davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

Learns inActiion ruth
OF Marines Creed

HES IN AZ the Polo Grounds today-Dana Babcock para
Veil see him walk 10 the nnicrophone at the great New
York journal American Baseball Bond Drive game with
rifle in his hand You won't notice the scars on ms right
hand nor the shattered bone above his wrist as ne ondes
old Springfield 10 recite the Marine Creed This IS my rifle
There are many like it. but this is mine My rifle Is
Pfc Babcock learned what rifle can mean to a marine
at Gavutu. -.
laqi-but this story must come later
They put the paramarines under 1t Col Williams
ashore on Gavutu nantrymen because there was no
place land them by parachute and they were sah
and Gavutu small island supposed to contain only ZOO
When the Higgins boat carrying Babcock strikes a
coral reef off the beach of Gavutu that morning the 200
-arred Jap workers open up with heavy rifle and ma
chneg1n fire and bullets PUNK spous all around
Babcock ne goes in the water mead over teaKete ana us
rifle Jams up IN the mud and sand
There's nothing do but shed all excess equipment
including food-except weapons and ammunitonand wade
for it. Babcocks Springfield spous mud and water on the
first shot without exploding After that only bullets pour
from that faithful muzze Somehow they establish beach,
head in the face of huge hill honeycombed with caves OF
LOO weLtrained japanese navy and marine personnel
"Our problem" says the tall marine IN his deceptVely
smooth voice was to take this island in "a hours AT the
end of days had spent 68 hours with practically no
food sleep But there 100 dead Japs to pay for
How they did it, Babcock explains by describing 1t.
Col Williams in action.
ration Establishing Cossack posts in huge ring around
the island we'd pick off Jap reinorcements swimming in
from other islands at any time of day night Then the
skinner with only As pistol would take four eight
even 10 blocks of MT and tie them together on stick
while we'd crouch around cave mouth with our rifles
He'd light the fuse shove it all in mouth saying
Come Jappe-get your dinner and for good measure
heave of gasoline after it. The whole hill would shake
and the Japs would come flying out in pieces.
preter story comes shortly afterward one afternoon
Babcock is walking in from patrol when in the dis
lance he seesoff all thngsa baseball game Out there in
the clearing ne watches MEMBER 81 MS platoon "n ma up TO
shaped like bat The hitter races for first rounds second
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
1:OOP.M.


The war interpreted from a
woman's point-of-view - the
most talked-of Midday Pro-
gram on the Air.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
Hear and See Fran Harris PersonRepot at Sears Tomor
row. Wednesday, Oct IS, LOO P M-Grand River Store

Joe GENTLE an: and. ls' lIsn S IN.
s.y5 Fs9 sss,. for =. s f.5o P. N. on
Thursday O''0O
CKLW.
LOB MURPHY Re Reports a,ssla and
park Store, go p s. M n wxYz
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

Fran Harris is just one Of the many radio per-
sonaties now broadcasting for Sears. See and hear
Joe Gentle and Bob Murphy in Person at SEARS
this week!
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
LIBRARY HAS
SMALLER YEAR
Decrease In Circula-
ton Due To Many
Leaving County

A decrease of nearly 10000
volumes in the circulation of
the Big Horn county library for
1912 is probably due to the fact
that sc many persons have left
the county to enter the armed
services or defense work, it was
pointed out in the annual re-
port of the library
Nearly 800 borrowers cards
belonging to patrons who have
left the county have been with
drawn, it was stated.
A total of 60,2O4 books were
circulated during 1912, 54,121
from the library in Hardin and
6,083 from the branches. In 1941,
more than 10000 volumes were
borrowed.
Other information revealed
in the report includes: $50 new
borrowers registered during the
year; 2,146 books repaired; SO
books were borrowed through
inter-library loan; 500 new
books were prepared and added
to the shelves; $500 was COL
lected in fines, and information
for more than 700 major ref
rences were located.
The busiest month was Jan
uary when 7,167 books were
loaned to patrons over the
county. The busiest day was
Sept. Is, when 900 books were
checked ont.
Books are sent to all schools
in the county and local schools
are dependent on the library
for outside reading and refer
ence material.
The library has approximate
ely $4,000 volumes, and more
than 5000 borrowers are regis
tered.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
PLANS SCHOOL ON
RATION ROBBINS

A special class, under the State
Department of Public Instruc-
ton, will be held at the COM
munity room of the court house
here on Tuesday evening, Feb.
%, at 8 p. M, to help grocers,
meat dealers, their personnel and
and other interested persons
with rationing problems.
The class is especially design
ed to be of practical assistance
in the handling of War Ration
Book 2. It is not an OPA pro-
gram.
Mrs. Louise Grout, who was
given a short special training
program by Walter Shaw of the
U. S. office of education, will
conduct the meeting here.
Efforts are being concentrate
ed entirely upon the clerks and
checkers, and a careful job
analysis of the actual process OF
handling the sugar, coffee, pro-
ceSSed and non-rationed food
and War Ration book 2 has
been made. Mrs. Circuit will have
with her mimeographed copies
of this job-analysis.
Especially invited to attend
are all those who must deal
with rationed commodities, but
others may also come.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
CARBON HIGH
HERE FRIDAY
Red Lodge Hos
Strong Tenn Of
Veteran Coqers

Coach Joe Zile will send his
Hardin Bulldogs against the
Carbon county high school team
Of Red Lodge on the local court
Friday night.
Reports from the Red Lodge
camp as to the strength of the
team are scarce, but they have
been playing a regular schedule
and their players have had lots
of experience this season. How
ever, Hardin has had little diff
Guilty with Red Lodge teams in
the past few seasons.
Last Friday night the Bull
dogs were downed by the Grow
All-Americaps by a score of 29
to %. The teams battled on even
terms for the first two quar-
tiers, but the Indians height
was too much for the locals.
PeaSe, Pauley and Stewart
each made six points for Hardin
while Pretty Weasel made IL for
the Crows.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
MILLER COMPANY
MUST PAY lakes

County Attorney Bert w.
Kronmiller has received notice
that Federal District Judge
Charles N. Pray of Great Falls
upheld Big Horn county's tax
claim for 1898 taxes assess
ed to the Miller Land and Live
stock company in the amount of
$7,384.
In commenting on the legal
ity of the taxes, the federal
court stated ". According to
a recent decision of the supreme
court the legality of this stat
ute does not mean that congress
intended to set the federal
courts up as super-assessment
tribunals over state taxing ag-
encies, that such a construction
would be contrary to our hist
ORIG policy of federal non-inter-
ference with the taxing power
of states"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
WNU Service)
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR STURDEVANT

Memorial services were held
at the First Crow Indian Bap-
fist church of Lodge Grass at
noon ON Sunday, Feb. IA, for
Vernon w. Sturdevant, who was
killed in line of duty in the u.
S. army in the South Pacific
area on Jan. S, 1943, and was
given a sea burial.
Among the out-of-town peo-
pie present were young Sturde-
wants father, Willard Sturde-
want, of Sheridan, Miss Jane
Kline Of Sheridan and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest WISER of Hardin.
Miss Malvina Johnson offered
the PRAYER and the congregation
sang yield Not To Tempta-
ton" The scripture was read
by Donald Deernose, and the
choir sang THE Battle HYMN
of the Republic" Miss Clara
Odds read the obituary and pro-
nounced the benediction.
Vernon W. Sturdevant was
born Oct. IS, 1921, in Columbus
Nebr. He remained there until
about five years of age when
he moved with his parents to
Wyoming. He was an eighth
and ninth grade student in the
Lodge Grass schools.
He became a member of the
First Crow Baptist church of
Lodge Grass on Easter Sunday
1888. At the age of IT, he Joined
the CCC, and after six months
was dismissed with the highest
honors the camp could give. La
ter he spent another six months
in the CCC at Columbia Falls,
Mont.
He enlisted in the U. S. army
in September, 1910, and was in
Hawaii at the time of the bomb
ing of Pearl Harbor.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
KIWANIS HEAR
OF WASHINGTON

Another in a series of address
ses on the lives of great Ameri-
cans was presented by Rev. J. E.
H. Nelson before the Hardin XII
wants club at their Wednesday
meeting.
Characterizing George Wash
ington as a product of a period
in history in which Hardship
made the men,, Mr.. Nelson out
lined how this boy, rendered
fathecless at the age of eleven
years of age, a skillful surveyor
at sixteen, a major in the militia
at nineteen, was finally, by his
great devotion to God and faith
in country, to become the first
president of the United states.
The program was opened by a
trumpet solo, America the
Beautiful" by Francis Gustafson
accompanied by Mrs. J. D. Smith
with members of the club sing
ing the chorus. A poem on
George Washington recited by
Gordon Devore concluded the
entertainment.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
TIME LIMIT SET
ON GARMENTS

All refugee garments, inclu-
ding slips and blouses, must be
in the office of the Big Horn
county chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross by Apr. Is, Mrs.
Edith WISER, production chair
man, announced this week.
All those making these gar
mentS are asked to see that all
seams are either french seams,
or are finished by overcasting
or whipping by hand. The name
of the maker and size should
be on a label attached to the
inside of the back of the neck.
U. S. Army sweaters, helmets
gloves, mufflers and lap robes
will be shipped on Feb. 81, 1t
was stated.
A new activity here will be
the cutting of ice bag covers
hot water bag covers and pneu-
monia jackets, which will be
started in the near future.
Mrs. WISER wishes to thank
all those who helped pack and
ship the kits and other gar
ments, and gives especial credit
to Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Kalberg,
MI. and Mrs. Charles GoodnoW
and Mrs. Fred Kerrick, who
worked until 1870 p. m. re-
checking kits. All mistakes were
located and corrected before
shipment was made, Mrs. Wy
ser says.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
Many Indidns In
u. S. Armed Forces

Montana's Indian tribes are
more than holding their own
with their white brothers when
it comes to furnishing fighting
men for Uncle Sans military
forces, records of Montana in
duction headquarters reveal.
The original Americans have
all been eager for a chance to
crack down" on the axis.
For example, in this months
inductions, from Big Horn coun-
ty, 20 out of a group of 80 from
Hardin, Grow Agency and Big
Horn were Grow Indians.
For months it has been the
same, not only from the Grow
but also from the Flathead,
Blackfeet, Sioux, Rocky Boy and
other reservations in Montana
until now there are hundreds of
Indians of a dozen or more
tribes now serving in the army.
Included in the list from Har-
din are such names as Frank
Falls Down, Joe Mountain
Pocket, Jr., Frank Gardner, Jr.
Guy Old Bear, James Reed, Sta
cy T. Stewart, Peter Old Bull,
George Little Light, Abe Valley.
Jr., Frank Grasshopper, Kelly
Passes, Warren J.. Blaine, Cyril
Not Afraid, Felix Well Known,
George Real Bird, Harry Rising
Sun, Sampson Bird In Ground,
Jr., Guy White Clay, Myers
Black Eagle, Alex Valley.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
Gives Deddline For
Checking Auto Tires

AS an aid to motorists with
"a, b, or C. gas ration books
who might be uncertain as to
the deadline date for tire inspec-
lions, the following Information
was released by A. T. Peterson,
state director of OPA.
"a coupon motorists must have
their first tire inspection made
by Mar. 81 with subsequent IN
spections made every six month
period thereafter. There is q
minimum of 80 days between in
spectionS.
B. coupon holders are to
have their first inspection made
prior to Feb. % with subsequent
inspections made every four mo-
nth period thereafter. Minimum
time between inspections is &c
days.
&C. coupon holders first inspec-
ton deadline is also Feb. "a
with subsequent inspections tc
be made every three month per-
iod thereafter. The minimum
time between inspections is AZ
days.
The inspection deadline fol
trucks is Feb. %. Tires must be
inspected every go days there
after or every 5000 miles
whichever comes first.
Motorists are urged to comp
lete their first inspection early
so that they may be familiar
with the condition of theil
tires and can take any necessary
steps to make repairs if needed
and thus conserve rubber.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
REGISTRATION FOR POINT RATION
ING Will BE HELD HERE next week
Registrars To Go
To Community Room
o. Court House Here

All consumers were warned to
bring with them War Ration
Book 1 (the sugar ration book
for all members of their family
unit, when they apply for War
Ration Book 2 next week.
In School District 17-H the
places and hours of rationing
have been set as follows:
Hardin, community room of
court house, Monday, Feb. %,
through Friday, Feb. rs, 8 a. m.
to 6 p. M; Saturday, Feb. q,
9 a.. m. until IL noon.
St. Xavier, school, 10 a. m. to
5 p. M, Monday, Feb. % through
Friday, Feb. 20; Saturday, Feb.
81, 9 a.. m. to IL noon.
Crow Agency, school, Monday,
Feb. % through Friday, Feb. %.
9 l.. m. to S p. m; Saturday,
Feb. 81, 9 a.. m. to IL noon.
Wolf school, Monday, Feb. q
through Friday, Feb. 26, 9 a. m.
to 4 p. m.
In Lodge Grass and Wyola,
hours of registration will be
from l p. m. to 6 p: m. from
Monday through Friday and
from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m. on
Saturday.
Everyone is urged to register
as early in the week as possible
to avoid a last minute rush.
On another page of this is
sue of the Tribune-Herald will
be found an exact copy of the
declarations which will have to
be signed before War Ration
Book 2 is issued. This form
should be studied carefully, it
was pointed out, so that all who
apply for books will be able to
fill it out accurately and quick
ly. 49,.
OPA officials emphasize that
the removal of stamps from thu
ration book is in no sense a pen
atty. It is recognized that many
families buy canned goods In
quantity, especially in rural ar
cas-, so that any implication Oh
boarding is completely unjust
flied. However, it is pointed out
! that heavy penalties may be
assessed if false information is
given on the consumer declarat-
ion sheet.
Restaurants, hotels, hospitals
and other institutional" users
will register for their allotment
during the first ten days of Mar
CHI. Details will be announced
later by the local ration board.
Retail stores and wholesalers
of rationed foods r not re-
! quired to register until April I
In a release from the OPA Of
flee at Helena, the following
statement was released by A. +.
Peterson, state director, clarE
flying a question which has been
raised by some retailers as to
the procedure to be followed
under point rationing:
During the freeze period be-
ginning Feb. 81, the retailers will
indicate the point value of his
processed food stocks in any
one of the following ways: BY
marking the item individually,
by tags on the shelf or by indl
eating the point values on a
list at the shelf.
The amount of business
done during the first month of
rationing will be reported by in
ventory as of March 81.
There is no inventory re-
quired on March /, at the be-
ginning of rationing."
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
O CHOOSES
NEW DIRECTORS

One of the largest crowds ever
to attend such a meeting was
present at a session of the Two
Leggins Water Users association
held at the court house on Sat-
urday, Feb. -.
The principal business of the
day was the election of two di-
rectors for a three-year term
each. G. M. Brown was chosen
from District No. l and William
Colstad from District No. 2.
Mr.. Brown presided over the
meeting in his capacity as pres
ident Of the board of directors,
and he was reelected to this
post at a directors session i'm
mediately after the adjourn
ment of the larger group. George
Mehling was named vice preSi-
dent of the board and Bert w,
Kronmiler was appointed Sec
retary-treasurer.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
Two From County
Become WAACS

Two women from Big Horn.
county have Just begun train
ing at the First Women's Army
Auxiliary corps training center
in Des Moines, la. They are
A~uxiliaries Mary Ann M. Kiefel
of Hardin and Ruth Nadine
Stutsman of Lodge Grass.
They were Immediately as
signed to a receiving center
company for a week of ele-
mentary training. Here they
were issued clothing and equip
ment, instructed in the rudi-
ments of drill, and given army
classification tests.
For the following four weeks,
they will be assigned to a basic
company for more detailed mil
itary training, preparing them
to replace men in a non-combat
army job.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
LIONS WILL BUY
STAMPS BONDS

Emphasis of the next meet
ing Of the Hardin Lions club,
next Monday, Feb. %. at $50
p. m. in the banquet room of the
Masonic temple will be the sale
of War Savings stamps and
bonds.
Lion j. M. Astle will carry out
a bond selling program. The
stamp drive closes at this time,
and all Lions are urged to buy
at least one bond in keeping
with the Lions war program.
George w. Gustafson and
Obert Hoven are in charge of
the program.
On the serving committee will
be J. N. Thompson, P. D.. Thorn
sen, R. G. Turner and Gordon
Winspr.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
PLEADS GUILTY
TO FORGERY

Leonard B. johnson entered
a plea of guilty to a charge of
forgery before District Judge
Guy c. Derry last week, and
Judge Derry will pronounce SEN
tence today.
Johnson, who also went I'M
der the ALIASES of Leonard Nc
Carly and Leonard Schennuf,
was arrested last week in Sher-
idan, Wyo., and held for local
officers.
The defendant maintained
that he never been arrested or
charged with a crime before.
After he entered the guilty plea,
officers found that he had forg-
ed checks in Fergus Falls, MINI.
The Judge wished to wait be-
fore pronouncing sentence for
a report from F. B. I. headquar-
tiers in Washington, D. c., on
the defendants finger prints.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
r. o INDIAN LAD GETS
PICTURE IN UTAH PAPER

Pvt. Ernest Holds-the- Enemy,
who is now at the Air Forces
basic training center at Kearns,
Utah, has his picture in the
Feb. 9 issue of the Kearns Post
Review, a paper for the men at
the center.
The paper stated: when Pvt.
Holds the Enemy completed his
training at this post he will be
able not only to do as his name
implies but attack as well. Pvt.
Holds-the- Enemy bears a Crow
tribal name. He is 81 years of
age and his home is a 40-acre
farm on an Indian reservation
in Montana"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
MIKE KUCHERA
H0N0RED BY WPB
One Of Three Scrup
Metul Dedlers In State
To Get Recognition

Mike Kuchera of Hardin is
one of the three scrap metal
dealers in the state of Montana
to receive a special award4;from
the War Production board for
"outStanding contribution in
Americas drive to keep war
production supplied with waste
materials" according to an an
nouncement by Elmer J. Blan-
kenfeld, regional chief of WIPES
scrap professors section.
Only % dealers in the entire
Rocky Mountain region, con-
sisting of the states of Color
ado, Wyoming, Montana, New
Mexico and Utah, were so hon
ored.
The award is a lapel button
insignia. It will go to employees
in scrap yards which previously
have won WIPES scrap producer
award for rapid handling and
turnover of increasing quantities
of salvage during 1912. The but
ton is designed to give workers
in such outstanding yards a
personal share in the award, it
was stated.
It is a small back and white
! emblem which bears the WPB
seal and the words, Scrap
Producer. It is made of non
critical plastic.
The other two Montana scrap
yards which have earned the
award are David Werner and
company and the Treasure State
Salvage company, both of Bill
lings.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
ST, XAVIER MAN
IS SAID INJURED

Michael Big Hair, 32-year-olc
Crow Indian, who has been sta
toned with the United States
forces in North Africa, was
wounded in action recently, &C
cording to a telegram from the
war department received last
week by his mother, Mary Big
Hair of st. Xavier.
Big Hair is the stepson of
Frank He Does It, government
farmer for the Big Horn dist
riot of the Crow Indian reser-
walton. He was one of the first
Indians from Big Horn county
to enter the army and has been
in service for two years. He
was home on furlough a year
ago last December
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
Navy Men To Be
Here Saturday

Representatives from the
Navy Recruiting service at Bill
lings will be in Hardin on Sat
urday, Feb. 20, to interview
respective navy and WAVE
Navy Women's reserve) re-
cruitS.
The age groups for the WAVES
are from 20 to SO years for en-
listed personnel and from %
to 40 years for officers.
Anyone wishing any informa-
ton on anything pertaining 10
the U. s: navy is invited to in
Sentatives.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
Rev. Bentley On
Speaking Tour

The Rev. c. A. Bentley of
Crow Agency, accompanied by
Mrs. Bentley left Tuesday of
this week for Boston, which will
be his headquarters during a
lecture tour that will take him
to most of the Baptist churches
in Massachusetts. The trip is
being made for the home mis-
sion society of the Baptist CHI
urch. The Rev. and Mrs. Bentley
will be gone about six weeks.
This year marks the Rev.
Bentley,s twentieth anniversary
as pastor Of the Burgess Mem
orial mission in Grow Agency.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
Democrats Will
Meet On Monduy

Big Horn county Democrats
will hold a meeting at the Saw
oy cafe Monday night, Feb.22,
it was announced this week by
John A. Putnam, chairman of
the party.
The banquet will get under
way at $50 pm. followed by
several talks.
The group has made plans to
listen to the Washington birth
day address that will be deliver
ed over the radio by President
Roosevelt.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
rs PRESENT AT
LINCOLN DINNER

Seventy-five Republicans were
present last Friday night at the
Lincoln Day dinner held in the
DINING room of the Methodist
church.
Horace c. Davis, prominent
attorney of Billings, addressed
the group following the dinner.
He paid tribute to Abraham
Lincoln and expressed his views
on present day problems.
Other speakers were George
Cormack Of Decker, B. w. Kron-
miller, Mayor Carl Rankin, R. A.
Vickers and Guy VanCleve. D. L.
Egnew acted as postmaster.
Proceeding the dinner a read
ing about Lincoln was given by
Lorraine johnson Of Crow Ag-
ency.
Group singing was lead by
Mrs. Lura P. Strand with A. r.
Hegre at the piano.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
Special Services
AT ~Foursqudre

Dick Easter, noted youth
worker from Texas, will begin a
series of youth meetings at the
Hardin Foursquare church on
Sunday night, Feb. 81, it was
announced this week by the
Rev. John N. Hanson, pastor OF
the local church.
The meetings will be held
nightly at 1870, except on Sat-
urday for a period of two or
three weeks.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-02-18
Indiun Brothers
In North Africa

Staff Sergeants Henry Old
Coyote and Barney Old Coyote,
Jr., sons of Barney Old Coyote
of Crow Agency, are now seeing
action in North Africa, accord
ing to word received by their
parents recently.