Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-10-02
News Briefs
From the Treasure State

former owner of the Holiday Furni-
ture company, died at his home here
recently.
BILLINGS - Teaching post o n S
have been found during the past year
for 229 graduates of Eastern Montana
normal here. Prof. l.. R. Foote of the
schools appointment bureau reported.
HARLOWTON - Rupert Johnson of
Thief River Falls has assumed his
duties as cashier of the Continental
National bank here. He replaces B.
Murrel Kratzer, who resigned to enter
the army.
COLUMBUS - Harold I. Sylten,
editor of the Columbus Weekly News
since 1881. has enlisted in the Marine
corps and will be assigned to recruit
ing duty in the Montana district.
MALTA-George Durocher was re-
elected president OF the Phillips
County Farmers Union at the annual
convention held at Dodson. L. w.
FRYE was elected vice president and
Mrs. Joe Arnold was reelected Sec
retary-treaSurer.
KALISPELL-Rev. L. NJ. Dranell,,
pastor Oh lIlt hdIlsptll odPeLSt SiiuANA'
for the past five years has resigned
to become pastor of Seattle churcn.
He has been president Of the Kalispell
Ministerial association for the past
two years.
WOLF POINT-The badly mangled
body of Thomas H. Lunde, 36, section
hand from Tagus, N. D., was found
eight miles east of Wolf Point. 1t APP
peared he was riding a westbound
freight train and fell off, the train
running over him.
BUTTE-Lieut. Col John F. Nelson,
commanding officer OF the army dis
trict recruiting and induction station
for Montana, has been transferred 10
a service command at Fort Lewis,
Wash, He was succeeded by NAL
Joseph L. Lambert.
GREAT FALLS - The Great Falls
Ministerial association elected Rev
Paul w. Dierberger its president Tor
the next year. Other officers elected
we're Cecil F. Ristow, vice president,
and Ross ]. Allen, secretary-treasurer.
Dierberger succeeds Bruce E. Mills.
LIVINGSTON - woodrow Wilson
no kin to the nations World war
president-has Joined the marines.
He is the fourth son of Mrs. Minnie
Johnston of Livingston to enter the
armed forces, his three other brothers
being in the army.
HELENA - Republican State Chair
man Dan Maddox launched the lS4l
campaign with the official opening OF
state headquarters here. Assisting III
his office are Mrs. Bertha E. Dooos
of Helena, vice chairman, and Ashton
Jones. Broadus publisher, secretary.
GREAT FALLS - Clarence Maurer,
% of Eden, died in hospital mere as
a result of injuries suffered IN an
automobile accident. Maurer, employ,
ed as a truck driver at the municipal
airport, was fatally hurt when his car
tipped over while he was enroute 10
work.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of E. M. Biz
lev as state director of selective ser
vice and adjutant general OF Montana
was announced recently. Blrley hopes
to be called soon for active duty IN the
army. Mai. S. H. Mitchell has peen
named acting director OF selectlVe ser
vice but no successor to the posi- OF
adjutant general has been named.
BILLINGS-Matt j. Kelly Of Ana
conda was elected president OF the
Montana Association Of Insurance
Agents at the eleventh annual con-
vention. H. o. Morgan of Glasgow was
elected vice president and Arnold
Huppert of Livingston was chosen
secretary-treasurer for his seventh
consecutive term.
HEIENA-Joseph B. Eastman, d.
rector of the office of defense trans
portation, has advised Governor Ford
his office has placed no restriction on
the use Of railway passenger cars
which will prevent transportation OF
farm labor to Montana from Califor-
MA Ford had appealed for lifting OF
the restrictions.
MISSOUIA - Lorraine ADJUST of
Conrad, credited by the American Le-
gion with being its youngest veteran
of World war 1, is about to enter the
armed forces again. While visiting
here, he reported his draft board had
classified him la, subject to i'm
mediate induction. ADJUST was Is
when he saw service in the A. E. F.
in France.
CHINOOK plots of segmented
or single germ, sugar beet seed planted
near here are showing up well and
growers say the system may expedite
field work in the future. They said
the seed can be more evenly spaced so
the work can be done with less stoop-
ing on the part of field hands and
subsequent reduction in requirements
of labor at thinning time Is forecast
GLASGOW-The body of Robert w.
Heller, &c, was found hanging by a
necktie in the toilet room of a Pull
man on Great Northern train.
Coroner j. A. Holland said he was
informed Heller, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis j. Heller, Hilbert, Wis, and
two other privates were enroute to
Fort George Wright, Wash, from Fort
Sheridan, Ill.
KALISPELL-About $50 men are
expected to be stationed in camp for
conscientious directors established In