Great Falls to Host Largest Farm Convention in State
Representatives from every county will attend a state farm congress in Great Falls the week of February 4. The event, organized by the Equity News, aims to boost farm production, improve marketing, and secure fair farm legislation with leaders from Grange Farmers Union and other groups. Speakers may include Carl Vrooman or Herbert Quick. Hoover may attend via a substitute if unavailable.
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Great Falls
Herbert M. Peet
Equity News
Americanociety of Equity
the Grange
Farmers’ Union
National Nonpartisan League
National Administration
Late Agricultural College
Great Falls Commercial Club
Peet
Carl Vrooman
Herbert Quick
Federal Land Board
Congress
Northwest
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Idaho
Basin youth Louis Matson found dead near Ovando
Louis Matson of Basin, once the sole witness to the Great Northern wreck two miles from Basin, was found dead near Ovando from exhaustion and exposure. Funeral set for Basin tomorrow afternoon with burial in Basin Cemetery. The note ends with a quip about thieves and rumors.
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Louis Matson
Basin
Ovando
Opportunity May Not Force Entry To Success
Wry aphorism notes that opportunity comes to those who act, not by urging others to wait for luck. It suggests self initiative and perseverance as the path to achievement.
Big Increase in State Land Sales
Montana state land sales for the past year totalled 77 246 acres bringing in 1 213 123 dollars at an average 15 70 per acre. Most parcels sold on 20 year payments with rentals and interest boosting state funds for schools and institutions.
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Montana
Sidney Miller
Register of the
State Land Office
Common Schools Permanent Fund
Agricultural College
Morrill
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Capitol
School of Mines
Normal School
Reform School
State University
Montana Nurses Sought for Red Cross Foreign Service
Miss Margaret Hughes announces Montana may supply five or six Red Cross nurses for foreign service with a possible last week of December call. Volunteers should secure passport photos and birth certificates to avoid delay. Montana nurses have historically filled foreign service quotas promptly.
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Margaret Hughes
State Committee On Red Cross Nursing
Clara D. Noyes
Bureau of Nursing
American Red Cross Nursing Association
Montana
Red Cross
Miss Hughes
Montana Red Cross
Foreign Service
France stronger in war effort says Paris officials
Paris reports France is stronger at war than at entry. The country now has 2.5 million armed troops versus 1.5 million earlier, daily shell output rising from 12 090 to 250 000, and war credits totaling 20 billion dollars with half from domestic resources. Authorities note two thirds of the front spanning about 300 miles remains under control.
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Paris
France
Man Does His Best Keeps Up With The Rest
A compact adage notes that when a man puts in his best effort he avoids much trouble staying even with others. The line emphasizes steady effort over luck or talent.
American air fleet urged to reach 200000 planes
W F Enright of United States Rubber Co in Montana urges Uncle Sam spend 3 to 6 billion dollars to build 150000 to 200000 airplanes. Rubber industry leaders say full resource mobilization could yield about 12000 planes monthly to swamp Germany and aid the aircraft board in Washington.
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Howard Coffin
Uncle Sam
Air Force
America
Aircraft Board
W. F. Enright
Northwest
United States Rubber Company
Montana
Minneapolis
Washington
Germany
Enright
VU. S
Price Fixing for Silver Expands Government Control
The government plans to extend price fixing to silver after a conference with Mint Director Baker, Nevada Governor Boyle, and Senator Pittman. The plan envisions production and distribution pooling to assure producers a reasonable profit as silver prices rise 60 percent since the war entry.
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Baker
Boyle
Nevada
Pittman
United States
Electric Heated Waistcoats Use by German Aerial Crew
Two German aircrew members who were shot down during a raid over London and the southeast coast recently wore waistcoats heated by electricity. The detail highlights improvised comfort gear amid wartime air operations and reflects ongoing German aviation losses.
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London
Wealth as sole aim would crown Rockefeller king
The excerpt muses that chasing wealth above all else would have made John D. Rockefeller the undisputed ruler of life, suggesting a critique of materialism and ambition.
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Rockefeller
Montana youths sneak into army to stay with Sheridan friends
Three Sheridan county men Ross Robinson Ralph Haske and Floyd Nickerson slid through Camp Lewis as draft volunteers to join the regular army then were transferred to the national army with the 362nd infantry. Their plan to ride with Montana men was uncovered but approved, and they stayed with their unit.
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Regular
National Army
Sheridan County
Camp Lewis
Ross Robinson
Ralph Haske
Floyd Nickerson
362Nd Infantry
Montana
Plentywood
Redstone
Mont
Robinson
Nickerson
Haske
Lewis
Regular Army
American Army Flight School Opens in French Town
A vast military school in France begins operations on a hilltop site with headquarters and staff colleges. About 10 000 students will study anti aircraft artillery and gunnery, trench mortars, sanitary work, and army officers training as divisions receive attachments and instructors.
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France
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Great_ Falls
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Hawthorne Ave
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Ore
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Toppenish, Wash
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Seattle
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