Four Montana School of Mines Grads Missing in Pacific War
Four graduates of the Montana School of Mines and one former professor may be missing in the Pacific war zones. The group includes Paul A. Schafer, Grove A. Brockway, Herbert W. Hard, Sanford W. Ladie, and P. E. Peterson, with two others reportedly safe. Lyden survived aboard the S S Arizona before it was sunk. Most were employed in mining or oil work, with Stodden in 1941 noted as safe via private contractor work.
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State School of Mines
Pacific Area
Montana School of Mines
Pacific
Isles
Paul A. Schafer
Grove A. Brockway
Herbert W. Hard
Sanford W. Ladie
P. E. Peterson
Kenneth J. Stodden
Charles Lyden
Lyden
U. S&s. S. Arizona
Stodden
Montana Schools Move to Six Day Week Extension
Montana schools will be out in late April as children assist parents with spring farm work to ease farm labor shortages. State Superintendent Elizabeth Treland notes several districts run six days a week instead of five. Towns currently in session every day but Sunday include Hardin Brockton Wolf Point Charlo Choteau and Fairfield.
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Montana
Elizabeth Treland
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Hardin
Brockton
Wolf Point
Charlo
Choteau
Fairfield
Empire Pageant of Health and Beauty Draws Irish Entrants
Sixty three girls from Ireland competed in the Empire Pageant of Health and Beauty staged in London. The event showcased a health organization that has grown from 70 to 160 000 members in nine years, hosted by 6 000 women celebrating the expansion.
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Ireland
London
Health and Beauty Organization
Diary of James H Chambers at Fort Sarpy 1855
The piece highlights James H Chambers a Fort Sarpy trader who in June 1855 described dining on lettuce and radishes after six years, with diary notes of harsh privations. It notes only volume 5 of his diary survives, detailing pre Civil War Montana life and Chambers's frank, humorous, sometimes harsh views including on the Crow and Sioux, and a cold January 1856 entry mentioning a rescued child.
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James H. Chambers
Fort Sarpy
Chambers
F. G. Riter
Granville Stuart
State Historical Library
Montana
Husky
Col
A. B. Chambers
Big Horn
Yellowstone River
St. Louis
Pico
Helena Named at Gathering 77 Years Ago
A long, detailed history recalls Helena Montana name origins from a 1864 cabin meeting led by George Wood and John Sommerville. It covers early town politics, the first mayor John Kenna, fort trades, a squire Miles wedding, and the 1883 bullion train celebration in Last Chance Gulch.
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Helena
St. Helena
George J. Wood
Squashtown
Tomahawk
Tomah
John Sommerville
Thomas E. Cooper
Grafton
N. D
Thomas Cowan
Georgia
Cooper
Captain Wood
Sommerville
Scott
Napoleon
David Hilger
State Historical Society of
Minnesota
Summerville
Scott County
Last Chance Gulch
John Kenna
R. C. Wallace
Joseph Davis
John Horsky
August Foller
Henry Klein
C. L. Vawter
Christian Kenck
W. H. Gebauer
August Welsenhorn
Anton Holter
John R. Sanford
John H. Ming
A. M. Holter
Cornelius Hedges
William McCormick
James Hummels
Orison Miles
Squire Miles
Boulder Valley
City of
Board of Trade
Rocky Mountains
H. M. Parden
C. W. Cannon
George W. Fox
Robert C. Walker
Butte
Telegraph
Northern Pacific Railroad
Main Street
Thomas P. Fuller
Deegan
Main
Bridge Street
Fire Department
Montana
Czech Coed Proves Popular on Campus at Montana State
Eva Sagh, a war refugee from Czechoslovakia, studies social science at Montana State University. The dark haired student mingles with coeds, attends dinners, and uses winter for skiing and skating. Brought under Interchurch Conference, supervised by Harvey F. Baty, she studied at City College of New York for three years after leaving Czechoslovakia in 1938 as invasion loomed.
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Republic
Czechoslovakia
Eva Sagh
Montana State University
Miss Sagh
State University
Interchurch Conference
Harvey F. Baty
City College of New York
Mexico Promotes Fencing Club Organization
Mexico encourages the formation of fencing clubs to expand participation and develop local talent across regions. Officials cite community health, youth engagement, and competition opportunities as key goals.
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Mexico
Safety Record Achieved by Great Falls Copper Mills
The Great Falls division of Anaconda Copper Mining Co and Anaconda Wire & Cable Co report 1,770,874 man-days with no lost-time injuries in four consecutive years as of January 1. In 1941 the accident rate rose to 1.81 per 10,000 shifts, seven departments earned the honor list for zero lost-time injuries, and overall injuries rose from 1940 levels though serious injuries stayed steady.
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Great Falls
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Anaconda Wire & Cable Co
Anaconda
Increased Bean Crop In Montana Is Urged
Montana bean producers face an opportunity under wartime food-for-victory goals for all-out production with government price support through June 30, 1943. Ralph D. Mercer of Montana State College says the revised Agriculture Department program aims for a record dry edible bean supply with an acreage goal of 2,600,000 acres.
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Montana
Ralph D. Mercer
Devoted Neighbors Spark Curious Exchange Across Road
Mrs Jones laments neighbors across the road as she reads the paper and notes the husband’s public kisses. The man behind the paper dismisses the scenario, insisting he does not know the couple.
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Mrs. Jones
Edward
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Hamilton
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Bozeman
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