Chronological review of 1940 events highlights
Uncle Ed reflects on Roosevelt’s credit for not being at war, Mussolini’s miscalculation, and a cancelled White House reception due to fewer diplomats. He jokes about fascists, Greek restaurants near Mussolini, and religious changes as 1940 ends. The note carries the columnist’s satirical tone.
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Roosevelt
Aery
Mussolini
United States
White House
Germany
Russia
God
Beaverhead Current History Recalls Past Year in Beaverhead
The March of Time in Beaverhead County is chronicled in a yearbook style resume titled Beaverhead Current History. It summarizes the past twelve months with emphasis on local events as 1940 retires.
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Examiner
Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
Dan Cupid Sets New Record for Past Year
Beaverhead county records 134 marriage licenses filed in the past year led by September with 21 and July 18 as the busiest months. The list of couples includes residents from Wisdom Dillon Glasgow Townsend Helena Idaho Falls and more. The tally surpasses prior years with February remaining the slowest month.
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Beaverhead County
Dan E. Cupid
Beaverhead High School Hosts Rotary Speaker on Trade Training
D L Johnson, Beaverd ead County High School staff member, spoke at the weekly Rotary meeting about a government sponsored twice weekly mechanical work training course at the high school shop. The program, focused on auto mechanics and welding, draws about 55 local youths aged 17 to 25, with the FFA also contributing support. The government covers instruction and incidental costs.
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D. L. Johnson
Beaverhead County
Monaah
Johnson
F.F.A
Beaverhead National Forest records 1940 fire surge
A yearly report shows 60 fires in Beaverhead in 1940, the most since 1931. Of these, 34 under quarter acre, 16 between 1/4 and 10 acres, 10 over 10 acres. 51 on forest land, 9 nearby protectors. 477 acres burned on forest land, 573 in protected districts, 1434 near Ruby on unprotected land. Lightning caused 46 fires, smokers/campers 14. Two trespass convictions for smoldering fires. Suppression costs reached 16 209.04 dollars, highest since 193?.
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Beaverhead National Forest
W. B. Willey
Beaverhead
Ruby
A Son Becomes News In The Newspaper History
A reflective verse celebrates how a son’s life becomes public record through school milestones and marriage. It recalls a June nomination in Convention Hall, six ballots lifting him to fame, and biographers tracing his path from birth to death as the press keeps a day by day diary of life.
New Year Message from Dillon Examiner Ads in Rhyme
The Dillon Examiner greets readers with a New Year note praising local business and professional men who work year round to serve customers and notes that many have contributed poems in the issue.
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P.S
Dillon
Ninety-Four Births Occur in Past Year
Beaverhead county shows a rise from last year’s 73 births to 94, with 48 boys and 46 girls. July and October had the most births at eleven each. August had the fewest with three. A pair of twins matched last year’s record. Names and dates of newborns across local families are listed.
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Beaverhead County
Local couple united in marriage on Christmas day
Miss Marjorie Stevens and Terry Conklin of Dillon wed Christmas day at the Presbyterian parsonage. The groom, an early selective service draftee, ranked third in precedence of four county volunteers.
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Marjorie Stevens
Terry Conklin
Dillon
Paris E. Wells
Presbyterian Parsonage
Josephine Gravely
Sam W. Conklin
Mr. Conklin
Conklin
John Daniels
Idaho Falls
Hester Hamilton
Portland
Ore
Red Cross completes Christmas sewing quota
Tuesday December 24 marked the completion of the Christmas quota for the Red Cross sewing and knitting project. All articles were finished and mailed to Jersey City for trans shipment to Britain. Stella Murray chairs the production committee with Mrs Sylvester Meade in charge of sew.
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Red Cross Sewing and Knitting Project
Jersey City
Britain
War Relief
Stella Murray
Sylvester Meade
Wmeaston Granted Full Pardon for 1938 Shooting
William J. Heaston, 80, received a full pardon from Governor Roy E. Ayers for the 1938 fatal shooting of J. W. Potts in Beaverhead County. Convicted by a Beaverhead County jury and upheld by the Montana Supreme Court, Heaston’s pardon followed Pardon Board deliberations after the November grant and a December 27 decision.
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William J. Heaston
J. W. Potts
Roy E. Ayers
Heaston
Henry G. Rodgers
Beaverhead
Montana Supreme Court
Potts
William Heaston, Jr
Beav erhead county death toll shows eighty deaths in 1940
Father Time reports seventy nine deaths in Beaverhead county during 1940 an increase of ten from the prior year and above the seventy two deaths two years earlier December and May tied for most deaths with twelve each while November had two. The average age was fifty eight and one third of the deceased were over seventy.
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Milo Sanders
Birch Creek
Rapid City
S.D
Edgar A. Sanders
Mr. Sanders
Jerry
Homedale
Idaho
Melian
Caldwell
Florence Farrar
Alice Cavel
Hood River
Ore
George H. Sanders
S. D
Brunse Chapel
Father Time
Beaverhead County
Beavers Fall 36 to 40 to Sugar City
Beavers lose a close basketball game 36 to 40 against Sugar City Idaho on Thursday night. The match featured rough play and sharp defense by Sugar City, with Beavers mounting spurts of good offense at times despite the setback.
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Beavers
Sugar City
Idaho
Sugar City Boys
Three Dillon Men Enlist in U S Armed Forces
Beaverhead Selective Service reports three Dillon men enlisted in U S armed forces. Joseph H. Phillips joined the Marine Corps in San Francisco on December 23. William T. Vincent enlisted in the U S Army at Visalia California on December 17. Peter Michelish joined the U S Army Signal Corps at March Field California on October 19.
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Beaverhead
U. S. Army Signal Corps
March Field
Calif
Beaverhead County
Red Cross Sees Ahead in Donations This Year
Red Cross supporters report receipts already surpass last year with Dillon near 400 dollars and rural areas expected to more than double last year's total. The committee urges late donors to return unused seals and notes follow up cards will cut postage and boost health and rehabilitation funds.
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Red Cross
Dillon
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Edgar A. French
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Townsend
Ann Elizabeth Eveland
Helena
Stanley G. Starr
Aston Starr
Frank Crane
Los Angeles
Frances Hall
Dubuque
Town
Gabriel Hoyland
Katherine Collier
Angus Hamberlin
Tells Morton
Harley Abernathy
Celina Perez
Boise
Desmond Buck
Pearl Davies
Donald Oliver
Frances Stepick
Anaconda
Marble H. Pearson
Alice M. Huston
St. John
N. B
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Joseph E. Casey
Butte
Florence Boka
George Williams
Spolar
Kathryn Frances Markovich
LeRoy B. Wing
Gertrude Wilding
Otto Pérmann
Lorraine Vollmer
American Falls
Donald Park
Blackfoot
Grace Jones
Shelley
Wendell R. Green
Gwenn Brandon
Pocatello
Beaverhead County High School
Sheldon E. Davis
Supreme Court
William Heaston
Joe Potts
American Legion
Childen
W. G. Gilbert
St. Peters Hardwood
Twin Bridges
Montana Power Company
The
Dillon Examiner
Ernest E. Edwards
Clyde C. Edwards
Emmett Charles Laudenbeck
E. M. Laudenbeck
Roy E. Cornell
Roscoe Cornell
Merritt Don Meacham
Don Meacham
Carol Ann Smith
Cecil C. Smith
Florence A. Jordon
James W. Jordon
R.F.D. No. 1
Anne Louise Brundage
Hiram F. Brundage
Rowland L. Rang
Vernon H. Rang
E. Reeder
Louise Rebich
Joseph O. Rebich
John S. Dooling
John O. Dooling
Jackson
Gayle L. Wheat
Herbert W. Wheat
Gary Dale Mapel
Lyle D. Mapel
Gillette
Wyo
Joseph L. Hodgson, Jr
J. L. Hodgson
Sidney Jewell Shafer
S. J. Shafer
N. Pacific
Daniel R. Rebich
Frank D. Rebich
Ruth Marie Turner
Milo Sauders
Wmeaston
Ayres
William Dale Welborn
John J. Smith
Edward A. Romain
Joseph Paper
Leonard C. Thomas
Jacob S. Streit
Ella Lynch
John M. Brooks
Thomas A. Benson
Emmett C. Laudenbeck
Paul A. Rebich
William B. Dickson
Martin Nicholas
Edna B.emerick
Clara A. Graeter
Edward Cowan
Michael Macklin
Julia A. Selway
Joseph Borsovich
Mildred R. J. Rice
Antone Jensen
Joseph C. King
George M. Tash
Ben E. Oneal
James M. Dodd
Pauline Raymond
Alex H. Abercrombie
William Mosher
Emma A. Fidler
Adeline Jackson
Benjamin Loy
William T. Scully
Henry Thomas
Sarah E. van Housen
Harry Schuler
George Harold Smith
Joseph Chaput
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