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Evening star., 1941-08-14
Itt Mrntnriant

GAUZZA. yALBORG. In loving remem-
brance of VALBORG GAUzZA tnee Sund-
low, who passed away one year ago TO-DAY,
August IA, 1910.
Deep in our hearts is picture
or dear Valborg. who has gone to rest;
We shall never forget her
Because she was one OF the pest.
What would we give to see her face.
Her lovely hands to touch:
To hear her voice and see her smile
That meant to us so much.
She little thought when leaving home
That she would never return,
That she soon in death would sleep
And leave us here to mourn.
God has taken you away, dear Valbors,
across the great divide;
The cross, indeed, Is hard to bear
Without you by our SIDE.
Some day we hope to meet you.
Some day, We know not when,
But we shall clasp each others hands
!" " HER DEVoTEp FAMILY.
HARPER. LAvINIA. In sad but loving
remembrance of our dear mother, LAViNIA
HARPER.
Our hearts still ache with sadness.
Our eyes shed many tears;
God only knows how we miss you mother
HER CHILDREN.
JONES, LAURA c. AND CORA o. In
loving q our spd dey9isa c0Ra sste5S Jones
sqn'f Who passed aaS to the great beyond, LAURA g.
May 81, 1888. and CORA O., August H.
1910.
In the books OF life are memories
OEthe happiest moments we've known,
And recorded in love is the blessing
OF our sisters and aunts, our own.
You've gone but the treasures you left vi
Are truly of value untold:
Two lives flled with deeds Of Kindness
And beauty of heart and soul.
DEVOTED SISTER, NIECES AND NEPH,
GWS, MRS. LILLIAN J. DORSEY; MRS
INEZ w CLOMAX, MRS. MABEL j
CORBIN. CHARLES c. THOMAS, JAMES
AND REGINALD c. WINTER.
LEFFEL, CHARLES X. In sad but low.
ing remembrance of our dear husband ano
father, CHARLES K. LEFFEL, who passed
away one year ago today, August ] 4. 1870
DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN.
MATTHEW'S, ANNIE LEE. In sad bu
loving remembrance of my dear wife. AN
ME ZEE MATTHEW'S, who departed thl,
life four years sso today, August a. 1887
A dsy will always remember
When the rest Of the world forsets
LOVING HUSBAND. ROBERT MATTHEWS
Evening star., 1941-08-14
FoII on Porch Is FutuI

Arthur M. Renno So, 2135 Branch
avenue Sc, was fatally injured yes
terday in fall on the porch of his
home. Police said Mr.. Renno ap-
parently became i'll and collapsed.
striking his head on the concrete
floor. An autopsy was to be per-
formed today.
Evening star., 1941-08-14
Mission Society Elects

WYTHEVILLE, Va, Aug. IA (P).-
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Virginia Lutheran synod will be
headed for another year by Mrs.
B. D. Castor of Luray. She was re-
elected president at the 58th annual
convention of the society here yes
terday. Mrs. Clyde Griffith of Shen-
andoah was named vice president
and Miss Madge Snider of Marion
recording secretary.
The government of Bolivia is
strengthening its control over prices.
Evening star., 1941-08-14
Garh nf Chunks

foGARTY, THOMAS P. The sister of
thank the Park Police, METROPOLITAN Police.
American Lesion and friends for their kind
sympathy and flowers.
MRS. WILLIAM j. CONWAY of Troy, N. Y.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

his general staff had been in a hud-
die through long hours.
American bombers, attack and
pursuit planes, had hammered Van
Hassek's marching columns without
greatly reducing their relentless
northern movement
Another complication was the
monstrous specter of invasion from
the Pacific, now looming nearer and
nearer. Airplane observers, risking
themselves far out over the sea.
verified the actually of it. Though
there had been no declaration of
war, yet transport and warcraft.
cloaked in greasy smudge, swept
toward the coast like some cata-
clysmic pestilence.
eve have done our best here 4"
Brunn finally told his staff. 1--WE
have no alternative than to with
draw northward to the vicinity of
Sacramento. Otherwise we will find
ourselves inevitably in a pocket from
which well be unable to extricate
ourselves. Our withdrawal COM
mences tonight"
Benning heard the decision with
a gloomy tightening Of the muscles
OF his jaw. Events Of the past few
days had dulled his sense Of acute
feeling, left him numb and dazed.
Brunn's decision meant the aban-
donment Of the great Naval Operat-
ing Base at San Diego. It meant the
first move Of the land forces in evac-
uating the Pacific coast.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
TOUGH DRAFT BOARDS

The problem OF industrial man.
power has become so acute that de
Tense chiefs have complained to Sc
lective service officials that some
local boards are too tough" about
granting deferment to skilled work
men
Ohio draft boards, for example,
are ordering the induction OF crafts
men badly needed for the crucial
machine tool program. Similar
complaints have been made against
Michigan draft authorities for tax
ing specially skilled men needed by
the Packard plant, now producing
Rolls-Royce airplane engines for
the British.
From Virginia have come reports
that the draft is hampering the vast
naval and shipbuilding program at
Newport News.
The problem OF labor supply is
also hitting agriculture. Agricul-
tural officials fear that so much
labor IS being drained off farms that
some of them want to bar any more
defense plants in midwestern dairy
and pork sections.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

Investigations have confirmed his
suspicious Of the authenticity of the
letter and led him to the conclusion
that Lincoln was neither the au-
thor, nor the actual writer, of it. The
man who was both was John Hay,
Lincoln's secretary!
Mr.. Wakefield presents the evil
dence to support that conclusion in
an article, "Who Wrote Lincoln's
Letter to Mrs. Bixby?", which ap-
peared in the February, 1941, issue
of Hobbies. For John Hay himself
confided to at least two men that he,
instead of Lincoln, had written the
Bixby letter. One of them was Wal
ter Hines Page, American ambas-
sador to England during Wilson'S
administration, and the other was
Viscount Morley, the distinguished
British statesman and author. Here
we have two different accounts :.
involving different men of I'M
improbable Veracity which
agree that John Hay said he was
the author of the Bixby letter."
writes Mr.. Wakefield IF it were
possible to doubt one story, it is ex-
tremely unlikely that both stories
can be dismissed"
Mr.. Wakefield proves that Hay
often initiated Lincoln's handwriting
when he was the Presidents secre-
tary and that many documents, be-
lieved to be in Lincoln's handwrit-
ing, are actually the work of Hays
pen. It is not likely that any ques-
ton of the authorship of the Bixby
letter came up while Lincoln was
still living, for his assassination oc-
Cured less than five months after 1t
was written. When it became so
famous, Hay naturally was reluc-
tant to claim then that he, rather
than the martyred President, was
the author But, as Mr.. Wakefield
points out, "he did feel that in JUS
tice to the truth and to himself, the
fact of his authorship should not be
lost to the world, and so he chose to
tell at least two outstanding men
Of his time that he had written it,"
The letter to Mrs Bixby was sent
to Adjutant-General Schouler of
Massachusetts who delivered it in
person to Mrs. BiXby on November
a, 1864. It's text was printed for
the first time in the Boston Tran
script on Friday, November IS, and
the following morning both the Bos-
ton Advertiser and the Boston Jour
nal carried IT, The first facsimile ap-
peared in 1891 when Michael F. To
bin Of New York applied for a copy
right for one but whether or not he
had the original, or IL It is still in
existence. is still q mystery.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

The admiraps face went ashen
He swallowed several times and
licked purple lips.
THAT, sir" he said in low,
tremulous voice, "is matter of de-
cision entirely beyond my province.
l can only give you the facts as to
the limitations of your navy"
Tannard nodded slowly and re-
sumed his pacing of the floor. His
head sunk again to his chest, the
knuckleS of his clenched hands we're
white as bleached bones.
Very well, gentlemen, I will de-
eide" President Tannard said at
last.
He halted and looked from one to
another. His face now was wrinkled
and drawn until he had the aspect
Of a very old man.
THE inevitable decision" he add
ed, and wet his lips with several
nervous flicks of his tongue. You,
Admiral, will be prepared to with
draw your feet to the Atlantic to
protect the country's vital centers Of
population. You, General, will meet
the invasion as best you can at the
Pacific shore, and fight a delaying
action. There must be no public
announcement of this decision tenn
porarily to abandon the Pacific
coast. We are simply yielding to
the inevitable. That is all, gentle
men,"
A momentous decision had to be
made by the commander of the
Fourth Army. General Brunn and
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

are forgeries of the handwriting of
the man who actually penned it!
Those are the conclusions of a his
torian whose research has turned up
some startling facts about this ia
nous epistle. He is Sherman Day
Wakefield, secretary of the Lincoln
Fellowship Of New York and author
Of the book, How Lincoln Became
President"
Two years ago Mr.. Wakefield
wrote an article for the February
issue of the magazine, Hobbies,
In which his conclusions were
that 1--WE cannot be sure whether
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
CHAPTER Xxx

A plane from the 2lst Reconnais-
sance Squadron had brought Ben
ming from Washington two days be-
fore as Flagwill observer Of the in
evitable invasion Captain Hawtry
pilot, was on the lookout for his pas
senger
Hear the news, Major" Haw-
try inquired. Hawtry, a lanky Viz
ginian with clear gray eyes and the
relaxed features Of man who takes
life as it comes, added in a laconic
drawl: ut just come in a minute
ego over the radio They've cracked
US up pretty bad of the Jersey
coast with their ships. There's he'll
popping on the Atlantic. II looks like
Atlantic City was in for a Smelling
before the days over"
Benning merely stared at his pilot
out Of hollow eyes and said: We're
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Tall, fast-moving Rep. Lyndon
Johnson is going to let no grass
grow under his feet in his campaign
for the seat OF the late Sen. Morris
Sheppard Of Texas. The young New
Dealer, who has the public blessing
Of the President, plans 208 speeches,
an average Of three a day.
George Brooks, executive assist
ant in the OPM labor division. is
able TO keep two secretaries busy
taking dictation and at the same
time carry on a telephone CONVEX
sation
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

Lincoln wrote the
letter to Mrs.
Bixby or not, al
though it appears
doubtful, but we
can be sure that
we have neither
the original nor
any true facsin-
lie copy of the
original and that
none of the cur
rent reproduc c.
tionS was made
from the origi-
nal" Since then,
Mr.. Wakefeld's
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

THE STORY so FAR: More than
Ioo.ooo foreign troops secretly assembled
In Mexico by Van Hassek suddenly in
vaded the United States. Vastly superior
IN numbers and equipment to the Amer.
lean forces which opposed them, Van
hassek's troops pushed relentlessly for
ward. The U. s. army was not pre-.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

LESSON EXT-Dcutcronomy CAT: Jer-
emiah Is $40
GOLDEN TEXT-Train up u child I'm the
way he should so: and when he is old. he
Will not depart from t-Proverbs 22:G
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
IMPROVED"
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
CUNDAy
OCHOOL Lesson
BY HAROLD l.. LUNDQuISr. ID d
Dean OF The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago
tRelcased by Western Newspaper UnionD
S. S. Lesson for May IL

lected and copyrighted bv international
Council OF Religious Education. used by
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

INSTALLMENT EIGHTEEN

HNoIALLNCNI CIUH II IN
pared for this sudden attack, and could
only retreat In the face OF overwhelming
force. High army oficers worked des-
perately to organize an efrecty7e resist
ance against the invader. Intelligence
Omcer Benning barely escaped with his
life when \ dynamite.Iaden ship explod-
ed in the Panama Canal. trapping the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
4 zSNzllM
! MhM;hS
That Famous Bixby Letter
by Elmo Scott NIdkda-s
Released by Western Newspaper Union

III
That Famous Bixby Letter
I HAS been called 1.-The worlds
most famous letter." also 1.-The
most sublime letter ever penned by
the hand of man." and few persons
VINO have read it will disagree with
the aptness of either characterize
ton. For both refer to the message
which Abraham Lincoln sent to Mrs.
Lydia Bixby of Boston in 1864 when
he was told that she had lost five
sons on the field of battle.
This letter has also been called
"a beautiful blunder," because it
was inspired by an erroneous re-
port OF the facts in the case. It is
true that Mrs. Bixby had five sons
IN the Union army However, only
two OF them were killed in battle. OF
the other three, one was honorably
discharged after two years service
and two were-deserters!
Now there is good reason to be-
heve that another blunder has been
made in regard to the Bixby letter.
that Abraham Lincoln did not write
it at all and that the often-repro-
duced facsimiles, including this one:
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AIR


One Of the significant differences
between the war and navy depart
ments is the hostility of navy BRASS
hats to civilian scrutiny and control
Of their operations.
Deciding that the vastly expanded
army air corps needed a central di-
recting head, Stimson and Patter-
son selected Robert Lovett, New
York banker and World war ace,
for the job and had the President
appoint him. There was no inter
ference from the generals, and air
corps chiefs are working harmoni-
ously and effectively with their new
civilian boss.
Navy brasshats, on the other
hand, are fighting tooth and nail to
block a similar civilian intrusion
into their goldbraided realm
Through highpoWered lobbying OPP
erations in the house, the admirals
wormed into the $500, 600, 900 navy
appropriation bill provision that
would make it impossible to name
an assistant secretary for air.
The prohibitive clause is a very
slick piece Of aXing. On its face
1t has no connection with the pro
posed civilian appointee. 1t merely
bars the expenditure of navy funds
for any additional positions
at rate OF compensation in excess
Of $4,000 a year" The pay for an
assistant secretary is $4,000 a year.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
rN.h1M1mQbn7
MERRfG0~QQuhp|
IN &S gxSe5sM z#HzzsNf22lSS
Washington. ID. c.
TERRITORIAL BASES

The island bases of the United
States are now considered our hes,
safeguard against invasion. But
army and navy brasshats get a
scorChing rcbukc in report pre-
pared by the house appropriations
subcommittee that inspected terri
torial bases.
Written by Rep. James q. ScruE-
ham of Nevada. chairman of the
group. the report recommends the
immediate creation OF an indie
pendent air force" This would be
intended to correct two chief
abuses:
Cd The location of army and navy
bases almost side by side in fiat
unprotected country, thus inviting
destruction by enemy bombs" GU
Failure to build hangers. repair
shops and other facilities under
ground
Regarding the first criticism the
Scrugham report states: This
policy of concentrating highly essen
tlal military or industrial struC-
lures in very limited areas cannot
be too strongly condemned, and
may constitute an error OF gravest
consequences. This is us true in our
territorial as well as our continental
defenSeS
The lesson OF the destruction OF
the Polish air force by the Germans
at the beginning OF the war seems
to have gone entirely UNDECIDED (by
the aeronautic bureau chiefs re-
sponsible). In a flat country, pro-
tected air facilities may be imprac-
teal, but where there are adjacent
hills, it seems inexcusable to DELHI
erately build bases invitingly
located for bombing attacks, and so
close together that an enemy plane
can hit one if it misses the other.
Everywhere the story is the
same, from Hawaii to Puerto Rico,
from Alaska to the Virgin Islands,
Jamaica and Trinidad. Also, no
adequate plans have been formulat-
ed for water reserves, except to con-
tract for drilling a few wells, with
gave uncertainties as to quality
and quantity"
Scrugham's conclusions are that
a tragedy Of the first magnitude"
may develop unless immediate
steps are taken to rectify conditions
at the territorial bases. His solu-
ton is the Capitalization of all mill
tary air forces under a single head
with cabinet rank
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

u. s. feet in the Pacific Ocean. Ordered
to Mexico City. he learned that Van
Hassek would soon invade Americas
west coast Benning then left for wash
inston to report to Colonel FlaswilI.
chief OF the U. S. Inteliig cnce Depart
ment.
Now continue with the story.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-10-02
NAN
PASSES AWAY
Pet Vondersloot Wds
Longtime Resident
OF This County

Piet Vandersloot, So, long
time resident of Big Horn coun-
ty, died here Wednesday noon.
He recently underwent an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis and
had contracted pneumonia, it
was stated.
He was born in Holland on
Dec. 8, 1864, and came to the
United States in 1910. In 1916
he came to Big Horn county,
where he has since made his
home.
He is survived by his wife,
Mary, six sons, three daught-
ers and thirty-two grandchil-
dren.
The sons are Frank of Post
Falls, Ida, John of Wyola,
Charles of St. Xavier and Tony,
Bert and Harry of Hardin. The
daughters are Gertrude Van
der Wort of Billings, Mile Eel
Ter of Hardin and Mary Van der
Wort of Harlowton.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday mornin~ at 10 am.
at the st. Joseph Catholic
church with the Rev. c. L. Ow-
ems, S. j., officiating. Burial
will be made in the Hardin
Catholic cemetery.
Devotional services will be
held Thursday and Friday
nights at 8 pm, in the Bulls
Chilly funeral parlors.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-10-02
MAN CHARGED
With FORGERY
Passed Checks On Firms
In Hardin And
Lodge Grass

James Big Lake, Crow Indian,
was arrested last Friday by
Sheriff Henry Ulrich and was
charged with forging several
checks at local business houses.
There were five checks forged
by Big Lake, it was alleged in
the complaint, Bert w. Kron-
miller, county attorney, stated.
One of the checks was made
out by Big Lake by signing the
name of Ed Kopac and using
the name of James Medicine
Tail as payee. It is charged that
both names were forged and
the check was passed at the
Chuckwagon cafe.
He passed another check fol-
So at the Big Horn store when
he again forged the name ot
Kopac making the check pay
able to himself. Other checks
were passed at the Camp Gus
ter service station and to Clay
ton Clanin of Lodge Grass. A
check in the amount of $40 wa
passed at Pings where he agar
used the name of Kopac to sigr
the check.
County Attorney Kronmillel
stated Wednesday that Big Lake
had signed a confession to thu
check forging. He will be ar.
raigned before Guy C. Derry
district Judge, Thursday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-10-02
SPEAKER TO
APPEAR HERE
DR.. Murtin Hull Is
Refugee From
Germany

DR.. Martin Hall, refugee news
paper reporter from Nazi Ger
many, will address the high
school assembly Wednesday
morning, Oct. 8, at 9 am.
Due to the Importance and in
terest shown in DR.. Halls talk
the public is invited to attend
the assembly and hear this in
formative lecture.
As a newspaper reporter DR.
Hall was forced to flee Germany
for opposing the Nazi views OF
Adolph Hitler. He fled to Paris
where he lived for a year and
then to London for a like per-
iod.
He tells the story of Hitler's
rise to power, and of the visits
he had with Hitler and other
high Nazi officials. His descrip-
ton of the life of boys ano
girls under regimented German
rule as compared with the dem
ocratic way of life is the out
standing part of his talk.
DR.. Hall is a young man and
presents his story in a most IN
tereSting manner. He is being
accompanied on his speaking
tour by his wife.
The address will be given in
the gymnasium Of the Junior
high school.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-10-02
CLUBS Will
SHOW STOCK
Thirty Heed Of Fat
Calves To Be
Exhibited

Thirty head of fat calves will
be exhibited Monday, Oct. 10 at
the annual livestock show of
the Big Horn county 4-H clubs
at the fairgrounds here.
The calves have been fed by
Big Horn county All club boys
and girls during the past year.
They will be judged by E. P.
Orcutt, livestock specialist from
the state extension service at
Bozeman.
It was reported that the quail
ity of the livestock to be ex-
hibited this year is superior to
that of any previous year which
shows the value of experience
on Vie part of All club men,
berS who are doing the feeding.
Following the display of the
cattle here they will be taken
to Billings where they will be
entered in the Junior Livestock
show and sale to be held there
from October IL to 16.
In addition to the calves there
will be a number of fat bar
rows and lambs shown here.
Some of these will also be ia
ken to Billings.
The public is invited to at
tend the local show and witness
the judging and awarding of
prizes. Twenty boys and girls
are planning to participate in
the show here and at Billings.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-10-02
Services Held For
Mrs. Ida Macdonald

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida
Macdonald were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Congregational
church with the Rev. Claire L.
Harris officiating.
Mrs. Macdonald died Sunday
as a result of a paralytic stroke.
She lived in the Two Leggins
community and had been i'll for
several months.
She was born at Marlborough,
Mass, on July 10, 1869. She was
united in marriage to Alexander
P. Macdonald at Creighton,
Nebr., in 1887. In 1896 the family
moved to Gebo, Mont, and in
1907 moved to Big Horn county
where they have since resided.
Mr.. Macdonald preceded his
wife in death on Sept. 6, 1929.
She is survived by two sons
and one daughter. The sons
are Archie of Hardin and John
of Boise, Ida, and Jessie Creas-
ey of Bridger, Mont. Other sur
viving relatives are a brother
w. P. Howe, of Livingston, and
a sister, Mrs. Minnie MacDon-
aid of Billings, and six grand
children.
During the funeral services
Mrs. Lura Strand sang "The
Old Rugged Cross" and "Beaut-
iful Garden of Prayer"
Burial was made in the Har-
din cemetery.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-10-02
PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL
DEFENSE IS PLANNED HERE
Series OF Meetings Will
Be Held Throughout
This County

Big Horn county farmers will
be asked to join the National
Agricultural Defense program
which was nationally announced
recently by Claude R. Wickard,
secretary of agriculture, it was
stated this week by George w.
G~ustafson, county extension ag-
ent.
The program will be carried
out on a national basis to in
crease the production of certain
vital products essential for an
adequate food supply for all the
people of the United States and
England.
It was stated that American
agriculture has the job of
building storehouses of food so
that no one in any state, ma
ton or even the world need go
hungry. In addition to satisfy
ing the hunger of millions OF
people, these stock piles of food
will give the United States a
leading part at the peace ia
bles when the war is ended, it
was said.
To meet the demands for
food, goals have been set up for
every county in the United
States for the production of
necessary food products. Sup
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