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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
COOL ATTENDS
LABOR MEET

L. R. Cool, field man for the
Holly Sugar corporation, at
tended a special meeting in
Helena last Friday to confer
with representatives of the ar
my, the extension service and
the Montana Labor board con-
corning the ALLEGATION of pris-
oners Of war. All the sugar
companies in the state were
also represented sat this meet
Ing.
I'VE now have positive as
surance that the $50 war pris-
oners stationed at the two
camps in Hardin will remain
mere through the fell harvest,
though the question of the
Mexican nationals is still pend
ing until the results of a meet
Ing to be held soon concerning
this are known. However, it is
probable that the $40 nationals
we had this spring will return
to aid in the fall harvest, MIR.
Cool stated.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
BARNARD GETS
ARMY DISCHARGE

Staff Sergeant Mark E. Bar
nard, former Hardin resident,
whose parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy E. Barnard now live at
Grass Range, has recently re-
ceived an honorable discharge
from the army at the Separa-
ton center in Fort Douglas.
He wears bronze stars for
three campaigns pursuant to
operations in Papua. New GUM
ca and the Philippines.
Sgt. Barnard is authorized to
wear the Unit Presidential CT
tation medal, the American de-
fense ribbon, the Asiatic-Pa-
cific ribbon, and the Good Con-
duct medal.
Barnard entered the army in
February, 1941 and has spent
forty months in service over
seas. Before he entered the
service he was employed as a
butcher at the Hardin Meat
Market.
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Necessary For Formers
To Have Labor Needs
Certified At Office

The two prisoner of war
camps are scheduled to remain
here through the summer and
until the beet harvest is over,
SO until the beet harvest CAM
paign begins, there will be av-
ailable prisoner of war labor
for every agricultural need"
stated Captain w. F. Brumfield
In an Interview yesterday.
Since the prisoners arrival
here On June 10. this labor
source has been "a big factor in
thinning the $500 acres of beets
in this vicinity. The thinning
and first hoeing of the beets
have been done, and the PW'S
at present are doing many
types of general farm and al
lied work.
According to the county ex-
tension service representatives,
the Holly Sugar corporation
executives. and the commanders
of the two camps, the work of
the prisoners has been very
satisfactory, and farmers have
been highly appreciative of the
assistance and cooperation Civ
en- them by the two camps here
Farmers and ranchers de-
string one or more prisoners
for one or more days may Sc
cure them by contracting the
County agents office and get
ting the need for labor certi-
fled by the extension service.
Any farmer with a legitimate
need for labor will be able to
obtain it. The present hourly
rate is SIS cents. The minimum
number of hours that a PW
may work is eight hours per
day. A maximum to the number
of hours usually needed for the
type work being done may be
used. The farmer must furnish
transportation for the PW's to
and from camp.
/. The Holly Sugar corporation
Is sponsoring this labor, and
without a sponsor it would be
necessary for each individual
TO put up a cash bond and Sc
cure a separate contract. How
ever. this has taen care of UNI
der the present set-up. If the
extension service will certify
the need, the individual who
hires the labor pays the sugar
corporation, which, in turn.
pays the government.
At the present time the fol-
lowing types of farm labor are
being furnished by the two
camps: combine crews, truck
drivers. teamsters, mechanics.
irrigators, wheat shockers, hay
Stackers, and others. Can't.
Brumfield stated that any type
OF farm and ranch labor can
be furnished.
The camp at the Holly Sugar
factory houses 225 German
prisoners. and the one at the
fair grounds houses 1926. 1t.
Clarence E. Greenlee commands
the former camp and Capt. w.
F. Brumfeld is in command of
the latter.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
SCEIILREFF ON
WEST VIRGINIA

John Schilreff, coxSWatn, US
MR., whose wife lives in Hardin
fought at Okinawa aboard the
USS West Virginia the only
battleship which has taken
part in every major landing OPP
Grafton in the Pacific in the
last six months.
Blasted at Pearl Harbor by
two bombs and at least six tor
pedoes, the old battleship was
resurrected and repaired, then
joined the fight against the
Japs with a vigor that has won
her a reputation as the lone
ship task force.
In the last year and a half
the West Virginia has fired
more than 5000 rounds from
her new 16-inch rifles, nearly
10000 rounds from her second
ary batteries and more than
200,0 900 bullets from her auto
matte weapons, a total of S.
500 tons of ammunition.
The West Virginia made her
first combat strike by leading
a column of fire support units
into Leyte Gulf, flying the
same colors she flew when she
was damaged at Pearl Harbor,
She poured salvo after salvo
into the Jap lines, interrupting
the bombardment to splash her
first plane.
With other old battleships OF
the fleet. she helped sink two
Jap battleships and three de-
stroyers in the epic battle OF
the Surigao Strait. She was the
first to take the Jap ships un-
der fire. Later, at Mindoro and
Lingayen, she operated with a
protective screen for carriers
and transports.
She arrived at Two Jima Just
after the first Marines landed,
bombarding the enemy. From
Two she travelled to Okinawa,
She emptied her magazine sew
eral times in bombarding the
JapS during that operation. In
all her action there have been
less than 20 casualties.
So peSky has she proved to
the Japs that Tokyo Rose, the
notorious propaganda broad
caster, once announced thou
sands of the Japs' best filters
were attending their own fun
eral services before taking off
to destroy her. They didn't.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

July 26, Lynn R. Bostic to
Shairly Manning. both of Sheri-
dan, Wyo.
July %, Marvin E. Leach of
Craig, Colo, to Lucy G. Rice Of
TenSleep, Wyo.
July %, Robert G. Amende
OF Recluse, Wyo., to Nita Az
onne Taylor of Gillette, Wyo.
July 80, Vaughn L. Acton. to
Lottie L. Friess, both of Sheri-
dan, Wyo.
July 81. Paul L. Salinas Of
Austin, Tex. to Ophilia Estran
of Uvalde, Tex.
Aug. l, Orvil I. Jones of Sheri-
dan: Wyo.. to Betty J. Gibbons
of Decker.
Aug: /. John J. Bocek Of
Sheridan. Wyo., to Betty e. Ed
monds. Banner. Wyo.
Aug. 4, Woodrow H. Martin of
C~oalinga, Calf, and Thelma
Rae Hyde of Hardin.
Aug. z. LaVon Earl Hartshorn
and Evelyn Mae Ralston, both
of Sheridan.
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Maj. VIM. Dawson
Dies in Pacific
Former Hdrdin Pustor
Killed Enroute To Jupun
On War Prisoner Ship

Major William Dawson, who
was pastor of the local Bap-
fist church in Hardin from
1929 to 1881, was killed in act
ion in the Pacific on Dec. IS,
1914, while being transported
aboard a Japanese vessel, it
was learned here this week. He
was captured by the Japanese
in 1912 on Bataan where he
was stationed as headquarters
chaplain
An explanatory letter from
the War department said that
the ship. carrying 1919 prison.
ers and presumably headed for
Japan, was sunk in Subic Bay,
Luzon, and, according to the
delayed report received by the
War department on July %,
942 men were listed by the Jap
anese to have been killed, SO
died later, two escaped, and
the remaining GIG were trans
ported to Japan.
Dawson, 48, was a graduate
of the Southwestern Theologi-
cal Seminary. and he and his
family had gone from Hardin
to Blackfoot, Idaho. and then
to California, where Mai. Daw-
son held his last passionate.
Besides his wife, Mai. Dawson
is survived by a son. Irving, ID.
his mother and two sisters.
In a letter which arrived in
Hardin this week, Mrs. Ruby
Dawson spoke of a message re-
ceived from her husband in
which he had said that his
life as a prisoner had not been
as bad as he had expected it to
be. A last line, added on Dec.
10, told his wife that the COM
ing trip to Japan would be a
dangerous one and that she
would hear from him as soon as
it was over.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
DRAFT BOARD
CALLS MORE MEN

More men from Big Horn
county will report on August
9 for pre-induction at Butte.
the local draft board announced
this week.
Volunteers in this group are
Allen Old Horn. Jr., Johnny
Sun Goes Slow, and Lester
Jefferson. Jr.
Others who will make the
trip are Horace F. Green, ctr.
to Billings), Dale R.. Kindness,
Charles F. Conley, Frederick
Wallace, Ray Bear Don't Walk,
Larry A Dawes, John l.. Hens
ley, James o. Conley, Jr., Ctr.
to Sheridan), Owen P r city
Weasel. Jr., and Jesse Stone, Jr.
Ctr. from Vancouver, Wash.)
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VETS TO GET
EXTRA PETROL

Special gasoline rations will
be provided for servicemen dis
charged from the armed forces
for use in attending to person.
al affairs and making adjust
ments to civilian life, the OPA
has announced.
The special ration, which
local War Price and Rationing
boards may now issue, is lin
tied in each case to the needs
of the veteran and may not ex-
coed 30 gallons of gasoline.
Issuance of the special ration
IS restricted to veterans who
have been separated from act
i've service within the preceding
80 days, or to officers on term
inal leave preceding their sep
aration from the service.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
KIWANIS HAS
SPECIAL GUEST

At the regular meeting of
the Kiwanis club on Wednesday
noon at the Chuckwagon cafe
the district lieutenant governor
of Kiwanis, Merle Fagg of Bill
ings, and the president of the
Billings club, Kirk Nedler, were
special guests.
AS a member of the KiwaniS
group which had sponsored the
organization of the Hardin XII
wants club, Mr.. Fagg gave q
brief talk in which he COM
plimented the local group on
the progress made by them
ince their beginning here.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
FRED ROUSH
IN FRANCE

Speeding the redeployment of
American troops from Europe
to the United States and to the
Pacific through the huge as
sembly. area command in north
eastern France is TVS j. Fred
Roush, son of Mrs. Flora L.
Roush of Hardin. Roush is as
signed to the headquarters
which supervises the job of
moving approximately 5000 men
daily through the area and to
ports of embarkation.
Headquarters of the command
is in the little red school
house" in Reims, in which the
German leaders signed the I'M
conditional surrender on MAY
7, 1915. Actually, the SCHOOL
house" is a large three-story
brick structure, formerly q
French technical school with
1900 students, which now con-
stitutes the nerve-center for q
system of IT camps scattered
over an area roughly 100 miles
long and 60 miles wide in the
vicinity of Reims. Camps are
named after cities in the Uni
ted States and the area as q
whole is capable of accomodat-
ing 100000 troops at a time.
Food, clothing, housing, and
recreational facilities must be
provided for all troops in tran
sit, all clothing and equipment
must be inspected. and each
soldier must undergo a thorough
physical examination and have
his records checked before NOV
ing on. In cases of units going
directly to the Pacific, much
equipment must be tropical.
lied" to insure it against de.
terioration in a hot climate.
Cpl. Roush's last civilian jot
was at the Statue of Liberty ir
New York harbor. His wife i:
working in New York on sig.
nal corps equipment.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
lightning Hits
Hardin Farmer
G. M. Brown Struck
BY Lightning At Home
South Of Hurdin

Gordon M. Brown died Aug,
3 at his farm home south OF
Hardin at the age of 10 years.
Death came as a result of a
lightning stroke which occurred
during a storm. He had been
blowing and was on his way
back to the house on a tractor
when he was struck.
He was born June 26, 1875
In Cherokee County. Kan, His
parents were pioneers of that
section of that country, having
moved to Kansas from Chen
ango County, N. Y, a few wears
before his birth.
At Springdale, Ark, on April
"a, 1894, he was married to Ida
Jane Page. Ten children were
born to this union two having
died in infancy and the Sec
ond daughter, Mrs. Ruth Pra-
ther, passed away April 10 OF
this year at Caney, Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown had
moved to Montana in 1929, and
on April "a, 1914, they cele-
brated their 50th wedding an
niversary.
Mr.. Brown was a member OF
the Methodist church, and was
also affiliated with the Masonic
lodge, having joined at Sedan
Kan, in 1910.
In addition to his wife, Mr.
Brown is survived by a sister
Mrs. Iona Howard of Eyatts-
vile, Md, four sons, Marvin L
of Tulsa, Okla. J. Clinton OF
Hebronville, Tex, Harlie l.. and
Frederick G.. of Hardin: three
daughters. Minnie Easton OF
Hollywood, Calf, Buelah Thorn
pson and Edna Kingston OF
Hardin. seventeen grandchild-
re:a and three great grand
children.
Among relatives who came tt
attend the funeral, other thar,
members of the immediate
members of the family, are
Mrs. Bernadine Britain and
Mrs. Geraldine ClaWson of Sc
dan. Kan, granddaughters OF
Mr.. Brown; a grandson, Harlan
Brown, Jr.. of the United States
Navy: and a great grandson
Leonard Britain, Jr.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at the Masonic
temple at 200 pm, and con-
sisted of a combined service
the Rev. Albert Muskett offic-
Eating on behalf OF the church
and D. l.. Egnew, presiding as
acting Master of the Masonic
Lodge. Mrs. Mabel Brekke was
pianist and Mrs. Ruth Ping
and Mrs. Lura Strand were the
members of a duet which sang
"The Old Rugged Cross"
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"
and ooh. Think Of the Home
Over There.
Pallbearers were Art Koebbe
Nils Ottun, Arch Mcdonald
Sam Kern. Charles Ferguson
and Rod Macleod.
The body was taken to Bill
ings for interment.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
MARINES ACCEPT
l7-YEARO LDS

The Marine corps has an
nounced that 17-year old en-
!lstees can now complete their
high school education through
the Marine Corps Institute.
Immediate enlistments of both
regulars and reserves are being
accepted.
Youths who want the Marine
corps are befng urged to join
now rather than wait. since on
~ a limited number can be &C
cepted through the Marine
corps Montana office, at the
LeVisohn building in Butte.
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ROGERS IS
DISCHARGED

T/4 George A. Rogers, son of
Mr.. and Ms. G.. A. Rogers of
Hardin has recently been dis
charged from the army under
the adjusted service rating plan
at The Fort Douglas separation
center, according to word re-
Ceived here.
H. wears decorations fo-
campaigns pursuant to opera
lions in the Alcutian Islands,
and included in these are the
American defense ribbon, and
the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon.
Before entering the service in
1911, Corporal Rogers was a
rancher.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
OIL, OFFICIALS
SENT TO PRISON

Two officials of the Grow Oil
and Refining c., were senten-
ced to prison terms last week
by Federal Judge j. Leroy A
dair in Peoria, H., after they
had been tried under the Sc
curities act Of 1888 on charges
of fraud in connection with
oil land development.
The government alleged that
the two men persuaded invest
ors to put $4,000 into oil lands
on the Crow reservation and
later defrauded these investors.
The two men involved were
George A. King of Billings, who
was sentenced to two and one
half years in a federal pene-
Tertiary, and Erling L. Wernes.
an associate Of Kings from
Chicago, who was given a SEN
tcnce of a year and a day.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
TRAFFIC VIOLATION

A complaint was filed on
Aug. 6, by the highway patrol
against Give Dust for operat-
ing a vehicle without a 1945
drivers license. Dust forfeited
q $1,000 bond.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-08-09
AGENCY SOLDIER
NOW IN STATES

The arrival Of Private First
Glass Louis D. jefferson of
Crow Agency at the personnel
center in Camp Mccoy, Wis.
for redeployment was announ-
ced in an army release receiv-
ed here this week.
Pfc. Jefferson served 81
months overseas with the 1O6th
Infantry division, and he holds
the ETC ribbon with three bat
tie stars and the Good Conduct
medal.
In an earlier release, it was
learned that Pfc. Jefferson was
one of three CTS from Mon
tana who had arrived in Mi
ami, Fla, after a 1900 mile
Sea-spanning hop by an ATC
plane from CaSablanca.
They were among the $4,000
combat troops to be redeployed
to this country by the ATC to
be later routed to reception
centers for separation from
service or furlough prior to re-
assignment.
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TO CLARITY A STATEMENT

A Story In last weeks issue
Of this paper stated that the
county is without a doctor or
hospital. This statement should
be clarified to say that Big Horn
county does not have a con-
tract for care of patients with
either a doctor or a hospital.
There Is. Of course, one physi-
clan and surgeon here and the
Hardin General hospital is open
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news REVIEW
A Brief Summary
OF Outstanding
News Events
RUSSIA ENTERS. WAR

RUSSIA ENTERS. WAR
Russia declared war on Japan
Wednesday effective at sol D.
m. E. w. T., and at the same
time revealed she had been
asked to join the Pacific con-
flict by the allies to speed the
universal peace. Russia's deci-
sion to aid in the war against
the Nips was communicated by
Russian Foreign Commissar v.
M. Molotov to the Japanese
Ambassador Naotake Sato in
Moscow and made public the
fact that Japan had asked the
Soviet Union to mediate in the
war in the Pacifica. The Jap
anese request for mediation
mad come from Emperor Hiro-
h1to about m~id-June", but
Molotov said that Tokyo's re-
lection of the Potsdam ulti-
matum to surrender made her
proposals lose all significance"
ATOMIC BOMB
Photographic and other evil
dence from Guam indicated
Wednesday that thousands of
japanese had persisted from the
atomic blast that annihilated
80 per cent of the 343, 90 pop
ulation city of Hiroshima Mon
day. Tokyo radio stated that
practically all living things,
human and animal, were liter
ally scared to DEATH, at the
same time saying that more
atomic bombings could be ex-
pected. General Spaatz at his
air force headquarters said tina
other Superforts are ready to
follow the B-29 "Enola Gay"
which Col. Paul w. Tibbets, Jr.,
of Miami, Fla, piloted over
Hiroshima to drop the wars
most devastating of weapons.
MEAT SUPPLY INCREASE
civilians may expect slight
~ more meat this fall than
they have been able to buy in
recent months, the depart
ment of agriculture said yes
terday, though continued heavy
demand will hold meat prices
near their present levels through
early 1916.
WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS
Legal representatives of the
United States, Great Britain,
Russia and France on Wednes-
dy signed a master plan for
the mass trial of Germany's
arch war criminals before an
international military tribunal.
The document gives the tribun-
al sweeping powers to punish
by death. deprive the convicted
of stolen property. and take
strict measures to prevent de-
lays. The first trial will be held
at Nuremberg, which has long
been the seat and meeting place
of the nazi party. The perma-
nent seat Of the tribunal is to
be established in Berlin.
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buy War Bonds and STAMPS!
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
Verne HaIniIl
Sued by Wife

Charging her husband has be-
come involved with a Miss Y
and had ceased 10 be devoted
mate. Mrs. Doris ]. Hamill OF
1876 RoSelawn. today filed suit
for divorce from Verne B. Hamlll,
owner Of the Hamill Electric Co.
65ii Beauhicn.
Judge Sherman d. Calender
granted a temporary restraining
order 10 prevent the husband from
diSpoSing of any property or the
43-foot cruiser they own Jointly.
Mrs. HamillS petition says her
husband induced her 10 go 10
Florida for SIX weeks and that his
letters and phone calls became in
frequent Returning TO Detroit,
she said. her husband was
changed" and finally admitted he
was involved with Miss X" and
didn't believe he could forget her.
She said Miss X" accompanied
Hamill on business trips TO New
York and Chicago and that her
husbands income is upward OF
S25. 900 a year.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
Veteran Killed i'm Fall
From Grounded PLANE

4 24-year-old veteran Of six
major south Pacific battles was
killed today when ne fell from an
airplane which was being towed
on the ground 10 the city airport
for a war bond rally in which the
victim was 10 have participated.
The dead sailor is Aviation
Ordnance Man Fred Shake
Spcarc, - who formerly was
assigned 10 the aircraft carrier
Wasp and who more recently has
been assigned 10 the Crosse lie
Naval base
Shakespeare is survived by his
wife. Ethel. Of NarrowSburg. y.
Y. He enlisted in the navy Oct.
l. 1912, and won the Air Medal
and Distinguished Flying Cross in
battle near the Philippines lie
had been stationed at Crosse lie
for less than 2 month.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
CIRCLING SHURI

Tenth Army ground forces have
clampcd half circle around
Shuu. stuhbornly-resiSting for
trcss city invested by the First Ma
unc> and nth and 96th Infantry.
a St0utly-hcld ravine al the
edge of the city held up the
Lcathcrnccks' advance. There the
marines under cover OF darkness.
proWlcd boldly through enemy de-
fenscS hurting grenadcS and Mol
otov cocktails into the entrances.
Marine Pfc Carl L. Sellers, an
Indian, and a three-man patrol
I'm "a daring night ioray. invaded
the raWne with dynamite Satchcl
charges and grenadeS. They sealed
four caves containing approx
matcly 100 japanese
Shur and Naha were threat
ened from the rear by the dlSor-
ganization Of japanese defcnSes
south and southwest of Yonabaru.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
Sees Urgent Need
For Military Training

NEW YORK, May o tfNSt-
Immediate adoption of a plan Of
universal military training as a
means of Strengthening L : au-
thority al the peace table was
advocated today by UndcrScCre-
tary of Navy Ralph a. Bard
THE need for universal mill
tary training II so urgent and
so logical that IL il difficult for
many Of us 10 understand why
we have 90 sell it," nc said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
Probe Army Sentence
OF Yank Who Hit PWs

WASHINGTON, MAY 25 tlNSl
The war department launched
an investigation today into the i'm
priSonment at hard labor of Pvt.
Joseph MCGEE, a member of the
Yankee Division, who was court
martialed in France for striking
nine German prisoners of war.
Rep. Mccormack Cd of MaSsa-
chuseitS. House majority leader.
demanded that The case be recon
sidcred and the solder restored 10
duty.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
De GauIIe Announces
His Control Plans

PARIS, May 25 GNS) Gen.
De Gaulle declared in a domes-
tic broadcast last night that his
government would extend state
control over electricity. coal and
the distribution Of credit before
the end Of the year.
De Gaullc added that he in
tended 10 coordinate wages and
prices. warning that increases IN
those fields would lead 20 inha-
tion.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
MODERN BUILDINGS HIT

Tokyo Bay itself frngcS the
eastern side of the target where
modern structures offer lucrative
detectives. Part OF this section IS
the heart of the city Narunouchi
or the business district of Tokyo.
Within TINS section are most Of
the capitals So-callcd hreproof
and earthquake proof buildings.
while around its edges are some Of
the world famed structures. in
cluding the luxurious Imperial
Hotel built by Frank Lloyd
Wright, the American architect.
The raid marked the oath time
SupcrfortS have attacked greater
Tokyo since last November. The
force included almost AS many
planes As smashed the city
Wednesday.