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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Peck People
Give $146 to
Polio Drive
By Courier Correspondent

FORT PECK-FOrt Peck people
contributed S146.O7 to the infantile
paralysis drive. The theater and
coin collections at business places
totaled S21 10.
The Girl Scouts donated 50 and the
Fort Peck elementary school col
lected S34.47. The Presidents ball
netted $3.50.
Ira B. Tourtlotte was the acting
chairman in the absence of Mrs. H.
II. Roberts.
Thirty million dollars have been
collected during eleven years of the
polio drives. Half of this amount
was given during the years of l943
and 1914. Fifteen million dollars has
been left to the county organizations
for local work.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
SIDNEY And
WOLVES FOR
Home GAMES
Cellar Champions" Will Battle
II Out in Contest
Here Friday

A game for the Big IS basketball
cellar championship" is scheduled
IN the civic center floor Friday
night when Glasgow and Sidney.
who are trailing in the state circuit,
meet. A preliminary at 7 matches
the Glasgow B squad with the Saco
Panthers.
Next Tuesday night on the local
floor, Glasgow meets its traditional
and ever-strong foe, Wolf Point,
with the we'll balanced and cool
Wolves as odds-on favorites. Reserve
squads of the two schools meet in
a preliminary.
Based IN experience and other
factors, Glasgow should be favored
against Sidney Friday night but it
would be unsafe to say what the I'M
practicable Scots will do. They have
been as temperamental as champions,
but the general opinion is that more
team play and little less individual
Self-esteem would work wonders for
a club that still has some potential
strength and ability. This could be
demonstrated Friday and Tuesday
nights.
Joe Luckman, Glasgow forward.
suffered a sprained knee while
tumbling in the school gym We'd
nesday and it is doubtful if he will
start against Sidney. Coach Ray
Baker is doping a starting five COM
posed of Goar and Holland at for
wards, Farrell at center and Porter
and Mann at guards. Forwards
Koon and Combs, Center Bundy
and Guards Sternhagen and Ham
merness will be with them.
Neither Sidney nor Glasgow has
won a Glass A contest this season
and Sidney has a Slight edge be-
cause up to this week end it had lost
to Glasgow's : Flathead high was
below them with 8 setbacks.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
DIR. Mills Will BE
Speaker at Club
Meeting Tuesday

The Rev. DR.. Bruce f. Mills of
Great Falls. Baptist pastor, will be
guest speaker at a meeting of the
Glasgow Woman's club at its club
room in the civic center next Tues
day night. His subject will be Win
ming the Peace as Well as the War"
Husbands of members are invited.
The program is in charge of Mrs.
E. B. Pease chairman of interna-
tional relations. Hostesses for the
social hour are Mrs. S. H. Quicker,
Mrs. j. P. Sternhagen and Mrs. J. A.
Holland.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08

by the employer.
4. He is not to be discharged from
such position without cause within
one year after restoration.
Additional obligations of en-
ployers in rehiring veterans are:
l. A veteran is still qualified if
he is physically and mentally able
to do the work even though he may
have lost a certain amount of his
former efficiency and may be less
capable than the person he is re-
placing.
2. The veteran is required to apply
for unemployment within 40 days
after discharge from the service
and also accept unemployment with
in that period.
3. A veteran is not guaranteed
his job unless he is able to present
honorable discharge papers.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
IRLE NAMED
STATE Study
GROUP HEAD
Three Year Montana Plan Will
Have as Aim Community
Development

r. L. Irle, Glasgow superintendent
of schools. was elected chairman OF
the Montana advisory committee OF
the Montana Study at its organiza-
tional conference in Bozeman last
week.
Other members named to the
committee are d. P. Fabrick OF
Choteau. Nina Ford of Missoula
Douglas Gold of Fort Harrison and
Julian Terrett of Br%andenburg.
The plan contemplateS a three
year study of Montana and its COM
munities, with its prime aim the i'm
provement of living and strengthen
ing of the family unit as one means
of keeping Montana young people in
the smaller communities, instead of
seeing them attracted to large cities
outside the state.
The study is under the direction
of DR.. Baker Brownell, professor on
leave from Northwestern university,
Evanston. Ill. with Joseph K. How
ard, author of Montana, High.
Wide and Handsome" and Prof.
Paul Meadows, psychologist at
Northwestern.
Mr.. Irle reported the advisory
committee has so members, almost
40 of whom attended the original
meeting in Bozeman. He said many
interesting discussions on commun-
ity life developed.
At an evening meeting under the
craftsmanship of Irle, Branson c..
Stevenson of Great Falls stressed
the personal value of the arts and
humanities as they are related to
the study. II. G.. Merriam, Mrs. w
<. Floweree, Mrs. Henry Lohs.
Ann Witmack and Howard spoke of
definite Montana resources and pro-
jects, problems of the study.
Relations of religion to the study
we're described by the Rev. Guy
Barnes, the Rev. Harvey Baty and
the Rev. H. G. Klemme.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
G. !. Rights; Returned Veteran
Has Unemployment Privileges

Editors note: The following
article is taken from Informal
ton provided by s. L. Click,
county service officer of the
American Legion and published
IN cooperation with the county
veterans advisory board. All
inquiries about veterans pro-
bIems should be directed TO the
United States employment ser
vice office .
a veteran who is restored to
a position is entitled by law to the
following benefits:
!. He is to be considered as hav-
ing been on a leave of absence.
2. He is to be restored without
loss of seniority.
3. He is entitled to participate in
insurance and other benefits offered
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
) False Alarms
Bring Warning
From Fire Chief

Three false fire alarms the past
week brought a statement today
from Fire Chief F. d. Alvord asking
cooperation of parents in informing
their children of the serious nature
Of an alarm and the inconvenience
it causes.
In two of the three alarms, the
fire chief said. we have quite re-
liable evidence that those involved
were old enough to know better
In the other case, the children were
too small to realize what they were
doing, he said.
"Flremen who have to make need
less runs at considerable personal
sacrifice all hope that parents will
warn their children against turn
ing in false alarms" the fire chef
said 1T should be stressed that a
city ordinance provides for pen
alties for such a violation"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Cabell Receives
:Tnot's Wings;
Visits at Home

Second Lieut.. Douglas Cabell, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. F.. Cabell, arrived
here Saturday on leave. Lieutenant
Cabell received his pilot wings and
commission as an officer at gradua-
ton ceremonies held at Pecos. Texas.
army airfield, Feb. l. The air forces
officer will go from here to Las
Vegas, New, airfield for additional
four-engine training. He is a 1912
Glasgow high school graduate. His
brother, j. B. Cabell, is a navy pilot.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Tanker Trailer
Slips Off Road
On 0pheim Route

a tank trailer being pulled by a
truck that slipped off the grade on
the Behner hill. on the Opheim road
Is miles north of Glasgow, was only
slightly damaged Saturday but lost
a large part of a valuable cargo of
gasoline. Ed Blankenburg, contract
mail carrier to Opheim, reported see
ing the trailer on his return trip
Saturday. The truck was unable to
negotiate the hill and. in backing
down. the trailer slipped off the
road, he said. When he passed,
gasoline was pouring from several
outlets in the tank. The driver was
unhurt. The ownership of the truck
was not learned here, but MI.
Blankenburg said he understood the
gasoline was being hauled from the
Laurel refinery.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Glasgow Resident
Breaks Shoulder
In Falling on Ice

Mrs. Aagot watt, who lives in one
of the Klein cabins. slipped on the
ice and snow between her home ano
that of a neighbor Saturday and
fell on her back, breaking a shoulder
blade. She did not realize she had
suffered more than a bruise and
sprain till Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Ander-
son, her brother-in-law and sister,
urged her to consult a physician.
She is a patient at the Deaconess
hospital.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Jam Rasey Is Now
With James Band

Uan Rasey, formerly of Glasgow
and son of Mrs. Una Rasey. recently
left KAY Kyser's band and vas i'm
mediately engaged by Harry James,
local friends have been informed.
Rasey is a trumpet player and has
been with big name bands for sew
eral years. He is a grandson of F. G..
Chambard. until recently a Glas-
gov resident.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Arvie Waters Is
HURT I'm Mishap
AZ Pump Station

Arvie Waters of. Nashua. en-
ployed by the Montana-Dakota Util-
tiles company at the gas compressor
plant south of Nashua. was injured
Monday night while at work on the
compressor. A set screw he was turn
ing came loose suddenly and he fell
backwards striking his back against
a large pipe. He is a patient at the
Deaconess hospital in Glasgow.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Valley Soldier Who Fought i'm
Bastogne Battle Now Wounded

tives had received a letter from him
stating that he was in a hospital.
The adjutant general wired again
Monday changing Private Bouchard's
status from missing TO slightly
wounded, with the casualty occurr-
ing Jan. Z.
Private Bouchard was born in
Bowdoin. then attended grade school
in Glentana and high school in Sand
Point, Idaho. He enlisted in October.
1913, and has been overseas about
five months.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Memorial Service
For Pfc. Frost
Saturday Morning

A memorial service for Pfc. Boyd
Frost of Hinsdale will be held in
st. Albert'S Catholic church in Hins-
dale SATURDAY. morning at 9. Pfc.
Frost was killed in action while
fighting with an American infantry
unit in Germany near the Luxem-
bourg border Jan. Is, according to
word received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Myron Frost from the
war department.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Veteran Honor
Roll Nashua
Scout Project

NASHUA-GirI Scouts OF Nashua
and their leaders, Mrs. II. L. Wiley
and Mrs. Harriet N. Carver are
sponsoring a project whereby the
names of all men from Nashua and
those having a Nashua address at
the time of their enlistment or in
duction will be placed on an honor
roll. 1t will be placed in a con-
spicuous place outdoors.
Scouts are asking that all persons
having such names send them at
once to Mrs. Wiley or Mrs. Carver
so that the names can be tabulated
to determine the size of the board
that will be necessary.
They wish to have the list COM
plete.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Harold Potter Is
Service Graduate

GREAT LAKES, ILL. Among
those graduating from an intensive
course of basic engineering training
at recent navy service schools eXer-
cises here was Harold Alton Potter,
81, husband of Mrs. Pearl L. Potter,
Glasgow, Mont. This bluejacket was
selected for his specialized training
on the basis of his recruit training
aptitude test scores. Graduates from
the 20 specialized courses taught
here are sent to sea. to shore stations
or to advanced schools for further
duty.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08


NASHUA - When Donald Rave
receives his badge for Eagle rank,
highest for a Boy Scout. at a court
of honor in the Glasgow civic center
at 8 tonight it will mean the cul-
mination of three years of active
scouting for him. Rave is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rave of Nashua
The Eagle Scout joined troop IA
at Nashua in November 1941 and
within a year had reached first
class rank. He then successfully
earned star and life badges. COM
pleting his last test for Eagle at
last summers Treasure Island camp.
He has been troop scribe and
bugler and official bugler at Scout
camps from 1912 to 1914. He became
a member of the Order of the Ar
row, national brotherhood of Boy
Scout honor campers, at the Hins-
dale camp in 1913.
He began training under Scout
masters John Saunders and Robert
Millhouse. reaching his present rank
under leadership of Scoutmaster
Charles Kegel, who has since moved
to Glasgow.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08

Private Thomas j. Bouchard, 81.
p%aratrooper and a member of one
of the airborne infantry units that
helped stem the German tide at
Bastogne on the western front, is
now in a hospital in France slightly
wounded. according to word re-
ceived by his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred j. Bouchard of Glasgow.
The Bouchards previously had
been informed by the adjutant gen.
erals office that their son was mis-
sing. But, meanwhile. other rela-
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Opheim People Say
German Fags Won't
Help the Shortage

By Courier COrreSpOndent


OPHEIM-Captured German Gig
arets aren't going to solve the cur
rent smokes shortage here.
Staff Serg. John Whittle. who is
in Europe. sen a carton of the Nazi
flags to his brother, Fred Whittle.
Fred has been handing out
samples to the boys around town
who are noticing the famine. He's
quite generous.
All agree in their reactions. After
the first drag. the smoker Fuckers
up his face. The second brings tears
to the eyes. Most don't take the
third. They all understand Fred's
generosity.
Some would call this fifth column
work if they didn't know that such
cigarets are a steady diet in Ger
many.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Miss B0reS0n Will
Assist In Local
Draft Board Office

Miss Wilma Boreson has been APP
pointed assistant to Mrs. Leila Ny
bakken. clerk of the Valley county
draft board. She succeeds Miss Car
men Peterson, who left recently for
New York City to study art under
a scholarship from the Art Students
League
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Rangers Lead
I'm Intramural
School Race
LEAGUE STANDINGS

Some OF the hottest gains the past
two weeks in the Glasgow Junior
senior high school intramural bas-
l;etball league were made by Nelson's
Lions, Huber's Rangers and Keat-
ing's Cubs, according to Larry Hol-
land, who reports on intramural &C
tivities. All added two victories to
their records.
The play this week saw Irle's
Panthers and Hallett's Wolves
pushed from second place.
League scores:
Lions Z, Rangers 10; Wolves II,
Bears 7; Cubs 7, Panthers 3; Pan
theirs 10. Bears 9: Cub 9, Rangers
II; Lions 10, Wolves 4; Cubs %,
Bears 7; Lions 10, Panthers l, and
Rangers IL, wolves 8.
Games scheduled the coming week
are Lions VS.. Cubs, Wolves VS..
Panthers. Rangers VS.. Bears, Lions
VS.. Bears. Wolves VS.. Cubs and
Rangers VS.. PantherS.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
1885 Acres Of
Land Sold i'm
Deal at Nashua
BY Courier Correspondent

Observation-Disclosures of 1925 acres
of farm land in the Larslan dis
trict by Aaron Peters from Carl
Sonsteng is announced. Mr.. Peters
and family came here several weeks
ago and have been residing in
Nashua. They are former residents
Of Emmett, Idaho. where he was
manager of a Gamble store. Before
moving to Idaho, the Peters family
resided at Frazer. This purchase in
cludes all farming equipment and
is considered M of the largest
transactions of the season. The Son.
steng family will move to near Ben
son. MINI.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
OLD ENGINEER PASSES

Thomas M. Pierce, 30, former
Glasgow and Havre resident and
pioneer Great Northern engineer,
died in C~entralia, Wash, last week,
according to word received by
friends. Funeral services were in
Centralia Wednesday. A widow and
two daughters survive.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08
Is CITIES AT
NORTHERN AIR
LINE Meeting
Campbell of Glasgow Renamed
Secretary-Treasurer of
Organization
Will Push Northern Montana
Airline Route I'm
Washington

WILLISTON, N. D.-Forty repre-
sentatives from twelve cities along
highway 2 in North Dakota and
Montana attended the meeting OF
the Northern Air Route Development
association in Williston Sunday and
adopted resolutions.
First, they pledged themselves to
stand together in working "untir-
ingly and ceaselessly for the eS-
t~ablishment of an eaSt-west trunk
line air service. paralleling high
way number q" and
Second they went on record
against that portion of Northwest
Airlines application filed with the
Civil Aeronautics board which by
their Interpretation, might make it
possible for the company to bypass
proposed points to be served, and
Third the association requests
the civil aeronautics administration
to cooperate to the fullest extent
possible in the completion of suit
able landing fields" along the pro-
posed routes where not already
provided"
Officers Reelected
The association reelected the Of
ficers for the coming year who are
DR.. C. H. Minette, Cut Bank, Mont.
president; DR.. w. E. Hooking, Devils
Lake, vice-president; Paul j. Camp
bell, Glasgow, secretary-treaSurer,
and named Don Whitman of Grand
Forks as a new director and chair
man of finance.
Cities represented at the meeting
were KaliSpell, Cut Bank. Shelby,
Helena, Harlem, Havre, Glasgow,
Poplar and Plentywood in Montana,
and Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Minot
and Williston in North Dakota.
The financial report of the or
g%anization showed a balance of S503
on hand, after expanding $1,000
working towards securing their OBJ
%jective the past year.
The delegates voted to have Pre-
sident Minette represent the As
ISOLATION at Washington when hear
ings on the application for the new
route are scheduled. 1t was suggested
that some of the individual cities
might also send delegates.
Asks state Legislation
The association went on record
in a special resolution urging the
state legislatures of North Dakota
anu NlOAlldAld w Pooo NN5-oANSAON
enabling their states to take full
est advantage of federal aid for
postwar aviation, development, as
well as setting up practical admins
bodies to regulate and en-
courage air travel.
Charles S. King. CAA represen-
from Helena, was a special
guest speaker, and explained how
department would assist COM
munities in new landing field ia
,ilities following the a He also
outlined pending legislation in con-
yress intended to aid in airport
development.
President Minette, in outlining
hearings and conferences which he
lad attended. the past year, ex-
that the officers had e
.eived much encouragement from
commercial groups Of the Twin
Cities as we'll as Duluth. 1t was also
out that the application
lied by the Northwest Airlines
contemplated two flights daily in
.ach direction along the route.
In charge of local arrangements
or the meeting Sunday were Elvin
arson. president Of the Chamber
f Commerce. c. R. Sparks, sec
etary, and members Of the aviation
S
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-08

Men from Glasgow at the meeting
were Mr. Campbell, G. L. Wolf and
Gene Etchart, who are members OF
the city-county airport commission;
Nels C. Briggs, county commissioner
and county officer assigned to the
commission; Mayor E. j. Kjelstrup
and Thomas Dignan, county attor-
ney.
Evening star., 1945-02-14
Action 10 Support
Police Merqer Loses

| A tie vote last night defeated &C
ton to support merger of the Park
Police and Metropolitan Police at
a meeting of the Logan-Thomas
Circle Citizens Association.
Kenneth c. Robbins, secretary Of
the association, said park police
were always on hand when needed, "
whereas metropolitan police "can
never be found" He added the Dis
trict has mo feeling" for its parks,
and if the two were merged, metro
politan police would assume the at
titude that the parks were the Gov
ernments affair and disregard them.
A. j. Driscoll said the Metropoli-
tan Police were equal to Park Police
in efficiency and approved the mer-
ger move.
The association voted to approve
DR.. George C. Ruhland's rabies con-
troll plan. One member, who said
she didn't believe in vaccinations"
for dogs or people, opposed the plan.
A resolution seeking action on a
plan to create a board for public
vehicles, primarily intended to reg
ulate taxis, was opposed as "over-
tapping a great many agencies al
ready working"
The president, Mrs. Ella M.
Thompson. will represent the asso-
citation at the Sumners-Capper
bill hearings.
Evening star., 1945-02-14

Join the attack make your
dollars fight buy extra War
Bonds.
Evening star., 1945-02-14
D. {. Heads Consider
Retaining Firehouse
Slated for Closing

The Commissioners yesterday re-
quested Fire Chief Stephen T. Por-
ter to investigate the possibility of
continuing use of No IA Engine
Company, Alb Eighth street NV,
slated to be stripped of men and
equipment on completion in May of
new $4,000 f1rehouse at North
Capitol and Crittenden streets NV.
Commissioner John Russell Young
said, IF it is possible to obtain
sufficient men and equipment, the
firehouSe would be retained" He
pointed out, however, that there
were at least four fire engine houses
within three minutes distance of
the Eighth street shopping area.
Additional fire hazards have been
created by the construction of tenn
porary Government buildings In the
Mall area, Mr.. Young added.
The engine company, which has
Is men, is next door to Lansburgh
& Bro. department store. A report
of the Fire Survey Board in 1899
to the Commissioners said that the
Board of Fire Underwriters recon-
mended the abandonment of No. IA
Engine Company and the establish
ment of a new house in the vicinity
of Fort Totten Park.
Among those who attended an "in-
formal" discussion of the problem
yesterday with the Commissioners
were Chief Porter, Mark Lansburgh
of the Lansburgh firm and repre-
sentative of S. Kann Sons Co.
Evening star., 1945-02-14
Summit Park Citizens
Support Police Mercer

Members of the Summit Park
Citizens Association last night
unanimously supported proposal
by Representative Hebert, Demo-
crat, of Louisiana to merge the Met
ropolitan and Park Police Depart
ments.
The secretary of the association
was directed to send a letter to the
District Commissioners requesting
that dirt and gravel be cleared from
the sidewalk on Austin street Sc.
where it has been washed by heavy
rains. Color slides of the Botanic
Gardens were shown at the close
of the meeting. held at the Ann
Beers School, Thirty sixth place and
Alabama avenue Sc. j. S. Davis,
president, conducted the meeting
Evening star., 1945-11-30
Chicago Ward Workers
And Company to Confer

CHICAGO, Nov. 80 (P).-The Chi
cago unit of a CIO union agreed
yesterday to meet with Montgom-
cry Ward g. Co. officials for discus
sion of wage increases proposed by
the mail order house.
Henry Anderson, president of Lo-
cal 20 of the United Retail, Whole
sale and Department Store En-
ployes Union, said the unions EX-
ecutive Board accepted the company
proposal for meeting. but reserved
acceptance OF the wage increase
proposal pending discussion and
classification of workers affected.
Date of the meeting was not speci-
fed.
The company labor relations man
ager, John A. Barr, in a letter to
the union earlier yesterday said an
increase in the minimum wage from
As to 5212 cents an hour was made
effective November 26 and the COM
pany intended to make effective a
further increase to so cents with
the December l3 payroll period.
Mr. Barr said this would apply to
nonunion workers in Chicago, but
the company desired to meet with
the union to discuss writing the
same increases into contract COW
ering union employees.