Ford appoints river compact representatives for Montana
Gov. Sam C. Ford appoints Montana members to Yellowstone and Columbia river compacts, with Buck as state engineer. Appointees include Leonard of Miles City, Ogden of Red Lodge, Bunston of Hardin, O Ewart of Wilsall, and Fabrick, Weisel, Buck on the Pacific Northwest panel. Buck notes aim to submit to 1943 legislature and seek federal ratification.
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Sam C. Ford
Montana
Yellowstone and
Clark
Columbia River
Fred Buck
Bureau of Reclamation
Yellowstone Commission
P. F. Leonard
Miles City
W. E. Ogden
Red Lodge
H. W. Bunston
Hardin
Wesley A. O’ewart
Wilsall
Buck
Congress
Wyoming
North Dakota
Billings
Federal Power Commission
Pacific Northwest Drainage Basin Commission
Ford
D. P. Fabrick
Choteau
George Weisel
Missoula
Grafton Named Head of State Traffic Group
Edwin Grafton the Montana highway department official is named executive secretary of the Montana highway traffic advisory committee establishing a permanent Helena office to direct rubber-borne traffic during wartime. The plan follows the federal defense transportation outline and aims to conserve war materiel through efficient traffic management and mass transportation use across Montana cities including Helena Great Falls Butte Billings Missoula and Anaconda.
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Edwin Grafton
Montana Highway Department
Montana
Helena
Howard W. Holmes
United States
Holmes
Grafton
Federal Office of Defense Transportation
War Department
ODT
Great Falls
Butte
Billings
Missoula
Anaconda
Marry Me Or Not The Quiet Office Romp Ends
A lawyer narrator improvises wedding chaos with Stella Kay and Greg. In a hotel bar twist, a telegram clears Kay’s romantic fate. The wedding shifts from Paris to Grand Canyon as Kay reveals plans and the couple reconcile amid a dramatic ceremony set to proceed next Monday.
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Greg
Stella
Kay
Shorty
Stell
Gregory Darlington
Pal
Albany
Knickerbocker Limited
Gran-Brunswick Company
Grand Central
Grand Canyon
Canyon
Kay Kettering
Father
Joe
New York
van Courtland Club
Sawhill
Death of Leon LaSalle one of Hill County's oldest pioneers
Leon LaSalle 85 a Hill County pioneer born in Quebec died in Havre. He came to Montana at 17 by steamboat landing at Cow Island near Fort Benton then to Butte where he drove freight teams to Missoula. Fifty years ago he homesteaded in the Bear's Paw mountains and raised stock. A separate note recalls Mt. Vernon flags lowering as ships pass and does not salute George Washington.
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Havre
Leon
LaSalle
Hill County
Quebec
Montana
Cow Island
Fort Benton
Butte
Missoula
Bear's Paw Mountains
Many New Plastics Uses Are Scheduled
Monsanto Chemical Co outlines a new process to divert plastic from glass coating to raincoats hospital sheeting gas protective cloth life preserver jackets and water bags. For an army of 10 million the rubber saved on raincoats would reach 17.5 million pounds. The plastic reportedly surpasses natural rubber as a waterproofing. Gelatin is the highest protein food containing about 85 percent protein versus 25 percent in meat.
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Johnny Doughboy
Monsanto Chemical Co
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River Compact
News Syndicate Co., Inc
Gregg
Paris
Mr. Darlington
Miss Kettering
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
West
Rawlins
Charles M. Russell
Montana Newspaper Association
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