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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-15
TO
THE

ELECT A STICKER

ELECT A STICkER
WITH A STICKER
Perhaps you wonder why I
opened up a second front" in
this political battle now raging
in Big Horn County and right
here I am going to tell you.
I have been beat, re-beat and
beat again, crossed, criS-croSSed
and double crossed, fired, back
fired and rim-fired, flammed,
flimflammed, and damned, I'M
til I have finally reached a point
where I don't like it.
I am going to fight this out.
I feel that each time I have
made this race I have been a
victim of circumstance.
am going to fight with the
same fighting spirit General
Macarthur had when he said to
the people of Manila, It'll be
back" The same fighting spirit
the Russians displayed, that
made Hitler declare - 1.-THE
trouble with Russia is they don't
know when they are beaten"
The same fighting spirit those
beaten and battered boys dis
played at Wake Island when
they radioed, "Just send us
some more Japs," the same
fighting spirit that will finally
and eventually win this war.
And let me say to you - a man
without these fighting qualities
wouldn't make a good officer If
he were elected.
Now I hope you people of Big
Horn County, who have watched
me go down to defeat, time af-
ter time, will display that same
fighting quality, "a quality typi-
cal and traditional Of the A
merican people, from Valley
Forge to Verdun), and get right
on top of your ballot on Novem-
Der 3rd and vote me into that
Sheriff,s Office. And I believe
you will.
You know, I like to have con-
fidence in people, and I think
some of the finest people who
ever graced this earth live in
Big Horn County.
"a great deal is being said
these days about the rising gen.
Grafton. You know, I Just can't
find any fault with the boys and
girls Of this country. I think
they are fine and grand and I
know we are proud OF them,
and especially are we proud of
Big Horn County's sons, who
are fighting tonight on all the
battle fronts of the world-on
land, on water, and in the air.
And to you fathers and mothers
and wives of soldier husbands,
in whose window so proudly
CLOVIS a blue star, I want to say,
may it never be replaced with
gold.
Sincerely,
Sam Mcdowell
i(Pol. Adv. Paid for by S. McDowell)
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-15

1t is estimated that 300. 900 of the
boys now In uniform are members
OF the American Legion.
Here's some sheer pessimism-
American civilians. men, women
and children, should be taught how
to conduct guerrilla warfare In prep.
aration for possible invasion Of the
country, says William q. Zif's The
Coming Battle Of GERMANY"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-15
To Market

Some weeks ago Secretary Of Ag-
riculture Wickard received a postal
card addressed to him at his Indiana
farm home, urging him to get his
pig crop to market early. He raises
quite a lot Of pigs and runs his farm
as best he can while he tries to take
al Of the needs of several million
farmers at the same time. He said
he felt kind of foolish when the card
came but he did what it asked him
to do.
II felt foolish" he said, because
I wrote that post card myself. ut
was a card sent out pretty widely
to pig-raisers all over the country.)
And when I'd sent the pigs off I
wondered whether I was really
patriotic or not: because those hogs
were a lot lighter than they would
have been if I hadn't marketed them
so early"
And right there you have one of
the problems that faces a nation
trying to feed itself and its lend
lease Allies under the difficult con-
ditions which the war causes. The
pig problem is tied closest to the
farmers number two headache. dis
tribution. We could get more pounds
datter hogs)-and fats are needed
il we slaughtered later. but the
packers and the railroads aren't 60
ing to be able to handle the man.
moth hog crop If it all comes at
once
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-15
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Fifty-iive out Of every hundred
persons in Britain are working for
the government.
Buy War Bonds
There are some American officials
who believe that England made q
great mistake in calling off the Stat
ford Grips negotiations In India.
And there Il strong pressure from
q number Of quarters to have them
reopened.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-15

and Emogene Skinner picnicked
above town Friday evening.
Later Contract was enjoyed a.
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B B..
Belken.
MI. and Mrs. Oscar Souders
transacted business in Wyola
Saturday. They were enroute to
Sheridan.
The ". c. Johnston Hardware
and Lumber store is being closed
for the duration, and the stock
of goods is beng moved to Lodge
Grass and Manchester.
Mrs. Otto IngerSoll of Sheri-
dan spent the week end at the
home Of her mother, Mrs. B. B.
Belken.
Will you boost a Booster on
November 3rd? Thank you. J.
Ernest Weinberg.
MRS. A. j. Sheets shopped in
Sheridan on Thursday.
Mrs. C. A. Brotherson went to
Hardin Sunday to spend a few
days with friends there.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. v. Chap
man were callers at the homes
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Bent,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cole and Senator
and Mrs. Pearson at Story and
Sheridan Sunday.
A. J. Sheets made a trip to
Billings and the Chrome mines
near Nye, Mont. over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Ripley
were Sheridan visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Robinson
and children were supper guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Essex
Sunday evening.
The Information that Mark
Kirscher had arrived safely a.
his overseas destination was re-
ceived here Sunday. His many
friends are very anxious to
learn just where this destina-
ton is.
Miss Eleanor Jane Garvey
came from Billings Saturday to
spend Sunday and the Column
bus Day bank holiday with her
mother and sister.
Army engineers are surveying
navigable rivers in the Middle
West to locate sunken wrecks
that may have metals and other
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-15

and unused machines into the
National Salvage Program, NAL
colin H. Carpenter, regional
chief of WIPES Industrial Sal
wage Section, announces.
During September, 1853 indus
trial plants in five mountain
states shipped 1853 tons OF
scrap, he said. The new drive
will be staged to increase the
number of cooperating plants
and the tonnage. State totals
for September shipments were:
Colorado, 1854 tons; Montana,
1894; New Mexico, 1922; Utah,
1913; and wyoming, 900.
ODT ASSURES SCHOOL BUSES
TO OPERATE THIS WINTER
The boys and girls of the West
who must ride school buses, are
assured by Asa j. Merrill, re-
gional director of the Office of
Defense Transportation, that
they will continue to get to their
classes his winter.
But the continuance of es-
sential school transportation
service depends, Mr.. Merrill said,
on the strict and immediate ap-
plication of ODT conservation
policies to bus equipment by
state and local school authori-
ties.
ICKES REQUESTS BAN
ON ASPHALT FOR ROADS
Deferment, fer the duration
of the war, of all non-essential
paving uses of asphalt, asphaltic
products, tar and tar products
in five Rocky Mountain states
was requested this week by
Harold L. Ickes, petroleum CO.
ordinator for war. States affect
ed by the recommended ban
are Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Utah and wyoming.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-15

wives can't. A lot of them are work.
ing in defense industries or have
other duties. If you overbuy there
won't be enough to go around.
Two and a half pounds isn't nearly
as much as many people would like.
But it is a lot more than most peo-
pie need or. in fact. are used to. In
the 1905 we consumed an average
Of 100 pounds per capita per year.
But many people are sharing this
new big lis billion dollar national
income and one way they are spend
ing it is on meat. Without gasoline
for the car they can't get out to so
many shows and other entertain
ment. There is more money left
for the dining-table.
We like meat for its flavor as
much as for its nourishment.
The wealthy and the middle
classes have always bought
more meat than they needed for
their health. The poorer people
frequently had less than they
needed. Now, with a shortage
and plenty of money, the COM
petition is higher. It will be
easy for the greedy to rob the
less fortunate.
Why. you may ask, don't we estab-
lish meatless days for everybody?
That would not be fair to poorer
classes who get so little meat any
how. But some regular limit has
to be adopted by eating houses and
agreed upon among them. Other.
wise there will be unfair competi-
toI The place that co-operates and
cuts down IN n day or one dish.
will simply lose on. 70 the restaurant
which serves meat that day.
At home, considerable responsible
ity rests OF the housewife. She has
to adjust her menus to provide 4
balanced diet.
Meat contains four important nu-
tritive elements: Protein, iron, thu
amin (vitamin BID and niacin.
As far ~ the protein goes II
can easily be provided by serv-
ing more milk, eggs, cheese and
legumes. A nice steaming pile
Of pancakes, for instance, II they
are made from milk and eggs,
will give some protein as well
IS that comfortable feeling Of
well-being within.
But such foods do not give you
the other things that you need which
meat offers. You will have to have
whole grain products and that
means. when you take them in the
form Of bread. it must be enriched
bread and ever then you won't get
the iron and niacin contained in
whole wheat. The dark leafy green
vegetables, potatoes and legumes
(peas and beans) will help.
But where you'll really find the
pinch is in the flavor. That, I think,
is what the Germans complained
about most in their rations. You
a get the meat flavor we all crave
with meat dishes that are diluted,
like soups. and hash and meat loaf.
But do it. See that you keep within
your 2h pound limit and you'll be
helping win the war.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-15

Army engineers are surveying
navigable rivers in the Middle
West to locate sunken wrecks
that may have metals and other
materials for the scrap drive.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-15

SCHOOLS TO WIN AWARDS
IN CURRENT SALVAGE DRIVE
Two schools n each of the
Rocky Mountain states will win
Certificates of merit, signed by
officials of the War Production
Board, for their diligence and
accomplishments in the current
school salvage drive, L. J. Tod
hunter, regional WPB salvage
chief, announces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25
Nation of Meat Eaters

Nothing has brought us up short quicker of recent days than the pro- nounced shortage of meat, now prevalent generally throughout the East You hear all sorts of stories about what is the cause and what can be the remedy. But without being too discouraging it prob ably will be a situation with which we're going to become more familiar as the war continues. And we feel pretty sure that if Uncle Sam ever had anything given to him with which he could wake up the nation to its peril and it's need of whole hearted cooperation right down the line this is it..
 Someone once said an Army travels on it's stomach. Well, that could safely be said of lot of different groups bent on some purpose. Certainly the United States of recent years has become nation in which lack of food is not noticeable. Good food has been readily obtainable for many years; so much so that production of various foodstuffs, importation of others have risen to new highs. Don't get the idea that we're nation of glut- tons. That isn't the truth, because there are enough people with diets, complexeS strong ideas, etc., to keep the average consumption at normal figure.
 But this is a nation in which a variable diet the year round with everything in the line of foods is the rule So when the war starts to cut down on the ordinary table fare and make it necessary to adopt new menus, to find substitutes for the things to which we have become accus- toned, well, then the war is really being brought into every home. So, if condi- tions continue like this and it becomes increasingly hard to get meat we don't doubt but what the nation will rise up in all it's might and strike a blow for sir loin steaks, pork and lamb chops, prime ribs of beef, spring lamb, all in the name of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi- ness, otherwise known as our democratic way of living.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25
A Thought for Today
After Election

Almost daily informed Washington correspondents report new phases of war effort which are being handicapped by politics and Selfishness. The tendency pn the part of both administrative and legislative agencies is to 'let it wait until after election" For example. there is She tax program. The Treasury asked for minimum of $8, 700, 100000. The House ls providing $6,250, 100000.
 The missing $2,450, 100000 is needed to nelp finance the war. Also experts gen. orally agree, at least this sum should be taken from the public to help avert in- gation. Congress is expected to provide he amount in a supplemental tax bill. low? Oh, no. After election
 We can't possibly acquire or make nough rubber to supply our most press ng war needs from mid-1943 to around Inc middle of 1914 Unless tires now be- Ing worn out in pleasure driving are saved sor war use, we are going to find our selveS in trouble. Informed opinion is nat civilian tires are going to be requi- Ationed. Now - while they still have bt of wear in them? Oh, no. After aection.
 If tires are not to be taken, the next @est way to save them in part is thought so be nationwide gasoline rationing to restrict their use That is seriously con- sidered. Now? How about waiting until after election? President Roosevelt outlined the essentials of a successful price control policy to avert imitation, and gave Leon Henderson the job. Two vital points were wage control and farm price control. It is becoming increasingly ap- parent that, to limited extent at least, reluctant Washington is going to be forced to do something about these. Now? No = after election.
 The idea of politicians seems to be that by catering to pressure groups, be- tween now and November, the politicians can be reelected We doubt that it will work that way. We have feeling that with American men on and near the fight ing fronts, and other millions on their way, the people are more interested in winning this war fast than in preserving the old, soft ways of living.
 Hitler isn't waiting until after our cleo tions. Hirohito isn't waiting Only our politicians are waiting. If they continue to wait until after election, and if be- cause of their procrastination this war is prolonged and thousands more of Americans are killed we wonder how much they will enjoy the privilege of staying in Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25
Educating the Germans

Emil Ludwig offers worthwhile idea about something we can do, when we have won this war, to help prevent another in two or three decades. He suggests that, for certain period, the United Nations must assume control over the Reich's arms, education and government. We aren't certain about government. We feel that when any people is deprived, by force, of certain fundamentals of self-govern- ment, great harm is inevitable. About control over German arms we can't inn agine any controversy.
 Ludwig's contribution is the suggestion concerning education. It is his idea that only by inoculating whole generation of Teutons with Christian principles of religion, philosophy and history, can we hope to eradicate the Hun-like character istics which long have made Germany the scourge of the western world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25
Looking Far Ahead

It's rare community these days that doesn't have planning board which isn't making plans for the future. Some of them are modest ideas, but great many of them are almost breath-taking by the magnitude and imagination of the schemes. However, it's likely that only the most practical ideas will be adopted if there is to be a postwar period of re- building.
 Boston comes to the fore now with a plan which calls for rebuilding of entire neighborhoodS. That's something lots of communities would like to undertake, but few of them even make any sort of headway in view of the amount of detail or expense which would be incurred. The Boston plan in it's present form is much the same as others advanced by city rebuilders. The sections that have been allowed to become rundown would be razed and modern homes and business structures would replace them.
 This is the only way in which such an idea like that can be treated. You can't % into a district and decide to tear down one or two buildings. If the job is to be done right it has to be an entire neigh borhood, which may mean several blocks or many blocks. AS one Boston planner put it. "We can't just peck away at this problem of urban decay and decentraliza- ton. Hence we are drafting master plan of rehabilitation for entire neigh borhoods at one time. .."
 The thought is quite in keeping with other plans for the postwar period, presunling, naturally, that the Demo- cratic nations triumph. Outside of big centers like Boston, though, how could such a magnified idea succeed?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25

Trot out the goats! According to Milk Administrator Donald O. Hammerberg next fall may find the milk situation here in Connecticut at critical turn of affairs. We don't know when it hasn't been, but this is not the same old cry. This time it's fear that the demand will far exceed the supply That doesn't sound like the milk industry, because the trouble has usually been in getting rid of the surplus milk and in making it worth while for the dairy farmers to keep their cows pro- ducing bountifully all year long. It's easy to see how such situation could be vis- ualized, though. Connecticut has many more residents now than year ago; the number will probably keep mounting. Harder work means a greater milk con- sumption On the other hand dairymen find it hard to secure help; cows fetch fancy prices on the beef market; there aren't the replacements for herds today So if milk becomes as hard to get as gas or oil, blame it on the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25

ward to the one day a week, Sat- urday, when meat (not fish or game) was served.
 A ham costs 4000 lira, or about $2O0, and a chicken 150 lira, or $7.50.
 Leather shoes cannot be bought at any price, and suits no longer contain wool.
 In spite of all this privation, Germany is berating the Italian government for not sending great CT supplies of food, and the eGr- mans are withholding coal ship ments until the Italians come across.
 POLITICAL-GO-ROUND
 Unsuccessful in his efforts to persuade fellow-isolationist Rep. James F. O'Connor to run against Senatorf Jim Murray, militant Roosevelt supporter, Senator Burt Wheeler is quietly lining up his Montana political machine behind Wellington Rankin, Republican senatorial candidate and brother of CongresSwoman Jeanette Ran kin. She cast the lone vote against war with Japan the day after Pearl Harbor. Early in the spring, O'Connor appeared all set to run against Murray, but after quiet survey of Sta:e sentiment, he decided it was safter to stay in the House When friends of Senator Bonnet Clark got wind that J. w. Fulbright, then presi- dent of the University of Arr kansas, intended to blast Clark in a commencement address at the University of Missouri, they pulled wires and had the invita- ton cancelled. Fulbright now is a candidate for Congress against a prominent utility lawyer.
 Copyright, 1942 by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25

In such a case it might not be bad idea to capitalize on the scores of goats that have made their appearance on Con- necticut hillsides of recent years. There are a number of accredited herds, duly registered, not to mention hundreds of other animals of good stock scattered all over the state If the milk industry is to be threatened seriously it might be just the thing to supplement the cows output with that of goats It would take some such situation as this to give the goat the chance it deserves to be recog- nized as dairy animal of no mean quail fications. However, until prices of goat milk can come within the range of cows milk there isn't much chance of doing anything.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25

words for any age, especially for such days as the ones through which we are passing. Are we equal to their perplexities? We are If we go in the strength of the Lord God. Can we meet the sorrows with which such days are filled and keep the faith and still move on to our goal? Can we endure life's custom ary injustices sharpened to an ex- cruciating keeness by the pain and horror of war? Can we walk into the promise 10 tomorrow and lay claim to it's headings and It's re- wards?
 The writer of the seventy first Psalm believed he could: and when we read his words, there is born within us the feeling that we can also. We can if strength enough comes from the outside to sustain us, if the Lord God Himself be- comes our fortress, our light our quickening spirit. Despair and the sense of utter futility come when we have nothing in which to put our trust but our own powers. When we so in the strength of the Lord God, we walk in pathways which lead at least to sunshine and peace. All Rights ReServed-Babson News paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25

The meeting was aLtended by top officials dealing with war labor problems, including Man power Chief Paul McNutt; Secre- tary of Labor Perkins; Wendell Lund, chief of the WIPES labor dicision; John R. Steelman, chief of the U. s. Consolidation Service, and Richard V. Gilbert, OPA economic adviser, who represent cd Leon Henderson.
 All those present were pledged to secrecy, which turned out to be a wise precaution, for several of the conferees tangled furiouSly on the question of wage freezing. OPA economist Gilbert started the fireworks by declaring that both OPA Boss Henderson and himself were "unalterably opposed to any wage boosts in war plants.
 Man Powers McNutt and his chief lieutenant, Fowler Harper, vigorously objected to this view point on the ground that uni- versal wage freezing would be un- fair to workers in industries with sub-standard wage scales, and would encourage pirating of la- bor from one industry to another. After long @rangle, OPAs Gill; bert finally relented and agreed to a maximum hourly increase of per cent in certain industries, such as aircraft, where wage scales are relatively low.
 INITIATION VS. WAGES
 However, this brought a fresh blowup. Paul Porter, chief of the WIPE wage stabilization branch hotly broke in:
 "I won't be a party to any
 phoney collective bargaining
 agreement like that"
 Porter added something to the effect that Henderson and Gill;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-25
Who Cares?

Benjamin Franklin had way of say ing homely things so they stuck in the memory. If the sage of Philadelphia were alive today, we can imagine that he might 1nodernize one of his more famous parables something like this:
 For want of tire workmen were ab- sent: for want of their labor plane was delayed; for want of that plane a snip was sunk, being waylaid and tor pedoed by submarine, and so lives were lost; all for want of tire worn out in nleasure riding.