Great Northern Follows Founder Policy of Low Costs
The article traces Great Northern’s 1930s and 1940s strategy rooted in James J. Hill’s principles of low-cost transport. It highlights debt reductions to 316 million, 1941 savings of about 9 million since 1929, and a stable profit surplus while signaling cautious postwar prospects under presidents Budd Kenney and Gavin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Hill
Henry Ford
Great Northern
Frank J. Gavin
G. N
Ralph Budd
Cascades
Washington
Budd
Cascade
America
William P. Kenney
Gavin
Kenney
Frank Seeks Henrietta Amid War Terrors in Welshpool Road Extension
After a tense patrol Frank, drained in nerves and strength, travels from the aerodrome to Coldham seeking Henrietta. He finds Welshpool Road haunted by ruins and a cemetery extension known as The Extension as he follows a lead toward the RAF station and an unmarked funeral of unidentified dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Henrietta
Coldham
Scientific Inquirer
London
Paddington
Central Station
High Street
Welshpool Road
Birmingham
Army
Red Cross
Abolition of 20 Boards Favored in Reorganization Plan
Gov. Sam C. Ford's committee on reorganization and economy recommends dissolving or consolidating numerous state boards and commissions. Proposals include transferring duties to secretaries of state, health boards, forestry and park commissions, and the School of Mines. abolishing entomology, milk control, and other entities. and reassigning duties to new or existing departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam C. Ford
Division of Labor
Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
State Board of Voting Machine Commissioners
Secretary of State
State Boards of Canvassers
Furnishing Commission
State Board of Examiners
Furnishing Board
Board of Examiners
State Board of Forestry
State Park Commission
Science Commission
Forestry and Park Commission
State Library Extension Commission
Board of Library Commissioners
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Board of Trustees
Law Library
Supreme Court of the
Chief Justice
Grand Army of the Republic
United Spanish War Veterans
Historical Library
Montana Agricultural Conservation Board
State Soil Conservation Committee
Grass Conservation Board
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Livestock Sanitary Board
Board of Entomology
Board of Health
State Board of Equalization
Oil Conservation Board
Board of Equalization
Board of Food Distributors
Montana Trade Commission
Hunters urged to save hides for war effort
Montana hunters asked by the state department of fish and game to save and preserve big game skins this fall. Deputy game warden William Voorhis says Montana fur and hide buyers will purchase the skins as leather needed for wartime imports have fallen short. He notes 90 percent of deer and elk hides are wasted and urges hunters to request preservation guidance from the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Department of Fish and Game
William Voorhis
United States
Voorhis
Department
Farmers Plan Contour Strip Cropping For Spring
Extension agent M P Honsmeier of Montana State College notes this autumn is ideal for planning contour strip cropping and buffer grass strips to control erosion. Edmund Kempton’s ranch in Prairie County illustrates success with field layout, water spreading devices, and range plans under the land utilization project amid a wet year and runoff reduced by grass buffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Honsmeier
Kontana State College
Hansmeier
Edmund Kempton
Terry
Kempton
Prairie County
Soil Conservation Service
Ships in the British West Indies Rely on U S Equipment
All equipment and machinery for ships under construction in the British West Indies originate from the United States indicating strong trade ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British West Indies
United States
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FORD
A. Tremendous
By News Syndicate Co., Inc
Jim Hill
Mrs. Gee
William
Mr. Gee
Weva
State Entomologist
Montana Grain Inspection Laboratory
Montana State College
Bozeman
State Bureau of Mines and Geology
School of Mines
Butte
Great Falls
Mont
Alice Cole
Hotel Rainbow
Eddy
Highway 911
Helena Eddy Gallivan, Mer
Main St
Butte, Mont
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Lumber Department
Bonner, Montana
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