Police Outline Nationwide Brake Check Program
State police and city officers were briefed in Great Falls on a nationwide brake check program running April 15 through June 1. Coordinated by Brig. Gen. Charles L. Sheridan with support from the National Safety Council and AAA, the effort urges motorists to inspect brakes and car condition to curb aging vehicles and rising traffic accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Henry Helf
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Chas. L. Sheridan
Police Association
Roosevelt
National Safety Council
ODT
The
American Automobile Association
Highway Patrol
War Vets Neglected in VA Hospitals Exposé Claims High Deaths
The March Cosmo magazine exposé by Albert Q. Maisel charges neglect and inefficiency in Veterans Administration hospitals. It cites seven minute weekly doctor attention, unsanitary practices, racketeering concessions, and denied surgeries, urging a central office housecleaning and policy overhaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Veterans Administration
Albert Q. Maisel
Maisel
Masel
United States
Frank T. Hines
Washington
Bowery
Veterans’ Administration
Ration Reminders and Allied Food Stamp Details
The article lists expiration dates for red and blue ration stamps across various series and items including meats fats sugar gasoline and fuel oil. It notes new stamps validated in April and outlines limits on civilian tires for April due to the coal black shortage plus four priority eligibility groups for tire allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Clothiers Must Post Price Chart by April 20
OPA district official explains new regulations affecting retailers of clothing textiles and home furnishings. Merchants with over 2500 dollars in yearly consumer sales must file two copies of a pricing chart by April 20 and keep a third in store. Chart locks margins as of March 19 1945 and enables automatic price reductions when costs drop. Insurance details follow via AAA county office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Quay L. Painter
Chateau
Helena
Painter
Rail mileage by state as 1944 began
The report lists railroad miles by state at the start of 1944: Minnesota 8346, North Dakota 5260, South Dakota 3981, Iowa 8886, Montana 5098, Washington 5253, Oregon 3364, Idaho 2732, California 7457.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
California
Property transfers and oil leases listed in Montana records
March 24 through March 31 entries show patents to Eldon J Osgood six deeds and assigns. Warranty deeds record transfers from Black Kinney Crady Chamberlain and others for single dollar consideration and lots in several additions. Quit claim deeds move parcels from Mary Rock and Louisa Maude McClure to Noah Harman and then to Lloyd and Vera Reeve. Assignments of royalty list percentages to Hamilton and related parties. An oil and gas lease transfers title to the British American Oil Producing Co. for a southwest Montana tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Eldon J. Osgood
State of Montana
George Schuler
William B. Black
Maurice B. ‘Black
Ethel Black
Jackson
Chateau
Monica Kinney
Louis E. Pearson
Cincina Ann Crady
Cerilda Trackwell
Fairfield
Maggie Chamberlain
Clyde Chamberlain
Viola M. Troy
See
Nwk
Mary Rock
Noah Harman
Louisa Maude McClure
Lloyd R. Reeve
Vera Reeve
John Schoenfeld
Palmer Bjornson
Dutton
Gladys L. Yeager
R. F. Hamilton
Earl Yeager
Jas, A. MacGowan
Lulu G. Brim
Gertrude E. Gallogly
Siwancy Oil Co., Inc
William F. Rieckhoff
British- American Oil Producing Co
Elva H. Carpenter Announces Congress Bid in Montana
Elva H. Carpenter of Billings declares candidacy for the Second Montana District to succeed the late James F. O'Connor. She is wife of Harry C. Carpenter, district manager and VP of Carpenter Paper Co., with three sons in the armed forces, and has long been active in Republican politics and civic life. She is nationally known for two years as National President of Pro-America-Pol Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva H. Carpenter
Billings
Montana
James F. O'Connor
Ranch signs offered for no hunting and trespass rules
Ranchmen can buy a large supply of signage printed with instructions like No Hunting and Fishing No Trespassing Stock in Field Please Close Gate at moderate cost. Extra charge applies when the name of individual owner is printed on the card.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home Oil & Refining Co
L. B. Pendrey - Pendrey
Teton Farmers Merc. Co
Farmington
Great Falls, Montane
Edward P. Westen
Boston
Weeten
Standard Oil
WMC
AAA
Rail Quiz
Northwest States
Sixth Marine Division
Teton CO. Abstract CO
Congress
Hartford and
Indem Insurance
R. E. Nelson Insurance Agency
Choteau, Mont
Boulder
G. N
Boulder Hot Springs
Boulder, Mont
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