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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-08-07
THE -
CHERRY TREE
Where with eur Little Katchet We tell
the truth about many things, sometimes
profoundly. sometimes HippantIy, some
times recklessly. -.

We are in the midst of a lot of sal
wage drives-rubber, scrap, fats.
The American people will respond
to every call of the government, un-
less and until they get fooled.
Then they'll chuck the whole busi-
ness.
And right there is where whole lot
of clearing up is needed right now.
We're told to save tin cans; then
we're told NOT to bother with tin
cans; then we're told to save them.
We're told to save paper and then
we're told not to save it because stor-
age space is jammed with it.
We were told to save rubber and
then we read of big shots making a
cleaning out of it.
We need a clear and straightfor-
ward program, so that everyone knows
ALL about salvage drives.
Letters have come from women who
want to know why they can't GIVE
their grease to the government, rather
than sell it to the meat market-and
they want to know WHY the market
should get cent pound for handling.
Probably the idea of selling to the
meat market is sound, but the people
should be told why.
A lot of explanation is lacking
and it's needed.
Everyone wants every drive to sue
ceed. So, everyone wants all the
clouds swept away.
Washington had better answer
the questions people are asking,
because the people will not go
ahead full steam while their oues-
tions are unanswered.
It's simple to answer them or it
isn't. If it isn't, then why so?
The chances are there's an answer
to every question. Let's have 'em!
Nor is the salvage situation any
muddier than the rubber mess.
We have half dozen viewpoints on
rubber-a half dozen opposing sets
of "facts."
A fact is something that is true
and that can be proven true. There
can't be more than one set of actual
facts about anything.
1t looks good deal like tremen-
dous battle between big interests for
the postwar rubber market What
the people want is the truth and ac-
tion in accordance with the truth.
There are several sources of rub
ber, here in the United States.
Petroleum, cristostegia and alcohol
are some of them.
Wouldn't it be possible to utilize
them all
It's about time for everyone to put
the UNITED STATES above every
thing else.
Another phase Of the rubber busi-
ness that doesn't ring right is its re-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-08-07
New Zealand Rail Workers
Win Flat Wage Agreement

New York City (ILNS) Dispatches
from Wellington, New Zealand, say
that demands of the New Zealand
Railwaymen's Union for improvement
of wage conditions have resulted in
an agreement granting a fiat wage
increase to the men, as of April z. The
agreement also provides for special
living allowance for railway workers
under 18 years of age, who are living
away from home.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-08-07

In trying to reduce expenses every
one bumps into overhead.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-08-07

Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1895 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-08-07
SECOND 'FRONT.' CLAMoR

The loudest shouters for a second
front against Hitler are the Commu-
nists and fellow travellers who vocif-
erously denounced the United States
and Great Britain up to the Nazi at
tack on Russia. Now, they are out for
war to the death against the Nazis
and never lose an opportunity to
clamor for a.'second front"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-08-07
Army Develops Dust Mask

Washington, D. ca new type of
respirator which will be useful for in
dustrial uses has been developed by
the Chemical Warfare Service of the
Army's Services of Supply for use in
desert warfare and in dusty areas. 1t
is also capable of filtering certain
kinds of non-toxic smokes, and is ex-
pected to safeguard the health of many
industrial workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-08-07

Information please! Where's my
long underwear?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-08-07
determining difference between

a determining difference between
n the enemy aliens in this war and
in the last is one of theology rather
than nationality. The simple fact OF
mans birthplace gives no clue to his
mind and heart Applying this analy-
sis to the problem of enemy aliens,
Attorney-General Francis Biddle in
the August issue of Free World asks:
"Who among the more than million
Germans, Italians, and japanese alien
enemies in this country are our
friends?"
"Who are our enemies 2" Biddle
asks. No X-ray machine exists that
will show up the marks of fascism in
a mans mind and heart. If we cannot
get down to cases and Gull the loyal
and disloyal individuals; if we cannot
make special arrangements, how can
we be fair, impartial, and most i'm
portant, safe under the circumstances
that there are more than a million
enemy aliens in this country today?
Attorney-General Biddle writes in
Free World that this war is not only
between armies; it is also fight be-
tween ideologies; between democracy
and fascism. "The latter" he ex-
plains, "is simply the self-assertion of
predatory strength over the lives of
human beings"
"In declaring for fascist world"
Biddle continues, "our enemies sounded
call far beyond their national bor-
ders. To their own initial advantage
they enlisted the sympathies and lean
ings, if not the actual military col
laboration, of lesser, outlying nuclei
the world over-individuals and groups
that either saw eye to eye with them
or were infected with some smatter-
ing of their viewpoint. There are in
dividuals, there are groups-yes, even
in the Democracies-who have shared
in varying degrees of harshness that
viewpoint. The devices for human op-
preston of the body, the mind, the
heart, are many. Some are traditional,
are used by unquestioning habit Some
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-08-07
WISDOM

The time to guard against corrup-
tion and tyranny is before they shall
have gotten hold of US. Thomas
jefferson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
7S FIRST AIDERs
 TAKE OATH OF
 OFFICE MONDAY

Members of the First Aid Corps met last evening in the Grade School Auditorium. The Official Oath of Office, prescribed by the Office of Civilian Defense. was ad- ministered to 28 First Aiders, who will receive their official member ship cards in the near futures
 First AiderS who did not attend the meeting should obtain oaths of office at their first aid stations at Thursday evenings alert, Director of Civilian Defense R. E. Robertson said today.
 All persons taking part in Civil ian Defense work must take the official oath of office, MT Robert son further said. A supply of the proper form was delivered to all air raid wardens at last Thurs days alert. Each warden should promptly take his oath of office and return it to his post sergeant
 At the alert, which will be held Thursday evening, Boy Scouts will act as patients, Mrs. Jessie McCrary, Acting Director of the First Aid Corps, announced at last nights meeting. The first aid problem will be to give first aid to a patient found lying down, suffering from shock and from three broken ribs on left side The patient will be taken to the proper casualty sta tion, but not more than two first aiders should accompany the am- bulance. Trucks, volunteered by owners. will be used as ambulances and they will be operated by driv- CTS who have volunteered tfseir services for that purpose to the De- fense Council
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
COMMUNICATION

To the Editor, Daily Alaska Elm pire, Juneau, Alaska.
 Dear Sir:
 As property owners and taxpayers of the City of Juneau, we are writ ing to protest what we consider to be a fragrant misuse of public funds, which are direct contribu- tions to the city's welfare and pro- gress through taxation of resident
 property owners. We refer specific ally to current improvements being
 undertaken on the Scatter Tract property of MT. Ralph Beistline-
 at the expense of the taxpayers
 while needed Improvements and de- velopments throughout that entire
 area are refused by the Juneau
 City Council on the grounds that there is insufficient money to un-
 dertake various requested projects for the common good
 Time and again during the past years residents of the Scatter Tract, singly and in groups, have appeared before the Council to ask for a program of construction of a side walk running from the Erwin Av-
 enue corner of the Evergreen Gene
 tery up Evergreen Avenue to it's termination. Each time these re- 1 quests have been made, the Council
 ultimately has rejected them. In
 most instances, to be sure, the
 matter has been referred to the Street Committee, of which MT.
 Beistline is the most vociferous
 member, and a cursory investiga- tion has been made, after which in every instance-the improvement
 proposals have been voted down,
 with, of course, MT Beistline vot-
 ing no each time. Meanwhile,
 developments and improvements to the Beistline property procee apace, with City workmen doing the
 job.
 It is notable fact that MT. Beist-
 line is not bothered by the possi- bility of having to walk to his place
 of employment-unless his tires give ! out this winter-as are many other residents of the Scatter Tract. The snow and slush of the coming
 months. will not impede his pro-
 gress, rot his shoe-leather nor relegate him to a sick-bed with
 colds and worse. He will ride, as
 usual, and most of us will walk, without a sidewalk which we, our selves, would be willing to keep clear and safe for walking.
 It is possible. of course, that MT. !! Beistline personally is paying for
 the work which has been and is
 now being done by the city on his property but it is highly irnprob-
 able. Even if he were, the fact re-
 mains that the work is being done
 by a city crew, under supervision of
 the City Foreman and those | workers should in no circumstances l be put to work on projects which
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
5. kt(u1tHEoN RETURNS FROM
 INSPECTION TRIP

All canneries in the Westward area have put up large packs of salmon during the present season, according to Steve McCutcheon, Assistant Commissioner of Labor, who returned by plane yesterday from months inspection trip.
 MT. McCutcheon made the trip as far as False Pass in small craft of the Fish and Wildlife Ser vice and returned to Kodiak on the boat. From there he flew to An chorage, Fairbanks and Juneau
 Working conditions in all the canneries inspected were excellent and the operators uniformly coop erative, he said. However all plants were handicapped by serious shortage of labor and few had a full complement.
 In the district around Cook h. let, Prince William Sound, Shu magin Island group and False Pass the run was excellent and around Kodiak it was fair, according to MT. McCutcheon.
 This was the first trip MT. Me Cutcheon had made to the far Western islands and he declared that the scenery was unbelievably beautiful but that the country was tough The fog reported so ire quently is a serious reality and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER
 FOR SALE

Sealed bids will be received by the Regional Forester, Juneau Alaska, up to and including Sep- tember l, 1942. for all the mer- charitable dead timber, standing or down, and all the live timber marked or designated for cutting, on an area totaling approximately no acres, located on the north shore of Peril Strait, approximately l mile east of False Island on Chichagof Island, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, estimated to be a total of 2,S75,OO0 feet B.M., more or less Of Sitka spruce, western hemlock and red cedar sawtimber No bid Qf less than $50 per M feet B.M. for spruce and cedar saw timber, $l.00 per M. feet BM. for hemlock sawtimber will be con- sidered $75O0o must be deposited with each bid, to be applied on the purchase price, refunded, or re- talned in part as liquidated dam ages. according to the conditions of sale. Primary manufacture out side of the Territory of Alaska of any part of the timber, is subject to the consent of the Regional For ester. The right is reserved to re- Ject any or all bids received. Be- fore bids are submitted, full infor- nation concerning the timber, the conditions of sale, and the sub mission of bids should be obtained from the Division Supervisor, Ju- neau, Alaska, or the Regional For ester, Juneau, Alaska.
 First publication: August 25, 1922 Last publication: August 29, 1942
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25

weather changes occur with amaz- ing rapidity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25

Mrs. Dick Mccormick and Mrs. Walter Andrews, accompanied by
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
NURSES AIDES BEGIN CLASSES
 LAST EVENING
Seventeen Women Regist- cred in Course 10 Help
 in Hospitals Here

First Class of the course for Nurses Aides now being given in Juneau. was held last evening in the Juneau Public Health Center, with Mrs. Kenneth Nelson, R. N ,, as the instructor.
 Seventeen Juneau women are reg ietered for the course. They viii meet at 7:30 o'clock every night h4onday tnivugll A4lday ulltll .-.- 80-hour course has been completed.
 As part of their training, they will take supervised practice in the hospitals and when they have com- pleted their study period and have received their American Red Cross Nurses Aide certificate, they will give service in the hospitals here, relieving the strain on the nursing staff caused by shortage of nurses all over the country because of the war.
 Those taking the Nurses Aide training are Nadia Triplette, Ann Waynor, Josephine DeGanahl, Anne Sheldon, Patricia Graham, Elaine Mclaughlin, Jane Alexander, Phyl- lis Maynard, Faith Schmidt, Gladys Reynolds, Rae Peterson, Amy Rude, Grace Montgomery, Cecilie Livie, Mrs F. s. Hanson, Ruth Kenyon and Roma Nevius.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
HOSPITAL NOTES

Cornelius Steele has entered St. Ann's Hospital for medical treat ment
 Joe Kelly has been admitted to St. Ann'S Hospital for medical treatment.
 Yngvar Strom has entered St. Ann's Hospital for medical care.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
COUNCIL SELECTS OFFICIALS
 TERRITORIAL ELECTION

Appointment of judges and clerks to preside over local precincts in coming Territorial election sched- 'uled for September was practi- cally all of the business attended to by the Douglas City Council at the regular meeting last night. August Aalto, Mrs. Edward Bach and Mrs. James Barras were named for the judges. Mrs Walter An- drews and Mrs. Dick Mccormick were named clerks.
 Business of war risk insurance on city properties was finished up and complete coverage is now in effect.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
BODY E FOUND
 AT ElFIN COVE

Law enforcement officers today were investigating the finding of a body on the beach at Elfin Cove, the U. $. MarshaPs Office reported U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray Deputy Marshal Sid Thompson and an F'BI agent left for Elfin Cove to make the investigation last eight after the finding of the body was reported and are expected to re- turn late today.
 A coroner's inquest may be held at the scene.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25

are, or should be, strictly private business.
 The question is simply this: Are we Juneau taxpayers going to allow ourselves to be bulldozed by a mu- nicipal administration which, ap parently, is more concerned with it's own welfare than with that of the people who elect them to office? Or are we going to do something about it--and if so, what? Obvious ly we can do little about the mem bership of the Council or the activ- ities of the Mayor until the next electionAunless by public clamor they can be read out of office. But we can, we must and we will fight for our rights. WE WANT THAT SIDEWALK!
 (Signed)
 George E. Sheeper
 A. B. Holden , Lorraine M Holden
 E. c. Reynolds
 Mrs D. H. Gould
 Jay Williams
 Mike Daniloff
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
SIX FISHERMEN PAY
 FOR ILLEGAL HAUL

Charged in U. s. Commissioner James T. Browns Court at Craig with illegal fishing, Charles Will Hams, Eugene Nelson, Peter John son, Frank Howard, Stetson Dow hit and Bob Harris pleaded guilty and were fined $35 each. Three thousand fifty fish were confiscated, the U s. Marshal's Office here re- ported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25

TO VACATION AT MARMIoN {.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
LOCAL MEN SAIL

Signing on as members of the cannery tender Reliance crew for the trip south, Ed Bach and Alex Gair, Jr., sailed last evening for Seattle, the former as first mate and the latter as deck hand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25
TO PREPARE NAT

All firemen are requested to be
 at the natatorium this evening at 2 o'clock to clean up the premises
 for use by the Territorial Guard of Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25

their children, left today for the end of the Isand where they will camp out until opening of the school term.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-25

Fines totalling $836,OO0 were re- gently imposed against a British firm for exceeding permissible ra- ton quotas.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-18
Commission of Blind
Would Turn Job OUer
To Board of Welfare

The Montana commission for the
blind, at a joint meeting at Helena
with representatives of the Lions club,
voted to request the legislature to
turn over the functions of the COM
mission to the state welfare board.
bill to that effect, but stipulating
that the welfare department should
employ a full time supervisor to
handle the work of the commission Is
to be presented to the January ses-
sion of the legislature.
The recommendation is in line with
that of Gov. Sam C. Ford'S committee
on reorganization of the state govern
ment.
F. E. Van de Mark of Cut Bank,
member of the commission, explained
that appropriations for the work per-
formed by the agency have been so
small-only $4,000 last year-that
members felt the welfare board could
accomplish the same ends in more
satisfactory manner.
Original function of the commission
was to aid in the establishment of
vending counters in federal buildings
to be operated by blind persons. There
are two of these in the state at the
present time, one at Billings and one
at Great Falls.
The commission also has distributed
recorded books to blind persons In the
state and conducts an annual summer
camp.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-18
Compact Commission Okays
Yellowstone Water Accord

Members OF the Yellowstone COM
pact commission agreed upon a simpli-
fled pact for the division of the waters
of the Yellowstone river and its
tributaries for irrigation purposes be-
tween the states Of Montana, Wyom-
ing and North Dakota.
Representing a compromise which
followed unsuccessful attempts to pre-
determine percentage divisions of the
water between the states. the new plan
will leave ALLEGATION OF the waters to
a permanent three state board.
This board would be instructed to
divide the water on the basis of
priorities, present irrigated lands
within the states involved and poten-
tial irrigable lands in the basin, seek
ing to provide the greatest possible
development of the land with the
water available
The plan will supersede section of
the previously proposed agreement,
which had sought to lay down a hard
and fast percentage system for the
division of the water.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-18

This section, representing the meat
of the earlier proposal, was found to
be too cumbersome and impractical
Of administration" said Fred E Buck,
Montana state engineer and one Of
the members Of the commission. TT
was impossible for the commission to
forsee all conditions Of rainfall and
irrigation needs which would present
themselves in the future"
The compromise plan was suggested
by Wesley A. D'Ewart OF Wilsal. a
member of the Montana delegation,
after the commission had sought In
vain to reach an equitable agreement
for percentage division OF the waters
during 81 days of continuous sessions.
A committee. consisting of dele
gates from all three states was named
TO work out details of the plan. Mem
bers are L. c. Bishop OF Cheyenne,
Wyo., state engineer; Ed J. Johnson
of Sheridan, Wyo., John T. Hucker,
Bismarck. North Dakota state en-
gineer; C. F. Kelch, Bismarck, Buck
and DEwart.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-18

one Of the last strongholds of hand
labor in western agriculture Planting
and cultivation have been, or could be,
largely taken over by machines.
The newly perfected combine har-
vesters-coupled with use of planting
and cultivating machinery = could,
some agriculturists have estimated,
cut the need of hand labor by rs per-
cent or more.
Thus Montana farmers, who ordin-
arily need 10000 workers to harvest q
750OO-acre beet crop, could produce
the same crop with $500 workers
Sugar refining companies are urging
growers to turn as much as possible
from hand labor to machinery. neces-
sity for which was sharply outlined
this year when extreme difficulties
were experienced in obtaining harvest
workers, due to war conditions
One company has used Newspaper
advertisements this fall to counsel
planting of "sheared" seed-which
produces single beet plants-in order
to allow for thinning by mechanical
crossblockers or with hand labor using
long-handled hoes. This would obviate
the constant STOPPING so closely as
ISOLATED in the past with the cultiva-
ton and harvesting of sugar beets.
Only a minor change in seed drills
is necessary to. plant the "sheared"
seeds.
Two harvesting combines were
tested in Montana this year, and one
of the machines was reported to have
topped and dug rs tons of beets in a
single day-a task that would take
the average experienced sugar beet
worker eight or nine days to complete
Automatic leaders, which swept the
beets into trucks after they were
windrowed by the combines, also
proved successful in 1912 tests.
J.. A combine harvester and an auto
matte loader for every sugar beet
farm-the beets are produced in
sizeable quantities in California, Colo
RADIO, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho Neb-
raska, Utah, Ohio and Michigan
must wait the wars end
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-18
Sugar Beet Industry May
BE Nearing Machine Age

The vests sugar beet industry,
which annually supplies some LOO, 900
tons for the nations sweet tooth and
puts 100000 900 lining in the pockets
of farmers in nine states, may be
standing on the threshold of its
machine age.
For mechanical diggers and toppers,
and automatic leaders. apparently
proven practical in tests on Montana
farms this year, could represent an
advance in sugar beet production al
most as revolutionary as the changes
in the cotton-growing south which
followed the invention of Whitney's
gin.
Harvesting of the beets has been
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-18
State to Keep Force
OF Road ENGINEERS

Although Montana's highway con-
struction activity has been practically
halted for the duration of the war,
the state highway department will
maintain a skeleton force of engineers
for use whenever war needs require.
Howard W. Holmes, state highway
engineer, said a few engineers in each
field, such as road, bridge and right
of way units, will be retained SO that
I'VE can do whatever the war depart
ment wants us to do He added that,
1--WE also must safeguard our invest
ment in minimum number of
trained men,"
The department will maintain a
full maintenance force, Holmes said.
and will add to it at every opportunity,
especially where operators and mech
anics are concerned.