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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-04-24
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BY VIRGINIA VALE

By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Carole Lombard
ID and Clark Gable interest
ed themselves in his career,
tall, handsome Reed Hadley,
who halls from Texas via
New York theater and radio
acting stopovers, appears to
be safely launched in Holly
wood.
He first attracted Miss Lombard's
attention a few weeks ago. when he
appeared with her on a national
broadcast in New York. Gable net
him at that time also. Both were
impressed with young Hadley's ap-
pearance and talents. Gable sug-
gested to Director Clarence Brown
that Hadley be tested for the role
Of a young British officer in The
Uniform" at Metro, in which Gable
and Rosalind Russell T c~o-starring.
An important requirement was that
the actor chosen for the role be
able to wear a uniform worn by Ga
BILE. The young actor fitted the uni
form, and the part was his-no test
was required, just an interview with
Brown. At the same time casting
officials grabbed him for Man
From the City," with Robert Ster-
ling. Paul Kelly and Marsha Hunt.
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safe and back in
plain close no
matter how bad
the employment
situashun is I can
6 e t a job a 8
a chambermade.
Making beds is
MA fh;r~ r ~auop
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~LEND-LEAsE G.

Kingpin in directing the lend-lease
program is Harry Hopkins, gaunt
intimate Of the President.
Living and working in the White
House, Hopkins is Roosevelt's per-
sonal spokesman on all lend-lease
matters and holds all the reins. No
move is made without his knowledge
and approval. In inner circles Hop
kins is referred to as lend-lease "co-
ordinator," but actually he Is the
BOSNIAN for the President.
Hopkins chief assistant is Maj.
Gen. James H. Burns, n of the
army's procurement aces.
The test in passing on allied re-
quests for supplies is whether they
will also be useful for our own de-
tense. The governments policy Is
to provide all equipment and ma.
terials possible, but not to disrupt
our own defense program.
An example Of the emphasis on
Standardization of the armament Of
the U. S. and Britain was a recent
request for 37-mm. shells. It vas
turned down because rs nm. is the
caliber Of the guns now chiefly In
use in our army. Production Of 81
millimeter shells would have re-
quired extensive retooling. only to
turn out ammunition Of no value to
us.
The actual placing Of lend-lease
orders is being handled through
three Offices: munitions BY the na-
vy's bureau Of supplies and accounts
and by the bureau Of ships; and
army supplies by Under Secretary
of War Robert Patterson.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Braintruster Tom Corcoran. in
private law practice since last No.
vember. will return to government
oface-but not as a braintruster. He
will be entrusted with a key admin.
istrative job as assistant secretary
Of the navy for air.
Socialite Jimmy Cromwell. former
U. S. minister to Canada and de-
feated Democratic candidate for the
senate in New Jersey. is quietly
plugging himself as successor to
Philippine high commissioner Fran
els Sayre.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-04-24

N6@ft6qR9yAp
LA4AAG
Washington, d. C.
NAZI LAKE

Tell-tale signs accumulate that
the next big Hitler drive is to make
the Mediterranean an Axis lake. The
most obvious, Of course, Is Hitler's
unconcealed plan to launch subma-
rine and bombing raids against Suez
from his new base at Salonika and
from the Greek islands.
Secret plans for closing the other
end of the Mediterranean have been
evident for some time along the
Spanish border. where big guns are
ready to be rushed against Gibral-
tar.
Most significant Of these prepara-
tons, however. has not leaked out.
It shows how extensive + Hitler's
ambitions around the M~editerrane-
an. For some weeks now, Nazis
have been busy dismantling the air
planes Of General Weygand in North
Africa. Every morning the French
wake up to find a magnetic missing
from n machine, a carburetor
from another. Gradually, the essen
tial parts of this air feet have evap-
Grated.
Hitler is taking no chances on let
ting what remains Of the French
air force get into British hands.
There now seems to be little ques-
ton that Hitler plans to take over
French possessions in North Africa,
together with French naval bases,
as soon as the time is ripe.
Note-U. S. military observers be-
lieve the Mediterranean will be ripe
first, next Russia. That is the way
the Hitler timetable looks today.
IRISH ARMS
The visit to Washington Of Irish
Defense Minister Frank Aiken, on
an arms purchasing mission, was
no boon to congressman of Irish de-
scent who voted against lend-lease.
He has pointedly avoided them,
and instead gone out Of his way to
hobnob with the members Of on
gress who supported the bill-par-
ticularly House Democratic Leader
John Mccormack. who sponsored
the measure, and Rep. Jim Nc
Creamery Of Pennsylvania.
The tall, genial Irish minister has
been eloquent in praise of British
courage and President Roosevelt's
policy of making the United States
the arsenal Of democracy" He
wants to draw on that arsenal to
arm Ireland against the Nazi men,
ace.
The Irish are as adamant as ever,
Aiken says. against turning over
their urgently desired bases to the
British. But he points out that Ire
land Is Britain's "breadbasket,"
having provided one-third Of its food,
considerable clothing, and other ne
cessities since the war began.
Ireland proposes to mobilize an
army to battle off any Nazi attacks,
If the necessary equipment can be
obtained from Britain and the Unit
ed States. Britain has agreed to fur
nish some, and Aiken hopes to get
the rest here. He says he has ''sev-
eral hundred million dollars" to
spend for anti-aircraft guns, tanks,
rifles, ammunition; also for wheat
and food.
Note-Ireland has an army Of 250,-
600 volunteers. but only $4,000 are
properly equipped and ~garrisoned.
Most of the men are local security
guards" who train only once a
week.
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thought I would be a expert at but
It is n Of the first things you get
instructed at in a draft camp. I
never paid no attention all my life
to bed making. I just got out in the
morning and from all I knew it was
all done automatically but I am
now a first class bed maker and
some nice girl could use me as a
housekeeper.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-04-24
BABY CHICKS

HEALrH-D1sEAsE RESISTANT, BABY
am hredp ganse raised iocks. All. our
docks are T.. 8. Approved: double blood.
tested and banded under the supervision
provement Board. Leghorns. Rocks, Reds.
O~rpingtone,, Wyandottes, Giant MinorssS
week. Special prices and discounts. Write
for catalog and prices to -
BLUE RIBBON HATCHERY AND
SUPPLY COMPANY
Mandau North Dakota.
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THE PAPERS OF PRIVATE
PURKEY
Dear Ma

Well you will laff at this ma but
the army has learned me how to
make a bed. II I get out of this war
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George Raft, who has one Of the
largest and most expensive ward
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I dreamed I had to do all the pans
and broilers all over a second time.
You know how the pans and broilers
are all stuck up after a big Thanks
giving dinner at home, ma, well
there is twice as much goo on EN-
up here and l think the skipper puts
a coat Of hard varnish over it to
make it all the harder.
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~ ~ AAo6s JaoS SoS Wv III IN
morning and from all I knew it was
all done automatically but I am
now a first class bed maker and
some nice girl could use me as a
housekeeper.
I no this will surprise you more
than anything tho MON when I tell
you I am a Grade A dishwasher.
They call this kitchen police detail
but I do not know where the police
part comes in as I never seen no
cop doing dishes but they tell me
in the army that they call any dirty
work police work. Well anyhow I
put in a hole day washing dishes
and if you ever ask me to help
with the pots and pans hereafter and
I refews I will apolergize becuz it
will be a picknick compared to what
washing dishes is up here. You don't
wash a plate at a time. You wash
'em in punches and you have to be
a combernashun Japaneze jugler,
kitchen canary and all around mop
per-upper. I have got so good at it
that if I had a race with a electric
dish washing machine it would take
a photo to pick the winner.
The breakage is not heavy which
is a big disappointment as I would
like to bust more than I do but the
crockkery they use in the army Is
more like cement lawn furniture.
You can drop a coffee cup on the
floor and it will bounce rite back
and hit you IN the jaw. I dropped
a saucer yesterday and it made a
hole in the floor big enough for two
men to 60 threw. I never new
there was so many dishes in the
army and believe me I never seen
no physical training that hardens
muscles like just lifting army china.
l know a private who dislocated two
ribs lifting a saucer. The sergeant
says the dishes are just for eating
but he can't fool me. If war comes
they will be used for throwing.
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GOTHAM GLIMPSES
Greenwich Village:
Where poets write rhymes Of wagon
wheels,
Harpies, hams and Cuban heels.
Times Square:
Where yokels vie with touts and
shills,
Sirens. hot dogs, bars and grills.
City Hall Park:
Where typist. tramp and newshawk
mellow
Bask near the shrine of Fiorello.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-04-24

My hand and arms up to the rist
is all pink and puffy from being in
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-04-24

ship wreckers and wins the girl
John Wayne has the other stellar
male role-that Of a sea captain who
also wants the girl. And all in Tech
nicolor.
-
Getting . screen test isn't too
easy, and Richard Wallace, director
OF Harold Lloyd's first production
for RKO, "a Girl, q Guy and a
Cob" explained why the other day.
He computes the cost Of . test at
from S1,50o to $1,000. The candidate
is brought to Hollywood, makeup
artists go to work, hairdressers and
wardrobe department heads are
called In. An experienced actor is
selected to appear opposite the can
didate-and there are the salarie.
Of the director, cameraman, cleo
~tricians, sound men, etc. Then the
candidate may be NO good!
*
~-- n-A .-L> h., avn ~ <L1
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I do not like it much as it does
not seem to have much glammer
and in all the stories I read about
war heroes I never noticed a dish
washer being mentioned. The r
geant says Napoleon started as a
dish washer washing French pastery
dishes witch is why they call him
Napoleon but he is kidding I CESS.
All the boys is talking about the
rumor that this training will last
longer than a year, maybe for two
years but l wud not mind it so
mulch pervided l could go home
winters as the life the last winter
was so tuff even those Firms would
of been soar. I see Washington says
the report is strictly balony but most
Of us has our fingers crost becus the
lease lend bill is passed and any,
body knows that nobody who bor-
rows anything ever gives it back I'M
der a couple Of years.
Anyway ma do not worry as I
am still okay except for soar feet,
a bad hangnail and a little touch Of
newmonnia but I am SO busy wash
ing dishes that it takes my mind off
my suffering.
Your loving son,
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Ray Midland is moving right
ahead, and fast. After turning in a
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-04-24
WiIdlife Modified
For Defense

The United States is mobilizing
wildlife for defense-the department
of agriculture's recruiting drive is
on!
When the axe of the first settler
rang out on the continent of Amer
lea, it's echoes disturbed the bal
ance of nature" Until then the nat
ural food supply regulated the ami
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Superhighway Bill
Awaits Action by
Maryland House
Measure Authorizes New
Toll Road Between
D. c. and Baltimore
By the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, March % - The
super highway bill, which would
authorize the State Roads Commits
sion to construct new motorWay
between Baltimore and Washington,
was pending in the House today.
The bill, passed by the Senate
late yesterday. authorizes the State
Roads Commission to arrange for
construction of a super-highWay if
it is deemed advisable. 1t does not
make such construction mandatory
1t also provides that the present
Washington Baltimore boulevard be
retained as a free highway for those
who prefer to use it.
A number of amendments were
attached to the original bill by the
Senate Roads and Highway Com
mittee. The most important would
limit the interest on construction
bonds to 312 per cent and would
make the maximum term of the
bonds 20 years.
AS originally introduced, the bill
would have permitted a top interest
of 5l2 per cent on the bonds and
would have set the term at 40 years
Under terms of the bill, the Roads
Commission would be authorized tc
issue bonds to pay for the construc-
ton of the highway and necessary
tunnels or bridges. The bonds
would be retired from funds COL
lected as tolls.
When bonds were retired by the
toll funds the highway would ther
be made free road, to be main
tanned by the commission. Mainte.
nance would come out of regular
gasoline tax funds.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Argo Lodge to Meet
Tuesday at Center

Argo Lodge of B'nai Birth will
hold its monthly meeting Tuesday
night at the Jewish Community
Center. with members of the Dis
trict Zionist Organization as guests.
The speaker will be Rabbi j. Mar
shall Taxay, educator and publicist.
His subject will be "The Force of
Freedom"
Plans are being made, by Argo
Lodge for the 50th anniversary cele-
bration of the fraternal order early
in May. The committee arranging
the celebration met last night at the
center under the leadership of
Joseph A Wilmer, chairman. 1t was
announced at the meeting that Dis
trict Grand Lodge No. S of 'Bnai
Birth would meet in Washington at
the same time as Argo Lodge holds
its golden jubilee. District No.
comprises most of the eastern sea-
board south of Delaware.
The Jewish Center will hold its
monthly music appreciation evening
tomorrow at 8:45 o'clock, with Ber-
nard Milofsky. National Symphony
vlollnlst, as guest artist.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Family Of IL, All UnempIoyobIe.
Loses Everything in Blaze

burning embers of what had once
been its home.
Others in the family are Mr.. Bur-
riss' wife, Margaret, 80; his mother,
Mrs. Hannah BurrisS, 85; his six
children: Dorothy, IL; Richard, 10;
Betty, 9; Mary Ann, S; William, g.
and Shirley, 18 months; his brother
Ollie, 46, and Ollie's son, Russell, IL
Welfare Board aides said Willie
Burriss has been unemployed for
several years because of poor health
while his brother, Ollie, had been
incapacitated since his service in
the World War.
The Welfare Department was sue
cessful in obtaining temporary hous-
ing in homes of relatives.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Kurtz, executive
secretary of the Welfare Board, SAID
plans are being made to re-estab-
ish the family, but the expense in
volved would be so great that dona
tions of furniture and clothing are
needed.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Union Chief Accuses
0'Conor Of treating
Labor 'RuthIess|y'
MoryIond-D. c. Council
Head Bitterly AssoiIs
Governors Administration
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, March 22.-John T.
Jones, president of the Maryland
District of Columbia Industrial
Union Council, today accused Gov.
O'Conor's administration of shabby
and ruthless treatment toward la
bor.'
In a long letter of complaint to
Gov. OConor, Mr.. Jones asserted:
Instead of friendly attitude on
the part of your administration to-
ward labor We find a hostile
anti-labor attitude at Annapolis to-
day, in which leadership from your
party is playing its role
Labor was. given a severe set
back by the defeat of State wage
and hour bill. This defeat would
have been impossible had the meas
ure had your support.
Says Hearing Was Denied.
'Labor's unemployment compen-
sation bills were completely disre-
garded," he said. Not only did you
introduce your own bill before you
had seen our proposals. but in addi-
ton the House committee charged
with studying this measure did not
see fit to grant us the common
courtesy of a hearing.
This committee leadership Is
part of your administration group
No such discourtesy and lack of
consideration was ever shown to
groups who represent employers in
terestS.
''Cn labor'S Workmen'S compensa-
ton bills no action has yet beer
taken. No railroad labor legislation
has received favorable action
"As if this i'll treatment were not
bad enough, anti-labor bills are be-
ing passed. No worse bill aimed al
labor could possibly have been con-
| ceived than is contained in the
language of the anti-sabotage bill
but it passed the Senate with your
approval and support"
Economies Criticized.
He continued:
LAS the setting for this shabby
and ruthless treatment by your ad-
ministration toward labor, your
treatment of the working people
generally is even less enviable.
Again you are adopting the tactics
of economizing only where the poor
and helpless are concerned. Youl
reduction of the welfare depart.
ment budget serves only to injure
the poor and the unfortunate.
This is in direct contradiction tC
the needs particularly of the work
ing people and the farmers of West
ern Maryland, who requested food
stamp plan, which requires an addi
tional appropriation to the welfare
| budget"
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Marine Is Killed
In Motor Accident
Near EIkton, Md.
Railroad Brakeman
Crushed in Baltimore;
Womun Dies of Cos
Ry the Associated Press.

ny lDt .AooOCldtcu EItoS'
Three persons, one of them a SER
geant of the United States Marines,
met their deaths and five other per-
sons were hospitalized as result of
accidents and violence in Maryland
yesterday.
In Virginia six motor accident
deaths were reported yesterday as
balmy weather stepped up the flow
of traffic over the States highways.
Deaths in Maryland.
The Maryland dead we're:
A marine sergeant identified as
John r. Thomas, formerly of An
napolis but recently transferred to
Quantico, who was instantly killed
when his car plunged head-on into
the back end of a heavy lumber
truck at Elkton.
John Mccullough, 40, railroad
brakeman who was crushed when
he slipped beneath the wheels of a
freight car being shunted in the Bay
View yards in Baltimore.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sheets of Balti-
more, who was found unconscious
at her home, apparently from the
effects of gas flowing from five un-
lighted burners.
Woman Is Wounded.
Seriously wounded was Mrs. Ruth
Maddox, 19-year- old mother of two
children, who was shot through the
chest while walking along a Balti-
more street with a male companion.
Her companion, Roy Bratzel, was
wounded in the hand.
Mrs. Maddox's estranged husband,
Elkins Maddox, %, was held under
$4,000 bail at a hearing before
Magistrate Walter Devices, charged
with assault with intent to kill and
carrying dangerous weapons. Mr..
Maddox pleaded innocent to the
assault charge, but admitted carry
ing and discharging a gun.
In another automobile accident
near Elkton, three Brooklyn IN. "
men were injured. Their car crashed
into concrete abutment, turned
over and caught fire.
They were returning to their
homes after an unsuccessful search
for work at the Glenn L. Martin
airplane plant near Baltimore.
Yesterdays toll in Virginia length
ened the list of States highway ia.
talitieS for the year to 1863.
Four of the fatal accidents oc-
CURED in the tidewater area ano
the others took place in the Gov
ington and Radford sections.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Tennessean Heads
Southern Electoral
Reform League
Organization Seeking
To Abolish Poll Toxes
Names New Officers

Jennings Perry, publisher of the
| Nashville Tennessean, was named
chairman of the Southern Electoral
Reform League, which seeks to abol-
ish poll taxes, at meeting of the
governing board of the organization
here yesterday.
Mr.. Perry is chairman of the Com
mittee for Majority Rule in Ten
nessee, which seeks poll tax abolition
in that State.
David G. George of Hanover
County, Va, has been acting chair
man of the league since its organiza-
ton at Richmond. Va. February l.
At that time, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt indorsed the objecttVes of
the organization.
Other Officers Chosen.
Other permanent officers named
at yesterdays board meeting, which
was held in the Women's National
Democratic Club, are Barry Bing-
ham, editor and publisher of the
Louisville tKy) Courier-Journel,
vice chairman; Mrs. Virginia Durr,
Birmingham. Ala. secretary: Col.
Leroy Hodges, Virginia State con-
troller, treasurer. and Virginius
Dabney. editor of the Richmond
(VaD Times-Dispatch, ssista n t
treasurer.
Mr.. George was named director of
the organization and will maintain
permanent headquarters at Rich
mond.
Members of the Governing Board,
beside Mr.. Perry, Mr.. Bingham, Mrs.
Durr and Mr.. Hodges, are Frank P.
Graham, president of the University
of North Carolina; Mrs. May
Thompson Evans, former assistant
director, Women's Division, Demo-
cratic National Committee: Senator
Pepper, Democrat, of Florida; Frank
| McAllister, st. Petersburg, Fla,
Southern secretary, Workers De-
tense League; Mrs. Carl B. Stafford,
Knoxville, president, Tennessee
League of Women Voters; William
Mitch, Birmingham, Ala, district
president of United Mine Workers
of America: DR.. Arthur L. Raper
Greensboro, Ga, of the United States
| Department of Agriculture, and
Prof. James Morris, New Orleans
executive secretary of the Louisiana
Crime Commission.
Virginians Named.
Newly elected members of the
Governing Board are Moss A
Punkett, Roanoke CVa0 attorney
and educator, and the Rev. E. A
deBordenave, Alexandria (Va.) min
lister.
Designated as national officers to
enlist support in the movement in
other States, are James H. McGill
secretary, National Committee OF
Indiana Voters, of Valparaiso, Ind.
|
Evening star., 1941-03-23
No Automobile Tag Extension
To Be Granted in MARYLAND

worst last-minute rush ever expert
enced by the department. To date,
slightly over one-half of the total
number of tags estimated to be
issued this year have been deliv-
cred to the public"
Mr. Elgin announced that the
commission offices would be open
from 9 am. to pm. on Maryland
day, March Is, although all other
State Offices will be closed all day.
Office employees will not be de-
prived of a holiday, Mr.. Elgin said.
They will be off on Easter Monday,
April IA, which is after the seasonal
tag rush and is not a legal State
holiday.
1T will be greatly appreciated If
the public co-operates with us by
securing their tags by mall" Mr..
Elgin said.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Garden Aides to Talk
At BeItsviIIe GRANGE

BeltSville Grange will hold a
meeting, open to the public, in the
Grange Hall, Beltsville, Md, Tues
day at 8 o'clock.
On the program are two garden
ing experts: Mark Shoemaker land
scape architect of the University of
Maryland, who will give a talk on
"Beautifying the Home Grounds, "
and w. R. Beattie, recently retired
from the Department of Agricul-
ture, who will speak on "The Home
Garden"
A technicolor talkie, Singing
Wheels" also will be exhibited. The
public is invited.