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they faced worth taking for the
sake of their continued hold on the
Eastern Mediterranean and the Near
East.
The waters around Crete are ex-
ceedingly difficult for naval vessels.
They are full of reefs and islands
and ships have been confined to
narrow, tide-ripped channels in
which maneuver to escape air bomb
ing has been restricted, If not i'm
possible. Operation at reduced
speeds has been necessary. Use of
ships in close formations so that
some shelter in the form Of massed
anti-aircraft fire may be available
has been impossible. All Of these
factors have worked very gravely
to the disadvantage of the naval
forces and in favor OF the air
attackers.
The Germans, moreover, have
had the very great advantage Of
close-in air bases and of very
marked air superiority. At times,
in fact, their air operations have
been conducted without any air
opposition.
Short Range for Aircraft.
This has been due to the fact
that German air forces were oper-
ating from Greece. the Pelopon-
nesus and the Dodecanese, all
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Battle Of Crete Held
Showdown Between
Planes, Wdrships
Fleets Face Heavy Loss
In Any Operation Near
Shore-Bused Aviation
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

BY JOSEPH ;. EDGERTON.
The battle of Crete, corroborat-
ing evidence of earlier fighting be-
tween air and naval forces, is serv.
ing to sharpen the lines of demarca-
ton between the spheres of air and
sea power, in the preliminary judg-
ment of qualified observers who are
studying the progress of the bitter
struggle for control of the Eastern
Mediterranean.
1t is becoming very clear that
naval operations within the range
of shore-based aviation can be car
ried out only at the risk of heavy
and almost certain losses and that
the use of fleets for such operations
may be expected to become rarer-to
be reSorted to only in cases of such
extreme emergency that losss can
be discounted.
Even aviation enthusiasts in the
service, however, say that it would
be folly to infer from the Crete
operations and the shocking losses
they have cost British naval power
if German reports are to be be-
lieved-that navieS are doomed.
Even the Germans, who have made
aviation pay richer dividends than
any other power in actions against
naval vessels, cannot ignore the
need for powerful naval forces. The
best evidence of this Is the presence
of powerful Nazi naval forces in the
North Atlantic.
Not Satisfied With Blockade.
That the Germans are willing to
risk their comparatively small navy
in action against the British fleet is
good and sufficient evidence of their
belief that aviation is not in itself
all-sufflcient at sea, any more than
it is on land, in the opinion of OBJ.
servers here. 1t is perfectly clear
that the Germans are not satisfied
with the use of aviation alone as a
blockading agent and that they are
prepared to face the worlds great
est sea power with their own nu-
merically inferior naval forces to
strengthen their power at sea.
Even claims of the German high
command that the battle of Crete
has cost the British Mediterranean
fleet the complete loss of II cruis-
ers, eight destroyers, submarine
and five torpedo boats and I'M
specified damage to battleship
and several more cruisers and de-
stroyers have not changed the
opinion of observers here as to the
necessity for continuing the about
construction of existing types of
naval vessels.
1t is quite possible, however, that
there may be an increasing stress
on the construction of small, fast
naval vessels from the mosquito
boats" on up to the destroyer for
operations involving exposure to
shore-based aviation.
Use Loaded Dice"
There is q feeling that in the
operations around Crete, the Ger
man Luftwaffe again has been
playing with loaded dice" The
British naval forces have been de-
liberately exposed to German air
attacks under conditions most favor
able to the air force and least
favorable to the sea force because
the British deemed the certain risks
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within operating radius of Crete
for even short-ranse combat air
craft. The British, on the other
hand, have had to operate from
Egyptian bases, which are so far
removed they have been unable
to employ the Hurricanes, Spitfires
and other short-range types they
most urgently require to meet the
Nazi air attack.
The Germans, who in the past
have pitted their bombers and dive
bombers against the British Navy,
not always with results which have
been happy for the air force, have
exploited to the full the advantages
presented to them by conditions in
the Cretian area.
They have sought out British
naval vessels paralyzed by lack OF
sea room and have employed
concentric type of air attack IN
which bombers and dive-bombers
have attacked from all sectors OF
the compass. What limited ma
neuvering the British ships might
be able to do has been discounted
py this type of attack. At the
same time, the anti-aircraft fire
power Of the surface vessels has
been dissipated to the utmost by
the necessity Of meeting attack after
attack from all angles and alti-
tudes.
No New Lessons.
Observers here say that there
have been no new lessons learned
in the air-sea fighting around Crete.
but that weight has been added to
certain Of the lessons learned in
the Norwegian campaign and other
fights between air and sea forces.
Chief Of these is that sea power
has no business within the sphere
of shore-based air power unless the
risk Of certain and probably very
heavy losses is worth the possible
gains which may be accomplished.
The British knew the risks they
faced at Crete. That they have
chosen to accept them in their
fight for the island is evidence
again of the bulldog courage of the
British naval personnel in facing
the gravest and most certain perils
in what Is judged to be a worthy
and necessary course Of action.
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$50 Dietitiuns Needed
For Army Hospitals

Approximately $50 vacancies for
dietitians exist in Army hospitals,
which have now only 103 dietitians
on duty.
The pay is $1,000 a year, with po-
sitions open to men as well as wom-
en-. A school for dietitians is con-
Quoted at the Army Medical Center
here. The entrance requirement is
graduation from a recognized coll
lege with major course in dietetics
and nutrition. The course at the
Army's school is adapted to cover
needs in the military service.
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RECRUITS FLYING CADETS
Maj. John G. Fowler, COM
mander Of the, Esd Heavy
Bombardment Squadron, who
began enlisting University Of
Maryland students yesterday
as flying cadets to train as a
unlike a football team.
Youths would win Air Corps
commissions in seven and a
half months.
u. S. Signal Corps Photo.
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Remnant Day Savings Thursday-This Wee
THE MEMS STORE .
Less than one minute via the e

Day.
will be held Thursday Moy h exos weekend
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The Low Down On
GROVE

Democrat or Republican, or
whoever you are, you gotta doff
your chapeau to this old Texas
LonghOrn Dies. That boy knows
what is going on in the dark
corners. For two years he has
been telling about it - and ev-
erybody pooh-poohed.
Now, with everybody girding
his loins with a 6-shooter or
trying to do so, we are finding
there are not enough 6-shooterS
to go around. Quite a kettle of
fish.
The Youth Movement and all
the other obstruction move
ments that were patted on the
back, in the High Places, for
years, are now in the dog-house,
which is something like locking
the barn door in the Am. versus
in the PM.
But we are in the mess now
and we gotta take off our coat
- and most everybody is doing
so. But brother, when it is ov-
er and we r getting back to
a peaceful basis, there will be
more listening to persons like
this old Texas Boy, and such
fellerS as Mr.. WeStbrooke Peg
Ter, etc. Dies and Pegler, boy,
that would be some ticket.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-07-03
New Fish Hatchery To
Rear Wall-eyed Pike

Minneapolis - The rearing of
wall-eyed pike - a relatively
new fish Cultural undertaking
- is soon to start at the New
London, Mimi, hatchery of the
Fish and Wildlife service, Uni
ted States Department of the
Interior, which is now nearing
completion, according to a re-
port released recently.
The Minnesota Department
of Conservation, which is work.
ing in close cooperation with
the service, is not only furnish
ing about 25,00O,0 900 wall-eyed
pike eggs, to be Matched at the
New London station, but in adj
dition will handle the diStrjbu-
ton of fry in the lakes in that
area.
Service fish culturists have
established a field station for
the collection of northern pike
and wall-eyed pike eggs at the
Old Mill Inn in the outlet of
Nest Lake and already have
taken 1850, 900 northern pike
eggs and approximately 2,000,-
900 wall-eyed pike eggs. It is
expected that the entire output
of this field station will be TO-
0OO, 900 of the first named spe-
cies and 10, 900, 900 of the latter.
Plans are under consideration
to open other fields by next
year which will make it possible
to collect 40 to so million nor
thern pike eggs and possibly an
equivalent number of wall-eyed
pike.
The fry resulting from the
northern pike eggs have been
delivered to the state for plant
ing in waters suitable for this
species; some fry were returned
to the parental waters. The COL
lection of brood bass, crappie,
and sunfish is now being made
with the assistance of local
warden of the Minnesota Con-
Servation Department.
Although construction opera
tons at the new hatchery are
going along slowly, the ponds
are filling and are now being
fertilized. One of these ponds
will be used for the production
of Wall-eyed pike to lingering
size.
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effectively Covers Big Horn County"

activities has been about 500, 900.
Seven projects of state wide
Importance already have been
lnaugurated under this pro-
gram" Dearman said, land two
of these projects are now COM
pleted. These involve the de-
Velopment of Wildlife refugees
and a statewide survey of wild
life resources"
Under the Wildlife refuge pro-
gram, Pittman-Robertson money
has been used to develop the
klckapoo game preserve, the
Leaf River unit of the De Soto
national forest, the Leroy Percy
game refuge, and the H. B. Cole
refuge.
A statewide survey of wildlife
resources was made to deter
mine existing conditions and to
direct restoration activities so as
to benefit wild game popula-
tons, the live trapping and
transplanting of beavers, and
the Improvement of Wildlife ar
cas- on farms for small game.
Under a beaver releasing pro-
Ject, rs animals were trapped
in Lauderdale, Kemper, Copiah,
and Amite Counties, where sur
plus populations were found,
and the animals were released
in suitable locations in Wash
ington, Coahoma, Leake, Mon
roe, Clarke, Neshoba, and Union
Counties.
by means of this restocking
program" Dearman asserted,
I'VE have removed the beavers
from areas where they were be-
coming destructive to counties
where the animals will aid in
conserving water levels and will
constitute seed stock of this
valuable fur animal"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-07-03
TWO VACATION
SCHOOLS CLOSE

Vacation church school at
both the Indian Mission and
the Little Brown church closed
Friday after a week of classes.
On the closing day the Little
Brown church entertained at a
luncheon for the children.
The Mission school closed on
Friday evening with a picture
show and ice cream social. AS
a reward for anyone attending
at least four or five of the seS-
sionS at either school free tick
cts to the show were given.
The social and pictures were
presented to help raise money
to send young people from the
Mission to the Baptist summer
assembly at Tempted Hills.
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Sarpy Creek News

A bumper hay crop is antici-
pated this year in this area.
Haying is now in full swing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Sharkey and
family of Gillette, Wyo., atten-
ded the Goth wedding anniver-
sary dinner of Mrs. Sharkey's
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
George R. Shepherd.
Stark Bair and daughters,
Shirley and Marilyn, of Hardin,
Willis Bair, Harry Lee Gourley
and Gordon Lymbun all of Flax
ton, N. D., were callers at the
George SecreSt ranch last week.
The Sarpy community was
we'll represented at the Hardin
rodeo on both days.
Miss Jean May of Hardin
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WYOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH
LITTLE BROWN CHURCH
Lodge Grass Locdls

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Settle have
moved to Lame Deer temporar-
lily, where MI. Settle is employed
drilling wells.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wally DUEL were
business callers in Lodge Grass
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Curry
and sons, Larry and Gary, Wis
tied relatives in Hardin Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brott of
Lodge Grass creek were in
Lodge Grass Monday.
Miss Ruth Lewis returned to
her home in Hardin Thursday
after spending the past week
visiting at the Walter Miller
ranch on Owl creek.
Mrs. J. E. Sharp and Mrs. Ell
len Hunter motored to Hardin
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Lawrence
Of near Decker were Lodge
Grass callers Friday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-07-03
MISSISSIPPI
Pittman Robertson Projects
Helping Wildlife RestOr-
alton, Dearman Says

Jackson - Wildlife restora-
ton work in Mississippi has
benefited considerably as a re-
suit of Pittman-Robertson funds
made available to the state by
the Federal Aid in Wildlife Res
toration Act, according to W. F.
director of the Divis-
ion of Conservation, State Game
and Fish Commission.
In a summary of activities in
the three years since the Pitt
man-Robertson program has
been operating in Mississippi,
Dearman said, the state has
been apportioned about $72, 000
in federal funds to conduct re-
storation work. With the re-
quire state contribution, the to-
tai amount available for these
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WILDLIFE..
Tips and Briefs
Improve Carlos Avery
Refuge With Pittman-
Robertson Funds

ST. Paul - Expansion of the
Carlos Avery Game Refuge in
Anoka and Chicago counties is
under way with the purchase of
1870 acres as the first segment
in Minnesota's program for the
enlargement of the area, accord
ing to the Fish and Wildlife
service, United States Depart
ment of the Interior. Pittman-
Robertson funds are being used
to pay the Federal share of the
costs of the new land.
One-third of the area will be
set aside as a game refuge, and
the remainder will be opened to
public shooting when the State
Game Commission determines
that a shootable surplus of
game is present.
When sufficient lands have
been acquired, the State plans
to flood some 1900 acres to
provide additional food and
cover plants for migratory wa
terfow1.
Under the Pittman-Robertson
Act, also known as the Federal
Aid to Wildlife Restoration Act,
the Federal Government pays
IS per cent of the costs of a
project and the state IS per
cent. Appropriations made by
Congress come from the 10 per
cent Federal excise tax O n
sporting arms and ammunition.
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spent several weeks visiting with
friends in this vicinity.
MIR. and Mrs. John Songer of
Sheridan attended the Goth
wedding anniversary of Mrs.
Songer'S parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George R. Shepherd.
Miss Norah Bernard has been
spending a few days with Mrs.
Tom Macleod.
Mss Shirley Clark was a guest
of Miss Jean Kuehn during the
rodeo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Landon of
Hardin and Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Landon of Chicago, visited the
Glenn Clayton family last week
END.
Miss Shirley Bair of Hardin is
spending a few weeks at the
Ira Hayn!e ranch before leaving
for Seattle, where she will spend
part of the summer visiting rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Haynie at
tended the cattle sale at the
Bar IS ranch at Big Horn, Wyo.
Little damage has been re-
ported in this area as a result
of the hail storm last Thurs
day.
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Lodge Grass Locals

MI. and Mrs. E. l.. Rumfelt
and Raymond of Hardin called
on friends and relatives in
Lodge Grass Wednesday.
Joe Graham, Lodge Grass
creek rancher, made a business
trip to Billings Saturday.
Mrs. R. P. RoWntree and Miss
Mary Liz were Hardin callers
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Pease
and daughter, Cheryl, attended
to business matters in Billings
Friday.
Mrs. Darrell Mcdaniel and
daughter, Judy, are spending a
few days at the home of MI.
and Mrs. J. H. Wiley.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Graham
were in Lodge Grass Saturday.
MI. and Mrs. Paul Mcdaniel
and son, William, of Mystic,
Ia, we're guests at the A. E. Nc
Daniel ranch home last week.
While here they attended the
rodeo at Hardin. 1t was the
first western rodeo they had
ever seen and they were very
well pleased with it.
Mrs. John Ryan and Mrs.
Hazel Richardson made a bust
ness trip to Sheridan Thursday.
S. A.McDowell of Hardin was
a Lodge Grass caller Friday.
Sam Baker of Thompson creek
was IN Lodge Grass Saturday.
James Sherod of Ryegate
is visiting at the home of his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
H. Wiley.
Mrs. Frank Gregory was a
business caller in Hardin Satur-
day.
MI. and Mrs. j. T. Ryan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Meister and
sons, Bill and Jim, were dinner
guests at the Bergquist home
on Rotten Grass creek Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Lewis,
Ruth, Bobby and Escoe, of Har-
din were Lodge Grass callers on
Thursday evening.
Mrs. j. H. Wiley and Mrs. OAR
rel Mcdaniel and Judy were
shopping in Billings Saturday.
Miss Dorothy Gardner mot
ored to Sheridan Friday.
R.. w. HenSley spent the
weekend at his home here. He
is employed near Pryor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Graham of
Lodge Grass creek were here on
Monday.
Mrs. J. E. Sharp, Mrs. Ellen
Hunter, Mrs. Melvin Larson and
Mrs. R. w. Hensley and son,
Bobby, motored to Sheridan on
Thursday.
MIR. and Mrs. Carroll Graham
and son were in Lodge Grass
Thursday.
Lloyd Blore was a caller in
Hardin Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Ball, Mrs. J. c..
Buckingham, Mrs. Melvin Lar
son and Miss Lucille Ohlenkamp
transacted business in Billings
Tuesday.
Mrs. o. L. Matthews and Mrs.
Otto BrockWay were shopping
in Sheridan Tuesday.
lGdy lllOIlu OllllbIl WIS d Uuo1-
ness visitor in Hardin Saturday.
Mrs. A. G. WeStWood, Jr., has
been receiving medical attention
in a hospital at Sheridan the
past several days.
Denver Sherman of Rotten
Grass creek was in Lodge Grass
Friday.
Among those from Lodge
Grass who attended the base
ball game at Sheridan Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. West
wood and Jack, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cliff Clanin and Norita, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Carr, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fay T. Abel, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Cooley and Deana.
Earl Matthews of Hardin was
a Lodge Grass caller Wednesday.
Lee Keller made a business
trip to Hardin Tuesday.
Mrs. Gilbert Brock of Hardin
spent Sunday with Mrs. Claude
Brock and family.
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MIKE
SEE:

I see where Hardin is losing
a real guy. I know I hate to sex
him leave even if some of the
gas guys don't mind. H. D. Ken
yon is his name and if I would
of done what he sed when
was gonna be senator I'd be
senator now. He tole me to be
shure to be on the up and up
and I'd never hold a public
job. I think maybe that's one
reason why he nevr got a high
priced public job. Another thing
I think maybe he mite come
back to Hardin. He himself sed
that Hardin is the best town
of its size in the country. I
think if he does come back he
is figgerin on building a new
roller rink, one reason you can't
lose is that its all cash, jus like
the show business. With either
of those 2 things it takes mon
ey and lots of nerve, that is if
you want to make a nice look
ing joint instead of a jipp joint.
1t doesn't take much money or
nerve to make a dirty looking
place.
1 was talking to ole man Bo-
chy the other day while he was
making ga horse shoe for a
horse, and he sed Mike you
know I buy a my wife a so ma
chine to so a buttons on a my
shirt and the dam a ting don
| so a no butts on yet. Som a
time I maka me mad an I
breaka the damating W it a the
seldgea ham lika you say som
a time" Then he said, Mike
what a the hell you get a
pinched for by a the petrolly
man for. You know I thinka
he make a the mistake because
you all time shut lites off when
you drive. You know hava to
blink.
You know las week Houses
paper did say that Mike XII
chera Sr., did get picked up fol-
not dining his lites. But that
guy is my dad not me. YOU
know the guy that sed that you
can't teach an old dog new
tricks is all rong. My dad blinks
his lites now every time he pas,
ses a car he even blinks it il
the day time. You know there
are quite a few guys that dom
blink and its a good idea tx
pickem all up till they do.
wonder if Petrolman Rickert i
any relation to Tex, I think HI
tole me once that Tex Rickarc
was his uncle or SOmtlng.
You know last week I couldn'
advertise Beauty rest mattreSSe!
and this week I can't advertise
Studio Couches for $29.95 anc
up. New spring bottom Rock
ers for $685. and up and I can
even tell you that we have {
new Majestic coal and wooc
range for $500. The good par
of it is that it has been uSec
a little over a year. But what
the use in tellin' va when
amt allowed to advertise. Thi
is supposed to be a fun column
not a ad.
MIKE
A1e
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ENTERTAINS
BRIDGE CLUB

The Heart Sister bridge club
was entertained at the home of
Mrs. M. T. Wells Thursday eve
ming.
Members present were Mrs.
Wilbur Sorger, Mrs. George Coo
ley, Mrs. Carl Meister, Mrs. Cliff
Clanin, Mrs. Carl Sloan, Mrs.
Ruby Curry and the hostess.
Mrs. William Miller was a
guest of the club. Mrs. Sorger
won high score and Mrs. Cooley,
consolation.
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BRIDGE CLUB MEETS

BRIDGE CLUB MEETS
The Wednesday Bridge Lun-
cheon Contract club met at the
home of Mrs. John Ryan last
week.
Present were Mrs. Hazel Rich
ardson, Mrs. Carl Sloan, Mrs.
George Cooley, Mrs. w. M.
Lynde, Mrs. Billie Miller, Mrs.
Edwin Miles, Mrs. Wilbur
Sorger and the hostess, Mrs. Ry-
an. Mrs. Richardson received
high score and Mrs. Sloan, con-
ISOLATION.
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FOUR LOCAL BOYS
LEAVE FOE SCHOOL

Cliff Buell., Kenneth Morri-
son, Martin Baker and Robert
Liz left last Friday by auto for
Los Angeles, Calf, where they
will attend an aircraft school.
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