Arctic Skies Teach from Nome to Koyukuk and Nulato
Miss Mae Walton, former Teton County high school teacher now in Nome, Alaska, sends a vivid letter about Arctic life. She describes short days, ice generated by shifting pack, dog teams, and snowmobiles, plus a five day stay at an Inuit village roadhouse near Koyukuk and a perilous landing in a river. She travels with Sigurd Wien Airlines, visits Fairbanks, and returns by way of Haycock and Council, concluding the trip deepens her Alaska familiarity.
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Mae Walton
Teton County High School
Nome
Alaska
Bering Sea
Fairbanks
Wien Airlines
Sigurd Wien
Yukon
Koyukuk
Sig
Sigurd
Nulato
Haycock
Council
Sugar Beet Growers Increase Production
Sugar beet growers in Great Northern railway territories produced up to 800000 tons of beets in 1940, over 200000 more than the prior year, per E B Duncan. In the same districts farmers fed about 280000 sheep and lambs on beet tops, pulp and molasses, with more than 15000 cattle placed in feed lots.
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Great Northern Railway
E. B. Duncan
General Agricultural Development
Painter Sells Diapers To Purchase Liquor In Atlantic City
William Price an unemployed house painter in Atlantic City N J is serving a two week jail sentence for part of his wife and two children Preston Crook probation officer informed the court Price had sold the furniture out of his home piece by piece and everything else he could his hands on including the baby's diapers to buy booze.
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Atlantic City
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Pnrt
Preston Crook
Price
Gambling and the deceptive gambler in postwar years
E R McLean writes in Chateau Acantha about mental tests comparing average intellect to a 15 year old, and warns that wannabe gamblers overestimate skill. He notes WPA workers chasing games, big and small players, and a rise in crooked gambling devices since World War I.
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E. R. McLean
Chateau Acantha
Eelgrass Vanishes Across Atlantic Coast Coastline
After ten years of study scientists cannot pinpoint the full cause of eelgrass disappearance along the Atlantic coast since 1931. The loss, described as the greatest blight in botanical history, wipes out a crucial waterfowl food source, per a Fish and Wildlife Service report cited by Interior official Harold L Ckes.
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Uable
Atlantic
Fish and Wildlife Service
Generdare of the Interior
Harold L Ckes
Butte Readies New Stockyards for Montana Livestock Trade
The Sioux City Stockyards Co ties into a $200000 Butte facility to expand marketing for cattle hogs and sheep. L A Snyders named general manager, with operations set to begin March and open by mid June, supplying nearby western Montana markets within 75 to 100 miles.
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Montana
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Sioux City Stockyards Co
Sioux City
Butte Stockyards
United States
America
Hansen Packing Co
Commission
Big Hole
Flint Creek
Grasshopper
Therkelsen’s Death Shocks Montana Engineering Circle
Dr. Eric Therkelsen, 56, head of the engineering department at Montana State College in Bozeman, died after amputations of both legs caused by blood clots from a heart condition. His work earned recognition across the United States and Europe.
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Bozeman
Eric Therkelsen
Therkelsen
United States
Europe
Reverend Clarence Field McCall Accepts Holbrook Pastorate
The Rev. Clarence Field McCall of Roundup has accepted the Holbrook Congregational church pastorate, beginning June 1, as announced. Eleven other Montana briefs note road restrictions, army service, local court sentences, and recognition of Maggie Hathaway for Women of Distinction.
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Maggie Smith Hathaway
Montana
House of Representatives
Women of Distinction of America
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dorothy Thompson
Suit Guards Interests of Millers and Wheat Growers
The state railroad and public service commission reports a successful action in federal court in Kansas City Missouri to protect Montana millers and wheat growers. The case challenged through rate privileges sought by Missouri river millers, aiming to avoid rate manipulation harming Montana and other northwest millers. Commissioner Horace F. Casey testified in Washington and in Kansas City where the Montana board served as intervener.
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Kansas City
Montana
Missouri River
Montana Commission
Northwest
Horace F. Casey
Washington, D. C
Senate
Montana Board
Roosevelt's Campaign Hat Donated For Charity Raffle
President Roosevelt's battered campaign hat, worn through three campaigns, will be raffled for the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Jean Hersholt, president of the fund, announced the charity event set for March 11.
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Roosevelt
Jean Hersholt
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Muskrat Preserve Success Near The Pas Manitoba
The Muskrat restoration at the Two Islands preserve near The Pas Manitoba shows rapid growth. The federal Mines and Resources department reports muskrat numbers rising from 300 to 30,000 in two years across the 160,000 acre area.
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Pas
Manitoba
Federal
Department of Mines and Resources
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