Sweden Sees American War Effort As Key to Victory
Swedish reporters led by Alfred Oeste tour the United States to study American industry and war production. They credit USA with industrial might and expect Allied victory, noting Swedish mobilization, rationing, and a growing airplane industry. The group toured Anaconda, Seattle, and California plants before continuing home.
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Sweden
America
Alfred Oeste
Svenska Dagbladet
Stockholm
Butte
National Press Club
Washington
D. C
Department of State
Nils Horney
Social-Demokraten
Gustaf Nasstrom
Tidningen
Sten Hedman
Dagens Nyhet
Oeste
Anaconda
Germany
C. A. Lemmon
Anaconda Forest Fire Reduction Shows Careful Campers
Eric White of the U S forest service in Anaconda notes fewer man caused fires in Deer Lodge forests due to careful use of sites despite heavy grass growth. He urges continued caution in fires and smoking through hunting season as campers and picnickers demonstrate care. The article also mentions a teacher asking for essays on "The funniest thing I ever saw" and a student reply about the joke being too funny for words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Eric White
United States Forest Service Office
Life at Fort Assinniboine Recalled by Mrs McCulloh
Mrs. Robert L. McCulloh recalls frontier life at Fort Assinniboine near Havre, with stagecoach dangers from road agents, blizzards, and the social world of the post. She recounts early Utah settlements, memories of indians, and the deadly cold sleigh journeys to join her husband in Helena and at the fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Robert L. McCulloh
Fort Assinniboine
Havre
Old Fort Assinniboine
Great West
Gayety
Joseph
Sitting Bull
France
Far West
Logan
Utah
Salt Lake City
Robert McCulloh
Broadwater, Wilder and
Corrinne
Canyon
Pocatello
Idaho
Mr. Toby
Mrs. McCulloh
McCulloh
Helena
Fort Benton
Bird Tail Divide
Bear’s Paw Mountains
Frontier Post
Gayely
McCullohs
Custer
Little Big Horn
McCaskey
Pershing
New York
West Point
Columbia
Money Will Not Pry Cowboys From Saddle
Senator McNary of Oregon argues that higher wartime wages cannot lure the cowboy from the open range. He portrays the cowboy as a romantic, self sufficient figure who drinks, reads poems, and prefers life on the range over rivets in a shipyard.
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Solon
Senator McNary
Oregon
McNary
Senate
Navy offers student pilots rapid commissions and training
The Navy opens an accelerated path for student pilots with around fifty hours of flying time to obtain commissions. Eligible applicants, aged 19 to 33, will enter active duty with pay, receive additional training including the CPT course and Pensacola instruction, and may become ensigns or junior grade lieutenants after meeting standards.
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United States Navy
Bert H. Creighton
Naval Aviation Selection Board
13Th Naval District
Navy
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fila
Butte Man Recalls Torpedo Attack Sinking Ship
Roy Ayers of Butte recounts being hurled into the sea when a torpedo sank his supply ship bound for Australia. Five men nearby were killed. he drifted four hours before rescue and posts this note to his brother James Ayers. He plans to press on toward Australia despite the danger.
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Roy Ayers
Butte
James Ayers
Ayers
Australia
Portland
Great Falls Bum With Cash Aplenty
A ragged 70 year old man on the Great Falls skid row was spotted by police as he hunted for food. Officers found him with 170 in traveler's checks 35 bank draft and about 50 in cash. He offered no statement and was given food a bath and changed clothes.
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Great Falls
Harold M. Mady
Big Safe Found in Victor Relic of Boom Days
Mayor Robert Moos led a salvage find in Victor Colorado uncovering a 4270 pound safe buried in a street. The relic hails from the 1899 boom era and fire that reshaped the mining town. Old timers recall rubble from the blaze used to fill holes after the rebuild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Victor Colorado
Robert Moos
Moos
Naval aviation cadet program opens for qualified men
Commander Creighton announces a new naval aviation cadet program that allows men previously disqualified for flying time, marriage, or minor physical defects to apply. Applications are to be submitted at the naval aviation cadet selection board office located at 117 Marion Street, Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Naval Aviation
Creighton
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Marion Street
Seattle
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Montana
Plummer
Bannack
Henry Plummer
House
Reynold Plath
Great Falls, Mont
Om Amy
Sioux City
Tewa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Bucking Bronco Coal
War Production Board
The
Roundup Coal Mining Co
Roundup, Montana
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