County Board Examines Claims and Budgets May 5 1941
County Commissioners met in regular session May 5 1941 to audit claims, discuss WPA funding for hopper poison, and plan a special meeting for May 8. They reviewed reports from the Poor Farm, County Treasurer, and Clerk, and approved tax actions and property sales including Lots 1-4 and 5, Block 15 in Choteau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Algon Udin
James Peebles
N. W. Edwards
Stanley Halvorson
Comenygainst
Herstenstad
Gen. Agt. Home Insurance Co
Kilbourne
State Board of Health
Choteau Hospital
Choteau
Montana
H. W. Bateman
Chateau
United States of America
Fairfield
Mont
Elmer Mills
Teton County
Weer
Lote
Hobaon
Howard Koch
Pendroy
Aetana
Community Methodists Church
Western Agricultural
D. P. Fabrick
Western See
Uae
Ace Ee
Welfare Board approves county poor fund disbursements
May 2 1941 meeting authorized payments from the County Poor Fund including cash allowances to numerous individuals from William J. Baldus to Mrs. Annie Spokeley and others, plus state welfare portions and admin expenses totaling detailed amounts. Columbus Hospital care of poor listed and total amount recorded by County Clerk GEO. A. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Carroll
M. M. Webb
Clara H. Baker
Arnold C. Hanusa
James VanCleave
O. G. Meadows
Elmer C. Smith
A. C. Burbank
Gilbert Lee
Doris Anderson
Helen Johnson
Gordon Monkman
Albert O. Peterson
John Dale
Inez Eckford
Sup
Dorothy L. Andrews
Sch
Bert I. Packer
Biases
Ass’t
Gay Prarkitt
Dorothy Breding
Margearet B. Conlon
S. N. Halvorson
Evelyn Hodgskiss
Eer
Asa’tie Co
Eeeeseses
Choteau -Acantha
Ustad
Ray W. Baker
Bancroft-Whitney Co
Law
Chick’s Shell Station
Saison
K. B. Cohoe
Chas. O. Edwards
Great Falls Typewriter
Ett Exchange
Industrial Accident Board
Knudtzon Lumber Co
T. O
Shaw-Walker Co
Eeeeae Nursery Co
Tribune Printing & Supply
Nee Printing & Supply
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co
West Publishing Co
Margaret B. Conlon
N. W. Edwards
James Eebles
W. Edwards
Citizens State Bank
Rent of Chateau Hardware Co
Fred Cole
Connelly Machy Cgq
Geo. B. Dryden
Ellard Enderson
Morris Franklin
Gullard & Wilkins, Inc
Hall-Perry Machy Co
Tom Hilling
International Harvester Co
Rrereganenees
Topsirence Inter-State Oil Co
William Jacops
Kemp Chevrolet Co
H. J. Lyle
Walter Mauseth
Riverside Machine Works
Wilford Shelmerdine
Snap-On Tools Inc
Standard Oil Company
Ward Stansberry
Therrien Bros
James Vedas
Ind
Inga Dale
Chateau Acantha
Bloom’s Grocery
John Brossma
Aia
Imine Moe
Hannah Brumberger
SAME
W. A. Cherry
Stansberry
Chick’s ‘Shell Station
City of Choteau
Perkins Choteau Drug Company
Choteau
Lidwina Cook
L. S. Crary
Florence Crittenton
Gallatin Valley Milling Co
Buppl
Great Falls
William Green
Hugo Hirshberg
Emily Hodgskiss
Perkins House of the Good Shepherd
D. W. Hutchinson
Masonic Home
Montana
Hirshberg
E. B. Maynard
Montana Deaconess Hospital
Montana Power Co
Montana Tuberculosis San
Mont
Dakota Utilities Co
States Tel
Tel. Co
Ewman
J.C
Penney Co
C. A. Purkett
John Richem
Martin Ve
Ursuline Academy
Edith van Scherpenzeel
Wedum
Federated Store
Geo. Wright
Buttrey Foods
Crecenes Bridge
A. E. Anderson
Alfred Baumgartner
Chateau Hardware
County Poor Fund
Teton County Welfare Board
William J. Baldus
Bertha Belle Boggs
Amelia Bramer
Della May Hood
Lena Olson
Augusta Lemke
Wayne Smith
John Brown
Ervin Pike
Johanna Driessen
Julia Spicer
Annie Spokeley
Emilie Depner
Ida E. Martin
William Vrooman
John Wild
Minnie Nehring
Ben Haralson
May 1940 as turning point in world war and US rearmament
Analysis of May 1940 highlights the German blitzkrieg over Belgium and Holland and Germany's military power, and Roosevelt's May 16 push for a $1 billion arms program. It notes US wartime goals, production gaps, and risks from underestimating bomber and ordnance needs, with cautions about efficiency, labor, and public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Hitler
Premisron
World Wheat Price Doubled for Triple A Cooperators
In a May 31 referendum on wheat marketing quotas farmers decide how to handle a supply large enough to feed the nation for nearly two years. W H Wellenstein notes overproduction has driven prices down to about the world level, while Triple A cooperators receive double the world price thanks to the farm program and the wheat loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Wellenstein
Teton County
Department of Agriculture
FSA Borrewers Urged to Increase Production in Defense Drive
Farmers with Farm Security Administration loans and other small operators are urged to boost output of milk pork eggs and chickens to share in expanding market under the Food for Defense program. Prices for hogs butter eggs and chickens will be supported to sustain farmer incomes while supplies go to aid wartime needs and lend-lease shipments. Pierce notes the policy aligns FSA diversification with long term price support benefiting borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
National Défense Program
John S. Pierce
FSA
Food For Defense
Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Ne Tt Cara
Partment ” Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Chicago
Department Vurchenes
Red Cross
Pierce
Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Poa
Teton
State Board of Equalization
Court House
Pete McCrorie Place
General Fund
J. D. Adams Co
Bloom's Grocery
Brack Motor Co
J. W. Breen
Elmer G. Cardell
E. M. Chevalier
Chick’s Shell Station, Suppliies
Bentana Power Company
Montana Power Company
Fairfield St
Axis
Falls Breweries, Inc
RAY Pali
Daun Tias
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