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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-04-16
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Washington, ID. c.
When I came back to the building
where l have a little office which
overlooks the tip of the Washington
monument l found both buttons on
the elevator signal missing. The
boy told me they had been broken
off. He also told me that he couldn't
get any more.
those buttons were either plastic
OF hard rubber. That's war. Prob
ably somebody will have to white
two new buttons out of wood. |
wonder if m a be found
who is handy enough with a jack
knife today. If he can't I'm kind of
sorry for America.
Well, a little later I sat in the
Office of a man in the department
Of commerce. We talked about the
corner store and what was going to
happen to it when the folks can't
jump into the car and drive off to
the county seat to buy what they
want. l NEAR that in a few months
they won't be able to do that be-
cause they won't have the tires.
This man whose name is Fletcher
Rawls and who was brought up in
a small town was pretty optimistic
about the new world that the war is
creating. He was worried about
some things but he relished the idea
that all Of us r going to have to
do a lot of things for ourselves.
Like the man who is going to have
to carve out the push buttons for
my elevator. Qf I don't have to take
time out and do it myself.)
He said:
Remember when we used to saw
a barrel in two and make two tubs
out of it? Cut an oval hole in both
sides to make handles?
Those tubs got you pretty clean
on Saturday nights. Just as good as
a shiny porcelain tub. Well, we're
going to have to get rid Of a lot of
chromium steel kitchens, and por-
celain tubs. But we'll be just as
clean and we'll show a lot more
ingenuity"
That was the text of a talk he
read to me about how ingenious the
small town merchant was going to
have to be if he beat the idea Of
''bigness" that has all but run away
with America.
He wasn't quite as optimistic as
Earl Sproul, vice president Of the
Western Newspaper Union, but he
had a lot of sound ideas, too.
Mr.. Sproul says: That small
towns of the United States. always
important factors (hear! hear! I
was born in one) in the economic,
social and political life of the nation.
will now regain much Of whatever
trade that was lost in the years that
saw almost every American family
owning a car, is so evident that the
new order demands the most serious
attention"
In other words people can't shop
where they happen to be because
they won't be there. They've got to
shop near home. And the small
town retailer is nearer to half the
people than the big town merchant.
Halt the national population is off,
cially reported as rural; living in
towns of $500 or less or on farms.
All right. That puts it squarely
up to the small town merchant, the
cross roads store.
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Americans
And Culture

I once knew a man who worked
on the next desk in the office Of a
great middlewestern newspaper. He
ran a semi-humorous column. He
printed in it a lot Of miscellaneous
contributed verse. One contribu-
tor who had a funny pseudonym
well call it Jonathan X) wrote
stuff Gas we called it, which really
amounted to poetry. The man who
ran the column was a man of rare
taste. His name was Keith Preston.
He is now dead. He was so struck
by 'Jonathan's" work, wanted to
meet him. But the author refused
to be met. Finally he wrote: I'll
tell you the truth. I am a physi-
clan. I have a very good practice.
If my patients knew I wrote poetry
they would be suspicious of me. l
couldn't afford to reveal the fact"
He was probably right.
American people have a tendency
to sheer at the gentler arts. But
privately they are proud of their
culture.
I'll tell you a story about that.
An acquaintance of mine published
a very popular magazine. 1t spe-
cialized on sea stories. 1t was
very popular with sailors. The pub.
Usher knew that his sales were ire
mendous among members of the
fleet.
He was soliciting an advertising &C
count from a firm that sold chewing
tobacco. Sailors buy Cor bought at
this time) a lot of chewing tobac-
co. The advertiser was hesitant.
So the publisher said:
If l pay for sending a question
naire to sailors on warships and if
they admit my publication is the
most popular with them, will you
give me the advertisins?'
Yes" said the advertiser.
So the QUESTIONABLE was sent. 1t
asked the sailors to list in order
which magazine they preferred.
Well, the answers came in and
Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Gen.
fury. and all the high-brow publ
cations led the list. The boys want
ed to show their culture but they
read my friends pulp publication
Just the same.
This same principle is working out
to rob the boys in the army and
navy today of the books they really
want. l get that first hand from
the Victory Book campaign an
organization sponsored by the Amer
lean Library association, the Amer
lean Red Cross and similar organi-
cations. They want donations of
old books for men in the armed
services. They tell me this:
THE average donor in with
works of high literary or technical
merit land these we want. of
course) but timidly %half-hiding a
book he relished no little, a west
erner," or a thriller" or perhaps a
detective story. Finally he manages
to ask if just one of this sort might
be acceptable. Please tell your lis
teners yes"
l pass that on to you as an ex
service man who relished any book
he could get, who still loves detec-
tive stories. And ! also think it's a
fine commentary on Americans
taste, actual and potential.
If you have any. turn them in to
a convenient Public Library or send
them to Victory eook Campaign. "a
West 4Oth St. New York City.
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the guns to the army, the work.
ers purchased defense bonds
totalling $4,000 during March
At a war conference of the
United Automobile Workers,
delegates not only voted to
waive premium pay for holiday
and weekend work, but also re-
affirmed a pledge to refrain
from strikes and work StoppageS
and TO submit all disputes to
mediation for the wars dura-
ton.
TRADE DATA
Steel mill operations at Pitts
burgh climbed to 100 per cent
of capacity, for the first time
since the United States entered
the war. Attainment of the 100
per cent production may we'll be
taken as a symbol of what in
dustry in general is doing -i.e.,
lifting output to levels hardly
thought possible in peacetime.
The movie industry had a big
Easter. New York's Radio City
Music Hall broke all previous
Easter records of the past dec
ade with over 100000 persons
entering the theatre over the
four days ended Monday, max
ing a total of 100000 for the
first II days of the run OF
Reap the Wild Wind"
DEALER DEALINGS -. ......
Thirty automobile dealers in
various parts of the country
already are turning out war ma
terials in their shops, OPA in
formed Willys-O Overland Motors
officials last week. This is just
a start, according to Cyrus Nc
Cormick of the government ag-
ency, who predicted that Con
version of auto repair shops in
to factories for the production
of wal materials will keep five
to 10 thousand dealers in bust
ness" The work is being done
on drills, grinders, lathes and
other machines uncovered by
the auto company's recent sur
vey of 10000 dealer establish
ments. McCormick said that
WHY'S survey is thorough" and
indicated that it will be used to
assist in the mobilization of all
dealers tools suitable for war
work.
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DOLED SELLING

Administration took official &C
ton on its automobile rationing
rules - the new orders aim at
moving 100000 cars to essential
users in the next year -.
Sales of leading bakery COM
panies are running 10 to 80
per cent above a year ago.
Housewives are buying more
cakes and cookies to save wear
and tear on the family sugar
bowl. The bakers sugar supply
is limited too; he can only use
four-fifths as much sugar per
month as he used in the cor
responding month in 1941. Re-
suit: thinner icings on the new
"Streamlined" cakes Sears
Roebuck and Montgomery Ward,
two biggest mail-order houses,
have appointed priority experts
for their retail outlets and
mail-order plants. Their job is
to explain to other employees
what evidence a would-be GUS
toner must have to prove his
qualifications for purchase Of
more than 1000 items. It is no
longer possible to buy 10 to 20
pounds of nails without answer
ing a few questions. The GUS
toner will have to prove that
his need is essential from the
standpoint of contributing to
the war effort in some way.
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handy with the bayonet but he
singles out the Pennsylvanians
for the highest praise.
Especially these Polish boys
from the steel mills" the sergeant
grins. 1.-THE Poles have a per-
petual resentment Of the wrongs
suffered by their native Land.
They can como to grips"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-04-16
Behind the Scenes
In American Business
By John Cruddock
CONSUMERS

Last week, as the natural, in
eScapable climax of the trend
that has been gathering speed
for many months, came an Or
der from War Production Chief
Donald Nelson banning manu-
facture of practically all con-
>umer durable goods by May 81.
While it means no more ice
boxes, vacuum cleaners and ra-
dioS for most of us, Nelson
pointed out that the produc-
tion-stopping orders will have
a relatively slow effect on the
standard of living" because
manufacture of maintenance
and replacement parts for most
durable goods will continue 49,.
md besides, there still is a fair
backlog of these goods in re-
alters hands. But in the long
pull, this order is going to
change the face of American
industry" the War Production
Board chief sad. The order is
just one more milestone in
marking industry's swing over
TO war production, and inciden-
allv. the swing of the business
pendulum appears to be really
accelerating at this writing. The
pace of Uncle Sans war pro-
duct;on effort for March has
lust been reported by Nelson as
being at the rate of 1000, 0O0,-
900 annually - a new high.
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STAGE. SCREEN AND RADIO STARS we're present recently at a New
York City department store to launch Express nr Gratitude" a ma.
tonal drive to combine the purchase and sending. in one operation. Of
gift packages to the boys in the armed forces. Shown above is Quentin
Reynolds. famous foreign cores pondent. with Linda Ware. radio star.
looking on. loading a Railway Express driver with the first packages to
be forwarded. Leading department stores In 10 cities throughout the
country have gathered together for the first time In one convenient place
on their main floors. combination gift boxes containing carefully selected
articles and ediblss from all over the store. The contents Of the gift
boxes were based upon . survey made in Army camps. air bases and
nAYAl atauona.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
WARNING TO U. S.

II was suave. Sharp-featured
Fernand de Brinon, who summoned
American newsmen in Paris 70 his
headquarters last May and issued
statement TO them warning the
United States in effect that II she
entered the war against Germany
she would find France as we'll as
the rest of Europe lined up solidly
on Hitler'S side.
De Brinon was not only one OF
the first apostles of French collabo-
ration with NaZi Germany. but
also the very first French journal
ist 10 be received by Chancellor
Hitler in private audience. That
was in 1888. when Hitler first
came into power.
The following year, De Brinon
published a book in which he
ardentiy urged an alliance between
France and Hitler.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
r-INTs LAVAL TRICKERY

II was pointed out that LavalS
whole future has been thrown with
Germany-that a German defeat
would result in an ignominious enc
for him.
The authoritative source said
L,vals game would be TO lead
France back into the war on the
German side by subterfuge. He
said Laval probably would attempt
TO occupy by force all French ter
ritory now under control of the
Free French, or, as in the case
of Syria, under control OF the
British.
+ The French fleet probably would
be used in such an undertaking,
which certainly would bring a
break in relations with the United
States IL not a state of war.
Henry-Haye called at the state
department last evening 10 deliver
To Welles Vichy's rejection of the
United States explanation Of the
establishment of relations with the
Free French government in French
equatorial Africa.
+ But Welles completed triple
play of reflections by informing
Henry-Haye that the United States
could not accept Vichy's point of
view. The Frenchman revealed
this to waiting reporters when he
emerged from Welles' office after
z D. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
Sedition Suspects
Pleas Due Monday

LOS ANGELES. April II QNS)
Robert Noble and Ellis o. Jones,
founders of the Friends Of Prog
ress" and National Copperheads, !"
today were given until Monday TO
obtain legal counsel and enter
pleas on sedition charges.
Noble indicated in court state
ment that he may defend himself
in person, but Federal Judge
Harry Hollmer declared that if
the accused pair do not hire attor-
.neys by Monday the court would
appoint counsel.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
IRundstedt Gets
Command Over
Occupied Coast


VICHY. France. April Il tuP)
Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gero
Won Rupdstedt, one OF Hitler's tor
generals. has been placed IN com
mand OF the entire German-helc
Atlantic Coast from the Spanish
frontier "a the Norwegian north
caro-. IN was revealed today.
Won Rundstodt arrived IN Paris
a month ego and now is inspecting
and renCthcnlng the German
~~tal dCfCnScs.
Con. Otto Von Stuelpnaeel re-
mans in command OF the German
forces OF occupation in France, a
Command distinct from Won Rund-
stedt's defense and fighting forces
along the coast.
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CONTINUED ACTIVITIES

Even when Laval was ousted
from the Vichy cabinet in a
shakeup Is months ago, De Brinon
continued TO function as Hitler's
-go-hetWeen without interruption.
Only one flaw developed in his
Nazi relationships. He was married
to a Jewess. Hitler fixed this up
by declaring Madame de Brinon
an honorary Aryan" but De
Brinon went him one better.
He separated from her and she
was last reported living some
where on the French Riviera"
1t may be more than a coinci.
dence that the French town oil
Brinon from which De Brinon's
family comes is shown on early
nineteenth century maps of France
as "Brinon-les AllemandS," mean.
ing "Brinon, town of the Ger.
mans" and indicating that il
embraced a large German settle.
lment in those days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
Wife Of Chaplain
Takes Over Pulpit

BRIDGEWATER, Mass, April
is (UP).-When the Rev. Owen
w. Kerr left his pulpit, wife and
children 10 become an army chap
lain. Mrs. Kerr took over activities
at the Union Congregational
Church for the wars duration.
However, she was we'll prepared
to officiate at weddings. baptisms
and funeral since she had taken
qualifying courses at Boston Uni
versity's schools Of theology and
religious education.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
Mourning
Petain's Guest Expects
Funeral Meal

VICHY, France, April II (UP)
Chief of state Petain was host
at dinner last night to chief judges
of the Rom war guilt" trial and
retiring Justice Minister Joseph
Barthelemy.
Are we going to have beans
and dried cod for dinner?"
Barthelemy asked Petain.
"Why?" inquired Petain.
'In my native province Of
Gers that Is the traditional dish
we serve at funerals" Barthel-
envy replied.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
MAY BE PEACE MEDIATOR

LONDON, April II (UP).-Re-
ports were current in diplomatic
quarters today that German
forced Pierre Lavars restoration
to power in Vichy not only to pro-
tect its rear against a British
invasion Of the continent but to
reserve him as a potential peace
mediator if Germany failed to
crush Russia this summer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
Ecuador Plot Blocked

LONDON. April II QNS).-
The Paris radio today reported an
unsuccessful attempt al a coup
d'etat in Ecuador. Police made
numerous arrests, particularly at
Guayaquil, the broadcast said.
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u $ -VithyStdtus
Hinges on Laval
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from the highest authority that
re'ctons were near the breaking
pc'nt. The source said Laval would
ne be successful in any effort &c
II tain the same relations with
trr United States which existed
r - to his return TO power.
lie predicted that Laval, who
hrs announced that he wants &c
follow a middle-of-the-road policy
with the United States, would at
tempt TO deceive the people OF
France into thinking he was
friendly toward the United States
white in reality he would be work.
ing toward a German victory anc
further enslavement OF the French
NEE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17

the most powerful political figures
in conquered France.
He was appointed delegate-gen-
eral of the Vichy regime to the
German authorities in Paris in
November, 1910. and from that
time 10 this ne has been the No. l
go-between in negotiations with
Hitler
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
.DarIdn Given
Control of Army,
French Fleet
Continued from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
and Free French, or General
BridouX
sAr-General Jennequin.
Navy-Admiral Auphanz.
Finance-Pierre Cathala.
Labor - Jean lie Cardelle,
veteran syndicalist leader.
Communications - Deputy
Albert Chichery.
Industrial production - Le-
roy-Ladurie.
Justice-Joseph Barthelemy
(retained).
MAY RETAIN TWO MORE
1t was understood that Jacques
Benoist- Mechin, secretary OF state
for Vichy-German relations, and
press chief Paul Marion also would
be retained.
international News Service
said Darlan was designated by
Petain to succeed him as chief
of state.
AWAIT u. S. MOVE
French leaders and foreign
diplomats awaited eagerly the first
indication of move by the United
States TO make clear its position
The Berlin radio asserted
early today, in a broadcast
recorded by the United Press in
New York, that Admiral Will
liam D. Leahy. United States
ambassador at Vichy. had been
ordered to return to Washington
to report)
Since the start of the weekend
crises which brought Laval back
to power after 10 months oi
eclipse, Leahy had watched devel
opments closely from his embassy
without visiting either Petain OF
Darlan.
REIGN OF TERRORISM
The urgency of the foreign sit
uation with the United States
which was openly annoyed b.
Lavals restoration to power, wa
matched by the internal situation
as the result Of new outbreal
clof terrorism and sabotage
Today was the deadline for tn
arrest of "terrorists" who recent
shot a German sentry in Paris
Already the Germans had shot fiv
hostages in revenge; they threat
ened to seize and shoot more I'm
less the attackers were arrestev
by today.
Forty-four persons died as tn
result of a sabotage derailment o
Ia German troop train at Caen
in recent days civilians had takel
rifle from a German sentry a
Liens, bombs had been thrown int
German headquarters at Paris an,
IIllers, near Bethune; 600 acres o
the famous Fontainebleau foreS
near Paris had been burned.
DIRECTS POLICY
Laval planned to take full con
troll of foreign and internal af
fairs and propaganda. AS foreign
minister he would direct polio,
toward the United States anC
Germany; as interior minister, il
charge of French police. he would
seek to suppress terrorism; a:
propaganda chief he hoped t.
check the steady deterioration oi
French support of the government
Laval was expected to broad
cast to the country tonight or to.
morrow, announcing his foreign
and domestic policies and appeal
ing to the French people for sup
port.
Laval inherited both the pledge
of collaboration with Germany and
a pledge made by the Petain.
Darlan regime that the French
feet would never be handed over
to foreign country or used ex-
|cept in defense of French SOW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
ENTERTAINED BY NAILS

From that time on, he made
frequent trips to Germany. where
he was wined and dined by the
highest Nazi circles and where he
Engaged in certain financial trans
actions. the exact nature OF which
never has been made public.
He began to play the stock mar
ket heavily in Paris. And il was
during this period that he became
financial adviser" to Pierre Laval
As a journalist he had specialized
in financial and economic sub.
jects.
His elegantly appointed Paris
home became a gathering place OF
pro-Nazi personalities and into his
circle he drew as many susceptible
Frenchmen as he could persuade.
1t was De Brinon, who intro.
duced into important French
political circles Otto AbetZ, Hit.
ler's personal envoy to Paris, who
is credited with having organized
and supervised the Nazi fifth
column in France that eventually
FASTENED the nations downfall or
the battlefield.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
Shadow Over VicIly
DeBrinon, Long Close TO Hitler and Sinister Figure
in Frances Fall May Enter Laval Cabinet

Copyright ist2 International News Service
The sinister figure of Fernand
dc Brin on-who accompanied
Pierre Laval to Vichy yesterday
for the momentouS cabinet confer
encc that may seal the fate OF
France for the rest of the war
is beginning 10 loom larger and
larger as the maStermind behind
Hitlers triumph over Vichy.
De Brinon. latest dispatches
from Vichy indicate. may be re-
warded with an important post in
the new pro-Nazi cabinet soon TO
be announced.
II SO. il will be n reward for
nearly a decade of activity in be-
half Of the Nazi cause in France.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
SECRET MISSIONS

Tn 1885, when Laval was premier
and foreign minister of France, hi
sent De Brinon on numerous secret
missions to Nazi Germany, anc
eventually De Brinon became sc
closely identified with the NaziS
that his influence with them sur
passed that of any other French
man.
AS president Of a pro-Nazi prop
uganda organization known as the
Fran Germ any Society,
De Brinon worked hand-in-glove
with Abetz.
After his country's defeat in
June, 1910, he emerged as one of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-24
o McKENNY ON BRIDGE

at the Eastern States Champion
ships.
II seems most East players
made four spades easily. One
player complained the defense
against him left him no way to
make the contract. The South
player who starred was Ralph
Hirschberg, present holder of
the Metropolitan team cham
pionship.
Hirschberg opened the king
of diamonds and dummy ruffed.
Dummy led the queen of clubs
for a finesSc that lost TO South 5
king. Az this point most of the
defenders, il seems, led the ace
and eight of trumps, whereupon
deClarer made his contract cas-
lily.
Hirschberg instead led the
queen of diamonds, again fore
ing dummy. The club ace was
cashed, and seeing that he would
have no later re-entry TO dunn
my, declarer had TO try for an
other club trick in a hurry. He
led the jack Of diamonds, South
covered with the ace, dummy
ruffed and cashed the queen of
clubs for a heart discard But
South ruffed the club and his
two major aces set the contract