Ration Reminders and Selective Service Changes
The notice outlines ration stamp validity for A-9 sugar meat and fuel oil across regions with dates through March 13 and January 29. It also reports selective service changes effective Feb 1, eliminating two week periods in enlistment and requiring pre induction physicals, plus SS board recommendations for broader social insurance and a Feb 27 ration token plan adjustment maintaining comparable points for housewives.
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Middle West
Far West
Middle East
Pre war baby carriages and other items back
Pre war baby carriages strollers walkers and pushcarts will re appear on the market in about six weeks due to greater steel availability. Farmers are asked to help in woods and forest industries as WPB WFA and WMC mobilize workers. Production up: wheeled tractors exceed 20 000 in a month, with a 12 month quota of 209 000. Health guidance urges following doctors advice and a local military family updates include Clara Lachapelle and relatives in Augusta and Kalispell fragments of local notices follow.
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WPB
WFA
WMC
Happenings at Augusta Residents and Visitors Compile Local News
Augusta residents report New Year visits illness and recoveries. Included are flu cases, hospital stays, family news, farming work by Forest Service crews, and social events. A January 7 basketball game with Power is noted with scores and post game lunch.
Great Northern Net Income Drops Despite Busy War Traffic
The Great Northern reports 1943 net income about 18 million dollars, well below the average 1911–1930 earnings. Expenditures to repair worn locomotives cars and tracks are deferred due to material and labor shortages, with deferred costs appearing as profit siphoned by war taxes. Dividends fall from about 6 dollars per share in 1911–1930 to 2 dollars per share in 1943, while service volume has doubled, reducing returns to a third of the earlier era. The railroad urges public awareness among communities and customers relying on its lines.
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Great Northern
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Aunt
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Ralph Cox
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J. T. Weisner
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Donald Kirkaldie
Grant Costley
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Minot
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Roscoe Geise
Idaho
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Richard Edgar
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Chateau
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Kenck
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