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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-11-02
LETTERS FROM THE
FIGHTING FRONTS
Interesting Letters From Any
Serviceman Will Be Printed
In This Column

Interesting Letters From ANY
Serviceman Will Be Printed
In This Column
Following is a letter received
recently by Mr.. and Mrs. w.
F. Owen from Lieutenant Her
bert o. Parsons, who is now in
France:
Dear Bigmother and Bigdad:
You have proboply been Won
derering just where I am, since
I last wrote I have been to a
lot of places. Before coming ov-
erseas I was in New York City
two times. I had a very good
time there, and strained my
neck, looking at the tall build
tngs. I went to the top of
Rockefeller Building. The view
was beautiful from there, 1
could see all over the city. I al
so got to see a big league base
ball game. The New York Yank-
eeS beat the Detroit Tigers.
We came overseas in a con-
voy. There wasn't much to see
after the first two days. It all
looked the same. The sea was
calm for the whole trip 50 1
didn't get seasick. The food and
accommodation were excellent.
NOW we are somewhere in
France. The first impression
was from the boav, wI..e:l we
were first able to see the coast
OF France. The coast looked like
a huge carpet, all green and
lush with the evergroWing vege-
tation. Upon getting closer, we
FOUND that the carpet was cut
up by hedgerows and trees,
making a pattern somewhat
like the quilts that Bicnother
used to make. We finally got
ashore and reached our camD-
ing area. The first night we rad
TO S:eep in TWO blankets. It was
raining pitch forks ana negro
oaolo5, as it has been since We
have been here. We got our pun
tents pitched and went to bel
promptly, only to freeze to
death all night. ! never spent
such a miserable night in :,lI
my. life. Finally mc1n7ng came
and everything was all fight.
lAe people here have the
same customs and houses that
they had two centuries AGO,
Nothing has changed, there is
no mau:inery here at all. There
are hundreds Of little farms
Each one consists of several one
acre fields, bordered by the
famous h~cdgerCws that vol
nave probably heard so much
ABOUT. They are the same
hedgeroWs that El.lie Pyle has
mentioned in lis column. Iioily,
oiackoerrles ard fern grow
Predcminately on them. The
chief product here IS 0airv pro-
ducts. Although the soil is very
fertile, the farmers only have
small gardens and small apple
orchards. They don't realize
the potential fortune that t.ev
could have if they would farm
on a large scale. They figure
taat What was good enough for
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-11-02

is a convert in Ravello where
I bought some lovely hand made
lace from the nuns. Would that
I had the money to buy some
of the beautiful embroidery the
nuns do! It is much cheaper
than in the states, but the large
pieces, such as I would like are
much beyond my pocketbook.
It is now $50 am. and an
other graveyard shift is almost
over. I shall never get used to
them
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-11-02
many beautiful things to see

many beautiful things to see
that I shall leave those till
last. I had the opportunity of
seeing a priceless art collection.
The finest paintings in Italy are
now gathered together in one
collection whereas people used to
travel all over Italy to see them.
You can see that with all the
sightseeing and shopping I did
my. three days were more than
full.
Several days before I went to
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-11-02

Shop in Harding!
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
REDS ROLL OVER FROZEN GROUND

LONDON, Feb. 2l.-LAPl-The Russians continued today to roll over the frozen ground toward the Baltic gateway of Pskov, while far to the south, according to a Berlin broadcast, the Red Army had thrown 100000 more men into a powerful new push toward Minsk, in White Russia, and also an important rail city on the Moscow-Warsaw railway,
 A Soviet comTnunique announc- ed over 100 additional villages in the drive on Pskov yesterday( and more than 2,2o0 Germans killed in advances from two to F miles in swirIing snowstorns or three points within 30 miles of Ono, a rail junction 30 miles east of Pskov, which was taken jn the advance.
 The Red armies nearest Pskov were last reported 28 miles to the north, after battling down the east shores of Lake Peipus to Pskov, but Moscow has not report ed their activities for several days.
 Moscow also reported the Uk- rainian armies had broken through into the outskirts of Krivoi- -Rog.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
PRODUCTION PLANTS ARE
 DEMOLISHED

LONDON, Feb. 2l.-(AP)- One-fourth of the German fighter planes production was knocked out in Sundays 2,00O-plane at tack by the American air forces. General Arnold declared. The count showed 126 enemy planes downed in the, greatest daylight operation in history.
 2. RAF night bombers followed up with another crippling blow on in- dustrial installations at Stuttgart in southwest Germany.
 Last nights operations indicate that Allied armadas are again hitting Europe in greater and greater strength.
 Today, tremendous American fleets of planes including over a thousand Fortresses and Libera- tors, plus tremendous fighter sup port, hit seven German aircraft center cities, and struck also mili- tary installations at Rostock on Germany's Baltic coast, in a deep westward plunge. 65 Nazi fight CTS were downed by the gunners aboard the bombers and 6l were felled by the escorting fighters.
 The U. s. communique said the American losses were 21 bombers and three fighters.
 Hilversum radio in Holland went off the air, indicating the. day. light renewal of air offensives by American bombers which are re- ported to have hit Posen in Po- land.
 The Folkewulf go part splant was ruined in. the Sunday offen- sive. but the U. s. headquarters refused to comment on the Posen operation, which represents 1,500-mile round trip.
 The Air Ministry communicate said of the attack on Stuttgart:
 'The great fires in the burning factories of the city made clear target for thousands of tons of explosives.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
PHANTOM NAVY BUILT BY JAPS

According to the Japanese re- ports today the United States navy almost whole and entire. re- turned from Davy Jones' locker to deal dastardly and crushing blow to an impregnable Pacific island bastion.
 To date the Japanese have sunk more American ships than evdr left the ways of U. s. shipyards.
 They have downed so many planes that we have to build quite a number to even get out of the hole, etc, and on down the line
 Our phantom navy, the yes sels and men which the Japs claim are on the bottom, are doing quite good job of showing the Sons of Heaven" a "hell of good time'.
 According to reports Goebbels brought to. Germany in 1922, the worlds champion title of worlds greatest liar" was conferred on him, but in l943 the title. has swung around the world to an even great liar, "Tojo".
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
Germans Stopped In Efforts to Wipe Out Bridgehead

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES, Feb. 21.-(AP)-Amer- ican and British forces halted supreme effort of densely packed German troops to wipe out the Anzio bridgehead, and have thrown the enemy back two miles toward Carroceto.
 Allied headquarters said the Nazi steamrolled advance was aimed down the Anziate highway toward the Anzio core of the al- lied beachhead, and was stopped only after all elements of allied power were called into play.
 During the 48 hours of the most , in: ense period of fighting, our efforts were very greatly aided by the magnificent support of all. lied naval and air units, and both British and American artillery.
 The communique said the Ger man offensive reached its-~peak before dawn Saturday, when American tanks and infantry, un- der cover of the heavy artillery barrage. began smashing forward at 6:3O a. m. and were still roll ing ahead last night. The inten- sity of the enemy efforts was demonstrated by, the appearance of the elements of five regiment within one l,0oo-yard area Six enemy divisions threw their en. tire strength in the assault witt. three others held in reserve.
 An allied spokesman announced that the Germans were steadily swelling their armies in Italy, and now have 18 divisions, involved hn Italian actions, nine of which are facing the beachhead and are grouped under the l4th German army commander, General Eber- hard von Mackenson, who was last reported on the Russian front. He is the son of a World War l. general
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
CAPT. WHITLAM
 DIES IN SEATTLE

Captain Frank L. Whitlam died in Seattle February 9th, after a long illness, according to word received here by Mrs. George Waldhelm.
 Captain Whitlam sailed Alaskan waters for nearly 40 years, and in that time commanded the Dukesbury, the USS Boxer, and the USS North Star, under the Department of Interior, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
 He is survived by his wife, liv- ing in Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
DOOLITTLE
 TELLS OF NEW ASSAULTS

LONDON, Feb. 21.-(AP)- Major General James Doolittle, who led the American raid on Tokyo in 1942, predicted greater assaults on the enemy capital in "the shortest possible time," but agreed with the allied high com mand, that Hitler must be fin ished first"
 He said, we are going back to Tokyo and shall go in full ar ray of mighty allies"
 These statements were made by the man who led the formation of Mitchell bombers from the carrier Hornet, in the historic flight to bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
RABAUL IS AGAIN RAIDED

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Feb. 2i.-(AP)-Three aerial punches in quick succession Friday, left Rabaurs Vunakanau and Tobera airdromes pockmarked and smok- ing by 123 tons of bombs, and re- suited in downing l3 Japanese planes and destroying many others on the ground
 Other flights ranged along the New Guinea coast and out to the Bismark Sea.
 The Japanese-heId Admiralty Islands were hit by rowing Libera- tors, reconnaissance planes, dive bombers and Marine Corsairs which flew from the Solomons, also attacking Cape St. George on the southern tip of New Ireland.
 The New Guinea coastal attacks resulted in the destruction of six barges and the blowing up of SUD- ply dumps in the Hanea Raw orAa
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
TAKE MOST OF ENIWETOK

PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 21.- fAPl-The army and marine as- sault troops under cover of bat tleship gunfire and supported by low-flying carrier-based planes are now in possession of a large part of the Eniwetok atoll. in the MarshallS.
 EniWetok is the westernmost point in the Marshall's group of islands. 38o miles northwest of Kwajalein, and 75o miles northeast of Truk.
 The mere fact that this attack was carried out with large num- bers of troops, ships, and planes, simultaneous with the assault on Truk, indicates the immensity of the force Admiral Nimitz has now assembled in the Pacific.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
FOXES
 TO BE BLUER

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-tAP) The governments private stock of blue foxes will be bluer and foxier after the war, according to plans now underway, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced.
 Much improvement is expected in the breed of the expensive ani- mals on the Pribiloff Islands, in the Boring Sea, off the coast of Alaska.
 After the war the government plans to leave a certain number of large, handsome males each season for breeding purposes, and to bring other strains from the Aleutians, and from Greenland, in order to make the fur softer.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
DIMOND SAYS DRILLING IS
 PROBABILITY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-(APl Alaska Delegate to Congress An thony J. Dimond, said he was in- formed that government agencies were preparing to drill Alaska oil fields next summer to determine the extent of the oil area, but did not disclose which agencies would do the work but said the drilling was necessary and would cost but fraction of the 130 mil lion dollars which the government had spent on the Canol project.
 Dimond mentioned the Katala, Yakataga and the large naval oil
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
AIRWAYS
Wien Alaska Airlines

Frank Whaley flew to Wales this morning with John Broadwell, CAA divisional supervisor, and also freight and mail. Frank ex- poets to return via Kotzebue.
 Alaska Airlines
 Don Emmons left for Candle, Deering and Kotzebue with the following passengers: Miss Jim Robbins, for Candle; Douglas Johnson, Deering; Tom Berry man, Jr., for Kotzebue and Dick Collard for Kotzebue.
 Pan American Airways
 Captain Ley left this morning with a load of mail and one pas senger, Sergeant Paul Kulawzik,
 Captain Olsen arrived from Fairbanks at noon with Capt. Rob ert c. Green, Territorial Public Health Nursing Director Dorothy Whitney, Burr Johnson and Lucia Grant. They left imme- diately, but had to return due to weather.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
WAR BOND TOTALS GIVEN

JUNEAU, Feb. 21.-Incomplete Series ''E" sales through February 18th, totalled $i 450,374.50. Following are tNe totals by cities and villages: Fairbanks, $479 ,846.25. Anchorage, $202, ,806.25. Juneau, $196,2O1.00. Ketchikan, $180,168.25. Seward, S79,537.50. Sitka, $38,3O5.75. Kodiak, $38,O06.25. Nome, $36, ,356.25. Petersburg, $35, ,662. 50. Skagway, $15,600.O0. Wrangell, $13,337.0O. Yakutat, $11, 1,625.00. Haines, $9,281.25. Valdez, $7,556.75.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
MOOSE TO HOLD SPOKANE MEET

SEATTLE, Feb. 21.-{AP)- Alaska delegates are expected to attend the annual convention of the northwest Loyal Order of Moose, to be held in Spokane June 21st to 24th.
 Ketchikan delegates attended the midwinter sessions in Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
MARRIED IN NOME FEBRUARY 9TH

E. L. Johnston and Miss Ellen Poste were married February 5th by Rev. Booker. The secret leaked out today.
The Nome nugget., 1944-02-21
Army-N,a;vy ,; Heads Are Relieved

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-CAP)- Tokyo radio acknowledged that Japan had suffered heavy losses in the American attack on her great naval base at Truk, and an- nounced simultaneously that both chiefs of the Japanese army and navy general Staffs were relieved of their posts
 Premier Toio said in a broad cast, that he would personally take over the task and assume the role of chief of the army general staff, in a sweeping shakeup which seemed to be a direct re-. suit of the American assault.
 In comment. Admiral Nimitz said
 This $ a partial settlement of the sneak attack on Pearl Har- bor.'
 The Lnper.3I eonlmunique, &C., knowledga5 :ne attack on Truk. in another broadcast. quoted the announcement oy the Navy Min istry. saying the fleet Admiral ]. NaganO. chief ot the Japanese Navy General Staff, was relieved Of his post, and announced that Hirohito had named Admiral Shrnada to serve concurrently as chief Of naval general staff.
 T0yko radio said the Jap was ministry announced that Field Marshal Sugiyana vas relieved of ihiS post as chief of army general staff, and Tojo had taken over the job. announcing that the Japan csc naval losses at Truk were ac-
 nowledged, and in addition some damages were incurred among land installations.
 Domei, the Jap news agency, said. Hirohito personally installed Toio in his new post. Tojo haS been serving as war minister. head of munitions industries. minister of commerce and industry. and y,,i,,i-4ay of aJ,,cotior,
 Domei also announced that Gen eral Ushiroku was appointed vice chief of the army general staff. concurrently assuming the post of war counselor.
 It. General Ida was nalned conmander-in-chi of the army at central district headquarters, but no mention was made of the new assignments for Nagano, or Sugiyama.
 The imperial communique as- serted that the Japanese army and navy forces at Truk had sunk two American cruisers and had damaged an aircraft carrier and one unidentified Warship, and added that 54 American planes were downed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-14
STREETS CHOSEN IN PAPER DRIVE
Mems League of Bunker Hill Swinging Into Action
 Saturday

Eighty-three streets in the West Side of the city will be canvasSed for waste paper on Saturday by the Mems League of Banker Hil. The canvaSsing will be conducted from l to p. m,
 Also on Saturday a collection of scrap paper will be conducted on streets in the southeastern section of the city by the street department employees.
 The following streets will be cov- cred by the Bunker Hill group:
 Adelaide avenue, Amity street, Aron avenue, Aurora street, Belmont avenue, Brookside road, Bunker Hill avenue, Carter avenue, Circuit ave- nue, Clematis avenue, Clough road, Clyde avenue Coniston avenue, Corona drive, Delaware avenue, East Aurora street, Eastern avenue, Elmhurst avenue, Evergreen street, Farnham avenue, F'erndale avenue.
 Gaylord drive, Gear street, Ger trude avenue, Glendale street, Grandview avenue (north of Rob- binS), Hale avenue, Hale street, Herschel avenue, Rowland avenue, Huntingdon avenue, Irvington ave- nue, Kenmore avenue, Lee street, Lowell street, Madeline avenue, Maplewood street, Marion avenue, Martone street, Maynard avenue, Media avenue, Mildred avenue, Montgomery street, Moorland ave- nue, Morningside avenue, Mount Vernon avenue and Mountain Park avenue.
 Nathan court, Nathan street, Newton terrace, Oakdale avenue, Oakwood avenue, Over street, Pequot street, Pierpont street, Ray street, Revere street ext, Ridgeway avenue, Rockhurst avenue, Rockwell avenue, Rosette street, Smith avenue, Steuben street, Sudbury street, Sum- set avenue, and Superior avenue.
 Therous avenue, Tompkins street, Fremont street, Valentine street, Watertown avenue (north of Rob- binS), Wayland avenue, Westwood avenue, White road, Whittier ave- nue, Willowdale avenue, Windsor street, Winthrop terrace, oodruff street and Woodside avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-14

What was probably the first a male nurses aid class in the coufl- try was organized by Edward F. wilson, president of Wilson Com pany meat packing firm.
 Wilson, chairman Of the Pres byterian hospital board, became concerned about the hospital help shortage more than year ago, and first suggested his plan then. Hospital authorities were dubious, however, and pooh-poohed Wilson's theory that banker could learn to make a bed and push a hospital cart.
 He persisted but the idea got poor reception until last June, when the situation became so desperate that hospital officials finally as last resort gave him the go-ahead signal.
 wilson quickly invited 25 acquaintances, all of whom occupy executive positions in business and industrial to dinner. After desert and along with cigars and coffee, the meat packing head brought the conversation around to labor short- ages which wasn't difficult, and then led into the situation in hospitals.
 Then. crossing his fingers, he suggested that they could help by joining a nurses side class.
 A little to his own surprise, the men liked the idea and eagerly volunteered to begin their training as soon as the hospital could pro- vide an instructor.
 T didn't hear one excuse" said Wilson. Not one said anthing like I'd love to, old boy, but with troubles in my ow nfactory' :.
 The men reported to Dr. William Hibbs, medical director of the hos pital, Miss Ruth Rawlings of the nursing staff, and Claude Wilson. head orderly, for three weeks in- Struction.
 Now, four months later, the men are full -fiedged, competent, nurses aids and each spend tsix hours a week at the hospital. Another group of 10 more businessmen is now in training and the shortage of help
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-14

It was pointed out by Miss Hunt that unused equipment at the Hamilton Heights center could be transferred to the St. Johns parish house and that funds set up by the board for the Hamilton Heights program might be used for the new project. She said that the commit tee did not recommend opening of a child care center at the Hamilton Heights housing project at this time.
 Commissioner Edward Bergin commented that both the Kings bury Center and the St. Johns parish house are in the Driggs school section, and that the board would be concentrating the benefits of the child care program in the one school section.
 Commissioner Perry Graicerstein inquired about the advisability of an affiliation with religious institu- tion. He stated school funds would have to be used for making repairs, and a question may be raised on use of public funds in a building owned by denomination.
 It was pointed out later that the State Department of Education has approved the request and that evil dently there was no objection to the denominationa1 angle.
 A motion was first made by Com missioner Bergin to refer the re- port to the school activities, but following further discussion he moved for adoption of the report, stating that the consensus of opinion seemed to be in favor of it, despite the vote in favor of the project. The activities committee will nevertheless make an investi- gation of the center, it was indi- cated.
 Two appointments to >the child care staff were made. Miss Claire Lee of 282 Willow street, a graduate of Notre Dame College on Staten Island, was named to the Kingsbury center staff. while Miss Mary Cuff fife of 73 Orange street, graduate of Wayne University. was named to the Long Hill center staff.
 The board voted to request the boards of finance and alderman to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-14
REVUKSY PRAISES
 PALESTTNE JEWS
Makes Country Healthiest in East Says Morning
 Journal COlurnniSt

Speaking on Palestine beore a joint meeting of the Zionist district and the Hadassah groups at the Beth Fl auditorium last night, Ab- raham Revusky, columnist for ehe Jewish Morning Journal in New York, and a resident of Palestine for many years, declared that the Jews in building their own economy have lifted the Arab standard of life in Palestine to a level much above that prevailing in neighboring Arab countries.
 In fighting disease, the Jews have made Palestine the healthiest coun- try in the East, Mr. Revusky declar- ed. Tt is not an accident that the Arabs of Palestine have the highest zirthrate and the lowest rate of in- fartile mortality compared to all
 their neighbors in the East"
 MT. Revusky also pointed out to his audience of 150 that Tt was the Jews who first tanned the turbulent waters of the Jordan as a source of electric light and power, and that it was the Jews who first extracted important minerals from the fab ulously rich waters of the Dead sea-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-14

AScs'S S' UVAAACAy based on cOms peting political parties. More than anything else Fascism is a one-party mechanism in which the choice of the voter at the polls is restricted to one set of candidates, and the choice of the so-called law-making assembly is restricted to approving the decision of the executive vivA voce."
 Now though this may not be a strict definition it is sufficiently correct. But go back and reread the definition substituting the word Communism for the word Fascism where eyer that word appears. It fits quite neatly, does it not? But, of course, it should. Communism and Fascism are but two labels for essentially the same poison.
 FREEDOM FOR RELIGION"
 Perhaps we belabor the idea in this corner, but 1t will need much more pounding before the danger will be correctly estimated. The highest and most valuable part of education is the building of charac- ter. Often short-sighted parents have learned this through very hor- rible experiences. But character formation cannot be taught effec- lively without the rock basis of re- hgion.
 But-and this time we are quot ing Dorothy Thompson in the Oc- tober issue of the Ladies Home Journal-"We have organized our schools. Freedom of religion has come to mean for vast number of American children Freedom from Religion-and freedom from all ethical concepts that are not en- tirely relative. Religion in Amer ican life is in the province of the home, and the church, and must nQt be touched by the school....
 we are rearing generations who are neither atheistic nor agnosti- for either attitude involves a dis agreement with something. They are simply pagans living in religi- ous and ethical void..."
 The deeply religious Founding