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and present their programs, bylaws
or aims. Their indictment would also
indict such diverse persons as Wen
dell Willkie, Henry Wallace, Thomas
Dewey, Harold Ickes, Cordell Hull,
James Farley, Henry Stimson, Will
liam Green, Federal Judges William
Helly and Louis Schwellenbach, and
Philip Murray.
All organizations named have a
common emphases on anti-fascist ac-
tivity, such as: consumer and civil
rights problems; support of the Japa-
nese embargo; aid to Republican
Spain; opposition to the Dies commit
tee. The Kerr Reports arbitrarily
staed, "a number of these organiza-
tions have been designed by the De-
partment of Justice as front organi-
cations and others as questionable.
Secretary of Interior Ickes retorted,
there has never been such an official
designation" and said in his testi
mOny, 'the interesting thing is that
the same list, word for word is found
. in the Red Network, by
Elizabeth Dilling who is now under
indictment for sedition j, . another
list of organizations is advanced
as part of the text of the committees
own report But in fact it is taken
from one Walter S. Steele who on
Aug. II, 1898, made the same state
ment word for word and, comma for
comma, to the Dies committee
Steele is the editor of a sheet called
the National Republic He repre-
sents Fascist or semi-Fascist groups.
These organizations peddle anti
Jewish propaganda and whip up Red
scares. They have been on the regu-
lar mailing lists of the German prop
aganda machine, and are officered or
endorsed by men such as Aryan and
Sanctuary now under indictment for
sedition."
Senate Hearings
The bill was sent from the house
to a senate appropriations subcommit-
tee headed by Sen. Kenneth Nickel
lar 3D., TENN. Testimony on the
Kerr recommendations amendment
(Sec. 304 of HR 2714) during the past
week has included that of Secretary
Ickes. He emphatically condemned
the Kerr Report and urged its elimina |
tion from the bill, stating that, "the
members of the (Kerr) subcommittee |
havebeen imposed upon by Congress
man Dies have not only OPP
posed the Dies committee, have de-
nounced it on more than one occasion.
/ do so today. l will continue to do
so so long as l believe in the Consti-
rights guaranteed to us by
the Constitution. :"
Watson, Dodd and Lovett were firm
y defended-by their professional col
leagues, by acquaintances of long
and by their own agencies !
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OPA Dodgingg
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sales promoter can dream up.
The Cooperative League, recogniz
ing that without grade labelling price
control of canned goods is impossible,
once again wrote to the house com
mittee on Grade Labelling and News
print demanding to be heard on behalf
of grade labelling, stating the Leagues
policy in these terms: 1--WE are proud
of our coop" label goods. We are
proud of the contents of the cans we
pack, and the cans we sell. We are
proud to invite every citizen, every
consumer to suggest wherein our
grade and label program may be i'm
proved to the point where nothing will
be concealed. And regardless of what
decisions are made, coop" will con-
tinue to pack the kind of foods in
tins which will invite an honest label
and COOP" will continue to put on
the cans an honest label"
The people's voice., 1943-06-11
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Kalispen hearing, to the fact that rails
ing the level of the lake would put
land out of production which now pro-
duces on an average of $4,000 tons of
essential foods annually, while the
Somers saw mill is producing several
million feet of lumber annually used
by the government in the war effort.
They were reminded that the saving
of approximately 5000 tons of steel,
would not go far toward offsetting
the loss to the war effort by the des-
truction of the highly productive land
and i. the industries now contributing
to the war needs.
The people's voice., 1943-06-11
CROP PROSPECTS
Are FAVORABLE
For Week Ending June 2, 1943

Higher temperatures and beneficial
showers further improved the general
outlook for crops in Montana during
the week ending June 2, according to
Federal reports The mean tempera-
ture for the week averaged 59.6 de-
grees compared with 55.4 for the pre-
ceding week and 515 for the compar-
able week a year earlier. Precipita
tion averaged 0.32 inch compared with
oil for the preceding week 1t was
adequate over most of the state ex-
cept parts of northeastern and south
eastern Montana.
Seeding of late small grain crops,
completed according to reports. Plant
ing of corn and potatoes continued
through the week with most of this
work now done. Earlier planted beets
are being thinned and blocked in some
sections, but the crop is late. While
weather was favorable for germina-
tion and growth of spring grains,
these crops have not yet overcome
their backward condition due to ear
lier cold weather Winter wheat, ON
the other hand, has improved in cases
where stands have stooled out in re-
sponse to the cool wet weather.
Weeds, however, have developed in
some fields.
Grass and hay crops improved gen
orally except in some local eastern
areas where moisture has been made
quate Some. winter killed alfalfa has
been reseeded, while the fields that
were left for hay show some general
Improvement. Farm gardens improved
with the warmer weather. Apples
and cherries are now in bloom and
show a verying amount of damage
from the freezing temperatures of
two weeks ago. Summer following is
reported about half done. a.ta
Livestock generally are making sea-
soDable Improvement, with calving
and lambing about completed with
more favorable percentages than were
hoped for earlier this spring. Shear
ing is completed in the earlier sec
tions and is getting generally under
way.
Mexican nationals in the sugar beet |
areas are being placed at other farm
work where beets are not yet ready |
for thinning. There will be a suffi- |
cient supply of beet labor for thin
ming and hoeing according to reports,
but concern over supplies of farm la
Dor for haying and irrigating is now
appearing with the beginning of irri- |
cation and the approach of first cut
tings of hay.
The people's voice., 1943-06-11
STUDY MINIMUM WAGES

Patronize the Cooperative in your
community-it is there to serve you.
The people's voice., 1943-06-11
MONTANA farm
PRODUCT PRICE
index UNCHAN NGED

The general level of prices received
4 by Montana farmers remained un-
changed from those of a month pre-
ceding, being 1890 of their August
1909-July 1914 base compared with
1880 a year on May Is, 1912, accord
ing to the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics While the general level of
prices received by farmers showed no
change from the previous month, ap-
preciable changes did take place
among some of Montanas individual
farm products. A three cent advance
in wheat prices raised the grain index
four points, along with one to three
cent increases in feed grains. Coun-
terbalancing this increase, the meat
animal index dropped five points as
the result of a thirty cent drop in beef
cattle and veal calf prices, ten cent
drop in lamb prices, and forty cent
drop in hog prices. The effect of the
OPA ceiling price ruling on flaxseed
on May 21, establishing top of $3.05
at the terminals, is shown by four
cent drop from average prices re-
ceived a month earlier.
Prices received by farmers for agri-
cultural commodities advanced 2
points from April Is to May Is, 1943,
the U. s. Department of Agriculture
reported Advances in prices of food
crops, fruits, potatoes, and poultry
products, little more than offset de-
creases in prices of milk, meat ami
mails, and truck crops. At 1877 per
cent of the August 1909-July 1914
average, the index in May maintained
its April margin of 35 points over the
corresponding month last year. Prices
paid by farmers, including interest
and taxes, advanced / point during
the month to 163 per cent of their
1904 average. This raised parity
prices of farm products to the highest
level since March 1880. On the basis
of a comparison of the indexes of
farm product prices and prices paid,
interest, and taxes, agricultural prices
weer about 115 per cent of parity on
May 15-the same as in mid-January,
With industrial employment and
pay rolls at high levels, the domestic
consumer demand for farm products
remained strong Preliminary data
indicate that total non-agricultural in
come payments in April 1943 were
462 per cent of the 1904 average
compared with 376 in April last year. |
The people's voice., 1943-06-11
How Labor
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speak?
Yes. we do. Leave them where
they are, where they want to be,
where their homes are, where their
chosen work lies Let them go on
producing for the prosperity of their
home communities, their home state,
and for themselves.
Bid them God Speed in continuance
of their already proven commendable
war efforts and say to them, ut is not
necessary to drown you out to win
this war. We have the bastions of
your ageless mountains to the north
of you behind which we can store the
necessary water to win this war
store it in time to win this war, and
harm no one!"
Sufficient facts are being presented
by competent authority to prove that
water storage facilities in Bad Rock
Canyon and vicinity can take care of
the power needs in this war effort,
if any additional power is necessary.
The organized workers of Montana,
members of the same craft unions
that have amazed the world in the
construction of Bonneville, Grand
Coulee and many other master pieces
of engineering genius, and that are
now carrying on the greatest record
breaking war production program in
history; say to you, "Give us a chance
here in Montana to show you what we
can do"
We stand opposed to working, un-
der alleged war emergency conditions,
on project to flood our brothers and
sisters out of their homes and their
heritage. This opposition, with full
support requested of the Montana
State Federation of Labor and of the
American Federation of Labor, will be
carried to our national capitol and Ito
the halls of congress, if need ben
We ask for the privilege and right
to fight cleanly on the home 'front.' in
calling our craftsmen to the building
of dams in the Bad Rock Canyon
area. This request, with the same
support of the Montana State Fedora
tion of Labor and the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, will also be carried
to our national capitol in the best
manner that we know how to carry it.
Respectfully submitted by,
PERRY S. MELTON,
Executive Board Member, 9Th District,
Montana State Federation of Labor,
Kalispell, Montana.
The people's voice., 1943-06-11

(FCC and Department of Interior).
The Kerr committee admitted it had
not attempted to investigate the com
potency of the persons, and oppon-
ents of the Kerr Report maintain that
the individuals are being dismissed
because they hold ideas and opinions
distasteful to some members of the
house, outstanding among these being
Martin Dies and members of his COM
mittee
The people's voice., 1943-06-11
New Highway


verbal warnings. The motorist will
receive one part of the card and a
duplicate will be filed at Patrol head
quarters.
Persons with bad driving records
built up by accidents, arrests and
warnings, may be examined to deter
mine whether they are unsafe or unfit
to operate a vehicle on the highways
of the state, and their drivers license
may be revoked.
These regulations are all designed
to give you greater protection on the
highways. In the midst of this war,
we cannot afford to be careless. Re-
member that EVERY automobile driv-
er or pedestrian who makes an effort
to avoid traffic accidents is making
a direct and personal contribution to
our national production program. Re
member, therefore, that by driving
cautiously and walking safely-in ad-
dition to doing our job well and buy
ing war savings stamps and bonds
we are helping America to Win"
The people's voice., 1943-06-11
MILK ADDED TO RATION LIST

mIEN AOOGD ~ M 4 iOlN Lilo
Evaporated and condensed milk are
now on the list of rationed foods with
value of one point per pound.
Red stamps in War Ration Book
Two will be used for buying canned
milk and no additional points will be
made available to consumers for such
purchases. The rationing is intended
to conserve limited supplies for in
fant feeding, special diets, ard for
persons unable to obtain adequate
supplies of fresh milk.
STUDY MINIMUM WAGES
A tripartite committee of the Re-
gional War Labor Board is studying
the wage structure of firms in the
Rocky Mountain Region in order to
establish brackets of minimum and
maximum wage rates. In directive
from James F. Byrnes, clarifying the
''hold-the-line" order, the Regional
WLB was instructed to establish the
brackets ''in order to provide clear-cut
guides and definite limits as a basis
for making minimum non-inflationary
The people's voice., 1943-06-11
Town and Farm


1,495 civil and criminal cases involv-
ing 1876 defendants accused of violat-
ing the price and rationing regula-
tions, according to OPA. Of the total,
1 ,437 cases involving 1913 defendants
were decided in favor of OPA. Only
So cases involving 63 defendants, Or
less than A per cent of the total, were
dismissed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-01
HaddOck Will
Grapple Roxey

A long time favorite with Ypsi.
lanti wrestling fans, Walter Roxey
will return to this city Friday night
70 meet Dale Haddock IN the wind.
up OF a double main event at the
Local 80 auditorium, 20 East Mich.
igan Ave.
Roxey built a good reputation
when matches were held at the
fpsilanti Armory. through clean,
fast wrestling and sportsmanship
Hardly a match in which ne par.
ticipated passed that he wasn't en-
Enthusiastically acclaimed for clean
breaks and manipulation to elude a
hold.
Dale Haddock is one Of the best
known wrestlers OF the current
season and certainly one OF the
most successful. Last week, Had.
dock triumphed over Count Won
Zuppe, OF great wrestling talent
Thus. Haddock remains unbeaten,
but those Ypsilanti fans who know
Roxey know also that Haddock
stands as good a chance OF being
beaten by Walter as by any other
grappler in the business. Roxey,
elusive as an eel, can slip out o:
predicaments from which escape
seems almost impossible.
Rene La Belle. who wrestled
harold Chaundy to a draw last
week. will return to meet Babe Kas-
aboski In the opener. starting al
s.; 30.
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Boy USED Dodge
yob-aofed TrueksI

For greater economy and more o.
pendsble performance on essential
hauling get . truck with the rifhf
engine, Transmission and every other
Uni, to fl fhe job get the rifh,
used Dodge Job-Rsfed truck! Cspsc-
tiles from "a to 3-ton-
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CHAPTER SIX

AGATHA reached down and felt
for the package he had left on the
closet floor. Yes, It was dry ice,
very cold. The fumes it was giving
off were not polsonous-merely
odorless carbon dioxide-but the
gas would soon build up a pressure
in the closet that would keep any
fresh oxygen from seeping in
through the cracks.
She had heard of people being
murdered this way, but she prayed
she was mistaken-that Otto had
no such thought in his mind. She
would give him the benefit of her
doubt, for a few minutes anyway.
She would not pound on the closet
door and summon the students.
The professor was bidding them
goodby at the hall door. What an
actor he was!
Agatha wiped her eyes with her
handkerchief. She was weeping.
She could not help it.
Perhaps the voice we heard
was outside the building" said Pro-
fessor Halder. II hope so. l sincere
ly hope there isn't anything scan
dalous going on in East Hall"
Perhaps 1t was outside. But it
It certainly sounded closer than
that"
Agatha dropped her handker-
chief and fumbled f-antically for
It. II she succeeded in getting
away, she didn't want to leave any
clues behind.
1--WE might pay surprise visits to
few Of the nearby rooms" her
husband suggested to the two
young men, Just in case"
The sound Of footsteps moved
away, and there followed a knock
ing on neighboring hall door.
Agatha grasped the closet door
knob and twisted IL to open the
loor. The door was locked! He had
Dcked it so quickly and so quietly
The had not heard the turn Of the
key. She was a prisoner!
Now there was no doubt OF his
Intentions. He had left her to
smother. He probably thought that
by the time she realized anything
was amiss she would be unable to
cry out or pound on the panel for
help.
Showing the hanging clothes
aside, she dropped to her knees and
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The Blind Man S; Secret

tried to get her fingers under the
door. If only she could push the
rug out of the way and get little
more air! Already the closet was
sitting. Otto used some powerful
kind of moth balls.
Her left hand encountered the
block Of dry ice. On top of it lay
her wet handkerchief. She tried to
pick the handkerchief up and found
it was frozen. Stuck fast to it, en-
bedded in her frozen tears, was one
of her hairpins. She wondered II
more had fallen to the floor,
knocked out OF her hair by the
clothes.
What did 1t matter? What II she
left a thousand clues? Otto would
clean them up-after she was dead.
But she pulled the frozen hand
kerchief loose from the dry ice and
stuffed it up the sleeve of her coat.
She tried to think calmly. She had
a good many minutes, perhaps as
long as half an hour, II she didn't
exert herself and consume too
much Of the vital oxygen. Should
she pound on the door?
Her momentary panic passed as
she realized that she still was safe.
She could summon help. Otto hadn't
reckoned on her quick discovery Of
her plight.
But he might do something dess
perate-someone might get hurt
II she created a disturbance. And
her family would be involved in
scandal. 1t would be much better Il
she could find some way to escape
without attracting attention.
She put her eye to the keyhole.
Faint light came through. Most of
the hole was filled with the key.
She removed another hairpin and
showed it into the hole, pushing the
key out the far side. She heard 1t
drop to the floor.
Quickly she twisted two hairpins
together, forming a hook on the
end, and tried to use them as key.
Inserting them in the hole and
twisting, she wiggled the doorknob
at the same time.
No luck.
She fumbled about on the floor.
There seemed to be collection Of
all kinds Of odds and ends-bottles,
wires, coils, shoes, small tools, cleo
tricians' tape. It was a typical
catch-all for a man who worked in
the physical sciences. She won
dered II any of the bottles really
contained gingerale, or IL that had
just been a BLUM.
Her hand found a pair Of pliers.
Her breath quickened. The tool was
just what she needed.
Removing one OF the clothes
hangers from the overhead rod, she
Strengthened out its heavy wire
with the pliers, then bent a tiny
hook on the end. This made a bet
ter key. She inserted it in the lock
and tried again.
Luckily the locks in the dorml-
tory were ancient After a few min
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utes Of struggling the makeshift
key worked. The door came open.
Agatha stepped out into the
room, blinking her eyes in the sud,
den light. The hall door stood open,
but there was no one in sight i'm
mediately outside. She tiptoed
swiftly to the door and shut it.
She choked back a sob. She must
protect herself from Otto-from
the man she always had hoped
would some day well, no mat
ter now. What she needed was
time. Time to get away. He must
think she still was in the closet. II
he thought she still was inside he
would wait-wait for her to suffo-
cate.
She snatched up the key, shut
and locked the closet door and re-
placed the small rug that had been
showed out when she escaped. Then
she raised the window shade and
sash.
One more thing remained. When
Otto returned he must find the hall
door open again, or he would be
suspicious. She must take the risk
Of being plainly in sight for a min
ute, at least
She listened close TO the door.
Footsteps approached along the
hall but did not stop. AS soon as
they were past she swung the door
slowly open and sped for the win
dow.
From the ledge outside she
reached in and lowered the shade,
then pulled the sash down again to
leave the window as Otto had
left 1t.
The student who had occupied
the adjoining room was elsewhere
with Otto now. She had no fear OF
detection as she moved cautiously
to the fire escape, clinging to the
ivy for balance.
Down the iron steps she went
into the classroom below. The sec
ond floor was still deserted, and the
east stairway was as dark as when
she had assembled.
oSdESciy al nOur Hdu passed De
tween the time she entered this
building and the time she emerged
again-yet her world had fallen. As
she walked hurriedly toward the
railroad tracks in the dim moon
light she knew that she must put
a stop to Professor Halders treach-
cry at any cost.
No longer could she afford to
have any compassion for him. He
had none for her. He knew now
that he could never swing her to
his way Of thought-that the weak
ness Of her heart, as shown by her
letters, so carefully kept and stud
led by him, did not sway her one
bit from her duty. He had struck
her, imprisoned her, and he would
realize he would never again be
safe, unless he killed her before she
gave him away.
She and Otto were at war.
tTo Be Continued)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-01
Horse Wins S25,600 For
CrOOner, Partner Monday

New York. June l-INS-For a
long time the notion has prevailed
that simply because Bing Crosby
owns a horse he (the horse) auto
matically can't run fast enough to
deliver a load OF hay around the
corner much less win any races.
This was disproved yesterday in
the ancient Suburban Handicap at
Belmont Park to the utter delight
of those few improvers-of.the-bree
who refused to bet on something
else merely because the crooner's
colors were born by Don Bingo.
This four.year-old's triumph was
the outstanding incident during a
day OF spectacular horse-rseing and
wagering.
Some OF the highlights:
Under a superb ride by Joey Re
nick. Don Bingo pulled in front at
the head OF the stretch and won by
two lengths. returning his hackers
s26. 40 for a win ticket, $l4.30 for
place and $40 for show.
He fairly hummed over the one
and a quarter miles in 2:0l 2-5, out.
lasting Is others OF the best handi.
cap horses in the country. (Whirla-
way wasn't there)
Don Bingo earned s25,600 for
Crosby and Lin Howard. co-part-
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ners in the Binglin stable. Howard
being the party who went TO South
America one day and bought a
mare in foal by the name 81
Lirica. The foal was and is Don
Bingo. His pappy once won the
Argentine Gold Cup.
He won yesterdays race under
what they call rodeo circumstance
His two-lengths margin was over
Market Wise which was disquali.
fed moving Attention into second
place and Lochinyar into third.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-01

Chicago ....... IS Is .44S Al
st. Louis ..... II IS .379 s1
Games behind leader.
Mondays Results
Detroit 10. Philadelphia o..
Boston 81. ST. Louis Is (hrst
game 10 innings, second game 10
innings).
Washington Sc, Cleveland III
Second game IS innings).
Chicago 10-4 New York 5-l0 (nrst
game 10 innings).
Today's Games
Detroit at Philadelphia, night.
Cleveland at Washington. night.
Chicago at New York.
st. Louis at Boston.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-01

Gosh Fer Your spers rImsl
Mos, Dodge dealers need full
Or part time men with some
mechanical experience For
this "esssntisi" work. see
your Dodge dealer at once.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-01
OLD INSTRUMENTS SHOWN

CooPERSTOWN, n. Y.-UP-A
set OF Civil War amputation instru.
ments has been put on display at
the museum here by the New York
State Historical Association. The
instruments, in their mahogany
case lined with red plush, were
used BY Dr. Graves OF Forestport,
N. Y. They were given the assoeia-
ton by DR.. Frederick NJ. Miller OF
Utica, y. Y.