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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04
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Use a curling iron to stretch the
fingers of washable kid gloves.
Bacon fat and salt pork drip
pings add to the flavor of kale,
turnips and legumes.
When ripping clothing with a
two-edged razor blade, cut a slit
in a cork and put it on one side
of the blade to protect your hands
from being cut.
Pin perfume-soaked dabs of cot
ton to the hens of garments to
lend a subtle fragrance to body
and clothes.
As far as possible all windows
in a house should have a similar
appearance from the outside; if
the draperies hang straight, sheer
curtains used with them should
also hang straight.
In the kitchen where but little
space is available, place the trays
from under the gas burners atop
of the burners. A good place to
stack the soiled dishes before
washing them.
Because of the residue of animal
fats, which pelts naturally have,
some perfumes suffer unpleasant
distortions when applied to furs.
So, it's a good idea to test out the
compatibility of your muskrat or
mink with your own perfume be-
fore you whoosh or a lot of the
fragrance.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04
Girl and Boy Play Suits

pLAY toys for boy or girl-little
l tots will love this practical set
made in corduroy with bright flow
er applique. Sisters dress has
pert pulled sleeves-and she may
have overalls just like brothers!
Use pretty scraps for the applique.
4 and S years. Size 2. dress, requires 1la
yards of IS or 39-inch material: panties.
"a yard: overalls. ia yards.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04
Farm Fire Loss Can
Be Greatly Reduced
Prevention Is Real
Solution to the Farmer

0S~~ASAA w SAAS oAAAAS~
FARMERS must become better
l fire fighters, If they are to reduce
the nations staggering farm fire
losses.
Preparedness to deal with fire IN
wolves first, having available the
necessary fire fighting equipment,
second, keeping such equipment in
operating condition. and third. know
ing how to use it effectively.
The investment in a sufficient
number of hand and wheeled ex-
tinguishers to protect living quar-.
tiers, barns. tractors and trucks is
small when compared to the poten-
tial destruction Of one good fire.
When buying fire fighting equipment,
look for the label Of the Under
writer's Laboratories which shows
that the equipment measures up to
standards acceptable to fire safety
engineers.
Some one O. two persons who can
be depended upon to do a conscien-
tious job should be given the respon-
sibility Of inspecting fire fighting
equipment regularly. %recharging ex-
tinguishers according to directions.
Seeing to it that every adult on
the farm knows how to use the
equipment is perhaps the easiest
part of the job. Fire fighting, be-
fore fire gets to the terrifying stage,
is interesting and people like to
learn how to master a blaze. In
some rural areas, professional fire
fighters are invited to stage DEM
on%strations and drills at which farm
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04
New Tree Planter

"A new type Of tree planter has
made its bow. It can put in three
miles of trees set six to eight feet
apart in a single hour.
Drawn by a tractor, the planter
can be handled by one man who
feeds the young trees into a narrow
trench dug by a wedge-shaped pillow.
The planter is used in establishing
shelterbelts and windbreaks and
works well on ground formerly cult
waited or where there is only a Light
sod.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04

the dishes got greasy.
In our cabin we had water only
twice a day. to 9 in the morn
ing, and $50 to $50 in the evening.
It was unheated, so we shaved in
cold water.
We correspondents knew where
we were going. Some Of the officers
knew. and the rest could guess.
But some Of the soldiers thought we
were going to Russia over the Muir
mansk route. and some thought it
was Norway, and some Iceland. A
few sincerely believed we were re-
turning to America. 1t wasn't until
the fifth day out, when the army
distributed booklets on how to con-
duct ourselves in North Africa, that
everybody knew where we were
going.
The troops were warned about
smoking or using flashlights
on deck at night, and against
throwing cigarets or orange
peels overheard. 1t seems a sub
commander can spot a convoy,
hours after it has passed, by
such floating debris.
One night a nurse came on deck
with a brilliant lashlight guiding
her. An officer screamed at her-so
loudly and viciously that I thought
at first he was doing it in fun. He
beloved:
Put out that light, you blankety-
blank blank! Haven't you got any
sense at alp"
Then l realized he meant every
word Of it. One little light might
have killed US all. I was sorry he
didn't kick her pants for good
measure.
Smoking was prohibited in the din
ing room. There was a bar with soft
drinks. but no liquor was sold. AS
someone wisecracked, I'VE catch it
both ways. We can't smoke because
it's a British ship, and we can't
buy liquor because it's an Ameri-
can trooper"
GIs Show Talent.
The trip no sooner started than
rehearsals for an enlisted mems
variety show began. They dug up
an accordionist. a saxophonist. a
trumpeter, a violinist, two banjo
players, a dancer. a tenor. a cow
boy singer and several pianists.
They rehearsed every afternoon.
The big night came a couple OF
nights before we got to Gibraltar.
They put on two shows that night,
for the enlisted men only. Word got
around, and the officers and nurses
wanted to see the show, so the night
we were approaching Gibraltar they
put it on again.
The show went I'VE terrifcally
There was genuine talent in it, and
serious music as well as the whiz.
bang stuff. But the hero Of the eve.
ming was a hairy corporal-Joe
Comita Of Brooklyn-who did a
strip-tease burlesque of Gypsy Rose
Lee.
His moven. ents were pure genius.
Gypsy herself couldn't have beer
more sensuous. Joe twirled and
stripped, twirled and stripped. Ano
then when he was down to his
long. heavy CT underwear he swung
to the front Of the stage, lifted his
veil. and kissed a ~front-row colone.
on top of his bald head.
The whole show was marvelously
good. But there was something
more to it than just that: There was
the knowledge, deep in everybody's
mind. that this was our night Of
danger.
The radio had just brought wore
that Germany's entire U.boat pack
was concentrated in the approaches
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04
Men Anxious to Move Forward

Now that the first phase is over,
a new jubilance has come over the
troops. There is a confidence and
enthusiasm among them that didn't
exist in England, even though NOR
ale was high there. They were i'm
patient to get started and get 1t
over. and now that they've started
and feel sort Of like veterans. they
are eager to sweep on through.
That first night If landing, when
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04

Years of hard work 60 up in smoke.
hands in the entire area may be
present.
While the outbreak of fire cannot
always be avoided, many fires are
due entirely to carelessness or neg
ligence. Most preventable fires on
farms are caused by defective CHM
neys and heating apparatus. fam
mable wood single roofs. spontane-
GUS ignition of rubbish. improper
use of electricity. carelessness with
matches and cigarettes, hammable
liquids, and lightning. Correction
of these hazards can be accom-
plished by proper maintenance Of
the farm property and by the de-
velopment of safe habits on the part
of all those on the farm.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04

they came ashore in big steel motor
lied invasion barges, many funny
things happened. One famous officer
intended to drive right ashore in a
jeep, but they let the folding end
of the barge down too soon and the
jeep drove of into eight feet Of wa.
ter. Other barges rammed ashore
so hard the men jumped off without
even getting their feet wet and were
soon at their posts.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04
Agriculture
In the News
By w. J. DRYDEN

Corncob's Many Uses
The utilization of corncobs for
Missouri Meerschaums is well
known. and has been an outlet for
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04
Squeeze the Trigger

At Fort Custer, Mich, a soldier
is taught to squeeze instead of pull
the trigger of his rifle by a con-
traption that, when he makes this
mistake, gives him a resounding
whack on the seat of his pants.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04
At distributing.

From now onward, stretching for
months and months into the future,
life is completely changed for thou.
sands Of American boys on this side
Of the earth. For at last they are in
there fighting.
The jump from camp life into
front-line living is just as great as
the original jump from civilian life
into army. Only those who served
in the last war Can conceive OF
the makeshift, deadly urgent, al
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT complexion Of
front-line existence. And existence
is exactly the word; it is nothing
more.
The last Of the comforts are
gone. From nov on you sleep in
bedrolls under little tents. You
wash whenever and wherever
you can. You carry your food on
your back when you are fighting.
You dig bitches for protection
from bullets and from the chill
north wind of the Mediter-
anean There are no more hot
water taps. There are no post
exchanges where you can buy
cigarets. There are no movies.
When you speak to a civilian you
have to wrestle with a foreign Ian.
guage. You carry just enough cloth
ing to v you and no more. You
don't lug any knickknacks at all.
When u troops made their first
landings in North Africa they went
four days without even blankets,
just catching a few hours sleep on
the ground.
Everybody either lost or chucked
aside some Of his equipment. Like
most troops going into battle for the
first time, they all carried too much
at first. Gradually they shed it. The
boys tossed out personal gear from
their musette bags and filed them
with ammunition. The countryside
for 20 miles around Oran was
strewn with o~vercoats. field jackets
and mess kits as the soldiers moved
on the city.
Arabs will be going around
for q whole generation clad in
odd pieces of American army
uniforms.
At the moment our troops are
bivouacked for miles around each
of three large centers of occupa-
ton - Casablanca. Oran and Al
giers. They are consolidating, fitting
in replacements. making repairs
spending a few days taking a deep
breath before moving on to other
theaters of action.
They are camped in every con-
ceivable way. In the city Of Oran
some are billeted in Office buildings,
hotels and garages. Some are camp
ing in parks and big, vacant lots
on the edge Of town. Some are miles
away. out in the country. living on
treeless stretches of prairie.
The American soldier Is quick ir
adapting himself to a new mode Of
living. Outfits which have been here
only three days have dug vast net
works of bitches three feet deep ir
the bare brown earth. They have
rugged up a light here and there
with a storage battery. They have
gathered boards and made floors
and sideboards for their tents tc
keep out the wind and sand. They
have hung out their washing, anc
painted their names over the ten
flaps. You even see a soldier sitting
on his front STEP Of an evening
playing a violin.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04

0NE, two or three crocheted
~ butterflies form the edge of
lovely towels, s~carfs, or pillow
cases embroidered in these floral
motifs.
Butterfly In pineapple design ~crocheted
in no time. Pattern 1888 has transfer
pattern of S motifs averaging S by II
inches: crochet directions. For this pat.
tern send Is cents in coins. YOU name.
address and the pattern number.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
Is required in filling orders for a few Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send you order to-:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04

to Gibraltar. More than so subs
were said to be waiting for us.
doubt that there was q soul on
board who expected the night to
pass without an attack.
And in that environment the boys
from down below went through
their performances buoyantly. We
sat with life preservers on and wa.
ter canteens at our belts. We
laughed and cheered against q
background Of semi-conscious lis.
tening for other sounds. AS the show
ended a major said to me:
That's wonderful, those boys
doing this when they're being
taken to war like galley slaves
down there In the hold. When
you think Of people at home
squawking their heads of be-
cause they a only have 20
gallons of gasoline it makes
your blood boil"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04
BY Ernie Pyle

1t was a miserable English day
when we sailed-cold, with q driv-
ing rain. Most Of US just lay in our
hunks. Indifferent even to the tradi-
tional last glance at land.
The ship seemed terribly crowded,
and some complained bitterly Of the
food, and didn't eat for days. The
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04

worst lie
was a lack of hot
W a t e r. British
standards Of sani-
tation are so diff
ferent from ours
that the contrast
is s o m m e s
shocking. T h e
water for wash
ing dishes was
only tepid. and
there was no
soa0 As q result
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04

cOrncObS for many
years. There are
newer uses, how.
ever. which give
promise Of offer.
ing addition a !
profit to the corn
grower.
1t is now pos.
sible. and prac'
teal to produce
gasoline from the
c%orncobs.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
On the Roll of Honor

1912 and had been overseas 18
months.
Sergt. Norman r. McGaha, 27,
husband of Mrs. Ethel L. McGaha,
6004 Third street NV, was wounded
for the third time on Tinian on
July 7, but has returned to active
duty, according to the Navy De-
partment.
Overseas with Marine Corps
unit for the last year, Sergt. McGaha
was first wounded in the Marshall
Islands in March and three months
later was wounded on Saipan. Be-
fore entering the service in 1887, he
was employed by the Peoples Life
Insurance Co. He was born in Po-
tomac, Md, and attended high
school in Rockville, Md
Sergt. Curtis c. Reeves, Marine
Corps Reserve, whose wife formerly
lived at 622 North Washington street,
Alexandria, also was listed by the
Navy Department today as wounded
in action
Corpl. William r. Pickin, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur r. Pickin, 31OO
Seventh street north, Arlington,
was listed by the Navy Department
today as wounded in action. A story
appeared In The Star when his par
|ents were notified.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Missing

Comdr. Henry Robert Dozier, IL,
U. S. N, husband Of Mrs. Loretta
Agnes Dozier. 3305 Carolina avenue,
Alexandria, has been reported by
the Navy Department as missing in
action.
Before leaving for sea duty two
years ago, Comdr. Dozier was sta
toned with the Bureau of Aero
nautics at the Navy Department
here. A native of Omaha, Nebr., he
was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1927 He has two sons,
John and Henry Robert Dozier, jr.,
and two daughters, Joanne and An
gela Dozier.
First 1t. Woody J. Warren, "a,
pilot of Flying Fortress, has been
missing over Germany since Deem
Der 8. the War Department in
formed his wife, who lives at 6217
Forty-second avenue, Hyattsville,
Md. He is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Warren, 6220 Forty-second
avenue, Hyattsville.
1t. Warren was graduated from
Hyattsville High School and at
tended the University of Maryland.
Prior to entering the Army in No
vember, 1912, he was inspector of
construction at the Naval Medical
Center at Bethesda. Stationed in
Italy with the 18th Air Force, 1t.
Warren has been awarded the Dis
Itinguished Flying Cross with clus-
ter and Air Medal with four clus-
ters. He recently was promoted to
squadron commander. His wife
works for the Woodbridge Realty Co.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Jan. 2.-The British
government has refused to permit
the former Republican Premier Of
Spain, DR.. Juan Negrin, to broad
cast tonight to a meeting In New
Yorks Madison Square Garden,
called to urge establishment of a
democratic regime in Spain.
A foreign Office spokesman said
today the refusal was on grounds
that no facilities were available,
and that the former premier had
promised when he arrived in Lon
don that he would not indulge in
political matters.
DR.. Negrin will not be prohibited
from sending his message to New
York by cable, the spokesman said.
TO grant DR.. Negrin permission
to broadcast for political purposes" !"
the British spokesman said, would
constitute an unwarranted excep-
ton and justify the expressed
grievances Of other persons with
stronger cases who In the past have
been refused similar facilities"
Correspondents asked for similar
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Tennessee Rivers Rise;
Cold Wave Grips South

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Jan. "A raging
Cumberland River brought a food
peril to Tennessee today, while the
South shivered in a severe cold
wave.
Lowland dwellers of the Cumber-
land Valley moved out of their
homes as the stream passed 2 feet
above flood stage at Nashville and
continued to rise.
Upriver, where about 20 families
moved out of their homes at Garth
age, the stream was receding. A few
families at Murfreesboro went to
higher ground when the Stone River
left its banks, but the danger passed
during the night.
The cold wave, moving in from
Canada, hit the South after spell
of balmy weather from Christmas
to New Years.
The chill winds were felt as far
South as Northern Florida, but
there was no danger to the citrus
crop, the Weather Bureau said.
Coolest weather of the winter was
forecast for Arkansas, with a mini
mum Of 10 degrees forecast for this
morning. Snow flurries accompanied
the biting winds in the Carolinas,
Kentucky and Tennessee. A low of
80 was predicted for New Orleans
today.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Panama S Foreign Minister
Resigns on U. 5. Visit
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
ROCHESTER,, Mimi, Jan. a.
Samuel Lewis announced here yes
terday that he. had resigned as
Foreign Minister of Panama. Mr.
Lewis, here with his wife who is
recuperating from an operation
said his action was based on the
decision >: of President Ricardo
Adolfo de la Guardia to dissolve
the National Assembly, suspend
the constitution and call for ma
tional elections in May.
Mr.. Lewis said that most of the
other cabinet members had re-
signed Immediately and that he
himself had acted as soon as he
knew the others had resigned.
Mr.. Lewis, his son, Gabriel, and
his daughter. GARNER, expect to
leave here today by plane for
Panama City.
PANAMA, Jan. 2 lP.-National
Assembly Delegates who have taken
refuge in the Panama Canal Zone
will meet within 10 days to elect a
new President to challenge the
continuance in office of President
Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia,
Deputy Alfredo Aleman, a leader
IN the movement, said last night.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Killed

Killed
First 1t. Hugh Claybourne Bowers
first pilot of a Bit who had been
reported last August as missing in a
raid over Germany, has been killed
in action, the War Department has
informed his wife. Mrs. Dolores
Bowers, 50O4 Eleventh street south,
Arlington. He was a graduate of
Paul Junior High School and of
Roosevelt High School.
Entering the service in March,
1941, he obtained his wings at Bly,
theville, Ark, in october, 1943, and
went overseas in April. 1914. He
was decorated with the Air Medal
with three Oak Leaf Clusters for
many missions. His co-pilot, James
F. Doster. of Montgomery, Ala, also
was killed in the same action, Mrs.
Bowers said.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Dolores Bowers; a son, Hugh Jeffrey
Bowers, 81 months old; his father,
L. w. Bowers; mother, Mrs. E. A.
Jacobs of this city, and a brother,
Hollis w. Bowers of New York City
Pvt. Jacob Willie Wingo, 26, in
fantry, was killed in action in Ger
many December 4, the War Depart
ment notified his family. His
Evening star., 1945-01-02
|285 Trapped in Ohio
BY Snowstorm Saved;
IS Are HospitaIized
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Jan.
2.-More than IS persons, res
cued from drift blocked highway
25 south of here, were admitted
to hospitals today for treatment
of frostbite and exposure.
More than 200 others, caught by
the sudden blizzard that swept
across Ohio yesterday, were brought
into Bowling Green by school buses
after bulldozers rammed a path
through drifts that reached as high
as feet.
The highway patrol, which spent
the night blowing to the marooned
motorists and bus passengers, re-
ported that a group also was sent
to hospitals in Findlay.
Bowling Green University Hos
pital was filled with the first Is pa
tients brought in. Twenty-Five men
were quartered in Kohl Hall and IS
women sent to Shatzel Hall on the
university campus.
With the mercury at 5 below, the
hospital ran out Of coal about mid
night and Viz trainees at the school
carried coal from a reserve pile on
the campus.
The highway patrol said two buses
and about rs automobiles were
trapped in the blockade, located at
Jerry City, crossroads settlement
7 miles south of here.
The snow, whipped by a wind,
piled up in drifts that became SO
hard bulldozers were unable to ram
through some of them. The high
way department sent all of its heavy
equipment in this area into the
region in an effort to clear a path
for six school buses to- bring out
the motorists.
None of the patients under treat
ment here were reported in serious
condition. One man died at the
scene, but his death was attributed
to heart attack.
Thirty-f1ve people were stranded
in farm home at Millwood, after
a Columbus-to-Canton bus stalled
in drifts.
Veteran highway workers de-
scribed the storm as the worse We
have ever SEEN"
Evening star., 1945-01-02
$50 Super Forts Bagged
Or Damaged, Japs Claim
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Toxic newspaper Asahi esti-
mated today that approximately
$50 B-29 bombers" have been de-
stroyed or damaged since they began
attacking Japan six months ago.
The newspapers estimate was re-
ported in Japanese domestic propa-
ganda broadcast intercepted by the
Federal Communications Com7nis-
sion. 1t claimed about 1000 Ameri-
can airmen were lost.
1t arrived at the $50 figure by
adding together 158 Super Forts
claimed shot down, including those
unconfirmed; 146 claimed damaged,
and guess that 240 were hit in jap
anese raids on B-29 bases in the
Marianas, China and India.
The figure is roughly so times
larger than announced American
losses, which do not include the
number damaged. @
There is = why for every bond you
buy-buy War Bonds today and
make them pay. s-