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Evening star., 1942-03-15
LOYALTY OF FILIPINOS IS TRIBUTE TO u. S
Natives Have Added WtoI Strength for Macarthur

In recommending the award Of World
War us second Congressional Medal of
Honor to Jose Calugas, corporal in the
Philippine Scouts, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur again recognized the valor of the
Filipino soldier for whom he always has
had the highest esteem. Hardly day
has passed since December that re-
port on the courage, gallantry and fight
ing ability of the Filipino soldier has not
appeared in the United States press.
Why is the Filipino soldier superior
to the Malaysian, for example?. Essen
italy the Filipino. the Malaysian and
the native of the Netherlands East Indies
belong to the same race. Why has not
the Burmese, the Siamese or the native
of French Indo-C China shown the ferocity
in defending his homeland that the Fill
pino has?
The answer is the story of the Ameri-
can brand of imperialism, which we will
call that for the lack Of a more apt
term. The answer is tribute to the
record of American rule in the Philip
pines for 4O-odd years.
1ldG NTeU. MdCAllllul ID oGlu llOlOlilS
back the Japanese. who captured with
surprising ease Hong Kong and Singa-
pore, long reputed to be impregnable, is
undoubtedly due to the eagerness and
willingness of the Filipino soldier to fight
on against tremendous odds as we'll as
that of the American soldier in Bataan
and the brilliancy of the commander of
the American-Filipino forces.
Proves Pet Theories.
In holding Bataan and Corregidor for
so many weeks, Gen. Macarthur has
proved two old pet theories of his Cd
That the Philippines could be defended
until help arrived from Hawaii and con-
tinental United States and (2) that the
Filipino soldier was one of the worlds
best.
Had it not been for the generally un-
foreseen disaster at Pearl Harbor, the
Pacific Fleet would have long since rem
dered aid to the embattled Philippines.
The Filipino soldiers behavior in this war
has abundantly confirmed Gen. Mac
Arthurs faith in him.
The generals high opinion of the
Filipino soldier was formed when he
was commanding officer of the Philip
pine Department, which includes the
Filipino-manned Philippine Scouts, 20
years ago. During the recent five and
one-half years he was military adviser
to the Philippine Commonwealth and
field marshal of the Philippine Army,
which he organized and trained, his
confidence in the Filipino soldier grew
by leaps and bounds.
The astounding successes Of the jap
anese in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Burma,
Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea and the
Netherlands East Indies accentuate the
fighting ability of Gen. Macarthur and
the American Filipino soldiers under
him
Without outside help Gen. Mac
Arthur's men eventually will yield to
the overwhelming Japanese troops,
which have been estimated to outnum-
ber the Filipino forces by as
many as 80 to l.. But since the fall
of Manila on January g. every day that
Gen. MacArthur's men have held the
japanese back has been pure velvet to
the United Nations.
The Filipino forces have not
only caused much havoc on the enemy,
but have immobilized 100000 to 100000
Japanese soldiers, large number Of
whom could well be used now in the
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tao common man have no grievances
against the United States They have
never been forced to work without pay.
Their property has never been taken
without just compensation. They have
never been beaten for wanting more au-
tonomy or for demanding not asking
for independence. They have never
suffered under the usual imperialistic
policy of keeping the natives bellies full
but their heads empty. They were free
to go to any church or not to go to
church at all
The japanese are intensifying their
Asia for the ASiatics" campaign. In
their propaganda they are plugging
Burma for the Burmese" Malaysia for
the Malaysians, Java for the Javanese,"
India for the Hindus." and so on.
For most of these peoples the Japa-
neSe propaganda will not fall on deaf
ears. The natives of French Indo- China,
Siam end Burma are now either pro-
Japanese or are making little or no re-
sistance to the recent invaders of their
country.
army gave up the fight before the Japa-
nese reached Johore Strait, which sepa.
rates Singapore and the Malaysian main
land. To Far Eastern peoples not so
enlightened as the Filipinos, it seems
to make not much difference who rules
them
Old Slogan to Filipinos.
The japanese are plugging Philip
pines for the Filipinos," too. But to the
Filipinos this slogan is not new 1t was
coined 40 years ago by an American,
William Howard Taft who established
civil government in the Philippines under
the United States regime Governor
General Taft not only coined it, but also
saw to it that it would be the estab-
hshed policy of the United States.
Unlike most of the peoples of the Far
East, the Filipinos know what freedom
means. They have been free for four
decades, and they have seen their politi-
cal independence set for a fixed date
in the near future and their standard
of living raised on level higher than
any other people in the Far East.
These are the reason why the Filipinos
continue to fight under the leadership
of their friend, Gen. Macarthur, who
considers the Philippines his second
home. 1t is not because the Filipino Is
a better, braver fighter than the Jap
anese, for certainly the enemy has
proved all over the Pacific that he is not
lacking in the know-how of warfare nor
In fanatical fearleSsneSs.
In the loyalty that 1t has created
among the Flipinos in a time Of great
est crisis. the American brand of i'm
perialism has been proved successful.
Its tremendous success presages the
adoption Of the American system by
other Western nations in the Far East
when victory has been won.
Despite the few embittered, old revo-
lutionaries and the opportunistic po-
hticos who have turned or are about to
become Quislings or japanese puppets,
the Filipinos in the main have proved
themselves worthy Of their brief associa-
ton with American ideals and institu-
tions. When victory and peace come,
the Filipinos undoubtedly will ask Of
this country Cd absolute independence
as previously scheduled or 90 perma-
nent union with the United States as Q
free Commonwealth. The American
people doubtless will grant either re-
quest.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
ARNOLD SCOUTS POSTWAR COLLAPSE
soys Expanded Output Will Help Solve Scarcity Problem
James, J.Sr

Trust Buster Thurman Arnold, scoring
talk of future collapse and depression
because of the wars expanded produc-
ton. called today for long-run vision
to inspire America to produce.
The wars expansion of Americas pro-
ducing industries, he indicated, may help
to solve problems of scarcity which have
bedeviled the Nation in the past.
Mr., Arnold sees America doing in the
war, in reverse, what it might have done
in peace-eXcept for "a set of ideas.
Prior to the war" Mr.. Arnold said.
"America had developed the greatest
industrial efficiency and skill in the
world. When the war broke out 1t was
handicapped in the use of that efficiency
onlv because of lack of basic materials
which would have been just as useful in
building cheap houses for the city or
cheap equipment for the farm as for
tanks and airplaneS.
"In other words, failure to fill housing
and farm needs in peace was one of the
reasons why we were short OF materials
in war"
In an interview, Mr.. Arnold mulled over
the ideas he is preparing for new
book. One of the most quoted thinkers
of the administration. he had written
two much debated volumes called SYM
bols of Government" and The Folklore
of Capitalism" before taking Office tour
years ago as Assistant Attorney General
In charge of antitrust cases.
Origin of Trouble.
The world conflict of today Is war
of production, Mr.. Arnold explains, and
although the United States is potentially
the worlds most powerful Nation in in
dustrial skill and capacity, it lags behind
its foes because OF slow start. The pace
has ouickened and we are catching up.
but only after costly lesson that should
have been learned from England.
Why we're we lacking adequate produc-
tive capacity for such vital items as
aluminium, magnesium, rubber, tungsten
military precision instruments, drugs and
chemicals?
Mr.. Arnold chews the black bit OF MS
pipe harder and says:
TT was an order of ideas. set OF at-
titudes that put industrial management
under a psychological handicap. 1t was
the four horsemen Of economy-fxed
prices, low turnover, restricted production
and monopoly control" ....
The trouble goes back long before
Evening star., 1942-03-15

sinkings scored by the Allies, the Japan
ese landed troops in Java. The troops
came on go transports.
Yesterday the Navy Department and
the British Admiralty jointly announced
the loss of II Allied warships. including
the U. S. cruiser Houston and the U. S.
destroyer Pope. The Japs lost eight
warships.
Java was lost after u days. Bandoeng,
the temporary Java capital, and Soera-
baja, the great naval
Joyo base, capitulated a week
Eiohts on ago tomorrow. The Japa
nese said they had forced
the surrender of $4,000 Dutch and 5000
American and Australian troops. HUI
bertus J. van Nook, Lieutenant Governor
General of the Indies, who escaped to
Australia, said in Melbourne that 5000
Australian troops were continuing the
fight on guerrilla basis in the mountain
country east and west of Bandoeng. This
Is q warming display of the deathless
spirit. But the fall of Java opened wide
the lanes for Japan into the Indian
Ocean and jeopardized the traffic from
the United States and England to the
Middle East, to Russia via Persia, to
India and to China via India.
Java was beautiful new trophy for
the japanese to begin their fourth month
of war with. Toxic has gotten more
booty in four months than Germany has
obtained In almost three years. After
Java's fall, Premier Hideki TOTO told
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Naval Aviation and Ground Forces Believed Ready Attack Australia

ruling Moslem and Hindu states. Mr..
Churchill solved this problem neatly by
making no announcement as to the
nature Of his plan. In Washington Sir
Girja Shankar Bajpai, the Indian agent
general, said that what India needs right
now is not freedom, but arms.
The Burman front is in state of lull.
A Chungking, China. dispatch late in
the week reported the japanese were
constructing network Of trenches north
of the railway junction town of Pegu,
which lies 40 miles north of Rangoon.
British troops were consolidating with
their Chinese Allies. Twice r. A. r.
flyers bombed Moulmein. where Kipling
had his old pagoda.
Evening star., 1942-03-15

special session of the Japanese Diet that
Japan had captured more than 100000
prisoners since the start of the war in
the Pacific. Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden Of Great Britain described for the
House of Commons the fate of some of
those prisoners. He said:
The japanese Army at Hong Kong
perpetrated against their helpless mill
tary prisoners and civil population the
same kind of barbarities which aroused
the horrors of the civilized world at the
time of the Nanking massacre of 1887"
The one happy piece Of news which
came out of the Far East region last
Evening star., 1942-03-15
American Front

The sinking of the Cayru was the last
straw for Getulio Vargas, President Of
Brazil. Three other Brazilian ships had
been sent to the bottom by Nazi tor
pedoes-the Buarque, the Olinda and
the Arabutan. The Cayru was sunk a
week ago today 100 miles off Ambrose
Light. Three days later President Vargas
issued a decree giving himself the au-
thority 10 declare a state of war or a
state of emel gency throughout the coun-
try in case Of foreign menace, inminence
of internal disturbance or of a plan Of
conspiracy. And rioting Brazilans
smashed windows of German stores in
Rio de Janeiro. In other words our good
neighbor Brazil was on the verge of join
ing us in our war against Germany.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Americas Fourteenth Week of War
H32d Week of World War III
By Blair BoHes.

teacher last week 1t moved
to odd island at the end OF the Indies
Archipelago peoped by black natives whose habits ana the
anthropoogs just norn
geographical location makes 1t attractive to the
filter last in preparation for assault
against Australia They three landings New Guinea and In TOXIC
the Australians n the yellow
unneng farther southwark
ha reception But the serious plight OF Allied oe
disclosure
Nations fleet the battle for Java
Rangoon while the japanese
Japan sent its ace general
Tooyuk Yamaho the victor Maaya Batan to Try 10 ot e
OF the Woo tne
the Mediterranean Inc
the battehp Trptz $4,000 tons on business Trip
the British chased her into refuge
bombed the munitions plant Essen GERMANY
Marshal Tmoshenko began TO
what turning one
of powerful
United States eadled Tor war spring
is coming, developments impend
Evening star., 1942-03-15

ing at Finschhafen. New Guinea, 60
miles east OF Lac, which is about IS
miles north of Salamaua. The jap
anese again raided Port Moresby.
The new enemy landings and the
renewed air operations underlined the
conviction of Australian authorities that
an invasion attempt has become i'm
minent and inevitable with the fall of
Java. The officials were said to regard
the invasion of New Guinea as the fore
runner of swift blows against the Aus
tralian mainland itself, with the first
objectives Darwin, Broome and Wynham
on the north and east coasts. In Ade-
leide, 1t. Gen. Sir Ivan MacKay, COM
mander of the home forces. said large
scale japanese invasion would be "difn-
cult. but not beyond their capacity"
An impudent spokesman for the Japa-
nese Information Board broadcast to
Australia Wednesday that
New Guineo the people of that con-
londinn tinent would be crushed
If they resisted, but
would be made the beneficiaries of
Japan if they welcomed the soldiers
of Toxic. Australia replied with bombs
dropped from R. A. F. planes on
the invasion armadas Of Japan north
OF New Guinea. The air force re-
ported that seven enemy ships we're
known to have been sunk or damaged
and that two others probably were dam
aged in New Guinea waters. Yet, even
as the air force continued its operations,
large new Japanese convoy was re-
ported heading for Port Moresby, which.
despite bombings, remained in Australian
hands.
The Japanese made progress in their
landing and consolidation work in New
Guinea. Reconnaissance has shown the
Japanese to be working swiftly to trans
form Salamaua, Lac and Finschhafen
into supply depots behind what some
Australians predict will be scatterblow
invasion strategy-an attempt to open up
many fronts in undeveloped, thinly popu-
lated Northern Australia by sending in
large forces at widely separated points.
Perhaps the Japanese are not going to
invade Australia at ALL. but are only
setting up wall against Australian
penetration of the Pacific north Of the
Indies. The japanese made move
against the Solomon Islands, northeast
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13
HAPPENINGS
of Local Interest

Ben Morehouse was q business
visitor in town from his ranch
last Friday.
Mrs. Maude Harwood returned
b ers from Bismarck. N. D..
where she had been visiting rels-
tives. Two of her sons Louie,
who resides in Bismarck an d
Cline. who went to school there.
accom- panied her home to visit.
Mrs. Harry Dunn Of Glacier
Park transacted business in
Browning on Friday.
Leigh Kerr went to Great Falls
last week and was accompsn-
led home by Mrs. Harry Hansen
" h o visited with h e r sister,
Thelma Reing.
Dick Taught attended . direct
ors meeting in Havre on Sunday
and Monday.
Mrs. Johnny Ground went to
Harlem to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Waters last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E, l.. HIATT and
and family left for Idaho Falls
Idaho Saturday where Mr.. HIATT
was transferred.
All winter goods at reduced
prices. Economy Shop
Mr.. and Mr.. Joe Profit went to
Cut Bank last Saturday on bust.
ness.
Mr., and Mrs. Roddy Paisley
and Chan Paisley of Babb tran
sacted business here on Saturday.
For Rent-Desirable furnished
room. Inquire &C Chief Office.
47.2tp.
Miss Lorraine Halseth return.
ed home from Minneapolis las:
Sunday, where she had attended
the funeral of her father. the
late Lars Haiseth, who passed
away recently. Until her return
she was guest Of her sister, Alma,
and brother, Albert.
If you appreciate service and
good Merchandise trade at the
Quality Market.
For Rent-Steam-he ated, fur
nished bedroom. Inquire HH.
care of Chief. 4:c
Mrs. Server, Mrs. Barger and
Mrs. Schrsder were in Cut Bank
on Monday.
A few hats to close out at 81.
Economy Shop
Mrs. Ira Chapman had deatal
work done in Cut Bank on MoN-
day.
Mrs. Mcdonald and daughter,
Ann we're callers in Cut Bank
Saturday.
Your each dollar really talks
here. Quality Market
Roland Holland went to Cut
Bank Monday to see his brother
Kenny, who will be leaving for
the army soon.
Mrs. Jessie Sinclair was in
town on business Tuesday.
Harold Prestmo left for the
county seat Thursday from where
he will be taken to Nilsson Ia for
induction into the army.
New Cardigan sweaters.
Economy Shop
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Local Civilian Defense
Members at Helena Meet

S. T. Scotland. member of the
Glacier county advisory and pre-
paredness commission, and Ed.
Marion, Browning district tire
rationing board member. were in
Helena this week to attend a
meeting of the Montana commits
sion called by Tom Caverly, direc-
tor.
Considerable Information wss
given members of the various
county set-ups of the state on
sugar and tire rationing and civil.
i a n defense methods. Caverly
recently returned from meetings
in several eastern cities where
similar information and relative
matters were discussed in the in
of state directors.
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February
18th
1912

Mrs. George Bareer of Kali
spell 10 visiting her husband here
this week.
Mrs. Francis Guardipee was B
viritor here Wednesday from the
Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Schmidt,
who now reside in Cut Bank.
we're visiting friends and rela-
tives here last weekend.
Marriage licenses issued dur.
ing the first week in February
to Guy Williamson and Theodore
Tomal of here; James Spotted
Eagle and Rita Hall. of Heart
Butte: Paul Dana and Lorraine
Straight. Mrs. Dana and parents
formerly resided here but are
now in Cut Bank.
DR.. M. F. KELLER-Op tome-
trist
all Ford Bldg. Great Falls
May be consulted at the Yegen
Hotel. Saturday. February q
Eyes examined and glasses fitted.
CANDLES Store repairs all makes Of
radios. refrigerators. gas and electric
washers and bicycles. Il
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OBITUARY

William Paul Kirby, age AZ.
died Feb. 3. Death resulting in
4 car accident. Body forwarded
to Kalispell Feb.5 for funeral and
interment.
Dixie Velma Bell, 41. died Feb.
q. death following a car accident
Body forwarded to Cut Bank.
Funeral services Feb. Z.
Gerald Hyde, 2. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. CIraence Hyde of Glacier
Park, died Feb. q at the Cut
Bank Hospital following short
illness. Funeral services were
conducted at Glacier Park Feb. 7
Burial was in the Magee ceme-
terry with Rev. Allen Wilcov off,
ciating.
John Kicking Women, 20, died
Feb. 9 at Heart Butte home. Fun
eral services were conducted at
the Heart Butte church Feb. IL
with Father Halligan officiating.
Interment was in the Heart
Butte cemetery.
James Mary White Horses, 20.
died Feb. 10 at Blackfeet hospital.
Services were conducted at the
Little Flower church F e b. -
Father M. ). Halligan officiating.
Victoria Lukin Brown, Ga. wife
of VIM. Brown of Browning, died
Feb. 10 at the Blackfeet Hospital.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at 10 a. m. Saturday, with inter-
ment in Browning Catholic ceme-
terv.
The deceased is survived by
three sons, James Woodrow. Vim
cent and Sidney of Browning;
three daughters, Angeline Cobell.
and Sarah Dell Romsa of Brown
ing and Rita Brown of Chicago;
two brothers. John and Peter
Lukin of Browning; and one sis
| ter Mrs. Dora Blszey of Brown
ing.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

Porter. q sector warden, who de-
clared in q letter submitting his
resignation:
This step Is taken Is view of the
various articles I've read In the
papers in the past few davs on the
ridiculous appointment OF expert
enced dancers and movie stars into
the o. c. D., when the crying need
is for men and women whose past
experience will tie in with the work
of the o. c. D., without ridicule from
the press and the man In the street.
IT have no doubt gathered the
wrong impression of the warden
service OF which service I have been
a proud member, and have given of
money end time when informed that
the o. c. D. did not have the moneys
to expend on the duplication Of
various forms and memoranda to be
sent out to the civilians of this
community, but money has been al
located for the exorbitant salaries of
the officials, who do not seem to be
able to get together long enough to
issue a concrete set Of rules and reg
ulations for the warden service and
the population to be guided by.
Felt Efforts In Vain.
MY patriotism is as strong now
as it always has been and will always
be, but until the time when o. C. D.
can and does settle down to con-
structive civilian defense, I feel that
my time spent on the work is prac-
tically in vain"
Another warden, ]. p. Story, jr.,
told Mr.. McConihe in his letter of
resignation:
II find the o. C. D. Is quite a diff
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ferent organization from what I
thought it to be at the time I joined.
Quite frankly, I have no confidence
in the officials at the top Of the or
ganization, either in their purpose or
their efficiency. Without this con-
f1dence I have not the inspiration to
give conscientious service to the or
ganization nor to be true to myself
by continuing to serve therein"
Mr.. McConihe declared that, thus
far, only he and his three assistant
deputy wardens have been able to
get in" a class where they received
instructions on incendiary bombs,
high explosives and gas.
Course Called Inadequate.
"The course consisted Of 81 hours
of instruction, and we are supposed
to be qualified now to instruct our
corps of wardens on the subject,
he said. That is impossible. The
instruction we received did not
qualify us as instructors. 1t was
thoroughly inadequate as far as
making teachers out of us Is con-
cerned."
He said the wardens haven't been
able to get qualified instructors to
give them the information they
should have on bombs and gases.
The question of equipment has
been one Of his biggest headaches.
he said.
Il don't know who has the money,
or whether there Is any. but when
in the world are we supposed to get
the equipment needed for our los
deputy, zone and sector warden
posts? When is anybody going to
Evening star., 1942-03-01

including the wages that are a prin-
cipal item Of those costs.
At present all grain prices are
below parity, corn for example Is
about 80 per cent of parity. On the
other hand prices Of meats and
dairy proudcts are about parity. II
the prices of grains go up. it may
force higher prices of meats and
dairy products, or it may result in
falling off In production Of these
commodities. BY keeping down the
prices of grains, the Administration
is, in way, subsidizing the pro-
ducers of meat and dairy products.
The Senate bill prohibiting the
sale of Government-owned agricul-
tural products, including grains and
cotton, below parity prices. is now
before the House committee on Agri-
culture. The committee is expected
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
appearing.
Close Vote Predicted.
1t Is confidently predicted that
the House committee will report out
the bill, probably unanimously, after
the hearings have been completed.
What would happen to it in the
House itself is another matter. The
opinion was expressed that it would
probably command majority vote
in the House, although the vote
would be close. The opinion was
expressed, also, that in view OF his
statements at his press conference