Gov Ford Calls Miles City Meeting on Missouri River Development
Montana Governor Sam C. Ford calls an August fourth public meeting in Miles City to discuss fuller Missouri River development. Joining him are governors Sharpe North Dakota and Hunt Wyoming, with Colonel Pick of the U S Army as a principal speaker. The session aims to advance multiple purpose dam plans and coordinate with the Missouri River States Committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Sam C. Ford
Miles City
Missouri River
South
North Dakota
Montana
Missouri River States Committee
Ford
Missouri
M. Q. Sharpe
South Dakota
John Moses
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Missouri River States
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
Sharpe
Colonel Pick
St. Louis
Kansas City
Youths May Earn Harvest Driving Permit by Exam
State highway patrolman Henry Helf said youths under legal driving age can obtain a special harvest driving license by passing a test. The license covers operating a specific grain hauling vehicle and does not authorize driving other cars. Applicants should contact Helf or county agent N. Halvorson to arrange the exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Helf
N. Halvorson
Helf
Legion post to install new officers Monday
The C. James Smith Post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting this coming Monday evening at the Legion club rooms. A feature of the program is the installation of new officers with Walter Hitchcock turning over the gavel to Reed Swenson and Past District Commander Bert I. Packer serving as installing officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. James Smith
The
American Legion
Legion Club
Walter Hitchcock
Reed Swenson
Bert I. Packer
General Petroleum Seismograph Survey Opens in Montana
A 16 man General Petroleum Corporation crew arrives in Chateau to begin a large seismographic survey. Headquarters are in the Larson building as work starts on 12,000 acres west of Fairfield and about 50,000 more in southwestern Teton county. The survey aims to an intensive geophysical exam guiding potential exploration by Socony-Vacuum linked General Petroleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Montana
General Petroleum Corporation of California
Larson Building
B. E. van Arsdale
Land Department of
General Petroleum
George Coffey
Fairfield
Rock House
van Arsdale
Coffey
Teton County
Socony-Vacuum of
New York
WAAC and military service news from Montana notes
Ruth Corey of Collins joins WAAC duties at Fort Devens Massachusetts after transfer from Des Moines Iowa. Mike Mozer of Chateau earns Army Air Corps wings and commission at Luke Field Arizona. Corpl Clark Inbody writes from Camp Murphy Texas about radio training and staying connected to Montana. Harry Geis, Bremerton native and Marine Air Corps recruit, is hospitalized in the south Pacific. family reports his injury and enlistment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Corey
Fort Devens
Mass
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Ruth E. Corey
Collins
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
First Waac
WAAC
Ft. Devens
Army
Mike Mozer
Luke Field
Arizona
Joe Mozer
Chateau
Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School
Army Air Corps
Army Air Corps Reserve
Santa Ana
Calif
Lake Field
Teton High School
Clark Inbody
Camp Murphy
Tex
Bullerdick
Athens
Acantha
Montana
Clark Inbody Clark
Teton High
Bill Geis
Bruenn Ave
West Park
Bremerton
Wash
Harry F. Geis
Marine Air Corps
South Pacific
Harry
Pacific
Bremerton Sun
William J
Bud) Geis
U. S. Marine
Budd
Bremerton Navy Yard
Fairfield Soldier Reveals North Africa Service
SGT Ralph T. Austad of Fairfield spent a five month aerial photographer tour in the North African war zone and on leave in his hometown he described Cairo’s bustle the pyramids and a brief meeting with cousin Paul Hehele. He stressed soldiers' focus on doing their jobs well to achieve overall war aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt, Austad
Fairfield
North Africa
Ralph T. Austad
John Jacobson
Africa
Andrew T. Austad
Austad
Cairo
Paul Hehele
Youngs Drive From Great Falls for Visit and Business
Mr and Mrs H G Young arrived from Great Falls on Monday to attend to business and visit friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Young
Great Falls
Choteau Young Man Through With Submarine Training
John Woodward of Choteau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woodward, arrives from New London Conn where he completed intensive submarine training. He served in the Pacific for nearly two years and specialized in electrical work for submersible crafts. Enlisting with Keith Vick Bob Harris and Stan Smith in December 1941, he will soon join Pacific waters aboard a submarine.
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New London
Conn
John Woodward
Fred Woodward
John
Pacific Battle Area
Pacific Waters
Keith Vick
Bob Harris
Stan Smith
Pearl Harbor
Choteau 4-H Club Fair Dates Set for August 27 28
The Teton County 4-H club fair will be held Friday and Saturday August 27 and 28 at the American Legion pavilion in Choteau. The elimination contest determines district qualifiers in Great Falls September 3 4. The day features a flower show, 4-H exhibits judged the 27th and on display the 28th, plus dress revue and agricultural home economic events. Premium lists and rules will be mailed next week. Also an employment ad for men 18 to 50 at Western Geophysical Co. Larson Building.
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Teton County
American Legion
Choteau
Great Falls
Chateau Woman’s Club
Early Morning Shooting Endangers Many in Ninepipe Area
In correspondence from Leon C Snyder former Ninepipe refuge manager, he describes abundant waterfowl and goose hunting grounds near Ninepipe Montana noting 7 chink nests on his lawn and a vision of visitors this fall. The Acantha also reports S. Wiprud leaving Chateau to return to Dutton with a fond farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Snyder
U. S. Wild Life Refuge
Ninepipe
Flathead
Léon
Mona
Acantha
United States Department OF the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge
Charlo
Montana
Choteau Acantha
Choteau
Chateau
Mrs A E Haugen Visits Guthrie Family in Helena
Mrs A E Haugen and her 3 year old son Robert E Jr arrived Friday to visit her father A B Guthrie Sr and brother A B Guthrie Jr who are visiting from Lexington Ky. Mr Haugen trained at an aeronautical school in Helena for the war program and has been assigned to Northwest Airlines in Billings servicing government training planes. After about a month in Chateau the Haugens will move to Billings where they will reside, having formerly lived in Missoula with his photography business.
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A. E. Haugen
Robert E., Jr
Northwest Airlines
Billings
Chateau
Miss Greenwood Wed in Portland and Honored Here
Miss Edna Greenwood wed John McIver in Portland Oregon on Sunday. After a month together the couple will return to Choteau for her public health nursing work and will relocate to Portland in January. Greenwood formerly lived in Terry and has led county health and war service efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
John McIver
Portland
John Dale
Edna Greenwood
John Wolfe
Ray McClue
Jane Noble
Harriet Diers
James Thorne
Roberta Fleshman
Clara Dale
Gladys Hane
Alton Lee
Fred Roth
L. S. Crary
Ray Holloway
T. S. Kolste
al Udin
Carl Wedum
E. B. Maynard
Carl Olson
E. R. Lee
Mayme Nelson
Alice Woodgerd
Mickey Shelmerdine
Martin Hanson
Oliver Hanson
Marie Ledahl
Katharine LeSalle
A. B. Grandal
John Burt
Henry Helf
Alice Fears
Jack Slanger
George Slanger
Miss Greenwood
Great Falls
Fairfield
Choteau
Farmington
John Mcliver
Ore
Elsie Lindberg
Terry
OPA Steps Up Campaign Against Black Market Operations
A joint statement by Ted Schoenborn and A T Peterson outlines Montana efforts to curb black market meat dealings. Meat quotas, rationing and price controls aim to ensure wartime food supplies and fair distribution. local Meat Committees will handle complaints and refer violations for investigation.
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Ted Schoenborn
FDA
A. T. Peterson
OPA
Montana
Newman Divorce Filed in Teton County Court
District Court Clerk H. M. Daley announced a new civil action a divorce case in Teton County with Silvia S. Newman as plaintiff and Frank A. Newman as defendant. Attorney for the plaintiff is J. N. Thelen of Great Falls. No new criminal actions were filed.
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H. M. Daley
Teton County
Silvia S. Newman
Frank A. Newman
J. N. Thelen
Great Falls
Mr. Daley
Seed growers visit Choteau amid town talk of safety
G. G. Moore and Howard Horn Becker of Associated Seed Growers Inc visited Choteau and joined locals in street chatter about safety and restore of social order. The men noted concerns over recent unrest and hinted at possible return to help the town regain former standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Moore
Howard Hornbecker
Associated Seed Growers, Inc
Chateau
Choteau
Man shoots up cafe and holds woman as he flees
Ernest Swayze shot at Parkway cafe in Great Falls injuring no one but forcing patrons to flee. He fired at Sheriff Peterson, kidnapped Gladys Riggs, and used her as a shield before being felled by a shot to the leg. Green pursued and alerted authorities as a chase followed across town.
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Sheriff Peterson Fells
Parkway Cafe
Gladys Riggs
Ernest Swayze
Great Falls
Chateau
Harry Green
Pe Campbell
Green
Swayze
A. O. Peterson
Riggs
Gladys Nisbet
Peterson
Pat McDonald
Third Street
Spring Creek
Mexican Workers To Be Brought In To Teton County
Extension Service and USES say 100 Mexican farm workers will be shipped to Teton and neighboring counties to ease farm labor shortages. Orders must be placed in Teton and three adjacent counties with a $50 deposit per worker guaranteeing 20 days work in 30. shipping directions go to Denver by Monday. An interpreter and supervisor will accompany the party. Miss Maxine Sturgis resigns at the army subdepot in Great Falls to return home before schooling this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
Teton
A. J. Moore
Halvorson
Mexico City
Halvorson Or Moore
Chateau
Glen Baird
Fairfield
Denver
Maxine Sturgis
Great Falls
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Gov. Ford
Apply Western Geophysical Co
Larson Bldg
Snyder
Very Truly Yours
Leon C. Snyder
S. Wiprud
Dutton
W. M. Willis
Diamond Valley
O. T. Wiprud
S. T. Wiprud
Choteau Mercantile Co
John Daley
Cowgill
Elmer C. Smith
Smitha
California
Wiprud
Edwin Anderson
Dray
W. A. Eaman
Mr. Wiprud
Jane Guthrie Haugen and Son
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