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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1939
Page
4
From the April 4 1880 Tribune itemizing Bannack mining boastful ore assays 70 to 250 ounces new bank excavation in Dillon Smallhorn oil plant interest and local civic notes plus international Hitler era reflections contrasting Britain France Poland and Germany with Napoleon era insight.
In Dillon on March 29 Anthony Martinell and Miss Emma Hovis joined in marriage with many friends and relatives present. Locals note travelers Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hartman of Hanover, Germany, visiting Gerhard Albers, and Mrs Hartman is an aunt to Mrs. Albers.
In a March report Governor White says he battled grippe while in California and wore an overcoat daily with every Montana man he met also ill. Eph Stroller celebrates a new apprentice plasterer at his home as the little gentleman arrives Wednesday. The old wool warehouse on Montana street owned by B F White was demolished to extend the O S S freight house. Four men seek Dillon police judge: Josephus Rich Amos E Elliott Pat Phillips and Charles Hirschman. Eddie Hammond resigns from Montana Mercantile to manage Salt Lake baseball team under E G Farnsworth with Robert Bidstrup filling vacancy. George R Featherly and partners plan to order autos from Chicago this spring.
A state dormitory has been completed after twenty years, marking a long-delayed project reaching fruition. The completion reflects efforts across multiple years and the involvement of state authorities in providing new housing facilities.
A fragment quotes a speech stressing that Germany must export or face dire consequences for the nation. The line highlights wartime rhetoric urging economic mobilization and national sacrifice. The source provides a stark window into total war mindset.
The action marks a dramatic escalation in Nazi expansion following the Munich consolidation. Hitler aims to build a Pan German empire with vast eastern ambitions while exploiting Czech wealth and Western trade frictions. Romania agrees to a temporary trade arrangement as Balkans react to the eastern advance.
President Roosevelt chose William Orville Douglas, 40, to be associate justice, making him the court’s youngest since Joseph Story. A Minnesota native raised in Yakima and Walla Walla, Douglas rose from sheep herding to Columbia Law School, taught there, and held Sterling Professorship at Yale before joining the SEC. He authored a legal textbook, taught three courses, and built a career in corporate law and finance.
In a March 17 1939 proclamation Franklin D Roosevelt declares April 1939 as Cancer Control Month. He urges governors and the public, medical groups, press and radio to unite in nationwide education and action to curb cancer and inform citizens about its prevalence and control measures.
W G Ferguson of Montanaans Inc forecasts a 40 million dollar tourist trade for Montana in 1939 after 30 million in 1938. He predicts large attendance at the Montana Golden Jubilee in Butte and other cities as booster inquiries run about a hundred per day.
A dog kept vigil outside Silver Bow county jail for four days awaiting the release of a youth jailed with two boys from Salt Lake City. Probation officers learned the boys fled from homes in Idaho and Idaho parents wired train fare to reunite, leaving the dog to wait as deputies planned to notify when the other boy left for Pocatello.
D A McKinnon state highway engineer says highway contract lettings will occur about every two weeks until the 3,000,000 from initiative 41 is spent on Montana roads. He expects money to be allocated for projects within two and a half months and notes contracts already awarded this month plus others to be let will push total under contract this year above 1,000,000.
Joseph E Parker通知 Montana WPA rolls face a 2880 drop early in April unless Congress adds 150 million dollars to fund WPA work through July 1. The reduction can be avoided if Congress approves the extra money.
More than 400 Glasgow residents signed petitions filed with the state railroad and public service commission seeking an investigation of natural gas rates charged by Montana Dakota Utilities company. The commission announced a hearing on the petitions will be held in the near future.
New car sales in Montana rose 42 percent in January from a year earlier, driven by gains cited by Martine Trenne secretary of the Montana Motor Trades association. He said the increase signals broader business gains and higher increases than neighboring states.
Measles and influenza topped the state health board list last week as communicable diseases. Measles recorded 304 new cases and influenza added 145 for the period, according to State Epidemiologist Dr. B. K. Kilbourne.
For the year ended March 15 Montana federal income tax collections totaled 851,173 dollars, five percent below the prior year. Collector Lewis Penwell reported 894,809 dollars collected the year before, with current receipts at 43,635 dollars less than the previous year.
Engineering office surveys show western Montana valleys received 102 percent of normal precipitation from October 1, 1938, to March 1, 1939, while central and eastern Montana in the Missouri River valley were slightly below normal.
Members of the Entre Nous bridge club will meet at Mrs Bernard Williams home Friday evening for an informal session and social gathering.
Montana recorded 625 fires in 1938 causing 642288 in damages, a drop from the prior year. Ten people died and 25 were burned to death or fatally injured, with over half the fires in dwellings. Causes include overheated stoves 52, careless smoking 42, defective wiring 38, and defective chimneys 36.
Senator B. K. Wheeler has introduced an amendment to the interior appropriations bill to raise funding for national park literature to 100000 dollars. W. G. Ferguson, manager of Montanans Inc, says previous allocations were too small to print enough material to attract eastern tourists to Montana parks.
Wendell Bloom is named an honorary member of the Xenia fire department after decades of nearly daily visits since boyhood. He began stopping by in knee breeches and has continued almost daily, spanning 68 years.
Captain Richard Lee of the army engineers told Helena the Fort Peck dam will lay off more than 3,000 workers by year's end. He noted current staffing at 3,185 with a May 1 projection of 3,750, saying skilled workers may find other jobs while many laborers will face unemployment for a period.
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