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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Navy Station Has
Applications for
Waves and Spars

Application blanks for enlistment
in the WAVES and SPARS, wo-
mems auxiliaries of the navy and
coast guard, are now available at
the navy recruiting substation in
the federal building here, Chief
Ben Ulberg, in charge, announced
this week.
He urged that interested women
CONF to the office to secure addi-
tional information and applications.
Qualifications are that women
must be between 20 and SO. be Uni
ted States citizens and with at least
two years years of high school or
business education. Enlistment is
for the duration of the war ard
each applicant must pass a navy
physical examination.
Physical requirements are height
of at least 5 feet, weight of at least
95 pounds and in proportion to
general build, sound teeth or salts
factory requirements, good hearing
ard a combined vision Of 1920, not
less than 600 in the worst eye and
%correctable with glasses to 1920.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Free Farm Repair School
May Be Started in City

If enough farmers are interested,
a free farm repair school, at which
many services vii be offered with
out charge, will be started soon in
the Glasgow high school farm shop.
Details of the proposed plan were
outlined this week in a circular let
ter sent to farmers by Stephen Yrs,
vocational agriculture instructor at
the school.
Farmers will be able to bring in
their machinery ard make use of
available tools for repair work. Be
cause a welding school is also now
being conducted there, students in
the our will do any required
welding without charge.
If the farmer does not have ma
chinery to repair, tools will be
available to build special equip
ment for the farm such as buck
rakes, FORCES or hog feeders.
If at least ten farmers are inter-
eSted the course can be started by
March /. They. may enroll at the
extension office, the Marble T~lns-
fer company o. the school az shop.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
VALLEY HAS
LARGE QUOTA
OF SALVAGE
Must Provide 1,773,000 Pounds
of Scrap Metal for War
by June 30.

Valley county must provide lib
900 pounds of scrap metal for the
war effort by June 30, it was n
nounced this week by c. H. Roberts,
chairman of the Valley county sal
wage committee.
The quota, ninth largest in the
state, is for the siX-month period
ending on that date, Mr.. Roberts
said. In addition the Valley county
kitchen fats campaign, headed by
Mrs. Harold Stensland, must pro-
duce 1881 pounds of fats a month.
The scrap quota. Mr.. Roberts
pointed out, means approximately
% railway carloads" Il per capita
of about 10 pounds for every resi-
dent of the county.
The farms must be largely looked
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Service Families
Honor Guests at
Flag Dedication
BY Courier Correspondent

HINSDALE-Ten members of the
Hinsdale Lutheran church congre-
cation now in the armed services
were honored at special services
held at the church Sunday after
noon.
The Rev. Howard Johnson was in
charge. Service men whose families
were honored guests were Albert
Thomas Nelson, August F. Enseleit,
Roger Warren Johnsrud, Walter
Thoralf JohnSrud, John Arnold
Johnsrud, Herman Edward Johnson,
Elmer Norris Thompson, Arvid Far
aasen, Raymond S. Schultz and Ar
thur Stolen.
Following the special service, at
which two altar flags and a large
service flag were dedicated, church
officers for the year were elected.
They r F.. L. Westrum, president;
r. E. Hillman, vice president; A.
o. Nelson, secretary-treasurer, and
K. o. Stolen and c. r. Christensen,
trustees. Plans for improvement OF
the church property were discussed.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18

NOW REQUEST
CROP LOANS
FCA Is Taking Applications
for 1913 at Office in the
Federal Building.

After % years of lending money
to farmers to fight their natural
enemies - drouth, floods and insect
pests - the emergency crop and feed
loan section of the farm credit adj
ministration, department of agricul-
ture, is making loans to farmers to
carry on their greatest fight of all
time-producing food for military as
we'll as civilian needs.
L. j. Hanson, field supervisor for
Valley county, announced today that
the l943 program is under way and
applications are being received at
his office in the Federal building in
Glasgow. Loans are available to
farmers for the production both of
war crops and of regular cash. feed
and soil conserving crops, and for
livestock feeding to increase pro-
duction of foods and livestock vital
to the nations war effort.
Loan funds may be used for buy
ing seed, fertilizer, supplies, and to
pay other production costs, includ-
lllS lllClOCllJdlo dAAO ANPoAAo w AoAAAA
machinery and equipment.
Security for these loans is a first
lien on the crops to be financed or
the livestock to be fed. The maxi
mum amount of any individual loan
is $500, and the rate of interest is
4 percent per annum. Loan checks
are usually delivered within 10 days
after the application is completed.
The fact that an applicant owes
balances on old seed loans will not
in itself prevent approval of a new
loan, provided the reason for non
payment was beyond his control"
Hanson said.
Farmers who are unable to OBJ
tain credit through production cred
it associations or or reasonable
terms from other sources may OBJ
tain these loans" Mr.. Hanson x
Application forms and full
information are available at Room
200 in the Federal building.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
F. U.LEADERS
STRESSFARM
TASK In WAR
Chapman Urges Every Local to
Set Up Emergency Council
to Help in Effort.

A discussion on the farmers place
in the war emergency, led by Don
Chapman of Peerless, president of
the Montana Farmers Union, high
lighted a south Valley county Far
mers Union school in the court
house Thursday.
Mr.. Chapman urged every local
of the organization to set up a war
emergency council to cooperate and
work with the county production
council and county war board.
Miss Martha Hruska, assistant
state director of education, displayed
and discussed material furnished
the locals through the Farmers IN
ion educational department. She
spoke of methods of making locals
more interesting and gave an out
line of a model local NEE ing.
Mrs. Ruth Vogt. member of the
state educational committee, COM
mented on the need for county and
local schools to give all members an
opportunity to promote democratic
action, to learn to express them
selves and to learn the philosophy
of c~o-operatives.
The evening session was devoted
to a question-answer period when
many subjects were discussed. Any
one had the opportunity of drop
Ping a question in the question box.
The rest of the evening was given
over to Elmer Ladwig, field-man
for the Farmers lnion Exchange.
He spoke on the business activities
of that department and of its
growth and development in recent
years.
Forty-five were present repre-
senting officers and members from
Tampico, Hinsdale, Nashua and
Glasgow. State officials left Glas-
gov Friday to hold a similar school
at Opheim Saturday.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
The summary

Officials Christinson and Waddell.
refeeeS: PattiSOn. scorer; Huber. timer.
In a preliminary contest, the
Hinsdale Red Raiders had no troll
BILE in disposing of the Glasgow B
squad, SO to II. Burns led the visi-
tors with II points.
After a close contest the ;iisg half,
the Mustangs pulled away the final
two periods to win from the Airfield
Red Devils Saturday night.
The first quarter ended 8-8 and it
was mainly the work of Connors,
Mustang red-headed forward, which
gave the Great Falls team a 1913
advantage at halftime. Center Ryan
of the visitors also counte |. Both
Ryan and Shanahan began hitting
the third period, to give the Mus
tangS a 27-17 advantage.
The Red Devils we're paced by
Kenny with 7 points, followed by
Mitchell and Meyer with . apiece.
The Airfield played an aggressive
game and lost two starters in the
last two periods ON fouls.
The summary.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
SCHOOL
FOR FARMERS
HERETUESDAY
Mercer, Extension Expert, Will
Talk ON Selection and
Production.

Talks by r. D. Mercer of Boze-
man, extension agronomist, and by
outstanding seed growers of this
section will be among highlights Of
a seed school" for farmers in the
Odd Fellows hall Tuesday. 1t is
sponsored jointly by the Northern
Montana Alfalfa Growers ~associa-
ton and the extension service. 1t
will open at 10.
The small seed situation and its
production will be discussed fully
by Mercer, James K. McGibney,
county agent, announced. He will
outline methods of planting, cult
walton and irrigation and also will
exhibit samples Of good and poor
seed.
Roy Huber, president of the CO.
operative association, will discuss
its setup and membership plan. Nels
c. Briggs, association manager, will
be in charge of a tour of the local
seed house in which he will outline
its operation and the cleaning.
handling and sale of seed.
Among farmers who will talk
will be Carl Reddig of Lustre, one
Of three elite seedgrowers in Mon
tana, who will tell of his expert
ments with A136 alfalfa and of
methods of growing registered small
c. H. Newton of Glasgow
will outline his work with founda-
ion alfalfa seed.
Mr.. McGibney will discuss a small
seed program for Valley county, in
possibilities of further pro-
AUCTION of alfalfa, potatoes and
beetS.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
REGISTRATION
FOR
OPENS MONDAY
Schools Will Be Locations to
Make Applications for
War Book No. 2.
Special Hours Are Set at Some
City Locations, Including
Glasgow.

Registration for war ration book
No. 2, the first use of the point
system" in the United States, will
open throughout Valley county
Monday, it was announced today by
the county war price and ration
board.
AS in the registration for the first
book last year, schools will be reg
istration points and school officials
and teachers have volunteered their
services as registrars.
In most cases in rural schools,
Board Secretary John F. Wall said,
registration will continue through
the week from 3 to 5 Monday
through Friday and from 9 to II
on Saturday. Town schools are
varying this schedule somewhat.
In Glasgow, registration will
be Observation-Disclosures begin
ming A to E inclusive, Monday;
F to L, Tuesday; Nj to r, We'd
nesday, and S to u, Thursday.
Registration will be conducted
in the North Side school hot
lunch room. Hours daily will be
from 4 to 6 and Z to 8.
Hinsdale hours, at the school, are
from 4 10 6 on Monday and from. 4
to 6 and 7 to 9 on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Registrations in Opheim school
will be from 4 TO 6 and Z to 9 Mon
day through Saturday. Nashua's
registration will be conducted at
the school Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9.
Frazer registration Monday through
Friday is 4 to 6 and 7 to 9, while
ON Saturday it will be from l to 5.
In Glasgow, superintendent R. L.
Irle said that while it was hoped to
handle the registration alphabetical
ly, in cases where people cannot be
at the school on the days designat-
ed, they may come on another day.
day.
Two points are stressed in regis
tration. Applicants should fill out
the consumer declaration form,
printed this week on the front page
of The Courier. War ration book
or books No. l must be brought to
the point of registration for each
book applied for. A single member
of a family, or an agent. may regis
ter for a whole family.
Schools to which registration
supplies have been sent are Lars
Ian, Sunnyside, Frazer, Tiger Butte,
Beaverton, Milk River, Wheeler,
West Galpin, Hinsdale, Opheim,
Bog Coulee, Highland, Lost Sum
North Bench, Richlard,
Wheatland, Glentana, Nash
ia, Big -Four, Wiota, Billingsley,
Tampico, Barnard, Vandalia, Fort
Peck, New Deal, Square Deal, Lone
Pine, Center Bell Cottonwood, Fair
view, Lustre, Pleasant View, Todd
Lake, Oswego, Glasgow, Jones and
Hill Top.
Allen Stuber will hold regiStra-
lion at his home for people of the
Thoeny section.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Committee Named
At Meeting Will
Study USO Plan

Following a meeting in the court
house Monday night, at which L.
w. Upshaw of Great Falls, state
director of the U. S. o. activities,
was a speaker, a committee was sell
ected from the group present to
make a study of proposed U. S. o..
operations in Glasgow in connec-
ion with the army airfield here.
Members of the committee are the
Rev. E. r. Bellingham, r. L. Irle,
Mrs. H. H Morton, Mrs Harald ST.
queland, F. S. Mueller, T. W. Iced
ham and Carl E. Hammerness.
All Glasgow civic, church, frater-
nal and other organizations had
been invited to have representatives
at the meeting, and most of them
were represented. Paul J.. Campbell
presided.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Retail Handling
Of Ration Books
To Be Discussed

A meeting for all grocery store
managers and clerks. at which j. A.
Woodland of Helena. member of the
state department of public instruc-
ton, will speak, will be held in the
Allen cafe blue room next Thursday
night Fsb. 25. at 8, it was n
nounced today by L. w. Seibel,
part-time coordinator in Glasgow
high school. MI. Woodland will con-
duct a course of instruction in
handling war ration Book No. 2.
The course is open to the public.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
TO CADET SCHOOL

HINSDALE- Bruce Isaacson re-
turned Sunday to Minneapolis after
a brief visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Isaacson of Thoeny,
and with friends at Hinsdale. He
has been attending the University
of Minnesota, taking a course in
navigation. He is now awaiting a
call to attend the merchant marine
cadet school at New York City.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Non-highway Gas
TO Be Issued for
6 Months Period

WASHINGTON - PrentisS Brown
told Senator Wheeler, D., Montana,
that the office of price administra-
ton is preparing to issue gasoline
for non-highway purposes to far
mers for six-month periods.
Brown, director of OPA, wrote
Wheeler in response to the sera-
tors query as to how farmers are
going to be supplied with fuel for
their farming equipment under
present conditions.
1T is not the intention of the
program he said, ito cut down on
necessary allotments of gasoline for
use by farmers but we must not
relax u vigilance over the use of
rubber for unnecessary purposes"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18

17-Year-O I'D Local
Sailor Is Graduate
Of Gunner School

GREAT LAKES, ILL.-Wayne j,
Putt, IT, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Putt of Glasgow, was graduated
from the service school for gunner's
mates at the naval training station
here.
Eligible for promotion to a petty
officer rating, he now awaits assign
ment to active duty afloat or ashore,
or to an advanced service school for
further specialized training.
Service school students, selected
upon the basis of a series of apti-
tude tests taken during their recruit
training, receive 16 weeks Of inten-
sive instruction in a navy trade I'M
der the supervision of experienced
chief petty officers.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Editors Pledged.
To Serve "Spot"
News TO Readers

WASHINGTON-No matter what
else may be cut out of the national
newspaper diet due to wartime
shortages, spot news will be served
to the American reading public as
long as the presses keep rolling
That was the pledge of members
of the American Society of News
paper Editors as they went into con-
ferences with home front leaders to
find out just how deeply the news
print, zinc and manpowe: short
ages will slash into the industry's
operation.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Now at Air Force
B0mbardment Base

WILL ROGERS FIELD, Okla. -
Staff Serg. William F. Bergtoll, son
of Ellis Adam Bergtoll of st. Cloud,
Mimi, has arrived at this air force
bombardment base.
He is a gunner with an observa-
ton squadron ard was promoted
from private to staff sergeant, Jan.
Is.
Before entering the army, Serg-
cant Bergtoll was a truck driver in
Seattle. He attended Opheim, Mont,
high school.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
John Smith
Visits Home Here
While on Flight

Capt. John Smith, son of DR.. and
Mrs. A. N. Smith. spent Friday eve
ming and Saturday morning here
during a routine training flight from
Tarrant field at Fort Worth, Texas,
where he is stationed as squadron
leader. Captain Smith came from
Texas Friday in a four-motored
bomber, in charge of a group of
students making a cross-country
flight. The return flight to Texas
was made the following day.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Cadet Harold E.
Bridges Finishes
His Basic Course

CHICO FIELD, Calif.-Harold C.
Bridges, "a, a former star athlete at
Frazer high school and son of Mrs.
Meta A. Bridges of that conmun-
ity, has completed basic flying train
ing at Chico army flying school.
Before becoming a cadet he served
in the infantry at Fort Lewis. Wash.
from August, 1910, until March. 1912.
Before entering the army, Cadet
Bridges was an electrical hoist OPP
orator.
His primary flight training was
received at Sequoia field, Visalia,
Calf.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18

to in order to keep Valley county in
line" he commented. He urged far
mers to haul in their scrap metals
at once, pointing out that when
seeding begins they will not be able
to take time from field wolk.
Mr.. Roberts said he had been in
formed the OPA ceiling prices on
unprepared country mixed IRON have
been reduced 81 per gross ton.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Tampico Leads All
Rural Schools in
January Bond Sale

Tampico led all rural schools
during January in sales of war
bonds and stamps, according to
a report filed by Mrs. Madge
Martin, Tampico teacher, with
Mrs. Mary Dignan, county chair
man of Minute Women at
Work. Sales by Tampico pupils
during the month totalled 81, I44.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
CONSUMER DECLARATION
OPA Form No. R-13OI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
OFFICE OF
PRICE ADMINISTRATION
Processed Foods and Coffee

Processed Foods and Coffee
THEREBY CERTIFY P1d that Tia / an =. AUTHORIZED tho assls to o apply y for and Re receive civ
for whom I am acting whose var Ration Book One 1 have
That a the p pnns Of each person and d number her Of his o r her Va"
That n none Of these eaa persons m is IS confined %msd H or resident .n.i in an i imsiia-
ence in kind or eating in separate me@esu under an officers
That no other application for Var Ration Book Tmo for these
persons has been made;
ali II foods is' e%ned by all PERSONS ans included led i'm u" 'Is
1. Pounds of coffee owned on November %, 1912,
minus 1 pound for each person included in this
Declaration whose age a S stated on War Ration
2. Number of persons included in this
on War Ration Book One is Ia
Canned Foods
Include all commercially canned fruits tinduding spieed);
Do not include canned olives; canned meat and fish; pickles,
noodles; or home-eanned foods
D. I iarssr5 o. Of Sf" eom D%'rei, f1q packed sIs i1 fr"ia., , sss ar
6sn.j juice" Ss February sad s1.p: 81 chill l9 sauce ni a%s f 8 fP
each person F mine included @,i in .h - Declaration ,M. ---
The name of each person included in this Declaration and the
number of his o her War Ration Book One is:
Print Name Number
2. -------------
8. ---------
|
--------------
If additional space is needed, attach separate sheet
No7cr-s.a.n IS a. Of tn. daF"a'a'' o. a sss.sSP or authorized
a |. %sa .%sso q ne 10 % ssi both, i@ % as. (AddFs''
:. t% sns ,' mstser within h %s s' iaHsden
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
TIPPING CLASS STARTED

A night adult class in tipping has
been started at Glasgow high school,
L. w. Seibel, part-time coordinator,
announced. Organization of other
classes has been postponed until af-
ter the beginning of the present ra-
tioning period.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Corp. Lingle First
from Nashua to Be
Killed in Pacific
By Courier Correspondent

BY Courier correspondent
NASHUA-Nashua this week
received word of the first man
from this community killed in
the present
He is Corp. Harvey c. Lingle,
son of MIR. and Mrs. w. ]. Lingle,
who are now living in Seattle.
They we're notified that he was
killed in action in defense of his
country in the south Pacific,
Jan. IA.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18
Rationing
Fill This Fornfsi z
Form Approved. Budget Bureau No. Os-RI26-42

One copy Of this Declaration must be filed
with the Office of Price Administration by
each person applying for War Ration Book
Two for the members of a family unit, and
by each person who is not a member of a
family unit. File az the site designated.
Coupons will be deducted for excess supplies
of the foods listed below according to the
schedules announced by the Office of Price
Administration
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18

March. He pointed out that no reg
ular roll call drive was held last
November.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-02-18

Totals 10 l IA Totals IL : u
Officials ChristinSOn and Waddrll.
referees; Huber. timer.
Evening star., 1943-07-15
Minister Asks Publicity
For Canadian Fighters
BY the Associated Pres;

Ry the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, July 15.-Prime Min
lister w. L. Mackenzie King told
the House of Commons today he
had appealed to President Roose-
welt last week to see that Canadians
were mentioned in early COM
muniques on the >Sicilian invasion.
The Prime Minister said Mr..
Roosevelt replied that he agreed
with Mr.. Kings point of view and
would see that Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, commander in chief
made mention of Canadians.
Mr.. King said that before the
attack was announced early Satur-
day morning he had been Informed
of planned announcements of the
action which spoke of IAN Anglo
Evening star., 1943-07-15

people in the agency propose that
the Government shall take over
manufacture and distribution of all
commodities.
The policy of his office, Mr Brown
declared, 'is to bend every effort to
comply with the direction of the
Sterilization Act and maintain the
general relationship and levels of
prices and wages as of September
Is, 1912" Mr.. Brown expressed con-
f1dence this goal would be achieved
end pointed out that a price rise
OF per cent since last Septem-
ber had been cut l per cent in the
last month by the rollback of meat
and butter. He added that strict
enforcement of new community
price ceilings and the other stabili-
Zation programs contemplated by
OPA would bring the general level
of prices close to the desired point.
To the statement that some per-
sons in OPA believed the Govern
ment should take over production
and distribution, Mr.. Brown said;
Il have never heard any such
proposals by any individual and GER
tainly there is absolutely no inten-
ton on the part Of this Office to