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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
CITY COUNCIL
HAS MEETING
Members Approve Pur-
chasing Sewer Cledn-
ing Device For City

Members of the Hardin City
council Tuesday night approved
the purchase of a 5000 cleaning
device that will enable workers
to keep the city's sewers open
so that they may function pro-
perly.
A representative of the Elias
tic Sewer Cleaning company of
Los Angeles was present and ex-
panied the use of the device.
The representative has been in
the city for several days, ana
with the assistance of the street
department actually d m o n
strated the device. Mayor Carl
Rankin and councilman S. A..
Yergey spent several hours last
Monday watching the operations.
It was stated that within the
next ten days the street depart
ment will begin cleaning opera
lions, which will take about
three weeks. Ordinarily only a
few days would be needed to do
the cleaning, but as the sewers
have not been thoroughly clean
ed for many years, more time
will be necessary, it was added.
Residents in the area affected
will be personally notified when
operations start so that they
may guard against flooding
their Easements.
City officials suggested that
all persons having floor drains
in their Easements should ar
range with local plumbers to in
stall plugs in the drain ana
thereby eliminate any chance OF
water in their baementS.
Mayor Rankin brought up the
matter of arranging for a mum
icipal airport, with the POSSIBLE
ity of leasing or taking over the
field on the Fort Custer bench
which is owned by cne county.
Mr.. Rankin stated that a new
federal agency is being set up
by the Civil Aeronautics Com
mission whereby ample funds
may be had for airport main
tenance under certain con-
ditionS.
The airport matter will be
further discussed at the next
meeting of the council when in
formation from the Commission
is received.
1t was the opinion of Mayor
Rankin that commercial aviation
even to the small cities, will be
a monumental business follow
ing the war, and that if any
improvements to the city of Har-
din can be had the opportunity
should not be passed.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
TO Leave FOR
SALT LAKE CITY
Group Of Inductees
Goes To Fort Douglas
On September IL

Another group OF men will
leave Hardin Sept. II for Salt
Lake City, Utah, for induction
into the U. S. army.
Two who volunteered for in
duction, Earnest L. Louk and
Lorenzo Mountain Sheep are
already in the army. Other vol
unteers with this group are
William Williamson, George r.
Cooley, Gordon E. Blossom
transferred to Great Falls) and
Earl R. Matthews.
Others who leave MonGay are
Garnet E. Roberts, Donald Her
man, Alvin w. Anderson, Archie
D. Reed, William A. Russell,
Robert j. Greenwalt (transfer-
red to Glendive) Edwin H. Kuck,
Jack R. Rasmussen, Oakley A.
Jackson and Everett L. Hager.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
Hove Memorial
Services Here

Memorial services for Lester
Dale Bonawitz were held at the
First Baptist church in Hardin
last Sunday at 2 pm. with the
Rev. C. A. Bentley officiating.
Lester Dale Bonawitz was born
at Edgar, Mont, Dec. 8, 1928,
and moved to Bridger in April,
1924. He was baptised in the
Methodist church and attended
school there until 1885, when the
family moved to Hardin. He at
tended Hardin high school.
He enlisted in the army on
Mar. 20, 1912. After training at
Fit. Knox, KY, he received a
diploma as a tank mechanic.
He was a veteran Of the AZ
rican, Tunisian and Sicil1an
campaigns. He met his brother,
First Lieutenant Donald L. Bon
awitz in a church in North
Africa after a separation Of
two years.
He was with the troops which
Landed in Normandy June 6,
1914, and was killed in action on
July 20. His parents received q
telegram informing them Of his
death on Aug. Is.
Surviving are his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. A. l.. Bonawitz of
Billings; two brothers in the
armed forces, 1t. Donald Bona
Witz and Cpl. Earl E. Bonawitz;
another brother, Albert E. Bon
awitz of Billings; and two sis
tiers, Mrs. Clarence Peterson and
Mrs: Myron Peterson, both of
Billings.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07

Included in the show is
Mabel Sperry, brilliant young
musical star. Miss Sperry was
featured xylophone soloist with
the 100 piece Marimba band at
the Century of Progress, Chi
cago. She is well known in the
concert and radio world as an
artist of unusual ability, and
critics hail her as one of the
worlds greatest girl xylophon-
lists.
Miss Sperry plays an especial
ly built Marimba- xylophone,
which is said to be the most
beautiful instrument of its kind
ever produced.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07

PETTY OFFICER HAMBURG
Petty Officer Hamburg is the
seventh son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Conrad Hamburg of Gering,
Nebr., to enter the service.
Henry Hamburg was wounded
in North Africa and was dis
charged from the army and is
now living with his wife in San
Francisco. Edward Hamburg is
with a tank destroyer unit in
France. Ben Hamburg is also
in France with an armored. div
ision. Harold Hamburg was last
heard of from England. Leroy
Hamburg, well known in Hardin,
is with an armored unit in Italy.
He was on the Anzio beachhead
and was wounded there. When
last heard from he was in Rome.
Willard Hamburg is with the
Marine Corps in the South
Pacific.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
Own Invdsion Idea

Germany's supreme optomist
and Goebbel's prize pupil turned
up in a prison camp where an
Aussie stood guard.
The Nazi was invited to listen
to a radio news report, the Aus
tralian News and Information
bureau says. The Germans re-
port to his fellow-prisoners was:
In 1910 we overwhelmed anc
defeated the British but most of
them got away through Dun
kerque. The Fueher had allowed
them to land in France again.
This time they shall not escape"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR TO Be
IN HARDIN TO HELP HARVEST BETS
Ration Guide

Meats, Fats-Red stamps AS
through Z8 and AS through
G5 good indefinitely.
Processed Foods Blue stamps
AS through Z8 and AS through
LIS good indefinitely.
Sugar - Sugar stamps 80, 81
80 and 80 each good for five
pounds indefinitely.
Sugar stamp 40 good for five
pounds of canning sugar through
February, next year.
Gasoline - A-12 coupons
good through September 81.
Shoes Airplane stamps l and
2, good indefinitely.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
John HAMBURG
IN NEW YORK

John Hamburg, petty officer
third class, has arrived in New
York where he will be stationed
for the present.
Petty Officer Hamburg recent
ly spent a, 15-day furlough in
Hardin with his wife and twu
children. Before entering the
service he was employed by the
Holly Sugar corporation.
He took his boot training at
Farragut, Idaho, leaving there
july Z.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
LIONS SPONSOR
SPECIAL SHOW
Magician And Other
Entertainers To Be
Here September 81

Birch, the master magician,
and his troupe OF entertainers
will give a one-night perform
ance in Hardin on Thursday,
Sept. 81, under the sponsorship
of the Hardin Lions club.
The show will be staged at .
pm. in the junior high school
gymnasium, the Rev. Gordon
H. Winsor, president of the
Lions club stated.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
CHURCHES WILL
BE OPEN V-DAY

The churches of Hardin are
making plans for the observance
of v day upon announcement
of the cessation of hostilities,
according to an announcement:
by the Rev. Gordon Winssor on
behalf of the local churches.
Participating churches will be
open on that day for all who de-
sire to come to them for prayer
thanksgiving. Churches
which will participate are the
Baptist, Four Square, Open
Bible and Congregational, said
Mr.. Winsor, with the possibility
of others making a similar an
nouncement in the near future.
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TO BE ARRANGED

Jack Barnett will be arraigned
in the district court of Judge
Guy G. Derry today on charges
Of adultry.
The complaint was signed by
Jack Greenfield.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
SCHOOL ENROLMENT

On Tuesday, the first day Of
school, the enrolment in the
Hardin senior high school was
1873, J. N. Thompson, principal,
said.
There were S. in the sopho-
more class, 43 juniors and 36
seniors. -
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
ESP IN TRAINING

Private Donald o. Esp, hus-
band of Alta Esp of Lodge Grass,
has arrived at the infantry re-
placement training center at
Camp Wolters, Tex, to begin
his basic training as an infant
lyman.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
NEWS review
A Brief Summary
OF Outstanding
News Events
DRIVE BEGINS

DRIVE BEGINS
After being stalled for almost
a week by tagging supplies, Gen
eral Patton's Third army is once
more on the move in an east
ward drive which has already
crossed the Mouse river and
preached the nazi's Belgian de-
lenses, front line reports indi-
Gated today. Some correspond
ents said the real drive for
Germany had begun. The Ger
man troops, which had been re-
treating in disorder, were able
to regroup in the lull, and are
offering the first real stand
since the allied Normandy break
through, it was stated.
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IS WOUNDED
SECOND TIME

In a wire dated Sept. /, Mr..
and Mrs. John Half of st. Xavier
were informed that their son,
Robert, had been slightly in
jured in action in France" Aug
uSt 16.
Pfc. Robert Half had previous
ly been wounded July II, and
had returned to active duty.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
POINT

The army announced Wednes-
day that a point system will be
used in determining which SOL
diers will be discharged first af-
ter the defeat of Germany.
Credits will be given for total
months in the army, total
months overseas, decorations
and battle clasps indicating
combat service, and dependent
children. The release of men will
be slow, it was stated, because
more men will have to be chan
neled to the Pacific theater, and
because the approved discharge
basis, under which men will be
released individually and not by
units, will be complicated, and
therefore slow.
RELAX RATIONING
In 10 days most processed
foods except canned fruits will
be returned to non-rationed
status, the White House an
nounced Wednesday. More meat
may also be made ration free
soon These items will be re-
moved from rationing: All
jams, jellies, fruit buffers, as
paragus, lima beans, corn, peas,
squash, pumpkin, mixed vege-
tables, baked beans, tomato
sauce, paste and puree, and all
varieties of soups and baby
foods.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
T ~YUGOSLAVIA

Marshall Tito's radio station
broadcast Thursday morning
that Russian troops have al
ready entered Yugoslavia by
crossing the Danube. The Soviet
midnight communique said the
red army, in a lightning thrust,
had advanced to the RumanIan-
Yugoslav border with the cap
ture of the Danube river town
of Turnu-Severin in Rumania.
The drive isolated Bulgaria, al
ready begging for an armisJ1ce.
In the north, the advance in
Poland was be.in pressed
Through some of the most heav-
l~y-fortified area on the entire
eastern front.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-09-07
MINES TAKEN OVER

The interior department. We'd
nesday night took possession
of IS more bituminous coal
mines at the direction OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The mines had
been tied up by strikes of sup
ervisory employees. The mines,
in Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia, are operated by nine
companies, employ $500 men
and have a daily production of
about $1,000 tons. Secretary
Ikes announced that they will
be opened for work Friday NOR
ming.
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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-16
GOOD READING FOR THE WEEK

The ExiIe's Daughter, by Cor
nelia Spencer, is a biography of
Pearl Buck-the story of little
American girl brought up in China
Miss Spencer covers those growing
UP years in China and the American
college intermission before the
years of bandit wars and revolu-
tons in China. The later years,
when Mrs. Buck returns to her own
land, makes her home in the Amer
can countryside and writes to bring
about a closer understanding be-
tween the East and West are also
included in this biography. Mrs.
Bucks books have done much to
show the American public real Chi
nese life. Her courage, understand
ing and sympathy for oppressed
peoples everywhere dominates her
writings. The only American wo-
man ever to win the Nobel prize in
literature-it is fitting that her BIZ
ography be written now.
War Below Zero: The Battle For
Greenland, by Bernt Balchen and
others, is a grim tale of men battling
e glacier, of keeping ferry route
to England open, of mans human
ity and his ability to surmount al
most insurmountable obstacles. II
is a story of sacrifice, suffering,
od-fellowship and endurance. In
1941, Col. Bernt Balchen, veteran
fiier and explorer, sailed for Green
land under secret orders. They
were to establish the northermost
American air base in the world.
Germany had already planted q
weather station there and they were
in daily communication with Ber-
lin The destruction of that base
was accomplished in May, 1913
Aside from Colonel Balchen's ex-
periences, Captain Montverde's ac-
count of his crash on the icecap
and a first person account of the
mass crash landing of 6 planes and
Is men is includede. This is a sto-
ry of fighting unlike any other, it is
fought on the Arctic's terms.
Traveller From Tokyo, by John
Morris, is one of the best accounts
of Japanese life to be read in Eng
lish. The author was a professor OF
English in a Japanese university
from 1888 to 1912. He learned to
know Tokyo and its inhabitants and
the university students in particu-
lar. Mr. Morris has some interest
ing ideas on re-education of the
Japanese after the war. His book
is also an interesting story for those
interested in the Japanese mode OF
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M u T u A L
INTE r E S T

HAM AT HEART: Licia Albanese,
star of Mutual's Treasure Hour of
Song" has won fame as singer but
she still longs for chance to display
her histrionic ability as an actress.
BIRTHDAY: The MGM Screen
Test" recently was one hundred
performances old CLASSICAL
BACKGROUND: Eden Wesley,
"Your American" story teller, once
toured the midwest in Shakespear-
ian repertory. CORRESPONDENCE
EXPERT: Gerry Larson, Vincent
Lopez pretty vocalist, writes to
more than 200 GI's. SERVICE
DE LUKE: Basil Rathbone, star of
"The New Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes" mystery series, runs pri-
vate jitney bus to and from Mu-
tual studios on the day of the show.
It's a common occurrence to see the
Rathbone station wagon roll up to
the curb and deposit the entire cast
on the studio doorstep. FAMOUS
FRIENDS: Ken Roberts, emcee of
"Quick AS A FLASH" went to school
with actor Eric Linden and band
master Lennie Hayton. BAD BOY
JANNEY: Leon "Chick Carter" jan
ney was suspended twice from Page
Military Academy during his school
days-once for talking too much,
the other time for appropriating
two onions from the school garden.
NOMINEE: Ventriloquist Paul Wn-
chell has nominated dummy Jerry
Mahoney for public Nuisance No.
l." -DOUBLE-TAKE: Emcee Ken
Roberts of "Quick AS A Flash" did
quick double-take few weeks
ago wwhen a contestant correctly
identified Bob Hope through the
famous people" dramatization, but
admitted that he knew nothing of
Bob Hope and had never listened
to his radio program or seen one Of
his movies, This same contestant
followed up in the next category by
identifying group of Harlem jijjve
tunes, but at the same time saying
that he had never jitterbugged. NO
LAUGHTER PLEASE: On a recent
Shadow" broadcast the audience
had to be warned in advance not to
laugh wwhen' the two "dwarfs" in
the script gave their lines in true
dwarf language. The reason? These
little people" were played by a
beautiful Young lady and six-foot
mani TAN BARK: That fine tan
that Sumner Welles, MutuaPs new
commentator is wearing into the
studios on Wednesdays is the result
of the diplomats horseback rides,
his favorite sport.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-16

living, thought, language, customs
and manners. Mr.. Morris theory is
that a just and lasting peace cannot
be made without understanding
our enemy-not only his political
and economic life, but his racial,
cultural and spiritual convictions.
Emperor's Physicion, by Jacob
Randolph Perkins, is a sincere sto-
ry of the conflict between science
and faith. The period is that of
Pontius PLATE and the Nazarene.
Two physicians of the Emperor Til
berius go into Palestine to study the
appalling conditions there due to
disease. The two men are vastly
different, one a Roman scientific
and skeptic, the other half-Greek,
half-Jewish, is a natural mystic.
During their travels they meet the
young Nazarene healer, Jesus, and
his followers. The association which
follows is full of suggestive power
Such dangers as the men encounter.
the contacts of liberals against OPP
pressive rulers, the mission imper-
lied, all together present differ
ent light on the age about which SO
much has been written.
AS Runs the Glass, by Evan John
David, is one of the good, old-style,
period novels that is packed with
excitement. This salty tale roves
all over the world with the Tudor
family-a colorful group of indiviG-
ualists. Jared Tudor is the most
swashbuckling of the group-his
his experiences take him into the
Maine woods, Philadelphia man
sions, sea battles and French pris-
ons. The story is interesting and
the fact that it is historical should
not deter those who dislike the
flavor of history. 1t is good story
BIackbirds On the Lawn, by Mrs
Jane Morton, is short, present day
novel, laid in Kentucky. Three sto-
ries are interWoven-first a feud be-
tween two land-loving families
next that of young doctor fighting
lawsuit and finally the crisis in
the life and career of Henry Tar
mol. The book is sensitively written
powerful story quietly told. There
are no heroics, no adventure into
excitement. but rather an adventure
with tirneless values-justice and
truth.
The Washington County Library
was founded to serve the public
The chief purpose of any library is
to put a world into your hands
through books.
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from visit to Germany.
4 r X
The retail price of gasoline
dropped to Is cents a gallon in the
East. Seasonal slackening of de-
mand and the large supply on hand
were among the reasons given for
the drop in price.
4 X X
Four hundred thousand stills and
80 million gallons of liquor were
seized during the three-year admin
istration of Prohibition Commits
sioner Roy Haynes, he reported in a
resume of his activities. He also re-
ported Federal court convictions of
$4,000 and fines totaling nearly Is
million dollars.
X 4 4
Bond issue for Germany's recon.
struction loan, $110,000,000 of which
was offered in the American mar
ket, was oversubscribed within 10
minutes from the time it went on
sale.
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SUMMER WORKER
LOSS HITS WAR WORK

The return of students and teach
ers to their classrooms, plus women
who have gone back to being house
wives and workers who have quit
wartime jobs to 60 into postwar
jobs, with the notion the war is
about over, has resulted in a season
al loss to war plants of over one
million workers, according to Sep
TENDER figures of the War Man
power Commission. Despite con-
Germ over this loss in workers, gov
eminent officials agree that tn re-
turn of students to schools is in the
best interests of our democracy.
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ARMY RELEASES
PACIFIC AREA MAIL

Families of soldiers engaged in
operations in the Philippines will
soon be receiving patches of mail
that have been relayed for security
reasons during the period proceed
ing the invasion of these islands.
Some 100000 letters and large
number of parcels were impounded.
This mail originated with units now
engaged in American Army opera
lions in the Philippines. Some of
the letters date as far back as last
July.