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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

WASHINGTON-AP-The ornate
chambers Of the Senate and House
have depressed Senator Andrews
(D-Fla.) for several years so he
launched a new plan today to do
something about it. Under his pro-
posal, the chambers would be COM
pletely renovated, to abolish mot
only these unsightly tobacco barn
rafters, but the entire morgue-like
atmosphere
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

HOLLYWOOD-AP- Plans to
make a movie based on the career
OF 1t. Gen. George S. Patton, two
gun commander of the American
Third Army, have been announced
by Producer Hunt Stromberg today.
The picture will be titled Blood
and Cuts. Charles Bickford will
portray the general.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

MEXICO CITY-AP- President
Manuel Avila Camacho today took
steps to relieve suffering in flood
stricken areas throughout Mexico,
particularly at Parral, Chihuahua
population 10000 where the bod
les OF As victims were reported to
have been recovered. Another 100
persons we're listed as missing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

CHUNGKING-AP - Convicted
by court martial on charges OF
neglect of duty in the fall OF Lishui,
two Chinese army battalion COM
manders, Chao Tsp-Hao and Cheun-
Shin, were executed at Yunhwo in
Chekiang Province on Sept. 6, a
semi-official Chinese dispatch re.
ported today. Both we're accused
OF having fled when the Japanese
attacked, although their regimen.
tai commander remained and was
killed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

See EUROPE Page 6
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

LONDON-AP-Gen. Emmanuel
D'Astier de la Vigierie, former in
terror commissioner for the French
Committee OF National Liberation,
will leave for Washington soon ito
represent France as ambassador
to the United States the Paris
radio said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

NEW YORK ms - Assistant
Secretary of State Adolf A. Berle
had disclosed today that the U. ).
government has on file in the State
Department conclusive evidence OF
the existence of Nazi murder fac
tories at Lublin, Poland and else
where I'VE have in the State De-
partment evit ence of the murder
factories at Lublin, Poland. II was
one of several operated by human
butchers to accomplish the slaugh-
ter OF men, women, children and
babies" Berle said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

See DEWEY Page 6
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

DODGE CITY. Kan.-INS -
Search by Army and Civil Air Pa
troll planes over Southwest Kansas
for the body OF Corp. Russell Z.
Stone, IS. of Weatherly. Pa. was
pressed today. Stone, who was sta
toned at the Dodge City Air Base,
was believed TO have fallen from a
plane on a combat training mis-
sion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

NEW YORK-INS-Mayor F. H.
LaGuardia announced he will broad.
cast his answer today to the appeal
for aid addressed to him yesterday
by the mayor OF beleaguered War
saw, capital of Poland. LaGuardia
said he would speak at p. m. EWT
over the Blue network and the
municipal radio station, WNYC.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11

Washington. Sept. 11--AP - A
high speed postwar highway sys-
temsto serye an estimatear 50. o0o.s
900 motor vehicles was envisloned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-22

trlm-tab 70 keep from climbing,
hut the mechanism was shot
away in the flight and 70 keep .
Level course without II requires q
LOT Of pressure on the stick o.. He
wonders how long ne can keep II
up as he grows weaker ...
And then he remembers the
new fighter strip.
Thank God for the SeabeeS'
Like an Inspiration he recalls
hearing of this fighter strip Just
completed by the SeabeeS IN rec
ord time. Maybe he can make Il
that tar Al least II cuts the odds
against HIM because now all he
has 10 do is 10 stay awakp-Tu keep
the old kite in the air for another
IS minutes IS minutes
He might make 1t In that time,
running wide open The motor
Is running smooth II only his
own m hlne were running
smooth
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-22

HOdde remembers seeing 4 Zero
hear down on the captain from
the rIEht-about level and he ducks
his nose inches 70 the right and
lets 20 with all his guns 10 stop
the Zero In mldalr.
II disappears under him fam.
ing and another comcs the same
way and Iiodde got hum TOO only
this time Capt Cupp and tho
lieutenant SWING of t0 the lett
and Hodde loses track OF then
He tries unSuCCeSSfully 10 JOIN
up with another CorSair but there
are ZeroS IN between. and sud-
denly there's a Zero out IN front
Of him Just turning up into loop
and from Hoddc'S position ne
looks 10 be a duck
Rolling out Of ms loop for an
Immelman- Hadde= hts at hef
Zero coming down on top Of HIM
making an overhead run firing
his guns A. the same time and
Hodde ducks quick with hard
right rudder and pulls the stick
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-22
CHANCES not GOOD

In the temporary protection Of
clouds, Warrant Officer Hodde
takes stock Of his chances
They re NOT good The bullet
hole IN ms LETT leg below the
knee cut an artery. He knows
that from the way the blood
Spurts with The heavy pounding
Of ms heart and the dizziness
IN increasing &C..
He tries 10 set the elevator
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-22
FINEST BUNCH"

Re even finds some amusement
IN the thought Of what the
squadron would think If they
could sec hum now The old Hell
Hawks of the south Pacific-the
finest bunch Of guys In the world
And what a reCord-l02 enemy
planes shot down. eight of our
ownmiSSSlng Eight? With him. II
VIII Doe nine IF nc doesn't make
~ &c. We'll he'll have 10 make II
for the sake --r-The record
he wonders how the mission
mad" out today and what became
of capt Cupp and the lieutenant
II was tough luck for him
that one man dropped out Of his
formation a. the takc-oT
That put Two strikes ON HoddC
from the\Start trying 10 fly TWO
positions IN a four-man forma-
ton. weaving back and forth 10
cover the rearS of Capt -Cupp and
The lieutenant. like playing short
stop and second base az The same
time That's how he came to
lose them
II was coming in over kahili--
Tho whole force Of 80 fighters
protecting the 40 dive and tor
pedo hombers a strictly marine
and navy show when the Nips
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-22

back as the Jap goes rs lnE past
heading straight down
Hoddo takes his last quick look
behind him. doeSn sec plane m
the ky AZ te turns for home and
it's then the tracerS come oUt OF
nowhere from me left rear IS
IIodde throws the CorSaIr INTO a
dive ~ feel that dull th.G in his
leg on the way down
Most Of the tune ms eye, are
INSIDE on the COMPASS and -ths
instruments and his lex So ITS
almost shock when he looks olt
70 see the fighter strip coming IN
dead ahead about 3 600 feet below
CONTACTS STATION
Well" he thinks. Il got this
far"
Quickly he contacts the station
CorSar 10 tower emergency
landing clear strip he hears
the Unconditional reply Tower 20
Cor>air use east end II possible
Fast end h4H4--I iaaese=
hunched' over the stick hi>
knees aching With the cFor'
"All ! hope is come in right
end up"
He doesn't remember exactly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-22
Marine Lands Plane After Battle
With Japs Despite Severed Artery

He DIDN'T know he nit until blood spreading the
II cockpit floor
That middle Of because he didn't
look hack feked past head nosed
straight Corsar wide open and closing 500 h.
....a rn1 -o.L hacL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-22
STOPS ZERO DEAD
g WerLV NE co~sENqee

came AT them az 1900 feet and
the fun began
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-22
WORRIES ABOUT PLANE

Somehow he gets 10 worrying
more about the plane than HIM
self If he's washed Up the plane
isn't Somebody else can use. the
plane It's no good 10 anybody
in the drink.
Once over Pearl Harhor when
Wheel came on his Wildcat and
the squadron leader told him
about II over the radio and ne
had - belly-land in the harbOr
rr1r tF7c bench Il got away
With that one without noslnE- nXnL
through the help Of the Lord and
fellow m a roWboat
The other time was when iheN
Catapulted him off a carrier and
something damned the controls
50 that ne hung in the air a hor-
rlble second before slulcing off
into the water
Only by releasing his safety
harness and jumping straight up
As he hit the water did he save
himself that time A DESTROYER
picked HIM -up-ane- Of the feey
men 10 live after this kind Of &C
Cldent
The cockpit IS a pool Of blood
now and Gordon Hodde feels HIM
self weaker He slides the hood
back crack and the rush Of air
seems 10 revive him, 10 clear the
fog from his brain 10 reawaken
the conviction that something
must be done about that leg
which leads the 22-year-old ma
rlne 10 attempt fantastic solu.
ton perhaps never risked by any
other aviator.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-22
FLIES WITH KNEES

LooSenInE his safety belt and
parachute harness and setting the
rudder and aileron trim-tabs,
Hodde takes both feet from the
rudder and flies the plane with
his knees the pressure Of his
knees holding down the elevators.
In this way he can reach be-
tween his legs with ms right hand
10 help his left clamp off the sew
cred artery. The rush of bleeding
shows - a Slight oOzing Though
his head in this position barely
clears tho cowlng, Hodde feels
now be has a fighting chance For
while tho fainlneSS seems TO
leave him
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
ANDREWS CONSTITUTES
HIGHER BEET PRICE AS
CALL FOR MORE SUGAR

"The announcement of the wal
food administration on Jan. 26, of
an increase of $3.50 per ton in the
support price to be paid for beets
in 1914 assures the Billings grow
ers of 1884 per ton for sugar beets
of a sugar content equaling the past
ten-year average" Lyman H. An
drews, manager of the Billings fac
tory of Great Western Sugar COM
pany, says in a recent letter to beet
growers.
"The yield of sugar beets in the
Billings factory district for the past
ten years has averaged 1914 tons
per acre and the sugar content has
averaged 17.28%. On the basis of
out ten-year average the growers
are justified in an expectation of
an average gross return of $166.95
per acre from sugar beets in 1914.
"Our government is asking for
more sugar and considers a big
beet crop one of the quickest ways
of getting more sugar to meet war
time needs"
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
ODD Yellowstone
ENTERTA|NS GUESTS
Joliet, Billings Delegations
Visit Here Monday At SEES
sion OF Degree Work

At a meeting Monday evening OF
Laurel lodge No. 81, L. o. O. F., the
first degree of the order vas con-
ferred on six candidates presented
by Laurel lodge and five by Joliet
lodge No. II. Forty-five members
and guests were present.
A delegation from Joliet, headed
by N. C. Schiltz, noble grand, serv-
ed a chill supper after the session.
Other guests were several members
from Billings, headed by Samuel
Hazelton, past grand master of the
order, and George Butcher, noble
grand of the Billings lodge. Carol
Holland, nobel grand of Laurel
lodge, acted as POSTMASTER and in
troduced the guests.
During the social hour a picture
of the late Rev. Henry Grant, a
former pastor of the Laurel Baptist
church and a member of Laurel
lodge for a number of years, was
presented to the lodge by Jens j.
Thusen of Billings. In the absence
of Mr.. Thusen, the presentation
was made by j. H. Jordan.
The Laurel Odd Fellows are to
attend the next meeting of Joliet
lodge on Feb. Is.
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
WARNS DAYS FEW
FOR INCOME FILING
Final Two Weeks May Swamp
Deputies Aiding Taxpayers
With Forms, Figures

Lewis Penwell, collector of in
ternal revenue for the district of
Monana, warns taxpayers that there
are only "a week days remaining
before the deadline for filing in
come tax returns.
The final two weeks of this period
will be extremely rushed, said Mr..
y fenwell, and those who wait to file
their returns during the last part
of the filing period will find them
selves in long waiting lines and put
to considerable inconvenience in
getting their returns filed. This
IAN be avoided by filing early.
The collector wishes to remind all
taxpayers soliciting aid from a de-
putty collector in the preparation of
their returns to come prepared with
the necessary information so that
the return may be completed with
out making two or three trips. 1t
is necessary that they have with
them the detail of receipts and dis
bursements on all business or pro-
fessional activities. Those whose
salaries were subject to withholding
should present form w 2, furnished
them by their employer, which will
state the amount of their earnings
and the amount of tax withheld.
They should also have with them
form 1925, which they received some
weeks ago from the office of the
collector of internal revenue, dis
the amount of their tax and
the payments for 1912. Taxpay-
ers should bring with them a copy
Of the 1912 income tax return if
such is available.
There are very few taxpayers in
the state of Montana who are eX-
empt from tax returns for 1913.
all of those having any
earnings in 1913 or 1912 should
make inquiry to determine whether
not they should file. If there
is any doubt, a return should be
anyway in order to avoid
penalties.
The collector further urges that
any taxpayer who a possibly pre-
pare his own return should do 80,
as the help that can be given to
taxpayers this year is very
much limited, due to the lack of
trained deputies and the heavy
volume of work in the internal
revenue office. The return blanks
are not difficult, Penwell said, if
taxpayer will only take the time
% read the instructions carefully
and follow out the arrangement of
he form.
"By all means get busy on your
'eturn now and file early" Penwell
warned.
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
Story Is Told or
2%anks Who Got
Private AirpIane

From the special information of
flee of the headquarters service
command at Patterson field, Ohio
comes this story about a Laurel boy
who has trading instincts as well as
being a skilled mechanic:
1t isn't very often that a couple
of enlisted men overseas acquires
an airplane for their private use.
but it happened recently in Italy
and therein lies a story.
Air service command mechanics,
Tech. Sgt. Keith Taylor of McMinn-
vile, Ore, and Sgt. Robert P,
Palmer of Laurel, Mont, a duo of
David Harums who specialized in
airplanes instead of horses, were
friendly with a group of Britishers
at a nearby field. The E%nglishmen
had a two-seated Italian (Breda)
training plane which they had
brought from a captured Fascist
airport in Sicily. 1t needed some
fixing up, but they didn't like the
dea of having to work on it, along
with their other pressing jobs.
One day Palmer, in a joking man
per, asked, "What'l you take for
that crate?"
They wanted ten bucks.
"Tell you what we'll do" said
Palmer in a skillful, horse-trading
manner, "we1l give you a can of
apricots for it."
cts a deal, old chap" a British
said
Palmer and Taylor exchanged the
apricots for the airplane and a bona
fide bill of sale. They wheeled the
crate to their base, christened her
"Apricots" and promptly set about
putting her in flying condition.
"But here's the payoff," said
Palmer. "The Limeys gave that
can of apricots to their mess e r.
geant to make them a pie, and we
helped 'em eat it."
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
State University At MissOula To Celebrate
Its Fifty-First Birthday Thursday This Week

and Frederick C. Scheuch, professor
of modern languages and temper
arily head of mechanical engineer
ing.
Presidents of the university have
been:
Oscar j. Craig, from Purdue uni
versity, serving from 1895-1908.
Clyde A. Duniway, Stanford uni
versity, %1908-1912.
Edwin B. Craighead, Tulane uni
versity, 1912-1915.
Frederick c. Scheuch, Montana
State University, acting president,
~1915-1917.
Edward o. SESSIONS, state COM
missioner of education in Idaho,
1917-1921.
Charles H. Clapp, Montana School
of Mines, 1921-1935.
Frederick c.. Scheuch, Montana
State University, acting president,
May-December 1885.
George F. Simmons, University
of Chicago, 1936-1941.
Charles w. Leaphart, Montana
State University, acting president,
April October 1941.
Ernest o. Melby, Northwestern
University, 1941-1943.
Charles w. Leaphart, Montana
State University, acting president
since July 1943.
A special c~cnvocation has been
planned by the university for Thurs
day, Feb. IL, charter day. The
speaker will be Judge Frank P.
Leiper of the seventh judicial dis
trict.
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
FRED CLOUD, FORMER
RESIDENT, SUCCUMBS

Funeral services for Fred Cloud,
46, of Billings, a former Laurel res
ident, were held at Settergren's
chapel in Billings Thursday after
noon with Rev. Forrest Wertz, pas
tor of the First Methodist church
of Billings, officiating. j. F. Jol-
ley of Laurel was one of the hon
orary pail bearers.
Mr.. Cloud, owner of the Cloud
Petroleum company of Shelby, died
Monday at Missouri Valley, Iowa,
where he had gone to attend the
funeral of an uncle. He was a
veteran of the first World war and
was accorded military honors. He
is survived by his widow and his
mother. Burial was in Mountview
cemetery in Billings.
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
WOODEN MONEY OF
FOOD RAT|ON|NG IS
DELIVERED FOR USE
Dealers, Customers Begin To
Swap Red and Blue Discs
In Transactions

Red and blue "wooden money
made its appearance here this week
for use as tokens representing point
values in the purchases of foods
The colored discs bear printing or
their sides, are supplemental frac-
tional points or "change" for use
with stamps.
The wooden money" cam
through the Yellowstone bank, in
neat boxes of $50 pieces each. De
livery to the bank was from OPA
and the bank in turn distributed the
tokens to dealers as the dealers re-
quested.
The bank, a clearing house for
real money, has had point accounts
too since rationing became effective.
Additions and substractions of the
point accounts represent income and
outgo of stamps. Now there are
tokens to figure, but they will be
relatively easy to count.
Blue tokens are for p~rocessed
goods, such as canned stuffs and
items in that class, while the red
pieces are appropriately for meats.
Wednesday was the banks first
day of real experience with the lit
tie colored pieces, and quite a vol
ume was transacted. OPA sent 3d.
900, the bank put out 10000 and
chalked up a total of $4,000 az the
days volume.
The tokens are ~five-eighths of an
inch in diameter, smaller than a
dime by about a sixteenth of an
inch, which prevents them from
being used successfully in dime slot
machines. Also, they + a little
thicker than a dime. No doubt some
will drop out of sight as result of
being added to collections by those
who collect all the new, odd or un-
usual things that come along. ,
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
CHILD WHO FELL FROM
BALCONY At GYM FRIDAY
IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS

Dolores %Stenerson. 7, who fell
about y feet from the east balcony
to the hardwood playing floor at
the Laurel gymnasium, where she
had gone with a brother of near
her own age to see a basketball
game Friday evening, was still I'M
conscious Wednesday at a Billings
hospital to which she had been re-
moved after the accident.
An interesting game was being
played at the time. Those who
glimpsed the falling body said they
thought it was a coat that had
slipped from the railing above and
was falling to the floor. Crash of
the impact was plainly audible and
the playing was Immediately halted
by officials. After the child had
been examined by a physician she
was taken to a Billings hospital.
At last report she had not regained
consciousness.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben %Stenerson, residents of
Laurel and vicinity the past several
years.
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
ROTAR|ANS HEAR MUSIC
INSPIRED BY MONTANA

Montana's own music was sung
Tuesday at the meeting of the Ro-
tary club by a group of Laurel
women, who made the states his
tory live again for those remem-
bering the early 1905 and beyond,
and brought an echo of former pop
ular melodies to those of more re-
cent arrival. All the music per-
tanned to Montana. Some had been
written by residents, while other
selections were the work of visitors
inspired by Montana grandeur and
associations.
Singers for the meeting Tuesday
we're Mrs. P. A. Johnston, Mrs. M.
]. Wilcox, Mrs. j. H. Albertus, MRS.
George Paisley, Mrs. Wayne hage-
man, Mrs. D. j. Hoppel, Mrs. Foy
Braswell and Mrs. B. V. Friedman.
Mrs. Johnston served as commenta-
tor as we'll as singer and told the
interesting history of each selection.
Most of the sheet music had been
loaned the Laurel women by the
Librarian of the Montana Historical
society, Helena, for use in Montana
celebrations in a two-week period.
A program similar to the n the
Rotarians heard Tuesday had been
presented earlier before the Laurel
Woman's club.
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
F S HI

Laurel leads the cities in Yellow
stone county.
Yellowstone county leads the
large counties of the state.
Group z of the counties leads
Montana in overall sales Chat
means every kind of bond) with
S6,934,300, which will reach ST.
10000 when all returns are in and
will exceed the third loan and its
record of III per cent.
Laurel stands now with las per
cen of quota. The quota was 1892
500 and the sales to date are $279,-
606.50.
Rural Laurel had a quota of
$57, 200, is credited with ~$71,774.25
il, sales and has a standing of 124
per cent.
Duck creeks quota was $500,
the district is credited with $12,-
G97 and has a standing of between
149 and $50 per cent.
Yellowstone leads all the large
counties in Montana with 1912 per
cent, followed by Missoula county
with 1856 per cent, Cascade (Great
Falls) with 1867 per cent, Lewis
and Clark (Helena) with 115.7 per
cent, and Silver Bow Quite with
103 per cent.
All figures quoted above relate to
overall sales.
Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
Big Ditch Elects
Roman AS President;
Zahn, Superintendent

At the annual meeting Tuesday
of Big Ditch stockholders, all d.
rectors were reelected. The meet
ing was at the Commercial club in
Billings and was attended by 70
stockholders.
The directors reelected Paul Ro-
nan, president; Harold Glantz, vice
president; Lloyd Lipp, secretary
treasurer, and Emanuel Zahn Of
Laurel, superintendent.
1t was said that directors contem-
plate an inspection and that stock
holders having complaints should
notify directors residing in the dis
trict.