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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-13

disposal plants as a municipal activ-
ity, and the superintendent says that
this latter may, in the near future
take its place along with the other
activities as a money-maker
| The last Nebraska legislature passed
a bill giving the city of Omaha the
right and power to buy the facilities
of the big Nebraska Power company
comparable in size and cussedness
to the Pee company. And now the
MP company is weeping on the neck
of the Omaha city council, blubber-
ing that it is being compelled to sell
out and that its widows and orphans"
stockholders will suffer- 1t made me
homesick to read their walls in the
Omaha newspaper. OF course there
is nothing in the bill that was passed
which compels the company to sell
out or impinges on it's right to all of
the recourses afforded to protect it
self in the courts; but don't it beat
the band how lachrymal these big biz
wart hogs become when the people
finally catch up with them after sub
hitting to their piracy for long years !?
There is also excitement in Omaha
over book written by Mary G. Kelly
and entitled Life in Modern Amer
lea" 1t seems that the author naive
ly wrote of our modern life and ten
denotes as she saw them. In so doing
she of course stepped on a good many
pompous and dignified toes. One
paragraph of her book, for instance,
says:
Since the upper classes had con-
troll of the government it looked as
if little could be done to improve
matters. Their strong corporations
had too much influence"
A member of the city school board |
in Omaha, let out a plaintive yawp |
and declares that the book is "propa-
ganda," and that it is an insult to
congress in declaring that body to be
controlled by the manufacturers. The
surprising thing about this is that
anybody should try to convince any
body else that such control does not
exist. Realization of such control is
so commonplace that denial of it
merely ELECTS yawn from most folks.
However, the Omaha critic declares
that the book shall be carefully in
vestigated" before Omaha children
are allowed to read it. But in the
meantime Iowa people will continue
70 be gratified at such insults" to
congress. THE COLONEL.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-13
SOME DAMAGE
TO DURUM CROP
lis REPORTED

Total supplies of durum wheat il
the United States for the 1894 sea
son are expected to be about $4,000,
900 bushels compared with 80,182,0O(
bushels the year before according tC
the War Food Administration. The
carryover of durum wheat on July 1
1913, was 28,366,00O bushels, which
together with prospective 1943 croI
of 33,459,000 bushels gives a total
supply for the 1943-44 season of 81,
$4,000 bushels.
Stocks of old grain on hand July
IL, 1913, were held in the following
positions: on farms, 1901, 900 bush
els; in interior mills and elevators
6,357 900 bushels; in commercial stor-
age, 2,497, 900 bushels; and on hand
at merchant mills, GAL 900 bushels,
or total of 28,366,000 bushels. On
July 1, 1912, the carryover was 34,-
677, 900 bushels while the 1912 crop
supplied 45,5O5,O0O bushels.
Utilization of durum wheat in the
United States during the 1942-43 sea-
| sui OuSh ouhCJ 1iiOoiieNN ~
2,285, 900 bushels, the largest on rec
ord. This is 100000 bushels more
than was provided by the bumper
1912 crop and exceeds by 100000
bushels the crop in prospect for 1913,
based on the July estimate. Mill
grindings accounted for 23,SSO,OOO
bushels, which is by far the largest
years grind since records on the
subject have been kept. An in
creased domestic consumption of dur
UNI wheat products was supplemented
by large government purchases of
semolina for shipment under Lend
Lease and other programs. Seed re-
quirements took 2,935,000 bushels
while 25,470,00 0bushels were diverted
to feed and other use. The large
quantity used for feed reflected the
shortage of feedstuffs and feed grains
and the extensive use made of wheat
for food during the past year.
The active demand which prevailed
for durum wheat for feed purposes
kept prices on the low grades relative
premiums on the better milling quail
ties to narrow limits. Throughout
most of the season hard amber durum
of good to choice milling quality
brought only 5c-8c per bushel more
than the lower qualities and grades,
including red durum.
The 1943 durum crop is now reach
ing maturity and prospects for crop
of good milling quality appear quite
favorable at this time. Trade reports
however are not uniformly good. Hot
weather caused blight damage in a
few localized areas and at the time of
this writing scattered trade reports
indicate that black tip fungus, which
caused so much damage to the 1910
durum crop, is again in evidence in
some sections.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-13

Since no friend has yet suggested
that a monument be erected in our
honor on North Higgins Avenue, we
are compelled to bring the matter up
ourself. We have not decided wheth-
er an equestrian bronze or a marble
saint with copper halo would repre-
sent us better; but we de feel that
the middle of the street just in front
of the Mercer secondhand store
would be a good location
Lest this modest hint be ignored,
we will repeat here some of the rea-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-13
IS NATURALIZATION OF
INDUSTRY In PROSPECT?

gruber" We do things in more
sauve and diplomatic fashion. Ex-
preparations under democratic CAPT.
talism" must have the color of law
and conform to certain rules and reg
lulations." True If these regulations"
are not sufficiently elastic to accom-
! plish the desired results, If, as and
when the capitalist leadership desires,
then the rules must be changed ac-
cordingly.
Now in democratic, capitalist
America" we have a stock market
that enables the favored sons" to
separate individual or collective
groups from their property without
resorting to what would be termed
outright appropriation" and it has
the further advantage of leaving the
thoroughly skinned" victim in q state
OF uncertainty as to where to place
the responsibility for the loss of his
epidermis. In the "bear" market
spectators indulge in the game of
selling short" that is, when the con-
dition is right" the Spectator offers
| for sale on the market stock which hit
does not own and by dumping" these
stocks he brings down the price to
point where he can buy them i'll"
for considerably less than the price
at which lie agreed to sell. He then
becomes buyer, purchasing the
stock for delivery to the suckers
to whom he agreed to sell when he
didn't have any stock, and by so
doing is enabled to pocket a neat
profit. OF course conditions must be
right to bring about such Squeeze"
Something must occur to enable the
bear" to depress the price by a sud
den flooding of the market, but usual
ly if the need is sufficient such things
"can be arranged" and out of the
mass of Nude Eel political engineer
ing things are taking shape and CAPT
talist leadership has brought it's bu-
reaucracy under such control that an
incident can now be arranged" at
will
With the "shush-shushing' of the
Wallace-Jones outburst administrative
leadership has brought Nude lei bu-
reaucracy temporarily under perfect
control and may proceed with little
danger of family fuses" upsetting
the applicant. We now have the war
labor board gun loaded for labor or
the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration and the FSA in
a strategic position to pepper the
farmer with fine shot" if he attempts
to Fly out of the BRUSH" the OPA
and rationing boards holding their
guns at the ready" for any small
business" singles" that may be
flushed by the efficient pointers"
while the Board of Economic War
fare with its "over and under" gun
is prepared for such business organi-
cations as may be classified as neither
small or large business.
By rationing, priorities, and OPA
many small business"
men have been given such a head
ache that they have already tossed
their hands in the air., hung up the
familiar CLOSED for the duration"
sign in the window and "high-tailed
it for the tall timber" seeking a spot
where OPA regulations do not pollute
The atmosphere and rationing boards
are unknown. The Nude Eel now has
under perfect control and
he interested student may watch the
fluctuations of the stock market with
is jittery ups and downs" for an
indication that a financial "putsch"
nay be forthcoming.
TaUNH Nh u-rrrt TTNrrDNr
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-13

In my last contribution 1noutlOuet
that a complacent relative in Iowa
showed me his flock of 1000 turkeys
and made me admit that they seemed
to be about as good as our famous
Oregon birds. But after letting me
suffer for "a hours he told me, the
next day, that he got the eggs from
Eugene, Oregon. So now everything
is all right and l am again rampant
and not conceding anything.
Here in the middlewest | find con
siderable discussion of Secretary
Knox recent declaration that we will
still be fighting the Japs six years
from now. 1t has had a SOLDERING eff
feet on some, who regretfully con-
cede that we have, unavoidably, al
lowed Japan too much time in which
to consolidate and fortify her terri
torial gains and scatter her vital in
dustries so that they can no longer be
destroyed by intensive bombing of
just one congested island. But there
are many dissatisfied leftists who
place more sinister Interpretation on
tation. They point to the draggers of
the red herring, the isolationists, the
believers in negotiation, and have no
difficulty in proving that they are
more active now than ever before
with their time-worn propaganda
And they call attention to the indica-
lions that these people are even now
girding themselves for a commercial
war rather than military war, and
that they view Japan merely as a
great future market which they do
not want destroyed. They bluntly
state that the reactionaries in this
country, of which there is none which
er than Secretary Knox, do not want
Japan injured any more than is abso-
lutely necessary, and that this is abso-
lutely necessary, and that this is the
real incentive for his prediction of
six more years of piddling. And they
add a still more sinister note by de-
claring that these people want Japan
preserved for the same reason that
they have coddled it and supplied it
with ammunitions of war for the past
twenty-five years = to pillow through
China and attack Russia. Such a.
statement at this time is disturbing,
but as indicatory confirmation | was
referred to the first article, by Max
Eastman, in the July issue of Readers
Digest. So | secured that copy of
RID, and there it was, sure enough;
and l am compelled to admit that Mr..
Eastman outbid himself in rehashing
all of the old lies about Russia which
we thought had been shamefacedly
buried three years ago. All of the
fanatical hatred, sneering reputation
of facts, and outright falsity of state
ment is still there. So maybe these
midwestern farmers and middleclass
business men have something. Any
how, they view passing events with
critical eyes,
Oregon and Washington have no
monopoly of the fight for municipal
ownership of public utilities. Many |
towns and cities in Nebraska and |
Iowa have their own plants and are
enjoying low rates under good man.
agement. In the little 10,000-popula-
ton city of Cedar Falls, Iowa, they
go the whole hog, having their own
gas and water plants, and
also handle the garbage through big
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-13
SELL EQUIPMENT TO
SIGNAL CORPS

Photographic and short-wave radio
equipment purchased from private
owners is now in service on many
battle fronts as well as in the con
tinental United States, but more of a
number of specific items is greatly
needed, the War department has an
nounced. The Signal Corps, Army
Service Forces, has made a special
appeal to persons possessing certain
high-grade or scarce items to sell
them as means of aiding the war
effort. Owners who wish to offer
equipment for sale should write to:
Emergency Purchase Section, Phila-
delphia, Pa. Nothing should be
shipped unless requested
DEMAND THE UNION LABEL!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-13

8. Drain all gasoline from tank.
Run engine until carburetor and fuel
pump or vacuum tank are empty. If
carburetor is not drained gum will
form as gasoline evaporates. Remove
spark plugs and inject into every CYL
inder one-half ounce of oil. Rotate
engine to leave coating of oil on
cylinder walls and replace spark
plugs.
g. Disengage clutch and place block
of wood beneath clutch pedal and the
underside of the floor board. The
block should be large enough to hold
the clutch disengaged.
TO- Do not remove rear axle, trans
mission, or engine oil.
IL. Leave hand brake in release
position.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-13
TRAVELOCUE of the Colonel
Reprinted from Capital Press (Ore.)

editor Colonel
being blessed with inqurng mind and the
to travelling
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-08-13

Disaster of the American Red
humans and fed both its rehabilitation
the recent Midwest floods which inundated
hauled
Wagons and boats description
livestock Epidemics thousands of
animals Upper photo shows volunteers group
rooned livestock close to Chester Ill., while the lower
Dr. r. ~ RUSSELL veterinarian, of Morrilon
Russell, injecting blackeg into a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29
AE2:,A:!!!4!;'k|&13,
Adam said.

SlSaret! Adam SAID.
Thanks said Brenda. T h n,
when Adam had lit it for her and
lit one for himself, she said, do
you really think Susan Potter is
capable of running the cafeteria?"
Il don't know about that. She's
not going to run it, exactly, but
take over the planning of h e
meals. She has some good ideas. !"
We'll, here's luck" Brenda said.
and again wished she'd gone in
for cooking instead of writing.
Jack hurried back to them. Il
had a look at the well. too" he
said. Looks to me as though
someone's been trying to rig up a
way to get water out Of it,
Those tramps again." said
Adam. Hop in, Jack, we have to
be on our way"
You can drop me over by my
own car said Brenda. She glanc-
ed at Adtm. How goes the fill
ing-in business?''
Failing off Adam smiled at
Brenda. When are you going to
ask me out to the old Leigh place
again-to show you those sketch
es for remodeling the place.
Il don't know. l hate horning in
4 1oI II
seem to be much in demand"
Adam felt his face redden. I'D
like very much to come out" he
said. whenever it happens to be
convenient"
We'll set a date soon," said
Brenda. It's hard to plan an eve
ming, now that rehearsing has be-
gun. Mrs. Plat will keep us all
on the jump"
Adam stopped his car and helped
Brenda out Then when he saw her
safely in her own car. he drove
off. speeding up as soon as he
reached the main road.
Why in heck don't you 90 for
Brenda in big way?" Jack
asked
I'm not her type" said Adam.
Town girl who makes success in
big city doesn't fall for town boy
who stayed at homeland stag
mated"
You haven't stagnated. You've
gone as far in your way as she
has in hers. Besides, she likes
YOU"
Listen, Jack Adam said, "cut
out matchmaking and stick to tool
making"
"Okay," said Jack, and fell ST.
lent.
But he was still puzzled about
the car he had seen the night be-
fore. And had he been able to
read Adams mind, he would have
discovered that he, too, was puz-
lied, and not little worried.
(To Be Continued)
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29
(CKES ASSAILS
DRAFT OFFICIAL
interior Secretary Calls
Testimony Incompetent
And Malicious

WASHINGTON, Sept. % (Py II
Secretary Ickes. asserting his In
terror Department is important to
the war effort today accused Col.
Edward A. Fitzpatrick, elective
Service official, and Robert M.
Barnett, chairman Of the review
committee on deferment of govern
ment employees of irresponsible,
incompetent and malicious testi-
monv before a House Military SUBJ
committee.
In letter to Chairman Costello
D-Calif), the interior secretary
said Fitzpatrick exceeded any au-
thority he could possibly have in
his capacity as an Army officer,
a representative of the Selective
Service, or BOTH
Barnett, Ickes said, apparently
succeeded in conveying the i'm
preston that the Interior Depart
ment had requested deferments
for 5000 employees.
The secretary's letter said that
his department had not asked g.
600 deferments 'nor does it in
tend to do 500 He said the de-
partment had requested. as of
September Is, 1s43. total Of ~
1853 deferments.
Ickes said Fitzpatrick's "ignor-
ance and incompetence are most
strikingly demonstrated by his Sc
lection of the nap-making acti-
vities of the geological survey as
his special target. The Secretary
said this map-making is primarl-
ly War Department project.
financed by that agency. as a ''di-
rect and important contribution
to the war
Fitzpatrick and Barnett testi-
fled last Thursday before the COM
mittee, which has been investi-
eating deferment OF government
employe. from military service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29
.SBI UNCOVERS
PAROLE RING
Allegedly Sold Bogus Pa
roles To Numerous
Prisoners

RALEIGH. Sept. 28-P)-A ring
that allegedly has sold paroles
to an undetermined number of
states prisoners has been broken
up, the governors office announc-
ed today, and at least three mem
bers of the ring how are in pri-
son and fourth is being sought
in another state.
Other arrests are expected at
any time, w. 1. Calling, State
Bureau of Investigation agent.
said adding that "only the good
Lord knows how far reaching this
thing is
Calling Investigated the ring S
activities in cooperation with the
Paroles commission, which is a
part of the governors office. Gov
ernor Broughton himself ordered
the investigation after receipt Of
a letter, the contents of which
were not disclosed.
Paroles Commissioner Hathaway
Cross and Calling said they had
discovered that fees varying in
size, but totalling at least $500,
had been paid the racketeers for
bogus paroles.
Cross said the ring had acquir-
ed fake letterheads. bearing the
names of imaginary judges. state
officials and other public officials,
and would show the false letters
some forged to show reductions
in sentences-to other prisoners
who would fall for the scheme.
Apparently thinking the operators
could get their sentences reduc-
ed.
Many Of those who were sWind-
led, Cross said, were long term
prisoners or members OF their
families.
He told of one instance where
the bogus paroles statesmen ap-
preached the mothers of two Ne
groes just imprisoned for long SEN
fences. They told the mothers that
their sons would be home for
supper tonight upon payment TO
certain sum. The sons failed
to show up, although the mothers
had prepared a fried chicken sup
per.
Cross said the investigation led
into several states, resulting in
detultion of at least one person
out of North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29
OTHER NETWORKS

NEDNESDA1, EPIEMbEh ~
EASTERN War Time P.M.-subtract One
Hour for CWT.. Hrs for MWT.
Changes i'll programs as listed due to
corrections by networks made to"
late to incorporated
S:3o-Just Flain Bill. Dramatic nnc
The JACK Armstrong; Serial - blu-east
The Sea Hound repeat blu-weS'
Are You Genius: Quiz Show cbS
Chick Carter, d Boy Detective mos
) :45-Front Page Farrell Serial nbc
Capt Midnight. Riddles Series bin
American Women, Drama Series - chs
Serial Series for Riddles mbs-basic
6:oO-News and U. S. Navy Band - nhr
Children's Dramatic Skit, Daily - blu
Quincy Howe and News Time chs
Prayer Comment on the War mbS
e:l5-You Shall Have Music, Var. - chs
Capt. Tim Healy's Spy Stories bin
Dick Thomas with the Boys mbs
6:3o-The Tower Show, Chicago - nbr
Jack Armstrong in Repeat - blu-west
War Overseas, Commentators nbs
Lowell Thomas on News - blu
Capt Midnight in repeat blu-west
World News and Commentary chs
Repeat of Riddles Serial - other mbs
7o0-Fred Warnings Time nbc-basic
Orchestra: The Falcon. Drama blu
Fulton Lewis, Jr.. Commentas mbS
7 :15-World War via Broadcast - nbc
Harry James and His Orchestra - nbc
The Johnson Family, a Serial nahs
1:3o-Caribbean Nights Concert - nhe
Lone Ranger, Drama of West blu
Easy Aces" Serial Series cbs-basic
Duke Ellington and Orchestra nlhs
7:45-Kaltenborn and Comment nbc
Mr.. Keen, Persons Tracer cbs-basic
Dancing Music Orchestra cbs-Djxie
8 :0O-Mr. and Mrs. North, Drama nbc
News Broadcasting Time, Daily - blu
Sammy Kaye with Red Barber chs
Sam Batter Comment on News mbS
e:l5-Lum and Abner Serial Skit - blu
Leo Cherne and His Comment mbs
:30-Beat the Band, Quiz Show nbc
The Battle of the Sexes Quiz - blu
Jean Hresholt as DR.. Christian chs
8:55-Five Minute News Period chs
1904 Date With Judy. Drama nbc
Bandwagon. Guest Orchestra blu
Lionel Barrymore as the Mayor chs
Gabriel Heater and Comment mbs
9:l5-Dancing Music Orchestra mhs
9:30-Mr. District Attorney Play nbc
Spotlight Bands. Guest Orches. blu
Jack Carson and Variety Show chs
9 55-Harry Wismer Sports Time blu
1o:0O-kay kyser Music & Quiz nbc
Raymond Gram Swing Comment - blu
Great Moments in Music Conc. chs
John B. Hughes War Comment - mbs
10 15-Listen to Lulu and Songs - blu
Sunny Skylar and His Songs mbs
10 :30-Morton Gould & Carnival chs
National Radio Forum Talks - blu
Paul Schubert's War Analysis mbs
l0:45-Dancing Music Orchestra mbs
l1:o0-Late Variety and Dance-blu & chs
Comment. Dance Orch 3 Hrs. nlbs
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29

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