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Browning chief., 1943-11-12
Picturesque Old
Barn Burns Down;
Two Horses Lost

The old log barn. quartering
two registered saddle horses. was
destroyed by a fire of my ysterious
origin at the Royal E. House
ranch on Milk River Monday .at
10 a. m. Getting in touch with
t h e Blackfeet Agency office,
House was able to get the gov
ernment fire truck to the scene
to prevent flames from Destroy
n other property near b y,
which included d dwelling. gar.
age. hog pens and several stacks
of hay.
Some time earlier in the morn
ing House was in the barn to
curry and feed the horses. He
expressed the belief h It in
reaching h is pocket for
knife h e might possibly have
dropped match. which h
stepped on and that unbeknown
TO him t started slow fire.
Elsewhere on the ranch later. he
heard an explosion-like noise to
discover the buildings interior
in flames.
One Of the horses had ventuTed
to the door when House got to
the scene, out collapsed from
suffocatlon before it could ge
out.
The building burned to tn e
ground, h e loss besides h e
horses including saddles, harness
and various arm equipment
House was unable to remove.
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Browning chief., 1943-11-12
Cpl. Ed Shurr Home
On Furlough From Fl. Lewis

Cpl. Ed Shurr, who is tempo.
rarily stationed at Fort Lewis.
WASH. arrived this week on fur.
lough. He is with a tank de.
stroyer outfit. which during the
last few months has been shifted
to various sections of the west
to become groomed for all condi,
tions of warfare typical of tank
resistance.
Cpl. Shurr's duty involves the
keeping of h e equipment ir
fighting trim. He is anxious tc
get in overseas action, he said.
Browning chief., 1943-11-12
Browning War Mothers Giving
Armistice Dance, Pig, Turkey

Issuing the publication on the
evening of Armistice Day, The
Chief takes this opportunity to
boost the War Mothers dance at
t h e high school this Thursday
evening.
Besides he dance program
there will be a drawing for a pig
, and a turkey raffle-something
that a lucky winner may have
special esteem for in these days
10 f meat rationing. Come and
give the War Mothers your sup.
port.
Browning chief., 1943-11-12
Gabardine Trousers
Pose Postwar Problem:
Sheppard Sons Involved

One of the big postwar prob
lens to be solved by the Robert
Sheppard family of Browning
will be In the determination of
legal ownership of pair of gab-
ardine trousers that the three
sons relinquished when they
went to war.
Bob wore them to Camp Ord
in March last year as did his
brother. Kenneth, the following
December, when he went to Ft.
Douglas. Last month a third
son, Harry, wore them to Camp
Perry.
When each of them put on Un-
Gle Sans uniform the trousers
were bundled up and sent home
Twice Mrs. Sheppard paid 55
cents express charges for their
return. For a third time she
paid express charges the other
day. the expense being S1.O5.
Conceiving long, long war,
in which the Sheppard daughter,
Nina Jean. who is now 10, wi |
join the WAVES or WACS, it
will be her turn at the gabar-
In the niceties of legalistic
processes, who will be the prop.
er claimant to them when the
war is over?
When soldiers 20 off to war
there's so much else to think
about that their discarded civil
ian clothes are as the fallen aut-
umn leaf. Peacetime, however,
starts the sap-and the impulse
and ambition to match the ap.
peal of the fashion plate.
Let US all be hopeful that Bob
and Kenneth and Harry get back
hale and hearty-and with two
powerful legs a piece. And let
US hope that a pair of gabardine
trousers will not disrupt the
cherished calm of peacetime.
Peace hath her victories, no
less renowned than war.
Browning chief., 1943-11-12

Mrs. Hazel Guardipee UNDER
went serious major operation at
the Kalispell Hospital last Thurs
day and is making favorable re.
covery.
Browning chief., 1943-11-12
Montana War FundCommunity Chest Drive
In Quest of 81 900 To Bless Many BeneGciaries
Community Workers
Begin Contacts With
Reservation People

Their goal at $4,000, workers
in various communities in quest
Of funds for the Montana War
Fund and Browning Community
Chest are busily engaged this
week.
The Montana War Fund drive
is for $1,000.
lnasmuch as both drives had
been set for approximately tie
same time. an arrangement was
made to conduct them jointly.
John C. Ewers, publicist for
the project. in order to have sub
scribers fully appreciate how the
funds will b e made to spread
blessings in behalf of the various
benefciaries calculates subscrip-
tlons on the SO cents basis.
In this way subscribers may be
made to realize that they are
supporting many worthy causes
in tn ir subscriptions.
Mr.. Ewer's calculation is as
follows:
Every one of your dollars sub
scrih d t o the National W ar
f d-B rown ing Community
Chest Campaign will be distribu-
ted a. follows:
Browning chief., 1943-11-12

Advertise In the CHIEF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
EDSEL FORD

the Truman committee. but these
facts cannot be divulged al this
time.
The senator's national reputa-
ton as a fact finder got him on
both the judiciary committee and
the Truman committee. Senator
Truman asked for him and he was
recommended by Senators Bark
ley. McNary and Vandenberg The
appointment was made by Vice
President Wallace.
$50 I feel accllmated already
and I believe I am doing the
kind OF work I am equipped
for" Ferguson commented.
His decision TO send two OF his
hunting dogs 10 war is an impor-
tant development in the senator's
life because he is great lover of
dogs and is especially attached TO
his Brittanys.
"They will he taught TO point
Germans and Japs," he eX-
planned. NO kidding. The
army uses them I'm cover, and
when the dogs smell an enemy
position they come TO point.
THE Japs used pointers on
the Malay peninsula. That's
why they got 10 Singapore so
quickly"
Douglas Mode, Ferguson's sec
rotary, is in town with him for
the induction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Roosevelt Sticks
To '43 Figure Of
100000 Army

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UP).
President Roosevelt said today
that the goal of 100000 enlisted
men in the army by the end Of
1913 would not he changed and
he indicated a new goal might be
set for 1914
He said the army figure for
1913 was decided on last August
and had never been changed,
He said that the goal for 1914
would probably be decided this
fall but that he could not even
guess now what it would be.
This years army goal also calls
for 100000 officers, making a
total of 5000, 600
The other services would bring
the total of all our armed forces
TO nearly 100000 by the end
Of 1913.
Many members OF Congress are
Questioning the ability Of the
country TO support an armed force
of that size and still produce sur
Ificicnt food and materia. for our
selves and our Allies,
RebelliouS congressman havr
Thrown their full support bohinC
/ Legislation 10 overhaul the Selec'
tive Service Act They seek Il
defer farm labor and put fathers
on the bottom Of the draft list
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20

eastern boat builder was on the
stand.
II was brought out that he
had a 81, DOC, 900 contract TO build
barges. About $2,00O.000 has been
spent. testimony showed and the
senator wanted 10 know why nc
barges have been delivered to the
government.
Many Detroiters, now visiting
in jackson. know how Ferguson
can shoot questions that cause
stomachs to shrivel and hands tc
shake.
Before Ferguson got through.
the committee learned from the
boat builder that most Of his rela-
tives are on his pay roll and that
he has been renting his own ma
chinery and trucks 10 himself,
the rent 10 the govern
ment.
THAT WAS comparatively
minor incident" the senator eN-
planned. THE public doesn't
hear Of these things, because
many more important events
occur daily In Washington.
But we got TO the bottom Of
the trouble with that contract,
and remedy has been ef-
fected."
Ferguson said many sensational
have been made by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Ferguson Finds
Life in Senate
Like Grand Jury
By FRANK NORRIS

Being United States senator IS
like conducting a great, bic grand
Jury, said Senator Homer FerGu-
son today upon his return 10 De-
troit for the first time since ne
took his seat in Washington. -
Only nowadays instead Of turn
ing the unrelentine Ferguson eye
on cheap grafterS and picayune
gamblers. The former nudge Is
dealing with guys who Try 10 get
away with millions.
So the senator feels right Al
home al the national capital, and
he Is very happy.
Its the same kind of work
getting the facts on chiselers."
Ferguson explained. But the
scene now h much broader. and
the stakes are many times
greater"
He made II very plain that he
still is Judge Ferguson. grand
Juror" and that he has not yet
laid claim 10 the title, Senator
Ferguson. statesman"
His fact-fnding activities takes
most OF his time, aside from Sem
ate sessions, because the senator
is a member Of both the Truman
committee and the judiciary COM
rrittee. Both are nqpisitorial
bodies. He is in Detroit because
the Truman committee today is
asking Willow Run officials why
more bornbers are not being pro-
duced.
He is here. too 10 visit his
daughter. Mrs. Charles r. Beltz.
He also is here 10 visit his three
Brittany hunting dogs and 10 in
duct two Of them-Jeep and Ma
poleon-in the army. He is going
70 keep Josephine. who, with her
two companions, is now guest
Of Boxing Commissioner John
Hettche.
When he went 10 Washington in
January. the senator and Mrs.
ferguson found an apartment so
far from his office il took him
an hour and quarter TO get TO
work. Last week they found an
apartment around the corner from
the Senate office building.
Servants are as scarce in Wash
tngton as in Detroit, and Mrs.
Ferguson is doing her own house.
work. as we'll as the cooking.
Arriving at his office, within
three minutes after leaving home,
Ferguson each morning is con-
fronted by a stack of from 200 TO
800 letters. Unlike most members
of Congress, he reads every one
himself and dictates an answer to
each.
Z 'T am convinced these letters
reflect public opinion" the SEN
ator said. THAT is why watch
them closely"
After the routine is out OF the
way. the grand jury work starts.
At these committee meetings the
senator sits across a table from
the witnesses just as he did in
Detroit when he was turning the
city inside out and sending some
81 the country's most popular poll
ticians 10 prison.
Like the other day when an
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Unclaimed
$I9,435 Waits q Detroiters
in Windsor Bank

Names of four DctroitcrS who
have unclaimed bank accounts
in Windsor totallng SO 435
were announced today by j. /.
Ilsey. Canadian minister OF
finance, as search continued for
WaSyl OlinSky, a Windsor man
who has an unclaimed account OF
S57.7S0.
The Detroiters are: Mrs Helen
Ferguson. $3.50 in the Dominion
Bank and S6,554 in the Canadian
Bank Of Commerce; Joseph Moss
S3,2l1, Dominion Bank, PatrICf
Hayes, S3.2l7, Bank of Montreal
and Catherine Brown. So SOB
Canadian Bank Of Commerce.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Hero Wins Sd
in Month
Photo nv Times staf Photoeranhe

1t. Edward p. Maliszewski Of
1347 Bedford road. Crosse Pointe
Park. has received his third dec
Grafton in a month for merltorlouS
conduct in action, dispatch from
London revealed today.
The latest was the Air Medal.
Previously he had received the
Purple Heart and the Distln-
guiShed Flying Cross.
The Air Medal, the dispatch eH-
planned. was given for helping in
fighting off so German fighter
planes from a Flying Fortress, Of
which he was co-pilot, The crew
brought the plane back with a
damaged wing, one d Q a d engine
and the controls half frozen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
FIUiuO TiUerS: Their (sueSt---Name. Chang

pilots and the bomber creWmen,
their blind fidelity to the assign
ment. their almost inhuman Cour-
age, their apparent disregard OF
death.
The Japs were like machines,
wound up for the occasion, fol-
lowing a. mechanical routine Of
conduct. But when they were
separated from their machines
and from their fellows. the indi-
VidualS human weaknesses cropped
out.
ON February 6. the "Panda
Bears escorted the RAF Blen-
helms on two raids against the Jap
land base at Paan. on the Salween,
from which the invaders were
pointing their attack on Rangoon
and the road. They gave it a
thorough FASTING, while Newkirk
and five others Strafed Jap col
umnS moving out from Moulmein
which they had captured a few
days before.
ON February 6, with Sandy
still grounded for repairs. Bob
Neale led the Tigers against an
other huge force of fighters escort
ing a dozen bombcrS.
They GOT seven Jap planes with
out injury 10 themselves, beyond
the usual supplies OF lead that
punctured their Tomahawks fore
and aft i'm the familiar sieve pat
tern that decorated every ship in
the group.
(To BE Continued
Copyright. 1913 hv Russell Wheian; DIS
tributcd by King Features syndicate Inc
rs arrangement with The Viking Press,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Rdtioning toCut
Meat Allowance

WASHINGTON, Feb. ~ GNS).
49, Informed OPA sources SAID To-
day that the meat allowance for
each civilian Under ratinnipg may
be ia pounds or less each week
Expanding military and lend
lease requirements may result IN
the reduction IN civilian supplies
II was said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20

Tomahawks, only rs of which
could get into the air at the same
time because of lack of replace
ment parts.
The British had only four Of
their Buffalo fighters
left, supplemented by 10 Hurri-
cane pursuits, q dozen Blcnheim
bombers and the six antiquated
Observation-Disclosures.
The Japs inaugurated a new
tactic for the daylight raids. send
ing forces composed approx
mately Of three fighters TO each
bomber, in the hope that 50 many
fighters could preOCcupy the de-
tenders and permit the bomberS to
60 unchallenged to their targets
no. : BOMBERS
In the first of these visiiationS
Bob Sandell and Bob Nealc. his
vice squadron commander, took
their Adam and Eyes off in
two squadronS of five planes each
and met the JapS over the Gulf
of Martaban. The Tigers dove
from 22,O00 feet through the thick
screen of fighters onto the back of
the bomberS cruising below al
5000 feet. They Knocked seven OF
the bomberS into the sea then
and there
The other three got through
while the Tigers fought for altl-
tude 10 get above the swarm OF
fighters pursuing them. SandelI
got two of these on his next trir
down, Neale and Charley Bono
got their first "ccrtains' OF tho
war.
Half Of the Jap fighters took
after the bombcrS TO protect them
after the first melee with the
Tigers.
Sandell and his boys got on then
tails leaving NcalC, Burgard
Bond. and Bill Bartllng to finish
the job over the gulf.
JAP CRASHES
The total bag of the day wa.
seven Jap bomberS and min,
fighters. The last Jap fatality
was dramatic in the extreme. a
Sandell brought his damaged shin
down on Mingaladon the grount
Grew beckoned TO him wildly
directing his attention 10 the sky
Sandy looked and saw a ia
pursuit, with engine Sputterin
weakly and propeller windmill
inc" heading straight for hin
with guns firing lie ran for IN
ditch and jumped into il.
, Five seconds iatcr, The ia
crashed on the runway Shcarin
on the tail OF Sandcll~ plan.
The body OF the pilot he'd bee
pierced los bullets i'm The Chc>'
stomach. and head, but he ha
fought his battle TO the last.
I The Tigers often discussed tn
compartment OF the Japanes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Too Slow
Willow Run Clio Aide Asks
at Least so MPH Speed

Lifting of the 35-mile-an-hour
speed limit on roads leading to the
Ford Willow Run bomber plant TO
speed up transportation was asked
today by Richard T. Leonard, di-
rector of the Ford division of the
UAW-CIO
In kilograms 10 William LETTERS,
rubber car, and Governor Kelly
Leonard asked that the speed limit
on Ecorse- road and Michigan ave
nue. be boosted 10 at least so miles
an hour
Leonard pointed out that in sew
eral instances workers living in
Detroit had quit the bomber plant
to take jobs in the city AT lower
rates rather than drive the long
distance to the plant at IS miles
an hour.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Gets Saginaw OPA Post

SAGINAW. Feb l9.-After act
irg unofficially for several days
r. aZen r. ATuStTOnC has been ap-
pointed 10 the legal department 81
tn" district OPA office here He
will work with the rent depart
ment, succeeding John T. Spence
Who recently resigned 10 enter
private business, at salary OF
81 900
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
County Asks Workers
About War Activities

a QUESTIONABLE TO all county
employees 10 determine how many
are engaged in outside volunteer
war work and if not, why not, was
ordered circulated by Auditor Ray
Hafeli today
The move came AS a result Of a
letter from +. T Broadwell. OPA
gas ration chief appealing for
additional clerical help 10 handle
burdens Of the plant transportation
advisory committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Gets What He Wants

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. Feb
10 CUP)-A half hour after Jo-
seph GiuSti sang Il Want Girl
at a Rotary Club luncheon, his
wife gave birth to a daughter at
a hnSDltal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
BY RUSSELL WHELAN
Chupter XVIII

Hey, what Is this: :" yelled
Nicholson.
He clapped his hands.
This IL the way TO get EN-"
he explained.
But no servants appeared. The
boys were profuse with apologies
"T don't know what's got into
those galoots," said Liebolt..
"But TIL soon find out"
Then three doors opened and
the servants emerged, all clad ir
spotless new white aprons. and
all smiling and bowling and seem
ing greatly honored. The boys
looked at them, the cooks looked
at the smiling lady. and the dawn
came.
IT'S MADAME CHANG
"Hey, for Pete's sake" ex-
claimed Ed. "You aren't, you
can't be, the-the-"
ooh. yes, I can be-" the lady
said, laughing. I'm the honor
AIRY commander Of the American
Volunteer Group. And now we'll
really get that tea you promised
me-"
II was, OF course, the first lad,
Of China. Melting Soong. wife o
The generalissimo, on her way 4
India for the historic conversation
with Nehru and other leaders c
the Indian National Congress
Party.
The travelling man" whom tn
Tigers had summarily left at III
airdrome was GeneralisSim
Chang Ksi-shek.
BLUSH, APOLOGIZE
Messrs. Nicholson and Liebol
after an interim OF blushing an
apologizing, recovered their poiS
and turned the hostel inside out I
entertain Madame Chang.
Others joined them at tea, an
the Tigers purred when their nor
orsry commander told them no.
much all China appreciated III
valiant and valuable service Of III
men of the AVG.
That night, before she and III
generalissimo took of for Me-
Delhi. they presented the pilot
with their wings as volunteers j
the, Chinese Air Force.
II was a week Of honorS, M
'tional and international. tor m
men Of the Group IN Londoi
Winston Churchill issued III
tribute.
The magnificent victories
they havr won In the air over
the paddy fields Of Burma MAY
well prove comparable In char
aeter, n not In scale. with those
won over the orchards and the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20

Jap bomber wave. He hurriedly
took off without helmet or oxygen
equipment
Jap fighters spotted him and
chased him up, up, up, 10 nearly
10000 feet. where Buster lost
consciousness But on the way
down he came to his senses Just
as a Jap bomber hove into view
below him.
Buster" gave the Jap his
finishing burst then coasted down
to John Haig,' watching the
bomber flaming earthward to its
death.
TIGERS DIARY
A Tigers diary records a flight
in this period:
II was coming back from a
patrol when I saw bunch OF
our boys running for their planes
An alert. stayed up and
joined them.
I'VE found Is bomberS and 80
or so fighters ut $4,000 feet
coming from the southwest.
They were approaching that way
so they wouldn't have 10 turn 10
get back 10 their base. l was
afraid Bob didn't see them so
waggled my wings and started
for them. climbing fast.
81 ignored the bomberS and
took on four fighters, thinking
had Dick on my wing. In my
first run down, caught one
fighter with a full burst, and
nearly coIlided with another l
was sure I'd hit.
Looked back TO see II he was
on fire-but no. he was chasing
me, and no Dick 10 help me. I
useless. The two others got on
my tail, also. 20 diVed and
came back at them.
FoRGETS ODDS
Never thought about the four
10 one odds. (Afterward did.
thought | caught one I'm my
sights and gave him n burst. His
plane lurched and fell of In a
spiral, smoking.
II pulled up sharp TO avoid
him, and saw two Japs on my
tail, firing at me. half-rOlled
A., and spiraled down at full thrOt-
p tie, helpless and hoping they
S wouldn't get me.
a hell Of moment But
got away. Never could find a
! Jap when climbed back. To-
night felt good about this
4 show. Had been little afraid
, was losing my touch. We're
r. all nervous that way, now and
p then. They're bombing the ears
of this burg tonight. so Ia bed.
y As the February fighting beGsl
q the total AVG strength in an
Z around Rangoon was 25 battere
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
400 AGAINST 6

-Four hundred-odd against six!
Shades OF Frank Merriwell, There
has never been anything like this
since Cain tackled Abel IN the first
recorded battle OF history!
The next day the Tigers started
on their second 100 accredited,
with Robert Buster kceton a
former Colorado College fullback,
putting the authentic Tiger stripe
Of SpectaCulariSm 10 the l0lSt Jap
plane
Buster was a Toungoo when
he was warned "a get his Toma-
hawk away from an approaching
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20

Order War Stamps delivered
to your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Firms Urged TO Quit War

NEW YORK. Feb 10 (INS)---
The Finnish paper Suomen Soslal-
dCmowkraatin wrote that Zone OF
the main tasks ahead Of the new
government Is to find The oppor-
tune moment for Finland to with
draw from the war. the British
radio reported today, according 10
CHS.
"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake. il one of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
100 JAP PLANES

Leland Stowe, noted newspaper
correspondent, essayed break
down of the results attained by
the AVG and reached a total of
100 Jap planes as truly ConSerya-
tive" OF this number. Stowe fig
.ured that about 40 per cent, or 81
planes, were bombcrS. with crews
of from five TO eight men each.
Striking an average OF six and
one-half men for each Jap bomber
he placed the enemy'S personnel
losses in bombers at 33S men. plu,
rs Jap pilots killed in Single-seatec
fighters, or total of 4l6 crew
losses for the japanese.
"In these engagements the
AVG lost five pilots killed In
action and one believed taken
prisoner" wrote Stowe. zone OF
these, Bert Christman, was
murdered while descending in
his parachuteD THAT number
Of six Americans lost can he
placed alongside Of more than
400 Jap airmen who had been
wiped out by American fighter
pilots In the Burma war thea
ter"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20

hop fields of Kent in the Battle
of Britain.
ITO these brave men. the
thanks Of all the United Nations
are due" said the British prime
minister in his message 10 Mai.
Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-
Smith. governor Of Burma.
And Air Vice Marshal d. +
Stevenson, commanding the RoyaI
Air Force in Burma. announced
that the official count" of Japa-
nese planes destroyed. by the
American Volunteer Group in
Burma had reached the hundred
mark.
That meant that 100 losses were
confirmed by witnesses, or that
wreckage of that number of planes
had been found. No one doubted
that the actual total was closer &c
200; the evidence lost in the water,
of the Gulf of Martaban and ir
the jungles OF Burma and Thai.
land.