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CAN BORROW
FOR REPAIRING

Loans of cash to meet the
usual harvesting expense such
as gas, oil, machinery repairs,
binder Irvine, and so forth, may
be obtained by eligible farmers
from the Emergency Crop ana
Feed Loan section of the Farm
Credit Administration. This was
pointed out today by Fay Brad
ley, field supervisor. 80,
Such loans are OF specla1
interest to farmers whose ma.
chinery is in need of repair"
said MI. Bradley. 1.-The abnor-
NAL scarcity of materials and
the various priority regulations
make it extremely important o
farmers to plan well ahead to
meet their requirements II tney
want to be certain of getting
needed parts. It is by no means
too early. therefore, to make
the necessary arrangements II
credit is needed"
Loans for the purpose OF sum-
mer following. as well as tor
the production or purchase OF
feed are also available to farm
ers who can qualify for this type
of short-term emergency Gre
dit.
Information and application
forms may be obtained at the
office of George w. GuStafson,
county agent. Security required
is a first lien on the crops to
be harvested.
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tries supporting the war effort
Local boards have been IN
formed as to what constitutes a
war industry, Director. Birley
stated. Regardless of the fact
that a registrant is a necessary
man" in his work, if such work
does not qualify as a war in
dustry or necessary to wal pro-
duction, as defined by the ma
tional headquarters of the Sc
lective service system, he would
not be eligible for lib CLASH
~fication.
Director Birely also warned
that hereafter if registrants ac-
quired dependents on or after
Sept. 10, 1910, and before Dec.
8, 1941, they must prove that
they were not voluntarily &C
quired for the purpose of evad-
ing the draft before the regis
trant will be entitled to class
III status because of dpeend-
ency. If dependency were &C
quired after Dec. 8, after pear!
Harbor", the r%egiStrant must
prove that it was due to circum-
stances beyond his control. If
dependents are acquired just
prior to the time a man is
Scheduled for induction, unless
he is able to convince the board
that they were not acquired in
order for him to qualify for a
dependency deferment and thus
evade service, the registrant's
dependency will be disregarded
and he will be classified as a
man available for induction,
Birely said.
The fact that a r%egistrant is
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Canada Struggles for
Financial Independence

Changing its business all around
is one of the biggest jobs this coun-
try has today. Changing the bust
ness of a hundred million people is
a long, hard job. We've only real
ly got down to cases since Pearl
Harbor. But when the President
told us about forgetting the "crea-
ture comforts" and the efforts that
have been made since April % in
Washington to carry out his seven
point cost-of-living program most
people began to realize that we are
on the way.
Recently l took a specially con-
Quoted trip through a section of the
territory of our northern %neighbor.
Canada, where they have been busy
''changing" ever since 1889.
From the moment you get off at
the busy station in Montreal filed
with uniforms and the folks there
to meet them. you realize how i'm
portant Canadians are TO Americans,
how important Americans are to
Canadians. and how vital it is that
each of these good American neigh
bors see eye to eye. work together
and learn to forget border and
breed and birth and to greet each
other frankly and freely as brother
Northamericans.
Canada is big-a little bigger in
square miles - than the United
States. 1t has a tenth of the people
to support and develop this great
heritage. Unlike the United States.
one-third of the Canadians are
French-speaking and two-thirds Of
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a WEEK OF WAR
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(COllGllluCo 44oAAA 1~0S -
Gently raided Japan were U. S.
army bombers. The attack was
made in clear weather, in the
middle of the day, and at low
attitudes. The selected targets
were accurately attacked with
demolition and incendlary
bombs" the department said
Japanese broadcaStS admitted
that between 5000 and 1000
casualties and fires which ragged
for 48 hours were caused Dy
the raid, the department SAID.
The navy department. sald Il
,Japanese WarShipS were sunk or
damaged in the battle of the
Coral Sea with relatively slight
losses to U. S. forces. U. S. loss
es will be reported when the
information is without value 10
the enemy, the navy said, but
all Tokyo claims OF damages
inflicted were declared without
foundation. The navy reported
Is Japanese warShips and 96
noncombatant vessels had been
sunk or damaged from Pearl
Harbor to May II. The navy
reported the torpedoing OF ~
more merchant vessels OF the
Atlantic coast.
Army and S~elective Service
First regulations We're issued
for the army specialist corps
which was set up to make avail
able to the army specially skilled
persons not otherwise eligible
for active duty. Officers and
specialists will make up the
corps. Officers pay will range
from 2 900 for second lieuten-
ants to $4,000 for the director
general, and specialists pay will
range from 81 800 to $500. The
department said construction
has been started on flight
strips adjoining highways In a
strategic area on the Atlantic
seaboard. The war department
said it cannot answer individual
inquiries as to army casualties
or the whereabouts of army
personnel.
S~elective service headquarters
said occupational questionnaires
to devermine civilian skills VIII
be mailed not later than May
81 to men of the first and sec
ond registration who are not
already in the armed forces.
SIS Director Hershey Instructed
local boards to give careful con-
Iteration for deferment to in
dividual regiStrantS engaged IN
III critical occupations in the
coal and railroad industries, as
we'll as in ship construction and
in coastal. micronesia and Off
shore water transportation. SIS
headquarters said a reeXamlna-
ton of approximately 100000
men disqualified because OF
heart disorders is now advisable,
because functional arrangement
in many cases was caused by
temporary factors.
Civilian Supply
The WPB prohibited use OF
copper. bronze or brass after
May OIL Ill 1lld11u4dSCuA VI oSooo
100 household and common CT
william items. Use of iron and
steel in more than 400 such
items was prohibited after July
8. The orders include such pro-
ducts as waste baskets, fountain
pens, flashlights, electric raz-
ors, cash registers and baking
pans. Designs of glass contain
ers were restricted to existing
mold equipment. The board said
this Standardization would in
crease production of such con-
tanners by 80 per cent and help
meet a possible tin can short
age. Grinding of cocoa beans
during the rest of May and
June was restricted to 10 per
cent of the amounts ground in
the corresponding period last
year.
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BRIEFS:

Over 200 Latin American youths
are receiving aviation training in
the United States.
Going all-out against the Axis, one
mess hall at Camp Roberts, Calf,
has renamed a popular breakfast
dish Free French Toast"
Chester Bryant Of Knoxville.
Tenn, suggests that Americans and
other peoples Of the United Nations,
in closing all correspondence, bust
ness and personal, s the words.
yours for Victory"
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Mkt;
SE?Z::

l .loJIce mat the Bili.AGS and
Sheridan papers ave printing
the names of the peOH.e tAaI
sit new tires and cars under the
rashunin plan. l wood Ike to
see the names of the Specla.
Customers here in Big Horn
county. JUS want to know who
the best people are.
Mrs. Helene Barnett got one
of the incest Mothers Day
greetings anyone could git. She
got a kablegram from her son,
Byron Robert, from Australia.
Gittin a kablegram from there
wood put tears in anybody's
eyes, even tho they make you
feel good. I hear that Mrs. Roy
Cool got one from Darrell and
Mrs. Pickard got one from her
son, Robert. They are in Aus
tralia, too. I sent my mother
a card and a present. In return
she called me on the phone and
cried. Mothers always seem to
have a warm place in their
hearts for their kids. Even a
mean kid like me.
Taikin' about mother reminds
me of the school nurse, Miss
Murphy. For some reason or
other she amt got paid for the
last 3 months. She sez she's not
leaving until she gets it. I don't
blame her - I Woodn't either.
After you guys met yure
wife, how long was it before yu
got married? I new mine for
3 months and then we got tied.
I knoe a guy that went with
his wife II yrs. and then they
got married. Boy, if I hadda go
with my wife IL yrs. before
marryin' her I'd jus go anuther
II yrs. for fun. Gee, jus think
of Wastin II yrs. - 3 months is
long enuff.
Hardin has had 3 blackouts
during the week. at mite an
l in the daytime. We are gettin'
pract.ced up for defense I CESS.
Lota peepl say without sugar
beets Big Horn county wood be
in poor shape. Now I'll tell one.
Without livestock Big Horn
county wood be Little Horn
county. Did you knoe livestock
brings in more dough than su-
gar beets, wheat or eny other
thing? But we knoe, too, beets
and livestock go together. Then
anuther thing, me bein' a live
stock man 1--we got l old cue
out at Connie Seader's farm and
she will be there until she gifts
thru ambin), I gotta stick up
for the livestock men JUS as
Mr.. Funston sticks up for the
sugar CROWN.
BY the way, I wonder how Mr.
Funston is gettin' along? I hero
he was sick in the hospital. MIR
Funston was my landlord fol
2 yrs. We got along swell an
bein' my friend I gotta keeE
check on him. Yes sir, an dic
you knoe that he made a big
deal on Main street? Dave kaml
and him did some tradin'. J
wonder who got the best Of
the deal. Jus the same I Ike
EN- both. Mr.. Ramp has bro'
in 4 truckloads of iron an in
sted of gittin' cash he took wal
bonds. That otta make J. ]
Ping smile, becuse you all kno'
that J. J. is in charge Of Bone
sales in the county. Whenever
J. J. sees me he SEE: AN!
bonds today Mike?" J. J. make!
me think of a well fed J. d
Rockefeller.
MIKE.
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ZZ.ZZZZZ.ZZ.
U.S.. Army Mans 0utposts
Of Far-F|ung Battle Fronts
United States Assumes Military Command
In Area Many Times as Wide as
Its Own Borders.
By BAUKHAGE
Ne,rs Analyst and Commentator.

WNU Service, 1343 H Street, NV,
Washington, D. C.
Spring has Embossed her %iuttering
green scarf over the capital, the
stark pattern of black branches
against sullen skies was gone. Be-
hind the classic portico Of the Treas
ury building l could see. from my
high window. pointed tree tops like
a jade comb in a gray dowager's
hair.
That was May in Washington as
it has looked for nearly a quarter
Of a century. But there was a
grim signature in the upper corner
of this picture framed by my office
window that made the whole scene
modern-strictly, brutally, 1912. It
was the silhouette Of a parapet, the
top of a tall hotel and on the pent-
house roof a black cylinder pointed
upward-an anti-aircraft gun. But
that did not hold my attention. l
have seen hundreds, if not thou
sands, of those guns in the past
weeks. 1t was a doughboy under
his rounded helmet sitting on the
edge Of the parapet kicking his heels
into space as his watchful young
eyes followed the skyline.
To me he was the symbol Of a
million men scattered from the
Arctic to the Antipodes. scanning
strange skylines, soon to see them
all turn red.
Never l n history has 4 nation sent
its sons cut to as "iGc-"uME a frr3t
as that which America IS ~GI2rd:aE
today: never in history has such a
terrible machine been built by a
single PC e.
In less iAan half a year a matte"
that yesterday spent less III lis
army than on its movies. its autos.
or its cosmetics has begun to man
the outposts Of the United Nations.
Gradually the United States has
assumed military command in an
area ten. perhaps 20 times, as wide
as it's own borders. Boys from Flor
ida and Texas live in iron huts in
Iceland under an American COM
mander-boys from the Dakotas are
sweating in Asiatic jungles-boys
from New England r fighting
sandstorms in the African deserts
American generals give commands
in China, in the South Seas. in India
and the Levant.
The car is still running-though
not so far in the East and the north
west Pacifc-we still have at least
one teaspoonful of sugar for u cof-
fee, school begins, father goes to
the office or the fields, there are
still dishes to wash, shoes to shine.
umbrellas to mend. babies to
change. If it weren't for these
common. engrossing things human
beings could not carry on while the
whole world goes through the ex-
cruciating agony of travail that will
bring forth something whose nature
no one a guess.
To survive this ordeal requires
the dull, unthinking Indifference of
the brute or the faith Of saints and
martyrs.
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a married man has no bearing
whatsoever on his classification,
it was stated. If a r~egistrant &C
quires or has acquired actual
financial dependents through
marriage, the facts of his de-
tendency will be given the
same consideration as any other
dependency case, but there is
no provision in the Selective
service regulations for any claS-
sification specifically pertaining
to married men.
Director Birely emphasized
that the old liberal peacetime
policies for classificationS no
longer apply and that all cas-
SificationS are now to be made
according to the current regu-
lations which are more drastic
and naturally affect many who
prior to the outbreak of war
were unqueStionably placed in
a deferred status.
He also warned that as the
manpower of our country con-
tinues to be depleted and more
and more men are called to &C
tive service, regulations for
classification and induction will
probably become more stringent
and inclusive, and it is possible
that in the future national
headquarters will arrange for
Redistribution and induction
of men with dependents regard
less of when or how they were
acquired.
YOU DON'T have 10 60 out Of
town to get correct social print
ing, engraved wedding an
nouncements. etc. The Tribune
Herald can supply your aeeds
and save you money besides.
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SPICE DISTRIBUTION
Is

The War Production Board
has placed restrictions on the
distribution of black and white
pepper, pimento (allspice), cas-
STA (cinnamon), cloves, ginger
nutmeg and mace.
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the English speaking mixed with
a heavy smattering Of races drawn
from as many different lands as our
own population.
daughter I am in my mothers
house. but mistress Of my own"
wrote Kipling of Our Lady Of the
Shows" as he called Canada whose
wide vistas Of lakeland. prairies.
mountain and forest were too wide
for even his facile genius to bring
to a single canvas. Now she is a
grown-up daughter who can speak
to the motherland on equal terms.
Interdependency
Today, bound together in the
same cause, the United States and
Canada are more interdependent
than Eve They must share in the
framing Of a new world after the
Canada has never accepted a
lend-lease arrangement with the
United States.
Canada's parliament has voted a
free gift OF a billion dollars TO
Britain.
Canada, dependent on so much Of
Americas output to sustain her war
effort IS struggling to MAINTAIN
financial independence so that h
car SIT down at the peace table with
no debtor SAackIes on fcr wrists.
10 bUrrs CT Ner tongue, as an equal
co"'lSe1oF Among Tie I'I"'''e''
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cr2tns yor;s n"- ,~r ", r~an, for
checking imitation lad Gown IN the
Presidents mcss?ge CT April ..
Caroda.s u.,r or,rt Geroc6c on
III, 1rni,od S,,,oe for cor+,i, mo-
tcrials which Canada rci,,cr crows
in her ferti1a sn;1 nor f,bricates in
ber Factories ca,,d, has tbiros
America needs Won cannot % into
one ot the busv canadian war far
tories seeing tho name NJ
on aueric.n o;.v ster,.d -, cows
machine-American machine tools
is an essential which We have f,,r.
nished Canada 81 that she could
eo,,in not only her own ,rmv and
navv b,,t holm britain to eo,,in hers
~
as "au
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-:
Tourist Donc-c
One of the chief sources of Amer
lean dollars was the American tour
list. The tourist trade fell off with
the beginning of the war. 1t has
almost disappeared with the ration
ing of gasoline and tires. No Cana
dian can come to the United States
and spend his money here (reducing
Canada's dollar exchange) without
proving his visit is strictly business.
One Of the clauses of the famous
Hyde Park agreement made by
Prime Minister McKenzie-King and
President Roosevelt was Co
ordination of price policies" To-
day that coordination has begun,
IA months after it was laid down.
For there can be no effective price
control in Canada if there is no
control in the states whose products
she has to buy. If American prices
should soar how could the Canadian
government force its own merchants
to keep prices down on the many
things they get from the United
States, or how could the Canadian
war budget bear the strain if the
many war products they must have
from US (gas engines for instance.
for planes ana tanks n trucks'
up IN price!
Canada began 10 study price con
trols a1ter ner oecla'
ration OF war with Germany In 1889
But II was not until Decemoer, 1871,
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Evening star., 1942-05-24
HUMP HREY
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saw Humphrey. He was squatting
behind my pillow. purring and smil-
ing benignly. l was tempted to
throw him after the rat, but there
was something about his expression
that deferred me. 1t was proud and
yet tentative, as if he had brought
me his precious rat out of gratitude.
and was trying to show ME that if
l adopted him he would not be an
expensive boarder.
In spite of myself my heart went
out to Humphrey. who had shown
himself possessed of the excellent
virtues of gratitude and generosity.
And patriotism too for it was
everyone's duty to attack the army
Of rodents which was preying on
London's dwindling food supply.
From then on Humphrey adopted
me, spending his days rafting in
neighboring cellars and his nights
sleeping wheezily in an old hatbox
beneath my bed.
Not, however. all his nights. for
Humphrey was a remarkable cat
in many ways. He had sixth sense
which enabled him to smell out
raiders long before the sirens sound
ed and while the planes themselves
must still have been somewhere out
over the North Sea.
] CAN see him now. his shabby tail
quivering, moving toward the win
dow, uttering disapproving
''h'rmphs" into the blackout. Then
he would cry to be let out. and would
disappear to some undiscovered
shelter of his own choosing. He never
failed to anticipate the sirens, some
times by as much as ten minutes.
came to rely on him. and each
time he went through his "h'rmph-
ing" act, would 60 downstairs to
warn Barbara, thus enabling her to
get to her ambulance station before
the raids began. In time, people
started to think there was something
uncanny in our prescience. Since
that first night Barbara and had
seen lot of each other, and we kept
the prophecies of Humphrey as our
own little secret.
Sometimes Humphrey would stay
away for a day or more. Frequently.
regret to report, he went A. VOL.
for frivolous reasons. He would de-
sert me for hours. sitting on the back
fence with a chosen comrade and
refusing to be lured home even by
the Establishments of a kipper tail.
But, in spite of these orgies he was
always on hand when needed; he
never once let me down as an air.
raid signal.
Nor as ratter. During the win
Evening star., 1942-05-24

ter. Humphrey might we'll have been
awarded a medal for the rodents he
caught. In fact on the strength of
his hunting ability he did receive a
milk card. which allowed him so
much powdered milk a day. Hum
phrey, bathed in success, waxed fat
and prosperous.
And then came the deluge. One
cold February night l was awakened
by Humphrey jumping on my bed.
He wasn't going through his usual
pre-air-raid gyrations, and he didn't
go out when | opened the window,
but he was "h'mphing' and whin-
ing and weaving around like crazy
cat. / hurried into my clothes and
dashed down to Barbara. I'd got
into the habit Of going to the ambu-
lance station with her. and we were
soon on our way through thedeserted
Bloomsbury squares.
Funny" remarked Barbara,
that the sirens haven't sounded
yet"
They will. Humphrey never slips
up"
And then heard a sound. 1t was
not the expected screeching Of the
sirens. Far. far worse. 1t was the
sudden crash of bombs exploding,
as it seemed. in that very block.
Either Jerry had come in flying very
high. or they'd cut of their engines
before approaching the city. The
raid had begun with a vengeance
even before the sirens could get the
tired Londoners to shelter. Hum
phrey alone had not been taken off
his guard.
1t was a CHASTITY night. For hours
| helped Barbara load men, women
and children onto her ambulance.
There was a thin. wintry streak of
dawn over Russell Square when the
All-Clear sounded.
Let's whip up some cocoa in my
room, darling" l said. as we stag
gered out of the hrst-aid shelter.
You certainly rate it"
As WE picked our way through the
wrecked streets, Barbara said: 81
can't understand about Humphrey.
How on earth did he know they were
coming tonight? Even the most SEN
sitive listening apparatus missed
them and yet Humphrey -"
Humphrey" l said. "is wizard.
He does it with mirrors"
We turned the corner into our own
block. Barbara gave a little gasp,
for staring back at us from down the
street was the shattered facade of
our own lodging house. 1t had not
received a direct hit, but a bomb
falling nearby had splintered all the
Evening star., 1942-05-24

windows and shivered great crack
down the front wall.
Humphrey" cried suddenly.
He never went out. Maybe he's
still in there"
Together we rushed across the
street. The front door was hanging
Imply on its split hinges. We pushed
past it and up the deserted. crazily
tilted stairs. "He must be safe
said Barbara. ''Of course he got to
shelter. He was the only person IN
all London who knew that raid was
coming
We reached the ruined remains OF
my door. We stumbled over it into
a shambles, only too visible in the
meager light of London dawn.
The first thing ! noticed was my
bed. 1t was twisted and broken.
Jagged spikes of glass and shrapnel
cluttered it. Darling" breathed
Barbara. "If it hadn't been for
Humphrey, you have been in that
bed. He saved your life" And then:
But how on earth did ne know the
raid was coming?"
SHE bi oke off. We were both look
ing down at the old hatbox at the
foot of the bed. Lying there, curled
up very still. was Humphrey. And,
incredibly curled in tiny ball be-
side him, was one miserable. new
born kitten. Barbara gave stifled
laugh. Humphrey - mother!
Just can't believe it,"
She stopped suddenly. She must
have just seen what had seen.
Humphreys head had been riddled
with glass and shrapnel. Poor Hum
phrey, the magical prophet of air
raids, the scourge of the rats, would
never ''hrmph" again.
so that was itr Barbara fall
tered. Poor Humphrey. he didn't
know this awful raid was coming
He was just crying and 'hrmphing
about being a mother, and you
thought he was warning you. And.
because Of that. he i mean, she
saved you she saved us. But she
couldn't save herself
As she spoke, tiny bsd-tempered
peeping sound broke the silence.
The kitten scratched. opened gap
ing mouth and thrust out an insis-
tent paw. Its fur was coarse and
mderprivileged; its legs were spin
dly as matchsticks; it was a minute
replica of Humphrey. complete in
every unlovely detail.
Barbara stopped down. Gently
she picked up the squalling ball OF
fur. She looked at me over its ugly
little head. Her eyes were shining.
I'VE can feed it with a dropper."
Yes" l said. And maybe. >"
Maybe - there'll always be an
Humphrey.