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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
3
Lions club sponsors a four week Sunshine camp for forty children in Pines Canyon Nine Mile area south of Butte. The camp opens Sunday July 6 and children are being called for medical examination.
A three day fire prevention and suppression school in the Deer Lodge National forest closed at Philipsburg. Weather and moisture conditions postponed immediate dispatch of lookouts. If warmth returns before July 1 lookouts will be posted. Executives from four Montana national forest areas met on a new bookkeeping system with Missoula regional representatives.
Helena June 18 Special The Most Rev Joseph M Gilmore bishop of Helena led meetings for the centennial observance of Catholicity in western Montana set for August 27 at St Marys mission Stevensville An open air altar facing east with Bitterroot range as backdrop will be built of knotted pine and logs on a 200 by 180 foot platform seating the visiting bishops monsignori and clergy The altar recalls the 1841 first mass at the original St Marys mission by Father DeSmet Also mentions Mrs Emilie Bernhardt a 73 year old war refugee pursuing English and citizenship in Los Angeles with her son Curtis
Mrs. Juanita Spinelli once of Detroit was denied executive clemency by Gov. Olson and will be executed in San Quentin's gas chamber Friday making her the first woman legally executed in California.
The Home Oil and Refining company of Great Falls will be sold to A. B. Cobb and company of Cut Bank. The deal, reportedly Montana’s largest in value, covers the Great Falls refinery with 1750 barrel daily capacity, Pondera producing properties, the Pondera pipeline, the Conrad Refining company, and about 40 service stations and bulk plants statewide.
Lewis H. Graham, past president of the Butte Lions Club, will represent the club at Lions International convention at Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park. He leaves Friday as about 500 Lions from Montana and Alberta are expected to attend the event spanning Thursday through Saturday.
In Longreach Australia goats supply milk for many residents while rock-bottom supply persists. Some residents obtain cow milk from Rockhampton 427 miles away. others rely on local goat herds on the common and streets. Unlicensed goats are impounded and slaughtered every six months to curb nuisance to motorists as council seeks larger milking capacity.
Census Bureau figures show 3,980 automobile accident deaths in 159 cities during the first 23 weeks of 1941, up 12 percent from the same period in 1940. New York led with 367 fatalities.
The ad claims Conoco Nth oil lasts up to 161 percent longer than rivals in a desert test. It urges readers to switch at their mileage merchants Conoco station amid a Continental Oil Company pitch praising synthetics and fuel efficiency.
Long the keystone of Conoco success, OIL-PLATING bonds to inner engine parts by a magnet like action. It resists draining overnight and guards against wear, boosting mileage as claimed, from Death Valley to daily use, as a feature of Conoco Nth oil.
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