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Laurel outlook., 1944-08-09
PRODUCTION:
Boost Needed

Because of an upward revision in
the requirements of heavy artillery
and ammunition, transport equip
ment, aerial bombs and communica-
tions equipment, U. S. armament
production must be speeded up by
"a per cent by October, Lieut.. Gen.
Brehon Somervell of the army serv-
ice forces declared.
Revealing that manpower short
ages were the principal deterrents
to increased production, General
Somervell said that contributing fac
tors to the tight situation were abb
senteeism, a search for peacetime
jobs and the unpleasantness and low
er pay for work in such critical
heavy industries as forgings and
castings.
AS Allied lines heightened and the
pace of battle stepped up requiring
longer columns of transport and
more and more munitions, the need
for trucks, shells, bullets, etc., will
continue to rise, General Somervell
said, demanding stepped-up output.
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BIG BROTHERS.:
Business Epic

More than 40 years ago, two of
the Fisher boys from Norwalk, Ohio,
came up to Detroit, Mich, to take
a job with the Wilson Body company.
Several years later, they started up
a business of their own, bringing
their four younger brothers in with
them as they grew up.
Building their business on the be-
lief that people preferred closed auto
bodies, the six Fisher brothers de-
veloped the famous body company
bearing their name, over which Cen
eral Motors corporation took con
troll in 1919. Sticking with the COM
pany, they helped make Body by
Fisher" a byword in the auto trade,
until last week when the last four
brothers remaining with the firm re-
signed from active service.
Wealthy in their own right with
numerous investments in which a
seventh brother is interested, the
Fishers may again reenter the man.
ufacturing field independently, ii
was rumored.
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DIPLOMACY:
Swing to Allies

With the Allies battering in Ger
man defenses throughout Europe,
neutral Turkey, with. one eye closely
cooked on the impending peace ia
BILE, took another step toward the
United Nations ranks by breaking
off political and economic relations
with the Nazis.
Meanwhile, little Finland moved
to ~reassert her independence with
Marshal Baron Won Mannerheim as
Stunning the presidency from Risto
Ryti, who had bound the country to
a finish fight against Russia by Ger
many's side. With the Nazis report
ed to be pulling troops out of Fin
land, there was talk of peace nego-
tiations with Moscow, with the Reds
demanding restoration of the 1910
border.
With Allied victories in Europe
consolidating their position in the
Near East, Turkey sought to gain
their favor by breaking with Ger
many, but not before it had OBJ
tanned promises of military assist
ance in the event that the Nazis
should attack the country.
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DRAFT:
Tighten IndUctiOns

Although selective service re-
affirmed its present policy of con-
centrating on the induction of men
under 26, Draft Director Lewis B.
Hershey prodded local boards into
calling all men over that age not
engaged in an essential occupation.
At the same time, Director Her
shey instructed authorities to clean
up the reclassification of all men
over 26 in essential industry from
la, only leaving no~n-deferables in
that group.
Originally, s~elective services pol
icy of concentrating on induction of
men under 26 permitted postpone
ment of the drafting of all men over
26 regardless of the status of their
occupation.
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TREWIN


Miss Violet Rupp of Billings
spent the week end with her par
entS.
Mrs. Kenneth Shay and son Nor
man are spending some time at the
Grubs home assisting with the grain
harvest.
Mrs. Tom Sparks and infant son
returned home Friday from a Bill
lings hospital.
Mrs. A. L.. Grubs and daughters
Mrs. Kenneth Shay and leila were
calling at the r. B. Peck home near
Park City, Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Walters and
Jeanette of Park City were call
ing at the Grubs home Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Flood were
in Billings Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kappel spent
several days at the Frank Beslano-
witch home south of Laurel.
Mrs. William Killbrew and Mrs.
Mike Tipps of Laurel were hos
tesses to a picnic super at the
South park in Billings Saturday
night in honor of Clyde Killbrew
who is a paratrooper from Fort
Benning, Ga, on a visit to relatives
here. He left Sunday morning to
return to duty. Those who attend
ed were Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Tipps,
Laurel; Mrs. Octavia Bondurant,
Misses Jean and Donna Bondurant of
Rapelje, Mr.. and Mrs. William Kill
brew and sons Claude and Clyde,
and daughter Mary, George Metz
ger and Charles Grubs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franz Peter and
spent Saturday night at the
Nick Herrold home.
Sally Harding of Rapids was a
Laurel outlook., 1944-08-09
ROBOTS:
Damage RepOrted

Over 1850 persons killed; $4,000
seriously injured and many more
only Slightly hurt; $1,000 houses to-
tally destroyed and 300 1000 dam
aged to varying degrees-that was
the toll taken by the Germans ro-
bot bombs during a seven week pc
riod, Prime Minister Churchill said.
Churchill revealed the extent of
the robot damage during a speech
in which he declared that the shape
of military events throughout the
whole perimeter of Hitler's Fortress
Europe indicated a possible early
victory, with continuing American
successes in the Pacific also raising
hopes for a shortened war against
Japan.
Although admitting the severe
damage from the robots, Churchill
said that the shower of buzz-bombs
would not crack British morale, add
ing: "There is no question of divert
ing our strength from the extreme
prosecution of the war or allowing
this particular infiiction to weaken in
any way our energetic support of
our Allies"
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u. S. BUDGET:
Near O Billion

Figuring on Germany's defeat be-
fore next summer but a longer war
against Japan, Budget Director Har-
old D. Smith estimated U. S. eXpend-
itures of 9812 billion dollars during
the fiscal year ending next June 30.
OF the total of 9815 billion dollars,
about SO billion will be for the war,
Smith said, with possible increases
in the event that the European con
lict is prolonged, requiring a great
er output of munitions.
With receipts estimated at 4512 bill
lion dollars, there will be a deficit
of over 5212 billion, Smith predicted,
with the national debt rising to over
$50 billion dollars.
Laurel outlook., 1944-08-09

A method of immunizing infants
against diphtheria and w~hooping
cough by a single injection of serum
has been developed by three doc
tors connected with the Evanston,
ILL.,, health department. The phys
icians mixed diphtheria toxoid and
pertussis (whooping cough vaccine
and injected 649 infants over a five
year period with a high degree of
success. Doses were given at three
week intervals and one week inter-
walls. The longer period gave more
satisfactory results.
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NAL KINGDOM

Tootsie, a six-year-old terrie.
owned by Rose Smith of Chicago
befriended Petunia, a stray cat, 6
year ago.
So when Petunia was too weak
to nurse her kittens after bearing
them recently, TOOtsie nursed
them for her, allowing the fe-
line to share in the feeding when
she bore puppies herself.
Animal authorities say that it is
unusual for a cat to permit a dog to
nurse her kittens while she is
around.
In Dedham, Mass, a 64-year-old
attorney, Woodbury. Rand, left $780,
900 for the care of his pet tomcat,
Buster, constant companion of the
millionaire lawyer during his last
illness.
Not only did Rand leave $780,
600 to the cat and SAC, 600 to a
hOusekeeper for its care, but he
also provided that his radio,
sweaters, blankets, three cleo
trio fans and favOrite chair
should be used if they would con-
tribute to Busters comfort.
Because of their 'tcontemptuous
attitude and cruelty toward the cat,
Rand cancelled $4,000 in requests
to nine cousins.
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ern end of the front, the Nazis were
putting up a stand behind the Wis
tula river, while Hungarian ard Ru-
manian troops guarded the noun
famous gateways to the Balkans.
In northern Italy, Allied forces
girded for a full scale assault upon
the enemy's Wanted Gothic Line"
with their advance on the new forti-
ficatiOn system hewn in the noun
famous terrain slowed by the foes
stubborn stand before the art center
of Florence.
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STRIKE:
PhiLIy Tied Up

Production of radar, heavy artil-
lery, bombs and other ordnance was
seriously hampered in Philadelphia
when transportation lines running to
the surrounding war plants were
paralyzed by a strike of 5000 bus,
trolley and subway operators over
the hiring of Negro drivers.
Adding to the transportation tie
up, which was only partially relieved
by OPA's increase in gas rations to
permit use of automobiles, were
scores of clashes between whites
and negroes, f1aring throughout the
whole city and accompanied by ex-
tensive damage to property and loot
ing.
Although the army took over
operation of the lines upon Presi-
dent Roosevelt's orders to carry
workers to their vital jobs, drivers
persisted in striking unless the COM
pany discontinued its newly estab-
lished practice of hiring negroes.
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EUROPE:
Drive On

Smashing through weak, disorgan-
lied German resistance, U. S. forces
bursting out of Normandy plowed
into Brittany, with powerful motor
ICED columns driving on the big sea-
port of Brest and the Nazi sub
marine base of st. Nazaire.
While Lieut.. Gen. Omar Bradley's
U. S. forces put the foe to rout in
the west, British troops smashed
forward in the central and eastern
sector of the front against stronger
German resistance, with the enemy
seeking to retard the advance with
continual armored counterattackS.
With prisoners streaming to the AL
lied rear, the bag was over 10000
since D-day.
Decentralization point for dough-
boys during World War l and sec
ond largest port in France, Brest,
along with Cherbourg, would give
the Allies important terminals for
the convenient supply of their
armies after repair Of the Nazis' ex-
tensive demolitions to facilities.
The once proud Polish capital of
Warsaw became a flaming battle
ground for the second time during
the war as Russian forces battered
through its eastern envirOnS on the
central sector of the eastern front.
On the northern end of the front,
the Reds strOve to seal an estimat-
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EGGS: Production of eggs will
be considerably lower in the second
half of the year than in the first,
the department of agriculture esti-
mates. Civilian supplies will not be
affected, it was added, because of
the record stocks in storage. Chick
n will become less plentiful in the
months ahead, the department went
on, and turkeys will be scarce be-
cause of military demands.
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GIVE 'EM AIR: Firemen are cred
tied with saving the lives of thou
sands of fsh-pickerel, black bass,
catfish and other varieties-that
were slowly suffocating in the North
Farms reservoir near Wallingford,
Conn. The firemen pumped part of
the water from the pond and then
sprayed it back, thereby aerating
it. This job took two days. Only 10
per cent of the fish have died.
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ed 300, 900 German
troops cut off in the
Baltic states from
other Nazi units
sorely press e d
around East Prus-
STA by Russian
forces under COM
mand of ~36-year-old
Gen. Ivan Chernia-
khovsky.
With the Russians
only about 125 miles
from central Ger
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visitor at the Godfred Harding
home Saturday.
Joe Garcia and Amos Flood were
in Billings on business Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kappel and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Kappel were fish
ing on the river Sunday.
Charles and Calvin Grubs spent
Sunday at the Roscoe Shay home
at Hawthorne.
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Motorized Columns Spearhead
II. S. Advance Across Brittany;
Current Budget Tops 90 Billion
: Released by Western Newspaper Union.

Released b. WesernN eWspape TUhIoh' -"
western Newspaper Union new analysts and not necessarily of thhsn ewspape
Laurel outlook., 1944-08-09

Time for Spading
AS soon as the ground thaws and
dries out a little on top, it can be
spaded.
Laurel outlook., 1944-08-09
Burn Treatment

In Guatemala, the natives Use oil
from avocados as a treatment for
burns.
Laurel outlook., 1944-08-09

NOTICE-ALL CLASSIFIED ADS
MUST BE PAID FOR IN AID
VANCE UNLESS YOU HAVE AN
ACCOUNT HERE.
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2 Metal Butler grain bins for sale,
1000 bushels capacity. Laurel
Security Company. 1tp
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BABY SERUM

was ruInored
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FOR SALES dozen Hollywood
White Leghorn pullets. Will lay
by Sept. 1. Edna L. Ellis, Box 374,
Park City, Montana. 8-2-2tp
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resistance
Evening star., 1944-03-03
Libby Holman Holmes 10 Get
100000 in Trust for Son
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Mar. 3.-Mrs. Libby
Holman Holmes, one-time Broadway
torch singer, was authorized by court
order yesterday to be reimbursed for
$500, 900 of the $435, 1873 she had paid
for a home for her 11-year-old son,
Christopher Smith Reynolds.
Orphans Court judges who signed
the order specified that the sum be
held IN trust so that within two
years after the boy reaches his
majority he might choose between
keeping the property or receiving
the money.
The action was taken on a peti-
ton for funds from guardianship
assets filed by the Safe Deposit g.
Trust Co., trustee for the bows
estate. The child is the son of the
late Zachary Smith Reynolds. heir
to the r. j. Reynolds tobacco
fortune.
Vice President w. r. Hubner told
the court that the home, built seven
years ago on 55-acre tract near
Stamford, Conn, was constructed
especially for the boy.
Evening star., 1944-03-03
Farm Draft Appeal
Planned by Senators
.,..r

Ey the Associated Press.
Fearing that tightening OF draft
deferments for farmers will seri-
ously curtail food production, Farm
State Senators plan to appeal to
President Roosevelt for modification
Of the new selective service regula-
ton
That became known today after
the Senate Agriculture Committee
|set up a special subcommittee headed
by Senator Russell, Democrat, OF
Georgia to deal with the question
Farm organizations assert that
about half Of the 1,770.000 farm
workers now deferred are subject to
induction under the revised rules.
Tentative plans, call for the Rus
sell group to carry the appeal to
the White House next week unless
selective service acts in the mean
time.
Although Selective Service Direc-
tor Lewis B. Hershey told the Agri-
culture Committee last week that he
was open minded" on the matter
Evening star., 1944-03-03

and officers had tried to equip
themselves with American Colt
automatics, American light car
bines, American pack equipment
and even American canteens, cloth
ing and belts.
He said weapon development was
toward lightness, but when asked
whether the Australians had taken
to the light, 5-pound American car
bine he said they had used 1t and
given it up.
With American and Canadian as
sociates from various general stats,
Gen. Lethbridge has visited Asiatic
battle fronts In . study to determine
the best weapons and tactics. He
said 20 reports had been sent in
recommending changes in weapons
or tactics and all had been adopted.
He said the fact that Allied forces
In the South and Southwest Pacific
and those In the Burma theater had
arrived independently at the same
tactics for beating the Japanese
demonstrates that we are on the
right track"
Evening star., 1944-03-03
N. K. Mucknet Heads
Flowers for Services

M. K. Macknet has been elected
president Of the organization meet
ing Of Flowers for the Services, q
unit which will act as medium for
distributing flowers to sick and
wounded servicemen and service
women in local service hospitals.
Edwin D. Sampson was elected
secretary, r. e. Scammell was
chosen treasurer and three ladies
will be appointed vice presidents by
Mr.. Sampson at later meeting.
Delegates from various garden
clubs, the Camp and Hospital Coun-
ell Services Of the Red Cross, and
Gray Ladies chapters attended the
meeting. The group will meet again
March 8,
Evening star., 1944-03-03
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
@. What led Gen. Washington to
select the Purple Heart as military
decoration?-T. R. R.
A. He chose the Purple Heart be-
cause species Of wood, probably
oak, with a purple heart was used
in making gunstocks during the
American Revolution.
Q. When did an American team
flrst go to Europe to play baseball2-
@. r. O.
A. The first trip was in 1874 when
the Bostons and Athletics of Phila-
delphta went to England to show the
Britons the difference between their
game Of cricket and our baseball.
@. How large Is the vocabulary of
the average Chinese?-W. H.
A. Most Chinese know a thousand
characters or word symbols, a we'll
educated person over 5000.
@. What was the noon mark3-
H. K.
A. It was a line drawn on the
cabin floor in pioneer days to mark
one edge Of the patch Of light that
came through door or window when
the sun was due south. It told the
noon hour and clocks were set by 1t.
Q. When did Chippendale die?-
E. L. H.
A. Chippendale died in 1779. Only
a small per cent of the furniture
popularity called Chippendale was
made IN Chippendale's shop. Other
cabinet makers copied his designs.
with his approval and encourage
ment.
@. Was Gen. Franco educated for
a military career?-E. M. d.
A. He received a military educa-
ton and at II was under fire for
the first time, In Morocco. He was
successfully the youngest major,
lieutenant colonel and brigadier
general in the army.
Q. Was Harun al-Rashid a real
person?-N. w. S.
A. According to Webster's Bio
graphical Dictionary, he was the
most famous Of all the caliphs of
Baghdad and lived from 764 to 800.
Much OF his fame is the result of
Legends and Of his idealization
among Arabs as the caliph of the
Arabian Nights"
Evening star., 1944-03-03

MISSION t&ke u1OC1 SOuc4ACA oeAoAA
the idea Of keeping Germany intact
as far. as possible from an economic
point Of view.
What is happening, Of course, Is
that the superficial minded abroad
who have been demanding dismem-
berment of Germany have not reck-
oned the consequences Of such a
step to Europe as a whole and to
Britain in particular. Also 1t seems
hardly likely that Russia from the
standpoint Of markets, wants Ger
many dismembered. In q sense,
therefore, 1t may be surmised that
the Times editorial was written aft
er giving due reflection to the view
point Of Russia.
1919 Recalled.
The demand for the dismember-
ment of Germany has come mainly
from those who think that this is
the way to keep Germany militarily
weak. That theory was held also
by the Allied governments in 1919
when, by the terms of the treaty,
Germany was compelled to demo-
bilize her army to 100000 men after
her navy had been sunk or destroyed
prior to the signing Of the treaty.
Furthermore, for q period Of years
certain German territories were oc-
cupied by Allied forces. This, too,
had no effect on the recovery Of
German military strength - some
thing which occurred after 1888,
when Hitler came into power and
the other nations Of Europe refused
to challenge him or to build up
their own ornaments to meet his
inevitable challenge.
The way to prevent wars Is not
to rely on buffer states or dismem-
berment Of Germany but to prevent
the economic chaos and social dis
order which gives dictatorship its
chance to thrive. Unless there Is
provision for some kind of economic
stability in Europe, all the Allied
governments will have to maintain
occupying armies and be burdened
with heavy armaments indefinitely.
The tax burdens will grow to such
q point that again proper military
preparation will be whitfield down.
Long-Range Viewpoint.
The long-range viewpoint which
surveys Europe as an economic en-
tity and begins to think in human
terms Of the after-the-wa prob
lens Of transportation, markets and
food production and the interchange
Of goods and services is one that
must figure in the making Of the
peace treaty.
Entirely apart from these aspects,
however, Is the all-important. mat
ter Of psychological warfare. The
many influential elements inside
Germany which could be instru-
mental In an overthrow OF the Nazis
have been unable to determine
unconditional surrender" means
merely military requirement
whereby German forces were to
place themselves at the disposal Of
the Allied commanders and give up
their arms or whether it means that
Germany as whole is to be broken
up IN pieces as 50 many public
speakers In Britain and elsewhere
have indicated.
The Times has, therefore, helped
to clear the air for the carrying on
OF a phase Of psychological warfa1 e
which conceivably could shorten the
war and save lives. If the German
businessmen. for instance, and in
fuential men In the army and navy
are to face complete destruction
and II all the properties in Ger
Evening star., 1944-03-03

many are to be confiscated ire
spective Of their original ownership,
these factors are likely to contribute
a desperation and resistance to the
bitter end that might be avoided,
whereas the objective-the complete
surrender Of Germany's army, navy
and air forces-could be accelerated
by q clear statement as to the eco
nomic future Of Germany.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1944-03-03
10-Pc 18th Century Mahogany Dining Room Suite

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Evening star., 1944-03-03
British General Says
His Army's Weapons
Excel American
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Mar. 3.-Maj. Gen
J. s. Lethbridge, head Of q special
British mission, told q press con-
ference yesterday that one Of the
outstanding conclusions Of q tou,
Of the Southwest Pacific front was
that British weapons were better
than American.
"The Australians have tried all
weapons belonging to the Ameri-
cans" he said. "and have gone bacl
to their own. They have found
them better.
British weapons have been found
superior both In quality and adapt
ability" He asserted British wea-
pons were "foolproof."
His statement found ready chal-
lenge among both British and
American correspondents who re-
called how eagerly British soldiers
Evening star., 1944-03-03

Legislators took the view his hands
were tied by the later directive from
Mr.. Roosevelt ordering q general re-
view Of all occupational deferments.
Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Of
Alabama said that II an appeal to
the President fails, Congress now has
pending legislation, already through
the Senate. that would compel farm
worker defermentS.
Evening star., 1944-03-03
Pun-Americun Union
To Present Two Films

Two motion pictures Of Latin
America will be presented free ct
1 pm. Sunday by the Pan-American
Union as part Of Its series Of pro-
grams especially for servicemen, but
open to the public.
The films will include Land Of
the 1ncas," q trip by air to Chile
and across the Andes to Buenos
Aires, and "Montevideo Family" .
day in the life Of q family In Uru.
guay's capital. The program will
be repeated at 5 pm.
Evening star., 1944-03-03

deavoring to for
inulate terms OF
peace to accom-
p any the d e.
mand for uncon-
ditional surren-
der. Unquestion-
ably there is q
certain relation
ship between the
work OF the
commission and
the editorial in
the sense that q
considerable sec
ton Of British
opinion asks
that, the com.
Evening star., 1944-03-03

The Red Gross Club Il the only
place offering recreation to men sta
toned at Newfoundland posts.
Evening star., 1944-03-03

American and Allied soldiers eat
approximately half = million meals q
month In American Red Cross clubs
In England.
Evening star., 1944-03-03
Postwar Germany
Times of London Is Given Support
In Opposing Dismemberment of Reich
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Although the Times London easily the most influential
British Europe 1t unfortunate that the splendid
editorial recently published that advocating
that the disembermen attracted
little attention in the United States.
The Times has issued its view at time when advisory
commission Of British American1 - - :. - .., -.
Evening star., 1944-03-03
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