross work, school closings, obituaries, and community events.
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Dick Bartholomaus
Fred Bartholomaus
Billings
S. H. Nicholson
Victoria
B. C
Henry Nicholson
Brinkle-Britton
Joseph Brinkle
William Brinkle
Broadview
Ruth Britton
St. Vincent’s Chapel
Tokyo
Kenneth C. Skaarland
Abel Skaarland
Seattle
Wash
Texas
Nettie Nye
Vancouver
Cantillia
Richard J. Burt
Addie Hoem
Bozeman
Sue Ellen Hoem
Orville Heem
Deaconess Hospital
Walter Osborne
Virgil Broughton
Virgil
Game Commission
Marguerite Clark
John Clark
California
A. M. Clark
W. D. McKenzie
Lee Jessup
Livingston
Lt. Clark
Navy Nurse Corps
Guam
U. S. Naval Hospital
Annapolis
Harlowton
George Alden
Gerald Chapin
Alvin Shipton
McIntyre
Ben Lavold
Clayton Lape
Helena
Lape
Robert Ward
Melville
Clay
Bertha Gottlob
Max Forster
Grey Cliff
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Paul van Cleve Jr
Martin Cosgriff
Harry Wagner
Robert Bray
Claude Gray
D. L. White
Thomas Kuhn
Missoula
Sget
Jacob Datchler
Fort Missoula
Robert E. Ward
Desmond J. Barton
Reed Point
Wyoming Elk Herd Trapped By Snow
About 2,000 elk in the Big Horn mountains are trapped by deep snow and under heavy hunting pressure. State officials say storms forced the herd into a natural draw, hindering escape and raising fears of significant loss.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Big Horn Mountain
State Game Department
Lester Bagley
State Game and Fish Commission
Sheridan
Jack Reavis
Dayton
Reavis
Legislator Explains Need For State Hospital Improvements
Ravalli County representative Stanley Antrim urges action on Montana state hospital improvements. He cites overcrowding and unresolved care standards as core issues after a joint legislative study. He notes prior efforts aimed to raise care quality to meet state responsibilities.
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Montana
State Hospital For
Stanley Antrim
Ravalli County
Montana State Hospital
Referendum 50 Club
Senate-House
Services Held For Mrs. Clark Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ben A. Clark were held Wednesday at the Big Timber Congregational church with Rev. J. F. Howlett officiating. Burial followed at Mountain View cemetery in Livingston. Born Gladys Ann McLean of Leadville Colorado, she married Ben A. Clark in 1913 and lived on the Duck Creek ranch. Survived by husband two daughters two sons and five grandchildren.
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Big Timber Congregational Church
Ben A. Clark
Duck Creek
J. F. Howlett
Columbus Congregational Church
Lowry’s
Ted C. Busha
L. W. Baskett
Mervin Sell
Tom Jarrett
Lawrence Officer
Fred Potter
Donald McKenzie
Clark McKenzie
W. K. Amery
Mountain View
Livingston
Gladys Ann McLean
Leadville
Colo
Anaconda
Montana State University
Missoula
A. M. Clark
Yellowstone
Springdale
Bozeman
Clark
Sam
Julie) Fredrickson
Big Timber
Ben
Annalie) Fredrickson
McLean
Bob Clark
Church notices at Big Timber and Melville Tutharan Parish
E. Tollefson pastor. Big Timber Sunday school 9 45 morning worship 11 00. Melville Sunday school November 10 at 2 00 services at 3 00.
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BIG Timber Tutheran Parish
E. Tollefson
Big Timber
Melville
Revival Meeting At Church Of God With Evangelist W R Anderson
Rev F S Ash pages a revival at The Church of God with Evangelist W R Anderson of Johnson City Illinois guiding the services. Evening services continue each night at 8 o clock inviting public attendance.
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Church OF God
F. S. Ash
W. R. Anderson
Johnson City
Illinois
Farm Bureau Plans October 31 Meeting at Big Timber
The Sweet Grass County Farm Bureau will hold its annual fall county meeting at Fraternity hall in Big Timber on Thursday October 31. A free luncheon at noon will be served by Farm Bureau women. The afternoon program begins at 1:00 with F A Ralston speaking on live stock. E B Wilson is being sought to discuss rural electrification.
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Sweet Grass County Farm Bureau
Fraternity Hall
Big Timber
E. N. Adam
Farm Bureau
Deer Creek
F. A. Ralston
E. B. Wilson
Sweet Grass County
Adam
Administration lifts limit on federal public works funds
The Truman administration discarded the 900 million cap on federal public works and ordered 14 agencies to spend an extra 600 million in the year ending June 30, lifting total agency spending to 1.2 billion. Steelman said further agency reviews may raise the cap again.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Congress
Steelman
Budget Bureau
Interior Department
Reclamation Bureau
Commerce Department
Civil Works of
Army Engineers
Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Justice, Treasury
State Department
Veterans Administration
Federal Works Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Maritime Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Panama Canal
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
War Department
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Sweet Grass County High School
Beatrice McComb
Gaylord Wheeler
David Flare
Evelyn Slettebo
Joanne Bouse
Don Tetlie
Ruth Bieber
Mary Peterson
Shirley Rich
Bill Cole
Dick Patterson
Judith Chapel
Betty Tronrud
Bob Goosey
Joyce Viers
Jack Haas
Charles Fahregren
Bill Sargent
Veda Bryan
Hazel Wheeler
Betty Esp
Wisconsin
Lutheran Evening Circle
Jay Dubas
Jay Duba
Lewistown
Jay
Ralph Duba
Montana Education Association
Fred Brayton
Wilsall
Ezra Gilpin
John W
Frank Fryer
Dick White
Harold Ford
Three Forks
William Cremer
William Muir
Sayre Nevin
Martha Miselde
Rochester
Ed Adam
J. H. Preston
Svoringdale
Harry Preston
William Preston
Blue River
Ore
Cannery
Co-Op Cannery
Scott Hoskinson
A. W. Doyle
Justice of the Peace
M. A. Clayton
H. H. Moore
Cooke City
John Mero
Tacoma
Alfred Rudd
Mero
Merchant Marine
Rudd
Raymond
Albert Kenny
Laurel
C. A. Caulkins Jr
Santa Rosa
Calif
First Presbyterian
San Fransisco
State Board of Examiners
Warm Springs
Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
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