Grafton Heads Highway News Public Relations Office
The Montana state highway department creates a public relations division to explain highway policy during the national emergency. Edwin C. Grafton of Billings is named director as Howard W. Holmes outlines the division’s duties including informing the public and handling right of way negotiations.
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State Highway Department
Highway Department
Howard W. Holmes
Edwin C. Grafton
Billings
Holmes
War Department
Commission
Hail Strikes Richland County Crops
Heavy hail in Richland County on June 19 caused significant crop damage with the heaviest fall near Sidney. Bowman, state hail insurance commissioner, noted lighter damage in scattered areas of Richland county. Additional spotty damage occurred in Dawson and Wibaux counties on June 17 and 18.
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Richland County
E. K. Bowman
Bowman
Sidney
Dawson
Wibaux
Pattern 380 Slim Yoked Frock With Jacket
A fashion note on Pattern 380 by Claire Tilden. It highlights a youthfully simple frock with a matching jacket, featuring pointed yokes that smooth shoulders, a gently bloused bodice, a V neck, and a full seated walkable skirt.
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Claire Tilden
Practical Health Hints and Army Diets Featured
Practical Health Hints describes a versatile dress pattern with a smart front panel and optional sleeves, plus a trim jacket to complete a street ensemble. The second feature details the U S Army ration, noting daily 4000 calories per soldier, key components, and the shift from World War I fare to modern, nutrient rich meals.
State Editors Say on Age and Education
A retired American leader in popular education at age 70 emphasizes lifelong learning. He notes he has learned more in the last 15 years than in the previous 30 and hopes to learn more in the next 15. He happily shares knowledge with others, praising education as a resource that grows by giving it away.
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Tennyson
Ulysses
Billings Gazette
State boards and notices across Montana briefed
State board inspectors visited the Boulder state training school. Ida Anderson of Anaconda elected Montana district Vasa president with Butte as 1942 meeting site. Raleigh Shields of Roundup named deputy game warden at Wisdom after highway work in Forsyth. Pardons and commutations granted for Miles City and Madison County residents. A $500 livestock theft reward posted by Meagher County Livestock Association. Earl Kohut, 9, killed in a runaway near Stockett. Cogswell-Dawson Inc. awarded $13,136.10 state vehicle liability coverage by St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co.
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Anaconda
Montana
Order of Vasa
Ida Anderson
Butte
Roundup
Raleigh Shields
Wisdom
State Highway Commission
Forsyth
Helena
State Board of Examiners
Cogswell-Dawson, Inc
Great Falls
St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co
State Authority Limited in Glacier Park Medical Rules
Attorney General John W. Bonner ruled the state has no jurisdiction over crimes inside Glacier Park. The opinion for Dr. Otto G. Klein says a physician practicing within Glacier Park without a medical board certificate does not violate the medical practices act.
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John W. Bonner
Glacier Park
Bonner
Otto G. Klein
State Board of Medical Examiners
Medical Board
Meat Loaf and Sour Cream Cake Recipe Summary
A historic menu card features Meat Loaf garnished with tomato wedges parsley and radishes served with creamed potatoes and a molded vegetable salad. It includes a step by step meat loaf mix with beef veal pork and bread crumbs, plus a sour cream cake recipe with eggs sugar sour cream and cake flour.
Manganese Ore Ready Market Plan Outlined
The U S Bureau of Mines proposes a government backed plan to buy small lots of manganese ore via purchasing centers in selected areas with a sliding price scale, samplers, and later plant construction to secure steady supplies and avoid uncertain reserves. The program would exclude certain minerals and would test a single area before wider adoption.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Bureau of Mines
Geological Survey
The
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Metallurgical
Tri-State
Montana Alaska Highway Endorsed by Aviation Leaders
Northwest Aviation Planning council approves a Montana to Alaska highway with parallel emergency landing fields for defense. A Pacific coast route is also urged. Spokane named host city for 1942, with calls to boost national airport defense, uniform regulations, more inspectors, training schools, an independent aviation agency, and a posthumous Medal of Honor for William Mitchell.
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Montana
Alberta
Alaska
Northwest Aviation Planning Council
Billings
Pacific Coast
Spokane
Congress
States
Northwest
William Mitchell
Canada
Council
Mass Planned at St Marys Reservation Stevensville
Volunteers Catholic and non Catholic removed old stumps at St Marys reservation Stevensville to protect soil and native grass. An altar is to be built for a pontifical field mass on August 27 directed by Rev Francis Burns of Missoula with relics housed in a new museum addition attached to the old drug store infirmary.
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Stevensville
St. Mary’s Reservation
William Potts
Earl Lockridge
Old
St. Mary's Reservation
James J. Sheerin
Old St. Mary’s
Francis Burns
Missoula
Harold Higgins
Father Ravalli
Louisiana’s 6 Million Business Billoutsized by Canada Alaska
A historical note compares Louisiana’s 6 million annual business figure to Canada and Alaska combined. It lists annual counts of pests including rats opossums musk rats raccoons and skunks, and mentions a group of over 1,000 minor planets occupying an orbit between Mars and Jupiter.
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Louisiana
Canada
Alaska
Mars
Jupiter
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Grafton
M.N
Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y
J. A. Tobey
Boulder
Leslie J. Gaffnew
Miles City
Leonard Stone
Madison County
White Sulphur Springs
Meagher Countly Livestock Association
Earl John Kohut
John Kohut
Stockett
Betty Crocken
NGS
Reg
U. & Pet
Betty Crocker
Home Service Department
Furriers
ILL
West
Charles M. Russell
United States
Montana Newspaper Association
Russell
Great Falls, Montana
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