Cancer Control Month highlights lay education efforts
The American Society for the Control of Cancer has expanded surveys and leaflets, with a nationwide lay education program beginning in 1936 through the Women’s Field Army. April is Cancer Control Month, aiming to enroll one person per hundred in communities as enlistment for the effort grows, backed by major national and women’s organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Women's Field Army
Congress
Army
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
National Council of Women
National Council of Jewish Women
Women’s Auxiliary of
The
American Medical Association
Catholic Daughters of America
Son-In-Law Rev. Lee H. Young Dies in Oregon
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Thomas report the death of their son-in-law the Rev. Lee H. Young of Eugene Oregon after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Thomas
Lee H. Young
Eugene, Ore
County happenings primer under two dollars a year
The Examiner offers a complete weekly survey of county events for just two dollars annually. Readers gain a concise roundup of local happenings, highlights, and notable occurrences from the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Examiner
Various Dillon Visitors and Fellowship Notes
Mr and Mrs Melvin Standish of Melrose were Dillon visitors Saturday. Mr and Mrs Bruce A Risley returned Sunday from Chinook after a week away. Mr and Mrs John Kamps of Butte visited Dillon friends Sunday. Mr and Mrs Vic Westergard and Mr and Mrs Joe Lynch returned last Friday from Laguna Beach Calif where they spent the past month visiting the San Francisco fair. W D Tovey left last week for San Francisco to attend the world’s fair. Mrs Ted Oliver is visiting her sister Mrs Nis Christensen in Elkhorn Iowa. Mrs Christensen recently became the mother of a baby boy. Fellowships from the American Association of University Women target advanced work for women. Six AAUW fellowships are memorials honoring women in educational history. Jess Tope of Wise River returned from California met by Ralph Potts of Wise River. Mrs Marcus Hilden and daughter Ruth Colene arrived to spend weeks with Mrs Hilden’s mother before joining Mr Hilden in Bismarck ND. Flo Joy returned from Livingston after being called by her mother’s death. Six of the fellowships offered by AAUW are memorials honoring women noted in education history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Westergard
Joe Lynch
Laguna Beach
Calif
W. D. Tovey
San Francisco
Ted Oliver
Nis Christensen
Elkhorn
Iowa
Christensen
American Association of University Women
Association
Jess Tope
Wise River
California
Dillon
Ralph Potts
Marcus Hilden
Ruth Colene
Honorary Commanders Named For Naval Reserve Aviation Division
Lieutenant Commander Rolland Kaufman presents silver wings to Kate Smith and George Brent at the U S Naval Reserve Aviation Division ceremony in the Columbia Playhouse. The event honored the radio star and film star as Honorary Commanders amid a backdrop of broadcasts and scout activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolland Kaufman
U.S.N
U. S. Naval Reserve Base
Kate Smith
George Brent
U.S. Naval Reserve Aviation Division
Columbia Playhouse
Kate
Social guests and local notes from Dillon
A list of visitors includes America, Alice Freeman Palmer, Anna Brackett, Julia Pratt, Rose Sidgwick, Mary Nourse, Sarah Berliner, Mrs Ella Brounvel, Mrs Belle Maloney, Tom Erwin and Bill Maloney of Alder who attended a Joe Gelhaus home gathering in Dillon on Monday. A Danish Brotherhood dance was held in the Oddfellows hall last Saturday with a large crowd. George Hughes of Horse Prairie visited Dillon last Friday. W M Sweeney spent Friday in Dillon from Sheep Creek basin. The state penitentiary population at Deer Lodge declined from 553 to 534 in February, with Theodore Bergstrom reporting. Fourteen prisoners were received, 13 discharged, 19 paroled and one sent to the state hospital. among inmates were 506 white males, six white females, 21 colored males and one Oriental male.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Alice Freeman Palmer
Anna C. Brackett
Julia C. G. Pratt
Rose Sidgwick
Mary Pemberton Nourse
Sarah Berliner
Ella Brounvel
Belle Maloney
Tom Erwin
Bill Maloney
Alder
Joe Gelhaus
Dillon
Oddfellows Hall
George Hughes
Horse Prairie
W. M. Sweeney
Sheep Creek
Deer Lodge
Theodore R. Bergstrom
Montana Farm Prices Rise in Month End Report
A federal report by Jay G. Diamond shows Montana farm prices as of February 15 higher than January 15. Eighteen commodities gained, nine stayed level, and nine fell. Meat animals and milch cattle rose while eggs declined and butter fat fell. Wool remained steady.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Highway bonds sold to fund state program
The state highway department has sold bonds totaling 1.5 million dollars of the 3 million issued to sustain the highway program for two more years. The issues were placed with a New York firm at 1.89 percent interest, the lowest rate in the department's history.
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State Highway Department
New York
Highway Department
Montana births outpace deaths by close to two to one
Montana records show 850 births and 543 deaths last month as the state board of health notes 66 infant deaths under one year. Seven deaths were from car crashes and 55 from communicable diseases, with influenza causing 14 of those.
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Stork
Grim Reaper
Montana
State Board of Health
WPA Project Passed for Powell County
The Works Progress Administration approved a $48,648 project for clearing the reservoir site and building canals bridges and flumes along Nevada Creek in Powell County at the Nevada Creek Water Conservation Project, announced by Sen. B. K. Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Works Progress Administration
Nevada Creek
Powell County
B. K. Wheeler
Legislature Kills Bill Repealing Governor Powers
A conference committee deadlock caused S B 5 to die. The bill would repeal the extra appointive and dismissal powers granted to the governor over state department employees. The council failed to concur on timing and the measure expired with two years left before any repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoney
Senate
House
Dairy herd shows higher milk and fat production in county test
Lake County Dairy Herd Improvement Association reports year over year gains in herd average milk production from 6186 pounds to 8166 pounds and butterfat output from 269.3 pounds to 325 pounds. Tester Melvin McPheeters relayed results to extension dairy specialist J.O. Tretsven at Montana State College.
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Lake County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Melvin McPheeters
J.O. Tretsven
Montana State College
Corrective treatments for alkali soils in Montana
Montana Extension service releases a circular by Edmund Burke detailing what alkali soils are how they form and how to rehabilitate them. Copies available via county agents or Montana State College Bozeman. Farm poultry producers expect about 8 percent more hatchery chicks in 1939 than 1938. January cash income including government payments reached 627 million dollars versus 620 million in 1938.
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Montana
Montana Extension Service
Edmund Burke
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Montana State College
Bozeman
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Frank Conley, Montana figure, dies at 75
A veteran of Montana life, Frank Conley died Sunday in a Butte hospital at age 75. He moved to Deer Lodge in 1886, served as a deputy sheriff in Custer county, guarded both territorial and federal prisons, and as Deer Lodge mayor for 32 years.
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Montana
Frank Conley
Butte
Conley
Custer County
Deer Lodge
Territorial Penitentiary
Tom McTague
Montana Exhibit Draws Large Crowds at San Francisco Expo
Montana’s exhibit at the San Francisco International Exposition attracts daily crowds and has seen nearly 200,000 visitors. Designed by Bob Fletcher of the state highway department, the display highlights Montana vacation opportunities. The legislature appropriated $10,000 for maintenance of the exhibit.
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Montana
Bob Fletcher
State Highway Department
Drum Corps to Sponsor Dance Here
Dillon Elks lodge to award eight members 25 year pins at Tuesday meeting presented by Past Exalted Ruler Matt Kay. Names include Albert Stamm 1906 Sol Sabolsky 1909 A F Waldorf 1909 W B Hartwig 1911 and others with initiation years 1911 1914. Frank Venable of Butterodge also to receive a button. A dinner at the Metlen hotel precedes the meeting with past exalted rulers and officers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Elks Lodge
Matt Kay
Albert Stamm
Sol Sabolsky
A. F. Waldorf
W. B. Hartwig
E. B. Roe
F. A. Hazelbaker
D. W. Erwin
J. E. Kelly
Frank Venable
Metlen
Plays Presented by Gargoyle Club Today
Butte report notes Sheldon E. Davis spoke in Helena about establishing the Helena High School chapter of the National Honor Society during a Tuesday address
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Gargoyle Club
Butte
Sheldon E. Davis
Helena
Helena High School
National Honor Society
Educational figures highlighted at national meetings
Miss Jessie L. Duboc recently returned from national educational meetings in Cleveland. Her name appears on the title page of a Handbook of English for Boys and Girls published under the National Conference on Research in English. She helped read the manuscript along with about a dozen council members. The leading article in Educational Administration and Supervision is by Supt. Paul Anderson of the training school, titled Relation of Theory and Practice in the Preparation of Teachers in Teachers Colleges.
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Jessie L. Duboc
Cleveland
Duboc
National Conference On Research
Paul Anderson
Baltimore
Renfro Sweeps International Shoot Title at Kansas City
Renfro swept the international shoot with Gar Moss of Kansas City finishing third. Renfro won 668.30 dollars, marking his second international championship. He also holds former titles in the international challenge and world flyer championships at Monte Carlo. Herman Peterson and Otto A. Schulz participated but placements are not yet known as the event opened last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gar Moss
Kansas City
Renfro
Monte Carlo
Herman Peterson
Dillon Gun Club
Otto A. Schulz
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Campaign For Cancer Control
Mrs. Melvin Standish
Melrose
Bruce A. Risley
Chinook
John Kamps
Dillon Friends
Hereford
Choice
Belle Curtice Wright Pines Ranch
Stevensville, Montana
Michael Whalen
Lynn Bari
June Gale
Arkansas
Bob Burns and
Jean Parker
Ome Cris
Azimpi
Wallace Beery
Robert Taylor
Cipher Bureau
Government Department
Carson Robison
E.S.T
National Broadcasting System
Red Network
Boy Scouts of America
Carson
New York City
Walter Winchell
Nat Singer
Soft-Lite
Lena Company
Singer
Eleazer
Nat Sample
Dartmouth
Dorothy Gardner
St. Paul
Cities Service Oil Company
Adolf Hitler
Karl H. von Wiegand
Third Reich
Mr. von Wiegand
Fuehrer
Hitler
Capital News
Dillon Examiner
Drum Corps
United States
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Agency For Complete Insurance Service
First National Bank
Aote
la Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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