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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1941
Page
2
John M. Sheehan, 77, longtime Butte newspaper worker, died after years of failing health. For 40 years he circulated papers in Butte, moving from the Butte Miner to the Montana Standard when the Miner closed in 1928.
The War Department awarded a 43,521,300 contract to Douglas Aircraft Co Inc for airplanes and parts, signaling development of a fleet of 70 ton aerial dreadnoughts. The new B 19 bomber, larger than any prior plane, would cruise over 6,000 miles with a 28 ton payload.
Farmers from Hill Blaine and Phillips counties meet in Chinook to discuss a cooperative creamery plan. They consider feed outlook and marketing possibilities as key factors. A separate note recalls that peanuts were imported to America on slave ships to feed enslaved Africans.
Examinations for 36 state job classifications will run to June 6. Qualified applicants will be drawn for vacancies in the unemployment compensation commission public welfare and health boards. Only US citizens who have lived in Montana the past year may apply. official applications available at local employment service offices and public welfare county offices.
Helena plans a three day 100 mile horseback ride from Helena to Great Falls with 60 riders from the Trail Riders' club of Helena and the Saddle club of Great Falls. Prizes will go to horses and possibly riders in best condition.
Canadian railways carried 996,091 tons of forest products in September 1940, up from 659,167 tons a year earlier, an increase of 51 percent, reflecting stronger demand and industrial activity.
The North Montana State Fair and Rodeo in Great Falls runs Aug 4‑9 featuring a doubled Western exhibit with cowboy gear, mining tools, and early fire fighting apparatus. Highlights include a Cowboy Parade, bull riding, calf roping, bulldogging, bronc riding, and horse races plus a grand night show “Music on Wings” with 125 performers. Sally Rand is billed as a final day appearance.
Montana unemployment commission files show 2279 Johnsons 1858 Smiths and 783 Joneses among 214000 names with social security numbers. The Johnsons outnumber others and 94 John J entries trigger follow up, while Butte contributes many common names and 10000 employers file quarterly wage records.
At a Chamber of Commerce airport committee meeting J J Flaherty and Charles Anderson learned Northwest Airlines may extend a shuttle service from Portland to Spokane to Great Falls using DC 3 aircraft. The plan would start in Portland with stops at Yakima and Spokane before returning.
J E Henry the state purchasing agent announced in Helena that eight carloads of gasoline were purchased from Northwest Refinery at Cut Hatel costing about 8000 dollars. The fuel will be used by the state highway department.
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