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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-06-19
The Capitol
Week In Review

Helena. Mont June 18 -
CUP) - Highlight of the capitol
week, from the standpoint of
the state as a whole, was Atty.
Gen. John w. Bonner's ruling
that under the 1871 state well
fare act. the poor" counties
will receive the bulk of the
$3.50, 900 welfare appropriation.
without commenting on the
Justice" of the law, Bonner
held that it specifically provid-
ed that state grants-in-aid were
to be apportioned on a basis of
taxable valuation - with coun-
ties having small valuations re-
ceiving Internationally the lar
geSt share, and the so-cal!ed
rich" counties with large Valu-
atoms receiving the short end.
me theory Of the 1871 act, ne
SAID, was That countles WIN
large ValuatlonS proDaply couia
finance virtually all OF thelr
own relief loads.
Corridor gossip, however, was
almost unanimous in declaring
the law unfair. They pointed
out that while counties like Sill
yer Bow and Cascade had large
tax valuations, they also had a
proportionately larger relief
load than the poor counties.
Inc week also saw the an
nual convenUon OF the montana
county CommlsSloners aSsocla-
Ilon, highllghted by COY. sam
=. foroS appeal 1or puollc sup
port 1or tne proposed reorganl.
Zatlon OF tne State goVernmenC
ana an optlmlstlc report on the
me State,s 1lnanc.a1 condltlon
oy CIldlrlllan y: "A: rye OF tlle
State board OF equalization.
The governor told the COM
miSSiOnerS - and the state as
a whole - that only active pub
lie support would put over the
reorganization plan, and that if
the people wanted the savings
it would entail, they would have
to back the plan both inside
and outside the legislature. AT
the conclusion of their conven-
tlon' the commissioners voted
Iull support OF the reorganlza-
ZION program ana asked II 1T
could be extended to the coun-
W governments.
Dye told the commissioners
that the state was in the best
condition it had been in years.
Counties debts, he said, were
the lowest in 80 years, the tax
structure was the best in 10
years, private employment pay
rolls were up $1,000, 900 from a
year ago, the livestock outlook
was excellent, and government
aid was expected to bolster
wheat prices.
The board chairman said on
ly four of the states Sc counties
were in poor financial condition,
and three of these had a chance
to get out of this category this
year II livestock and crop pri-
ceS held. The application of Cor
binary common sense" he said,
would see the state in excellent
condltlon this fall.
The canitn1 week o1co VINO G
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-06-19

vide practical information that
Montana farmers and rancherS
can use in cooperating with the
National Food for Defense pro-
gram. This is part of the ma
tional effort announced by Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wickard
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-06-19

to furnish farmers with scien-
tific and economic Information
that will help them to make the
needed adjustments in food
production on a sound basis for
a longtime as well as the i'm
mediate standpoint"
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Libby, Mont, June 10 - CUP)
- Deputy Game Warden Dor
rington returned from the
mountains recently with the re-
port that prospects we're good
for an unusually large crop of
huckleberries this year. He said
all bushes in the high areas
were in bloom and only a few
bushes in the low areas had
been touched by frost.
A series of community meet
ingS VIII be held in June by
county extension agents to pro-
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HIGH IN

The flock of White Leghorns
owned by G.. C. Hendrick of
Billings topped all extension
demonstration farm flOckS of
more than 100 hens for produc-
ton during the month of April,
according to Harriette E. Cush-
man, extension poultry special
ist at Montana State college.
Mr.. Hendricks 313 hens laid
a total of 1850 eggs during the
month Or an average of 24.3
eggs per hen.
Among demonstration farm
flockS of less than 100 hens,
that owned by Mrs. Katherine
Guentner of Eden, Cascade
county, ranked first. Her flock
of sc White Leghorns laid a
total of 2,021 eggs or an aver
age of 23.5 eggs per hen.
In the breeding classification,
the flock of 145 Rhode Island
reds owned by Mrs. S. A. Met
calf of Stanford was high with
a total of SOFT eggs or an av-
erage of 21.6 eggs per hen.
Feed cost per hen for the
month averaged 10 cents, the
same as for April 1910 and 1889.
Egg prices averaged 10 cents
per dozen compared with IA
cents for April a year ago and
16 cents for April, 1889.
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Waller, June 10 - (UP) -
Plans were completed today for
additional buildings to double
the capacity of the Northern
Montana Mustard Growers as
ISOLATION warehouse here.
Other improvements conSid-
cred included new cleaners and
a building for new offices. Ca
pacity of the plant was to be
IS cars.
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Al CLUB NEWS
The Thrifty Stitchers All club
held its second meeting Tues
day at the home of Mrs. James
Taught. Members present were
Veta Barrett, Ella Richards,
Mary Magnani, Charlotte Mort
on, Jacqueline Morse, Clara
Harris and Grace Taught. 1t
was decided to have All meet
ings the first and third Tues
days of the month. The second
and fourth Tuesdays will be de-
voted to Red Cross work. Visit
ors present were Mrs. L. A.. Har-
ris and Helen, Mrs. James
Glenn, Mrs. "A. E. Magnani, Ver-
ma and Freddie Barrett. Clara
Harris served. The next meet
ing will be June II at the home
of Mrs. James Taught.
Grace Taught, reporter
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
City y!soIated for
Big Franco-Petain
ParIey in France

VICHY, France, Feb. u. UP)-
French police made plans today to
isolate big south Of France city
from telephone, train, airplane and
highway communications tomorrow
during a conference between Cen
eralissimo Francisco Franco of Spain
and Marchal Henri Philippe Petain.
Franco and Ramon Serrano Suner.
his foreign minister. conferred with
high Axis officials somewhere in
northwestern Italy today, accom-
panied by an impressive retinue.
1t was believed that they were
conferring wi h Benito Mussolini
and the possibility was foreseen that
Adolf Hitler or his foreign minister,
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, or both
might be present.
Marshal Petain waited at his
villa only 20 miles from the Italian
border to leave for rendezvous
in southern France for his con-
ference with Franco.
Important was attached to the
Petain-Franco conference when Ad-
miral Francois Darlan, French vice
premier and right hand man of
Petain, and Marcel Peyrouton, min
lister of interior, left for southern
France today to take part.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
RAF Launches First
Raid on Ethiopian
CAPITAL Air Base

ROME. Feb. u. CUP)-The Brit
ish air force yesterday made its
first raid on Adds Ababa, capital
of Ethiopia. while mechanized Brit
ish ground forces drove rs miles
into Italian Somaliland to occupy
Afmadu, the high command SAID
today.
The attack on Adds Ababa. once
the seat of Emperor Halle Selassie
meant that the British planes,
laden with bombs and enough fuel
to get back to their bases. had to
soar above the 5000 foot plateau on
which the city is located.
The high command said in a CON-
munique that the attack was directed
against the Adds Ababa airport
where nine persons, seven of them
Italians, were killed. Also. a num-
ber of persons wounded and some
damage was done.
Adds Ababa now is the seat of
the Duke of Aosta, viceroy of
Ethiopia.
The communique said there was
fierce fighting yesterday in the
Keren sector of Eritrea, only 35
miles from Asmara, the capital
Aviation of both sides participated.
Afmadu is an important commu-
nications center in Somaliland
From it the British may strike to
the coastal road.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
BY FREDERICK KUN

LONDON, Feb. IL. CUP)-A Brit
nsh spokesman, exploding rumors
of an impending armistice between
Great Britain and Italy, said to-
day that Britain would continue
its operations against Italy without
abatement unless italy made a bid
for peace.
Indicating his belief that italy
had made no such bid he comment
ed:
THE Italians have sG-.'-..'~' .
nasty crack but Mussolini is STU
BORN"
Rumors had swept through Eu-
rope of a peace bid by italy, of an
attempt to induce Spain to enter
the war on the side of Germany
and Italy, and of an imminent open
German march into Bulgaria.
1t was reported here and in Vichy
that Benito Mussolini, in a con-
ference in northwestern italy to-
day with Generalissimo Francisco
Franco and Foreign Minister Ra-
mon Serrano Suner of Spain, would
discuss the possibility of a peace
feeler which would remove Italy
from the war.
British quarters believed it more
likely that Mussolini, and Adolf
Hitler if he attended the conference.
would seek to induce Spain to
enter the war or alternatively to
grant Germany naval and air base
facilities and possibly permission
to send troops through Spain to
Gibraltar.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12

he could get one through his bank
on defaulted payments.
Whenever she brought up the
subject of marriage, Sawyer always
had an excuse, she said. For a
couple of years after his proposal,
he was heavily in debt. In 1880,
he suffered heavy losses in the
stock market, and she said he told
her it would take him at least four
years 10 recoup his reverses.
She said Sawyer piled her stead
ily with his attentions. And when
he left town, he sent her affection
ately-phraSed kilograms. always
signed, Love, Locke"
One night in March, 1887, she
ste her last chicken dinner with
him. He confided to the proprietor
of the restaurant that he was going
to Florida.
You're going alone?" she said
she asked him.
We had intended going to
Florida on our honeymoon" She
explained to the jury. with new
outburst of tears,
Then, she said, Sawyer told her
he was not going to marry her.
Weeping, with her handkerchief
pressed to her face. she said she
cried out;
oh. why did you Eait these l3
years to tell me?"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Eden Says Rumania
Axis Satellite

LONDON, Feb. u. (UP)-Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden told the
House of Commons today that Great
Britain'S note severing relations
with Rumania frankly told Gen.
Ion Antoescu that his country had
become entirely dependent upon
Germany.
EIDE said that the note was de-
livered to AntoneScu by the British
minister, Sir Reginald Hoare, at his
instructions.
1t made plain, Eden said, that
Britain believes Germany is using
Rumanian territory to further pro-
secution of the war and to build up
in that country all elements of an
eXpeditionary force. Concentrations
of large supplies of mutitions and
oil have been made at strategic
points, Eden said, without any pro-
test from Rumania.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Woman Outlines
Lost Love Story

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Feb p
up An aging country banker
9oced her for Ia years with boiled
.obsters. fine wines and long va
'ations trips. on which she went
rs his wife, Miss Myrtle b. Sum-
.ners. corporation cashier, charged
5oday.
He finally told her that she was
beautiful character but his
first wife hit him on the head
every morning, and he wouldn't
risk matrimony again, even with
ner Miss Summers took her broken
heart 10 court and demanded sl00-
600 damages.
The defendant is Locke H. Saw
yer. SIS, paunchy president of the
Chrisman-Sawyer Bank of Inde-
oendence. Mo. Miss Summers at
torney said he was worth S500000
out Sawyer's lawyer said the esti-
nate was slightly exaggerated"
Miss Summers is 46; still attrac-
tive and shapely. She was a war
bride in 1917, but separated from
her husband after three months
A blue silk handkerchief in her
hand to dry frequent outbursts of
tears, she told a circuit court jury
yesterday that Sawyer became in
terested in her in 1924. before his
first wife divorced him. After di-
vorce, his attentions became more
ardent. she said and he eourted
her with chicken dinners and with
lobster and fine wines at his home.
On a balmy June night in 1924.
he proposed
I'VE were walking up and down
in front of the house where
lived" she told the jury. He said
our love was different and that
! meant more to him than anyone
else. He aasked me what l thought
about it and said the feeling was
mutual"
He took her TO Denver and they
registered at q hotel as Mr.. and
Mrs. Sawyer" she charged. In 1925,
they TOOK AN extended trip to
Winnipeg, Los Angeles and San
Francisco. She said they occupied
the same stateroom on the train.
She said he gave her a tempo
rary" engagement ring OF diamonds
and sapphires at Christmas, 1925.
1t was not the one he wanted her
tc have, she said, but he was a
"eanny' man, ana couldn't see the
sense of buying a ring, so long as
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12

LONDON, Feb. l2. tUP)-Royal
air force planes continued their
relentless and ever intensifying raids
on Germany and German occupied
territory daring the night, the
air ministry disclosed today.
Long range bombers hurled bombs
for hours on industrial targets in
Germany while other planes at
tackled the invasion ports.
The air ministry said that Brit
t,sh planes successfully attacked
Bremen, Hanover and targets else
where in northwestern Germany.
Due to the bad weather, it added,
the raids were on a considerably
smaller scale than those of the
previous night IN which many fires
we're started in the Hanover area.
Radio stations except in remote
parts of Germany went off the air
suddenly early last evening and
had not returned early today
Tremendous explosions were heard
along the English coast from the
direction of the invasion ports in
signal that British planes were
raiding that area for the sixth
straight night
"a dispatch O.: the German Of
ficial news agency indicated that
the raid on Germany was big
one. 1t said that a number of
civilians were killed or wounded
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Scouts Plan
Mobilization

Plans for a county-wi scout
| disaster mobilization TO test the
efficiency of council scout troops
i il calls for emergency service Were
completed Tuesday night at a meet
ing OF the executive board of the
lmperial-Yuma area at scout
headquarters.
Details of the mobilization have
been kept secret except that troops
have been informed the call will
be made on Feb. %. according to
Hugh Wilcox, scout executive.
The plan falls in line with
nationwide program to train scouts
in first aid, camping and other
activities TO be of service in their
communities in the event Of dis
aster.
Plans were discussed for the an
nual summer camp which will open
June 18th and continue until Au-
gust 3rd at Camp Hula Gu -Cuish
in the Cuyamaca State Park. A
meeting of the camping committees
OF the Imperial Yuma and San
Diego Councils will be held in San
Diego on Thursday. Feb. 18th.
Training courses for volunteer
leaders will be conducted in the
Yuma District beginning Feb. oath
and will be followed by similar
courses in Imperial county at an
early date according 70 Guy Weak
ley, training chairman.
A Court of Honor has been sche-
duled for El Centro on Feb. 9th
IN charge of Bert Hamburger
Chairman and a similar court will
De held in Brawley on Feb. Goth
III charge of chairman, Roy Meisen-
heimer.
Plans We're also made for the
organization of several new troops
IN various parts of the Council to
take care of the requests for Scout
Ing that have been disclosed as
the result of Boy Fact surveys
made in the schools. This work is
in charge of Rev. Mark Foley, org
anization chairman.
Those present at the meeting in
GUIDED w. H. Rhodes, president,
Rev. Mark Foley, Clarence Hibbard.
Geo. B. Raine, Paul Cook. Rev.
Ralph Pease, Norman Hindle
James Thompson, W. 5. Kenney
Chas. Small and Hugh Wilcox.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Hawaii Man Named
Stanford Editor

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb.
y fUP)-Wilson Cannon a senior
from Maui. Hawaii. will edit the
Stanford Daily during the spring
term, it was announced today fol-
lowing the semi-annual election of
the papers staff. He succeeds
Dwight Hutchinson.
Janet Gould. Tacoma. Wash, was
chosen managing editor; Charles
Smith, San Francisco. sports editor;
Charles Bull and KnoWlton Ames,
Pasadena. Will compete for the
editorship for the fall term.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
More Natl Guard
Units Called Out

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL. UP)-
The war department announced
plans today to call approximately
34,500 more national guard officers
and men TO duty for a year Of
training before July !.
The schedules call for induction
Of 28,000 in March, 6,000 in April,
and about 500 in June. More than
100000 of the 242,402 officers and
men in the guard are already in
federal service and others are slat-
ed TO follow this month.
The only guard units now for
which mobilization dates have not
been set are nine air corps observa-
ton squadrons, comprised of l.500
Officers and men, officials said
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
De|irious Runaway
Boy in Hospital

Yuma police waited Wednesday
for Earle McKeller, 16-year-old run
away boy from La Mesa, to regain
consciousness SO he could tell them
what happened TO him and two
young companions after they left
their homes Tuesday.
The McKeller boy was found on
the highway 35 miles east of Yuma
Tuesday night by truck driver
The boy was unconscious or out
Of his head, the truck driver said
so he took him to Yuma police
Peter Keller, l6, and George Wat
son, 16. him companions, had not
been found at noon Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Two Killed When
Train Hits Auto

SAN MATEO, Cal, Feb u. (UP)
- Southern Pacifics northbound
Sunset Limited struck an automo-
bile on Ralston Ave, crossing at
Belmont today, killing two persons
and injuring third.
The victims were not identified
Immediately.
The train was in charge of En-
gineer Fred Meyer and Conductor
H. c. Welby.
Southern Pacific said the flash
ing light system protecting the cross
ing was operating. Reports to rail-
road headquarters were that the
automobile apparently stalled on
the crossing.
The limited was held up 20 min
utes and commuter trains were
delayed by the accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Nazis Say Dar|an
Govt 'TemporarY'

BERLIN, Feb. II. CUP)-German
political quarters consider the Vichy
government Of Admiral Jean Fran
co.'s Darlan as . purely temporary
government" the Official German
news agency D.N.B. said today III
information made available to the
foreign press
d. N. B., however, characterized
Darlan as mot a weak man."
The comment was considered sig
nificant in view of the Official
German attitude that cabinet re-
organiza tions at Vichy were purely
the internal problems of France.
This attiture was maintained des-
pite attempts of Pierre Laval, a
pro-NaZi, to regain power at Vichy
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Churchill Denies
Peace Aim Talks

LONDON, Feb. II. (UP)-Prime
Minister Winston Churchill said
in the house of commons today that
none of the United State represen-
tatives he had seen or corresponded
with had discussed peace aims or
postwar reconstruction.
Churchill spoke in reply to a
question as to whether Britain
had consulted with the United
States regarding peace aims and
reconstruction.
There is such thorough common
comprehension in the United States
of what we are fighting for and
of what we stand for that cannot
recall any occasion when the ques-
ton of peace aims or reconstruc-
ton has been mentioned by any
representatives of the American
government whom I have seen or
corresponded with" Churchill said
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Cash, Gems Worth
s775,OO0 Missing
In 'Screwiest' Case

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. IL,
(UP)-Detective Chief Earl Car
penter and Roe Wells, New York
doughnut millionaire. were looking
for SITS 900 in cash and jewelry to-
day.
Wells called police to his mansion
on exclusive Star Island and re-
ported that S475,000 in cash and
100000 in jewelry were missing. He
said that 100000 N cash, which
had been kept in a secret drawer
in Mrs. Wells dresser, was missed
Monday, and that later, suitcase
in containing $4,000 in cash and
100000 in jewelry disappeared from
a closet where it had been conceal
ed, along with Mrs. Wells shoes.
There is no evidence to indicate
that it is a robbery" Carpenter
said. Il have found no reason to
suspect any one in their employ.
It's the screwiest thing I've ever
run across"
Wells said he investigated the
disappearance personally for "a
hours before calling police. Mayor
John Levi, neighbor, visited the
house after the report, and said
he could find no evidence that any
door or window had been forced.
Asked why she kept so much
money in the house, Mrs. Wells
said:
I'm in the lumber business. and
it's easier to do business there
with cash on hand.
Mrs Wells inherited a fortune
after the death of her first hus-
band, William A. Gilchrist, oregon
lumber magnate. She married Wells
in 1888 At the time newspapers gave
her age as 70. She said later that
she was nearer 49'
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Board Considers
Safety Proposal

SACRAMENTO, Feb. u. CUP)-
The state board of traffic safety
today considered a statement by
Lew Wallace, field agent of the
National Safety Council, that Cali
fornia could cut its traffic death
rate at least 10 per cent in Is
months with an active safety pro-
gram.
Wallace told the board, composed
of representatives of the depart
ments of motor vehicles, public
works and education and the gov
ernor's office, that traffic safety is
an official" job. and that official
agencies should do all they can
before calling on the public for
assistance.
The board ordered an analysis
of the various departments repre-
sented in its membership to deter
mine what each is accomplishing
and Improvements can be made.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
Empire Forces in
l20 Miles Of Big
Italian Fortress

LONDON, Feb. II. (UP)-British
empore forces. driving down the
Red sea coast, are within about
100 miles of Massawa, chief port of
Italian Eritrea and terminus OF the
railroad from Asmara, the capital,
military authorities disclosed today.
They limited that the important
Italian oasis of Giarabub, 125 miles
south of Bardia in Libya, might soon
be in British hands.
A spokesman after commenting
that the British army Of the Nile
was now clearing up the mess" in
Libya said:
The italian garrison at the Gia-
rabub oasis is now feeling the breeze
bit Since the Australians raided
it in mid-December and captured
guns and transport, operations have
been confined to watching the exits
and preventing reinforcements from
arriving
Operations in the Keren sector
of E ktNea are progressing. the
SpOhtSIIldll Sdlu, DuI duutu WdIIl-
ing against expecting that it might
fall too soon. He sail it was a
tremendously strong position. It is
on q 5000 foot plateau which the
British empire forces must storm
and it has been reinforced by
picked Grenadiers from Adds Aba
ba.
British empire forces are now
north of lake Rudolf. in southern
Ethiopia, on successful patrol oc-
erations. the spokesman said.
In Albania the spokesman said,
operations had reached a stage at
which the Italians were counter
attacking vigorously and using fresh
reinforcementS. The Greeks. he
added, were successfully checking
the attacks
1T is believed that the Italians
are suffering heavy losses" he
added.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-12
'RAFPIunes HurI
Bombs on Nozis

IT reported that strong and well
aimed gun fire had prevented Brit
ish planes which attempted" to
attack German territory from aim
ing accurately. or had turned them
back before they reached their
OBJ iectives. The dispatch said that
the planes caused no military dam
age but did slight material DAM
age at a city in northern Germany
and caused small rural" fires, The
civilians were reported killed or
wounded in similar" raids on in
dustrial objectives in northwestern
Germany which otherwise were
futile