Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-20
News Briefs
From the Treasure State

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BILLINGS-W. c. Jacobs Of Billings
for the past 30 year Northern Pacific
police officer in this area. has retired.
Jacobs also served four terms As
alderman here.
GREAT FALLS-Mrs Mary Bouska,
"A. died at a local hospital. Mrs.
Bouska was born at Spillville, Ia, Nov.
26, 1867. She had been a resident Of
Great Falls for "a years.
RED LODGE - Anton Janskovitch.
SO, Bearcreek coal miner, was killed
instantly wnen caught under a rock
fall at the Janskovitch Bros mine
there.
GREAT FALLS-A French, chief in
structor of Cascade county civil de-
tense schools, was named commander
Of the county civil defense organization
and succeeds William R. Haney, who
resigned.
BILLINGS-R. C. Dillavou, Billings
attorney who was reelected to his
fourth term in the state house of rep
reSentatives, announced his candidacy
iOI IlOGSe SpSahti III Tic SeSSlou Optil-
ing Jan. 4.
ROY-Charles Swoboda of Lewis
town was killed in action in Africa on
Oct. "a, according to a message re-
ceived here by his sister, Mrs. James
Horyna. His other Montana relatives
live in Billings.
Swoboda was raised in Billings but
for several months he worked as man
ayers assistant in the Strain Bros
store in Lewistown. While employed
there he enlisted in the army. He had
been in Africa for some time, and was
a gunner on large plane.
GREAT FAILS-A triangular sec
ton of the North Montana State fair
grounds, embracing l02 acres, and sew
eral buildings have been leased to the
United States by Cascade county. The
properties will be used by the United
States army air corps subdepot.
HELENA - Fraternity, sorority and
student cooperative houses at Montana
State university at Missoula which
serve meals only to members need not
purchase a license from the state
board of health, R. v. Bottomly, at
torney general, ruled.
HELENA-W. o. Bob Zirnstein
was elected president of the Helena
club to succeed Charles NJ
Batch. Other officers named were:
Elmo Steffenson, first vice president;
Ralph Anderson, second vice presi-
dent, and Howard c. Schuyler. trea-
surer.
BUTTE-Rev. L. E. Jones, pastor of
the Emanuel Lutheran church of
Butte. was elected president of the
Silver Bow Ministerial association.
Rev. Jones succeeds Rev. Roy Barnett,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
whose resignation was accepted by the
GLASGOW - Glasgow's second oil
fire in six weeks, this time caused by
a spark from an electric pump switch,
destroyed a Markle Transfer Co. ware
house and its contents. which belonged
to the Texas Co. Earl Roam, IS, Markle
truck driver, suffered face and head
burns.
BILLINGS-W Wilbur Fay Burlington,
81, was fatally shot on his fathers
farm southeast of Edgar when, Carbon
County Coroner Ross Martin of Red
Lodge said after an investigation, the
% caliber rifle he was carrying &C
discharged. Martin said
apparentaly stumbled and
in some manner discharged the gun.
LEWISTOWN - Two new members
Of the Roundup grazing district advi-
sorry board, M. P. Delaney Of Grass
Range and James j. Elliot, Jr. Of La
VIVA, were elected recently. Other
members of the advisory board are
NJ A. Hickey Of Roy, ]. c. Miller of
Henry Siebert of Winnett, |
Matt Reichmuth Of Denton, and DR.. |
E. G. vedora of Roundup.
GREAT FALLS - The Great Falls
plant of the Anaconda Copper Mining |
Co. has become one of the largest In
the nation having all employees en-
gagged in the regular purchase Of war
bonds, through the payroll allotment
plan. Officials announced that every
worker on the plant payroll, 1,760 in
all, is now buying one or more bonds
on scheduled plan.
HAMILTON t11C
set forth in the will of the late Mrs.
P. DAILY filed here was fund
Of 500 900 for the Marcus Daily Mem
orial hospital which Mrs. DAILY founded
here in July, 1881, in memory Of her
husband, who helped to establish Mon
tana's great copper empire. The sum
is "to be invested and held in trustees
securities"
BILLINGS Edna Tobias of Hardin
was elected president of the eastern
district of the Montana Education as
ISOLATION Boyd Baldwin Of Terry was
elected first vice president; M. Ger
trude Whipple of Billings. executive
committee member for three-year
term, and Kenneth Smith of Miles
City, two-yea- executive committee
member.
ANACONDA - Willis v. Mcmahon,
~, native Of Butte and widely known
of Anaconda for many years,
died in the st. Ann hospital following
a brief illness. He was born April 5,