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ons or Christmas
Packages Leave For
BoyslG Girls Overseas
Mailing Period Ends MOnday-Par-
GELS Are Addressed To Theatres Of War In
Far PIaces-SOme For Forgotten" Boys

be $500 pounds or three and three
quarter tons.
The mailing began the first day
of the designated 30-day period
and continued until closing time of
the last day. Sometimes there were
long queues of people waiting to
get to the grilled windows at the
postoffice, Is is customary in De-
cember when Santa Claus is hiding
behind a chimney on a snow-cover-
ed roof. There are extremes in
earliness and lateness: the first
package was brought in the eve
ming of Sept. Il for acceptance the
next day, and Monday of this week
the last day-was the heaviest in
receipts. The last seven days saw
the greatest number Of packages
mailed, for which 50 sacks were re-
quired.
The p~ostoffice employees say they
think soap heads the list of gifts,
Judging from what people told them
as the parcels were being weighed
in. Other toilet items were pop
I'D CilOlCcS anu ilCluutu IOOLn
paste and shaving cream, but soap
seemed to have been the most fire.
repeated item. Things to
eat were next-usually hard candies,
nuts, some canned items and small
jars of preserves. Among the I'M
usual were bouillon cubes and par
.affin-covered apples. Stationery
was popular and was included in
the contents of a great many pack
ages. Not many books were sent.
some instances there were small,
games that did not weigh
much or occupy much space.
Seeing the queues at the windows
and the hundreds of oblong pack
ages would make one think that
every boy and girl overseas would
De well remembered, but evidently
such is not always true. This year
several boxes were for the forgot
EN-" boys, those who do not have
Iindred or friends to send them
Kings for Christmas. Among those
preparing and sending such gifts
we're Laurel Girl Scouts and a
young group of Boy Scouts who are
as Junior Commanders.
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RALLY
IS SET FOR SATURDAY

Republicans announced this week
that a rally will be held the eve
ming of Saturday, Oct. 81, at the
L. l.. club on West Main street.
The affair is to begin at 6 p. m.
with the serving of barbecued sand
witches, which will continue until 9.
During the evening F. F. Haynes,
Republican candidate for congress
from the second district, will de-
liver a short address, and other Re-
publican candidates who may be
present will be introduced.
The concluding feature of the
rally will be a free dance on the
hardwood floor of a recently COM
pleted feed processing plant at the
Hageman elevator, which is across
the street and a few hundrd. feet
east of the L. L. club. B. B. Hage-
man, the proprietor, will be con-
Quoting open house that afternoon
for inspection of the plant by u S
toners, and the dance there that
evening will be the concluding event
both programs.
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MANY ORGANIZATIONS
AID SERVICE CENTER

Attending the Veterans Service
Center at 439 Stapleton building,
Billings, at it's monthly meeting last
Thursday, DR.. d. H. McCauley, SER
vice officer, and Russell Packard,
district adjutant of the American
Legion, represented Laurel post 1923,
which is working in conjunction
with Yellowstone post No. 4, Bill
lings, in establishing this center,
whose purpose it is to aid service
men and their families in presenting
claims and other problems confront
ing them, to the government.
During the past month 155 cases
have been handled, a number Of
which we're from Laurel. The sr-
vice is without cost to the appli-
cants and is sponsored by some 27
civic organizations of Billings and
five civic and union groups from
Laurel. 1t is expected that others
will join Later.
Those participating to date are
the Benefit Association Of Railway
Employees, Masonic Corinthian
lodge No. r., Laurel Commercial
club, Garments union, and Laurel
post No. 1913, American Legion.
The committee Of the American
Legion wishes to express apprecia-
ton Of the splendid cooperation Ie-
ceived.
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itation in the yards. Chairman
Rash has reported to Void that the
work is continuing at the shops and
that prospects are favorable for the
goal being exceeded there.
Another railroad committee con
sisting of Roy Edwards and j.. W,
Tobin, who are working among
switchmen and yard office en-
ployees. They have turned in $108.
The maintenance of way commit
tee is headed by Carl Anderson, who
has brought in $167.
Chairman Void said so far there
has been NJ report from the round
house, where the committee con-
sists of George Roth and William
Small, and there is no report from
the stores department.
Solicitation at the refinery will
begin Friday, the committee con-
sisting of Melvin Williams, Sam
Freund, Marshall Huntington and
Harold Williams.
No complete report has been
made from the trucking industry,
but solicitation is being actively
carried on among the operators
and employees.
Returns from the business dis
trict are incomplete, but some
money has been turned in. The
committees and the amounts they
have collected to date are as fol-
lows: Gene Weber, $163; C. H..
Barney and P. A. Johnston, 1892;
Phil Gardner and Wayne Willis, no
report; Ray Stevens and Joe Lar
son., $~257.50;, and B. V. Friedman,
R. H. Sterrett and R. B. Packard,
1865.
General Chairman Void said So
licitation in rural communities sur
rounding Laurel will begin soon,
and that chairmen and committee
men in those areas are expected to
start their work this week. A COM
plete list of the rural committees
was not available Wednesday.
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PRISONERS OF WAR
ARRIVE TO WORK IN
SUGAR BEET FIELDS
Laurel People Have First View
Sunday Of $50 Out Of the
War In Europe

Laurel had its first view of war
prisoners when about $50 we're un-
loaded here Sunday morning from
a Union Pacific train that had come
from the west over Northern Paci-
fic tracks. In three groups they
marched from the railroad depot,
along concrete-paved Main street to
the First avenue underpass and
thence south along the highway to
Riverside park on the south bank
of the Yellowstone river. They will
live in a wire-enclosed, floodlighted
camp at the park when not working
in sugar beet fields of this area.
A good many Laurel people stood
on the sidewalk on the north side
of Main street and watched the
prisoners pass, with the guards at
front, e and the sides. The hree
groups consisted of four men
abreast in IL lines. Each prisoner
wore blue overalls on which WI
had been stenciled in large white
letters. They marched briskly and
in perfect unison, the work of drill
sergeants in Germany.
The first group were smiling,
whether in good humor or derision
one did not know, but a of
humor was there. The second and
third were not so expressive, and
for the most part marched with
eyes straight ahead. The more than
a mile walk from the depot to the
park was good limbering up exer-
else after the train ride, and the
men appeared to be enjoying the
marching.
There was quite a variation in
ages. Some of the youngest APP
peared to be about 16 while the
oldest gave an impression of 80.
Tie majority appeared to be in
late teens or early twenties.
All seemed to be in good health and
vigorous. Quite a variety of peace
time occupations are said to be
represented by the men.
They eat and sleep at the park
and most of them spend the working
of the days in the beet
fields, where they are under guard.
transportation is provided to take
to and from their work.
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More than three tons of Christ
mas packages for men and women
in the armed services overseas were
forwarded from the Laurel postof-
flee in the 80 days just past. The
mailing began officially on Sept. Is
and ended Oct. 16.
At least 100 of the larger size
mail sacks were required for the
Christmas packages leaving here,
Laurel postoffice people say. Nearly
all the packages were identical in
size, and Is could be crowded into
a sack. That means that in the
100 sacks there would be 1900 in
dividual packages, and as they we're
all up to the maximum limit
in weight Give pounds) there would
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EUGENE STEWART, 76,
BURIED HERE MONDAY

Committal services for Eugene
Stewart, 76, resident of Yellowstone
county for 81 years, who died We'd
nesday at a Billings hospital, were
held Monday at the Laurel cemetery
with Rev. M. ]. Wilcox officiating.
Pallbearers were Frank Baird,
Phil Gardner, Frank o. Hartley,
Joseph Nicholas, Conrad Ostwald
and William Vaughn.
He is survived by a brother and
three nieces all residing in New
York state.
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NORTH SCHOOL RAISING
MONEY TO BUY JEEP

North school is sponsoring a jeep,
in a special war stamp and bond
drive to pay for army and navy
equipment. The name and address
of the school or sponsoring group
may be placed in any of the army
or navy mobile equipment on sue
cessful completion of a drive of this
kind.
A committee made up of one
pupil from each room has been
elected to assist in putting over the
drive here. The following named
pupils make up this jeep drive COM
mittee:
Dean Sanders, first grade; Elmer
Dolechek, second grade; Eldon Sand
ers, third grade; Jimmy Lawless,
first grade; Danny Freund, fourth
grade; Joyce Hafer, fourth grade;
Harry Hodges, fifth grade; Jackie
Brasewell, sixth grade; Jim Gass,
sixth grade.
The Girl Scouts who manage the
sale of war stamps and bonds are
doing a good job and a great SER
vice to the war effort. All pupils
are doing their best to complete the
drive in the allotted time, so that a
panel bearing the name of North
School, Laurel, Montana, will be
placed on the dashboard of a jeep
before it goes into. battle.
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Delegates Attend
Federation Meeting

In attendance at the fall meeting
of the Yellowstone county fedora
ton of Women's clubs at the Com
mercial club in Billings Thursday
were Mrs. M. F. Crawford, Mrs.
Campbell Calvert, Mrs. r. ]. Ros-
selot, Mrs. Harry Penninger, Mrs.
L.. r. Shay and Mrs. Forest Thayer.
The meeting opened at 9 a. m.
with the II. C.. w. club of Billings
IS hostesses. The main speaker at
the morning session was Mrs. ].
S. P~ennepacker of Billings whose
subject was the NEGRO Problem"
Following lunch at 1:30 business
sessions were resumed and a pro-
gram of music and speaking was
given during the afternoon.
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Postpone Opening Of
Seal Sale To Nov. ~

Mrs. Marion Crawford, tubercu-
1osis Christmas seal chairman, was
notified this week by Mrs.. Henrietta
Crockett, executive secretary of the
Montana tuberculosis association at
Helena, that the date of the OPEN
ing of the annual seal sale has been
postponed from Monday, Nov. 20,
to Monday, Nov. 81.
Mrs. Crockett said that as the
sixth war loan will open on Nov.
20 it was necessary for the Christ
mas seal sale to be delayed to the
week following, Nov. n.
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L.0.0.F,REBEKAHS
HAVE SUCCESSFUL
DISTRICT MEETINGS
Nearly $50 Visitors Are En-
tertained Here Saturday,
Officers Are Elected

Rebekahs and Odd Fellows of
district No. IL held a very success
full meeting here Saturday, Oct. IA.
About $50 members attended the
meetings and 129 attended the ban
quet at the Masonic temple.
The following district Rebekah of
ficers were seated for the ensuing
year:
Lucille Flatmo of Columbus, pres
ident; Maryann Schultz of Edgar,
vice president; Julia ROLAND of
Hardin, secretary-treasurer.
District /. o. o. F. officers for
the coming year are George McDon-
aid, president; Norman Schultz,
vice president, and Mr.. Grite of
Billings, secretary-treasurer.
Among distinguished guests at
tending the meeting here were p. S.
O'Neal of Jackson, grand master of
Montana Odd Fellows; DR.. w. c..
Dawes of Bozeman, deputy grand
master; w. H. Johns of Butte,
grand secretary of Odd Fellows,
present as well as a number
of past grand officers.
Fannie j. Adams, Rebekah assem-
bly, president; Mayme Henderson,
assembly secretary, Minnie M. Fen
ton, assembly chaplain, and many
past assembly officers were present.
The next district meeting will be
held at Hardin.
At the regular meeting Monday
evening, Evergreen Rebekah lodge
initiated a class of four candidates.
Another class is being nrenared.
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DEMOCRATS ARRANGE
RALLY FOR TUESDAY

Senator James E. Murray of
Butte will attend a Democratic
rally that is being arranged for the
evening of Tuesday, Oct. "a, at the
L. l.. club in Laurel. Murray, junior
senator from Montana, is slated to
appear as a speaker, according to
those making the necessary ar
engagements for the event.
Several of the state and virtually
all of the county candidates ap-
pearing on the Democratic ticket
are to be present and will be in
troduced.
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Christmas Packages
For Overseas Sent
By Girl Scout No. /

The Girl Scouts Of troop No. l
recently wrapped and packed nine
Christmas packages to go ovesear'
The packages contain candy, books,
gum, shaving cream and blades,
tooth paste and powder and other
such articles. These packages were
mailed Friday, Oct. 13. The Girl
Scouts wish to emphasize service to
hospitals this year.
Boys of the fifth and sixth grades
wrapped and packed six of the
packages.
Girl Scouts collected pocket edi-
tons of books Monday afternoon
to turn over to Mrs. B. l.. Price
for kits which are being made by
the Red Cross for service men.
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Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Bolenske and
Sgt. Andrew Bolenske, who is home
on furlough after three years in the
South Pacific, were recent dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Pat
terson of Edgar.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Stadalman
have received word that their son,
Cpl. Russell Stadalman who was
hospitalized for some time, is now
on duty with the air corps at
Douglas, Ariz. His wife has re-
turned to Laurel and is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Lutgen.
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Stadalman Lands
7-POund Rainbow

While fishing in the Yellow
stone river west of Laurel, John
l.. Stadalman caught a seven
pound Rainbow trout. He said
that was about the extent of his
catch, but he was very well satis-
fled with the results.
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Both bridge and five hundred
were played when the altar society
entertained with a social evening
last Wednesday at the parish hall.
Prizes in bridge we're awarded Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. o. Skillestad, and in
five hundred, Mrs. Jack Reiter won
high score prize for the women and
F. N. Barney for the men. The
next social event will be Wednes-
day evening, Oct. rs, at the hall.
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Cpl. Lloyd Traver, who spent a
two weeks furlough with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Traver,
returned Wednesday to his camp at
Fort Bragg, N. C.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-03
E. {. Lieutenant,
In Nazi Prison,
Given Air Medal

Lieutenant Milton Damron, Ell
Centran now German war pris-
oner, was awarded the Air Medal
for exceptional, meritoricus service
in aerial flight over enemy-o occupied
continental Europe" his wife was
informed Saturday.
He was shot down last May % and
on July 9 wCrd came through that
he was a prisoner.
THE courage, GOODNESS and skill
displayed by this officer reflects
great credit upon himself and the
armed forces of the United States" "
the citation said in part. The news
of the aware came in a message
from the wal department.
The message said that it is i'm
possible to present the Air Medal
to Lieutenant Damron so it will be
presented to his wife. It first will
be sent to the commanding general
at Fort Douglas, Utah, who will
designate an officer to make the
presentation at time and place
convenient for Mrs, Damron.
Lieutenant Damron Is a sen of
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Damron of Ell
Centre and Ell Centre is his home.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-03

scribed merely as "a restatement of
the original policy"
1t suspended for 80 days all new
authorizations for civilian produc-
ton under the spot" plan in the
6S labor shortage areas classified
in group by the war manpower
commission and in As other regions,
affecting a total of about 1875 cities.
Exceptions can be made in "unus-
ual" cases.
The ban can be extended to any
other area not specifically listed if
IL is believed that such action would
free labor for war production either
locally or elsewhere.
The drastic curtailment of non >.
military production was announced
jointly by WPB, VINO, the army
and the navy. Declaring that it is
just as urgent to maintain war pro-
duction now as it was "the day after
Pearl Harbor," the four agencies
said that increased military require
ments will require "a substantial
step-up" in the procurement pro-
gram.
WPB officials have maintained
that the munitions program will be
curtailed by 40 per cent in the
months following the end of the
European war but last week army
representatives estimated that the
war in the Pacific would still re-
quire 30 to IS per cent of the
present war output.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-03
Dope Smuggling
Stirs Officials

enforcement officers report increase
in traffic in illicit drugs in the state,
Kenny said. Quantities of mar
cotics, he said, apparently are be-
ing brought back from such coun-
tries IS Iran, where merchant sea-
men may buy opium openly and
often attempt to smuggle it back
into this country.
The department of justice, which
Kenny heads, is asking for a total
of $2,344,3C7 for the two-ye9r 1945-47
period. The department also is ask
ing to keep some SO emergency en-
ployes, mostly fingerprint technic-
ianS who were hired to process fin
gerprints of war plant workers.
Department officials said the
technici7ns would be needed after
the war because of an expected
increase in crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-03
GERMAN CIVILIANS FLEE IN SAAR VALLEY
NAzI FORCES
QUIT NORWAY
And DENMARK
Danish Reports Tell
OF Withdrawing
Occupation Troops
BY ROBERT DOWSON

LONDON, Dec. 2. (UP)-
Danish sources said Satur-
day that the Germans were
withdrawing the bulk of
their occupation forces from
both Norway and Denmark to
reinforce their hard-pressed
armies on the western and
eastern fronts.
Only sufficient troops absolutely
necessary to man fortification along
the Norwegian coast and in Jutland,
the mainland portion of Denmark,
were being left in the two countries,
the Danish press service in Stock
holm said
The report appeared partially
borne out by a British admiralty
communique announcing the prob
able sinking of southwark bound
troop-laden German transport off
the Norwegian coast Monday. Ten
other enemy vessels also were sunk
or damaged severely off Norway by
the carrier force.
The Danish press service, an Or
ganization of Danish newspapermen
in exile in Sweden, said the Ger
mans had confiscated a number of
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-03
AirpIane Crash
Toll Mounts;
Probes Started.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2. CUP)--
Death of a merchant seaman Sat-
urday brought the toll of victims to
eight in the crash of a giant Trans
continental and Western Airline's
passenger plane which plummeted
to the ground early Friday morning
a short distance from the Burbank
airport wrere it was due to land.
Harry Elmer Gay, Long Beach,
California, died of injuries at Will
shire hospital. Seven persons, in
cluding the pilot and co-pilot, were
killed instantly and Is others were
suffering from variety of injuries
The DC-3 type plane sheared off
row of trees and snaked between
two houses before it nosed into
muddy field.
En- route from San Francisco to
Les Angeles on its way to New York
the plane had reported to the air.
port control tower two minutes be-
fore the crash. There was no indica-
ton it was in trouble, TWA officials
said.
Civil aeronautics authority Off
cials who began an inquiry said the
crash was "inexplicable." Investi-
gaticn was also begun by TWA and
by the coroner's office.
Authorities hoped to piece togeth-
er an account of what happened
from the ctories of the injured.
Mayor Hartley Knox of San Diego,
California, who was among the least
seriously hurt, said the ship sud
denly nosed down after it had ap-
peared to be gliding in for land
ing.
His seat companion, City Manager
Walter Cooper of San Diego, was
among those killed outright.
The twin-engined ship carried 20
passengers, several of them service
men on leave, and three crew mem
berS
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-03

fuel and arms in the Ruhr and
Rhineland came the heartening
news that flood waters of the Rhine
and Mas rivers had begun to sub
side-a sign that augurs we'll for
the impending Allied struggles for
river crossings.
Once the Roer and Saar have
been forced and muddy terrain
hardens under sunny skies and
freezing temperatures, General
Dwight D. Eisenhower can throw
his tremendous weight of armor at
full strength against the sagging
lines in what may be the show
down battles for Germany.
Lieutenant General william H.
Simpsons Ninth army infantry.
slogging through mud that at places
was hip deep, fought into Linnich.
half way between Aachen and in
dustrial center of Munchen- Glad
bach, and engaged the garrison IN
bitter street fighting with tommy
guns, bayonets, grenades and flame
throwerS.
Lieutenant General George 8.
Patton's Third army, steadily ex-
panding the Allies second penetrs-
ton of Germany, sent powerful
armored and infantry forces into
newly-won positions along 10
mile stretch of the Saar river be-
fore the Siegfried line fortress of
Merzig in the Saar basin.
Other Third army elements wee
fighting within two miles or less
of the Saar at Saarlautern, IL miles
southeast of Merzig and five miles
inside Germany, and closing sieye
arc toward Saarbrucken, capital al d
largest city in the basin.
The 80th infantry division swept
through Theding. a little more than
seven miles south of Saarbrucken n,
and closed to within nine miles of
the city farther west Allied artillery
was believed already pounding Saar-
brucken.
Lieutenant General Alexander II.
Patchs Seventh army swung its
northern flank to within 10 mills
of the German border at the easS-
ern tip of France with a push to
Zinswiller, 10 miles northwest of
the important communications and
supply center of Haguenau.
Seventh army troops also were In
the suburbs of Haguenau itself.
The Seventh army teamed with
the FreaDh First army in squeez-
ing tighter the German pocket be-
tween the Rhine and the Vosge5
below StraSbOurg.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-03
Ducks Clean Up
Lettuce Field
In Single Night

Farmers throughout Imperia al
Valley were alarmed Saturday VIXEN
it was revealed that ducks had
eaten SIS acres of lettuce in cne
night, invading a field farmed by
the American Fruit Growers on the
Holtville highway mile and half
east of BraWley.
Damage was estimated at $4,000.
The ducks ate the lettuce down
TO a nub" while the field was dry,
it was reported
Investigation made after the COM
plaint of the American Fruit Grow
ers' loss indicated that approxi-
mately 10000 ducks are in Impe-
rial Valley now and more are en-
the way. Storms in Canada and
northern United States have forced
them to move southwark" said E
E. Horn, head of federal wildlife
depreciation service, in Ell Centre
Saturday.
STRESSED PLAN
Horn said that the destruction of
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-03
Russ Press Hits
Chang Policies

MOSCOW, Dec. 2. (UP)-The Of
ficial Soviet government newspaper
Ivestia Saturday denounced "re-
dictionaries and capitulationists" in
the Chinese government and high
command, and charged that Chung
kings refusal to cooperate with the
Chinese Communists is directly res
pOnsible for the recent Japanese
successes in China.
In an Outspoken review of China S
military position, IZvestia derided
the latest Chungking cabinet re-
shuttle as meaningless gesture and
asserted that there is no reason to
expect more effective prosecution
of the war so long as Generslissimo
Chang Kai-shek's regime continues
its present "disasterous" policies.
Izvestia centered its fire on the
failure of the Chungking group to
unite with the communist party
leaders in northern China.
Izvestia said the communists have