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Library of Congress1946

Image 8 of The Western news (Libby, Mont.), February 28, 1946

CaCteSC4CCoaC4CCteC4eeCCCSCC4CCCCCCC4 CICICICICICICCICICICICCICClrrt Shirley Thompson is staying with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Earl Buckingham while her parents arc in California on business Mrs H B Wallace spent several days with her daughter Mrs Dick Smith Peggy Boomer entered St Johns Lutheran Hospital Sunday for ob servation due to an attack of ap pendicitis She was operated on Monday morning and is doing as well as could be expected Patsy Boomer took part in Rain bow initiation Monday evening Mr add Mrs J T Shanholtzer visited at the Fred Robertson home Saturday evening Mrs Floyd Bowen plans to leave by bus Wednesday for Kalispcll Missoula and other points There was a Grange meetnig at Wm Vanderwoods Sunday after noon at two oclock A large crowd attended the card Fermenter Valley _ r party at the Giange hall n ay evening AH report a good time Bessie Wallace Rose Robertson and Eyra Shanholtzer attended Lib by Gai den club at Mrs Mae Gompf s Tuesday afternoom The next meet mg will be at Margarete Weyde meyers and will be potluck Every one be ready with a new hint on housecleaning Someone will win a neat prize 1 COUNTIES MAY HAVE AUDITOR HelenaURAtty

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Library of Congress1946

Image 3 of The Western news (Libby, Mont.), January 31, 1946

Seasonal Needs In Hardware TT Alfadin Lamps and Accessories Bath Room Scales r yj I t J9F k Universal I i I I 1 Food Choppers Kitchen Canister Sets 4pieces 125 NOW is the time to get all of those jobs around home finished before 1 spring brings on other problems Paint that Cupboard chair with or FULLER PAINTS and VARNISHES 1 îjij I L Incubator Dairy and Houeshold Thermometers Electric Ranges Water Heaters Now Available I u o i y FOOD COVERS Just received a shipment of Household SHEARS of all sizes from 50c up en Spatulas KOOTENAI MERCANTILE COMPANY EUREKA NEWS Tobacco Valley Grange 1 jl e Tobacco Valley Grange open ed luesday night January 22 with the singing of God Bless America Sister Alverson gave the supper report of the free dance given Jan uary 12 Sister Jean Johnson appointed her committee of home economics for the ensuing year namely Elsie Helms Mary Quirk Rachael Helms Ruby Stevens and Elizabeth Roe Each was assigned her duties for the year gave a hint on caring for small boys trousers she dyes them When cords fad She alwavs runs them through the wrine nronerv creasedShe dLTayed a samole of

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Library of Congress1946

Image 1 of The Camas Hot Springs exchange (Camas, Mont.), January 24, 1946

The Camas Hot Sprmgs Exchange VOLUME XX NUMBER XLVUI VHAI Underlies This Banks Growth hen a tree grows the soil that nourishes It Is as Important as the life within It f Likewise the patronage and con Sk fidence of our patdons have been OWL sun and rain to the growth of this In The more people we serve the Wmjj greater our responslbllty to pro VM vide complete and uptodate sac mtles which they and YOUwin And most helpful We are doing our best to measure up to what you expect of us First National Bank of Plains Plains Montana MWlTIff of the FEDERAL DEPPSTT MB OOBKa ll Longer Life for TowCl V The lucky lady who found a gift of towels under the Christmas tree will want to give those towels the care that will make them last Here are suggestions from home econo mists of the U S Department of Agriculture Rotate supplies by putting fresh ly laundered towels on the bottom of the pile so that a few towels will not get all the wear and laundering while others lie In storage Long storage without laundering may cause the fabric to deteriorate be cause smoke dust

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Library of Congress1945

Image 1 of The Herald-news (Wolf Point, Mont.), September 27, 1945

jP Pioneer Voice of the Community Established in 1913 Volume ThirtyTwo No 36 VFW DIST 5 FIRST ENCAMPMENT SUNDAY Dr H J Huene Montana Dept Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was in Wolf Point September 23 to organize the Northeastern District of Montana The new District consists of eight posts and three auxiliaries The following District officers Were installed by Kirk Beede De partment Vice Commander of Glasgow District Commander Sanford Mahlum Wolf Point District Vice Commander C P Fulkerson Plentywood District Junior Vice Command er Rodger Ulrich Malta District Chaplain M H Mc Kinzie Reserve District Quartermaster Harry Skrivans Wolf Point Margaret Green Department Chief of Staff was in charge of the Ladies Auxiliary meeting The floor work was exemplified by the officers of the Poplar Aux iliary Mabel Iverson of Poplar was in stalled as District President and Phoebe Johnston of Wolf Point as District Secretary The Gold Star Mothers were introduced and presented with corsages After the meetings a banquet was held at the Parish Hall at which Kirk Beede was Toastmast er The welcoming address was given by Mayor Feda of Wolf Point and an interesting talk was delivered by Department Com mander Dr

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Library of Congress1944

Image 7 of The Western news (Libby, Mont.), January 27, 1944

REXFORD WgMM MMMXXXXM M KtXMMXXMWœ The honor roll for the upper grades has the following nqmes Ienore Logsdon Lloyd Knapp Ma rie Hammons Donald Darling Eve lyn Wnite Jack Fleming Donald De Shazer Hugh Knapp and Rose Logsdon ixwer grades Robert Fleming Shirley Kins Jerry Knapp John Leib Vernon McCully Benjamin White Pauline Farr Pauline White Upper attendance Perfect grades Hugh Knapp Robert Knapp Joe Logsdon David Leib and Ma rie Hammons Perfect grades Kins Arnold Tony Torres Benjamin White Gladys Hammons Pauline White j Lower Hammons Kay John Leib ichard Torres attendance Arthur Jerry Knapp Torres Ri Mrs Ralph Burlingham of Libby visited at the E W Butts home last week Bruce Leighty returned last Wed nesday from Butte where he was in ducted into the army Bruce will leave early in February to train in a ski troop division Mrs Carl Iverson and children of Columbia Falls visited at the Monte Gaertner home the fore part of last week Announcement was made recent ly of the birth of a daughter to ML and Mrs Wesley Lobshur of Moose Pass Alaska Mrs Lobshur will be remembered as the former Anna Smith of Rexford Mrs M E Anderson went to

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Library of Congress1943

Image 6 of The Poplar standard (Poplar, Mont.), December 9, 1943

PAGE SIX The POPLAR STANDARD Aad Coat insat ion Of Hl BROCKTON BULUTIN Offistal artnyspsr of Bomsvek OsuAy Dtnh Dslgsr Psbttabsr Edgar Erickson Editor Th Bert la Newspaper And Job Printing Berries Subscription 200 Per Year Entered aa a cond claa matter on Muy IS Ilo at the post office at Poplar Montana unJr the Act of March 3 I7 REALISTIC DEMOBILIZATION PROGRAM In mr peace luv me latil civilian tin not become effective soldier overnight the nrimd force earefttllv train them into the world best Thi requir month of conditionin ontcrMly mc cannot exiHri our fighter to begin function ing u civilian the mom lit the war i over A any mother who ha hail a on home on furlough know a cll i needed for re ad jutmcnl Kaliic undcrtanding of thi i the core of the demobili zation plan brine advocated to interested Senate committee anti the American Legion by the National Aociation of Manufac turer It would provide Clothing allowance of SIOO uMn discharge three week furlough anti transportation to ami from home for those not to be demobilized immediately full bac ay up to SIOO a month and full family allowance for the first three

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Library of Congress1943

Image 4 of The Camas Hot Springs exchange (Camas, Mont.), November 25, 1943

VOLUME XVIII 1 DUMBER XXXIX Ilie Camas Hot Springs Exchange Edna B Gannaway Editor owner and Publisher A weekly newspaper published every Thursday at Camas Montana Entered at the Post Office of Hot Springe under the Act of Congress HKyiCTORY JKM BUY OHM UNITBD DTATBS iWAR H AND stamps March 31879 Subscription 1 year 200 Six Months 125 Official Paper of Sanders County Member es the National Editorial MONTANAS OLDEST PAPER STOPS ITS PRESSES We take the following from the Sanders County Ledger W G Dun lap publisher The November 5 issue of the Madisonian published at Virginia City carried its wn obituary no tice The Madisonian Montanas oldest weekly newspaper has at last been terminated and merged with the Forum of Sheridan and the V irginia City plant will be clos ed and the paper printed at Sheri dan although the Forum will now carry the old Madisonian masthead to perpetuate its famous tradition ary name The Publisher Alathea Castle Andrews inherited the paper from her father but at last was forced to close cut due he drastic 1 help and business restrictions of war time necessity which are being imposed everywhere upon the rural press Normally the Madisonian

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Library of Congress1943

Image 8 of The Western news (Libby, Mont.), September 16, 1943

i I I j I The Libby Womans club launched i itsfall program Tuesday afternoon at the Community room which was beautifully decorated with garden flowers Presiding for the first time was the new president Miss Inez Ratekin There was an un j preccdented number of new mem1 bers present Everything was planned and car1 ried out with dispatch As the j members entered thev were pro 1 sented with the yearbook After 1 the salute to the flag the club co lect was repeated Miss Ratekin asked the members to consider for one month a collect clause the one for this month being Keep us O j God from pettiness let us be large I Has First Meeting Of New Season thought in word in deed The club was delighted to have special guest for the afternoon j a former State Federation presi in as Rosiland Russell Fred MacMurray They risked every hing to give America the jump on the Japsj dent Mrs Marion Morrow of Moore Mont Mrs Morrow is prom inent all over the state of Montana She said she had just as soon live I ill Thursday Friday Saturday Sept 16 17 18 in ii Flight

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Library of Congress1943

Image 7 of Browning chief (Browning, Mont.), September 10, 1943

Soldier Newspapers Are Important Factors In Keeping Up Morale of Our Fighting Men ill S j G 1 HEAVY TANK 1 VT PRODUCTION i XSS I I XrWr V wwCf 7 V W V7 Ms A _ II By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Released by Western Newspaper Union THERES an old saying that if two men meet anywhere in the world and one of them is an Englishman the chances are hell suggest they start a club If thats true then its equally true that when any unit of the American army larger than a squad arrives at a new post be it on home or foreign soil one of the first things the soldiers do is to start their own newspaper This seems to apply to the fighting fronts as well for soon after the American forces in Sicily had captured the town of Vittoria a onepage sheet called the Dough boy News made its appearance As a matter of fact the News is a transplanted soldier newspaper It is published by and for the men of the 45th di vision of the United States Sev enth army and it was started while the 45th was in training at Pine

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Library of Congress1943

Image 4 of Browning chief (Browning, Mont.), January 8, 1943

The Browning Chief Entered as 2nd class matter July 15 1931 at the postoffice at Browning Montana under act of March 3 1879 Subscription 200 year in advance Mrs Annie Duncan Owner A weekly newspaper published every Friday at Browning Glacier County Montana Publisher Speaks Plainly At a time when the functions of government and the powers of its boards and bureaus are grow ing so rapidly that no one knows howgreat they are and when they are actually usurping the func tions of the courts Arthur Hays Sulzberger publisher of the New York Times told 200 Detroit automotive and advertising exe cutives that the press of America and industry must guard the funamentals of our system o f free enterprise against encroach ments of government Mr Sulz berger said I cannot overemphasize the power and authority piling up in Washington I would be dere lict if I were not to point out that there are those in my opin ion who seek to use the smoke screen of Americas foreign wars to promote and forward their American revolution We of the press must be alert to protect the fundamentals of our system of free enterprise and you must be

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Library of Congress1942

Image 4 of Browning chief (Browning, Mont.), December 11, 1942

The Browning Chief Entered as 2nd class matter July IS 193 at the postoffice at Browning Montana under act of March 3 1879 Subscription 200 year tn advance Mrs Annie Duncan Owner A weekly newspaper every Friday at Browning Glacier County Montana An Appreciation To Obie Bartlett a Negro sol dier who lost his left arm at Pearl Harbor and is now work ing as welder on the swing shift at t h e California Shipbuilding Corporations Los Angeles plant Obie who was with the Quar termaster Corps on Oahu is en titled to a pension on which he could live comfortably But he isnt the kind to take his ease when manpower is at a premium He took a course in welding and is now helping to build ships for Uncle Sam Not only has Obie triumphed over a handicap but his country is profiting thereby 1 kinda feel like my stinger welding tool is more powerful than the rifle I left behind me says Obie Christian Science Monitor Potatoes Sweet potato meal for feeding livestock is proving successful in Louisiana JWOfWW Christmas Seals In Combination With The Chief ESfcgj THIS NEWSPAPER 1 YEAR and SIX GREAT MAGAZINES FOR

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Library of Congress1942

Image 2 of The Poplar standard (Poplar, Mont.), December 10, 1942

Poplar Montana The Poplar Standard And Continuation Of The Brockton Bulletin OFFICIAL PAPER OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY DENNIS DELGER PUBLISHER The Best In Newspaper And Job Printing Service Subscription 200 Per Year Entered as second class matter on May 10 1910 at the post office at Poplar Montana under the Act of March 3 1879 FARMISTICE A new word coinage has found its way into the American way of expression and it is due to claim future notice Farmis tice the coinage of farm and armistice means just what it sug gestspeace along the farm front Food will win the war and write the peace Perhaps then the next armistice will be farmistice for definitely the farm will have a place in writing the next peace Our nationalistic views regarding our standpoint are vastly changing and our ideas concerning standards are also undergo ing considerable change For years people of the Eastern states considered those people of the West and middle West as lacking in uptotheminute understanding of national functions and re lations Now it appears that where an individual lives means nothing according to his scope of intelligence Several years ago there occasionally appeared an individual from the interior cap

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Library of Congress1942

Image 4 of Browning chief (Browning, Mont.), December 4, 1942

The Browning Chief Entered as 2nd class matter July IS 1931 at the pastoffice at Browning Montana under act of March 3 IS7S Subscription 200 year tn advance Mis Annie Duncan Owner A weekly newspaper published every Friday at Browning Glacier County Montana Germans and Generals General Waveils recent choice of the worlds halfdozen great est generals is particularly inter esting because it does not in clude the name of a single Ger man of the last hundred years in spite of the fact that this emi nent British soldier recognizes that modern Germany is probably the greatest militarist power known General Wuvell places the American Robert E Lee on a level with Napoleon though re garding him as rather more of a gentleman than the celebrated Corsican adding also the names of Frederick the Great of Prussia and the Duke of Wellington Leading these four in General Wavells opinion are the two greatest soldiers the world has yet seenWinston Cnurchills ancestor the Duke of Marlbor ough and the famous Byzantine Belisarius The reason for the omission of modern German generals like Ludendorff is that German vic tories are characteristically the result of close organized staff work and that no

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Library of Congress1942

Image 4 of Browning chief (Browning, Mont.), November 27, 1942

The Browning Chief Entered as 2nd class matter July 15 1931 at the postoffice at Browning Montana under act of March 3 1979 Subscription 200 year in advance Mis Annie Duncan Owner A weekly newspaper published every Friday at Browning Glacier County Montana 1 To Meet Shi Quota A military event like the inva sion of Africa brings home to us all more poignantly than ever the importance of shipping in the crucial battles of this war It is more than gratifying to learn from Hear Admiral Emory S Land chairman of the U S Maritime Commission and head of the War Shipping Administra tion that the construction goal of 24000000 deadweight tons of merchant ships in 1942 and 1943 is being met Only a year ago our plans called for a total of but 12000 000 tons then the program was stepped up t o 18000000 tons Completion on schedule thus far of the 24000000 goal 6000000 of the 8000000 called for this year already delivered is a tri bute to an industry that has geared itself to meet the require ments of our fighting forces Catholic Altar Society Annual Bazar Dec II Plans under by the Catholic Altar

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Library of Congress1942

Image 4 of Browning chief (Browning, Mont.), November 13, 1942

The Browning Chief Entered as 2nd class matter July 15 1931 at the pastoffice at Browning Montana under act of March 3 1575 Subscription 5200 year in advance Mrs Annie Duncan Owner A weekly newspaper published every Friday at Browning Glacier Couniy Montana The Will And Ability To W in There are many people w o though handicapped in one way or another have become fnmois Notable among these are authors musicians and scientists whose works will live through the years They are outstanding in dividuals whose talents often developed under the most severe handicaps have endeared them selves to the public But in industry thousands of these handicapped people are turning out war materials and doing everything they can to help win the war A man in Chicago who works in a wheel chair was one of those who recently receiv ed an Armv and Navy reward emblem A man blind in one eye operates a n engine lathe in a machine tool plant in New York 1 n many plants blind people botn men and women are doing remarkable work on precision in struments On an assembly line in ar Ohio cartridge factory there are many crippled workers

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Library of Congress1942

Image 2 of The Poplar standard (Poplar, Mont.), October 1, 1942

Poplar Montana The Poplar Standard And Continuation Of The Brockton Bulletin OFFICIAL PAPER OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY DENNIS DELGER PUBLISHER The Best In Newspaper And Job Printing Service Subscription 200 Per Year Entered as second class matter on May 10 1910 at the post office at Poplar Montana under the Act of March 3 1579 KBAICTORY BUY QTyKfl wited i X4hß STATES I jnRWAR I STAMPS 1 BONDS OR BOMBS Thats the question you have to answer Even though you werent there to hear the bombs at Pearl Harbor to see the plunder of the Philippines to cheer the boys at Bataan the war is all around you Its everywhere At tin neighbors house where a mother prays for her boy in uniform At the mill down the road Where men you know work night and day faster faster faster At home on your pantry shelf in the old sugarcan At your very feet The Mikados henchmen 9000 miles away took your tires so von walk You have the courage to take it but is that enough History answers NO The zeehs took it So did the Austrians the Poles the Danes the Norwegians the Belgians the Dutch and the French

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Library of Congress1942

Image 4 of Carbon County news (Red Lodge, Mont.), July 17, 1942

SHELVING PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILES Only last week President Roosevelt stated that he probably would commandeer all tires on privately owned automobiles Tuesday Donald M Nelson voiced practical ly the same opinion and went into detail about the produc tion of synthetic rubber But there was no mention made of the millions of tons of scrap rubber that have been ga thered and are in the hands of the junk dealers of which no report has been made It seems to us that something is wrong with our whole rubber setup Spending of 20000 000 to put reclaiming plants in the various states would eliminate the shipment ot the waste material in scrap rubber and this ought to be ac comphshed as the synthetic rubber production which is certainly neglected W hether Nelson is not big enough for the job or he is trying to do too much himself is beside the point The rubber situation is being badly managed The commandeer of tires on privately owned automobiles would be killing the goose that is laying the golden egg Carbon County News O H P SHELLEY Editor and Owner Published every Friday at Red Lodge Carbon Co Montana Entered at the

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Library of Congress1942

Image 5 of The Herald-news (Wolf Point, Mont.), July 16, 1942, (Section One)

Thursday July 16 1942 v W T W y DONT DELAY ENTERING B B B Bj JR THOSE STARTING AT ONCE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN X MIA B J B l B L L L 12 SPECIAL CASH PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED OPENING WEEK VUrfr XXIMJ V kJ W XTRA CREDITS NOW zIKO I 3rMSHr PCUSSX YOUR START wnAF l l CAMPAIGN PROGRESSES MAKE Wk I SB M U V 5 OYOU o 0 DONT OTIIERS GET igf y M Kv CHECKS vS Kb C SPARE TIME EFFORT N CAN WIN KT IVant to Make Them 7 A get ahead in this world Those K b B __ _ v BBA A MA MOB otherwise employed can make A YOU BY THIS den ds A few hours of OFFICE OPEN B time devoted to securing new unity to share in the distribution of 9 a m to 9 P m Ba BB B 818 Bi MB come in and let us help During Campaign B YOU GET started on the B MWQ yji f REE road to Ascription Campaign Just Starling Mm married or single and boys and l i j Ma this city and surrounding territory It

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