Farm war measures expand veteran priority and truck surplus
USDA reports May chick hatchings 30 percent above last year aiding meat supply. Veterans gain preference for farm machinery under War Food Order No 135 with county AAA certs. Army reduces meat set asides and civilian canning needs increase. Surplus property sale rules extend to veterans buying up to 2500 dollars of farm surplus via Smaller War Plants Corp. ODT handles farm trucking certificates. AAA committees terminate June 30 1945. Army to release 30000 trucks by August 1 to Commerce for civilian needs as farm demand rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
AAA
Surplus Property Board
War Plants Corporation
Office of Defence Transportation
County Aaa Committee
ODT
Army
Department of Commerce
WFA
War Department
UFA
Melrose Area News Highlights Local Travel and Events
Melrose residents and guests traveled to Butte and Dillon for funerals shopping and visits. Road work and a Glendale roaster demolition recall the town’s smelter era. Beav erhead forest crews repair Glendale Canyon Creek roads as Fourth of July activities continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Ruth Walker
Keith McMann
Willard Olson
Frank Moore
Nick DeLeon
Albert Hager
Deer Lodge
Reynolds
Lizzie Keegan
Melrose
William Kambich
Rocker
Dommons
Eure
Alice Fox
Twin Bridges
Otto Boetticher
Dillon
Stevens
Minie
Little
Boetticher
Sandra Sue
Johnny Paul Little
Jerry Boetticher
Anne Fraser
Lettie Gleed
Hirst Ranch
Gleed
Cherry Creek
George Eighorn
Margaret Eighorn
Walter Eighorn
Hazel Benson
Agnes Kambich
Glendale
Frank Gordon
Trapper Creek
Mr. Wright
Beaverhead Forest Service
Canyon Creek
Glendale Road
John Trueman
Leslie Trueman
Wise River
Aline Stone
Eugene Molleur
Hazel
Marguerite LaMarche
Cecil Clark
Health program urged to continue in schools
The report stresses sustaining the health program in the schools to aid student work and community health. Letters were sent to parents informing them of children needing medical attention and encouraging summer care for the kids.
Four-year-old Raymond Weaver Hospitalized in Butte Pneumonia Case
Raymond Weaver, the four year old son of Mr and Mrs Darrell Weaver, was taken to a Butte hospital on Monday with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Weaver
Darrell Weaver
Butte
Childs Couple Welcome Son at Murray Hospital Butte
Mr and Mrs Kay Childs are the parents of a son born Saturday at Murray hospital in Butte. The newborn adds to local families and marks a joyful family milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Childs
Murray Hospital
Butte
Beef cattle payment rules under CCC funds program
The article outlines eligibility and documentation for beef production payments. It requires receipts or invoices showing date of sale buyer, point of sale, head count, liveweight, price per hundredweight, and slaughterer. Feeder-slaughterers must prove purchase details and that no prior payment was made. Payments draw from the Commodity Credit Corporation, with $40 million authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Allerton Family Visiting Dart and Father in Portland
Mr and Mrs J F Allerton of Portland Oregon visit his sister Mrs George F Dart and his father B F Allerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Allerton
Portland, Ore
George F. Dart
New Jersey Farms Drive Food Output Shielded by War Bonds
The piece highlights New Jersey’s 29,000 farms spanning 40 percent of the state, producing corn potatoes beans strawberries asparagus and blueberries worth 100 million dollars. The farms lie beside industrial plant shadows while War Bonds are pitched as securing their future and aiding export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. America
New Jersey
Atlantic Coast
U.S. Treasury Department
Dillon Pilot Killed in Italy Mission
The obituary notes Lt. Casterline, a Dillon pilot, died in an Italy crash after 30 missions. He earned the air medal for over Bessin, enlisted Feb 25 1943, commissioned Apr 15 1944 in Phoenix. He married Betty Crow on furlough in August 1944 and went overseas October 1944. Survived by wife, parents, brother Brandt, sister Florence Selway, and relatives in Salt Lake City and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Casterline
Bessin
Po Valley
Army Air Corps
Phoenix
Ariz
Betty Sue Crow
Beaverhead County
Vaughn-Ragsdale
Dillon
Brandt
Florence Selway
Salt Lake City
California
Dillon native sought in city notice and tribute
A Dillon born woman, daughter of the former president of the State Bank and Trust of Dillon, studied at Dillon schools and USC, married in 1925 to Mr. Wernli, now in South Pasadena with son John Malcolm. Surviving relatives include Stone spouses from Dillon and Evansville, and Dr and Mrs P V Lynch of Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank and Trust Company of
Dillon
Beaverhead County
University of Southern California At
Los Angeles
Wernli
South Pasadena
Stone
H. L. Stone
Evansville
Ind
D. S. Stone
Wilmington
P. V. Lynch
Baker resigns as clerk and recorder in Dillon
Albert S. Baker resigns from the clerk and recorder post to become chief accountant for Pioneer Machinery in Idaho Falls. He plans weekend return to Dillon to aid his successor Buck Buckingham, a longtime resident and former Beaverhead deputy sheriff, as he takes over in a unanimous board appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk
Baker
Clerk Baker
Pioneer Machinery Company
Westmont Tractor Company
John
Idaho Falls
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marguerite LA Marche
H. H. Scarborough
Andrus Hotel
By Mar
Alfalfa
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Fertilizer Department
Anaconda, Montana
Hazelbaker Insurance Agency
Real Estate — Abstracts
Beaverhead
Hazelbaker
Montana
America
THE
Montara Power Company
Albert S. Baker
Uncle Sam
NEW Goodrich Tires
E. Bannack St
Dillon, Mont
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!