Beaverhead County Schools and AAA News Briefs 1945
Beaverhead County Schools annual report period 1944 to July 1 1945 submitted by Christine Opp County Superintendent. AAA News Briefs urge farmers to plan early marketings for cattle amid transportation and plant bottlenecks. US hen lay rate hits 89 eggs six months a new record. Clinton Anderson USDA head calls for demand from full employment. WPB notes two civilian small arms still frozen 12 gauge shotguns to farmers and .38 revolvers for law enforcement use. Australian wool clip 1945 46 projected about 100 million pounds below prior season.
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AAA
The
U. S
Clinton Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
WPB
Gosman and Patton Honored At State Legion Meeting
Two Dillon residents received top roles at the Montana American Legion state convention in Butte. George M. Gosman was elected national committeeman and Mrs Dee A Patton became national committeewoman for the auxiliary. Gosman is a former department commander with long Legion involvement. Patton has led the auxiliary as department president for the past year.
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Dillon
American Legion
Butte
George M. Gosman
Dee A. Patton
Wir. Gosman
Legion
Beaverhead
Montana
C. A. Bechler
Gosman
Department
America
Car Stolen Here Found Butte Later
Officials said a man who had stolen a car found it later in Butte and claimed he wanted to borrow against his wages to reach the rancher he had been working for. Police reported the incident as a self confessed transportation theft tied to financial need.
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Butte
Delays Grow in Transportation of Food Supplies
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson says all agencies cooperate to tackle food transport problems caused by the Pacific war. Delays complicate efforts to keep food moving, with officials noting the challenges are not simple to resolve.
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Pacific
Sec. of
Clinton P. Anderson
Freight car shortages and postwar farming plan urged
The report notes 12 percent more refrigerated cars needed in California and Arizona over four months, though 3,000 fewer are in service. It calls for more boxcars for grain, cites congestion delaying moves, and mentions plans to move grain on the Great Lakes. Secretary Anderson urges farmers to prepare for postwar prosperity and to fight poverty with production and distribution for good living.
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California
Arizona
Great Lakes
Anderson
Pacific
Sec. of
Clinton Anderson
Food consumption stable over 20 years per USDA figures
USDA data show per capita food consumption remained steady from 1925 to 1945 with the 1935 low in the low mood year and the 1944 peak about ten percent above the 1935 to 1939 average.
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USDA
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Beaverhead County
Christine Opp
Aris
Patton
Wyndham Evans
William Pokorny
Wilkes Barre, Pa
Hayess Baxter
GY Farm News
Montana Brewers” Association
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