Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-07-31
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BUTTE-T Thomas Hennessy. VIII,
died at his home. came 10 Butte s.
years ago. He was native of Austin
New.
BILLINGS-The office OF defense
transportation has eliminated the Z;
percent back-haul provision for moto
carriers, Emmett Fogarty. ODT super.
visor for Montana, has announced.
BILLINGS-Leo wesch, As, member
of the Morrison & WeSch trucking
firm, died here. Wesch, born in Edge.
mont, S. D., lived here most of his
life. He was veteran of the frs
World war.
HELENA-The state purchasing de-
partment has awarded contracts &c
the Yale Oil Co. and the Independent
Refining Co., both of Billings, for road
oil to be delivered to various state
highway divisions.
HELENA = Unemployment compen-
sation benefits paid jobless Montan-
ans amounted to sec, Si3 in June, COM
pared with Sl04,603 in May, and $751;
oS7 in June last year, according to
State Auditor John j. Holmes.
GREAT FALLS-The city council,
in effect, abolished the airport COM
mission recently when it adopted an
ordinance repeating another section Of
city law providing for appointment Of
the commission.
HELENA Ten Montana packing
companies will assist retail butchers
in the state collection of kitchen fats,
according to E. j. Kelley, executive
secretary Of the salvage section of the
war production board
HELENA The Montana highway
patrol has contributed "a of its men,
bers to the armed forces, % of them
since the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor.
The most recent patrolman to enlist
was Donald Davis, stationed at Glen
dive.
BUTTE-William Lawrence Sellon, a
former store clerk here, is among those
listed on Silver Bow county's roll Of
honor in the present war. He was re-
ported missing in action as result
Of the Pearl Harbor attack. He en-
listed in the navy in the spring Of 1941.
HARLOWTON - Members Of the
Upper Musselshell Sportsmen's asso-
citation plan to take action to prevent
overlooking with fish of lakes in this
section formed by irrigation projects.
A fish feed" committee headed by
c. H. Dickman has been appointed to
investigate and work with the state
fish and game commission.
HELENA-The critical problem of
storing Montana wheat will not be
solved unless farmers make special
efforts to store their own crops, A. H.
Kruse, state agriculture commissioner,
says. While 1000 prefabricated bins
have been ordered they will not take
care of this years expected bumper
crop unless farmers utilize every other
possible resource, he warned.
GREAT FALLS-Park officials and
local police have been hunting for the
youth who shot baby swan at Gibson
lake and injured it so severely 1t had
to be killed. The cygnet was shot twice
in the head and once in the back. In
previous years the park department
has been unsuccessful in raising swans
at the park but this year two sets of
eggs have Matched.
BUTTE-Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Gerry. longtime residents Of Butte
and Montana, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary at their home re-
Gently. They were married in the old
mining town of Burlington, a short
distance from Butte. Gerry came to
Butte in 1887 and worked in the mines
until 1905, when he joined the police
force. He served with the department
for 80 years.
GREAT FALLS-Macain Camblin,
81, who died at hospital here, was
a pioneer local restaurant man. He
was born in Indiana and before COM
ing to Great Falls about 80 years ago,
operated a restaurant in Canada He
was employed here first as waiter
in the Grill cafe. In 1917 he went
into business with Dan Wentworth in
the Club cafeteria. In l941 he estab-
lished Macks Picadilly inn, which was
destroyed by fire last March.
GREAT FALLS-Louis Vessel, g.,
who died here, was well known nat
uralist. Born in Wisconsin, he came
to Montana at the age of 20 and first
worked on construction project for
the Great Northern railway. He later
worked as a railway mail clerk and
served for a time as forest service
ranger in the Little Belt mountains.
For number of years he was man
ager of the Bon Ton confectionery
store and in World war served as
director of sugar distribution in Mon
tana. Vessel spent several years in
Glacier park as a ranger naturalist.