Academy Candidates To Be Examined Soon
Sen. Burton Wheeler announced the Civil Service Commission will hold the annual congressional examination for prospective U S Military and Naval Academy candidates on July 24 1946 in Helena. Eligible armed forces members may apply by July 5 with age limits set for each academy and veterans may qualify for expanded age ranges. Selected candidates still face regular academy tests and physical requirements.
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Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
Civil Service Commission
U. S
Wheeler
Washington
Naval Academy
Military Academy
War Department orders Fort Missoula inactivation by November
Missoula with UP reports the War Department will deactivate Fort Missoula and the disciplinary barracks by Nov 30. Capt. C B Ford said future plans for the fort are unclear and it has not been decided where the several hundred prisoners will be transferred. The fort began as a Leavenworth branch on June 1 1944.
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Missoula
War Department
Fort Missoula
C. B. Ford
Ford
Leavenworth Prison
Montana Governor calls July conference for highway safety council
Governor Sam C Ford called a July 11 meeting in Helena to form a state highway safety council per Truman recommendations. The invite went to county and city leaders plus veterans educational and law enforcement groups. State Agriculture Commissioner Albert Kruse said he would seek an AG ruling on a war food amendment on grain storage arguing it may discriminate against farmers. He noted the rule could force farmers to sell half their stored grain to the government within 15 days after delivery regardless of price. The North Dakota Public Service Commission had already rejected the order as discriminatory.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Truman
Ford
Albert Kruse
War Food Administration
Kruse
North Dakota Public Service Commission
Evansville Couple Honeymoon Fishing Trip in West
Mr and Mrs Herbert Morris of Evansville Indiana are on their honeymoon fishing trip in the West. They are accompanied by Mr and Mrs D H Burton of Clinton Illinois.
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Herbert Morris
Evansville
Ind
D. H. Burton
Clinton, Il
Community notes include visits, arrivals, and losses in the region
Mrs. Roy Ford travels to Seattle to aid her daughter Sadie as she improves. Smiths may vacation here. Dan and Mrs. Pendergast visited Butte. Maisie Wenger studies music in Dillon. Sperle family returns from the Dakotas. Loss and visiting news follow, with memorials for James McCollum and Kenneth Peterson. Local candidates visit, new residents welcomed, and several households host guests from California and Seattle.
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Roy Ford
Seattle
Ronald Smith
Sadie
Smiths
Ford
Dan Pendergast
Butte
Maisie Wenger
Dillon
Charles Sperle
Dakotas
J. P. Loss
Miami
Fla
van Houten
Lucetta Jardine
Helen
California
Wendell Jardine
Robert Peterson
Charles Wenger
Jack Hirshey
Sanford Shepherd
William Hirshey
Califiornia
Dysart Gowen
Frank Venable
Pasco
James McCollum
Kenneth Peterson
Paul Temple
Claude Lay
W. G. Gilbert, Jr
George Krause
L. G. Alding
Blythe
Calif
Ed Krause
Betty Keyser
Dewey
Frederick and
George
Allen Dansie
Martin C. Jackson
Montana Rail Commission Restores War-Time Rates and Train Service
The Montana railroad commission announced a return to a six percent rate increase on most commodities next month, with agriculture products and live stock rising three percent. Exempt items include livestock beet sugar molasses and sugar products. The reinstatement window is July 1 to 31. The panel also ordered Billington railroad to resume trains 41 and 44 between Billings and Wyola, halted in 1942 under defense orders.
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Helena
Montana Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Billington Railroad
Billings
Wyola
Office of Defense Transportation
Commission
Optometrist Dr Scarborough at Andrus Hotel
Dr. H. H. Scarborough, optometrist of Salt Lake City, will be at the Andrus Hotel on Monday and Tuesday July 8 and 9 until 4 p.m. to examine eyes and fit glasses. Get your eyes right and your glasses right. 49-31
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Andrus Hotel
H. H. Scarborough
Salt Lake City
RANCHER OF JACKSON ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
The ceremony and burial details are announced with the Masonic lodge in charge of services at noon. Rev. W. H. Bessire of Missoula to conduct rites and interment to follow at Mountain View cemetery.
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Jackson
Masonic Hall
Wisdom Masonic Lodge
W. H. Bessire
Missoula
Mountain View Cemetery
Gosman and family return from Legion meeting trip
State Senator George M. Gosman Mrs Gosman and Dorothy Ann returned Saturday from Chicago and other eastern points. Gosman, a past Montana American Legion department commander and national executive committeeman, attended a national Legion meeting in Indianapolis.
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George M. Gosman
Gosman
Dorothy Ann
Chicago
Montana American Legion
the Legion
Indianapolis
Montana Fireworks Ban Maintains War Time Rules
Montana Attorney General R W Bottomly warned that displaying selling or manufacturing fireworks remains illegal through the war and six months after. The 1943 law allows permits for state fair displays with precautions. penalties include a $500 fine or 30 days jail or both. Ensign and Mrs Jack Orr announce the birth of a son in Walla Walla on June 29, father hails from Dillon.
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Helena
R. W. Bottomly
Montana
Bottomly
Ensign
Jack Orr
Walla Walla, Wash
John T. Orr
Dillon
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Lew Lehr
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ABC
B.e.goodrich
Montana Auto Sales
Morris
Supreme Court
Justice C. F. Morris
Justhce Club
Margaret Nelson
N. Ewing
Cold Wave
Geo. M. Gosma Westwood
Congress
Stockman Merchant
Claude
Republican
Pol. Pol. Adv
United Press State Letter
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