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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
Farm Prices Still
On Upgrade

The mid-month index of prices re-
ceived by Montana farmers advanced
one point over the June Is, 1913 per-
centage of it's August 1909-July 1914
base, according to the monthly re-
port of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. The national average of
prices paid by farmers also increased
change from the previous ratio of
prices received to prices paid by Mon
tana farmers mo Montana index of
prices paid by farmers is available.)
Primarily responsible for the one
point rise are increases in the feed
grains, butterfat, eggs, chickens, wool,
and potatoes. The meat animals
group dropped three index points due
TO declines in beef cattle, lambs, and
hogs. No change occurred in average
wheat prices during the one-month pc
Rod
Downturns in prices received by
farmers for meat animals, potatoes,
and apples lowered the index of farm
product prices points during the
month ended July Is, the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture reported to-
day This is the first time in .
months that the geoeral level has de
clined. At 1873 per cent OF the August
1909-July 1914 average, the mid-July
index was still IA per cent above
parity, "a points up from year ago,
and the highest July index since 1920.
Prices paid by farmers, including
and taxes, continued the
steady advance which began last
August, raising the parity index to
165 per cent of the 1904 average
and to the highest point in nearly IA
years. Increases in rural living and
farm production costs, however, have
not kept pace with upturns in farm
product prices. Since the outbreak
of the present war in the late sum-
mer of 1889, prices received by farm
ers have almost doubled while prices
paid have advanced only about a
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
WORK TO START
ON IRRIGATION
IN MONTANA

WASHINGTON.-The office of Sen.
James e. Murray announced that the
War Food Administration and the
War Production Board have approved
the immediate resumption of con-
struction work on four irrigation prof.
ects in Montana. The projects are
the Blackfeet, Crow Fort Peck and
Tongue River developments. Before
leaving Washington for Montana, SEN
ator Murray conferred with War Food
Administration officials and submit
ted list of Montana projects suitable
for immediate resumption of construc-
ton work as food producing units. 1t
is believed that other projects in addi-
ton to the four may be approved
within the near future.
All construction work on reclama-
ton projects was stopped last year
on order of the War Production board.
Recently the increasing need for
greater food supplies prompted the
War Food Administration to urge the
extension of irrigation as one means
of augmenting the nations food sup
ply. Inc war fOOu administration
has approved many projects through
out the western part of the United
States, and the War Production Board
has approved 10 projects of which 10
are Indian office developments; the
four in Montana are in position to
be completed with the least delay and
the smallest amount of critical mate
rials.
Action by the War Production
Board in approving the continuance
of reclamation work will add $4,000
acres of irrigated lands that will be
used to produce beans, alfalfa, pota- J
toes and other war crops.
Among other projects that have
been approved by the War Food Adj
ministration or the Reclamation Serv-
ice are Rock Creek, Ruby River, Up |
per Musselshell Bitterroot Valley, |
Deadman's Basin, Billings drainage, |
Missoula Valley-Big Flat unit, South |
Bench, Milk River-Dodson Pumping, |
Milk River-Fort Belknap, Sun River
Fort Shaw, Bonanza, Sun River-Green-
fields and Sun River Slope, N-Bar-N,
Savage, Intake and Tongue River
Senator Murray has urged favora-
BILE consideration for all of these prof
ects. Final decision as to resumption
of work on them still rests with the
War Production Board.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
Labor Troubles
Continued from Page one)

IRWIN of Missoula and Perry S. Mel
tor of Kalispell, representing the Cen
trail Labor Councils OF their respective
communities and the Montana State
Federation of Labor. Harry Shryock,
president; Larry Schach, secretary;
and Arndt Zeller made up the commit
tee from Local 1888 at Hamilton.
Representatives of the War Manpow-
er Commission, including o. c. Lam
port, state director, were also present.
Robert c. Weller, business agent of
Loggers Local 2646 in Flathead Val
| ley also attended.
While the hearing made no effort
to procede on an agreed stipulation
of points at issue between the en-
ployer and employees, which is the
the nature of an investigation, bring
out many factors to the benefit of
all interested parties. Referee Brew
ster did not hesitate to remind Mr..
Lagerquist of the error of his ways
and commended the Hamilton union
members for their patriotic spirit in
being willing to continue to work at
the very low wage of Coo per hour
pending settlement of the case. De-
spite Lagerquist's contentious to the
contrary, the free use of the term
lockout" left no doubts that the shut
down of the Riverview plant on June
81 was just that. Draft reclassifica-
ton of the men also came in for some
pointed criticism and it is reported
that the Denver office of the War
Manpower Commission has issued
orders to return the men to the status
they had before the lockout. A
further investigation of the draft an
gle in the case is expected, as the
rumor of a "whitewash" is making
the rounds of union and certain po-
litical circles.
A further hearing on the objections
Of Mr.. Lagerquist to coming under
the terms of Case 384 will be held in
the near future by the West Coast
Lumber Commission and in the mean
time the plant will operate under the
same conditions of employment as ex-
listed prior to the lockout. That, in
brief, is the unions proposition as
presented in behalf of the Hamilton
union by Kenneth Davis. Lagerquist
agreed to the proposition and referee
Brewster directed that it be so en-
tered in the record of the hearing.
The local union, meeting at Hamilton
the same evening, ratified the prop
osition and Immediately made plans
to get the full crew back on the Job |
as soon as possible as a number of
men were scattered about the Bitter |
Root Valley on other jobs.
Latest reports are to the effect that
full scale operations are now under
way with good patriotic spirit of
cooperation prevailing between en-
ployer and employees.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
BANKERS IDEA OF SOCIALISM

but it certainly isn't much good for
the dried out farmers or the unem-
ployed workers.
can also remember that when the
Regional Agricultural Credit Corp.
was set up under the Hoover admin
istration as a result of which bankers
could unload their bad loans on the
federal government (t did the Dor
rowers no good they did not say that
the men managing this governmental
loaning agency had ga philosophy of
socialized credit" Helping the bank
ers out Of a mess through taking over
bad loans is not socialism, but if the
government loans the money to OPP
pressed individuals not bankers that's
socialism in the opinion of Mr.. Helm
ecke.
Mr.. Heinecke further states that the
Montana Bankers Association had
furnished every representative and
senator in Washington, D. c., with a
copy of a well-written editorial, call
ing their attention to the dangers of
further socialized credit" And now
/ want to add that when the Montana
Bankers Association did that they
were fighting the very things that the
Farmers Union was fighting for in
Washington, that is more liberal cred
it at lower interest rates to the toll
ing, oppressed masses.
Nothing could make palmer the
kind of opposition the Farmers Union
legislative committee had at Wash
ington What they got, I feel, is far
more than we had any right to expect
in the face of such competition. If
more farmers would understand who
are their friends, and support them, !
it would be possible to almost reach |
the millennium.
Respectfully yours,
FARMERS UNION LIVE STOCK
COMMISSION |
CHAS D. EGLEY, Manager.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
ICKES MAKES
APP0IN TMENTS

Secretary Harold L. Ickes today an
nounced three important appoint
ments in the Department of the In
terror, among them the appointment
by the president of Harry w. Ba-
shore as commissioner of reclamation,
succeeding John C. Page, who recent
ly resigned because of ill health.
Mr. Bashore, for 81 years employed
by the department in the Bureau of
reclamation, had served as assistant
commissioner of reclamation since
May 81, 1889.
At the same time the appointment
of Commissioner Bashore was re-
vea1ed, Secretary Ickes announced
two. additional promotions. William
e. Warne, director of information of
the department, to assistant commits
sioner of reclamation, filling the place
formerly held by Mr.. Bashore, and
Robert w. Horton, special assistant
to the secretary, to the post of direc-
tor of information, filling the place
formerly held by Mr.. Warne.
"Mr. Bashore, through long and able
service, earned the right to be COM
missioner of reclamation" Secretary
Ickes said. HE is an engineer who
had devoted 81 years to his govern
ment, and as assistant commissioner
he demonstrated his ability to take
the leadership in one of our most i'm
portant activities, federal reclama-
ton, by which we irrigate our western
deserts and utilize the power from our
western rivers. He is familiar with
all phases of the work of the Bureau
of Reclamation"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
STORAGE FOR POTATOES

Arrangements have been completed
to provide additional storage facilities
for handling the late crop of Irish
potatoes, the War Food Administra-
ton has announced. WPB has APP
proved the ALLEGATION of materials for
the construction of storage facilities
sufficient to take care of Is million
bushels of potatoes. Farmers should
apply to their County War Boards
for approval to begin construction.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
'Oil Monopoly
Continued from Page one)

VCOnfIhucu frOM FHKt OHtI
ers and from Independent dealers
But the government agencies which
regulate the oil industry are manned
almost entirely by the former en-
ployees of the oil companies and the
news which leaks out from there is
new which is not disturbing to the
oil trust The Aiken committee could
become serious threat to the oil
trust, however, as the antitrust divi-
sion has proved it's efficiency in get
ting facts and in protecting the pub
lie interest.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
FEWER NEW TIRES

Smaller quotas of new passenger
car tires for August and larger quotas
announced by OPA, based on ration
ing allotments assigned for the month
by the Office of Rubber Director The
August quota of Grade | tires is the
lowest since last April. OPA officials
warned that drivers who are eligible
for new tires may have to accept
used or recapped types as long as
the quota of new tires is low.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
RESTORATION LOANS

Flood restoration loans to enable
farmers to get their flood-damaged
farms back into production have been
authorized in 314 counties in Arkan-
sas, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and
Texas, Secretary of Agriculture Claude
r. Wickard announced recently. Two
types of loans will be available to
eligible farmers; real estate restora-
ton loans which may be made for
period of up to 20 years and will bear
interest at S1a per cent; and produc-
ton restoration loans which may run
as long as 10 years and will bear in
terest at per cent. These loans will
be made only to farmers who do not
have other credit available and Sc
curity must be provided. Farmers
needing flood restoration loans should
apply to their nearest Farm Security
Administration county office.
Moulding does not spoil cheese. The
mould may be cut off and the rest
used ouickIv hefore IL driee ont
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
Hold the Line
Continued from Page one)

sued a constant succession of hold
the-line orders but hold no lines that
workers are resentful. Long ago the
labor movement urged that system
of overall rationing, of all necessities
be instituted. But OPA persists in
refusing to ration until shortages de-
velop.
The answer-and we're not likely
to get it from the boys in Washington
lis to take OPA back from the bust
nessmen and make it function like the
commandments agency it is sup
posed to be.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06

POsTER-To acknowledge the
oyersubscribng the 1913 Red
War Fund this poster will be displayed war plants spyard public
chapter prOduc
other public The is % 2S inches
prne n ed
a $239093S9 subscribed
subscribed
$145,59030S
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06

According to estimates, 5000 tons
of tin will be saved in 1943 and 5000
tons in 1914 by reducing the tin con-
tent and adding silver to the lead
solder of new cans being manufac-
tured.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06

third AS result farm product prices
averaged about ia per cent of parity
in mid-July, compared with only 70
per cent in August 1885,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06
New Poster Acknowledges
Response To Fund Appeal
A WORD OF THANKS

DY oversubscribing the 1913 War Fund
- you have proved again that your
American Red Cross is truly a peoples
partnership. Your generous support
enables you to share lin supplying blood
plasma to wounded fighting men in
bringing new hope to forlorn prisoners
of war in shouldering many personal
worries of our soldiers and sailors and
in providing help and comfort for their
families. in serving suffering humanity
throughout the world To you who have
made this partnership possible
AMERICAN RED CROSS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-06

Patronize the Cooperative in your
is there to serve you!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Burns Fatal
10 R. Debaene
Three Children
Survive Workman

Rene DeBaene. IS, of 1T
Washington avenue, died Mon
day az ST. Joseph's hospital of
burns he received Dec. II while
at work as an employe of the
M. j. Boyle Construction COM
pany at Selfridge Field.
A company spokesman said
today that live steam used to
thaw frozen sand burned De-
Baene from the waist down.
Surviving are three children,
Edward, 5, Lawrence ?, Mar
garet, 4, and a sister, Mrs. Peter
Muylaert, of Warren. His wife
died last fall.
Prayers will be said tonight
and tomorrow at eight o'clock
at the LaCroix G. Groesbeck Fu-
neral Home. Services will be
held at 8 am. Thursday from the
funeral home and at $50 from
ST Peters Catholic church with
burial in st. Peters Catholic
Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Drains
Continued from Page One

county have been consistently
under water during the current
winter and that the proposed
drains will benefit the county as
whole.
New drains, largely bitches, as
proposed are: Brandt McGill,
Bousson, Champine, Demick, De
Buck, Harrow, Hammond, JOY,
kellyElm, Karpiej. Lutte, Nc
Kishnie, Rohrbeck Macomb,
Rehs, Siminic, Streefkerk, With
row, Smith Ballard. Wasmund,
Werdeman e Branch, Weeks.
Proper maintenance was pro-
posed for these drains: Armada
Ray. Brandenburg, c % tr
Creek. Cramer, Canal, Crooked
Brook, Torton, Harrington
Creek. Kern, McInerney. Muir
dock g. Ballard, Mallow, Peltier
Ploetz, Paugel, Priest. Sweeney
Teske, West.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Release Trio
in Gas Probe
Spurious Stamps
Bought on Street

Three Detroit war workers
were free today after being
questioned for l3 hours Monday
in connection with the alleged
at.mept one of them made to
pass gas ration stamp pur-
chased the day before Thanks
giving in Chelsea, Mass.
Elmore Lester, of the gasoline
panel of the Macomb War Price
and Ration Board, said that My
ron Sasu, %, of 2343 Central
avenue, Detroit, confessed he
bought the stamp and seven
others for $50 in the Massa-
chusetts City only 10 days after
he won an honorable discharge
from the U. S. Navy because of
a stomach ailment.
Sasu and two companions,
Robert Brabander, 10, and Wal
ter Vantien, 10, also of 2343
Central, were arrested by sher-
ifs deputies shortly after 6 a.
m. Monday when they rendered
the coupon to Lester A. Chevrie,
who service station is located on
Gratiot avenue, five miles north
of Mount Clemens.
Sasu told Lester he acquired a
legitimate "A" book in Chelsea
and bought the eight extra cou-
mons from q sidewalk vendor
He used twd of them along with
his regular ration in the drive
home
He said he used two of Bra
bander's coupons a month ago,
then substituted two of the East
ern tickets in Brabanders book
without his knowledge.
Sasu and Brabander face pos
sible future questioning by OPA
officials, Lester said, after he
and Deputy Sheriff Richard De-
Ketelaere quizzed the three men
until midnight.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Lansing Votes
10 Turn Time Back
IL to 3 Vote Decides
Issue in Copitol

LANSING. Feb. 8 - lPl -
The Lansing city council, vot-
ing II to 3 last night to turn
municipal clocks back one hour
rem owed possibilities that the
capitol city and state offices
might attempt to operate on sep
arate time schedules.
The council adopted central
war (slow) time on the basis of
newspaper straw poll which
showed 2,480 votes for slower
time and 935 for rentention Of
Eastern War Time, the present
time earlier i'm the day, the Ing
ham county board of supervisors
voted % TO for "pre-war'
time.
The council ignored petitions
from virtually all the city's mu-
nitions plants which asked no
decision be made until Detroit
had decided Otherwise, they
said industrial production sched-
ules between Lansing and De-
troit plants might be upset.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Russia
Continued from pay. One

Continued from Page One
virtually destroyed by Smelling
and fires.
On the Rostov fight, German
troops were stubbornly counter
attacking in an attempt to stave
off disaster, but the Russians
declared they had captured at
least a dozen more towns and
railway stations below the city.
Latest Soviet dispatches said
Red army troops pushing up
through Bataisk, 10 miles south
of Rostov, had moved their
heavy artillery into range along
the south bank of tfc Don riv-
er to lombard that German
held keystone.
Other Soviet columns. last re-
ported so miles east of Rostov,
were reported cleaning up Ger
man nests. A Russian commun-
ique said the fleeing Nazis were
not only abandoning their
wounded but killing them.
Soviet advices declared ap-
proximately 100000 German
troops and their satellites were
entrenched at Rostov - appar-
emily determined to risk anoth-
or Stalinorad With another
100000 axis soldiers cut off in
the western Caucasu- below the
city.
simultaneously, the German
controlled Vichy radio indicat-
ed that the lid was a.out to
blow off the North African bat
to cauldron, declaring that large
scale movements by British mot;
orized forces were in progress
along the Libyan-Tunisian from
tier.
Something big is brewing"
the broadcast said.
For reasons of military Sec
recy, British headquarters with
held mention of any offensive
but noted significantly that Gen
Sir Bernard l.. Montgomery
/ 9th army had now brought ur
its artillery and was now engag'
! ed in hammering at Nazi fielo
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Commons Halls
Prime Minister
Churchill Promises
Settlement on War

LONDON, Feb. 9 - (U,p) -
Prime Minister Winston Church
Ill, entering the House of Com
mons for the first time since his
conference with Pres d n
Roosevelt, was cheered enthus-
iastically today and in acknowl-
edgment promised a statement
shortly on the war situation.
Asked by Emanuel Shinwell II
he could make a statement on
arms shipments TO Russia,
Churchill replied:
II am glad 10 take this OPP
portunity of declaring that we
have done, are doing now and
will continue to do our utmost.
Under further questioning
Churchill promised that in his
Forthcoming speech, destined to
be one of his most important,
he would discuss the shipping
situation and the situation re-
garding creation Of a United
Nation War Council.
Regarding food he said;
Il am not unduly anxious. l
think we are going to be able
to get through pretty well on
the lines on which we are now
running"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Jap Losses
Continued from Page One

bases guarding the supply line
TO Australia they must risk dan
gerous fleet losses.
FUTURE UNCERTAIN
Extensively, it still remains to
be seen 10 what use American
forces will make of the south
eastern Solomons base OF h r
than for bombing such enemy
installations as those in the BUN
area of Bougainville Island in
the northwestern Solomons and
the big base at Rabaul on New
Britain Island.
The base from which the Jap
anese may continue to pound
Guadalcanal by air most readily
is located in the Munda area OF
New Georgia Island in the CEN
trail Solomons about 100 miles
northwest of Guadalcanal air
field and it may be that the first
major attempt of the American
forces once they have completed
hopping up operations on Quad
alcanal will be to reduce Munda
completely. This would almost
certainly involve the use of sea
and land as well as air forces.
An aerial campaign against
Munda which has continued with
almost daily attacks for two
months has so far failed to stop
enemy operations from that
base.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Cans
Continued from Page One

continued lTOm dSC OhC
were tied for second, with the
former collecting 1890 pounds
for a 6.5 average per student
and Donaldson turning in 1920
pounds for the same average.
On the basis of averages, Dick
inson was fourth with ga, or $50
pounds; Trinity Lutheran, fifth,
with ST., or 600 pounds; Ma
comb, sixth, with 40, or $40
pounds; Clemens, seventh, with
81, or $40 pounds, and ST.
Mary's eighth, with 81, or 2,42O
pounds.
One load of tin scrap not con-
nected with the school program
came from the Cadillac Can
company of Mount Clemens.
Another carload of q tons
of tin, representing county
wide collection, was shipped
from the yards of Harry Levine
& Sons yesterday to a Pittsburgh
defining plant.
All cans were at the schools
two weeks ago for collection,
but snow and ice prevented
picking them up because city
owned trucks were busy on the
streets, Mrs. Mckee explained.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09

marshal Erwin RommePs defens-
es "in the northern sector
In a delayed dispatch from
the Tunisian frontier, Associat-
ed Press war correspondent Ed
ward Kennedy reported that the
last axis soldier had retreated
into Tunisia two days ago, short
l. before a British armore; col
umn rolled along the coastal
road into an old French from
tier post in Tunisia.
Yesterday our patrol activi-
ty continued" the British an
nounced tersely.
Meanwhile, allied bombers OF
the middle east command deliv-
cred a heavy assault on the i'm
portant Sicilian city of Messina,
port of entry for supplies ship
ped to the key Mediterranean is
land from Italy.
Sicily is d potential stepping
stone for an allied invasion OF
southern Italy.
In the western air war, Stock
holm dispatches reported that
the Danish capital of Copenhag-
en- had been bombed three times
during the night and explosions
we're heard on the nearby Swed-
ish shore of the Skagerrak.
Coincidentally, in the wake of
the RATS destructive assault on
the Nazi U-boat nest at Lorient,
France, German authorities said
the damage had been so severe
that Lorient and eight surround
ing districts would be evacuated
ty tomorrow.