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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-10
lonia News

Mrs. Jack Williams spent sew
eral days last week visiting her
daughters in Sheridan.
George Biackfoot of the navy
visited one day last week with
his brother, Glen and family.
Mrs. Simon Therney is visiting
her sister in Washington.
John Trenholm returned Mon
day to Dayton, where he is en-
ployed. He has been convalescing
from flu at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Magnani.
Cadet Charlotte Morton spent
three days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Morton, on her
way to St. Vincent's hospital in
Billings where she is in train
ing.
A large number of the neigh
bors attended the shower given
for Mrs. C. E. Barrett by Mrs.
Forman, Mrs. johnson and Mrs.
Goe in Lodge Grass.
A miscellaneous surprise par
ty shower was given Mrs. Bill
Smith at the Smith home last
Friday. Present were Mrs. Mag
mani, Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Harris,
Mrs. Bond, Mr. LETTERS, Mrs. Fell
lows, Mrs. . Wagenaar, Mrs.
Blackford, Mrs. Forman, Mrs.
Sixberry, Mrs. Formanack, Mrs.
James Taught, Mrs. Harry
Simpson, Mrs. Jack Williams,
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jess
Taught. The afternoon was
spent playing games. Lunch was
served by Mrs. Jack Williams,
Mrs. Jess Taught and Mrs. M.
Smith.
Mrs. L. l.. Wagenaar honored
her daughter, Cloanna, at a
birthday party Thursday even
Ing. About IA guests were pres
ent. The evening was spent play
Ing games. Cloanna was 9 years
old.
The Smith, Bond, Knutson,
Wagenaar and Blackford famil-
les attended the Presidents ball
in Lodge Grass.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Foltz an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Rachel Ann, to Pvt.
LYLE E. Taught, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Taught on Feb. / at the
Foltz home. The ceremony was
performed by Miss Clara Odds OF
Lodge Grass. The bride wore a
steel blue suit. She was attend
ed by Miss Hazel knight who
wore a blue suit. Pvt. Taught
was attended by his cousin,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-10
BLIND MAN
LOST WITHOUT
"SEE|NG-EYE" DOG

When someone in your family
comes down with a cold, you'd
be as lost as a blind man with
out his "seeing-eye" dog-if the
products in your favorite drug
store had no names. You wouldn't
be able to get what you wanted!
Names are your guides to reli-
able, result-getting products. The
name Vicks VapoRub is your
guide to the best-known home
remedy for relieving miseries of
colds. Ask for it by its trade
marks.
V|CkS VAP0RUB
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-10

own situation.
The practical way to find out
where you stand is to fill out
your return. Then after you
l:lave filled it out, you should file
it with the collector Of internal
revenue in your district as long
before March IS as convenient"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-10
AMI gets obout twice as much electricity
for lis money a II did Is years osol

STAr1sT1cs are tricky things to toss around.
Obviously, q of a bathtub wouldn't hold water
very we'll! That figure means merely that some
8 out OF S American homes have bathtubs.
Obviously, also, the electric figure applies only
to homes that haze electric service. But as a
nationwide average of all those homes, it is a fact
and perhaps surprising to many people.
Most families own more electric appliances
now than they did in 1929. Over the years, as
they used more electricity, they earned lower
rates-and the rates, too, were steadily reduced.
So-thoush your bill today may be as much as
1T was in 1929-or even more-youre probably
getting t,0ice as much for ,ohat you bav. And
remember that the price of electricity has STAYED
dow" while most other prices are going ap.
That makes it just about the biggest barsain
in your wartime budget
For this you can credit the electric companies.
manned and managed by business people, under
public regulation. Their hard work has made
electric service dependable and CHEAP.
. He~ Report to the Nation" onesasliss ssu, sroe,am Of
tie ~ssk. s0sy Tsssds, suesisk $50. ". CHS.
Denf Wasts Electricity Just Because Il lsur R,sousdl
THE MONTANA POWER
COMPANY
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-10
TARAWA MARINE SPEAKS HIS MIND

A TARAWA MARINE SPEAKS HIS MIND
. We had occasion to read a letter received by a Hardin
business man from a Marine on Tarawa. This Marine is a
Hardin lad, and what he wrote shows what this boy and
many other American boys on the fighting fronts are think
ing.
for Japanese killed by flame throwers this Marine writes:
when is this phony country going to wise up? We've
been out in the Pacific two years now and are just observ-
ign a few things. If we were blind we could still observe the
Homeland with our noses. That is the opinion of everyone
of us. Why the h. should we die for a bunch of phony un-
grateful b------s like forty percent of the American
people have become? Myself, I'm just here for (gives own
nane) and a very few others. If we could strike o. K. but
we get shot for that"
We are just passing the above along without comment.
This Marines thoughts need no explanation.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-10
DIRTY BUSINESS

DIRTY BUSINESS
. The aid and comfort given our enemies by axis agents
who may destroy a unit of some industry, or by strikers
who close whole industries, is the same except the strikers
give infinitely more aid.
Strikes in 1913 almost doubled the average for the 15-
year period preceding our entry into war, and totaled 3,737,
or 13,955,253 man-days. 1t is difficult to understand the
spirit that moves men to such desertion of their posts of
duty, often for the most trivial reasons, except there is no
protection in this country for a man who wishes to work
contrary to a strike order.
It's dirty business and so adequate excuse can be offered
to our soldiers by either the strikers or Washington for
permitting such Interruptions in the flow of war materials.
TRYING TO GET THE TAX DODGERS
. We wonder what success the state legislature of Calf
ornia will have with their measure to permit state taxation
of federal property.
Californians maintain that when the federal government
confined its activities to the function of governing, rather
than entering into business competition with private cit
liens, its property used for governmental purposes was gran
ted tax freedom. Today, however, with the government going
into commercial activity, a serious problem faces their state
and other states in the union. Californians believe that tax
exempt government business prevents the development of
highly taxed private enterprise. They say it enjoys the priv
llege of using all public facilities such as roads, schools, pol
ice service, fire protection, ETC., without bearing any of the
tax burden.
Californians are of the opinion that if government goes in
to business competition with its own citizens, the products
it manufactures and the property it utilities for producing
the same, should bear some of the tax load as do other bus
mess concerns.
The case will undoubtedly be watched with great inter-
est by other states.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
Postwar Dream-With Alterations

Thousands of American families are
dreaming of new postwar home, COM
plete with miraculous gadgets of COM
fort, convenience and beauty. Those
dreams are bolstered in good many cases
by nice nest egg of War Bonds for the
down payment. And now along comes
the National Association of Home Build
ers with rude awakening. At first blush
it seems mean trick, but it will probab-
ly turn out to be an act of great kind
ness The association recently asked SIT
families from coast to coast about their
postwar wants and expectations. The fol-
lowing case of the Smith family is based
on the majority of answers, and may be
considered accurate: The Smiths plan
to build within two years after the war,
and to pay between $4,000 and $4,000
not more than $1,000 down or more than
$50 q month. For that they expect six
rooms and basement with separate din
ing room and two bathrooms.
The Smiths want air conditioning sum-
ner and winter; electronic controls to
make housekeeping simpler; extensive
use of plastics in plumbing, bathroom
fixtures, wall surfaces, and elsewhere.
They also want movable partitions; out
side walls which will open on their gar
plete-unit rooms that can be added or
removed according to family require
ments. They are confident that all these
improvements will be available within
year after the wars end. And here's the
payoff. The Smiths won't buy or build
unless they can have at least the first
three of these improvements. Now, where
did the Smiths get their ideas for the
postwar house? From stories and adver-
tisements, most of which, it turned out,
originated outside the building industry.
The association canvaSSed most OF the
sources and came to these conclusions:
There is no basis for thinking that the
Smiths will have the revolutionary i'm
provements" they want at the time they
expect them, or at the price they want to
pay. Some of the new materials are now
on the market, but at the present stage
of development, most of them are more
expensive than the traditional materials.
None are available in er-priced dwell
lings. Dreams of such things as electro
nic cooking and heating are groundless
at present; other innovations seem de-
stined for an evolutionary growth over a
period of years. All this is important,
since the building industry offers one OF
the most hopeful sources of immediate
postwar job opportunities. But there will
be no healthy "boom" if disillusioned
public, misled by impractical prophets OF
quick miracles, thinks it's being cheated.
It's better that the Smiths face the less
glamorous facts and redesign their
dreams - then 60 right ahead with their
building plans.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
Sponsored News

There is one disturbing item in the
generally good communications bill
which has been drafted by Senators
Wheeler of Montana and White of Maine.
This provision would ban commercial
sponsorship of news broadcasts by COM
polling networks. and stations to pay for
such broadcastS.
This implies an responsibility which
we do not think the broadcasting indus
try merits. No one would think of ban"
ming the news from newspapers because
the bulk of newspaper operating costs are
met through advertising revenue. Yet
the Wheeler-White proposal would have
the same effect in commercial broadcast
ing, where the bills are paid by sale of
time to advertisers. Such proposal, if it
becomes law would establish danger
Gus precedent inconsistent with freedom
of speech and press.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06

The Better Vision Institute is taking
severely critical look at proposed legiSla-
ton for system of express highways link
ing American cities. The highways would
have minimum speed limit of rs miles
an hour and the institute feels that many
drivers haven't good enough vision to
operate cars at that speed.
It cites the recent recommendation of
Prof. A. R. Lauer of Iowa State College
that unrestricted driving licenses should
be given only to those having 20-30 vi
sion in one eye, or 2040 in both. For
drivers with less than 20-100 vision, he
would impose speed limit of Is miles an
hour
1t seems to us that the institute is
thinking along sensible lines. Most states
now test drivers for mechanical ability,
and test brakes for safety In many
states, too, "drunkometer" test findings
are admissible as evidence. But too lit
tie care has been given to bad vision,
which is certainly a cause of many acct
dents.
"A consideration of this added safety
measure should be part of national pro-
gram aimed at reducing our appalling
traffic toll when normal driving is re-
Sumed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
Views OF The Press

esses Of life. The investigations
conducted by Johann Friedrich Won
Baeyer and the Nobel Prize winner
Richard Willstatter led to the con-
clusion that the plant first forms
formaldehyde and out Of the for
maldehyde sugar. Though this con-
clusion has been questioned, 1t has
been the starting point Of most Of
those who have tried to duplicate
nature in the laboratory.
One Of the most successful Of
these sugar synthesizers Is Profess
SCR E. @. @. Baily of Liverpool. Sub
shutting for chlorophyl (the green
matter of plants q catalyst nickel
oxide and nickel carbonate), he
converted formaldehyde into sugar
with the aid OF carbon dioxide and
light from electric lamps. Now come
Drs. Michael Doudoroff, H. A. Bark
er and w. z. Hassid OF the Univer-
sity of California with another
method. They use instead OF a
nickel salt and engine or natural
catalyst. and thus synthesize sucrose
or natural sugar. With r. M. Nc
Cready, DR.. Hassid had previously
synthesized starch.
1t is probable that no one has yet
succeeded in duplicating the plants
sugar making process. There are
scores Of sugars. and all are COM
binations Of carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen, the atoms Of which can click
together in many ways. Which is
natures way? No chemist can be
certain that he has discovered the
right key to the right lock, even
though the door seems to open. Be-
sides, there is the matter of the
energy required to make sugar In
the plant-energy in the form of of
sunlight. The physicist maintains
that a plant cannot absorb enough
energy from sunlight to make sugar.
The plant answers by turning the
trick and refusing to reveal its tech
nique. SO we are left in our old state
Of wonder.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
One Law For All Needed

Present Federal law requires the trans
portation of a vast government traffic
at half the rates paid by ordinary ship
perS. This deduction in rates, required
on account of land, grants made to a
small mileage of pioneer railroads more
than three-quarters of a century ago, has
become, under present conditions, a
source of discrimination against ordinary
shippers-the very sort of discrimination
which is otherwise prohibited as rebating.
It has become, also, source OF diScrlm-
ination and injustice as between those
shippers so situated that they can do
business with the government on re-
duced land grant rates, and shippers who
cannot. It has become a source OF
confusion and uncertainty among ship
pers and railroads as to the application
of rates, and in accounting and taxation.
It has become, finally, an unjust bur-
den upon railroads, more than 80 per
cent of which never received any OF the
land granted, and all of which, collec-
lively, have already repaid to the govern
ment, in reduced transportation charges,
far more than the total value of all the
land granted. H. r. Aba, a bill intro
duced in Congress by Representative
Boren of Oklahoma, proposes to repeal
the requirement of land grant reduction
in transportation charges, and so put an
end to these determinations confusions
and injustices.
The bill is endorsed not only by ship
pers and carriers virtually without excep-
lion, but also by those agencies of gov
eminent created to deal with tranSpor-
tatiOn broadly in the public intereSt-the
Interstate Commerce Commission, the
Office of Defense Transportation, the
Bureau of Investigation and Research,
and the National Association of Railroad
and Utility Commissioners representing
the regulatory bodies of As states.
In favoring repeal of these ipequitable
railroad rates, the late Joseph B. East
man. director of the Office Of Defense
Transportation, said: "The government
ought to pay the same rates for carriage
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
Picture From Belgium

A news picture out of occupied Europe
shows the Belgian quisling, Leon De-
grelle, standing in Nazi armored car
during demonstration in Brussels. He
is bedecked in a Nazi uniform, complete
with iron crosses His arm is outstretched
in Nazi salute. He flashes movie-star
smile Beside him are his little son and
daughter.
We wondered, as we looked at the pic.
ture, what those two youngsters would
think if they should come upon it in, say,
1860. We wondered if Degrelle had also
though about it, and about the shame
that they probably will feel at having
innocently shared lis moment of cheap,
treacherous triumph.
We,wondered if Degrelle isn't perhaps a
little relieved that the Belgian under
ground will see to it that he does not sur
vive to face the old, inevitable question,
Daddy, what did you do in the warp"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06

them in the first place. Thus, they
are able to sell more tires with
out requiring more certificates in
exchange.
Another big company Is being
investigated by the OPA for buy
ing up new tires of various makes
from dealers and later reselling
them through the company's own
stories at considerable loss. Even
though not the tires made by this
company, the loss was considered
a good investment because 1t got
motorists into the habit of trad
ing with this company's retail
stores -.
There may be some startling
news breaking on this soon.
BEES FOR MAVERICK
Maury Maverick, hard working
chief of the Small War Plants
Corporation. Is going in for bees
in his office, .et
Talking to Secretary OF Agricul-
ture Claude Wickard the other
day, Maverick remarked:
What this town needs Is to
study bees. They could give us
all lesson. I want 10 get a
hive Of bees in my office so folks
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
SERVICE DIVISIONS
(Hartford Tines

NHarCIOrd 1lmeS)
The wires carry the news that the
first divisions to 60 into action which
are made up entirely Of Selective
Service men have begun fighting
on the Italian front. They are the
85th and 18th. The latter includes
men from the northeast, many from
Connecticut.
Both divisions have fought sue
cessfully, have shown good spirit,
and efficiency In combat, and have
been wlel led.
1t is rather astonishing that these
should be the first divisions to fight
which are composed entirely of
Selective Service men. We have an
army Of some nine millions, approxi-
mately half Of which probably Is
overseas. A division probably would
not include, at the outside, more
than $4,000 or at least $4,000 men.
Inasmuch as our former regular
Army and Marine Corps and the
National Guard were relatively small
In proportion to the total army, 1t
scarcely seems possible that 1t would
be only snow that complete Selective
Service divisions would be ready to
fight.
Possibly that is somewhat less re-
markable than 1t might seem, partly
because our force, in italy are not
large as armies go today, and those
which we have in the Pacific are
scattered in small units rather than
concentrated in. armies that would
include many divisions. ;.
The great bulk of our forces over
seas are undoubtedly in the British
Isles. Very likely these contain many
divisions which are composed wholly
of Selective Service men. While
these are not yet fighting, they are
ready to do SO. They will no doubt
acquit themselves as well as have
the 85th and 88th. H.
While the former Regular Army,
Marine Corps. and the National
Guard contained our men who were
experienced in soldiery, any dis
tinction between Selective Service
men and so-called volunteers, as far
as courage and fighting ability is
concerned. long since disappeared.
No stigma attaches to the Selective
Service.
The system has ben adopted as
the orderly and effective way of
raising an army. Men were told to
wait in their places until summoned
to duty. Such waiting indicates no
hesitation upon their part in serv-
ing their country.
The news from italy demonstrates
that Selective Service men, taken
together. are first class soldiers. No
one in his senses would have had
any doubt Of It.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06

can sit and study how they get
things DONE"
Maverick, who gets down to his
office at seven every morning, two
hours ahead of his staff, was half
joking, though back in Texas, he
did keep bees, However, Secretary
Wickard was having dinner with
Donald Nelson and Russell Arun-
del sometime later and recounted
the conversation. Arundel then
promised to get Maverick hive Of
bees.
He has now fulfilled his promise
and sent the hive to Wickard to
be delivered to Maverick. These
bees will be in glass case with
a hole through the window sill so
they can feed on the flowers
around the Capitol. The queen
bees name is Beatrice.
Arundel, who Is presenting the
bees, was formerly secretary to
Republican ex-senator Metcalf OF
Rhode Island. Maverick, informed
that his bees we're Republican, re-
piled: "That'S all right. ! can use
Republican bees-just rs long as
they work."
Copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
Current Comment

1t is not usually included in sta
tistics on war production, but let me
remind you that women since 1916
have produced 100000 new babies
over and above the normal produc-
ton quota a production equal
to half the armed forces in number
They have replenished where men
have destroyed.
-Brigadier General Frank T.
Hines. administrator of re-
tanning and unemployment.
The German character did moi
change fundamentally between the
time of Napoleon and World War I
Why should we suppose 1t has
changed since? believe we shall
witness the same drama all ovel
again.
Emil Ludwig, author.
Perhaps, If we are very success
full against Germany. It (Pacifit
war; will end in 1915. But your
guess is as good as mine.
New Zealand Prime Minister Pete
Fraser.
Less than half Of us know Thu
country was not a member of thu
League of Nations. Two-thirds o.
us do not know that Britain Il
now providing US with miiitar,
supplies under reverse lend-lease.
--Hadley Cantril. director, Prince
ton U Office Of Public Opinion
Research.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Henry Ford is always looking ahead to
more industry, and says, 1--WE have not
enough industry to serve Americas
needs" In this country we have done
pretty well as far as we have gone :. it
is essential to political and economic free
DOM" Right now there is not one of us
that does not need something of vital
need, or at least it seems pretty vital I'M
til you can't get it. But that after-war
period is going to be revelation-when
it comes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06

Of traffic as are paid by its own citizens,
who really made up the country. If you
analyZe this down far enough, the land
grant reductions, to my mind, are really
a burden upon the citizens of the coun-
try generally, because there is an obliga-
ton on their part to provide adequate
earnings for the railroads. j.. !" Gov
eminent should ask for no special priv,
leges which the law denies to the people.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06

A0oV ., nC > UOOk=
ed to do it again
with a new kind
Of civilian D-Day
dedication broad
cast on June IL.
1t will originate
on the stage Of
t h e Paramount
Theater in Tex
arkana, u. s. A.,
on the Texas Ar
kansas line.
Why there? Be-
cause shafts going
to be the center
of the invasion.
A a.1r L. -Aa.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
POP KNOWS A THING OR TWO

(Christian Science Monitor)
Pop feels something should be
done about these dietitians who
recommend young milkweed and
burdock plants as delectable war
time dishes. Not but what they
aren't usually right when 1t comes
to most foods: but about milkWeed