Mines Students Able 10 Apply for Enlistment
Freshmen and sophomores at the Montana School of Mines may apply for student reserve enlistment in the army navy or marine corps on Sept 21. Enlisted students remain in inactive reserve until called to active service and may later receive commissions after training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana School of Mines
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Army Enlisted Reserve Corps
Air Corps
Selective Service
Treasure State News Briefs Summary
Butte death takes Arthur E. Blair 70 former Leonard mine superintendent. Helena sets November 3 for Roosevelt county special election to replace L. M. Clayton. Sidney KGCS radio begins 7am to 8pm on 1480 kc. Miles City funeral for Moses Hunter 102 Civil War veteran born 1840. Helena nurse Kathryn Worrell granted leave to UC faculty. Billings plane crash near Glendale kills pilot Wayne M. Winks 22. Livingstone fire destroys Silver Gate inn at Yellowstone gate. Helena lab tests blood of over 40140 Montana men since 1940 for infectious diseases. Montana butterfat July 1,530,369 pounds down from 1941 and June. Yellowstone Park drowning of C. L. Anderson 49 and rescue of R. A. Crawford. Helena bakery flour mill licensing rule. Great Falls bomber crash near Shelby kills pilot Robert Gustafson 22. Maj. Thomas Fletcher comments. Butte Rev. Frank Harrington named St Helena pastor Meaderville. Glasgow Howard Ronkin 21 drowned at Camp Bragg. Fort Benton 212 officers promoted to lieutenant colonel in Marines. Billings Edwin E. Sande 64 dies. Helena steel construction likely delayed wartime. War Production Board notes hair supply to Washington Institute of Technology for bombsights. Fort Peck game farm to supplement birds as others close. Eastern Star elects Bertha Weiloff grand matron. Eunice M. Brown re-elected grand secretary. Cynthia Plummer, grand treasurer. Olive Flachsenhar named associate grand matron.
Helena woman advances to grand conductress title
Great Falls mourns loss as Lieut. Earle Eugene Hansen 41 of Great Falls presumed dead after plane crash in a swamp near Youngsville Louisiana. Army says Hansen and Second Lieut. Robert Lloyd Hollingsworth 21 of Selma California were en route from a California base to an Alabama airport. Butte pastor Rev. T S Severtson leaves for navy chaplaincy in Virginia accompanied by family. Other priest Rev. Frank Burns also departed for service weeks earlier. Recipe notes include Ginger Cream Cookies and a ripe olive vegetable casserole with olives, peppers, onions, corn, cheese, and potatoes.
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Great Falls
Service
Air Transport Command
Earle Eugene Hansen
Youngsville
Long Beach
Calif
Hansen
Robert Lloyd Hollingsworth
Selma
California
Alabama
Butte
T. S. Severtson
Gold Hill Lutheran Church
Virginia
Navy
Jumper Ensemble Pattern 9881 for Junior Miss Sizes
Advertisement for Marian Martin pattern 9881 ordering details. Specifies junior miss sizes 11 through 18 and fabric requirements for size 13 jumper and blouse. Encourages sending 16 and 10 cents for pattern and fall-winter pattern book, with instructions to mail to Newspaper Pattern Dept MN New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Newspaper Pattern Dept
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
Summer School at Montana State Declared Big Success
Visiting professors and students wrap up a 10 week summer quarter at Montana State University. The program emphasized civilian readiness and armed forces training with courses in Descriptive Astronomy and Navigation, war economics, mathematics, and first aid. The education workshop aimed to align curricula with wartime needs under President E. O. Melby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State University
G. D. Shallenberger
East
Middlewest
E. O. Melby
Northwest
Dostal Goes Home for Harvest Furlough
Private Elmer Dostal of the Eighth armored division begins a 30 day furlough to help harvest the fall crop on his Square Butte Montana farm, a 29 year old draftee who trades his bayonet for a plow to aid 800 acres of wheat.
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Great Falls
Elmer Dostal
Eighth Armored Division
Montana
Dostal
Sam
Square Butte
War era life and industry shifts influence daily chores
The piece notes wartime rationing and policy cuts with households slowing services to conserve resources. It cites OPA guidance on dry cleaners, laundries, and consumer discounts, plus Treasury aims for voluntary war bond funding in 1942. It highlights California women’s rising factory roles, egg drying growth, cocoa shortages, and margarine’s vitamin A boost.
Consumer Measures Shape Wartime Kitchens and Goods
wartime controls affect bread spreads sauces and cooking fats. Hairpin makers stay at April rate to September while 50 percent of 1941 production continues. Lipstick and face powder top women’s cosmetic list. leather shortage looms due to lend lease and military use. Petroleum soaps may replace coconut-based soaps, with mothproof and germ killing properties. Paint shortages eased by price ceilings and substitutes, with slower drying times and muted colors but available to consumers.
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Department of Agriculture
State Soldier Weds Coast Girl by Cable
Spokane records a unique cable wedding between Eleanor Lucille Granlund of Spokane and Benjamin Vaughn of Libby Montana. Vaughn, an army soldier in Australia, arranged the ceremony by cable from July 13 to July 30 with confirmations from Miss Granlund and Chaplain Russell Blaisdell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Lucille Granlund
Spokane
Benjamin Vaughn
Libby
Mont
Australia
Frank C. Nash
Vaughn
Miss Granlund
Darling
Russell Blaisdell
Missoula Seeks Air Corps Training School
Missoula aviation committee reports progress after inspecting air corps officials location options. H O Bell says chamber meetings with army leaders in Salt Lake City and Denver supported Missoula as a potential site with University facilities and downtown hotels reviewed for a program serving about 1000 to 1200 students.
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Missoula
Air Corps
Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
H. O. Bell
Chamber
Salt Lake City
Denver
The
State University
Bell
August meat production sets record for the month
The American Meat Institute reported August meat output reached a record for the month, more than 10 percent higher than August last year, in its review of the livestock and meat business.
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American Meat Institute
Classic layered potato bake in a moderate oven
A dish method describes layering sauce and potatoes in an oiled pan with alternating layers and a final sauce top. Bake at 350 degrees F for about one hour. Serves 4 to 6.
Mustard Crop in Montana Falls Short of Last Year
The federal bureau reports Montana will harvest about 29.25 million pounds of mustard this year, roughly half of 1941, from 65 000 acres of 178 700 planted. California follows with 3.3 million pounds as Pondera county leads production. acreage drop reflects difficult marketing across states.
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United States
Montana
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
California
Bureau
Pondera County
Teton
Toole
Glacier
Liberty
Chouteau
Hill
Cascade
Proper Oven Care After Use
Leave the oven door open until cooled and dry. Evaporate moisture from cooking to prevent oven rust and ensure safe drying.
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MINES
Arthur E. Blair
Leonard
San Diego
Helena
Ford
Roosevelt County
L. M. Clayton
Sidney
KGCS
Miles City
Moses Hunter
Hunter
Kathryn Worrell
State Board of Health
University of California
Billings
San Fernando Road
Glendale
Wayne M. Winks
Yellowstone Park
C. L. Anderson
Yellowstone Lake
R. A. Crawford
Greenville
Tex
Park
R. V. Bottomly
Shelby
Robert Gustafson
Islington
Mass
Thomas Fletcher
Mand
Frank L. Harrington
Glasgow
Howard Ronkin
Glentana
Camp Bragg
N. C
John Draper
Fort Benton
Karl K. Louther
Edwin E. Sande
Billings Hardware Co
Sande
Holter Hardware Co
Joliet Milling Co
State Highway Commission
South Carolina
Big Horn River
Hardin
War Production Board
Washington Institute of Technology
College Park
Warm Springs
Fort Peck
J. S. McFarland
Order of Eastern Star
Bertha Weiloff
Winnett
Marion F. Anderson
Kalispell
Eunice M. Brown
Cynthia CG. Plummer
Olive M. Flachsenhar
Terry
Nellie Yale Hauberg
Shallenberger
Washington
OPA
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
America
Africa
Brazil
WPEB
Lawrence Fleet
Buffalo
American Chemical Society
Frances Woodward
Hollywood
Cable
College OF Great Falls
College of Education
Third Avenue North
Great Falls, Montana
State of
Piiano
Charice
Tiennan
Opera International
SSES
TION
Accreditment
State Board of Education and
Northwest Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Registrar College OF
Third
Avenue North
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