Drafts push farm labor question in Montana inquiry
A Montana committee asks Brig. Gen. Lewis Hershey to outline rules for exempting or furloughing skilled agricultural workers from the draft during peak growing and harvesting. High schools seen as a potential labor source, with six day weeks proposed to free students. Also notes nationwide draft registrations, Army manpower plans, and local enlistment actions including Beavershead County entries and Navy recruitment efforts.
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Ontana
Lewis
Hershey
National Selective Ser‘ce
Air County
Beavers Prepare for District 16 Tourney Opener
Rivers area prep notes show Dillon’s Beavers extending two wins over Hamilton and Ennis, with players Conger Rogan and Kamps starring. The team faces Virginia City in the first round at Sheridan, as District 16 tourney pairings set for Thursday and Friday amid winter conditions.
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Beavers
Virginia City
Sheridan
Harrison
Dillon
Anaconda Central
Whitehall
Ennis
John Good
Butte
Mike Henry
Deer Lodge
Hot Springs
Livestock Values Boosted for 1942 Assessor Schedule
State Board of Equalization in Helena sets minimum 1942 livestock values received by County Assessor Jud Best. Cattle range cows dairy cows bulls stock etc priced from 2.50 to 100 dollars. sheep rams yearlings and olds range from 2.50 to 13 dollars. horses mules work and unbroken at 20 to 140. hogs at prevailing market price. Overall values up about ten percent from last year.
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State Board of Equalization
Helena
Co. Assessor
Best
Stones Visit Home In Wallace Idaho
Mr and Mrs Warren Stone Jr of Wallace Idaho returned home Monday after visiting the home of Mr Stone’s parents. Mrs Stone Sr left Saturday for the Mayo clinic in Rochester Minnesota. Warren Stone Jr is assistant manager of a movie theatre in Wallace.
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Stones
Warren Stone, Jr
Wallace
Idaho
Mr. Stone
Stone
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Hirschy Visit Highlights Dillon Week in Jackson Couple
Mr and Mrs Fred Hirschy of Jackson spent the week in Dillon visiting friends and relatives. The trip featured local tours and social gatherings with longtime Dillon residents.
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Fred Hirschy
Jackson
Dillon
Crippled Bulldog Team Goes On Winning Streak
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jones were held at Brunige chapel with Rev. L Belle Long officiating. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery. The 85 year old died Friday at her daughter’s home in Dillon. Survived by two sons Fred and Dudley Jones and two daughters Mrs Snell and Mrs Pearl Morton. Normal Bulldogs cling to potential Montana small college title as they split with Northern Montana, beat Montana Mines, and defeat Billings Polytechnic 66 to 37 with all nine players in action.
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Martha Jones
L. Belle Long
The
Baptist Church
Mountain View
Andy Snell
Dillon
Independence
Fred
Dudley Jones
Kansas City
Snell
Pearl Morton
Bulldogs
Montana Small College
Montana
Havre
Montana Mines Quint
Billings Poly
Bulldog
Meltons of Los Angeles to Visit Dillon Friends
Mr. and Mrs. John Melton of Los Angeles are due tonight for a fort night visit with relatives and friends before Mr. Melton returns to California to report for army induction at Riverside. Mrs. Melton is the former Miss Dora Mae Porter of Dillon.
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John Melton
Los Angeles
Calif
Melton
California
Fox Army
Riverside
Dora Mae Porter
Dillon
TIRES FOR 1 VEHICLE PER FARM ALLOWED
A county tire rationing bulletin allows one vehicle per farm unit in eligible operations such as hauling food to livestock or market, transport of farm products, or other essential farm tasks. Ray Tennant reports approval for two passenger cars and nine obsolete tires sold this month, with forms due for deliveries of cars bought before Jan 1, 1942.
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County Tire Rationing Board
Ray Tennant
Loans for Cash Crops in Food for Victory Drive
A. E. Johnson of the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan office in Bozeman describes small, low interest loans up to 400 for cash crops and feed, backed by first liens. Farmers can borrow multiple times per year as long as total loans do not exceed 400, aiding pork, dairy, poultry, and vegetable production under the Food for Victory program. Availability is through county extension offices in the Spokane district covering Idaho Montana Oregon and Washington.
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Congress
Farm Credit Administration
A. E. Johnson
Bozeman
Johnson
Department of Agriculture
Spokane
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Cars Bought Before January 1 Eligibility Rules
Vehicle buyers who ordered between July 1, 1941 and January 1, 1942 and did not take delivery before the freezing order may still obtain the car by showing it is OK to the county rationing board. A dealer verified form and proof of purchase or title transfer are required, then the county board approves a certificate. Rationing of new cars will follow tire-rationing procedures after February 25.
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O. K
County Rationing Board
Stamps Drive Aid for War Injured Children
Beaverhead chapter of the D A R conducts stamp drives at training schools high schools and post office to collect cancelled stamps for England war crippled children. Stamps sell for 37 cents a pound funds buy beds in a London hospital at 150 dollars yearly. Drop stamps at post office depository or school boxes.
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Beaverhead
D.A.R
England
London
Vets Honor Poindexter at Beaverhead Post Meeting
Beaverhead Post American Legion plans a ceremony at Medlen hotel tomorrow night to present a diamond set gold Post Commander button to Dr. F M Poindexter. Past Dept Com George M Gosman will present and Past Dept Judge Advocate T E Gilbert will introduce Poindexter.
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F. M. Poindexter
Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Medlen Hotel
Dist. Com
C. A. Bechler
George M. Gosman
Dept
T. E. Gilbert
Poindexter
Montana
Boston
London
United States
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Legion
Former City Matron Jenney Sholl Baker Dies in Spokane
Mrs. Jenney Sholl Baker, age 80, long time Dillon resident, died after a lingering illness at her daughter’s home in Spokane Washington. She had lived in Montana for many years and returned to her family in Dillon before moving to Spokane. Funeral services were held in Spokane before burial in Hamilton Montana.
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Jenney Sholl Baker
Dillon
N. C. Nelson
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Joseph Baker
Ashton
Idaho
Nelson
Henderson
Armstead
M. Cena Justus
Huntington
Ore
Will Kennison
W. H. Wilson
Lavera Haws
Bexburg
Floyd McComo
Salt Lake City
Bessie Weber
Harmiston
Jimmie Fickerill
Roy France
Hamilton
Lelia Makinster
Victor France
Missoula
Minnie Lacy
Lewiston
Myrtle Becker
Tacoma
Edna Boten
Walter France
Gladys Kramer
Hamilton, Mont
Dr H F Brundage Visits with Family from Kodiak Alaska
Dr H F Brundage arrives with wife and children and his parents Mr and Mrs H M Brundage. He came last Saturday from Kodiak Alaska where he works at a government hospital.
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H. F.brundage
H. M. Brundage
Kodiak
Alaska
A Day Total Smaller Indicated by Dillon
About 230 men aged 20 to 44 signed up in Dillon during a registration shift as volunteer clerks worked in the Federal building. Final county totals were not yet complete, but officials said the county likely will fall short of prior estimates due to weather delays and population shifts to defense industries.
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Uncle Sam
Beaverhead
U.S
Sec
Timson
Htire A.E.F
War Department
Dillon
Federal
J. C. Faller
A W Moore Sentenced to One Year in State Prison
Allen W Red Moore was sentenced to one year in Deer Lodge state prison by Judge McHugh after pleading guilty to embezzlement. He acted as executor of August Ohrmanns estate and guardian of minor Ohrmanns William and Marjorie. The case surfaced at Philipsburg district court last Thursday.
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Allen W
Red) Moore
Deer Lodge
McHugh
Philipsburg
Moore
August Ohrmann
William and
Marjorie Ohrmann
Dillon
Frank Little Considered for Great Falls High School Coach
Downtown football circles name Frank Little of Glendive as a leading candidate for the Great Falls High School head coaching job. Also mentioned as strong prospects are Eddie Chinske of Missoula M O Leary of Anaconda Ed Simonich of Carroll College. Little, a Dillon native and former Beaver lineman, would bring a track record of successful Glendive teams and fame from Pacific coast play if offered the Bison post.
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Great Falls High School
Frank Little
Glendive
Eddie Chinske
Missouli
M. O'Leary
Anaconda
Ed Simonich
Carroll College
Little
Dillon
Great Beaver
Corvallis
Ore
Don Moe
Great Falls
Frank
Bison
C C Forum Tonight at City Hall
The Dillon Chamber of Commerce hosts a first fellowship forum tonight at 8 in the city hall council chambers. President S. E. Whitworth says the event aims to yield views to improve the chamber program and invites all Beaverhead county supporters to attend.
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Dillon Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Pres. S. E. Whitworth
Chamber of Commerce
Whitworth
Beaverhead County
Our Allies talk at Dillon Rotary meeting
Prof Rush Jordan of Normal College spoke on Our Allies at the Dillon Rotary Club. He said allies make up about three quarters of the world population, noted Britain and the U S as principal allies, discussed Russia as a major ally, and urged unity and cooperation to win the war.
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Rush Jordan
The
Normal College
Dillon Rotary Club
Jordan
America
England
U.S
Russia
Albert Erickson
Grainger Recital Set At Normal College Auditorium
Percy Grainger Australian pianist will give a Monday recital at Normal College auditorium February 23 sponsored by the college student activity committee. He will perform works by Brahms Bach Chopin and his own compositions and is regarded as a leading contemporary artist.
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Dillon
Percy Grainger
Normal College
Grainger
Brahms
Bach
Chopin
Ski Club Plans April Play and Elk Horn Ski Events
The Dillon Ski club will announce its April play soon with E. R. Buck directing rehearsals. A committee of Joe Bergeson Anker Larsen and J W McCracken will arrange a club ski tournament at Elk Horn on Sunday March 1 featuring slalom downhill and other races. Clarence Watters from Anaconda will teach skiing next Sunday as Elkhorn reports ideal conditions after new snowfall.
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Dillon
E. R. Buck
Joe Bergeson
Anker Larsen
J. W. McCracken
Elkhorn
Clarence Watters
Anaconda
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Navy
Pearl Harbor
Ee Tait
Alex Tait
Sam
Scott
A.E.F
O. M
Pete) Best
Judson P. Best
Navy Band School
Washington, D. C
D. W. P. Bergsma
U. S. Navy
Selective Service
County Selective Board
Sec. J
T.B. Men
O' Man Winter
Twin Bridges
SOS
St. Peters
State Board
Farm Credit
Spokane, WN
Jenny Sholl Baker
A. W. Moore
Penitentiary
C.C. Forum
Chamber
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