Butte Navy Mothers Choose Local Woman as Typical Mother
Butte's navy mother title goes to Mrs. N. C. Simonsen of Nissler, commander of Silver Bow club No. 88. Local mothers with sons in the navy spearhead the nationwide search to find America's typical navy mother who embodies the ideal mother of a fleet son. Read the Classified Advertisements.
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Butte
Navy
N. C. Simonsen
Nissler
Silver Bow Club
Navy Mothers of America
Housing Authority Buys Anaconda Land for War Housing
Anaconda housing authority bought 31 acres for a 50 building project to house 200 temporary apartments during the war emergency. Executive director Gladys Ferguson said the federal government ordered the plan to attract war workers to Anaconda and ease labor shortages.
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Housing Authority
Anaconda
Anaconda Housing Authority
Gladys Ferguson
Authority
Ferguson
Mysterious Mr. Hamilton Forces Fort Union Exit of 70 Indians
Fort Union witness Larpenteur recounts how Mr. Hamilton, faced with a dawn threat, quietly staged a bluff by placing muskets, cartridges and a small cannon in the passage. The ruse frightened the 70 Assinniboines into sleep and departure, likely saving all inside the fort.
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MR. Hamilton
Fort Union
Hamilton
Larpenteur
War drives new metal mining boom and tech advances
The war reshapes mining as demand shifts from gold to strategic metals like cadmium chromium manganese tin and copper. New deposits are pursued with eight western district offices and the M-scope tool guiding exploration. Advances include magnesium from sea water and aluminum extraction from clay with University of Kansas trials.
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Burro Tong
West
Charles W. Henderson
Mineral Production and Economics Division
United States Bureau of Mines
Henderson
Texas
United States
Bureau of Mines
University of Kansas
Brother of Early State Governor Dies in Dillon
Joseph C. Smith age 69 former fifth judicial district judge and brother of late Robert B. Smith an early Montana governor died in Dillon. Born in Kentucky he migrated to Montana at the turn of the century living in Miles City and Deer Lodge before moving to Dillon in 1906. He was appointed district judge in 1915 to succeed J. B. Poindexter and won elections in 1916 and 1920 before returning to private practice in 1924 and retiring in 1927.
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Joseph C. Smith
Fifth Judicial District
Robert B. Smith
Montana
Dillon
Judge Smith
Kentucky
Miles City
Deer Lodge
J. B. Poindexter
Hawaii
Pen Palling Opens Road To Romance For Shut-In
Elfrieda Honstain of Baker, a 23 year old with a long illness, started a pen pal network from a farm magazine. More than 100 correspondents from 20 states plus Canada Ireland and Australia traded letters and photos. Pals sent stamps matchbooks horse images and a variety of keepsakes filling her room with memories and connections.
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Elfrieda Patricia Honstain
Baker
Pat
States
Canada
Ireland
Australia
Farm Magazine
Pals
NYA
Helena
Kentucky
Farm Plan for 1943 Aimed at U S War Food Goals
Secretary Wickard outlines a 1943 farm production program to meet United Nations war food needs. The plan targets higher outputs in meat milk poultry eggs vegetables corn and potatoes with loans and technical help for farmers and a price support program aiming parity levels.
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United Nations
Wickard
Department
Agriculture Department
State and Flathead Tribe Agree on Fish and Game Pact
The Montana fish and game commission and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes sign a cooperative pact governing hunting and fishing on Indian lands. It provides for a jointly appointed deputy warden, required licenses for nonmembers, reciprocal arrangements for stocking and distributing game, limits on seining, and state control over seasons with tribal input.
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Montana Fish and Game Commission
Flathead
Montana
Commission
Selish
The
Indian Agency
Flathead Lake
Game Commission
Flathead Reservation
Richard McLeod
Louis Lemerz
J. W. Levery
Fish and Game Commission
J. S. McFarland
Old Musselshell bunk house burns on Elliot ranch
One of Musselshell County's oldest structures, the Elliot ranch bunk house built in the 1880s by Lee Jacobs, was destroyed by fire. The adjacent blacksmith shop also burned as flames driven by strong wind threatened the barn and a log house on Willow Creek. Fire equipment and tools suffered losses.
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Musselshell County
Elliot Ranch
Lee Jacobs
Willow Creek
Pat’s Pen Pal Romance Leads to Baker Wedding
A Baker resident Pat, known for riding and hosting friends, enjoyed visitors from Minnesota and North Dakota, including a pen pal who proposed after recovering from illness. The couple, featuring a “big blond, six foot two” groom, anticipates marriage as Pat’s shut-in chapter nears its end per a doctor’s note.
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Pat
Sunshine Dispenser
Minneapolis
Hibbing
Pine Island
Minn
Drake
N. D
Baker
Budgets Near Ready for Legislature in Montana
Gov. Sam C. Ford reports Montana institution and department budgets nearly complete for legislative review. The budget board has acted on all but three minor items with some reductions but no drastic cuts. Remaining requests total about 1.2 million dollars above current biennium appropriations. The board will reconvene Monday to finish consideration.
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Montana
Budget Board
Sam C. Ford
Ford
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44Th and
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Oxford
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