Billie Gemmel as Santa Claus of Butte Charities
Billie Gemmel leads the Joshers club in Butte to distribute food clothing and fuel to the needy during Christmas. The charity gathers funds via a December show, uses a storehouse and card index to target families, and relies on volunteers for 48 hours of deliveries. Gemmel, Bohemian and former race track owner, mobilizes a wide network of donors for the effort.
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Billie Gemmel
Santa Claus
Butte
Joshers’ Club
Gemmel
Joshers
Gemmell
Ed Rowe
Beaverhead
Walter Hill
Livingston
Bud
Montana Fifth in Fitness Among Draft States
Montana ranked fifth tied with the District of Columbia in draft fitness, with 83.7 percent of 201,256 registrants passing the exam. Wyoming led at 87.2 percent, Nebraska 86.5, Kansas 86.3, while Rhode Island reported 57.6 percent fit. Overall, 24 million were registered. about 3.6 million examined and 78.6 percent passed.
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Wyoming
Rhode Island
Montana
District of Columbia
War Department
Nebraska
Kansas
Arizona
Vermont
Maine
Massachusetts
New England
Draft Board
Austrian Child Relocation to Italy for Food Relief
The plan will place twenty thousand Austrian children in Italian care until food conditions in Austria improve, a measure aimed at alleviating hunger and safeguarding youths during shortages.
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Italy
Austria
Great Falls Automan Named Montana Vice President
Arthur P. Heaney, Velie cars state distributor, was named vice president for Montana by the National Automobile Dealers' Association in St. Louis. The 48 state officers will meet in Chicago on January 24. Heaney expects to attend. A new revolving lawn sprinkler uses a screen to spray a semicircle, keeping adjacent areas dry.
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National Automobile Dealers’ Association
St. Louis
Arthur P. Heaney
Velie
Montana
Chicago
Heaney
Montana Graphite Mine Near Dillon Yields Fineest Product
A Beaverhead county graphite deposit near Dillon, 80 miles south of Butte, is touted as the finest graphite in the world. Historical notes cover wartime use, claims of quality, and discussions by geologists on graphite’s role and national defense.
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Montana
Dillon
Butte
Beaverhead County
United States
Ceylon
Congress
St. Louis
Seattle
San Francisco
San Diego
Alexander N. Winchell
Butte School of Mines
Economic Geology
Dillon Quadrangle
Crystal Graphite Company
Edson S. Bastin
United States Geological Survey
Lead Hill
New York
England
East India
France
Madagascar
Beaverhead
Adventurous Life of Colonel W. W. DeLacy in Montana
Colonel W. W. DeLacy a Helena resident who died in 1892 came to Montana with Mullan the road maker. He laid out Fort Benton in 1864 Deer Lodge and Argenta townsites in 1865 and led an engineer corps in 1867 during the Sioux war. His later work as surveyor general aided territorial development and he helped found the Montana Historical Society and related pioneer groups.
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Montana
W. W. DeLacy
Helena
Mullan
Territory
Bannack
Deer Lodge
Argenta
Beaverhead County
Meagher
Fort Smith
Smith River
Surveyor General of
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
Republic
Scott
Yakima
Seattle
Steilacoom
DeLacy
Last Chance Gulch
Surveyor General
Montana Historical Society
Montana Society of Pioneers
Montana Society of Civil Engineers
County Eyes 80 Acre Aviation Site Near Marr Field
Silver Bow county officials consider buying 80 acres east of Marr aviation field in Lake Avoca for aviators. A conference with the Butte good roads association Chamber of Commerce Rotary club and streets improvement club led to a promise the idea would be studied. The cost is about 4750 dollars for a landing station usable by forestry service planes and others. The plan favors county ownership over private ownership.
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Silver Bow
Marr
Lake Avoca
Butte Good Roads Association
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Streets Improvement Club
Forestry Service
Goodyear Tops Stocks Ownership Among Global Firms
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has the highest proportion of worker shareholders worldwide, with seventy percent of its workers owning company stock in a recent issue worth 100 million dollars, closely rivaling United States Steel Corporation.
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United States Steel Corporation
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Beware of home made beverages and moonshine risks
An alert warns that prohibition has spurred moonshine from Virginia and Kentucky into Montana. Wood alcohol or methyl alcohol is used to denature spirits, causing deaths and blindness. Denatured mixes mimic whisky but contain deadly methyl alcohol, threatening consumers and violators alike.
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Butte
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Kentucky
Montana
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Billie Gemmel AS
Santa’ Claus
Great Falls Automan
D’lacy
Colonel DeLacy
Hugh DelLacy
Ireland
Henry II
West Point
W. W. Lacy
Win
Field Scott
Commandant Mahan
General Scott
W.W. DeLacy
British South Africa
Poster Cereal Co
Battle Creek,Mich
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