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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-08-28
On The Form Front =

Helena, Mont, Aug. q -(UP)
- July hailstormS damaged
Montana crops an estimated
$400,000, the U. S. Weather bu-
reau said today.
Most destructive storm, the
bureau said, was in Fergus coun-
ty July %, when thousands OF
bushels of wheat were Destroyed
Severe losses also were felt in
Blaine, Pondera, Lake, Prairie
and Dawson counties.
During the month, the bureau
also said, rainfall was below nor
NAL while temperatures were
above the 47-year average.
Average temperatures for the
month was 69.2 degrees, or two
degrees above the usual mark.
Libby, with a high mark of 107
on July 16 and II, was the hot
test spot west of the divide,
while Winifred, with a high of
103 on July 10, led the central
division. Frazer with 108 on July
10, was the Warmest spot in the
eastern division.
Average rainfall for IN e
month was 1873 inches, with
Conrad leading the list with 4.96
inches and Heron, with IA inch,
on the other end of the scale.
Missoula, Mont, Aug. 81 -
(UP) - MontananS imported
and consumed 500 carloads of
fruit and vegetables during July,
and added 1872 carloads of home
grown products to their menus,
the horticulture division of the
state agriculture department. re-
ported today.
The imported produce was
valued at $716, 684.95, while the
home grown was worth $144,-
272.6O.
OF the imports, the largest
single item was 1875 carloads of
Watermelons. Potato imports to-
tailed 112 cars, cantaloupes 10
cars, apricotS "a cars, and Or
anges, 46 cars
Other important imports in
Guided: lemons, 80 cars; raSp-
berries, 27; tomatoes, 81; ap-
pies, II; peaches, %; dry on
ions, 10; grapefruit, 8; plums
and prunes, 8; cherries, IL; and
miscellaneous fruit, "a cars.
OF the state-raised produce,
principal items were 10 cars of
raspberries and 40 cars of peas.
Helena. Mont, Aug. 27-CUP)
- Montana's production of
cheese during August increased
41.9 per cent and butter was
up 1877 per cent over August,
1910, the dairy division of the
state department of agriculture
reported today.
Production of ice cream dur
ing the month dropped 22.6 per
cent under the corresponding
month last year.
During August, Montana pro-
duced 1,72O,566 pounds of but
ter, 1887 gallons of ice cream,
1G7.762 pounds of cheese, L.
628,091 pounds of b%utterfat, 49,
OTIS pounds of cottage cheese,
and 10000 pounds of powdered
milk.
Helena, Mont, Aug. 27-(UP)
The federal marketing service
today estimated Montana's 1941
winter and spring wheat crop
would total 73,184,00O bushels,
the largest since 1928 and the
third largest in the states his
tory.
This years crop, the bureau
said, would be almost 10000, 900
bushels above the 1910 crop and
would be exceeded only by the
1928 harvest of 1916, 900 bu-
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-08-28
The Capitol
Week In Review

VSSA III ZIG !
Helena, Mont, Aug. 81 -(UP)
- The breakdown" on state Of
ficialS' and employees personal
use of State-oWned automobiles
was in effect today, including a
blunt warning that violation OF
the order would result in sum
mary dismissal" of offenders.
Chief Highway Egnineer How
ard w. Holmes followed up an
order of the state board of ex-
aminerS that use of State-oWned
cars be confined to official du-
ties with a warning to his de-
partment that the order would
be enforced strictly.
Holmes notified his depart
ment that state cars were not
to be used for short runs inside
headquarters towns, and were
to be used only for official trips
away from headquarters.
Meantime, State Purchasing
Agent J. E. Henry and w. J.
FltzSimmonS, clerk for conSoli-
dated state boards, were draw
ing up a set of rules and regu-
lations covering use of the
states motor vehicles. 1t was
understood unofficially that one
rule would require the cars to
be checked in every evening and
reiSSued the following morning.
During the week, the highway
commission awarded contracts
totaling S51O,561.36 on 10 high
way and bridge projects and
rejected all offers on an 18th.
The commission also called for
bids Sept. 80 on three bridge
projects and 60 miles of grad
ing and surfacing, and an
nounced this would be followed
by a large letting in october to
get as much work as possible
under contract.
The board of examiners voted
to modernize the armament OF
the state prisons tower guards
by ordering eight modern re-
peating rifles for them. Warden
Dudley Jones had complained
the old black-pOWder rifles fur
niShed the guards some 40 years
ago were badly out-of-date, and,
what was worse, were none too
certain to shoot.
Purchasing Agent Henry called
for bids, to be opened Sept. is
or Is, on $25O,00O worth of
equipment for the state high
way department. The order, to
replace WORKOUT or obsolete
machinery. included trucks, gra-
ders, snowplows and similar
equipment.
During the week, Atty. Gen.
John w. Bonner handed down a
series of opinions of far-reach-
ing Importance to the counties.
In one, he held that county
commissioners could not, un-
der law, provide public meeting
or recreational rooms in court
houses. In another, he ruled
that the state welfare depart
ment was bound by contract to
reimburse counties for any loss
of food stamps or money re-
ceived for them so long as the
stamps or money were in the
custody of the stamp distribut-
ing officer selected by the de-
partment. In a third, Bonner
held that members of the well
fare board were not entitled to
expenses except when attending
a regular or special meeting of
the board. In other words, he
held, members Of the board were
not permitted to make indepen-
dent inspection trips at state
expense.
|
WILL OPEN BIDS
Helena, Mont, Aug. 81 -(UP)
- Projects on which the Mon
tana highway commission will
open bids Sept. 80 are as fol-
lows:
Grading and surfacing 14.482
~i1ac Of DoLar H. wood
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-08-28
WILL OPEN BIDS

WILL OPEN BIDS
Helena, Mont, Aug. 27 -CUP)
- Projects on which the Mon
tana highway commission will
open bids Sept. 80 are as fol-
lows:
Grading and surfacing 14.482
miles of Baker WibauX road,
Falon county.
Grading, surfacing and plac-
ing bridges on 7.56 miles of the
Roy east road, Fergus county.
Grading, surfacing and oiling
3.9 miles of Deer Lodge-Butte
road in Deer Lodge county.
Construction of bridges on
Deer Lodge-Butte project.
Grading and surfacing 6.O49
miles of Vigilante Trail in Mad
ison county.
Construction of bridges on
same project.
Grading, surfacing and oiling
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Censure Deserved

President Roosevelt's censure of anyone and
for giving out information on General Marsh
alrs testimony before the sena military COM
mittee in secret session was justified on the
ground that what the general had told the
committee was spoken in confidence, was, in
every sense of the word, militarily important,
and too revealing to be given publicity.
The President did not attempt to single out
any particular person or persons but confined
his remarks to a general statement that this
type of revelation is wrong and should be
avoided. In the circumstances his leniency is,
perhaps, less commemorate than his censure.
No man present at the hearing could possibly
have overlooked the fact that General Marsh
alls testimony was an army secret and was
given under the pledge, tacit or acknowledged
that it would not be divulged. 1mpersonal
censure. therefore, Of those who passed it on,
falls short Of the need.
Americans thirst for news and politicians
appetite for popularity with the press, upon
which they look as the best medium of pub
Lefty, often lead to costly indiscretlons. And
reporters ever seeking news, with editors Weld
ing the lash for failure to learn what goes
on behind the scenes, are prone to overstop
the bounds of strict propriety to get what their
editors and readers of their papers demand.
In ordinary times this may be condoned to
some extent. But these are not ordinary times,
but very parlous ones, with much at stake,
and national security threatened. Though we
are not at war, and though we hope we may
escape war, it is essential that the United
States take precautionary measures to protect
its interests, especially in the Orient where a
definite threat to our peace now exists.
Army air enforcement for the navy in
the Pacific is one of these precautionary meas
ures. But it is not necessary to tell the world
that they are to be sent, nor was it wise for
~babbling tongues to spread the news that Gen.
eral Marshall told the senate military COM
mittee the plan to send them. Berlin and
Tokyo naturally accept the announcement,
which never should have been made, as fresh
evidence of warlike preparations on our part,
whereas, in fact, they are purely defensive.
1t was a bad business, all round, and it is
to be hoped that a repetition will bring severer
handling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Fewer Foreclosures

Every person, every family. owning the
house and land on which they live has a
doubled stake in the country they may be
asked to defend. All of us have a stake in
America, all derive very tangible benefits
from our free way of life. But those who
actually own a bit of the land itself have a
double stake. They are rightly considered an
anchor of social stability.
So it is good to note that foreclosures on
city homes have fallen to. the lowest level
since 1926, a decline of Is per cent last year.
There were only four foreclosures per 1000
city dwellings last year, as compared with
10 in 1888.
So far, SO good. Now the problem is to in
of people who are able to own their own
homes. Increased income, decreased cost of
land, building, and financing charges, are all
element in attaining this desirable goal. But
recent rises in the cost of building a modest
home, estimated by the Northwestern National
Life Insurance Co. al several hundred dollars
for a modest home within the last IL months,
are going to hold back that desirable trend to.
ward widespread ownership. One of our prob
lens is to try to prevent repetition of the
1914-192O situation, when construction costs
rose 100 per cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Mind Is Discussed
In the Lesson-Sermon

Mind was the subject of the les
son-sermon in all Christian Science
churches and societies yesterday.
The Golden Text was from Philip.
plans 2:13, 1T is God which worketh
in you both to will and to do of
his good pleasure
Among the citations which com.
prised the lesson-sermon were the
following from the Bible: For God
who commanded the light to shine
out of darkness, hath shined in our
hearts, to give the light Of the knowl-
edge of the glory Of God in the face
Of Jesus Christ" (II Corinthians
4:6).
The l-esson-sermon also included
the following from the Christian Sci
ence textbook, Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures by Mary
Baker Eddy. 1.-THE universe reflects
and expresses the divine substance
or Mind; therefore God is seen only
in the spiritual universe and spirit
ual man, as the sun is seen in the
ray of light which goes out from it.
God is revealed only in that which
reflects Life, Truth, Love,-yea,
which m%anifests Gods attributes and
power, even as the human likeness
thrown upon the mirror, repeats the
color, form, and action of the per-
in the likeness of his Maker, re.
fleets the central light Of being, the
invisible Cod" pages 800 and 305).
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
ACTION ON TRAFFIC.
PROBLEM PLANNED.
Mayor Cooper Contemplate
Study of Score of Sug-
gestiOns Presented i.

A specific course of action design
ed to relieve Wilmington's mounting
traffic congestion, based upon recon-
mendations and suggestions offered
at his traffic conference last week,
will be set in motion within the next
few days, Mayor Thomas E. Cooper
announced yesterday.
Disclosing that he has completed
study and analysis of the score or
more recommendations made by DO
lice. military and civic officials who
participated in the conference, the
mayor said the program he would in
woke should bring definite results
quickly and without undue confusion.
Out o tfhe traffic conference came
excellent suggestions from men ia.
mfliar with situations similar to the
n Wilmington faces with its more.
than-doubled traffic flow in the past
two months. From the recommen-
dations offered I have taken those I
believe best suited for local condi-
tons. Within the next few days I
shall announce the course of action
will follow" the mayor said.
The mayor, who also serves as
commissioner Of public safety, said
his program would embrace a two
fold purpose: To effect immediate
relief of aggravated traffic condi-
lions, particularly in the downtown
districts; and, secondly, to modern
lie the city's system of handling traf.
fic to meet anticipated population
Increase in the next five years.
He would not elaborate on either
declaring he wished to confer
with some other public officials be-
fore inaugurating his proposed plan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
A Needed Inquiry

Senator Humans proposal for a thorough
investigation of defense contract letting is 50
much in the national interest that it is difficult
to believe it can meet serious opposition.
With the government spending billions for
defense, money which the American people
will have to provide, it is important to learn if
all branches of the undertaking are being con-
Quoted both legitimately and economically and
that if there is trickery or graft in any or
many OF the separate projects it be discovered
and halted while there is yet time to catch up
with the culprits and to stop further wasteful
expenditures.
1t would be worth the $25, 900 Senator Thur
man recommends for the Investigation to learn
that all is well on the re-armament job-if it
is. Certainly it would be worth $25, 900 also to
uncover Irregularities, if they exist.
When billions are involved and time Is the
essence of a contract, there are many oppor-
tunities for INSCRIPTIONS persons and sharp
practising fins to dip heavily into the public
purse. Any safeguard which can be created
to drve out defense racketeers, if there are
any, or 70 prevent them from preying upon
the government in the present great emergen.
cy, is a need of the hour.
The Truman recommendation for an investi.
cation of all phases of the emergency defense
job seems to provide the means for obtaining
this end.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Turn About

Exacly what reason the Italian government
advanced, if any, for requesting the United
States to close its consulates at Naples and
Palermo, has not been made clear.
Under the ordinary rules Of reciprocal in.
ternational courtesy, any country has the right
to make such a request, and it is usually
agreed to without question.
But courtesy is reciprocal, and it would seem
only fair if the United States would now re-
quest Italy to close two of her consulates
here in cities of comparable size. European
countries maintain consular stats here far
larger than the United States does in Europe
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
= Man About Manhattan
BY GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, Feb. 2o.-About
town: The former Mrs. Osa John
son, who became a bride t W o
weeks ago and whose first hus-
band was the late Martin johnson,
famed African explorer, has taken
an apartment at 400 Park Ave. -.
Edward G. Robinson is at the Pi-
ere, but isn't receiving visitors.
. The actor barely made it to
Manhattan before going down with
the grippe. . Helen Chandler is
back in town and is Frank Cases
guest at the Algonquin.
Robert Morley, last e on
Broadway as oscar WILDE in the
play by that name, and a mag
nificent performance he gave. is
a cook in the British army. He
is a brother-in-law of the mimic,
John Buckmaster.
LAM McIntyre's new show at the
Lexington is corking entertain
ment. And so are Ted Steeie's
arrangements of Duke Ellingtou's
mood" numbers, played on the
novacord. Young Steele, who
was making just SIS a week two
years ago and who now draws
down $1,000 every Saturday after
noon, has taken the Dukes Mood
Indigo" Sentimental Mood"
azure" Lost in Meditation"
Solitude" and others and record
ed them in an album (Decca) of
"novatones' which bring out all
the nostalgia in Ellington's most
famous numbers.
The bad weather has been a
boon to the hotels, night clubs ard
theaters. In New York, people
like to forget the elements in gay
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Preparing For Home Defense

The United States is pretty we'll committed
the better our chance Of keeping out Of war,
and the better the chance of winning it if we
should be dragged in.
Thus the various moves to strengthen the
home front. the plans for defense of cities
and industrial plants are all an element of ma
tional strength. Query: Would the British atti-
tude at Munich have been any different if Lon
don had had at that time adequate AFRAID
shelters, or even really adequate plans for
their quick construction? 1t is possible.
1t is certainly idle to make vast military,
naval, and air preparations, and neglect home
defense, which is static and could by no pos
sibility be used Extensively.
This end of the defense drive is not being
entirely neglected. Observe these things:
The war department has long been study
ing the problem, and has created a
Technological Civil Protection Committee
to create master plans on which local
communities can model their d defense
measures and plans. Several engineering
and scientific societies have joined in this
and similar work.
The army has sent to London a men,
Der of its Civil Defense Committee, and
Surgeon-General Parran has joined him,
along with a whole group of social and
health experts, to study these problems
on the ground.
The National Academy of Sciences has
set up a committee to work to the same
end.
The U. S. Conference of Mayors recent
ly urged development of home defense
plans, and received reports of Canadian
measures.
Milo j. Warner, national commander
of the American Legion, and Frank d'Olier,
former commander, are both in England
studying problems incident to home de-
tense, especially against air attack.
Boston is already training 1000 volun.
teer fremen, and many alert fire de-
partments are studying plans for this
and other measures for fighting bomb-set
fires in the London manner.
Navy yards are installing ''Spider-Web"
electric power systems which cannot be
put out of commission by a single blow at
any one point, either by sabotage or bomb
ing.
Builders in some New Jersey suburbs
are building bomb-proof sub-cellars into
new homes, and architectural students at
Pratt Institute are designing concrete shell
tiers.
Homer Saint-G audens, artist and World
war veteran, is attacking camouflage prob
lens incident to large industrial plants
and coast defenses.
The army has created a mobile balloon
barrage at Fl. Lewis, Washington, and
large rubber companies are planning mass
production of such barrage balloons.
All these and other activities suggest that
every urban community, and especially those
with important industrial plants, should begin
studying the problem. General master plans
will be available soon, and the local COM
munity can adapt them to local conditions.
At present, air attack on the United States
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under Conncil-Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
err Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Pared River Road to Southport, uia
orion Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Production
through sustGined-yiezd methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo.
tional Agency, supported by one county,
qcide tao.
~Shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for aohites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Deuelopn1 emit of ndtiue grape groa1ing
Modern tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Meddling

The time has passed when a totalitarian
spokesman of any variety could build a back
fire under an American diplomat by the &C.
not concern the United States. At this stage
of American policy '.meddling'' is their bust
ness-and the public approves it.
For that reason, Jean Fontenoy, propaganda
for the new party of popular concentration"
in Paris, will be disappointed if he expects
mirals'' that has been going on at Vichy will
do his cause any good. It may well be true
that Admiral Leahy, our ambassador to
France, has been contending with Admiral
Darlan to keep Marshal Petain from yielding
his authority to Pierre Laval, but the American
On the contrary, they will applaud Admiral
Leahy for his success, for it is clear that
once M. Laval gets his cluches on Vichy he
will use his authority to the benefit OF the
Axis. That would mean that French bases
in the Mediterranean and even Dakar on the
Atlantic would be made available for German
use. 1t might even mean that the French
fleet would be used against Britain.
Something of this kind may be coming de-
spite Admiral Leahy's efforts. M. Fontenoy's
account, if it accords with the facts, indicates
that Marshal Petain was almost on the point
of %surrending to M. LavaIs demand when
he changed his mind. Moreover, the picture
Of Admiral Darlan that emerges from this
narrative is not an encouraging one.
Was it a French somersault the Italians had
in mind when they predicted the other day
that a great surprise is coming that the Brit
ish will not like? It seems likely. If So, we
can only hope that Admiral Leahy makes his
"meddling'' effective.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
. Editorial Comment
NORTH CAROLINA'S PART
WinstOn-SaIem Journal

Governor Broughton points out that the
North Carolina banks, long a handicap to Ship
ping off the coast, are a blessing in disguise.
They have caused coastal North Carolina to
become a strategic region where thousands of
soldiers and marines will be trained in the
national defense program.
The banks on the east coast of the State
provide the natural protection that the War
and Navy Departments have long sought for
artillery range and marine tanning. The areas
features are unique on the east coast of the
United States and make for wide, protected
maneuvering grounds.
Thus Eastern North Carolina is developing
one of the largest centers of military training
activities in the entire country. With IS, 900
men or Whereabouts to be stationed at Fort
Bragg, 10000 at Holly Ridge, and IL, 1000 ma
rines at Jacksonville, the area will be h e
scene of training for nearly 100, 900 fighters of
the American armed forces. .
In addition to these projects, Wilmington has
got a big shipyard, and in the Piedmont area,
charlotte has become the site for a large
army air base where approximately 1000
members of the air force will be stationed.
Only in respect to large defense industries
does the states part in the national program
remain negligible. This situation may be
remedied materially if proposals for the loca-
ton OF powder plants in Mcdowell county and
possibly other places in the mountain section
are acted upon favorably. But since North
Carolina is removed from the areas which
produce the more common strategic metals
and minerals in quantity, perhaps we cannot
expect any great concentration of defense en-
terprises here.
TIL need for more aluminium, however,
gives cause for wondering why the gov
eminent and the Aluminium Company of
America cannot get together on plans for re-
viving the project for the construction of a
large aluminium plant in the extreme western
part of the state. 4