Billie Gemmel as Santa Claus in Butte Christmas drive
Billie Gemmel leads the Joshers club in Butte to collect money, provisions, and clothing for the needy each December. He coordinates a large distribution with volunteer drivers and a theater charity event, ensuring no family lacks food or warmth during Christmas. Other locals support him with supplies and goodwill, strengthening the city’s holiday spirit. Twenty thousand Austrian children will be cared for in Italy until conditions improve.
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Billie Gemmely Santa Claus
Butte
Joshers’ Club
Gemmel
Joshers
Gemmel A
Bohemian
Billie Gemmel
Ed Rowe
Beaverhead
Walter Hill
Livingston
Bud
Bozeman
Charlie Bair
Italy
Austria
Montana Soldier Fifth in Fitness in Draft Records
Montana ranked fifth tied with the District of Columbia in draft fitness percentage, with 83.7 percent of its 201,256 registered men passing examination. Wyoming led at 87.2 percent, Nebraska 86.5, Kansas 85.3, while Rhode Island posted the lowest at 57.6 percent. nationwide 24 million registered, about 3.6 million examined, 78.6 percent passed.
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Wyoming
Rhode Island
Montana
District of Columbia
War Department
Nebraska
Kansas
Arizona
Vermont
Maine
Massachusetts
New England
Draft Board
Great Falls automan named Montana vice president
Arthur P. Heaney, Velie cars state distributor, was named a vice president of the National Automobile Dealers Association for Montana. The association has 48 vice presidents from each state and will meet in Chicago January 24, which Heaney plans to attend. A new revolving lawn sprinkler uses a screen to spray a semicircle, keeping adjacent areas dry.
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National Automobile Dealers’ Association
St. Louis
Arthur P. Heaney
Velie
Montana
Chicago
Heaney
Montana graphite mine near Dillon yields finest product in the world
Beaverhead county's Dillon district graphite deposit, praised by geologists as among the world’s best, supplied high grade ore during war for crucibles and pencils. Experts compare Dillon ore to Ceylon plumago, noting its potential for national independence through expanded domestic production.
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Montana
Dillon
Butte
Beaverhead County
United States
Ceylon
Congress
St. Louis
Seattle
San Francisco
San Diego
Alexander N. Winchell
Butte School of Mines
Economic Geology
Dillon Quadrangle
Mofttana
Crystal Graphite Company
Edson
Bastin
United States Geological Survey
Lead Hill
New York
Ingland
East India
France
Madagascar
Adventurous Life of Colonel D Lacy Who Came to Montana
Colonel W W DeLacy, longtime Helena resident who died in 1892, was a pioneer figure in Montana. He came with Mullan and laid out Fort Benton in 1864, mapped Montana, platted Deer Lodge and Argenta, and served as colonel of engineers during the Sioux war. He later surveyed Smith River valley and worked as a surveyor general official, with roots tracing to Normandy nobility and early American service.
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Montana
W. W. DeLacy
Helena
Mullan
Territory
Bannack
Montaria
Deer Lodge
Argenta
Beaverhead County
Meagher
Fort Smith
Smith River
Surveyor General of
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
Republic
Scott
Yakima
Seattle
Steilacoom
DeLacy
Last Chance Gulch
Surveyor General
Montana Historical Society
Montana Society of Pioneers
Montana Society of Civil Engineers
Movement to Acquire Land Near Marr Aviation Field
A drive to have Silver Bow county buy 80 acres east of Marr aviation field in Lake Avoca for aviators. A coalition of the Butte good roads association Chamber of Commerce Rotary club and streets improvement club met county commissioners and promised careful consideration. A $4,750 site could serve forestry service planes and other aviation needs with county ownership preferred to private ownership.
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Silver Bow
Marr
Lake Avoca
Butte Good Roads Association
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Streets Improvement Club
Forestry Service
Goodyear Largest Shareholder Base After US Steel
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co has the highest shareholding among workers, with seventy percent owning stock in the firm, following the United States Steel Corp in this regard. The source notes a recent $100 million figure related to the matter.
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United States Steel Corporation
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Beware of home made beverages and moonshine danger
The article warns that crude home made liquors contain wood alcohol or methyl alcohol and have caused death and blindness in Montana. It explains denatured alcohol blends, risks of bootlegged spirits, and the motive for illegal distilling amid prohibition. It notes the ease of acquiring wood alcohol and the deception by flavoring and coloring to mimic whisky.
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Butte
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Billie Gemmel AS
Santa Claus
CJUB
Great Falls Automan
D’lacy
Colonel DeLacy
Hugh DeLacy
Ireland
Henry II
Virginia
West Point
W. W. Lacy
Win
Field Scott
Commandant Mahan
General Scott
Lake Superior
Blue Ridge Mountains
Kentucky
British South Africa
Postum Cereal .Co
Battle Creek, Mich
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