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in twenty days after the service Of
this summons, exclusive of the day
of service; and in case of your fail
ure to appear or answer, Judgment
will be taken against you by de-
fault, for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
This action is brought to quiet
title in plaintiffs to the following
described reol property situated in
Yellowstone County, Montana, to-
wit:
Lot numbered seven in Block
two of the Laurel Heights Sub
division to the Townsite of
East Laurel, according to the
official plat thereof now on
file and of record in the office
of the County Clerk and Re-
corder of said County and State,
together with the tenements,
hereditaments and appurten-
ances thereunto belonging or in
anywise appertaining.
Witness my hond and the seal of
said Court this 7th day of Novem-
ber. 1915.
KATIE DAVIES,
(SeaD Clerk.
By E. o. PRICE,
B. L. PRICE, Deputy Clerk.
Laurel, Montana,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
(Date First Pub. Nov. 7, 1945-4t)
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NOTICE OF SALE OF CITY
BONDS

/, Council of the City of Laurel
Montana, that the said Coun.
Gil will, on the 4th day OF
fDecember, 1945, at the hour OF
seven thirty o'clock P. NJ, at its
Council Chamber in the City OF
Laurel, Montana, sell to the high
est and best bidder for cash, serial
bonds of Special Improvement Dis
trict No. II of the said City in
the total amount of $15,674.23, for
the purpose of paying the contrac-
tor or contractors of Special I'M
provement District No. II and the
expenses of creating said Special
Improvement District No. II.
Serial bonds of Special Improve.
ment District No. II issued and sold
will be in the amount of $4,000
each, except the last bond which
will be in the amount of $74.23; the
sum of $3,100.00 of said serial
bonds will become due and payable
on the 1st day of January, 1917
and a like amount on the same day
each year thereafter until all such
bonds are paid, except that the last
| installment will be in the amount
of $3,27423.
The said bonds will bear date
of January 1, 1916, will bear in
terest at a rate not exceeding six
(6) per cent per annum, payable
annually on the first day of jan
uary each year, and will be re-
deemable in full at the option of the
City of Laurel at any time there
are funds to the credit of said
Special Improvement District Fund
for the redemption thereof.
Said bonds will be sold for not
less than their par value with ac-
crued interest to date of delivery
and all bidders must state the low
est rate of interest at which they
will purchase the bonds at par. The
Council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids and to sell bonds
at private sale.
All bids other than by or on be-
half of the state board of land COM
missioners of the State of Mon
tana must be accompanied by a
certified check in the sum of ST.
567.42, payable to the order of the
City Clerk, which will be forfeited
by the successful bidder in the
event he shall fail or refuse to
complete the purchase of said
bonds in accordance with the terms
of his bid.
All bids shall be addressed to the
Council of the City of Laurel, Mon
tana and delivered to the City Clerk
of said Citv of Laurel.
PETER d. THOMSON,
Mayor of the City of Laurel,
ATTEST: Montana.
GEORGIA RASH,
City Clerk.
(Date First Pub. Nov. 7, 1945-4t)
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT
COVE IRRIGATION CO.
Incorporated at Laurel, Montana.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
That at a meeting of the Board OF
Directors of COVE IRRIGATION
CO., held on the 2nd day Of No
vember, 1915, an assessment of $1.0C
per share was levied upon the sub
scribed capital stock of the Corp
Grafton, payable on or before the
End day of December, 1945, to the
Secretary-Treasurer of said Com
pany at No. 1922 First Avenue
North, Billings, Montana.
Any stock upon which this as
sessment shall remain unpaid on
the End day of December, 1915, will
be delinquent and advertised on
December 10th, 1945, for sale at
public auction, and unless payment
is made before, will be sold on De-
cember 2Sth, 1945, to pay the de-
linquent assessment, together with
cost of advertising and expense of
sale.
By order of the Board of Di-
rectors.
LLOYD LIPP,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Box 1894, Billings, Montana.
First pub. Nov. 7. 1945-4t)
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

n
Estate of Mancil Morrison, De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned Administrators of the
Estate of Mancil Morrison, deceas-
ed, to the creditors of and all per-
sons having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
OF this notice, to the said Admins
tratrix at 416 Date avenue in Lau-
rel in the County of Yellowstone,
State of Montana.
Dated at Laurel. Montana, Octo-
Der 81, 1945.
JEWEL ]. MORRISON,
Administrators of the Estate Of
Mancil Morrison, Deceased.
B. l.. PRICE,
Laurel, Montana,
Attorney for Administrative.
(Date First Pub. Oct. 81, 1945-4t)
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ALIAS SUMMONS

(FOr PublicatiOn)
In the District Court Of the Thlr-
teenth Judicial District of the
State of Montana In and for the
County of Yellowstone.
Louis r. Stickelberger and Frances
r. Stickelberger, Plaintiffs,
VS..
Martin d. Young, a widower, Lester
E. Young and Bertha M. Young,
his wife, Owen A. Young and
Mamie B. Young, his wife, Carrie
E. Erb, Yellowstone County, Mon
tana, and any other persons un-
known claiming or who might
claim any right, title, estate or
interest in, or lien or encumb-
rance upon, the real property de-
scribed in the complaint, or any
thereof, adverse to the plaintiffs
ownership, or any cloud upon
plaintiffs title, whether such
claim or possible claim be pres
ent or contingent, including any
claim or possible claim of dover,
inchoate or accured, Defendants.
The State of Montana Sends Greet
ings to the Above Named Defend
ants: ...
You are hereby summoned to
answer the complaint in this action
which is filed in the. office of the
Clerk of this Court, and to file your
answer and serve a copy thereof
upon the plaintiffs attorney with
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like you to continue in the same
capacity in the 1916 drive and
hope you will wire me at the White
House indicating your willingness
to do so. 1 will be pleased to re-
ceive you and the members of the
Motion Picture Industry committee
of the 1916 March of Dimes in the
White House on Tuesday, Dec. a,
1945 at p. m. l sincerely hope
you can come"
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is to officiate at the anniversary
ceremony, and will on Nov. 90 at
tend a reunion of his own family
at Madison. MINI.
Mrs. Emma Scheidecker was hos
tess at her home Sunday at pre-
Thanksgiving family dinner. At
tending from Billings were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Scheidecker and children.
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Housing painting and caseining. c.
NJ. Wood, phone 358-J. 11-14-2p
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The Outlook Says:

Rev. and Mrs. ]. H. Haueter ex-
pect to leave Thursday for Mime
sofa to attend the golden wedding
anniversary of Mrs. Haueters par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Kochenderfer,
at Hendricks, MINI. Rev. Haueter
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CALENDAR
Events.

Friday, Nov. %.
Theta Rho girls will conduct for
NAL initiation ceremonies at their
meeting in the evening at the L. l..
club.
Monday, Nov. 26.
The regular meeting of the Ever
green Rebekahs at the L. L. club
will be followed by a joint social
evening of the Rebekah and Odd
Fellow lodges.
Rotana club members will have a
social evening and auction sale at
their club room. Hostesses will be
Miss Evelyn Gregg, Miss Betty
Mees and Mrs. Helen Ball.
Friday Nov. 80.
Preparations are being completed
for the annual bazaar and food sale
at the Methodist church. Beginning
at 2:30, lunches will be served by
the Youth Fellowship
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SOUTHERNERS ASKED
TO HAVE PATIENCE
ABOUT LARD SUPPLY

WASHINGTON, July 31.-P)-
Southerners were asked today to
be patient about the 10000 600
pounds of lard the War Food Ad-
ministra,ion promised them.
The office of Sen. Eastland o.
Miss reorted it had received
about 100 kilograms today from
Mississippians demanding:
"Where is the lard?"
''It will take from a week to 10
days to get it in there" one OF
the Senator's aides told reporte-.
Increased supplies were predict
ed by the War Food Administra-
ton last weekend in announcing
a cut-back in the set-aside quotas
for the government.
Eastland's office said govern
ment food officials will confer with
American Meat Institute repres-
tatives in Chicago August IA to
review both the lard and the salt
pork supplies available fo- civil
lians.
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ROOSEVELT TAKES
RESPONSIBILITY
General Elliott Clears
Father OF Aiding His
Loan Matters

WASHINGTON, July 81. - U.D -
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt to-
night took full responsibility for
his tangled business affairs and
branded as "a deliberate, infa.
NOUS ie'' reports that his father,
the late President, assisted him in
obtaining loans which are being in
vestigated by Congressional COM
mittees and the Treasury Depart
ment.
He charged in a statement
issued through his attorney, Ran
dolph Paul, former Treasury gen.
eral counsel, that a small segment
of the press is waging hating
campaign against him and h S
father who is unable to talk
back
II believe, though" he said,
that those millions who loved
and respected him have the right
to know that Franklin D. Roose-
welt never promoted or assisted
my personal business affairs.
ANY statement that he did SO
is a deliberate, infamous lie. ]
conducted my own business af-
fairs. The responsibility for them
was and still is mine and mine
alone"
Elliott, who will be discharged
from the Army Aug. Is after five
years service, said that he had CO.
operated ''wholeheartedly'' with
the Treasury and Congressional
probe into his affairs. He said he
had nothing to conceal and called
on the government Ito make pub.
tic all the facts, without reserva.
ton, at the earliest possible mo.
ment.''
"These facts will be their owr
answer to the falsehoods, half
truths and sly implications OF tina
small, irresponsible section Of the
press which does not hesitate tt
violate the TRUTH" he declared.
Young Roosevelt's financial at
fairs have been under COMPRESSION
al study for several weeks as q
result of reports that he received
a 5000, 900 loan" from John Hart.
ford, president of the Great At
lantic and Pacific Tea Co., which
was settled for $4,000 through
Jesse Jones, former Federal Loan
Administrator and head of the
RFC
Roosevelt said that he waited I'm.
til the Army took action on his
request for release from active
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MILITARY COURT
CONNECTS NAILS

DARMSTADT, July 81. -U.D- A
Seventh Army military tribunal to-
night found seven German civilians
guilty of brutally numbering six
American aviators shot down over
Germany last August and sentenc-
ed them to death.
Three of the II were sentenced
to long prison terms and one was
acquitted.
The prosecution had demanded
the death penalty for all II.
1t. Col. Leon JaWorskl for the
prosecution pointed out that under
the Geneva Convention protecting
prisoners of war, the crimes were
punishable by death and all mem
bers of the mob were equally gull
ty.
otis the old men and women o.
Germany VINO undertook to murder
our boys and it must be the ole
men and women who pay" thund
cred Jaworski. He described de
PENDANT Josef Hartgen, Nazi group
leader of Russelsheim where the
airmen were killed, as the ring
master of this NaZi brutality anc
charged that the two women de-
PENDANTS mo doubt touched off the
spark which resulted in the death
of the aviators."
1t. Col. Roger Titus, of Boston
and four civilian German attorneys
who paid tribute to the fairness Of
the trial, summed up the case fol
the defense.
They claimed the townsfolk O.
Russelsheim were so excited by 9
heavy Raj raid a few hours be-
fore the filters passed through
the streets of their town en- route
to a prison camp they were scarce
ly responsible for their actions.
The trial has been marked by the
hate and brutality shown in thu
testimony of the defendants. Aug
ust Wolf, who lived in the York
Vile section Of New York from
1926 to 1880 testified that another
defendant, Feindrich Wolf, had
beaten in the head of one fliel
with a hammer. He said tina
cries of "beat them to death" ane
Finish them" had come from thu
crowd which witnessed the slaugh
ter.
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each other, bitterness in their eyes.
Gen. Weygand, commander in
chief of Allied armies at the time
of the German conquest, appeared
as a defense witness and, after
taking full responsibility for seek
ing the armistice with Germany,
asserted that as much as three
weeks before he acted, French
President Albert lie Brun and 9th
ers had been talking of asking the
Germans for peace.
This brought Reynaud, who last
week testified for the prosecution,
to his feet, and Petain rose to his
own defense in one of the drama
packed trials most exciting mo-
ments.
AS the gavel fell on the eighth
day of the trial, the news that
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MULTIPLICATION
OF SKULL DENIED
Mrs. Irving R. Woodcock
Says She Has Not Stated
1t Resembled Daughter

Although the two-year-old mys-
terry of a skeleton found on a high.
way near Wilmington in May, 1913,
was reported solved by unofficia.
sources in Raleigh yesterday
claiming a reconstructed skull tt
be that of Mrs. Kathleen Lewis
Is, of Wilmington, Mrs. Irving R
Woodcock, mother of the alleged
victim, denied that she had made
Identification of the skull.
State Bureau of 1nvestiga
ton sources said last night tina
positive Identification of the recon
structed skull had not been made
but that they were awaiting tine
word of a brother of the supposed
victim.
Mrs. Woodcock said that he1
daughter had disappeared July g.
1889. According to statement
from Mrs. Woodcock, Kathleen hac
boarded a bus at Fayetteville fol
Wilmington. She had visited he1
brother who was in the Army al
Fort Bragg. Her husband and g
friend accompanied her to the bus
station, where they saw her boarc
the bus for Wilmington.
At 1910 pm. the same day, &C
cording to Mrs. Woodcock, she re
ceived a telegram from the:s sor
at Fayetteville advising them t.
meet the 7:45 pm. bus, on which
Mrs. Lewis was supposed to ar
rive. According to Mrs. Woodcock
the missing woman was last seel
by the bus driver, who said HI
discharged her at the Wilmington
station.
Remarkable work has been &C
complished during the investigation
of the case by Mrs. Gladys P. Cur
rie, reconstructionist of Boston
Mass, who remade the face ant
head, according to the formation
of the bony structure, into VIVA
she termed an exact reproduction
of the woman before she died.
Only clues found at the tim
the skeleton was discovered was ;
few stands of red hair beside tn
bones.
State and New Hanover count.
officers have worked relentlessl,
during the past months in an eff
fort to obtain positive Identified
ton. Although tentative identified
ton of the skull has been reported
several times, it remains in Sheriff
c. David Jones' office in Whining
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Jap Columns
Threatening
Rice Bowl
ADVANCE 100 MILES
Chinese Forces Slow Enemy
Attack West OF Shanq-
kao City
BY GEORGE WANG

UNITED Press War Correspondent
CHUNGKING, July 31.-U.H-
Two powerful Japanese columns,
widening their land corridor in
Kiangsi Province, have advanced
more than 100 miles to threaten
a rich 10000 square mile area in
China's "Rice BowT' region, the
Chinese High Command said to.
day.
Pushing mechanical spearheads
through the region east of their
corridor, enemy troops Friday
sto~med into the Neutrality-suspicious.
ed city of Wantsai. its cature
marked a 90-mile Japanese adj
vance from the Liling sector,
South of Changsha. After bit
te- 48-hour battle, Generalissimo
Chang Kai-Shek's troops recaptur-
ed the city. But the enemy bat
tied Eastward along the Nanchang
road. Today's commuuique said
the advance had been slowed west
of shangkao, 80 miles Northeast
of Wantsai.
The second column, several miles
to the North, seized Ifeng on
Sunday after $50 mile lunge from
Liuyang sector. 1t was reported
driving against Chinese opposi-
ton toward Kaoan Juichow), A
miles Southwest of Nanchang.
The 100-mile advance threaten
ed to encircle a fertile region te
the North. The cSive apparently
also was designed to widen the
land corridor at its narrowes1
point.
An estimated 100000 japanese
troops repeatedly plan to withdraw
from Southeast China via the cor.
ridor and bolster strongpoints
along the North China invasion
coast.
Eighty miles Southeast o.
Wantsai, Chinese troops repulsee
l.anA,attack at the. Kan river por'
of Khan, today's communicate said
The enemy force has advanced
under fire approximately 100 mile:
after fleeing Kanhsien, air base
city, July II. About SO river boat!
laden with Japanese slipped into
the Eastern suburbs of Khan Fri
day evening. They were beater
back in fierce attacks.
A second enemy force which fet
the Kanhsien area was reported
under attack West of Yungfen, i'm
portant highway town q miles
Northeast of Khan.
Meanwhile, Chinese troops Nortf
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Wilmington To Join In
Air Force Celebration

A 5O-piece band will lead a pa
rade at 1920 a. m. this morning
down Front and up Market streets
to the City Hall in ceremony
hailing the 38th anniversary OF the
Army Air Forces.
Commander of the Continental
Air Forces, Major General Samuel
E. Anderson, will deliver the Of
fetal address of the day from the
City Hall steps at Ills a. m,
while planes from nearby airports
will be over the city in aerial dem
onstrations as part of the cere-
mony.
The parade, with the Camp Da-
Wis band at its head, will form at
Red Cross and Third streets.
Twenty-four PAT Thunderbolts
and nine B-26's from Cherry Point
Naval Air Station and Bluethen-
thai field will stage an air demon
stration over the city about II
O'Clock, flying in formation to spell
out AAF.
Colonel C. T. Edwinson, COM
manding officer at Bluethenthal
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ALLIED FORCES WIPE
OUT 1000 JAPS IN
LOWER BURMA AREAS

CALCUTTA, July 31.-(P)-Allied
forces have wiped out upward OF
1000 japanese troops attempting
to escape a bloody jungle trap in
lower Burma and break Eastward
across the Sittang River, the South
east Asia Command announced to-
day.
This fighting has centered be-
tween the Mandalay-Rangoon road
and the river, in a region general
lily 80 to $50 miles Northeast of
Rangoon.
More than 5000 enemy dead
have been counted, a co1nmunique
said, and nearly 1000 have been
captured. This toll, however does
not include casualties inflicted by
Guerrilla forces. This latest an
lnouncement raised the count of
Japanese dead nv 1000.
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PARIS, July 81. -P)- Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain's lawyers
said tonight they would ask a post
ponement of his treason trial to
call long-fugitive Pierre Laval, who
surrendered today, as a defense
witness in an effort to save the
former Vichy chief from the death
sentence.
The electric word that Laval, Pc
tain's right-hand man in the Vichy
state and described as the aged
Marshaps "evil genius, had sur
rendered to U. S. troops in Aus
tria, shot through the crowded Pal
ace of Justice courtroom as Pc
tain, General Maxine Weygand,
former Premier Paul Reynaud-the
big three in France at her col
lapse in 1940-stood shouting at
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ARMY TO RELEASE
RAILWAY WORKERS

WASHINGTON, July 81 - Up -
The War Department announced
tonight it is expediting release OF
former railroad men from the
Army and m Xxi ing available
enough planes and pilots to fly 49,
900 troops monthly across the
country.
Acting Secretary of War Robert
P. Patterson said the two meas
ures were intended to relieve the
pressure on the nations railroads
in connection with the redeploy.
ment. of American troops"
The Department siad 1882 men
with railroad experience will be re-
leased from Military Railway
Service in Europe by Aug. 10 for
return to this country and separat-
ion from the army.
General Dwight d. Eisenhower
has been asked to establish 4
priority for the return of another
1908 in Railway Operating . n d
Shop Battalions in Europe.
An additional 5000 railroad men
are scheduled to leave Europe in
September, October, November
and December. but it is not known
how many will be eligible for
prompt discharge under the point
system.
1.-THE Army Airforces," the De-
partment said, will make avail
able enough Army planes and pi-
lots for flight operations in this
country to move $4,000 soldiers a
month across the United States.
This operation will be carried on
by commercial airlines under con-
tract with the Army, in the some
manner as the air movement of
military personnel overseas by the
Air Transport Command"
It is expected 70 or 80 CAT trans
port planes and $50 former airline
pilots will be assigned to this job.
Both the release Of former rail-
road men and the new air troop
movement program were approx.
ed by John w. Snyder, Director
of War Mobilization and Recover
sion, and Col. J. Monroe johnson
Director of Defense Transporta.
ton, with whom Patterson conferr.
ed earlier.
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Petain Defense To Request Trial Postponen1ent
In Order To Get Testimony of Pierre Laval

regime. The prosecution also has
built up a case in which Laval is
depicted as the principal conspir.
ator in plot to bring Petain to
head of Dictatorship"
Weygand, first important witness
for the defense in a trial that al
ready has seen more than 1000, 900
words written into the record, was
brought under guard from mill.
tary hospital to testify for Petain,
accused of intelligence with Ger
many and plotting against France.
Weygand made the first asser-
ton ever submitted that Petain did
anything to halt the French from
resisting the Anglo-American in
vasion of North Africa.