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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1946
Page
3
Community notes report multiple residents visiting relatives in Great Falls Helena and elsewhere. New babies born to Bjork Klesh and Ingebritson families. many locals moved to Babb and Great Falls. surplus sales and army matters mentioned. local clubs hosted events and trips amid wartime activity.
Sunday gatherings at the A E Beck home and area visits populate the community notes. LeRoy Nelson returns from Hawaii for a 30 day furlough before rejoining duty in Seattle. May 15 price change announced for Acantha subscriptions at 2.75 in county.
Do You Remember outlines a 1922 Fairfield Chateau branch derailment where a locomotive and passenger coach toppled off the track after a broken rail near the curve. Injured include roadmaster W T McDonnell and several section laborers. Also noted are obituaries, tournament plans, and local notices.
DEER LODGE U P Frank Ross 81 year old confessed slayer of two Columbia Falls State soldiers home residents is serving a life sentence and says he would do it all over again He thanked District Judge Dean King for the sentence and stated he has no regrets for shooting Mr and Mrs Vincel Stibal both about 55 of Lewistown The Stibals died within 48 hours from wounds inflicted with an 88 caliber pistol Ross said he was defending his wife and would rather be dead than bothered by the Stibals He claimed to have been a Chicago labor leader in his younger years
Helena Special Holmes a longtime state official and fraternal figure will run in the Democratic primary for Congress in the second district. He was urged by party leaders to enter the race to fill the vacancy after the death of Congressman James F. O Connor and now seeks the nomination at renewed Montana Democratic chiefs request.
Farm income in Montana rose from 2587 dollars in 1940 to 7086 in 1944 per U S Department of Agriculture figures. Industry sees a big rural market for home labor saving devices like washing machines and electric refrigerators as postwar modernization drives demand. John K E Haines of Minneapolis Honeywell predicts 250 million dollars yearly U S remodeling outlay for farms nationwide, with Montana totaling about 2.6 million dollars, despite material shortages and postwar production rebound expected in 1946.
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