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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1942
Page
2
A long historical account traces ship launching customs from human offerings to modern champagne christenings. It notes red wine, then champagne, the shift of naming to court sponsors, wartime fabric shortages for the dressings, and the belief in good luck tied to a proper launch process.
Montana State extension nutrition specialist Bessie McClelland champions cereal desserts for value and nutrition. She notes whole or refined cereals boost energy when enriched with milk and molasses and suggests bread puddings and dried fruits for variety. The Indian pudding recipe uses cornmeal and milk baked slowly, served with cream or ice cream.
Peru launches a campaign to increase demand for fish livers, promoting their nutritional value and potential health benefits to consumers across markets.
An advertisement for used car parts by Carl Weissman & Co. at 218 Fourth St So, Great Falls Montana, offering discounts of 50 to 75 percent.
Mrs John L Whitehurst president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs will be the honor guest of Montana club women at the biennial convention in Helena on June 18 19 and 20 Mrs Whitehurst home is Baltimore invited by Mrs A E McLeish Fort Benton president of the Montana Federation of Women's Clubs and federation director for Montana She will also attend conventions in North Dakota and Washington state on her western itinerary
Right Rev. William Fisher Lewis aged 39 was consecrated bishop of the Episcopal missionary diocese of Nevada. He previously served as rector at Bozeman from 1931 to 1936 and led mission churches in the Madison valley before moving to Burlington Vermont in 1936 where he served until his election.
James R. Hobbins of Anaconda Copper Mining Co says the group, including subsidiaries, produces over 1,000,000,000 pounds of high quality war metals annually. Plants at Great Falls Anaconda and Tooele will raise capacity, with manganese plant boosting steel toughening metal output and subsidiaries producing vast quantities of wire and brass.
Initial deliveries of chrome concentrates from the Benbow mine at Dean in Stillwater County arrived at Columbus, the railroad shipping point. Previously shipped ore went to Butte for tests. The concentrate, moved by truck, resembled cinders with jewels and reflects light from crystal-like surfaces, suggesting a jewel-like appearance. Chrome is a critical metal for war munition production.
Teton county agent Stanley Halvorson says total acreage seeded will rise from 1941 levels. Wheat acreage will drop to about 138 303 acres from 150 013, flax grows to 15 000 acres from 3 995, and feed crops reach about 38 000 acres up from 27 000. Mustard declines while safflower increases as moisture remains good and water storage surpasses last year. Every family urged to grow more food, expanding farm gardens statewide.
Dialogue shows two individuals discussing an imminent marriage prompted by rising living costs. Rastus questions the plan while Sambo concedes a possible marriage if price hikes persist.
The May 1 range, cattle, and sheep conditions in Montana are 87 88 percent of normal respectively. Moisture favors most areas and southeastern Montana is especially good. Calving continues with decent calf crops though losses edge last year. Lambing faces some losses but hope remains for a strong lamb crop.
William Spiegel Jr., 20, of Butte, wins a 5 prize from Consolidated Aircraft for suggesting a new belt assembly for B 24. He has worked nine months at Lindbergh Field, San Diego, and is a 1941 Butte High School graduate. He receives congratulations from H S Martin head of the Senesen committee of the company.
Montana expects a good to excellent calf and lamb crop statewide this year with overall numbers near last year. Eastern and central counties should exceed western areas, while some regions face labor and harsher winter effects. Pondera reports 98 percent calf crop and lambing is mostly complete east of the divide.
Commissioner John C. Page reported to Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes that beet sugar fed 5 million men from 1941 production on Bureau of Reclamation lands in the West. He says output could double by 1943. Across 12 states 29 projects grow beets, but quotas limit to about 120000 acres, with main production in 20 projects across eight states.
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