Clark-Mnary Nursery Aids State Farmers
The Clark Mathany? Clark-Mnary nursery at Montana State University has produced 2.5 million trees for 52 Montana counties since 1928, averaging 325000 trees yearly to 1200 farmers. The program funds shelterbelts and windbreaks, with trees sold at cost and federal state matches supporting planting and care.
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Clark-McNary
Montana State University
Montana
T. C. Spaulding
University
E. BE. Isaac
Extension Service
Bozeman
Missoula
C. W. Waters
Parcel Post
Express
WPA
United States Forest Service
United States Soil Conservation Service
Montana Forest and Soil Conservation Experiment Station
University School of Forestry
C. W. Muhlick
E. E. Isaac
Farms May Be Forced To Tap New Labor Sources
A Montana study based on Bureau of Agricultural Economics findings warns farms may need to recruit from women students and nonfarm workers to cover a growing labor shortage. The 1942 outlook anticipates 2,000,000 more nonagricultural workers and 2,000,000 more men in the armed forces reducing farm labor for the coming season.
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Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Ray B. Haight
Montana State College
Bureau
Roosevelt weighs voluntary registration of women voters
President Roosevelt said he was seriously considering the voluntary registration of women between 18 and 65 as part of the nation’s human power mobilization.
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Roosevelt
Captain Williams Second Expedition for Rich Fur Cache
Captain Williams leads two young men on a perilous inland trek to recover caches of furs along the Arkansas River after a brutal first voyage. They endure hunger, cold, and wolves, earning uneasy Indian encounters before delivering furs to a trading post for about $5,000 and returning to St Louis and Cooper's Fort.
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Captain Williams
West
Ezekial Williams
Rocky Mountains
Working
Spencer
Arkansas River
St. Louis
Fort Osage
Arkansas
Williams
Workman and Spencer
Yellowstone
Workman
Wily Rose
Crow Nation
Cooper's Fort
Montana Governors All Out War Mood Emphasized
State leaders at the Montanans Inc banquet voiced total war readiness and wartime sacrifice. Governor Sam C. Ford urged action with facts, James H. Rowe urged national toughness and an independent postwar economy, while Dr. A L Strand and J J Bossemeyer spoke on agriculture, marketing, and tourism shifts amid war dynamics.
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Montana
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Sam C. Ford
James H. Rowe
Butte
Organization
Rowe
A. L. Strand
Montana State College
Bride and groom joke about thrift during easy money talk
A humorous exchange notes wedding plans and budgeting. The bride says she saved $2.19 from her allowance this week because an installment collector didn't show up, prompting the groom to praise the savings as splendid.
Montana school debt forecast signals no new borrowing
Secretary Fred Bennion of the Montana Taxpayers association says Montana's 1800 school districts will have no new indebtedness this year and bonded debt may fall from 7 791 000 in 1941 to about 3 000 000 by 1945. He cites surplus funds from state land board distributions and delinquent taxes as key to repaying bonds, with larger districts likely refunding at lower rates and smaller ones paying off old issues.
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Fred Bennion
Montana Taxpayers Association
Montana
Bennion
State Land Board
Dachshund Humor Sparks Shopkeeper’s Question
A shopkeeper eager to sell a dachshund confronts a wary customer. The man jokes that the breed’s long drafts open doors, reflecting a humorous exchange about the dog’s perceived traits.
New Chromite Process Found Boosts Domestic Chromium
A new chemical method to concentrate chromite ore and sands raises chromium to iron ratios from 1.5 to 1 to 3 to 1, enabling ferro chromium production for steel industries. Developed by the U S Bureau of Mines under Dr R S Dean, the process will be used at Port Orford Oregon and Stillwater County Montana.
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R. S. Dean
Metallurgical
United States Bureau of Mines
United States
Australia
Philippine Islands
Africa
Coos County
Oregon
Columbus
Mont
Dean
Bureau of Mines
Defense Plant Corp
Port Orford
Stillwater County
Montana
Montana Leads In Patriotism As 14783 Choose Service
Montana shows the way in wartime service with 14 783 residents in army navy marine corps and other active forces per American Legion officials This follows 44000 state enrollees in World War I and a strong per capita bond effort The Legion district meeting at Chateau heard Robert Downs Helena discuss defense and farm labor needs noting hundreds of skilled Montanans sent to factories and armament plants and training to prepare more for service
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Montana
Boost in Pullman and chair car charges approved
The Montana railroad and public service commission authorized a ten percent intrastate rate increase for Pullman and chair car service after a state capital hearing. Chairman Austin B. Middleton said the rise covers railroads with sleeping and chair cars and lasts through the war and six months after.
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Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Austin B. Middleton
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Claude C. Gray
Big Timber
Montana State Farm Bureau
Wheeler Says AAA Unpopular in State Politics
Georgia agriculture commissioner Tom Linder warned a joint agriculture hearing that Congress must curb Wickard and Henderson to avoid a national famine within 24 months. He claimed the AAA is dispensable and drew parallels to totalitarian regimes to protest federal price controls. Senator Wheeler agreed with the sentiment.
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Tom Linder
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner
Senate-House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Wickard
Henderson
Agriculture
Leon Henderson
Linder
Hitler
Mussolini
AAA
Wheeler
Montana
Yugoslav Insurers Contribute Premium Tax for Tourism
Insurance firms in Yugoslavia issuing transportation coverage must allocate ten percent of premiums to the government's tourism promotion program aimed at boosting visitor numbers.
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Yugoslavia
Schools Closed to Men With Class Cal Ratings under SSS Act
A brief note states that educational institutions deny admission to men whose classifications under the Selective Service Act are low. The policy restricts access based on the cal ratings and aims to enforce wartime manpower needs.
P.T. A. Fights Proposed War-Era Education Cuts
Parent teacher groups vow to oppose education budget slash aims citing morale and youth safety. Mrs. Hastings notes juvenile delinquency costs, argues education supports democracy and wartime effort, urging action against waste while funding schools.
Gallatin County Wins Health Conservation Contest
Gallatin county Montana was named one of 14 county winners in 17 states in the national health conservation contest. The United States chamber of commerce and the American Public Health association organized the event. Judges noted protection of public water supplies effective pasteurization of milk and safeguards against diseases.
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Gallatin County
Montana
United States Chamber of Commerce
American Public Health Association
Former Montana State President Granted Year Long Leave
Dr. George Finlay Simmons former president of Montana State University has been granted a year’s leave of absence as professor of zoology by the state board of education. The leave allows continued scientific research following his resignation as president last April. Brazil shipped 152 580 tons of meat to other countries last year.
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George Finlay Simmons
Montana State University
State Board of Education
Simmons
Brazil
Mines Can Get High Ratings War priority rules explained
Wilbur A. Nelson of the war production Board says mines producing vital metals may apply for high priority equipment. The 70 percent threshold for preferred status remains, with automatic lower ratings for others and reinstatement options. Over 70 reinstatements have been granted in the Rocky Mountain region amid mining byproducts. The letter accompanied senate talks with Senator O Mahoney and was sent to western and west coast states.
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Wilbur A. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
WPB
Rocky Mountain
Senate Subcommittee On Public Lands and Surveys
Sentnor O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
California
Oregon
Washington
Census Worker Disciplined Over Case of Bisamy
A Brazilian government census employee reporting a case of bisamy during official duties was discharged for violation of trust. The incident highlights tensions between duty and integrity within public census work.
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Clark-Mnary Nursery
CBS
Melinda Leighton
J. J. Bossemeyer
San Francisco
State Taxpayers’ Association
Pullman
P.T. A
William A. Hastings
Madison
Wis
National Congress
England
Canada
Hastings
Gallatin
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