Colleges urged to require fitness for all male students
The central office for eastern intercollegiate athletics urges compulsory physical fitness testing for every male college student as essential to total war. A survey of 675 athletic directors shows many colleges require athletics for all classes, with “commando classes” rising in popularity and wartime travel issues shifting games to crowds.
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Asa S. Bushnell
Midwest
South
Far West
East
Dartmouth
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Georgia
Tech
Arizona
Santa Clara
Minnesota
Army
Oklahoma
Illinois
Duke
University of Mississippi
Bear and cub raid tent in Fish Peak country
A hungry bear and her cub raid a tent in the Fish Peak area 19 miles from Georgetown Lake, forcing two trail crewmen to climb a tree while a third man radios for help. Deputy state game warden Les Barton reaches the scene but the bear departs with the cub before aid arrives.
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Butte Forest Service
Anaconda-Pindar
Les Barton
Butte
Trail Crew
Pindar
Wild Fish Peak
Georgetown Lake
Wuff
Jerry J. Doyle
Elmer Enderlin
Mamma Bear
Darwin
Edward Lebert
Cragey
Sebert
Lebert
Rainbow Country
Forest Service
Philipsburg
Barton
Terra Firma
Third Shift of Fall Makes Carpenter Top Coach at U
Clyde Carpenter becomes Montana State head football coach the third change this fall. He joined as assistant after resigning as Billings high school coach. Carpenter may not stay long due to navy commission. Dahlberg also moved through duty shifts and Adams remained as assistant.
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Clyde Carpenter
Montana State University
Sam
Doug Fessenden
Jiggs Dahlberg
Harry Adams
Fessenden
Air Corps
Dahlberg
Adams
Carpenter
Billings
Billings High School
Grizzly
Navy
Seattle
Miles City High School
Hogainan
Wash
Anaconda High School
Puyallup
Chehalis
Missoula
Fewer Students in High School Across Montana
Montana high school enrollments are about ten percent lower than last year. State superintendent Elizabeth Ireland cites rural-to-urban migration and war program shifts as causes. War related courses like Morse code and pre aeronautics expand, with 25 000 students relying on bus transport this year. If transport fails, education access would be curtailed.
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Montana
Elizabeth Ireland
Ireland
Proposal or Weather Report Mischief
A playful exchange quotes a romantic compliment and asks if it is a marriage proposal or a weather briefing. The line contrasts sunshine and storms to humorously blur romance with meteorology.
Local officials prepare radio upgrades for Flathead law units
Kalispell city council advances short wave radio sets for police highway and sheriff cars in Flathead county. Helena Education Association names Helen Fechter news secretary treasurer. Great Falls sees death of Sarah C. McDonald, longtime resident. she joined Paris staff in 1907. Ravalli County names Clyde Hayden county attorney to replace leave of absence naval service. Flathead forest warns hunters to expect guide shortage for South Fork area this fall. Fort Peck district engineer Howard Roberts promoted to lieutenant colonel. Vanderbilt graduate served in World War I with the 47th engineers.
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Kalispell
Flathead County
Great Falls
Sarah C. McDonald
Miss McDonald
The
Paris
South Fork
Flathead River
J. C. Urquhart
Flathead National Forest
Fort Peck
Howard H. Roberts
Richardson Selee
Washington, D. C
Roberts
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
47Th Engineers
Emergency Work Plans Outlined For Montana Counties
A joint Helena meeting of Red Cross, state welfare department and state defense commission drafted plans to handle emergencies from enemy action in Montana. The draft assigns mass care by Red Cross, individual aid by welfare, and overall direction to the defense commission.
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Montana
Red Cross
State Welfare Department
State Defense Commission
Helena
Tom D. Caverly
Defense Commission
Welfare Department
Importance of fats in the daily wartime diet
A wartime nutrition piece explains fats supply energy and aid digestion. Butter, lard, and vegetable shortenings provide essential nutrients and help absorb vitamins A D K and thiamine. A balanced fat intake, about one third of daily calories, supports satiety and health during conflict.
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Europe
Proper cooking methods urged after victory garden
Homemakers urged to preserve vitamin B-1 in vegetables by avoiding soda and using cooking water. Nutritionist Bessie E. McClelland of Montana State College notes 20 to 25 percent B-1 loss with common methods and emphasizes shorter cooking, water use, and careful meat cooking to minimize losses.
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Bessie E. McClelland
Montana State College
Miss McClelland
Marian Martin Pattern 9154 for teen jumper
Advertises Marian Martin Pattern 9154 a teen size jumper with a surplice neckline set in waistband and inverted pleats in the skirt. Featured with a dark wool jumper and blouse with long and short sleeves. May be ordered in teen sizes 10 12 14 16 with yardage details and a 16 cent price.
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Marian Martin
Pattern Department
New York
N. Y
Halloween Party Nectar Punch and Greek Dessert Turta
A Halloween recipe note describes Halloween Party Nectar Punch using peach nectar cranberry sauce lemon juice and spices with variations using other nectars. Also included is a Greek dessert almond tarta made from eggs ground almonds and dry toast crumbs baked with vanilla and syrup. A note states Northern Ireland restricts shipping of coffee beans.
Vern Haugland Receives MacArthur Silver Star
Gen Douglas MacArthur personally awarded Vern Haugland the Silver Star in a New Guinea field hospital. The Associated Press correspondent leaped through jungle to a settlement after parachuting from a plane en route from Australia. Harold Swan, former Missoula reporter and later head of a federal information division, recalled Haugland’s early Missoula career and his efficient, careful reporting.
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Douglas MacArthur
Vern Haugland
Associated Press
New Guinea
General MacArthur
United States Army
Haugland
Australia
Swan
Missoula
Cub
Nebraska
State reports record water storage in Montana reservoirs
Montana water conservation board end of irrigation season shows historic storage levels across major basins led by Tongue river and Willow Creek with large spring runoff and early rains contributing. Buck notes surplus to be discharged for inspections and repairs as some sites are drained or reduced to target levels.
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Montana Water Conservation Board
Fred Buck
Buck
Middle Creek
Deadman’s Basin
Cooney Lake
Willow Creek
Ruby River
Flint Creek
Nevada Creek
Tongue River
West Fork
Montana State cadet in WWII listed as safe flyer
Mrs. F. A. Van Haur of Missoula has been notified that her son James P. Van Haur, a Flying Fortress crew member, survived seven days after their plane was forced down in the Pacific. The War Department corrected an earlier notice that he was missing in action. Lieut. Van Haar joined the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in 1940 while studying forestry at Montana State University.
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Missoula
F. A. van Haur
James P. van Haur
Pacific
War Department
van Haar
Army Air Corps
Montana State University
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Fall Here
Phyllis Creore
Clarepotter
Rexhill
Helen E. Fechter
Helena High School
News
Lewis and Clark County
Montana Education Association
Hamilton
Clyde Hayden
Ravalli County Board of Commissioners
E. Gardner Brownlee
Hayden
J. A. Tobey
St. Lawrence River
Anticosti Island
Pentyl
Kathryn
Wynn
Northern Ireland
McArthur
Glacier Lake
Smith River
Durand
Martinsdale
Ackley Lake
Big Dry
Betty Crocker
Geniug
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