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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-03-23
MASONIC MEETING

Members Of Saints John Lodge
No. 90, AT. g. AM. will hold a
special S o'clock session tonight
(Thursday) in the Lodge rooms.
Several degrees will be confer
red upon candidates, which will
be followed by a supper. The
regular lodge session and more
degree work will be held follow
ing the refreshments.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-03-23

A graduate Of Hardin high
school, Sergeant Huss was en-
ployed for two years at the Har-
din Hardware company here. At
the time of his enlistment, he
was employed by the H. F. john
son TRANSPORTATION company at
Laurel.
His brother, Private First Glass
Dean Huss, is in a Marine corps
school for air mechanics at Nor
man, Okla.
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SGT. HEYD

Technical Sergeant Ernest
Heyd of Hardin arrived in Har-
din Sunday from Camp Gordon
johnson, Fla, where he has been
stationed with the U. s. Army.
Sergeant Heyd had been in
the army eleven months and re-
ceived a CDD certificate Of dis
ability discharge) on March IS.
Word was received here last
week by Guy Belts that his son,
Corporal Kenneth Belts, was
wounded in Italy on Feb. 10.
The message stated that Corp
oral Belts was in a hospital
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NEWS REVIEW
A Brief Summary
OF Outstanding
News Events
JAPS IN INDIA

Japanese columns have made
their first penetration of India
and are pushing on westward
through the Manipur mountains
in the direction of the key road
junction of Imphal, 80 miles a.
way. Observers believe the Japs
will eventually try the sever the
new road being built from India
to China. Officials stated that
no real threat has materializeed
as yet.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-03-23
Ration Guide

Meats, Fats-Red stamps AS
B8, CO, D8, E8 and F8 are
good through May 20. G8,H8
and J8 become good March &c
and remain good Through
June ID. Waste kitchen fats
exchanged for two points and
four cents a pound.
Processed Food-Green stamps
A8, B8, C8, D8 and E8 are
good through May 20.
Sugar-Stamp 80 in Book -Four
is good indefinitely for five
pounds. Stamp No. 40 in book
four is good for five pounds OF
canning sugar thru February %,
1945.
Gasoline-In states outside the
east coast area ALL coupons
are good through June 81.
Tire inspection - Deadline for
A coupon holders is March 81
For C-coupon holders, May 81:
and for B-coupon holders. June
80.
Fuel oil-Period 4 and period
S coupons are good in all areas
through September 80.
ShoeS-Stamp No. Is in Book
One is good through April 80
Airplane stamp No. l in Book
Three is good indefinitely. An
other ration stamp good for one
pair of shoes beginning May
will be announced soon.
Income Tax-Declarations Of
estimated 1914 tax are due by
April IS.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-03-23
LAD WIG VISITED HERE
IS KILLED IN ACTION

Technical Sergeant Rudy Bohn
a radio man with the amphibian
forces, heavy artillery, was kill
ed in action in Italy on January
20, his parents in Jamestown,
N. D. have been notified.
A nephew of Mrs. Helene Bar
nett, he visited the Barnett fam
lily here several times.
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Three Hochhdlter Boys Now in Services

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Evening star., 1944-11-28
Patton Cried as He Decorated
Hero, Thomas R. Henry Says

didn't hurt any more. I said my
prayers over and over again, be-
cause knew soon would be stand
ing before God" ~.
The soldier thought he spent fully
an hour In this state Of black con-
sciousness, said Mr.. Henry, then he
could see again" After being
dragged by the heels down a rocky
mountainside and treated by Army
surgeons, he recovered, and was dec
GRATED by Gen. Patton, Mr.. Henry
said
This case, say Army doctors who
attended him." Mr.. Henry told the
club, mot only was one of the most
remarkable instances of human en-
durance on record, but one of the
most inspiring cases of cool, self1ess
courage and self-control in the
annals of war" The only reason !
can give that this man Is still alive
one of them said, "'is that he was
too tough and brave to die"
The audience. which packed the
club auditorium, despite a heavy
rain during the evening, listened
intently as the speaker described
his experiences as a war corre-
spondent in Africa, Sicily, Italy,
France and Germany.
Evening star., 1944-11-28
lsiHRstioniinq
&Remiindey6a

Canned Goods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps A-8 through Z-S and
AS through VS. good indefinitely
for 10 points each. Stamps KS
through Us and Az and b. good
Friday.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps AS
through Z-8 and AS through P-5
good Indefinitely for 10 points
each. Next series of red. stamps
validated December 3.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in. ....
Sugar-Book No.4 stamps 80 through
"a valid for S pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 20 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February 28, 1915. 4.
Gasoline-A-13 coupons good for 1
gallons each through December
81. Ala coupons valid for 4
gallons each on December %.
B-4, Ca, BIS and C-5 coupons
good for S gallons each. New A
Ration Books now available by
\ mail to local boards. Get applica-
lions at service stations Of Ration
Board and mail in along with
back cover Of old A book.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and 3
in Book No. good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
Fuel Oil--Periods No. 4 and S cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1945. Period /.
1915 ration, also good for 10
gallons unit. Consumers in this
area should not have used more
than II per cent Of their raticn as
Of November a.
Evening star., 1944-11-28
Quartermaster General
Aides Win Cash Awards

For winning suggestions in the
War Departments suggestion pro-
gram 10 employees of the Office OF
the Quartermaster General have re-
ceived an aggregate of $345. which
was presented the winners by Mai
Gen. Edmund B. Gregory, the quar-
termaster general.
Two suggestions worth 500 each
were won by Miss Leila M. Gallatin
1882 Shepherd street NV, employed
in the Fuels and Lubricants Divi-
sion. For other labor saving sug-
gestions Mrs. Zona L. Brown, 514
Fourteenth street NV, won SIS:
Mrs. Bessie M. Berry, Barton Hall
Seventeenth street and Indiana ave-
nue NV, $45; Miss Ruth Maher
II Fourth street Sc, and Frederick
I. Hammer, 3103 Tenth street, Ar
lington, Va, $40.
Other winners were Mrs. Geral-
dine B. Newman, 1859 Key boule-
ward, Arlington; Mrs. Helen e. Haw-
kins, 1913 T street NV; Miss Flea
nor c. Olree, 1925 Twenty first street
NV; Miss Bernice A. Palmer, 1882
Dennison place NV, and Miss
Zorah Lee Surgener, 1908 N street
NV, who received S. each.
Evening star., 1944-11-28

II once say Gen. Patton cry
Thomas r. Henry, Star war cor
respondent, told the Cosmos Club
last night when he delivered one OF
a series of lectures at the club audi
torfum.
"He IS not given to sentimental
weeping" said Mr.. Henry as he told
how the famous American general
with a reputation for toughness
pinned q Purple Heart and Silver
Star on one-armed Medical Corps
flrst-aid man at an evacuation hos
pital.
The patient, Mr.. Henry declared
was a soldier "for whose courage,
think, it will be difficult to find q
parallel anywhere. He related the
exploit for which the soldier had
been decorated, how he had cut of
his own badly shattered arm, so that
he could continue ministering to
another wounded soldier, and had
finally passed into q ''blackness'
which he thought might be DEATH
II never lost consciousness" the
soldier was quoted as saying. my
mind seemed clearer than usual, but
everything was pitch black, I was
too weak to move much. My arm
was hurting, but after while 1t
Evening star., 1944-11-28

and a native of Mineral Point, Wis.
He was graduated from West Point
in 1927. Prior to going overseas, he
was on general staff duty in the
Pentagon Building for more than
two years.
1t. Henry E. Surface, son of Mrs.
Harold S. Belts, lib Aspen street,
Chevy Chase, Md, was decorated
yesterday with the Gold Star in lieu
of a second Distinguished Flying
Gross, according to an Associated
Press dispatch from San Diego,
Calf. :
1t. Surface. %, was commended
for his action during a series OF
bombing and strafing raids on jap
anese shipping and short installa-
IONS in the Solomon Islands and
Bismarck archipelago area.
Mrs. Belts is in California visit
ing 1t. Surface, his wife and two
children. 1t. Surface Is . graduate
OF Annapolis.
Evening star., 1944-11-28
Banana Prices Ordered
Reduced Penny a Pound
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Housewives will pay about one
cent less a pound for bananas, the
OPA said today, as the result of a
reduction ordered in the import
price ceiling.
The ceiling on bananas from
Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala,
and Honduras was dropped so cents
a hundred pounds to $3.50 at the
entry port. This is the level at
which they went under price control
two years ago.
simultaneously, OPA reduced the
auction markup for bananas 6 cents
hundred pounds-from 81 to 94
cents. The wholesale markup was
increased slightly to enable the
wholesaler to maintain his present
profit margin. All changes are ef-
fective December 4.
Evening star., 1944-11-28
Veterans Cite Reasons
For Setback 10 Axis

Ask two Washington area naval
officers just returned from invasion
fronts why the Germans and Japs
are losing the war and their answers
will be no teamwork by the Nip
flyers" and "just plain bad aim by
Nazi bombardiers.
The officers are Comdr. William
M. Collins, U. S. N, of 4610 Thirty
first street South, Arlington, Va,
who commanded Fighting Squadron
Eight, which helped pave the way for
the October landings in the Philip
pines by sending $4,000 tons of Jap
shipping to the bottom through its
flghter-bomber operations, and 1t
B. S. Roberts, u. S. N. r., of $500
Columbia boulevard, Silver Spring,
Nd, who commanded an LIST dur
ing the invasions Of Normandy, Italy
and North Africa, and in Bizerte
saw 200 German planes drop tons
OF bombs on 800 Allied vessels for
four hours without making a hit.
The Jap flyers just didn't seem
to have the teamwork we have
Comdr Collins commented. lone
day we saw II Jap 'Zekes' failing
us at Palau and We just turned
around and few right through them
and knocked down three. The rest
just scattered and ran. The skill
and efficiency of our pilots is GER
tainly the big factor in our superior
ity over the Japs in the air"
1t Roberts termed the totally in
effectual bombing of Bizerte some
thing like Hollywood extrava-
ganza" just after newly installed
Allied shore batteries and the ships
in the harbor started pumping ack-
ack at the Nazi bombers. Once
things started, 1t. Roberts related
"the Germans stayed up so high that
only the big 5-inch guns could
reach them" He added that while
the ferries could not make a single
hit, six or eight were knocked
down. including one hit right on
the nose"
Evening star., 1944-11-28
Police Band Fund Hearing
To Resume This Week

The Mcmillan Subcommittee of
the House District Committee today
planned to resume hearings later
this week on the bill to authorize
use Of city funds to support the
Metropolitan Police Department
Band, which yesterday brought q
protest from American Federation
Of Musicians spokesmen.
Harry s. Wender. former presi-
dent of the Federation Of Citizens
Associations, was one of q number
Of witnesses who strongly supported
the bill.
"The citizens want this band he
said, "and should Congress decide
not to permit its support out Of
city funds I feel sure it will be
given voluntary financing. can't
see how the committee can fail to
report out the BILL
Among others who urged approval
were Commissioner Young, Police
Chief Edward J. Kelly, 1t. Charles
Benter, formerly of the United
States Navy Band, who serves as
conductor for the Police Band, and
Horace Walker, District salvage di-
rector, formerly band director
here.
Evening star., 1944-11-28
Foot Gone, GI CIinqs to Dance Career
Nv GEORGE KENNEDY.

son." said the colonel Che was
also a surgeon). I'VE are going to
have to take that foot on 4
Il hope you don't have to do that,
SIR" said Pvt. William Ziegler. "I'll
never be able to dance again"
Pvt. Ziegler was dancer II he
was going to live 1t was to get in a
New York show.
He had stepped on mine on the
Rapido River front in Italy, and
after they had patched him up, had
been flown to North Africa.
He told about it yesterday at the
Forest Glen annex of Walter Reed
Hospital.
Knew What Was Going On.
"They gave me a spinal anaes-
thetic," he said, so knew what was
going on. I couldn't see because
there was a screen in front Of me,
but I could hear everything-even
my foot 60 plunk in the pail"
A few days later they showed a
movie in the ward to the men
propped up in their cots. It was
Donald O'Connor in Swing Fever"
A nurse came over to him scolding.
whats a big boy like you crying
ffor?" she said.
Il just can't stand seeing him jit-
terbuging like that" he answered.
He stopped crying but he buried his
head in the pillow and wouldn't look
at the picture any more.
Pvt. ziegler is beginning to dance
again. The accompanying picture
is not posed exaggeration. He can
waltz. foxtrot, execute a mean dip
and whirl his partner In a jitterbug
routine.
Relearning the Rhumba.
He is beginning to relearn the
rhumba. Despite his inanimate
foot, he hopes to tap dance again.
"Pegleg Bates is my inspiration"
he said. IT he can do it, I can
do it,"
He has found a book in the IL
brary that confirms his idea that
anything can be done where there
Is will.
FerndpS 1 can even 90 pallet
dancing again." he said. His leg is
OF 6 inches below the knee and the
harness of his artificial limb makes
that calf appear larger than the
other.
You see," he said in pulling up
his pants leg, perhaps when I ret
my new leg it will fit smooth enough
here for me to wear the tights of
the ballet costumes.
He is beginning to hope again.
He never made one of those New
York shows. But after all hes been
through, he's still one Of the kids.
Pvt. Ziegler is devoted to Calliope
as well as Terpischore-that is he
sings as well as dances.
Evening star., 1944-11-28
District Subway Plan
Endorsed in Principle
By Mid-City Citizens

Postwar construction of the $685.
000, 900 subway system in the down.
town area was indorsed in principle
last night by the Mid City Citizens
Association.
This action was taken at a meeting
which heard James w. Lauderdale,
peoples counsel, voice his approval
of the pending Capital Transit Co. S
SIS 100000 refinancing program.
Advising against postponment of
the recapitalization plan, Mr.. Lau-
derdale said it would contribute
materially to an efficient system. He
predicted favorable SEC action on
the proposal.
Specific tions.
In three specific recommenda-
tions on the subway project offered
by the group, the Government was
asked to bear the greater share of
the cost, and extension was asked
of two of the three proposed lines
beyond the points originally planned.
Recommended were Park road
NV. as the northern limit of the
Fourteenth street subway, instead
of Thomas Circle as proposed, and
Virginia avenue and Eighteenth
street NV. as the terminus of the
Pennsylvania avenue subway, in
stead of Eighteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue as proposed.
No change was asked in the Con-
necticut avenue line.
Action based on a study made by
a committee made up of Soterios
Nicholson, chairman, Edward Brand
statter and DR.. F. Thomas Evans.
Stadium Plan Indorsed.
Proposal for a national war me-
mortal stadium in the District also
was approved by the group. Also
indorsed were bills pending in Con-
gress to permit use of District funds
to support the Metropolitan Police
Department Band, to provide an
educational grant for children Of
deceased war veterans, and to in
crease the compensation OF members
of the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board.
Opposed was the bill which would
provide stabilization of commercial
rents in the District.
Officials and employees of the Dis
trict Health Department were COM
mended for their excellent work in
protecting the health of the citizens
OF the District" particularly in ref
erence to standards of cleanliness in
public eating places.
An appropriation for purchase of
a $50 War Bond was voted following
presentation of a motion picture in
behalf of the Sixth War Loan drive.
President A. j. Driscon presided.
Evening star., 1944-11-28
CAPTAIN GUARDS NAZIS.
LONGS FOR THE FRONT
By WALTER McCALLuM
Star War Correspondent.

PARIS (By MaiD Capt. Robert
E. Garner of Hyattsville, Md, is one
of the millions Of men in the rear
areas of this war who would rather
be up front facing German guns.
Instead, he is acting commander Of
a big prisoner of war camp with
about $500 Germans in his charge.
The number varies from day to day,
as some are shipped to other points,
including the United States and
the United Kingdom, while others,
mainly the fanatical boys from
BreSt, remain anchored in the mud
and rain.
Capt. Garner is a veteran Of the
18th Division, an outfit originally
composed of National Guardsmen
from the District, Maryland, Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania. He hasn't
been home for two years, and he
would like to be back in suburban
Hyattsville to see his family and
see how things are going back in
the United States.
Happy on Job.
But meanwhile, he Is happy over
his present job. When I visited the
prison camp it had been raining for
a week or so. Almost always in the
winter it drips rain in Normandy,
and the tip of the peninsula, the
country around here, seems to be
the wettest of all. The prison camp
literally was ankle deep in mud.
vo1I e1ioy,ad on5 cLiIra>d coroe. @bo
broken stones in the runWays be-
tween the barbed wire, behind which
the prisoners stared stolidly
About 300 of them were the
fanatics of Brest, who held out for
days against overwhelming Amer
ican forces. They included many
German marines and submarine
sailors. Some wore medals, few
with Russian campaign ribbons
peeking from the corners of their
coats.
We'll, 1t isn't too pleasant some
times, back in the rear" said Capt.
Garner. ''but it's job and an i'm
portant one. This is a fairly big
prisoner camp and we have q lot
of mixed-up nationalities here" He
showed me group of a dozen wom-
en- of all nationalities, one of them
with an 8-month-old baby. Some
were Russian, others German, one
Pole, and few Belgians. They
said they had been working for the
Germans, which was as good a story
as any.
Calls for Interpreter.
I asked for an interpreter. Capt. |
Garner got me a good one. Five
years ago he lived in Berlin. He
got out just in time. How he would
not tell. Anyhow he was talking in
German to prisoners, interpreting
for an American correspondent. He
chose middle-aged German named
Hans Gerhart, who said he came
from Westphalia, and wore the rib-
bon of the Russian campaign.
I asked tough one first. What
do you think Of the future of Ger
many?" asked through the in
terpreter. The prisoner paused. l
had seen that pause before. You
get the impression the prisoner is
trying to fathom the purpose of the
question and is trying to give you
Evening star., 1944-11-28
i. 5. Rests Case
AgainstbratcI1er
In Draft Evasion
Statement Given
FBI on Use Of Drugs
Is Closing Evidence

The Government rested its draft.
evasion case against Everett M.
(Washie) Bratcher shortly after
noon today In Federal District
Court In Alexandria, after intro
duction of statement made by the
Washington band leader to the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation in
which, the court was told, he ad-
mitted using benzedrine tablets for
stimulation.
John D. Clark, FBI agent. testi-
fled the statement was obtained
from Bratcher January n, while
the orchestra leader and two FBI
men sat in Bratcher's car outside
his apartment,
Bratcher stated at that time, Mr..
Clark said, that before his two visits
to the induction center at Fort Myer
in August and November OF last
year he remained up all of the
night before and used benzedrtns
and liquor.
Denied Draft Evasion.
These benzedrine pills were not
taken to beat the draft" he told
the FBI men. After he was rejected
for service in August, however, he
said, he felt "the liquor and ben
zedrine might have had something
to do with It,"
Before his examination in No.
vember, he added in the statement,
he remained up the night before
and drank whisky and used benze.
qrine.
He said he used three benzedrine
tablets during the early-morning
hours. two just before reporting for
the examination and two others
after he was hospitalized for OBJ
servation at Fort Myer because OF
high blood pressure.
Mr.. Clark said that Bratcher, In
an oral statement, told him he had
heard rumors to the effect that ben
zedrine would produce high blood
pressure, but the FBI man said
Bratcher did not want to include
this in the written statement.
Tell Of Benzedrine Use.
/ Earlier, three witnesses testified az
to Bratcher's use of benzedrine and
his implication that he did not want
to enter the armed services. Sea-
man Second Class John S. Jacob
son, formerly florist at the Hotel
Washington, said Bratcher told him
he had used three benzedrine tab
lets before reporting for induction in
November. The sailor also told the
jury Bratcher said he did not want
to go into the service.
Earlier Jack Ender of Station
WWDC told the jury that the
band leader confided to him one
night that high blood pressure could
be arranged" through the use of
benzedrine tablets.
Meanwhile, Judge Robert N. Pol
lard had under advisement motion
to suppress the testimony yesterday
Of Miss Betty Linney McHugh, 10
, platinum-haired blues singer, who
said she had been with Bratcher the
i night before his examination In
!; August, 1913, and that he had told
her he intended to use benzedrine
to raise his blood pressure.
Under ton, Mr.. En-
der, who said his radio name VA
Jackson Lowe, admitted that he had
ambitions at one time of taking over
Bratcher's Orchestra in the event
the band leader was inducted.
Evening star., 1944-11-28
President Asks
Planning Fund
0f.S75,900,0O0
$500, 900 Would Go
To D. G. as Primer
For Postwar Work

President Roosevelt today recon-
mended to Congress appropriation
OF SIS, 300, 900 to finance planning
of postwar projects, exclusive Of
housing. About $500 900 Of the fund
probably will be allocated to the
District.
The recommendation was made
by the Chief Executive to carry out
provisions of the new War Mobiliza-
ton and Reconversion Act.
II Congress acts quickly, as has
been predicted in administration
circles, the money loaned or ad-
vanced" to States and municipalities
should spur plans for total Of
about ISIS, ,000, 900 in national con-
struction.
Under the program, 80 per cent OF
the funds would be allocated to
States and their subordinate divi-
sions on the basis of estimated pres
ent population. The remaining 10
per cent would be available for the
Federal Works Administrator, Mai
Gen. Philip B. Fleming, to allocate
at his discretion, based on COM
munity needs.
BY use of this formula, it roughly
was calculated by officials conversant
with the program that the District
probably would benefit by about
$500,0O0. The money cannot be used,
however, for actual construction.
Authority for the postwar plan
ming program is contained in Title
V of the War Mobilization and Re-
conversion Act, it was recently ex-
planned by Gen. Fleming.
1T will be our purpose to give
priority to those projects which are
most urgently needed" said Gen
Fleming, so they could be put into
operation quickly, and for which
financing is arranged or in sight"
A comprehensive report on post
war planning here, prepared by the
District Commissioners, was for
warded to Congress by Gen. Fleming
as part OF the national picture OF
possible postwar work.