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Evening star., 1945-12-02

own epic of the Napoleonic period,
"War and Peace"
Among current biographies, re-
serves on Samuel Adams "A. Wooll-
colt, His Life and His World" Emily
Hahn's China to Me-" Henry w.
Miller's "All Our Lives: Alice Duer
Miller" and Claude Bowers Young
jefferson" indicate the readers
catholicity of taste. Equally diverse
Is the demand for serious reading
on contemporary problems as exem-
plified by requests for Sir William
Beveridge's Full Employment In
Free Society" Gunnar Myrdals
"The American Dilemma" The
Teacher in America" by Jacques
Barzun, and Latin America in the
Future World" edited by George H,
Soule.
Authors popular in the '20s whose
latest works keep them in the public
eve are Louis Bromfield, whose
pleasant Valley" is a potential IN
spiration for those who yearn for
rural living; Henry l.. Mencken,
whose supplement T. TO the Amer
ican Language" suggests years OF
good reading to come, and the late
r. Scott Fitzgerald, memorialized in
"The Crack-Up," edited by Edmund
Wilson, and enjoying a revival OF
interest in his earlier novels. notably
This Side of Paradise" Great
Gatsby" and the more recent Ten
der Is the Night"
For the AnfhOrs
For the writer In Washington
there are certain advantages offered
by the Public Library. For one
thing, most of the books can be
taken home for leisurely perusal and
reference as the manuscript gets
under way on the authors desk; for
another, readers advisers are avail
able to help locate information
quickly and identify Elusive facts.
quotations, titles and other memoir
abilia floating near the surface Of
the authors mind.
The Washingtoniana division of the
Central Library has great resources
in local history open to authors and
research workers. Authors of sew
eral recent books on the Nations
history have checked chapters con-
corning events in Washington with
material in the local history division.
The Peabody room at the George
town branch Is library Of historical
documents. prints and writings con-
corning the old town which was a
Potomac port for the colony OF
Maryland before Washington city
was founded. Local and visiting
authors draw freely on its resources
for information concerning the Co
lonial period, and more modern in-
formation about the historic area
west Of Rock Greek.
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Clara Herbert.

attract slow or reluctant readers
and encourage them to follow
through to a higher reading level.
In line with the great books
program for adults the director of
work with young people is expert
menting this year with discussion
groups for teen-age youths, short
summer session in group discussion
having proved remarkably success
full.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

EDUCATORS and those working
with returned veterans are
worried because many young
nien express reluctance to return to
the schoolroom to complete their
education. In Washington, the
Public Library. established by act of
Congress in 1896 as "a supplement
Of the public educational system"
stands ready to help the veteran
carry on his education under his own
power.
The excellent texts in mathe-
matics. physics and other sciences
developed for the use Of the Army
and Navy are available at all
library agencies, and the tech
nology division of the Central
Library at Eighth and K streets has
issued an excellent list, BE Ready
for Your Next Opportunity" which
win be invaluable to the man or
woman learning a vocation or
brushing up ON latent skills. The
work interests room also has special
lied In veterans needs, and is work
ing In close cooperation with other
local agencies serving the returned
soldier
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OccwbafionaI Therapy Aids


The art division at the central
building and art collections at the
branches have been drawn upon
heavily by occupational therapists
working at Walter Reed, Mount Alto
and the Naval Hospital for such
volumes as Arthur L. Guptill's
Color In Sketching and Rendering
and Practical Pottery for Crafts
men and Students" by Roy H.
Jenkins. There IS also demand for
other craft books. such as Mar
guerite lexis ARTS and Craft"
"The Weaver's Craft" by L. E.
Simpson and Mary Meigs Atwater's
the Shuttle Craft Book OF Amer
ican Hand Weaving"
The music division not only offers
books on all phases OF musical art,
biographies of musicians and works
on appreciation such as the cur
rently popular The Musical Scene,
by virgil Thomson, but also has
scores available to organized groups
of players and listening room for
recordings.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

older cookbooks, always popular,
are again being taken from the
shelf. Among them Fannie Farmers
Boston Cooking School Cook Book"
and Mrs. Simon Kander's The
Settlement Cook Book" take prec-
edence. Both housewives and
students create q demand for the
latest edition of Roses Foundations
of Nutrition" Pattee's "Vitamins
and Minerals for Everyone" and
other recent works on diet, nutrition
and health.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Plato as Best Seller

It may surprise many readers to
learn that Plato is today one of
the Public Library's best sellers"
Last year q great books program
was initiated by the library,
financed by a grant from the Educa-
tional Fund. Inc, to cover a three
year experiment in conducting dis
cussion groups. This program has
been under the leadership of such
well-known educators as DR.. String
fellow Barr, DR.. Scott Buchanan and
Mrs. lola Scofield In 1944-5 it met
with an enthusiastic reception by
Washingtonians, and late in the
summer of 1945 there was still a
lively demand for Plato. Herodotus,
Cervantes, Arostotle, and other
classic writers as well as for works
OF some of the more modern. as
Karl Marks Capital" Veblen's
Theory of the Leisure Glass" and
Lewis Mumford's Technics and
Civilization"
The 1856 great books program
Is under the guidance of DR.. John
w. Powell, who served on the staf1
Of the experimental college Of Wis
consin University, was director OF
the School of Social Studies in
San Francisco, and more recently
was in charge OF professional
services at the War Relocation
Authority at Poston, Ariz., from
which he came to Washington.
Full details of the group-reading
program may be obtained from the
Once of Adult Education ate the
central building at Eighth and X
streets NV, where reference may
also be made to the books which
are being used in the current series
The Postwar Interests
With the cessation of hostilities
Washington's frustrated apartment
and boarding house dwellers who
had been dreaming for years of
building q home besieged the Public
Library for books on home planning,
costs, financing, remodeling. dec
Grating and furnishing. Reserves
have rolled up on B. K. Johnstone's
Building or Buying a House" and
Royal Barry Wills Houses for
Good Living" Houses For Home
makers" and his earlier Better
Houses for Budgeteers."
Victory gardeners who obtained
sound advice on vegetable gardening
from Paul Dempsey's Grow Your
Own Vegetables" and pictures Of
what to aim for in Vegetable
Gardening In Color" by Daniel J..
Foley, are swinging back to special
lied works like Rosetta Clarkson's
Green Enchantment," on herb
gardens; Horace McFarland's Mod
ern Roses" and his Garden Bulbs
In Color" now that Hollands bulbs
are coming back on the market.
With relaxation in tooo rationIng
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Child Care

During the past year the library
has begun working with and for the
junior Washingtonian before he is
born. Through the Public Health
Clinics for Servicemen's Wives, the
sociology division of the library
and several neighborhood branches
have furnished approved books to
women attending the clinics classes
on mother and child care Standard
in this field are "Expectant Mother
hood" by Nicholson j. Eastman;
Approaching Motherhood" by
George L. Brodhead, and Mother
and Baby Care in Pictures" by
Louise Zabriskie. As the child grows
older, the mothers ask for such
titles as Babies Are Human Beings"
by Charles A. Aldrich, and the very
popular books by DIR. Arnold L.
Gesell, The First Five Years of
Life" and Infant and Child in the
Culture of Today" Mothers of older
Children find guidance in such works
as DR.. Winifred Richmond's MAX
ing the Most of Your Personality"
Jean Grossman's do You Know
Your Daughter?" Harry c. Nc
Kown's "A Boy Grows Up" and
THE Happy Family" by John Levy.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Tom Ory0sD's Youth

With the establishment Of a Com
mittee for Work With Young People
under the direction of permanent
chairman, the Public Library has
recognized the importance Of
bridging for adolescents the gap be-
tween the boys and girls loom
and the adults library. During the
past two years, training has been
extended to high school classes in
the use of library facilities. In
supervised visits to the library
the students are instructed in the
use of card catalogue and periodical
indexes, keys that unlock vast
storehouses of the worlds knowl-
edge. The committee also works on
the problems of book selection for
recreational reading, with particular
attention to finding books that will
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
ZONES Hurt When
Cruiser Reno Hit

Gun1ler's Mate SIC Clarence
(Pinky) Jones was wounded
when his ship, the light cruiser
Reno, was struck by a Japan
csc torpedo last Nov. 8, while
operating with task force 3S in
the Philippine sea.
Jones, who was in Hardin
this spring on leave, recovered
from his wounds some time ago
but was not allowed to give any
information about the ship
while here.
The navy said last Saturday
that the Reno was part of a
group standing by after the
battle for Leyte gulf in case
warning a torpedo crashed in
to her port side.
The toll was four killed and
Al missing. The ship was lowed
800 miles to an advanced base
for emergency repairs and then
proceeded under her own DOW
er to the Charleston. S. C. navy
yard.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
New Store Opens
In Hdrdi1l Toduy

The new Marshall-Wels store
under the management of c,
A. Simmns, opened here today.
The interior Of the store is
similar to that of the hundreds
of Marsholl-Wells stores 10 be
found from. Michigan to ! the
Pacific coast.
Stock includes many haru to-
get items, and will be even
more complete as other items
become available, Mr.. Simmons
said.
Members of the Marshall
Wells company's Billings branch
here for the opening include
George S. McQuade, w. c. New
man, ]. r. Mckee, E. H. Berg
and E. L. JanSS.
Here for several weeks pre-
cedtng the opening was E. F.
kloppman, sales promotion
manager, who was in charge OF
store merchandising.
Mr.. Simmons has lived in
Hardin tor several months and
has been in the hardware bust
ness for the past Il years.
Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day have been designated as
grand opening days..
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
MORE NDUCTEES
TO TAKE EXAMS

That the end of the war does
not mean the end of the draft
Is graphically illustrated in
Hardin this week as a group of
young men leaves tonight to go
to Butte to take pre-induction
examinations.
The list includes Joaquin s.
Lopez, Cedric Walks Over Ice,
Jr., Charles E. Fergerson, Jr.,
Daniel E. Slough, Frederick M.
mond E. kirkpatrick (transfer-
red to Portland, Ore.), Harley
E. Arndt, Dale J. Redmond.
Erwin J. Kuck, Leonard Little
Light, Elmer B. Yarlott, Elyis e.
mccarthy transferred from Wa
tonga, Okla.), and Ted L. Eat
on transferred from Enid.
Okla.).
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
Bronfeld Talks
To Locdl Lions

Captain w. F. Bromfield,
commanding officer at the No.
l camp of the German prison.
ers of war here, was the princi-
pal speaker at the first regular
meeting of the Hardin Lions
club for the 1945-46 season on
Monday evening at the Masonic
temple.
His address closed the pro-
gram and he was introduced
by the program chairman, Carl
S. Carter.
Lowell Painter presided at the
meeting in the absence of
President Chester Bounous.
Guests of the club were E. l..
Smith of Crow Agency and r.
J. Jones of Hardin.
Bert w. Kronmiller, who was
recently appointed Lions zone
chairman. outlined plans for a
zone meeting to be held Sum
day in Billings. Several men,
bers of the Hardin club will
accompany Mr.. Kronmiller to
this session.
MIR. Painter explained the
plans of the Veterans Service
council in Hardin and stated
that I. L. De11nert will be In
charge of the Veterans service
center. The club voted to con-
tribute SIS per year toward
the maintenance of the council
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
Seventh Cavalry
In Jdp Capital

The strains of the famous
battle march "Garryowen" his
torically linked with the Battle
of the Little Big Horn and Gus
ter's last stand, were heard on
the streets of Tokyo when the
U. S. Seventh cavalry acted
as honor guard for General
Douglas Macarthur when he
entered Tokyo.
The Seventh, which defeated
Chief Black Kettle and his
Cheyenne and kioWas Indians
at the Battle of the Washita
Oh Nov. 27, 1859, only to meet
tragic defeat on a hill overlook
ing the Little Big Horn river,
added another milestone to its
colorful history and tradition
as it marched past the down
town buildings OF the enemy
capital, the first of American
occupation troops to enter the
city.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
REA MEETING
AT ST. XAVIER

w. A. Kirkman, REA super
visor, has calld an REA meet
ing at the st. Xavier school
house at 7:30 pm. on Sept. Is
for the purpose of clearing up
all matters pertaining to ease
ments and right-of-ways.
All persons liveing In the St.
Xavier area, regardless of how
far their residences are from
present power lines, are urged
to be present. All land owners
whether they have already
signed up for REA service or
rot, are asked to come and
bring along the legal descript-
ions of their land.
The power line will soon be
extended in the St. Xavier area
and the sooner legal matters are
in order. the sooner the service
can be given.
Mr.. Kirkman said it would
require several months to call
on each individual, and that
full attendance at the meeting
would save both time and ex-
penSe.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
ANNOUNCE NEW
RATION STAMPS

OPA announced recently that
sugar stamp No. 80 in Book 4
Is the stamp now valid for su-
gar. Sugar stamp 81 is being
skipped because 1t was attach
ed to many sugar applications
by mistake last summer.
The green ration stamps in
Book 4 will be used for meats
and fats, probably only the
latter. after the red stamps are
exhausted. Plans for the issu-
ing of Book S were cancelled,
making the use of stamps in
Book 4 necessary. The green
stamps will be validated in the
following order: N8 to Z8, MS
to rs, NJ to 70 and nj to II.
Industrial rubber footwear is
no longer rationed. It is the
fifth commodity group to be
freed from ration controls since
the surrender of Japan. Other
commodities previously released
We're gasoline, fuel oil, oil stoves
and proceSsed foods. Rubber
boots and work shoes are now
off the ration list.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
Crickets Menace
AHdfd Seed Crop

The large black crickets in
evidence in large numbers in
Big Horn county this year are
q definite menace to the alfal-
ia seed crop but cam be con-
trolled easily by the use of
grasshopper bait, County Agent
A. L. johnson said this week.
Mr.. johnson said many farm
ers had asked about the crick-
cts. They will completely de-
stroy the alfalfa seen in a field
when they are present in large
numbers. They feed at night,
crawling up the plants and de-
vouring the seed which has
formed in the pods. the county
agent pointed out.
The crickets readily eat poi
soned graSShopper bait and die
as a result, Mr.. johnson said.
They are more easily controll-
ed in alfalfa than are the
hopperS. To be most effective,
the bait should be spread at
night.
The crickets will eat alfalfa
seed even after the alfalfa is
cut and In shocks. Mr.. Johnson
advised farmers to use the bait
at once to save the seed crop.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13

PVT. LESLIE LAFRANIER
Pvt. Leslie LaFranier, IS, is
the fourth son of MI. and Mrs.
Eli LaFIianier Of Hardin to en-
ter the armed forces of the
United States.
Indicted into the army In
March, 1945, he received his
basic training at Ft. Sill, Okla.
He spent a two-weeks furlough
in Hardin in August before 60
ing to San Francisco, where he
now is stationed.
He attended the Hard in
schools.
His brothers include Seaman
First Glass Francis LaF'ranier
in the Pacific, Petty Officer
Third Glass Martin LaFranier
who has Just returned from du-
ty in the Pacific and is now
in California, and Pfc. Ernest
LaFranier. who is on his way
home after being liberated from
q Japanese prisoner of war
camp.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
LEGION DRIVES
FOR MEMBERSHIP

At the regular meeting of
Hardin Post No. 8 of the Am
erican Legion Tuesday evening
at the Masonic temple, one of
the principal matters of bust
ness was discussion of a men,
bership drive which will be
launched at once.
A total membership of 300 is
hoped for by the first of the
year it was stated.
Appointed to the membership
committee were Joe Zacek, w.
A. Kirkman and I. L. Dehnert.
These men will appoint their
own subcommittee.
Mr.. Dehnert was also ap-
pointed chairman of the pub
Lefty committee.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
Presses For
Start on Dam
SuYs BoYsen Project
May Be Given Priority
Unless Action Token Now

Hugh Wells, secretary of the
Big Horn Canyon Irrigation
and Power company, this week
received a letter from John J.
Harris urging that citizens of
this area Immediately write
Montana legislators in Wash
ington urging that work. on the
Yellowtail project be begun at
once, and that no priority be
granted BoySen dam in Wyo-
ming.
Mr.. Harris said he had made
a recent trip to Washington,
and after seeing several gov
eminent officials he finally
called upon a Mr.. Vernon. The
reasons, Mr.. Harris said, for the
change in plan were give.l as
follows: when congress OILY
allowed about two thirds of the
appropriate for Montana and
Wyoming, it was necessary for
the U. S. R. S. to change its
plans for obstruction and so
Messers. Comstock and Sloan of
Billings decided it would be
best to build Boysen first and
let the Yellowtail project await
the authorization and appro-
priation of more mney by con-
gress".
Mr.. Harris letter continues:
This caused me to ask MIR,
Vernon why they did not divide
the funds so that both projects
could be started at the same
time. His response was that
they simply did not wish to do
that. I replied that would have
been the thing to do If they de-
sired to treat both projects
equally, as per their letter to
me of Feb. 81, 1945."
After his interview with Mr..
Vernon, Mr.. Harris and the
company's Washington attorney
called on Senator James E.
Murray, only member of the
Montana delegation then in
Washington, and secured from
him a promise of full coopera-
ton in the matter. Senator
Murray. said he would appear
before the U. S. r. s. person
ally and ask for equal consid-
Grafton for the two projects.
John Wattawa, the attorney,
followed the interview with q
letter to Senator Murray en-
phasizing that Montana should
have at least equal rights with
Wyoming to the waters of the
Big Horn, and pointing out
that loss of water rights for
irrigation and power to the
company formed in Hardin
might result If the construction
of the Yellowtau project is de-
layed.
Mr.. Harris closed his letter
with an urgent appeal to Big
Horn county citizens to write
to Senator Murray and other
legislators urging equal con-
sideration of the two projects
to insure he government invest
ment of $34,000,00 and the re-
tention of water rights in Mon
tana..
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
NWF TO MAKE
FINAL APPEAL

The final appeal for the Ma
tional War fund will be made
this fall with the budget set at
Sis, 600, 900 in order to finance
member agencies to liquidation
or the end of 1916, according
to word received this week by
Harry E. Cox, chairman of the
campaign for Big Hrn county.
Mr.. Cox said the National
War fund had advised him that
VI day does not signify i'm
mediate end to the work of
member agencies of the fund
with the exception Of the
American Field service.
USO and USO camp shows
must carry on their programs
Is complete, Mr.. Cox pointed
out. While it is expected there
will be shifts and reductions in
the USO budget, the work in
the Pacific will be maintained
at a high level and USO camp
shows will face expanded pro-
grams for men who are ir
forces of occupation.
United Seamen's service will
also have to continue it's woorl
while the merchant fleets are
engaged in bringing men ane
material home, Mr.. Cox said.
No immediate change is il
sight for the budgets of thu
foreign relief agencies which
are members of the Nationa
War fund. Mr.. Cox pointed ou
that President Truman, in hi
report to the people after hi
return from Potsdam, made ii
clear that the people of this
nation have a responsibility tt
aid the war victims of those
nations which fought with us.
Mr.. Cox also stated that the
peace in the Pacific also now
makes it possible to render in.
creased aid to the Philippine.
and China, both in great need.
In its appeal this fall, thu
National War Fund will urge
the American people to "be
generous in victory.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
LdF rdnier Sole,
Telegram Says

One Hardin lad who had suf-
fered more than three years of
imprisonment in Japanese pris-
Oh camps has been liberated
according to a wire received
here Wednesday morning. He is
Pfc. Ernest LaT1anier, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli LaF'ranier OF
Hardin.
He had been a prisoner OF
war in a camp near Tokyo ever
since the fall OF Corrigedor. The
telegram stated that he was re-
turned to military control on
Sept. 6, 1915, and will be sent
to the United States in the near
future.
La5Tanier has been in the ar
my nearly five years. He enter
ed in October. 1910.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
Football Holds
Top Sport Spot
Good Turnout For
Practice Reported.
First Come Next Friduy

Football took the sports spot
light in Hardin as the Bulldog
squad prepared for its first
contest against Worden, only a
week away on Sept. 81.
The initial game of the sea-
son will be played here.
Coach Hugh Gotham reports
an enthusiastic response to his
call for first team aspirants
with 80 lads reporting for prac-
tice on the first day, Sept. 4.
This Is a larger humble than
has reported for fall sport in
recent years.
Most of the lads are young
and not too much on the beefy
side, but they make up In en-
tflusiasm and hard work what
they lack Tn experience, Gotham
said.
Only three regulars from last
year. Bill Bell, Earl Schoer and
Paul Butkay are returning.
Backfield candidates include
Bell and Schoer. along with
Jim Jones. Dick Smith, Jack
Lang, Vernon OFT, Charles
Armstrong, Lloyd Saunders, Ed
win Jacobson and Cecil Holland
! Striving for first-string line
positions are Butkay, Eugene
Mclaughlin, Tommy Perkins
! Eugene Belts, Jake Sturzen-
egger, Bob Saunders, Bernard
Newark, Dean Iverson, Don
Hammer, Douglas Pauley, Ar
temus Davis, Ken Snively, Sam
Ragland, Jerry Ragland, Corky
Schwend, Bert Kronmiller, Ron
aid Koebbe, Bill Schaller and
Charles Vaughn.
The backfield will average
abuot $50 pounds and the line
about 145, Gotham said.
Seven games have been sche-
duled. Home games include
the tussle with Worden Sept. 81
and contests with Forsyth or
Sept. %, and Roundup Oct. 26
The Bulldogs will meet the
Billings "B" squad Oct. S, For.
syth Oct. IL, Columbus Nov.
and Red Lodge Nov. 9 in out
of-toWn games.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-13
BPW CLUB HEARS
STATE REPORTS

Features of the regular meet
ing of the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's club Monday
evening were summaries of the
state meeting held at Clyde
hurst on the Boulder, given by
Mrs. Hazel Christensen and
Mrs. Grace Dillon.
Hostesses for the first fall
meeting were Mrs. Cora REM
nele and Mrs. Ardelia Kirk
man. The group met at the
Remmele home.
Plans were discussed for fall
activities.
The next meeting will be held
Sept. 10.