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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18
Hover Officer Wins
Bronze Star Medal

Capt. John c. Mccoy of Hover
recently received the Bronze Star
medal for meritorious conduct in
action.
Capt. Mccoy is member of a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18

tank battalion which has been
awarded the presidential unit CT
tation for its action on D-day. The
battalion, now deep in Germany,
has fought its way through st. Lo,
Mortain, Cambria, and, more re-
Gently, the break-through Of the
Siegfried line north of Aachen.
The citation reads. Performing
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18

The citation reads: " Performing
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18

more for less At Sufewoy
Listed below are just few samples of
Sideways low everyday shelf prices.
Try buying all your food needs for q
month at Safeway. The savings will be
q pleasant surprise.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17
Chinese Issue Orders For Japs
 To Stop Fighting

CHUNGKING, Aug. l7-P- Chinese war zone commanders is- sued orders to the Jap troops in their areas to cease military oper- ations immediately and await fur ther instructions. Domei in Tokyo broadcast said It. Gen. Okamura. commander of the Jap forces in China had sent note to Chiang Kai Shek demanding the Chinese forces observe thoroughly the cessation of hostilities immediate ly.'
 Okamura declared his forces were already in a state of ces- sation of hostilities in strict ob- servance to the Imperial com mand," said broadcast recorded by (P, but 'part of the Chung king army is still continuing at- tacks on the Japanese"
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17
ALASKA AIRLINES

Thursday afternoon the regular trip from Anchorage arrived with the following passengers: George Bechett of the C.A.A., V. L. Hoff- man and C. w. Kaiser of the Mat anuska Valley Farmers Assn.
 A capacity load of fresh vege- tables and fresh milk was brought in.
 Outgoing passengers were B. Truckey, Al Anderson and Dr. and Mrs. Parks.
 Pilot Weaver made a trip to Council and brought in L. E. Ost. Two children of Paul Ivanoff
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRwAYs

Arriving from the States We'd nesday evening were Dr. and Mrs. Parks, tourists from California and Frances Bonovsky.
 Departing passengers were Mrs. Mary Grill, Charles Fairweather, C. Yeaton, R. Adamson, Rather inc Morrison, Amelia Myers, MT. and Mrs. George E. Moody, Ar thur Hartford, Ole Hay, Helen Sands, Carl Hanson, Joe Cooper and Eunice Selid.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17
Lend Lease To End As Rapidly. ,1. As Possible r
ttE Ik

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17-tP)- All Lend Lease projects based on war needs will be brought to a close "as rapidly as possible" the government announced.
 Foreign Economic Administra- tor Crowley said Lend Lease will be limited to nations aiding in the problems of redeployment of Uni ed States Military forces.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17
were taken from Golovin to White Mountain where they will enter school. <~ 'e,i
WIEN AIRLINES

Pilot Peterson made a trip yes terday to Kotzebue and Shungnak and brought back Robert Sanford and pr. Foster Bain of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, who left in the evening on the Boeing plane for Fairbanks. Edith Scammon, botan- ist from Cambridge, Mass, was also a passenger on this trip.
 Yesterday Phyllis we'll, Mamie Borowder and Bill o. Laughlin were round trip passen- gers to Pilgrim Springs.
 Wednesday afternoon Barney Crosby, Al Doyle and A. Jackson were round trip passengers to Council.
 Pilot Frank Whaley is out on a charter trip for the Road Commis- sion.
 Incoming passengers on the Boe- ing plane yesterday from Fair banks were MT. and Mrs. Harry Hagen and Mrs. Cousins.
 Departing were MT. and Mrs. w. Connolly and son, Gene Fugget and Sister Magdeline Klippen.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17
AlternateiHandillg Field In Alaska Is AnnOun6edIG

HEADQUARTERS, Alaska De- partment, Aug. 17-1P)-An alter nate landing field is under con- struction in the fog-free area of Point Spencer, the Army has an nounced.
 The new field will supplement the present landing strip at Nome, which often is closed to air traf- fic due to bad flying weather. Sit uated 60 miles from Nome on the Seward peninsula, the Point Spen- cer field will bring "safe and sat- isfactory" flying schedules, the Army said.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17
B. TRUCKEY. AL ANDERSEN RETURN TO STATES

B. Trucky, son of Col. and Mrs. Truckey, who has been employed by the Lomen Commercial Go. during the summer and his friend Al Anderson left via the Alaska Airlines for the States to return to school.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17

A teacher asked her class the difference between results and consequences. A bright pupil re- piled: Results are what you ex- pect; consequences are what you get"
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17

Basic English is system of $50 English words claimed to be suf- ficient for the needs of ordinary conversation and writing.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-17

Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-24
Explanation
Of Symbols

To save time. numerous symbols are
used In these Wyoming well reports.
Here's what they mean:
BOPD--barreEs of oil per day.
BOPH--barreIs Of Oil per hour.
BIS q W-basic sediment and water.
DIST. or DST-drEIl stem test.
MIRT-moving In rotary tools.
MOCT-moving on cable tools.
PB or P.Bs-plugxed back.
RURT-riggfng mp rotary tools.
It'd. or TD-fotai depth.
WOC-waiting on cement.
WORT-waittng ON rotary tools.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-24
Elk Basin Strike Tops Weeks
News in Wyoming Oil Districts

completion of flowing well far south
production the Elk Basin field vastly increasing the potential
producing that field continued the main topic of
Wyoming oil circles during the week See story on
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-24

page ~
However, state oil men had other
things TO talk about as the week
ended, including continuation of
drill stem tests in the joint wildcat
Of Carter and Kerlyn on Sheldon
dome, and renewed rumors that
plans are being made for some very
deep tests In various areas.
The Sheldon Dome wildcat is still
testing and showing some oil in
zones beneath that in which the
first encouraging showing was
found, and is still far from a COM
pletion.
As for the deep tests, two are now
under way, one by General Pet in
Badger Basin, only a few miles
from the Elk Basin field, and an
other by Mountain Fuel Supply on
the Church Buttes structure. The
General Pet well is now drilling in
Frontier sand at 8402 and has ap-
proximately 1000 feet to go if car
ried to the Tensleep, main produc-
ing horizon in Elk Basin, a few
miles to the northeast. The Church
Buttes test is making hole at 2122,
slated to go about 5000 feet deeper.
Another deep test is now planned
for the Powder River basin, In
northwestern Wyoming, but loca-
ton has not been announced.
The full state report
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-24
Elk Busin Field
Park County,

COMPLETION. I'D, $685.. Top Ten
5067 Swabbed 124 bbls. In 8 hrs.
Carter Henderson DIS
NE SW SW 24-56N-100W
Drilling, 4384
Carter-Johnson No. 5
NE Sc NV s-57N-99W
Pipe landed top of Tensleep, 5340.
CONTAMINATION Goodstein No.
NE Sc SW 20-57N -99W
DIST. top second Frontier, 1864
open 16 min; showed for 1000. 100
daily. On DIST In Dakota, 5390-5A39
5 min, showed est. ,12 million cubi
gas. DIST, 58S5-5934, open 35 min
little gas, no water, no oil. Flowing
in Tensleep. See story on page l.
ContinentaI-GoOdm No. 2
NWA 31-5SN-95W
Drilling, 2619.
Conflneneal-N. p. No. IL
SEX 5-57N-98W
Drilling, 57S4.
ContinentaI-N. p. No. 6
SWh 5-57N-99W
Drilling, 5238.
Maekinnie- Henderson No.
NE SW Sc 32-6sN-98W
Drilling. 2704.
Observation-Disclosures No.
NE Sc NE 6-57N-99W
Testing. 25 bbls. per hr.
MacRinnfe-N. P. No.
NE SW NV 5-57N-99W
Drilling, 1862.
MacKinnie-N. p. Noe
NE NE NV 9-57N-99W
Drilling, 5252.
MacKlnnie-N. p. No. 7
NE NE SW 5-57N-99W
Location. (FIRST REPORT)
MacKinnie-N. p. Nos
NE Sc NV 5-57N-99W
Drilling, $50.
MacKinnie-N. p. No. 9
NE NE NV 5-57N-99W
Drilling, 1912.
MacKinnie-N. p. No. IL
NE NV Sc 5-57N-9oW
Drilling, 57s4, in fault zone.
MacKinnie-sulIivanN No. 8
NE NE NV 6-57N-99W
Drilling, 324l.
MacKinnie-Sulllvan No. Z
NE Sc SW 32-5SN-99W
Location.
Mac Kimnie-"A" No. 8
NE SW NV 32-5sN-99W
Drilling, 1910.
| Mackenzie "a" No. 9
NE NV SW 3Z-o8N-90W
Drilling, 1921.
Mackenzie "a" No. 10
NE NE SW 32-5SN-99W
WORT.
MacKinnie-1A" No. II
NE Sc NV 32-58N-99W
Drilling, 1910.
Sfanolind-EIk A No. 81
NV Sc NV 19-5SN-09W
Roaming, 4488.
SeamoliRd-Gareh No. 2
NE NE Sc 23-5SN-I0OW
Drilling. 4O99.
Stamolind-N0. U.B.A. Tract
NE SE NE 30-5sN-09W
! Coring, 1898.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-24

ssanoIind-No. 5 u. s. A. Tract 8
NE NE Sc 30-5sN99W
Drilling, $50.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-24

Duties test Is making mole dL ZlLZ,
slated to go about 5000 feet deeper.
Another deep test is now planned
for the Powder River basin, In
northwestern Wyoming, but loca-
ton has not been announced.
The full state report
Airport Dome
(NatrOna County,
Dyer q Hays-agidert No.
SW SW SW 26-35N-S0W
First hole abandoned. 1884. crooked
hole. Rig up for fresh start.
Badger BUsin
;eneraI Pet-Res0Iute No.
Sec. 8-57N-10lW
Drilling in Frontier sand s4O2
BoileY Dome
Carbon County,
STANDARDIZATION Coffman No. >
NV NE 21-26N-s9W
Drilling, 1867
Belle Springs
fCarbOn COUNTY,
Hnclair- w yomlng- Unlt No.
NV NEk SEh 32-24N-ssW
Total depth 4466
Big Hollow District
tAlbany County,
Front Range oil Co.-Goyt No
c NV NV 20-l5N-75W
Drilling. 100. (FIRST REPORT)
Oklahoma Oh Co.-U. P.-Fuller No. 2
NV NE NV 7-15N-75W
Shut down. 81.
Oklahoma OIL CO.-FuIIer No. 4
NE SE NV 7-15-75
Spudded (FIRST REPORT)
Oklahoma w asatch-U. p. Fuller No. 5
c Sc NV 7-15N-75W
Pumping bbls daily from Dakota; TO
re-acidize. I'd, $780,
Boone Dome
(NatrOna County,
stanollnd Unit No.
NV Sc SW 10-36N-S6W
Spudded l-23-45; Ell, $3.50; fishing. AGO.
Bridqer Creek
Hot Springs County,
Common Tank.Unit No.
SW SW NV 26-41N91W
Tensleep. 6Ss; shut down, 74s
Byron Field
big Horn County,
)hio-H. Peterson No.
Lot 46, Sec. 23-56-97.
Drilling. 761.
hio-wIlIiam Hosklns "AB" No.
c NE Sc i5-5697
Drilling. 5343.
bo-Baker 2. Wen
Lot 3, Sec. 23-56e7
Spudding.
Cedur Ridge Field
(HOt Springs County,
Hasky-Govermment No.
NE NE NE 2s-43N-95W
Location.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-24

Church Butte Structure
(Uinta County,
Mountain Fuel Supply No.
NE SW NV S-16N-112W
Drilling, 2122.
Cooper Cove
Carbon County,
5tanolind-U. p. No.
NE NE NE 19-1SN-77W
Derrick.
Cow Gulch
(Niobrara County,
BerKren- Dunlap No.
Sc NV NV e-36N-62W
Shut down, 1850.
Crooks Cop
Fremont County,
Sinclair Unit No. z
c NV Sc NE 13-28E-93W
Drilling, 4010.
SincIair-Unit No.
Sc NE NE 13-2SN-03W
Drilling, 1910.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-24
Erunnie Field

Conttnental-G0vernemn
Sc 26-5SN-eSW
COMPLETION. Est. potential. 200 BOPD.
I'd 3175
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
FISHERIES OFFICES
ARE BEING CLOSED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1-Officials
of the office of Coordinator of
Fisheries said that President Tru-
mans order directing windup of
its affairs will not affect a liqui-
dation program announced in Sep
TENDER.
Field offices on the Atlantif, Gulf
and Great Lakes coasts already
have been closed.
On the west coast the Seattle
office, which handled halibut and
salmon control programs, is now
being closed
The San Francisco office, which
administers regulations governing
the Pacific pilchard fishery will
remain in operation until the close
OF the pilchard season in February.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
BULLET PIERCED
BODY OF WOMAN
CREATES MYSTERY

PONTIAC, Mich, Nov. Police
today strove to identify a young
woman, whose bullet pierced body
was found Wednesday noon in a
river near here less than 20 miles
from the spot where the mutilated
body of Mrs. Lydia Thompson of
Detroit was discovered three weeks
ago.
State Police Capt. Donald S.
Leonard, who declared Wednesday
that Mrs. Thompson was slain
either by mad man or someone
who hated her intensely" indi-
Gated preliminary investigation had
not disclosed any connecting link
between the two crimes.
Mrs. Thompson, whose Staying is
still unsolved, was stabbed and
hacked to death on Oct. II and her
body dumped into a lovers lane
where it was found two days later
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
BOY FOR ROGER BAILEYS

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger Bailey this morning at ST.
AIMS Hospital, weighing eight
pounds, ten ounces Mr. Bailey is
a local fisherman. The new arrival
is the third child for the Baileys,
who have a daughter and another
son.
Empire Want-ddS brtng results!
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
ST0RM-HIT TOWNS
NOW REPORT GALE
DAMAGE ASMIN0R
ANS Vessel North Star Safe
al Savoongd After
Riding Out Blow

According to a wire received here
this morning by the Alaska Native
Service from John Fultz, ANS
school principal at Nome, only
minor damage was suffered by
ANS properties and buildings in
that storm damaged city.
Mr.. Fultz also reported only
minor storm damage at Unalakleet,
which at first had been declared
wiped out" But little damage also
was sustained at Shishmaref and
Wales, according to meagre re-
ports from those communities.
The ANS supply vessel North
Star last night was discharging
cargo at Savoonga, ST. Lawrence
Island, after riding out the tempest
in Boxer Bay
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
EXPERIENCED HELP

SALT LAKE CITY Leo d.
Clark, employee of salad company,
stopped at the company headquart-
ers after closing hours and found
a stranger already in the building.
The stranger calmly introduced
himself as an employee of the firm
and the two sat down for a friendly
chat. The other employee" finally
departed leisurely to "catch the next
bus"
c. F. Clark, manager, arrived the
next morning to find the establish
ment thoroughly ransacked. The
either employee did not return to
work"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
PAULINE MEREDITH
NOW HEAD NURSE AT
GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL

Miss A. Pauline Meredith, fRN),
has taken over the duties of head
nurse at the Government Hospital
in Juneau, replacing Miss Catherine
O'Connors who recently left for
a position with the Indian Service
in Claremont, Okla. Miss Meredith
formerly held the position Miss
O'Connors will assume in Okla
home.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
HONOR BOUND

SALT LAKE CITY - Two BAN
dts who kidnapped So year old jake
Beckel and stole his car after st-andr
ing him in the mountains, pu;
him on his honor not to call police
The pair returned to Beckel his
Bowling ball and shoes and told him
the car could be found in good
shape, in Las Vegas, New, in few
days.
FAIRBANKS VISITOR HERE
Margaret r. McGregor has ar
rived in Juneau from Fairbanks
and is a guest at the Baranof
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
Details Are Given on
Assassination Of Nazi
'Hangman' Heydrieh

WIESBADEN, Germany, Nov. l.
The 1912 assassination of Reinhard
"Hangman" Heydrich was carried
out by specially trained Czech para
chutists flown from Britain, accord
ing to an eyewitness to the killing.
Lit Jan Opletal, 80, and two COM
panions fatally wounded Heydrich
with Bren gun bullets and a bomb
after intercepting his auto as he
drove from his headquarters to a
country home, the witness said.
Heydrich died of blood poisoning II
day later.
The three Czechs and four COM
panions who had been dropped earl
Ter to complete preparations later
Ccmmitter suicide when the Gestapo
surrounded them in the Prague
church of Karel Boromejsky, the
witness declared.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
FOUR NATIONS TO
GET UNDESTR0YED
JAPANESE FLEET

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1-Secre-
tary of State Byrnes announced
today that Russia, Britain and
China would share equally with
the United States in a division of
that part Of the Japanese fleet
which is not destroyed.
The vessels to be divided include
SO destroyers and an undisclosed
number of small, coastal defense
ships of 800 to 900 tons.
Those to be destroyed - Byrnes
spoke OF scuttling them-are
battleship, four aircraft carriers,
Of which three are damaged; four
cruisers, Of which three are dam
aged; and 81 submarines.
Asked at a news conference
whether the method of scuttling
would allow a test to determine
the effectiveness of atomic bombs
On naval units, Byrnes said that
he did not know the method to be
employed However, naval sources
have indicated such an experiment
might be made.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
FROM
CHANGING ASKS
STATE FREEDOM

BULLETIN-ATLANTA, Nov.
Georgia wiped away today
prison sentence which has hung
over the head of the famous
fugitive, Robert Elliott Burns,
for % years and restored his
civil rights.
The State Pardon and Parole
Board committed his sentence to
the time he had served but de-
clined to grant full pardon to
the man whose book, II Am a
Fugitive from Georgia Chain
Gang" aroused storm Of pro-
test in this State.
ATLANTA, Nov. 1.-The fugitive
who put Georgia chaingangs into
a book and movie comes back today
to ask the state to wipe clean the
slate against him.
He is Robert Elliott Burns, who
has had a sentence hanging over
his head for % years for a SIS
robbery when he was a freshly dis
charged and destitute soldier from
World War l.
Previous Georgia Governors have
refused to ask clemency for the
fugitive who made good but to-
day he is to be represented by Gov.
Ellis Arnall as counsel.
Arnall-whose prison reform pro-
gram has wiped out the chain gang
system depicted in Burns book
Il Am a Fugitive From a Georgia
Chain Gang"-said he would ask
the state board Of pardons and
paroles to free Burns.
Burns has served only fraction
of his six to ten year sentence
He first escaped after serving less
than two months. Seven years later
he turned up as a $4,000 a veal
magazine editor in Chicago.
He's now head of a tax investi-
eating company, and takes a
prominent part in civic affairs
He's married and is the father OF
three children.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
ANNETTE VISITOR HERE

Capt. d. V. Eckman of Annette
is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01

Empire Wdnt-cas bring reSultsi
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
REBEKAH DRILL TEAM
MEETS TOMORROW EVE

The Rebekah Lodge Drill team
will assemble tomorrow evening at
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. John
H. Geyer, 800 West Eighth Street,
for their regular monthly meeting.
All members are expected to be
present
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
JVFD IN REGULAR
MEETING TONIGHT

Juneau Volunteer Fire Depart
ment members will hold their
regular monthly business meeting
at the Fire Hall this evening with
nothing of unusual interest on the
agenda.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
Pink Salmon Run
On Puget Sound
Largest Since 3

SEATTLE, Nov The pink
salmon run of the past season on
Puget Sound was the largest since
1888, Milo Moore, State Fisheries
Director, says.
The catch exceeded $1,000, DOC
pounds. OF this amount, 5,l06. 430
pounds went into the wholesale
trade where it was used fresh or
frozen for future consumption. The
balance was utilized by the can
neries, resulting in pack Of 34J,-
1870 cases. Each case contains az
one pound tins.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
B ULLE I | N S

MOSCOW - The Soviet News
Agency Tass said too in dis
patch from Washington that the
Soviet Union favors a control council
for Japan made up Of Russian,
American, Chinese and British rep
resentatives, with an American as
permanent chairman.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Ex-
chequer Hugh Dalton said in Com
mons today the Labor Government
had decided to press for public own
ership of Accommodation serv-
ices now operated by Gable and
Wireless, Ltd Dalton said legisla
ton for that purpose would be n
troduced lin due course"
WASHINGTON-OPA announces
price of butter in States boosted
from to cents a pound
SAN FRANCISCO - Machinists
strike in bay area continues in full
swing.
TOKYO-Emperor Hirohito is to
visit the Grand Shrine at Use This
month to announce the end of The
war to the Sun Goddess.
Tokyo Wealthy persons in Jap
an have been asked to hand over
their jewels to help the government
pay for imports of food. The de-
mand was made by several hundred
Japanese men, women and children
who attended rally today in Hibiya
Park.
LONDON - Wincenty Witos, II,
Deputy to the President of the Pol
ish National Council and leader of
the powerful Peasant Party, is dead
at Krakow.
TOKYO-'Two new news agencies,
Kyodo and Jill, began operations
today, taking the place of dissolved
Domei Kyodo is patterned along
lines of the Associated Press and
will distribute; Associated Press news
reports to every paper in Japan.
Foreign CommiSsar V.
NJ. Molotov answered by letter today
a request by the British American
Correspondents Association Tor re-
moval of censorship by stating that
he could not consider the request
because it contained no substantial
reasons.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-01
JEWELER HERE

r. S. Deke) Brown, Anchorage
jeweler and city councilman, is in
Juneau for a few days on business.
He is stopping at the Baranof.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-08
Militant Union Action
Needed

The need for strong militant union organization of
teachers has been brought the fore by recent
in Helena decisvey than probably at other time
in the state
AS previously in The Voice. one the Helena High
School teachers we'll known all the state refused
renewal of contract by the local school board without
given for its action Miss Violet Eastman the teacher
affected has taught in the Helena High Shcoo for
and has proved herself thoroughly competent teacher doing
deal outside of her regular class instruction work
develop interest of her students economic and social
lions.
These extra efforts made by Miss Eastman, is believed
to be of the for the action of the majority of the
board which made of small business of the type
which pictures themselves big shots in the business world
and believe that discussions involving possible criticisms of
the existing social and economic order subversve
they would probably call them communistic Another dis
tinc probability which would explain the boards action
that there strong republican surrounding its members
Miss the candidate the democratic ticket
last year for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
The fact that she poed 10000 votes in the campaign
probably caused their republican souls to shudder.
Whatever may have been the for the boards
action the entire situation camor for Qualification in justice
teachers of the state And this calls for militant
by collective action by the teachers of the state
There a teachers union in the Helena High School,
least it has taken definite stand supporting
of its members against unjust treatment by the school
board this the employing Another agency
Education Association of which Miss Eastman
together of the other teachers in the state
bers likewise has taken action to this time far
known.
Miss Eastmans is before the district court in
the state whatever may be the final determination of
there need for militant teachers union which will
fight collectively for the rights of its members has been made
evident.
And this should attract attention teachers through
out the state.