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Gasoline
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are rushing to get q tank full"
Long lines of cars were forming at
stations still with supplies this
morning, adding to the belief that
a run" on gasoline would find
virtually every station closed down
today.
The Capital Transit Co. reported
! 1t had noticed no appreciable in
crease in passenger traffic on street.
cars and buses this morning. Sew
eral nearby cab companies, however
handled increased calls as motorists
sought to get TO work on time.
Calls for Cabs Increase.
Local taxi companies reported
more calls from motorists unable
to get gasoline for their own cars
Mcclellan L. Mayhugh, manager OF
the Washington Cab Association
put the increase at Is per cent
Charles A. Cruze, manager of the
Bell Cab Co., said the increase had
been tremendous.
1ul vi dGL Odl0 6dSOlIlC OClfCI iCS
had been late and the Bell Co. had
"rationed" its gasoline, with cabs
going out without full tanks. He said
the company has not been notified of
any prospective dif1iculty over sup
plies.
Mr.. Mayhugh said the Washington
concern has had gasoline deliveries
on time, and he added: We don't
expect trouble, but you never can
tell"
Logan Holloweu, manager Of the
Checker Cab Co. and the Premier
Cab Association, said those concerns
have enough gasoline to take care
Of their requirements and have re-
ceived no notice Of any probable
curtailment.
Doctors Call for Gas.
Theodore Wiprud, medical society
secretary. said he had arranged with
stations to supply gasoline to II
Evening star., 1944-12-18

south, where $50 Germans moved
into the wooded area southwest OF
the Luxembourg border town OF
Vianden.
A third carried into Luxembourg
south of Echternach, border town
l3 miles southeast of Vianden
Echternach is 18 miles northwest
of the capital of the grand duchy
In the Duren area at the north
ern end of the assault front the
German blows we're not on the scale
of those in the south. German at
tempts to retake MariaWeiler and
Gurzenich, Ia miles northwest and
a mile west of Duren, respectively
were repulsed.
Marshal Won Rundstedt in his order
to his troops, said: Strong attack
ing armies are advancing
against the Anglo-Americans. I
don't need to say more to you. Bear
in yourselves a holy duty to give
everything and achieve the super
human for our fatherland and our
fuehrer.'
Dillingen Defenses Smashed.
American Sd Army troops smashed
the primary Siegfried Line defenses
at Dillingen in the western part of
the Saar Basin. The Sd Army also
deepened it's invasion of the South
ern Saarland to miles by clearing
the en<ny from Medelsheim and
WalsheirA and forging into Gersheim
All three towns are northeast of
Sarreguemines.
Farther east four divisions of the
American 7th Army reached the
Siegfried Line beyond captured
Wissembourg. moving steadily
ahead against gradually stiffening
resistance. They took Schweig-
hofen, 3 miles northeast of Wissem-
bourg, and Kapsweyer, mile
farther north, and reached a point
about miles south of BergZa bern
after sweeping through several more
villages.
The advances put the 7th Army
as much as miles inside Germany
at points along a l4-mile front, and
some American troops were only
miles west of the Baden Province
capital of karlsruhe.
North of Wissembourg the forti-
fcations of the Siegfried Line have
a depth of about 20 miles, from,
dispatch said Elements of five
German divisions plus some fortress
troops were facing the 7th Army
in a 3o-mile area stretching north
west of Lauterbourg.
Near the southern end of the
Allied line counterattacking Ger
mans retook two Alsatian villages
northwest of Colmar and surged
back into a town east of Selestat.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Close Watch Kept
On Pepper Shakers
Al Eating Places

You may not realize it, but when
you eat in restaurant these days,
watchful eyes probably are on you
to make sure you don't cart off the
pepper on the table-if they trust
you far enough to put it on the table
In the first place.
In most Government cafeterias
they don't. The Welfare and Rec
reational Association, which operates
the 56 cafeterias in Government
buildings, began to notice that pep
per shakers were disappearing at
an alarming rate. Association Off
cials recognized the fact that the
vanishing shakers were linked up
with the general pepper shortage.
So the pepper shakers in most
cafeterias have been taken off the
tables. If patrons want pepper,
they may sprinkle some on their
food when they get to the end of
the line to pay their bills. Pepper
shakers are in custody of cashiers
who guard them as they guard the
cash registers.
An official of the association said
the manager of each cafteria was
warned to keep enough pepper on
hand for kitchen use. Taking
shakers off the tables was suggested
as means of preserving the rapidly
dwindling supply Most managers
have adhered to the suggestion.
The official also pointed out that
tremendous quantities of silverware
as we'll as china were lost regu-
larly through theft. People walk
off with a knife or a saucer to keep
as souvenirs. Normally this situa-
ton is bad enough, he said, but be-
cause of current shortages in sill
yer and china the practice is Great
ing crisis.
Commercial restaurants have es-
tablished no general policy for
preserving their pepper supplies.
Many places still keep the shakers
on the tables, but walters try to
Keep their eyes peeled for signs
If kleptomania. In other places
pepper is available when it is asked
or. Most restaurants have to de-
,end on the supply on hand, since
t has become almost impossible to
ouy new supplies.
Evening star., 1944-12-18

larger than Ward's-which have
accepted the WLB decision" Mr.
Davis continued. they will make
splendid contribution to national
morale and the upholding of the
no-strike. no-Iockout pledge"
| He added that the vast majority
of employers and workers. whether
they like board decisions or not
patriotically accepted them ano
went on about their jobs of help
ing win the war"
Classed With Coal Strikes.
Yesterday DR.. Frank P. Graham
WLB public member, loosed a blast
against Ward, CHASING the com
panys defiance with the coal strike!
Of 1943 as the two main assaults
made against national war policies
The mail order house has main.
tanned that WLB orders are not en-
forceable and seeks settlement in
court. 1t has ignored all board rul-
ings. DR.. Graham commented that
the boards decisions ARE enforce
able by the President"
Should Montgomery Ward. as ex-
pected, allow the WLB deadline fol
compliance to expire without acting
the board will follow its usual prac-
tice of referring the case to Stabi-
lization Director Fred M. Vinson
Mr.. Vinson would pass the case
along to President Roosevelt with
recommendation to seize the Ward
properties. The President, it was
said, probably will follow previous
practice of first warning the COM
pany before ordering seizure.
Company Officials Silent.
In Detroit, where strikes are in
progress against four Ward stores
company officials remained silent
on the WLB ultimatum.
Circuit Judge John V. Brennan
scheduled hearing on a company
petition for a temporary injunction
to restrain officials of the United
Retail. Wholesale and Department,
Store Employees (CIO) and its mem.
bers and the United Automobile
Workers (CIO) from interfering
with employees entering or leaving
the stores and from interfering with
merchandise deliveries.
Mayor Orville Hubbard of Dear
born summoned Roland L. Easta.
brooks, manager of the Ward store
in that city, and Merritt E. Martin
president of the unions Local 1872
to meeting in an effort, he said, tc
persuade the company's big bosses
in Chicago to effect a settlement
with its employees before this strike
further stimulates violence in peace.
full communities.
Don't let up or you'll let . fighter
down. Keep buying War Bonds
and keep them.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Mrs. Ella Thompson Dies
Operated Mica Mines
Hx IN. Associated pr.s,

By the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE, N. c., Dec. 18.-Mrs
Ella Clapp Thompson, IA, of Bak-
ersville, owner and operator Of q
number Of Mica mines in Mitchell
County. died Saturday at q Local
hospital.
Active In woman's suffrage, she
was for many years an Assistant
District Attorney &or the Southern
District Of New York.
Funeral services will be held to-
day at BakerSville, and burial will
be in Washington.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Robert Nichols, Poet
And Dramatisf, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 49,
Robert Nichols, 81, poet and DRAM
atist who collaborated with Maurice
Browne in writing the play wings
Over Europe" died here yesterday.
A veteran of the World War, Mr..
Nichols was professor of English
literature at the Imperial Univer-
sity in Tokyo from 1921 to 1924. His
best known poems are "Ardors and
Endurances" and "Aurelia."
Evening star., 1944-12-18
PTA Session Cancelled

The December meeting of the East
Silver Spring MD Parent-Teacher
Association. originally scheduled for
December II and later postponed
until tonight, has been Cancelled, as
sociation officials announced today.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
75O, 900 Workers Protest
Britoin's Greece Policy

LONDON, Dec. 1S lP,.-About
10000 workers in more than 200
Scottish shipyards and aircraft fac
tories held demonstrations today
against British policy in Greece, and
shouted approval Of resolutions call
ing on the government to arrange
an immediate armistice in that ma
ton.
The protest meetings were held in
lieu Of originally-proposed one-day
work stoppages.
A crowd estimated by police al
10000 demonstrated in Trafalga,
Square here yesterday, approving
resolutions calling on the govern.
ment to stop using troops against
the democratic resistance forces ir
Greece" and terming Britain's policy
In Greece disastrous.
King Geoge II Of Greece is study.
ing the question of a regency" g
Greek government spokesman sale
TODAY.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Greece
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supplies in Greece, said Americans
in the country will refrain from
any action which could possibly be
interpreted as Intervention in Greek
politics, although naturally COM
plying with British security regu-
lations."
The British said hundreds of
armed Bulgarians had infiltrated
into Northern Greece.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Policeman Who Survived
Hoymurket Riot Dies

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.-George w.
Roycraft, 81, one of two survivors
Of the Haymarket riot in 1886 in
which eight policemen were killed
and IA wounded in an anarchist up
rising, died yesterday. He was Chi
cago's oldest policeman.
Evening star., 1944-12-18

Don't let up or you'll let fighter
down. Keep buying War Bonds
and keep them.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07

the past masters of Carbon lodge
No. So, A. F. G. A. NJ, of Joliet:
including Andrew C. Anderson, L.
S. Cammock, Paul Jensen, Stephen
Sans, E. C. T~almadge, E. T. Walk
er, A. H. Holder, Lewis Hetland, E.
C. Jensen, E. E. Smith, Earl Tai
madge, Norman Schultz, Gaylord
Mccoy, j. C. Jensen, F. D. Melon
aid, Eugene Smith, E. L. Tidyman,
D. O. Seeright, Otto Jensen, Andrew
Merlin, Jr., Ray Smith and G. F.
Tidyman.
All past p~otentates of Al BeIoo
Shrine, Billings, we're listen as hon
orary ~pallbearers. This list consist
ed of Edwin A. Nodler, Fred M.
Lipp, A. j. Rowland, H. C. Hawley,
D. J.. Muir, E. F. Kuschke, F. D.
Coleman, R. G. Bonell, DIR. l.. w.
Basket, R. L. Morris, William H.
Bunney, Benjamin E. Berg, D. c..
Warren, A. l.. HERS and w. R..
Flachsenhar. Carl A. Rain, present
pOtentate, also was an honorary
pallbearer.
Members of the Joliet Eastern
Star chapter attended the funeral in
a body, as did members of the pub
lie welfare office.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
Laurel Happenings

Mrs. Hazel Wallace has as her
guests her sister-in-law, Mrs. W.
V. Montee and daughter 10 of
Provo, Utah.
Marine Sgt. Burt Kucera, who
has been on duty in the south Paci-
fic the last 16 months, arrived for
a visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. J.. Hofmeister
and daughter Bonnie spent several
days last week with friends at For
syth.
Patricia Wheeler is a guest from
Billings this week of her aunt, Mrs.
C. L. Starbard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam DeFrance have
as a guest their grandson, Dick De-
France of Miles City, who is spend
ing two weeks with them.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
FREIGHT
TRAIN Of c. Mis-
MOVED THIS WEEK
New Diesel Locomotive, New
PlywOOd-Steel Box Cars
Compose Modern Train

Americas most modern freight
train, equipment vitality needed for
transportation of war materials,
rolled westward early this week
over the Great Northern railway
from Willmar, Mimi, to Puget
Sound cities.
New from 5,400-horsepower diesel
locomotive to electric-lighted ca
boose, the train consisted of 100
newly-constructed freight cars, built
of Pacific northwest plywood, lum-
her and steel. The cars, painted a
special bright orange color to dis
tinguish them from standard red
box cars, were the first large lot
of 1000 units now being built by
Great Northern in st. Cloud, Mimi.
The train was powered for more
than two-thirds of the 1,63O-mile
run to Everett, Wash, by Great
Northern's newest diesel freight
locomotive. The massive, 5000 900
engine, sixth of its type now in
service on the system, pulled the
train from Willmar to Whitefish,
Mont. Steam and electric locomo-
tives hauled the train from there
to Everett, from where the cars
we're distributed to various points.
The railroad industry's first plv-
wood-steel freight cars, the new
units are two tons lighter than the
average conventional box cars. Steel
and lumber are combined in UNDER
frames and super-structures, while
outside and inside sheathings are
%-inch Douglas fir plywood. The
cars are equipped with h~igh-speed
trucks, wrought steel wheels and
ends.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
BOOK RESOURCES
Of NATION MADE
AVAILABLE HERE
Laurel Library Joins Seattle
Center Of Inter-Lending
For Serious Purposes

In order to make available in
Laurel any book needed by doctors.
school-teachers, clergymen or other
readers, the Laurel public library
has become affiliated with the Pa
cific Northwest photographic Cen
ter, according to an announcement
made recently by Mrs. Carrie E.
Erb, librarian. The af~filiation means
that any resident of Laurel NAV
borrow through the public library
a copy of any book on any subject
that he might need for any serious
purpose.
The plan is not complicated or
difficult for the individual. If, say.
a minister wants to read a volume
of sermons published during colonial
days by a Massachusetts clergy
man, he asks Mrs. Erb for the book.
AS soon as she determines the vol
ume is not on her shelves she re-
quests if from the photographic
Center in Seattle. The wheels begin
to turn at once. Sometimes within
three or four Representatives !
longer, but eventually-that book of
sermons arrives.
To make available the entire book
resources of the nation-and that
means several million Volumes
well-organized system of inter
library lending is put into motion.
Most Of the borrowing is done with
in the state, but in the case of the
rarer books it is often necessary
that they be obtained from such
places as the University of Cali
fornia in Berkeley, the John Crerar
library in Chicago, the Boston pub
lie library, or even the Library of
Congress in Washington.
The method used by the Biblio-
graphic Center to locate a copy of
the needed book is relatively new
in American library history. The
which lists all the books in 80 of
the principal libraries of the Pacific
northwest and in a number of the
larger eastern libraries. 1t also
cOoperates with other centers in
Denver, Philadelphia, and Washing
ton and with about 100 other union
catalogs throughout the country.
and specialists are avail
able when necessary. :
When a book is borrowed under /:
such circumstances, the borrower :
pays the postage. The rest of the :
cost is absorbed by the Biblio- :
graphic Center, which is maintain :
ed by a special grant of the Car :
negie Corporation, and by the lib :
raries of the region, who consider :
it part of their obligation to an F.:
educated American to provide a :
needed book, regardless of where :
that need might happen to arise. :
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
Laurel Citizens Quota
Of Loan Near $129,0O0
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(COntlnueQ from rage One)
district, including professions, $780,
600; Northern Pacific employees,
$4,000, and refinery employees,
$4,000. The central committee max
ing the assignments consists of
representatives from the groups af-
fected.
AS in the fourth loan, two weeks
pay was chosen as the basis that
would turn the trick and meet
Laurel's quota for individuals. Lau-
rural districts in the county will
this time have to Ego on their own"
without corporation ALLEGATIONS TAX
ing up the slack. That is to say,
Laurel's quota for Individuals
amounting to nearly 1929, 000-will
have to come from the people and
privately owned businesses. Money
from corporations, placed at ST.
$4,000, this time will be handled
as a county sum, without assign
ment or ALLEGATION to the credit of
districts, towns or cities. The quota
for Yellowstone county individuals
is $1,695,OO0.
The following is a recapitulation
of the foregoing, for sake of clar-
ity:
National quota, $1,000 ,OOO,O 900,
of which $4,000, 100000 is to come
from individuals;
Montana quota, $41, 900, 900, with
about 38 per cent coming from in
dividuals; and
Yellowstone county quota, 3d.
268, 900, represented by $~2,573,OOO
from corporations and $1,695, 900
from individuals.
Breakdown of the county figures
reveal the following assignments
for cities, towns and rural districts,
all having to do with the individual
section of the quota:
Billings, $1,135,650; Laurel, $685.
800; Acton, $14,220; Duck creek, ST. |
800; West Billings, $97,59O; East
Billings, $45,2O5; Custer, s26,26O;
Blue creek, $24,1OO; Shepherd, s48,-
22O; Huntley Project, $1O2,9OO;
Laurel rural, $45,775, and Broad
view, $18,940.
Solicitations of the four major
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
P~enninger's Brother
Succumbs Saturday Al
His Home In Missouri

Harry Penninger left by plane
Saturday night for Mountain View,
Mo-, in response to a telegram in
forming him that his younger
brother Ralph, so, had died sud
denly. Penninger went from here
to Denver and thence to Kansas
City by plane. The remainder of
the trip was to be made by train
or bus.
The news of the death of the
Laurel mans brother was a sur
Prise, for he had not been in i'll
health. He operated two large
stores in Missouri and several good
farms. He was born March &c,
1894.
Surviving are the widow and six
children.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
DERRICK SPEAKS ON
RURAL FIRE CONTROL

Walter J. Derrick of Billings,
former U. S. forest supervisor and
now state coordinator of fire fight
ing services, was the speaker Tues
day at the weekly luncheon meeting
of the Laurel Rotary club. He was
introduced by the clubs president,
Paul Wilson, who is a program
committeeman for June.
Derrick briefly outlined the gen
eral organization he now heads as
coordinator, together with the needs
causing the creation. Major de-
partments embraced are those for
prevention and combat of fires in
forests, on grasslands and in farm
ing districts. His work since be-
coming coordinator has included
tours of the state and the organiza-
ton of combat crews and assembly
ing equipment.
Some of the counties have heart
lily responded and are doing a fine
job, the speaker said, but interest
in others is not so high. Strictly
agricultural communities respond
better as a whole than the urban
territories.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
]. B. COnvery, 80,
Claimed By Death
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tCOnClnueQ rage One)
prominent throughout the remainder
o. his life. He vas a past poten.
tate of AL Bedoo Shrine at Billings
and had held various offices in She
Scottish Rite bodies.
At the funeral Sunday, Hobert V
Brunsvold sang "The Lords Pray
er" and "The End of a Perfect
Day." with Mrs. Helen F. Tansil as
accompanist.
Active pallbearers were William
Brown of Helena, John Fouse of
Belfry, Edwin Grafton of Helena,
William c.. Hardie, o. l.. Hoppe
and DR.. D. A. Shinn, all of Billings.
Honorary %pallbearers included
Governor Sam C. Ford, all male en-
ployees and members of the state
public welfare board, Senator H. A.
Simmons, William Ogden and Harry
P. Cassidy, all of Red Lodge; Jos.
Gehrett, George H. Smith, G. w.
Fenton and William Hopkins, Lau-
rel; DR.. T. ]. Benson and Speaker
Of the House George W. O'Connor
OF Fromberg; w. H. Baker, John
Craig, Joliet; John Anderson, Luth-
er; R. w. Dunn, Silesia; o. A.
Bergeson, Dillon; David Graham,
Missoula; Harry L. Burns, Chinook;
the Rev. D. S. McCorkle, Conrad; j..
W. Corwin, Park City; j. E. Henry,
Deer Lodge; j. E. Patterson, Edgar;
c. J. Baldwin and Earl V. Cline of
Billings.
Other honorary %pallbearers were
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07

Laurel income groups will be con-
Quoted by teams of workers from
those groups. That part of the set
up has not been completed, but will
be well organized before the open
ing of the loan on June IL. In each
of the major groups there probably
will be several subdivisions.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
Imported Dates

The United States has long import
ed most of its dates from Irao.
which supplied 40 million of the Is
million pounds imported in recent
peacetime years. Iran and China
were other sources. Less than 75O.-
600 pounds were reexported. mostly
to Canada.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
u. s. India-S

Approximately 200 tribes and
bands of Indians are living in the
United States. Members of the 1853
so-called "predominating tribes" are
scattered over "a states. They speak
more than SIS languages, have many
dialects.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-07
You Are The Most Important
Beet Worker on Your Farm

You are the teacher, the demonstrators, the fielo
superintendent. Every hour you spend in the field is
vitality important in determining what your thinned stand
of sugar beets will be.
This year beets are worth a cent apiece, based on a
25-ounce beet testing a shade over 16 per cent sugar.
Step off a hundred feet of row!
Did the workers leave so beets? That means about
SO cents to you next fall.
Did they leave IS beets? Call it six bits on your
beet check.
Could they have left a hundred beets in a hundred
feet? How about 10 beets? Call it a dollar or more
than a dollar.
1t runs into real money when you figure that a good
acre of beetS contains about $4,000 beetS!
Friendly cooperation and constant supervision will
make the most of the stand you have to work with. Con-
slider the other fellows point of view. Maybe he's resi-
dent labor, maybe interstate labor, maybe a Mexican
National, maybe a prisoner of war. Explain to him
carefully how you want the job done. Be sure he under
stands. Have him show you that he understands.
Does he have a good idea of what 10 inches is? Or
IL inches? Take your ruler and show him how wide his
hoe is, or how many inches he can span with his hand,
or how long his hoe iS-SOme simple thing that gives a
sense of the number of inches you want to leave between
plants.
Explain also the Importance of leaving two beets
close together at either side of a skip in the stand.
Getting a good thinned stand under present condi-
lions is pretty much a problem of personal relationship
between the farmer and the beet worker. Constant sup
ervision is the answer
THE GREAT WESTERN
SUGAR COMPANY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-06
Democratic Leaders Fovovins Mccormack

Washington, July 6-lUP)-House Democratic Leader John w. McCOr- mack, Mass, was reported today to be the fayoFite of Democratic party leaders for the chairmanship Of the resolutions committee at the paFty's national convention.
 Some sources claimed that Me- C0rmaek, one of President R0ose- Veit's staunchest congressional sup. porteFs, already had been offered the post and had accepted.
 Party leaders said that both GepS ste Democratic Leader Alben ". BaFkley Ky, and Sen, Robert P Wagner, V, Y, were offered the ehaiFmanship Of the platform subs committee but had refused.
 Democratic leaders FepoTtedly fas v0F q 'thumbnall" platform to con. slst of only . fraction Of the l60O words in the Republican paTty's ap. peal,