Illiterate Montanans Train as Soldiers Under New Testing
Fifty Montana men, once considered unfit due to illiteracy, are now training as U S soldiers after a new mental screening system. Capt Campbell and Reed Merrill, aided by Maj Atkins, lead the intake at the Montana recruiting station, reclassifying borderline cases and aiming to reclaim a large share of those rejected since 1940. Rural areas show lower illiteracy rejections than urban ones, while neurotic cases may still become capable soldiers with proper placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Montana
M. M. Campbell
M. C
Reed M. Merrill
Maj. C. B. Atkins
Cap Campbell
Board of Neurology and Psychiatry
Merrill
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
Butte
U. S. Army
Captain Campbell
Campbell
Railroads Ended Colorful Era of River Travel in America
The article reflects on waterways as vital early transport routes before railroads. It notes steamboats on the Missouri and Yellowstone aided fur trade and exploration, mentions Fort Union and figures like Lewis and Clark, and contrasts river travel with the rise of railroading and wireless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Hudson’s Bay Co
American Fur Co
Northwest
Yellowstone
Missouri
Mackinaw
Montana
Fort Benton
Dolorosa
Mississippi
Prince Maximilian
George Gore
Kosciusko
Lewis and Clark
Agassiz
de Smet
Bonneville
Wyeth
Fort Union
Eastman
The Mighty River and its First Steamboat Pilots
The article recalls Rhapsody cy and the first steam boat battling the Missouri current. It describes the four deck levels, pilot house, and the pilot’s vigilance guiding the vessel. It quotes Mrs. M. E. Plassman on river danger and notes Captain LaBarge’s son as a famed pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
M. E. Plassman
Sidney Edgerton
Missouri
Joseph LaBarge
Fort Benton
LaBarge
France
Mississippi
Gulf
Postwar Play Area Planned at Coulee Dam
The Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service outline a temporary plan for developing a postwar recreational area on the 150 mile reservoir above Grand Coulee Dam. The agreement covers fiscal year 1943 with duties including area planning, permit reviews, current use supervision, and policy recommendations as a temporary measure while a permanent plan is investigated by the Columbia Basin Joint Investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Coulee Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
National Park Service
Park Service
Columbia Basin
Office of Indian Affairs
Flathead Lake Naval Base Plan Shelved
The Bureau of Naval Personnel informs Hal T. Cheney of Missoula that no further need exists for additional training stations in the western United States. A survey last March considered Flathead Lake but found other sites more suitable, ending the chamber of commerce request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Hal T. Cheney
Missoula
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Chamber
Flathead Lake
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
Washington, D. C
Jacobs
Bureau of Personnel
Striped reefer and fall colors trend for college girls
Frances Carson models a striking striped wool reefer in fall tones. Well tailored coats are in demand this year among college and career women, paired with a high crowned angora felt hat by Lilly Dache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Carson
Lilly Dache
Former Great Northern brakeman joins raid over France
Clarence K Blend, once a Great Northern brakeman, now an army air corps sergeant, participated in a raid over northern France where 13 German fighter planes were shot down. His brothers Henry Russell and George, waiting in Great Falls, learned of his safe England arrival the day before. another brother Carroll is an air corps instructor at Wichita Falls Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Great Falls
France
Clarence K. Blend
Army Air Corps
Clarence
Rocky Mountain Lab Bacteriologist H R Cox to Leave Montana
Dr H R Cox chief bacteriologist at Rocky Mountain Laboratory Hamilton and Montana State Public Health association president will resign in November to become associate director of research at Lederle Laboratories Pearl River New York He joined RM L in 1936 and was promoted in 1940 He won the Theobald Smith award in 1940 and the Missoula chamber of commerce distinguished service award in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Cox
Rocky Mountain Laboratory
Hamilton
Montana State Public Health Association
Lederle Laboratories
Pearl River
New York
Cox
Dr. Cox
Theobald Smith
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Missoula
Miss Starner Named New Child Welfare Division Director
Miss Ethel Starner, long time Montana public welfare worker and former county superintendent of McCone county, is named director of the division of child welfare services replacing John Coey on leave for navy service. Starner has 25 years in Montana, degrees from Montana State University and graduate studies at Washington and Southern California, and previously served as consultant in adoptive and foster care programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Starner
Montana
Division of
Child Welfare Services
J. B. Convery
State Department of Public Welfare
Miss Starner
John Coey
Navy
Convery
Montana State University
Missoula
Washington
Southern California
McCone
Coty
The
Public Welfare Department
CCC Selection and Child Welfare
School Land Sales Drain State Treasury Report
State land commissioner J. W. Walker reports two year totals for sales of 20,595.46 acres of school lands in 12 counties bringing 191818.36 dollars to the treasury and 20,632.16 acres of mortgage lands selling for 158480.70 dollars. Avg prices were 9.31 and 7.68 per acre respectively with unsold balances listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Walker
Walker
Beaverhead
Carter
Chouteau
Glacier
Jefferson
Liberty
Madison
Pondera
Ravalli
Sanders
Teton
Toole
Missoula Doctor Heads Montana Medical Examiners Board
Dr. A. R. Foss of Missoula was elected president of Montana’s state board of medical examiners at the biannual capitol meeting. Dr. Cedric Nelson of Billings became vice president, with Dr. Otto G. Klein of Helena re-elected secretary. Other members include Dr. A. T. Munro of Kalispell and Dr. J. H. Garberson of Miles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. RB. Foss
Missoula
Montana State Board of Medical Examiners
Patane
Butte
State Capitol
Cedric Nelson
Billings
Otto G. Klein
Helena
A. T. Munro
Kalispell
J. H. Garberson
Miles City
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Rhapsody
Mark Twain
Madeleine Dunne
Charce
Reynold Plath
Great Falls, Mont
Sioux City
Towa
Folier
Coulee Dam
Flathead Lake Naval Base
Rocky Mountain
Miss
Bucking Bronco Coal
Roundup Coal Mining Co
Roundup, Montana
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