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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-11-05
Plains Museum
Closes Sunday;;
6,010 Register

The Museum of the Plains In
dian closed its 1913 season last
Sunday, which extended from
April through October. During
its seven-months operation COLO
visitors registered, or roughly,
60 per cent of the number of the
corresponding season last year,
when gasoline rationing had not
yet become effective in the west.
This season members of the
armed forces stationed in Mon
tana and their families replaced
the tourists of other years, who
visited the museum. Many of
them registered from their home
towns, with the result that all
sections of the country. as well as
foreign lands, were represented.
Some sections, noticeably the
southeastern states, which fur
nish relatively small number of
tourists in the northwest in nor
NAL years. were better repre-
scented than usual this season.
In the month of October alone,
visitors registered fr o m hve-
sixths of the States, from Cana.
d a. Mexico, Alaska. Australia
a d Soviet Russia. The tota
number registered during h {
month was 81 per cent more thanir
the month of October last year.
Many service men indicated
keen interest in the museum anc
gained a new understanding 0.
the historic background of tn
Northwestern Plains region, il
which they were residing for tn
first time. as a result of thei
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II High School Students
Candidates For Letters

At a meeting Of h e high
school B club Monday evening II
students were chosen as candi
dates for football letters this
wear. They include Earl Barlow,
Maurice Condit, Fred DesRosier,
Wayne Duncan, Gene Grounds,
Jason Devereaux. Carl kipp
Gene Lair. Delmar Mathews
George Upham. Tommy Starr
! Bobby Mcbride, Douglas Duncan
Richard DuBray, Gerald Silvas
Henry White and Cecil Conway.
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-11-05
Horizon Club Meets At Home
Of Mrs. Kate Smith Tuesday

The Horizon Club. which met
at the home of Mrs. Kate Smith
Tuesday evening, elected the fol-
lowing officers: Audra Pambrun,
president; Rita Buchanan, viz e
president, an d Fern Harmon,
secretary.
The clubs regular meeting
place will be t h e old sewing
room. it was decided at the meet.
ing.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-11-05
Legion Auxiliary To Meet
At Anspach Home Tuesday

The American Auxiliary will
meet at the home of Mrs. P. G.
Anspach next Tuesday evening,
when initiation will be conducted.
A maximum attendace is urged.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-11-05

Cattle Repayment
Issue To Be Voted AT
Election Tomorrow

GeCIIOn IOnIOIIOW
Qualified voters of the Black i
feet Indian Reservation will go !
to the polls at Browning. Heart
Butte. Old Agency and Seville to-
morrow between 8 a. m. and 6 p.
m. to decide py ballot whether
or not to authorize the Tribal
Council to negotiate for the pur-
chase of repayment cattle.
The advisory committee of the
Tribal Council sets forth in the
following important details hav-
ing to do with tomorrow's de-
cision:
In 1884 the government issued
to members of t h e Blackfeet
Tribe 5792 head o f cattle o f
which one half died the first win
ter. This left approximately 3070
head to start with in the spring
of 1885. These cattle have in
creased until today they number
more than 5000 head.
This means that more than 1870
members who, back in 1884 and
1885 were employed on the CCC
or WPA as their only means
of making a living are now indie
pendent cattle growers. With
this program properly extended
and enlarged it means that in
another ten years all of the
Blackfeet people who wish to en-
gage in cattle growing and are
qualified to do so can be started
with cattle and may themselves
become independent operators.
The manner in which it is pro-
posed to give these new members
a start with cattle is explained as
follows: The Indian members
who have these cattle owe to the
government 2570 head as replace
ments or repayments of t h e
cattle hey received in 1884.
These repayment cattle are to be
repaid to the government over a
period of seven years. commence
ing with the spring of 1914 and
are to be repaid by the delivery
to the government of yearling
heifers.
There is money in the Black.
feet Tribal Treasury which
idle money, that draws no inter
est, but cannot under the law be
distributed to the Blackfeet peo
pie in per capita payments and is
sufficient to purchase these hei
fers as they become due to the
government. This purchase
would not in any manner inter
fere with any plan for making
per capita payments.
1t is proposed that the Black
feet Tribal Business Council pur
chase these heifers as they be
come due to the government a
the market price at the time o
the purchase and distribute then
to members of t h e Blackfee
Tribe who wish t o engage i
cattle raising and who are quail
fled to receive them. Otherwise
the cattle will be taken by tn
government and shipped off Q
this reservation to other tribes.
When these cattle are pul
chased by the Blackfeet Trit
they will be handled and distr
buted by a cattle board to be al
pointed by the Blackfeet Trib
Council and will be issued
those people who qualify then
selves with land and feed to r.
ceive them and may be used as
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$4,000 To Be Sought
To Finance Various
Local, State, National
and International
Benefit Projects
(By John C.. Ewers)

(By John y. EWerS)
On Armistice Day. November
II, the combined National War
F u n d-B wn n g Community
Chest drive will begin in Brown
ing and on the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation n d will continue
through November Is.
People of this community will
be asked to make single donations
to help support no less than 80
very worthy causes. The COM
bined drive will thus take the
place of 80 smaller, individual
campaigns.
The National War Fund quota
/ for western Glacier County has
been fixed at $1,000. The Com
munity Chest quota is also 49,
900, the same as it was last year.
The combined goal is therefore
$4,000. Receipts will be divided
equally between the War Fund
and Community Chest.
The National War Fund itself
represents group of II war-re-
lated agencies for the assistance
of members of our armed forces
and their families, and for the
relief of the innocent victims of
war d oppression n allied
lands and enemy-occupied coun-
tries throughout the world. Your
money will help to support the
many activities of the USU-the
home away from home for our
fighting men. 1t will bring COM
forts to war prisoners, take food
to the starving peoples of occu-
pied Europe. furnish medicine to
our fighting allies, the Russians,
and aid our Chinese allies in
their scortched earth policy. A
complete list of the II member
organizations of h e National
War Fund reveals the worldwide
field of their service to mankind:
United Service Organizations
United Seamen's Service
War Prisoners Aid
Belgian War Relief Society
British War Relief Society
French Relief Fund
Friends of Luxembourg
Greek War Relief Association
Norwegian Relief
Polish War Relief
, Queen Wilhelmina Fund
i Russian War Relief
9 United China Relief
United Czechoslvak Relief
United Yugoslav Relief Fund
=. Refugee Relief Trustees
U. 8. Committee for Care of
European Children
The Brown ing Community
E Chest was organized one year
). ago as an efficient means of col,
lecting and dispensing funds for
the support of worthy character.
building and charitable agencies
of Browning and the state which
l., are not financed by the govern
. ment, but are dependent on in
II dividual donations for support.
a Last year Browning Communi
, ity Chest funds helped to support
half dozen worthy local activi
-, ties which included the Commun
ID ity Christmas Fund of Schoo
# Dist. 9, Boy Scouts, Camp Fir
70 Girls, Public School Carnival
in July Fourth Indian Encampment
20 and the Children's Recreationa
ir Activities Program. Throug
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Freedom Of India
Asked by American
Members LEAGUE

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 CUP)-The
India League of America offered a
four-point program calling for
freedom for India today after its
members heard President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill as
sailed by Rep. Clare Boothe Luce,
r., Conn. for their stand on the
Indian question.
Mrs. Luce, unable to attend a
meeting last night because of ill
ness, attacked Churchill in a pre-
pared address for regarding free
dom as ,"the white mans monopoly"
and demanded that Mr.. Roosevelt
and other American leaders aban-
don their "Pontius PLATE silence"
on the Indian problem.
Her address was read by Sirdar
j. j. Singh, president of the
league.
The league program called for re-
lease of political prisoners in India,
resumption of negotiations between
Indian leaders and Britain with
view to establishing provision
government, a guarantee of Indian
freedom after the war and an offer
by the United States to help nego-
tiationS if necessary.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Seven Arraigned
OF Black Market

DALLAS, Tex, Aug. 10 OUP) -
Seven men were arraigned in fed
eral court today on charges Of
selling stolen gasoline coupons in
the nations biggest gasoline and
tire black market.
Office of Price Administra ion
officials said several others were
under arres. in Texas, and former
clerk cf a ration board here had
been apprehended in les Angeles.
The black market ring operated on
stolen gasoline ratiOning coupons
and on false tire ration certificates
they said.
w. A. Griffis, Jr., CPA district
enforcement officer, said the ring
had stolen 10000 gasoline ration
coupons at GAINESVILLE, Tex, enough
to enable holders to buy gasoline
for 2,688,0OO miles of driving.
Griffis said the stolen coupons
were sold to travel bureau operators
for from 81 to So for sheet of
eight stamps. Buyers admitted
paying $40 for a full book Of stamps,
he said.
Three of the men under arrest
here pleaded guilty when arraigned
before u S. Commissioner John
Davis on charges of violating ra-
tioning regulations. Four others
entered pleas of innocent
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Price Of Used
Vehicles Goes Up

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UP)-
The Office of Price Administration
today announced an increase in
prices for used trucks and COM
mercial vehicles in an effort to
bring more of them into the market
The order will enable a used
truck dealer to pay more for COM
mercial vehicles, and at the same
time provides him with fair basis
for markup on the condition that
the vehicle is sold under war
ranty whose life, according to the
usual trade practice, is established
at 30 days or the first 1000 miles.
Under the old schedule of prices,
there were two categories: An "As
is" price which is the amount the
dealer paid to the owner of
vehicle, and an "reconditioned"
price, which was the top figure at
which a dealer could resell the
truck. There was also an addi-
tional allowance Of five per cent of
the "As is" price for warranted
vehicle.
OPA explained that, as result
of today's order instead of the 90
TO 26 per cent spread of "As is"
prices over a period of six years
under the old schedule, the revision
provides for "As is" prices ranging
from 90 to 33 per cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Nazi Demo|itions
Slow Down Eighth
Army's Advance

WITH BRITISH 9TH ARMY,
Sicily, Aug. (Delayed CUP) =
Clever German demolitions, cal
culated to stop the advancing
British on the tortuous roads of
the western slopes of Mount Etna,
are slowing the Eighth army's push
toward the important road juno
ton off Randazzo.
Today the tired British are
edging up from Bronte toward
Randazzo nine miles northeast, in
conjunction with the American
push eastward to the same area
from Cesaro.
The columns threaten the last
Axis lines linking the coastal roads
across Sicilys northeastern tip.
The Germans are making scant
effort to hold the towns. The rear
guard action works simply. At
particularly bad turn or vital bridge,
the enemy wrecks the road and no
detour is possible.
Behind these blocks, they set up
small suicide outfits with machine
guns and mortars. Mines are
planted.
Four such places were found
south of Bronte. Sappers working
with a couple of bulldozers named
annie" and Little Nelly had to
pick mines out of craters and then
laboriously shove ton after ton of
earth into them before Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery's forces
could continue the pursuit.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
BY SGT. JACK FOISIE
Stars and Stripes Correspondent
Distributed BY UNITED PRESS

DiotipueCu Dy UNI ELI hGoS
WITH AMERICAN FORCES, Ad-
vancing Along North Sicilian
Coast, Aug. 8. Delayed .CUP)-The
final words of Raider Lieut.. Col
Lyle w. Bernard of Highland Falls,
N. Y, before we set out to land
behind enemy lines we're:
ut is a chance that few outfits
get, SO let's cut a rug and knock
them all the way back to Messina. "
We landed miles behind the enemy
lines at a. m. Our mission was to
fight through the beach defenses
to the high tableland mile inland,
there to cut the coastal highland
leading to San Agata, isolate the
entrenched Germans holding up
the American advance along the
north Sicilian coast.
NO REINFORCEMENTS
Alone, without hope of reinforce
mentS, we were to hold off for "a
hours the bulk of Axis forces to
the east, at the same time keeping
a net tightly closed around the
enemy caught between us and the
main American lines.
Five hours after the first assault
boat touched the sand we were
firmly entrenched in the hills and
had smeared all German traffic
going in either direction.
BY noon the town of San Agata
had fallen. AT 12:4l, ID hours
ahead of schedule, contact was
established with the advanced ele-
ments of the main American forces.
So complete was the surprise at
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
President Not
Isolated While
On Canada Trip

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-(UP)-
President Roosevelt, tanned and
rested after a Canadian fishing va
cation, today was busy appraising
the latest reports on the tide of
events in Europe-especially those
inside Italy and Germany
He was not isolated or out of
touch with major developments
while on the shores of Lake Huron,
but he now can go over in detail
dispatches which he probably only
perrSed for highlights while relax
ing.
While Mr.. Roosevelt was away
there was talk here and in London
of the logic of another Roosevelt
Churchill conference on Military
and political problems. Although it
is now revealed that the President
was away only on fishing trip and
did not confer with any high Of
ficials, nothing has happened to
lesson the desirability of another
meeting between Mr.. Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
in the near future.
NO STATEMENTS
Naturally, there will be no Of
ficial statements about such meet
ing until and if it is held-and
maybe not until afterWard.
AS the time logically approaches
for another meeting, there is spec
ulation here whether Premier Josef
Stain would be invited again and,
more important, whether he would
accept. He declined to attend the
Casablanca conference last Janu-
ary.
Mr.. Roosevelt was accompanied
by intimate members of his White
House staff. His vacation train was
parked on a special siding at the
edge of Lake Huron. 1t was equip
ped with telephone and telegraph
facilities, and planes brought him
mail and government dispatches
daily from Washington.
Upon Mr. Roosevelts return yes
terday. he plunged into series of
conferences with high officials to
get back in touch with military and
political problems. Secretary of
State Cordell Hull was a luncheon
caller.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
'0ptimists' Draw
Frank Knox Fire

PORTLA Me, Aug. 10 up
People who believe the war will
end this year were termed foolish
optimists" by Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox last night.
Knox said that Sicily is an out
post" and that the United Nations
have had only minor successes" so
far there.
"The fall of Sicily would not
mean the end of the war" he said.
we still have to gain a foothold
on the European continent itself.
"In the south Pacific we have had
success but we are still great
many miles from TokTo-our OBJ
jective and there is a lot of
trouble in between"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Mrs. R. jenkins
Visits Children

Mrs. Rodney jenkins returned to
Ell Centro this week after three
weeks away from Imperial Valley,
during which time she visited her
son and famil% and her daughter
and family.
At Cedar City. Utah, she spent a
week with her daughter, Mrs,
Robert Berry, and new grand
daughter, Joan Marie Ferry, born
recently Mr.. Berry is commander
Of an air field at Cedar City.
After he Utah trip Mrs. jenkins
went to Mission Beach, where she
was joire by her son and family.
Capt. and Mrs. Albert jenkins and
son, Jerold Rodney. The boy was
born July 81.
Mrs. Albert jenkins and son are
now in Eugene, Oregon.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
owl Denies Try
ToSuppress Book

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 tUP)-
Chester Kerr, chief of the book
bureau of the Office of War In
formation, said today that there
was absolutely no truth whatso-
ever" to reports that the agency
attempted to interfere with pub
lication of Ruth Mitchell's latest
book, "The Serbs Choose War"
Miss Mitchell, sister of the late
Brig. Gen. william Billy Mitchell,
was quoted by the New York World
Telegram in an interview as saying
the owl, through Kerr, had held
up publication of the book on
grounds it would be dangerous to
American foreign policy"
Kerr said Miss Mitchell's publish
err Doubleday, Doran and Co., had
sent Owl a set of galleys with a
request to obtain "an expert opin-
ion on her book before they pub
liShed it,"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

Negroes Riot at
Swing Session

-Four persons were injured and
doors, windows and transoms of the
dance hall dressing rooms we're
damaged by the milling crowd
aroused by a knitting and a fist
fight
Police 1t. John r. Johnston said
the disorders could have reached
serious proportions if the ma
jority of the dancers had not kept
calm. Johnston estimated that
only 500 of the $500 persons
present at the dance got out of
hand
Squads of city police, 300 army
troops, and contingents of military
police and navy shore patrolmen
responded to two riot calls.
The trouble started, police said.
while the dancers were swinging to
the music Of Count Basie's or
chestra on the huge auditorium
floor. A sailor drew knife and
cut shipyard welder, The Welder
knocked the sailor to the floor. The
sailor took refuge in the wom-
ems dressing room.
SAILOR FOUND
Police Sgts. Leo Raschdorf and
Guy Shelton found another sailor,
Rober Manner, %, armed with a
knife, trying to climb into the
dressing room.
Drop that knife and get down,
or we'll Shoot" they demanded.
Police said two other sailors ex-
horted about 500 civilians and SOL
diers to rescue Manner. The crowd
surged toward the dressing rooms
and began smashing doors, windows
and transoms, but when the first
persons broke into the rooms they
were met by the drawn guns of
Sgts. Raschdorf and Shelton. The
crowd fell back.
Police arrived with gas bombs,
ear bombs, and machine guns to
break up the dressing room crowd
Outside, navy shore Patrolman
Jack Props was attacked while he
tried to quiet the crowds. His
trousers were torn off and he suf-
fered minor bruises before he was
rescued By other officers. A Negro
sailor, Lawrence Jones, 20, suffered
cut on his left leg during the
melee.
Police took four men into GUS
tody for questioning.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
NeWsmdn TeIls Of
Surprise Landing

tack we had our entire combat
team on the beach before an eSti-
mated 200 Germans bivouaced in
the orchard 100 yards from the
beach became aware of our
presence.
MANY ESCAPED
In the darkness and confusion
many of the foe escaped us then,
but we flushed a good number of
them later in the hills.
Due 10 the necessity for speed in
reaching the hills, we had no in
clination- to take prisoners during
the early hours in the darkness.
IF they insist on surrendering, I
guess we can find draw or some
thing to put them in," the colonel
instructed his men. Some 90 did
insist, more than half of them
German.
The German dead number about
so. saw rs Heinics go down be-
fore single blast of a tommy gun.
They had driven up in a truck just
as a company of the heavy weapons
outfit with which l made the land
ing hit the road The SO called
surermen dismounted but stood
dumbfounded by their truck, ap-
parently thunderstruck. 1t was still
dark and we were not sure of their
identity. We challenged them
"Vas i5t?" said Hun, walking for
ward. Bullets from American guns
ended the conversation.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
NoGov'tControI
Of Crops in A

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 UP)--
Farmers were assured today of a
government program of unrestricted
production in 1914 and abandon
ment of the 10-year-old New Deal
policy of rigid crop controls.
War Food Administrator Marvin
Jones said in a radio address last
night that the 1914 food program
now being formulated would be on
a purely voluntary" basis.
Jones has said previously that he
plans no crop controls except on
tobacco, and his statement last
night was taken as confirmation
that acreage restrictions are ou,
for the duration.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
HOLLYWOOD
nv ERSKINE JOHNSON

tight sweater" Metro is plan
ming re-make of Private Lives"
as musical co-starring Lucille
Ball and Red Shelton. Add
daffy statistics: An usher at one
of the local Warner theaters was
given the assignment to clock the
number of times Charles Boyer
signs in THE Constant Nymph." In
case you're interested, it's At.
Ann Sheridan, who has always
had terrific box office appeal in
Italy, is the only film star to re-
ceive a Washington request to wax
speeches addressed to the spaghetti
munchers on the invasion. 4.
Promised and hoped for: Felix
Bressart's great acting job in Song
of Russia" They say it tops any
thing he's ever done.
All the war scenes in Anna Stems
new film, THE Girl From Lenin-
grad" will be actual battle scenes,
filmed on the Russian front. The
studio has $4,000 feet of Russian
army film at it's disposal. When a
Nazi sniper drops dead, he's not
kidding. Betty Cradle will
warble eight songs in her new
film. "Pin-Up Girl twice as many
as she's ever sung before in any
single picture. Although Mae
Vests role in "Tropicana' is
strictly modern, she's found a way
to wear one of those curve-dis-
playing gowns. Makes her entrance
in an fashioned musical num-
Der in a 1904 roadster.
YANK HUMOR
You can't down the American
sense of humor. During the rough
going at Attu, American soldiers,
we hear, dubbed two companion
mountain peaks, one wide and one
narrow, as Abbott and Costello. :.
Carl Herzinger, dialog writer on
Kay KySer's new film Around the
World" will get screen credit thus
ly: Story by Ralph Spence. Corn
on the Cob by Carl Herzinger."
Sad story: Several weeks ago the
Army sent Capt. Jack Hively, form
er film director, to Alaska to photo
graph training film, How to
Operate in Cold weather. Hlvely
is now back in the states-recover-
ing from a very bad case of FROST
bite.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Footprints Will
Identify Baby

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 CUP) -
Two tiny footprints will tell Mr.
and Mrs. Harry James Hardwig
whether Patricia Lynn is their
baby or child they were given in
hospital miXup
One print was that of the child
Mrs. Hardwig bore a few weeks
ago. Hospital attendants told her
it was boy. The other, taken
Yesterday in superior court, was
that of the baby girl Mrs. Hard
wig was given when she left the
hospital.
The Hardwigs have filed $780,
600 damage suit.