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Evening star., 1943-08-31
Arlington COP Announces
Party Precinct Chairmen

Lawrence Michael, chairman OF
the Arlington County Republican
Committee, today announced party
precinct chairmen for the county in
the November elections.
Representing Arlington are John
J. Clarkson and Mrs. S. Franklin
Pierce; Ballston, Edgar w. Pun
phrey and Mrs. Marion Hagan;
Carne, Carl F.. Mayer and Mrs. Clara
Beatty; Cherrydale, Charles S. Cob
bins and Miss Minnie Parker: Clar-
endon. No. l, A. B. Eaton; Claren-
don, No. 2, H. S. Omohundro and
Mrs Grace Lewis; East Falls Church
William E. Schimpf and Mrs. Fran
ces P Conlin; Glencarlyn, Bryan
Gordon and Anna F. Hedrick; Lyon
Park, Mrs. Leonie Gilbert; Rosslyn
DR.. Victor Myers and Mrs. Effle M
Averill, and Virginia Highlands
Edgar K. Crone and Mrs. Marjerye
Prytherch.
Mrs. Wilma Macpherson and Mrs
Robert Davis will represent the Re-
publican Women's Council, Mr.
Michael said. =.
Evening star., 1943-08-31
Prince Georges Schools
To Be Opened September 9

Public schools will be opened at
am. September 9 in Prince Georges
County, the Board of Education an
nounced today.
G. G. Shugart, superintendent of
schools, has scheduled a meeting of
all white elementary and high school
teachers in the Bladensburg Gram
mar School at $50 am. September 8,
he said, to discuss wartime problems.
Colored teachers will meet at the
same time at the Douglass High
School, Upper Marlboro.
There are still a few teaching
vacancies, Mr.. Shugart said.
Evening star., 1943-08-31

A Acton military engine, now
resting on steel rails on the Wash
ington Monument Grounds as a
feature of Back the Attack" be-
ginning September 9, was described
today by Col. John A. Appleton of
the Army Transportation Corps
as new and powerful adjunct to
rail transportation evolved during
this war. The Army's show is being
staged at the request of the Treas
ury, to stimulate Third War Loan
sales.
The engine remained on rails all
during its trip from East Side, Pa,
with the exception of a few minutes
yesterday at the Baltimore & Ohio
yards, Florida and New York ave-
nues NE, where the B. & O.'s 75-
ton railroad derrick lifted it onto a
26-ton trailer as if it had been a
baby carriage.
OF standard gauge the engine is
OF a type being prepared for foreign
service. 1t is among the first mill
tary equipment landed when
beachhead near rail line has been
effected. Col. Appleton said it is
most useful for switching opera
tions. Freight cars of the type the
engine draws in foreign service will
be added later this week.
Special Couplings.
In foreign service, engines require
couplings different in design from
those on regular locomotives here,
1t was said, and the coupling links
on this locomotive resemble the
anchor cable of a battleship. 1t is
equipped with a blackout curtain
and a blackout lamp inside the
cab, which is painted a bright green.
Outside, the engine is painted
battleship gray.
Col. Appleton, former general
manager of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, was present at the Monument
Grounds yesterday when the engine
was rolled off the trailer. Two
hours were required to locate it
on the rails.
In lowering the engine to the
idilo Oil Tic SIOuIlQ, ramp WIFI
rails was built to roll the engine
down.
There is nothing streamlined
about the 44-ton engine. 1t has
awkward looking spaces On each
side of the engine for storage OF
water. 1t was explained that in
switch engines for military purposes
no attempt is made to beautify
them; they are strictly utilitarian
and this engine fits that descrip-
ton.
Interests Onlookers.
On its way down New York avenue
from the B. 81 O. yards, the smoke
stack of the engine tore through
low branches OF trees along the
way, trolley passengers gawked at
its passage, and small boys pointed
with envy at the crew of the truck
ing company making the transfer
Trucking company employees crawleo
under and over the engine seeing
that the cables fastening 1t to the
trailer body were not slipping.
Evening star., 1943-08-31
New Residents Urged
To Qualify for Vote

New residents of nearby Maryland
were urged today by the Prince
Georges County League OF Women
Voters to declare their intentions
Of becoming citizens of the State
i'll order to vote in the 1914 elections.
Pointing out that under the State
law persons must declare their in
tent to become citizens a year prior
to any election in order to vote,
league officials said declarations
must be made by November in
order to qualify for next years elec-
tions.
Prince Georges County residents
may make declarations to Brice
Bowie, clerk of the court, at his
office at Upper Marlboro, or at his
home in Riverdale, or they may ap-
ply at the County Service Building
at Hyatssville, it was said.
For benefit of those persons who
are unable to apply at either of the
regular declaration points, it was
said, Mr.. Bowie and his deputies
plan visits to various communities
during October.
Husbands may make applications
for their wives, or wives for their
husbands, it was explained. No dec
larations may be made by telephone.
Evening star., 1943-08-31
Motorcycle Policeman
Injured in Collision

Park Policeman Melvin S. Olson
20, of Lanham Hills. Md, was in q
fair" condition today at Emer-
gency Hospital, after an automobile
forced his motor cycle into the side
OF a truck which was towing am
other vehicle on Memorial high
way near the end of the Fourteenth
street bridge yesterday.
Mr.. Olson is being treated for
fractures of both legs and both
arms. q
Another accident victim yester.
day. Willie Singleton, %, colored,
OF 1884 Firth Sterling avenue S.Es
was reported to be in fair condi-
tion at Casualty Hospital today,
He is suffering from fractured
skull and other injuries received,
police said, when he walked through
line OF moving autos into the
fender of an auto In the 1900 block
Of Nichols avenue S.E.
Evening star., 1943-08-31
lsWRstonmiq
&RemiindersR,

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Blue coupons in Ration Book No.
2: r, S and T good any time
through September 20. U, v. and
w will be good September /
through October 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red coupons in
Ration Book No. 2: T, U. v and
w good now but expire at mid
night tonight CTuesday). x and
Y, also valid now, remain good
through October 2. will be valid
September through October 2.
Brown stamps in Ration Book
No. 8: A stamps will be valid
September u through october 30;
B stamps, September 10 through
October 80.
War Ration Book No. 3-Ciyilians
who have not received these new
books should apply to local ration
boards. Book will be used begin
ming September %.
Eligible servicemen should ap-
ply by today TUESDAY, August 81
by mailing applications to OPA
Mailing Center, Chicago, Ill.
Forms obtainable from command
ing officer.
Sugar-Coupon No. IA in Book No.
l good for 5 pounds through Oc-
tober 81.
observation-disclosures B and C cou-
pons (those in books numbered
SGT. 527A. 528 and 528A) will not
be good after tomorrow (Wednes-
day.. To-day Is the last day for
motorists to exchange these old
type coupons at their ration board
on a coupon for-coupon basis
Must show latest tire inspection
certificate when making exchange
Back covers Of A books should
be kept: will be needed in apply
ing for new A rations.
Shoes-Stamp No. Is In book No. !
good for-one pair through October
81.
fMore detailed information car
1ied every Sunday In The starr
Evening star., 1943-08-31
Driver Shortage
Threatens Fall
Fuel Deliveries
USES Offers Aid
To Oil Firms in
Monpower Supply

A shortage of fuel oil truck drivers
Is expected to precipitate delivery
crisis in Washington with the ap-
proach of cold weather, it was re-
vealed yesterday by Lester S Scott,
director of the oil heating division
of the Merchants and Manufactur-
ers Association.
Mr.. Scott said a survey has shown
very critical shortage of drivers
is anticipated. Twenty eight of SIS
leading dealers reported that they
viii require an additional 200 men
to man their trucks as soon as cold
weather sets in and where they are
coming from, no one knows"
Some Frozen in Other Jobs.
The situation is the result of the
customary practice of fuel oil deaf
ers who lay off their truck drivers
in the spring and rehire new crews
in the fall This summer, many
Of the men, it was said, have drifted
into higher paying work and, in
some instances, have become frozen
in more essential activity. Hence
they are not likely to be available.
Not all dealers anticipate diff
culties, however, and the general
situation already is under oonsid-
Grafton of the local War Manpower
Commission office. which requested
of the men were given work vac
order to determine the industry's
needs.
One dealer said today he had put
his regular drivers to work on his
payroll in other occupations, as soon
as the need for them was eliminated
with the approach of summer. Some
of the men were kiven work vacu-
uum-cleaning oil-burning furnaces
while others were kept on in differ
ent ways, he said
USES Offers Help.
AS soon as cold weather sets in
we'll be hollering for experienced
men but we won't be able to tell
how many will be available unit
then" said F. M. Seaton, control
operator of the John P. Agnew Co,
fuel oil dealers.
The difficulty may not prove to
be as serious as might be feared,
however, for the United States EN-
ployment Service has offered to as
sist us in locating the manpower
we need. Mr.. Seaton said.
Another dealer pointed out that
the average dealer cannot afford to
keep his drivers on the payroll dur
ing the summer and so they must
naturally seek other work. In nor
NAL times, he asserted, his COM
pany is able to draw on the fleets
of summer ice cream -on-a-s stick re-
tail trucks but this year there is
shortage of these men, too.
Evening star., 1943-08-31
Maryland Retailers
10 Fight 0PA Ceiling
On Package Liquors
81 900 Fund Is Raised
To Challenge Ruling
In Federal Courts
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
( BALTIMORE, Aug. 31.-The Mu-
tual Retail Package Liquor Asso-
citation, Inc, prepared today to
challenge in the Federal courts the
constitutionality OF Once OF Price
Administration ceilings on wines
and liquors.
Following a meeting of the group
last night, President Benjamin
IMPORT announced that application
would be made Immediately for an
injunction to prevent the OPA from
enforcing the ceiling prices, which
became effective yesterday.
Approximately $1,000 in cash and
pledges was contributed within 10
minutes and without vote by
nearly 100 members for a fund to
fight the case.
Mr.. IMPORT and Harry G. SeIden,
association counsel, had asserted
that the new price ceilings would
bring bankruptcy and ruin to most
of the members.
Mr.. IMPORT contended that small
reCaller cOulQ not continue in busi-
ness under the new ceilings winch
allow g 1914 per cent markup on
whisk5Issand rum over the whole
sale price: IS per cent on cordials
and so per cent on wines.
In normal times, he said, these
markups would be sufficient "but not
in these times when we have to beg
for a case or half-case of whisky
from the wholesaler, and, besides.
are forced to buy goods that will be
on our shelves many years after the
war is over"
Meanwhile, OPA Enforcement At
torney Cornelius P. Mundy asserted
that the new ceilings would be en-
forced more strictly than were the
old regulations which permitted
dealers to charge whatever they had
charged in March, 1912.
The OPA had predicted a general
reduction of prices under the new
ceilings, but dealers reported yester-
day that some liquor costs more and
some costs less than it did before
the ruling became effective.
Evening star., 1943-08-31
Virginia 0PA Officials
To Review Gas Coupons
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, Aug. 31-Harry
G.. Duval, Richmond district OPA
rationing officer, said yesterday a
vigorous campaign will be conducted
throughout the State in September
and October to review all "B" and
"C' gasoline rations. -
Plans for the campaign will be
made at meeting here Saturday
to be attended by Bernard johnson
regional mileage rationing repre-
sentative on gasoline from the At
lanta office, and by mileage and
legal representatives from Richmond
Norfolk and Roanoke.
"B' and &c" books will be revoked
wherever they are not absolutely
necessary, it was said.
Evening star., 1943-08-31
Annapolis Navy Officer
Is Awarded Silver Stor

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Navy Knox has
awarded Silver Star medals to five
officers and two enlisted men for
conspicuous gallantry and intre-
pedity' aboard submarines on war
patrols in the Pacific. Those dec
Grated included:
1t. William w. Walker, 80, Anna
polls, Md, wife. Mrs. Roberta Alice
Walker, Seattle, Wash.
Evening star., 1943-08-31
Game Warden Resiqns

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 81 (P).-
Jerry Robert Downs, game warden
of Loudoun County, has resigned,
effective tomorrow, T. E. Clarke,
State game director, said yesterday
Mr.. Downs territory will be absorbed
by Wardens w. H. johnson, Arling-
ton, and A. w. Mills, Fairfax.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
EBERT STEEN
PASSES AWAY

Funeral services for Ebert A.
Steen, SO, who died at S a. m.
Saturday, May, of coronary
thrombosis, were held Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at the Burgess Mem
ORAL chapel in Crow Agency.
The Rev. F. Martin of Miles
City officiated and the pail
bearers were: Charles Butler,
Ed Holland, Chas. B. Schneider,
Fred Dienes, Henry Small and
Wesley w. Magnuson.
A choir sang It'll We Gather
at the River" and Jesus Lover
of My Soul"
After another service at the
Dokker funeral home in Boze-
man, Thursday, the body was
taken to Manhattan for inter-
ment.
MI. Steen was born in Michi-
! gan on June 16, 1889. He came
to Big Horn county in 1912.
He was for many years, driver
of a school bus and was ar
original member of the Whit
Star bus line.
Besides his wife, he is sur.
yived by one son: Albert J
daughter, Mrs. David Mills, Of
Los Angeles. Mr.. and Mrs. Mills
were in Crow Agency for the
services.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
HEARD ON NBC
RADIO PROGRAM

Mrs. Frank W. Douglas and
her son, Sterling L. Douglas,
both of Hardin appeared ON
the Ginny Simms radio prog
ram, sponsored by Phillip Nor
ris cigarettes last Tuesday eve
ming.
Sterling, who lost a leg when
he was wounded on Guadalcan-
al, is in a U. S. naval hospital
at Long Beach, Calf. He is in
the Marine corps.
The sponsors paid Mrs. Doug
las expenses for the trip to
California to take part in the
special Mothers Day program.
Her appearance was planned
to be a surprise to her son.
Sterling enlisted in the Mar
ines about two years ago. Be-
fore that, he worked on his
fathers sheep ranch across the
river from Hardin.
A sister. Mrs. Arlis Marsh,
lives at Long Beach, Calf.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
FARM INDEX UP
POINTS

The general level of loca,
market prices received by farm
ers Apr. Is advanced three in
deX points compared with 6
month earlier, being 159 pc,
cent of the Aug, 1909 to July
1914, base, compared to 156 per
cent on Mar. Is, the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture re-
ported this week through the
Bureau of Agricultural Econom-
les.
During the one-month period
from Mar. IS to Apr. Is, the
grain index dropped four points
due to a two-cent decline in
average wheat prices. Other
grains held even or advanced.
This drop was more than Off
set by advances in all other
groups.
The largest factor in the gen.
eral index advance was the
rise in meat animal prices, with
both beef cattle and veal calves
showing an increase of 80 cents
per hundred and other meat
animals showing lesser in
creases.
Flaxseed continued it's rapid
advance, showing an increase
of 16 cents a bushel over the
preceding month:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
WAR DEPARTMENT, STATE COUNCIL
TO INSPECT HARDIN DEFENSE SET-UP
Major Barker. Eugene
Sewage To Review
Local Defense Corps

Major James Barker of the
Eighth Corps area and Eugene
Salvage of the Montana War
council will hold an inspection
of the Hardin Citizens Defense
corps here May 10.
The drill will take place be-
tween 7 and 8 p. m. and at $50
Major and Mr.. Savage will
speak at a public meeting IN
the community room of tho
court house. Everyone is urged
to attend, as both men are said
to be interesting speakers.
Twelve incident drills under
the direction Of Major Barker
are scheduled.
The public is asked to stay
off the streets between the
hours of 7 and 8 p. m. as all
available equipment is to be
used and speed in handling it is
essential.
All members of the Citizens
Defense corps are asked to be
at their posts at 7 p. m.
The cooperation of the pub
1lC - dSheu ny LIle command
erS, E. l.. Jacobson and v. I.
Morris.
There will be no blackout, and
the siren will not be used, it
was stated.
A meeting for members of
the staff only will be held at
the control center in the city
hall following the public meet
ing.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
MRS. WAGNER DIES
AT HOSPITAL HERE

Funeral services were held
here Wednesday for Mrs. Gott-
fried Wagner, who died at the
Hardin hospital May l of a
hemorrhage. She was "A.
The Rev. A. Brenning of the
German and the Rev. Gordon
Winsor of the English Congre-
gational church were in charge
of the services. Mrs. j. J. Ping
accompanied by Mrs. w. J
Brekke, sang There is a Place
of Quiet Rest" and What q
Friend We Have in Jesus"
Marie Katherine Dollberg was
born on July 3, 1898. at Bel
deck, Russia. In 1912. when
she was IA, she came with hel
parents. brothers and sisters tC
the United States.
On Aug. 8, 1915, she was mar
mied to Gottfried Wagner. They
lived in Morgan county, Colo.
until the autumn of 1888, when
they came to Hardin.
She is survived by her hus-
band, her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Dollberg Of Denver, Colo,
four brothers, four sisters, sew
en- sons and eleven daughters,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
ALLOW MATERIAL
FOR REA WIRING
May Connect 76 Forms
Along Local Power
Lines For Service

An estimated 76 farms along
power lines operated by the Big
Horn Electric Cooperative, Inc,
will probably be connected for
service as a result of the WPB
order making farmstead wiring
materials available, according to
B. H. StutSman, system Superin-
tendent.
Farmers who want electric
service as a means of increasing
food production should now be
able to obtain wiring materials
without difficulty, Mr.. Stutsman
said, providing they can meet
the animal unit requirements OF
a previous WPA order permit
ting farm service connections.
Although 25 farm members OF
the system have already applied
for connections and some SER
vices have been installed in re-
cent weeks, Mr.. Stutsman re-
ported that many farmers hes
itated to take advantage of the
previous order becuse they were
not sure they could obtain mat
erialS to wire their farm build
ings.
ITO establish the right to OBJ
tain wiring materials, a farmer
needs only show that he is going
to make effective use of cleo
tricity to help overcome the &C
ute shortages of vital foods" he
said. A farmer must have a
present or assured production
capacity of at least five animal
units, for exmple, five milk
cows, or a combination of diff
ferent types of livestock ana
poultry to make the required
total. Up to 100 feet of line per
animal unit is allowed, but no
extension may exceed 5000 feet
in length without special WPA
permission. Our organization
stands ready to help any farmer
prepare his application for a SER
vice connection or for wiring
materials.
The first step in obtaining
electric service, Mr. Stutsman
| pointed out, is to speed the ap-
| PAOSoA VI VIC SOu1ACJ OOOA wal
board for a service connection.
Such approval is necessary
before a priority on farmstead
wiring materials may be had.
In announcing the new reg
ulations on wiring, WPB empha-
sized that materials were not
to be made available "exclusive-
ly to furnish electricity for
household lighting" This view
point is supported by the animal
unit requirement., which in
wolves definite assurance on the
part of the farmer applying for
a service connection that he
possesses, or can obtain with
out priority, at least one of the
following electric devices or fac.
ilities: water pump for livestock,
milking machine, milk cooler, in
cubator, brooder, feed grinder,
or dairy sanitation equipment.
In special exceptional cases, the
county USDA war board may
find the farmer is justified in
being given the required rating
to purchase the needed equip
ment.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
l,2l7 Registered
Taxpayers Here

There are 1,217 registered tax
payers in Big Horn county to
vote at the polls in the June
8 highway debenture bond cleo
ton, it was revealed this week.
County Clerk Harry Cox has
been posting the names of the
registered voters in the various
precincts throughout the coun-
ty recently, as is required by
law.
On June 8 the taxpayers of
the state of Montana will de-
eide the issue of raising two
millicn dollars for the repair
and maintenance of roads fol-
lowing the war. The money
raised in the state will be
matched by federal funds.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
Gustufson Talks
At Kiwdnis Club

! Members of the KiWaniS club
and their guests heard an in
formative address by County
Agent G. w. GustafSon on Big
Horn county at the clubs We'd
nesday luncheon.
Mr. GuStafSon stated that
/ with a cattle population of co.
900 and 1865 900 sheep this coun-
ty was first in the state and
10th among the 5000 counties
of the nation in livestock pro-
ducticn. It's $4,000 acres of
farming land, $4,000 of which
are irrigated. enabled it to place
third in Montana in income
from agricultural production.
In emphasizing why he called
it the million dollar county the
speaker stated the fact that in
one season we have raised
ST, 900, OOO-crops of alfalfa seed
and sugar beets. He also said
a recent loan made by the
RACE in the amount of $1,0OO,-
900 for the production of live
stock and food was the largest
made in the nation. He also
called to the attention of the
club members that we have a
single ranching operation in the
county controlling $50, 900 acres
and at one time had the worlds
largest wheat farm when the
Campbell Farming corporation
encompassed $4,000 acres.
The speaker outlined the
great food production quota set
up for Big Horn county as its
contribution to the war effort.
He also commented upon the
tenancy problem as it exists in
the county and it's detrimental
effects with regard to land i'm
provement and maintenance.
In concluding he advised club
members as to the ACCESSIBILITY
of discovering and eradicating
the white top" weed; also the
fact that there exists a prob
able grasshopper problem unless
weather conditions prove excep-
tionallv beneficial to their de-
struction.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
WAR LOAN QUOTA
IS OVERSCRIBED

Dan w. Maddox, chairman
of the Big Horn county second
war loan drive, reported this
week that he had received
word from Helena that the
Federal Reserve bank had Gre
dited this county with a total
of $205, 479.25 bond purchases.
He also said every county in
the state of Montana had eX-
ceeded their quota.
Chairman Maddox expressed
his sincere thanks to all those
who aided in the drive by So
Letting bond buyers, and to
those who purchased bonds
that would supply our soldiers
with weapons to defeat the
Axis.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
Henry Morgenthdu
Lduds Newspaper

Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Sec
rotary of the treasury, this
week praised the newspapers
of America for their part in
aiding the second war loan
drive.
He wired the following mes
sage to Frank Trip, chairman
of the Allied Newspaper Coun-
Gil that was holding a meeting
in New York City:
May I ask you to express to
newspaper publishers our thanks
and appreciation for the truly
remarkable contribution they
are making to the second war
loan. We feel quite certain that
never before has any cause re-
ceived such complete and eff
fective support from the news
papers of the country, and we
are grateful for it,"