Parachute Firefighters Train at Seeley Lake Camp
Seeley Lake ranger station hosts 32 forest service parachute squadron firefighters from Montana State University and other groups. Trainees endure rigid ground training and jumps from platforms to 2,000 feet, learning to land safely and fight fires with full gear, radios, ropes, and two parachutes.
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Seeley Lake
Missoula
Army of United States Forest Service
Parachute Squadron
United States Army
Montana State University
Forest Service
University
Forestry School
Sir Galahad
King Arthur
Travelair
Johnson Flying Service
Army
Homestead Law Hastened Montana's Development by Fifty Years
A historical overview traces how the push for western land, from early Ohio Company activity to the 1863 Homestead law under Lincoln, spurred settlement and state formation in Montana. It covers preemption debates, land auctions, and the shifts in policy that moved settlers westward and shaped the region.
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Montana
Alexander Hamilton
Ohio
William Harrison
McMasters
Paxson
Sam
Tiffin
General Land Office
Treasury Department
Edward Tiffin
Thomas Hart Benton
Missouri
United States Army
Henry Clay
Jackson
Republic
Tyler
Lincoln
New Farm Deferment Form Released for Occupation Requests
Ranch and farm employers may use form 42 to request occupational deferments for workers. Maj. S. H. Mitchell of Montana Selective Service says the form lets firms detail farm size, worker importance, and replacement options. Employers with 3-A or 3-B classified employees should file now. form 42-A for industrial deferments is now two pages.
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Maj
S. H. Mitchell
Selective Service
Montana
Advertising Revenues Versus Gasoline Taxes in U S
A claim compares total advertising revenues of all daily U S newspapers with the sum paid by motorists in gasoline taxes. It asserts newspapers earn less from ads than the gasoline taxes collected nationwide.
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United States
Mexico Sends 6000 Carloads of Vegetables to U S In Winter
Mexico shipped 6 000 carloads of vegetables to the United States during the winter season signaling steady cross border trade and regional agricultural supply movement through the period.
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Mexico
United States
Independent farmers as pillars of liberty and society
The statement proclaims that independent farmers form the societal backbone and are the steadfast allies of liberty, emphasizing their central role across communities and political ideals. It portrays farmers as essential to freedom and social stability.
Butte Boy Vernon Akers Joins Makin Island Raid Marines
Vernon C. Akers a Montana radio man and Butte youth took part in the Allied assault on Makin Island, one of the Leatherneck commandos, aiding in the destruction of enemy wireless stations, supplies, two ships and seaplanes in a two day operation beginning August 17. Akers writes of demanding hikes, minimal rations, and pride in Major Roosevelt and Lt. Col. Carlson leading the raid.
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United States Marine Raiders
Makin Island
Gilbert
Vernon C. Akers
Butte
Vernon
Jesse L. Akers
Georgie Akers
Montana
Makin
Leatherneck Commandos
Marine Corps
Akers
Marine Commandos
Evans F. Carl
Choteau Man Is Promoted to Captain in Army
Lieut. Theodore B. Halverson of Choteau has been promoted to captain and serves as detachment commander of the Camp Wolters station hospital in Texas. A 1926 Montana State University graduate and former pharmacy officer, he previously owned and ran the Chateau Drug Co. before entering active duty.
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Theodore B. Halverson
Grace D. Halverson
Choteau
Halverson
Camp Wolters
Tex
Montana State University
Officer Reserve Corps
Chateau Drug Co
English Girl May Get Brave Riding Chance
A young Englishwoman, Miss Isabella Purgold of Cornwall, hopes for a bronc busting job on a Montana ranch. Agricultural Commissioner A H Kruse said Warren Brewster, owner of a Sheridan-area ranch 65 miles north, may hire her to help train thoroughbreds.
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A. H. Kruse
Montana
Kruse
Warren Brewster
Sheridan
Isabella Purgold
Cornwall
More Rail Employees Count Rises in 1942
Employees of Class 1 railroads in the United States reached 1,322,435 by mid August 1942, up 9.55 percent from August 1941 and 0.46 percent higher than July 1942, per the Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Statistics report.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
Interstate Commerce Commission
Road equipment to aid Inter American highway project
American road building gear will be used for the Inter American highway in Central America. Recent motor vehicles sold in Egypt were from United States and Canada.
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Central America
Egypt
Quantrill Killed Prisoners Women and Children in Fierce Anger
A Brininstool profile of guerrilla leader William Clarke Quantrill covers his brutal rise, the oath taken by recruits, no prisoners policy, and the 1863 Lawrence massacre. It notes his death after being wounded at Bloomfield Kentucky and lasting notoriety.
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Quantrill
Gerous
Hell
Heaven
Arkansas Line
Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Jesse James
Frank
Jesse
Frank James
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Lawrence Washington
George Washington
Celeron de Bienville
New York
Alleghany River
France
Hort Duchesne
Alleghany
Monongahela
Great Falls National Bank
James Roosevelt
Young Akers
Roosevelt
Henry Plummer
X. Beidler
Plummer
William Clark Quantrill
Bannack
Alder Gulch
E. A. Brininstool
Quantrell
Charley Hart
American Frontier
Canal Dover
William E. Connelley
The
Kansas Historical Society
West
Eleventh Kansas Cavalry
Dan
Vicks
Vicks VapoRub
Colar
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