Fall of Java Signals Grim Pacific Setback
The piece reviews Java falling to Japanese forces as Allied strategy falters. It notes Japan’s air and naval superiority, the Dutch defense’s courage, and Allied shortages of aid, while urging greater production and shipping to sustain war efforts. It discusses tax policy, potential new payroll and forced savings schemes, and the need for increased government bond investment.
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Bandoeng
Netherland East Indies
Batavia
Java
Pacific
Hirohito
Brown
United Nations
Enmy
Japan
United States
Hitler
Russia
Manchuria
U. S
America
United Nation
United Cousins of Farmington Form Luncheon Club
A Luncheon club organized at Nancy Stenson home Saturday Feb 28 with four members present and enrollment cards filled. Anna Marie Hanson elected president. Betty Depner vice president. Helen May Tangen secretary treasurer. Mildred Mauseth reporter. Maxine Depner recreation leader. Leaders are Mrs G Tangen and Mrs W F Arensmeyer. Margaret Conlon helped organize. Lunch served by Mrs C E Stenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy ‘Stenson
Anna Marie Hanson
United Cousins of
Farmington
Betty Depner
Helen May Tangen
Mildred Mauseth
Maxine Depner
Codfish Cakes Benedictine Lenten Meal Idea
A historic style recipe for Codfish Cakes served with a one pot Benedictine Hollandaise. It includes soaking cod, mashing with potatoes, frying into six cakes, and topping with a warm lemon Worcestershire butter sauce. Served with buttered vegetables for six.
Montana Farmers Shift On Japanese Labor For Food Needs
Montanans reversed earlier opposition and now support importing Japanese field hands to assure bumper crops and feed allied nations. Gov. Ford cited petitions from across the state as the reason for the shift while details on supervision and housing remain undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Pacific Coast
Sam C. Ford
California
War Department
State Highway Department
Alaska
Ford
Henry L. Stimson
State Supreme Court
Holmes
Pezrl
Tate
Arthur C. Parsons
Highway Department
State Board of Examiners
John W. Bonner
Bonner
Sam W. Mitchell
Catholic Services Schedule Near Chateau and Bynum
Mass at Chateau will be at 9 o'clock next Sunday and at Bynum at 11 o'clock. Lenten devotions are scheduled Sunday Wednesday and Friday evenings. Rev. J. F. Schulte is the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Bynum
Poets Corner Salutes Rallying War Spirit
A patriotic verse extols national unity and production of war materiel to defeat Germany and Japan. It urges donations for bonds, honors figures like McArthur and O’Hare, and calls for collective sacrifice to keep the country free and a flag red white and blue flying.
Shelterbelts Promote Dust Control In Teton County
E E Isaac state extension horticulturist spoke in Chateau offering guidance on shelterbelts foundation plantings garden plots and root cellars for farms and homes. He urged farmers to plant shelterbelts to combat soil loss and dust storms seen in the Middle West and warn of Montana’s growing risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Isaac
Chateau
Teton County
Middle West
Montana
Echoes from the Past in Choteau Acantha Chronology
The 25 Years Ago This Week section notes Fire destroys household furniture of Dave Connolly. E. E. Chamberlain resigns as Great Northern railway agent. George Tennant succeeds. Chas Wymer builds a 60 by 80 frame warehouse behind Milwaukee railway building. Kalma postmaster Joseph Vanish dies of tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Connolly
E. E. Chamberlain
Great Northern Railway
George Tennant
Chas. Wymer
Milwaukee Railway
Joseph Vanish
Kalma
Martin Anderson
Bynum
A. A. McDonald
Burrell Ranch
Strain Bros
Great Falls
Harmon. T. Rhoads
Chateau
H. T. Cleary
South Dakota
C. L. Moffat
Montana Power Co
Sand Coulee
Milwaukee Road lends land for 1942 gardens
Milwaukee Road will offer free use of surplus property to former employees and part time workers for subsistence gardens during the 1942 growing season. J. T. Gillick, COO, notified superintendents. Local Milwaukee Road Womens' club chapters will help organize garden clubs and, in some cases, provide seeds and assist home canning projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Road
J. T. Gillick
Milwaukee Road Womens’ Club
Parish Mass Schedule for St John’s Fairfield Power
St John’s Parish Fairfield lists masses on Sunday March 22 with times 8 80 a m and 11 a m Rev Russel Scheidler pastor assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John's Parish
Fairfield
Power
Russel Scheidler
Notice of Probate of Will in Estate of William Fraser
In Te ton county Montana Ninth Judicial District Court notice is given that April 10, 1942 at 10:00 AM has been set to prove the will of William Fraser deceased and hear Elizabeth A Fraser request for Letters Testamentary. Interested parties may appear to contest. Dated March 12 1942 H M Daley Clerk first pub March 12 last March 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Judicial District
State of
Montana
County of
Teton
William Fraser
A. D
Red Cross Seeks Clothing Donations for All Ages
The Red Cross requests men’s women’s and children’s clothing shoes and related items. Donated articles may be left at the local office in the basement of the courthouse.
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The
Red Cross
Ditchrider Bid Notice From Teton Co Operative Canal Co
Teton County Cooperative Canal Company invites bids for ditchrider service. Bids must be received by April 1. The company reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Cal Binford Chateau Mont first published March 12 last March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton Co Operative Canal Co
Cal Binford
Chateau, Mont
Regular assessment on stock of Teton Co-operative Canal Co
Directors levy regular assessment No 52 of 25 per share on all capital stock payable by April 7 1942 to Cal Binford secretary treasurer. Unpaid shares become delinquent and sold at public auction May 7 1942 at 2 P M at Farmington front door post office Chateau Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton Co-Operative Canal Company
Teton County
Montana
Cal Binford
Choteau
Farmington
Chateau
Teton Co-Operative Canal Co
Sec’y and Treas
Public Land Sale Notice for Omer Cook Tract in Montana
Notice of a public sale of a tract described as SE N W % section 18 township 26 north range 8 west P M Montana under the 2455 provisions. Omer Cook holds the application serial 083376 and the sale starts April 8 at 10 00 AM at the U S Land Office Great Falls Montana with a minimum bid of 1 25 per acre. The sale remains open for 30 days and bidding may reach up to three times the appraised price.
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Choteau
Montana
Canada
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
R. S
Omer Cook
N. B
F. Y. Register
Also Mentioned on This Page
Karl Bisnar
Treasury
PIA
Tory
the Capitol Week
Edward J. Hellman
United Press
J. F. Schulte
Poet’s Corner
McArthur
O’hare
Milwaukee
Ainlith
Schenley Distillers Corporation
N.Y. C
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Morgenthau
E. L. Kleffman
Chotrau
Mont
R. L. Rieckhoff Insurance and Real Estate
Larson Bldg
H. W. Bateman
Miss Rassmussen, K. N
E. J. Crary
McDonald Block
J. H. Byler
State of Montana
Maynard Hospital
Choteau, Mont
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