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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
POTOMAC COOP
Federation
PLANS MEET

The meeting, Building for Freedom
through Co-operatives" will be held
Tuesday, February 81 at p. m, in
the Auditorium, South Building, De-
partment of the Interior. Washington,
d. c. This event will initiate an in
tensive Freedom Fund Drive for the
Potomac Cooperative Federation area.
The Freedom Fund, in support of
which this meeting is held, has been
established by the International Coop
erative Alliance, worldwide organiza-
ton of co-operatives, for the purpose
of helping the newly-liberated peoples
in areas of Europe and China which
have been devastated by the war It's
primary objective is to aid in rebuild
ing and restoring to democratic func-
ton co-operatives abroad, destroyed
by conquest or demolition. 1t is an
ticipated that the work of reconstruc-
tion and rehabilitation will be carried
on in support of, and as supplement
tary to, the general relief activities
of the United Nations Relief and Re
Administration and other
agencies.
In addition to Mrs. Roosevelt, other
speakers for the event will be Charles
p. Taft, state department, and DR..
Frank Munk of Czechoslovakia, direc-
tor of training for UNRRA. Repre-
sentative Jerry Voorhis of California
will serve as chairman of the meeting.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
EDUC. BOARDS
AUTHORITY IS
STILL LIMITED

Disregarding the important parts of
the recommendation of the special
advisory committee on education. the
present legislature will do little or
nothing toward extending the author
ity of the state board of education
over the budgets and finances of the
states institutions of higher learning.
AS conditions are, the board is
weighed down with responsibility for
the co-ordinated and efficient func-
tioning of the various units, but with
out any control over the allotments
of funds which may be found neces-
sary to accomplish this. The men,
bers of the board cannot be censured
for feeling discouraged However,
they need feel no more discouraged
than the rest of the people of the
state, over the actions of the present
majority in the Montana assembly.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
HIGH COURT
TO review
BRIDGES CASE

In response to peuuon on the
part of counsel for Harry Bridges, the
supreme court of the United States
recently agreed to review the deporta.
ton case of the California CLIO direc-
tor.
However, it is the expressed opinion
of the judges of the U. S. circuit court
of appeals for the 9th district, who
rendered a decision in this case in
June, 1914, that this is a problem call
ing for executive rather than judicial
action While the intricate legal as
poets of the case can be argued before
the supreme court, its vital effect
upon the war and postwar prospects
will remain beyond the realm of the
court
For that reason, thousands of peo-
pie in the United States have written
to President Roosevelt and Attorney
General Biddle, asking that the case
against Harry Bridges be dropped.
These people in business, labor,
the professions, and government i.
are aware of the role which Bridges
and the union he heads have taken
in guaranteeing full production and
harmonious relationships between in
dustry and labor.
Robert w. Kenny, attorney general
of the state of California, in letter
to President Roosevelt and U. S. At
torney General Biddle, recently termed
the Bridges proceeding IAN unneces-
sary and dangerous obstacle to full
development of united state and
nation, and urged that it be dis
missed Immediately
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
TOWN and FARM
In WARTIME
Prepared by OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION

more income last year must file in
come tax returns the same as adults.
Therefore, parents need no longer in
clude in their own income tax returns
the earnings of their children.
Income under $500: Persons whose
income last year was less than $500
are not required to file income tax
returns, but frequently will find it adj
visable to file. In the case of a single
person who had less than $500 income
from which tax was withheld, the fill
ing of a return will bring a refund
of the tax which was withheld In
the case of married person who had
less than $500 income, whether or
not any tax was withheld from it, the
person should file Joint or combined
return with her husband Cor his wife)
or as to get the full benefit of their
exemption.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
"TIME TO TIME" FOOD
SHORTAGES

Civilians may continue to expect
food shortages from time to time"
as a result of multiplying military and
lend-lease needs, but these shortages
will not be serious if farmers repeat
their record productivity and if Amer
leans plant victory gardens and do as
much home canning as possible, Mar
vim Jones, War Food Administrator,
declares. There is need for all of
the meat and milk and vegetables and
grains and dozens of other foods that
the nations farmers can produce"
Jones said. Farmers are being asked
to plant more acres to crops this year.
Farmers and their wives as we'll as
older people and children on farms
are working to the limit of their abil-
ity, and the help of city and towns
people will be needed in addition to
meet this years needs" He said the
surest was to assure full supply of
fruits and vegetables for home use is
to grow garden and do as much
home canning as possible.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
WACS FOR WORK
IN MED. DEPT.
BADLY NEEDED

Efforts to recruit Immediately, Is
Montana women for enlistment in the
Women's Army Corps for special duty
| the Baxter General Hospital in Spo-
kane, Washington, are being made by
the state authorities cooperating with
the army.
The following letter received by
this publication from Colonel Mitchell
tells of the opportunities for service:
Recently General Marshall asked
Row Sam c. Ford to facilitate the
recruiting of Is Montana women to
serve as the Montana Hospital Pla-
toon at Baxter General Hospital, Spo-
kane, Wash. Governor Ford asked
my office to act as liaison between
him and the Army for this project.
AS you know the need for trained
nurses for our Armed Forces is des-
perate Our men cannot receive care
they deserve without additional help.
Women of the Montana Hospital Pla-
toon will assist registered nurses.
Many men formerly with the 163rd
Infantry Regiment of the 41st Division
are in Baxter General Hospital for
treatment of wounds and illnesses re-
ceived fighting in the South Pacific.
Thus our Montana Hospital Platoon
will help our own menl
Women between 20 and 40 with no
children under A. who are citizens,
and have at least a tenth grade edu-
cation are eligible. They will be
given prescribed mental and physical
examinations and enlisted in the
Women's Army Corps for service with
the Med Dept. These women take
their basic and technical training as
unit at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ca, then go
to Baxter General Hospital for service
there After a month of on-the-job
training all qualified women will re-
ceive the rating of Technician Fifth
Grade.
Arrangements can be made for Mon
tana women to serve at the followinb
general hospitals if the enlistee re-
quests Calf: Birmingham at Van
Nuys, Letterman at San Francisco,
Dewitt at Auburn, Dibble at Palo
Alto, Hammond at Modesto, Torney
at Palm Springs; Utah: Bushnell at
Brigham City; Wash: Barnes at Van
couver, Madigan at Tacoma, McCaw
at Walla Walla.
Information on this program is
available at WAC recruiting offices in
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23

agencies reacted to newspaper reports
of new Roosevelt-C hurchill-Stal
meeting by unloosing flood of dis
patches predicting" what would hap
pen. Anticipating a detailed pro-
nouncement on Germany, but with
out knowing the details, the Nazis I'M
loosed flood of dispatches claiming
that the German foreign office had
Information" about the new plan.
Again, as in the past, the Nazis in
sisted that the plan would come to
nough because, they claimed, the Ger
man people were determined to resist
to the end and were-in addition
used to Allied tricks"
From the standpoint of propaganda
technique, however, there was at least
one marked difference between the
present and previous Goebbels cam
paigns.
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23

week when their votes together
with those of the democratic
members killed the bill provid-
ing for nomination by party
conventions of candidates to
fill vacancies in congress, will
once more be back in the fold,
purged of all rebellious spirit.
Killing of the bill providing for
nomination by convention came as a
surprise to the democratic members
who had consistently, if hopelessly OPP
posed the measure up to that time.
When the bill was up for discussion
on general orders, Representative
Kemmis from Richland, a republican
member made motion to strike the
enacting clause stating that he would
rather see the second district go for
the next two years without represen-
tation in congress than to have the
people of the district deprived of a
voice in the selection of candidates.
Speaker O'Connor made a speech
calling on all of the ordinarily sub
servient members of the party to re-
pudiate the proposal of the rebel mem
Der Kemmis and was followed by
demand by Williams, one of the lead
ing members of the sabaceous six
from Yellowstone, rudely called by
one observer "tin horn banker,
that he majority must not let itself be
divided. This whip-cracking did not
sit too well with some of the more
independent republican members and
II of them indicated their disapproval
by voting with the democratic mem
bers to give the convention bill the
axe, as was done
The following day, a motion was
made to revive the convention bill and
this brought Representative James of
Liberty to his feet with a motion to
also revive the primary bill, appealing
to the sense of fair play on the part
of the majority. Both bills were re-
suscitated, and consideration of them
is the special order of business this
afternoon (Friday)
Much of the time of the lower house
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
PLANS ANNOUNCED
TO BOOST DAIRY
PRODUCTION

SAN NCISCO-Tentative plans
to continue dairy production payments
through all of 1915 were announced
today by the War Food Administra-
ton, with approval of the Director of
Economic Sterilization, as a measure
encouraging dairymen to meet this
years all-time high production goal
for milk
WA Director Marvin Jones pointed
out, however, that continuation of
this production incentive program aft
er June 80 is contingent upon the
approval of congress. Specific rates
of payment were also termed subject
to revision Gin the event a sharp
change in the war picture alters mill
tary requirements"
According to Paul G. Adams, west
ern regional field representative of
the WA Office of Marketing Serv-
ices, the planned program contains
two specific changes. One of these
is an increase in rates of pay for but
terfat, relative to those for whole
milk, which aims at slowing down any
further shifts away from butter pro-
duction. In addition the seasonal
pattern of payments is adjusted to
boost milk production during fall and
winter Shortage months, Adams
said.
Subject to the conditions announced
by Marvin Jones, rates of incentive
payment on whole milk for April, May
and June will be 35 cents per hun
dred pounds less than the present
basic rate exclusive of drouth pay
ments) in all areas. For July, Aug
ust and September rates will increase
by 10 cents, and for the last quarter
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
WHERE THE POCKET KNIVES GO

The mystery of where that pocket
knife you wanted to buy has gone
is cleared up by an announcement
this week of WPB. To meet the ur-
gent need of bomber crews, ski troop
ers, sailors, and other members of the
armed forces for pocket knives, EN-
ployment in the pocket knife industry
must be expanded to point that will
permit production in the first half of
1915 of approximately 100000 pocket
knives per quarter, WPB states. Each
pocket knife is a miniature engineer
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23

GOOEBBELS ON THE BIG THREE
DR.. Joseph Goebbels has long used
the technique of discounting Allied
conferences in advance by predict
ing" what would happen and then pro-
claiming later to the world, 81 told
you so''-no matter how far he missed
the mark The object of this tech
nique, apparently, has ben to persuade
the world that the Nazis and the Ger
man people were prepared for any
thing and quite capable of brushing
off any new psychological blow.
AS In the past, Nazi propaganda
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23

this week has been taken up by the
and senate measures and the passing
of appropriation measures, all of
which represent increases over the
appropriations made by the 1943 SEES
sion.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
INSIDE THE AXIS

This material is prepared by the
Office of War Information from in
formation contained in foreign
broadcasts and foreign newspapers,
and from other data received by the
OWL through various overseas chan
nels.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23

Whether the second Montana district will be
sented the next two will depend the action
by the lower house of the Montana assembly today
when revived primary and convention bills both to be de-
with the expectation being that recactran republican
members who staged small rebellion Tuesday of this
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
TAX EXEMPTIONS EXPLAINED

In response to numerous inquiries
arising from new provisions of the in
dividual income tax law relating to
exemptions for husbands and wives,
and the income of minors, Joseph d.
Nunan, Jr., Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, made the following state
ment today:
Husband and wife exemptions-th
new law requires that If husband
and wife file separate returns, each
must take his own exemptions on his
or her own return. Both exemptions
can be claimed on the same return
only if (a) they file joint return, or
OBJ if one of them had no taxable
income and was not the dependent of
another taxpayer. In applying this
rule to wives of men in the armed
forces, it should be borne in mind that
the tax laws exempt and disregard the
first $1,000 of active service pay re-
cevied each year by a member of the
armed forces. The result is that
most members of the armed forces
have no taxable income, in which case
their exemptions can be claimed by
their wives.
Income of minors: The new law
provides that the earnings of children
shall be considered to belong to the
children, and not to their parents, for
purposes of the federal income tax
AS result, minors who had $500 or
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
MINOR REVOLT OCCURS
IN REPUBLICAN RANKS
OVER CONVENTION BILL

Motion by Republican House Member to
Strike State Hi.tor,e. %1e'se of Bill Precipitates
Effort by e-V,D Did, Bldg elIowstone and
Speaker O'Connor to Crack Whip Over
Majority Which Stirs Up Small Rebellion.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
HOUSEHOLD FATS TO RESCUE

HOUSEHOLD FATS TO RESCUE
Homemakers of Town and Farm
again are asked by the War Food Ad-
ministration to come to the rescue of
a wartime program. VIA states that
it is looking largely to the people in
agricultural areas to increase the
quantity of salvaged fats this year to
the 250,000,000 pounds needed to meet
United States military, industrial and
civilian requirements. Last year
housewives turned in 10000, 900
pounds. M. L. Wilson, director of the
Extension Service, has called upon all
state directors of the service to enlist
the aid of their field forces in helping
to speed the drive for used fats turned
in from rural areas. VITA advises
and asks all housewives to keep tin
can in handy spot in which to pour
used cooking fats When the can is
full the fat-can and all-should be
taken to the local market where the
butcher or grocer will pay two red
points and up to four cents pound
for every pound turned in. Salvaged
fats are used to help make munitions,
medicines, synthetic rubber military
and civilian soaps, parachutes and a
score of other wartime necessities.
Evening star., 1945-03-05

the Department of Commerce audi
| torium.
The Washington contestants will
be competing with thousands of boys
and girls throughout the United
States for $500 in scholarships.
First prize is a $4,000 scholarship,
| donated for the fifth consecutive
year by the National Association of
Manufacturers.
ID. c. Girl Won Sectional Contest.
Last year a Washington girl,
Miss Wanda Ruth Franks, student
at Central High School, after WIN
ming the local contest, also took
first place in the sectional contest
at Wilmington, Del. before an audi
ence of $50 boys and went to Buff
falo, where she placed second in
the regional contest.
Although she missed her big
chance for the $4,000 scholarship by
losing at Buffalo, Miss Franks, now
49, today looks back on her expert
ences as valuable.
1T helped me make up my mind
as to what I wanted to do in life,"
she said.
She decided to study radio acting
and writing and enrolled at Mar
jorie Webster School shortly 'after
graduation from Central.
All Contest Winners Get Prizes.
All contest winners, even in the
high school preliminaries, are as
sured of prizes. High school pre-
liminary contest winners will get IS,
and second place carries a $3.50
award. Section elimination winners
will get $3.50 for first place and S.
for second. The District winner will
get a S25 War Bond and the Sec
ond-place award is $40 in War
Stamps.
There are three scholarships oe-
sides the $4,000 award in the ma
tional. They are for $3.50, $500 and
$3.50.
The competitors are required to
choose their subjects from a list of
II titles. All, generally speaking, are
on the subject of Americanism. All
contests are divided into two parts
Each contestant delivers a prepared
oration of between 10 to IL min
utes, and each speaks eXtemporane-
ously for between and minutes.
The subject for extemporaneous
grafton is announced to the contest
ants six minutes prior to delivery >.
The District contestants will be
required to speak eXtemporaneousl2
on some part of section Of the
Constitution.
Posts, Chairmen Named.
Posts and chairmen in charge of
preliminaries at the various schools
are as follows:
Central High, Post No. 13, Hiram
w. Hummer, Americanism chair
man; Mckinley High, Post No. %.
George Galligan, chairman: Sidwell
Friends School, Post No. l, James c.
Clarke; Armstrong High, Cardozo
High and Dunbar High, Posts Nos
5 and 26 (chairmen to be announced
later: Coolidge High and Roosevelt
High, Post No. 80, Joseph A. Walker,
chairman: Western High and ST
Johns College, Post No Is. John M
Griffin. chairman; Anacostia High,
Post No. 81, Barton D. Love, chair
man: Eastern High, Post No. 8,
D. L. Halderman, chairman: Con-
zaga School, Post No. 81. William r
Brennan, chairman; Immaculate
Seminary and Wilson High, Post No
10, James H. Gordon.
Evening star., 1945-03-05
Cold and Rain Sweep
Midwest; Flood Threat
On Ohio Continues
ey the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
A cold wave which began In
Montana yesterday sent the mer-
curry to below-zero levels in the
Northern Midwest today, but Chi
cago forecasters said it would be
of brief duration.
High winds and light snow &C.
companied the cold in the Dakotas
Minnesota and Nebraska. Early
morning temperatures today in
cluded 81 below at Havre. Mont.
Is below at Williston, N. OAK; l:
below at Miles City, Mont; below
as Casper, Wyo., and below al
Cheyenne. Wyo.
The forecasters said that as the
cold moves east and south II
would moderate.
A late winter oddity was the oc-
currence of thunderstorms last
night in Southeastern Wisconsin
and Northeastern Illinois.
Meantime the Ohio River checked
its flood rise yesterday at 62.2-
foot stage at Cincinnati and re-
manned at that level early today
Evening star., 1945-03-05
Dead Mother
Greets Sailor
Home for Rites
5y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOCKPORT, N. Y. Mar. S.
Seaman, First Glass, John D. Nc
Donough, 10, of Lockport, was noti-
fed aboard ship in the Pacific his
mother had died, and that he was
to be given a leave home.
But, when he alighted from the
train at Buffalo Central Terminal.
he was met by his father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Linus j. Nc
Donough.
why, mother, I thought you were
dead" the sailor, pale and trem-
bling, said.
His father explained he had re-
ceived a wire from his son say
ing he was en- route home. The
mystified parents had no chance to
communicate with him, so they met
the train in Buffalo.
Seaman McDonough, believing
the message he received was intend
ed for another John McDonough,
has notified Seattle naval authori-
ties.
Evening star., 1945-03-05

The body of one unidentified man
was found in the river.
The forecasters predicted rain In
the Ohio Valley today.
Rain also was forecast for most
Of the Northeastern States, with
some snow possible in Western New
York.
The GeneSee River WIS at flood
stage at Rochester. N. Y, with sew
eral roads closed near the city and
high water invading some sections
of Monroe County, although resi-
dents were not in immediate dan
ger. The crest was expected today
Evening star., 1945-03-05
kurusu's Son Is Killed
In Battle Over Tokyo

The American born son of Saburo
Kurusu. who talked peace with the
State Department while Japan pre-.
pared its attack on Pearl Harbor
was killed in an air battle with
American planes over Tokyo on Feb
ruary 16, the of1lcial Domei News
Agency announced yesterday.
The son was Capt. Makoto Kuru.
Evening star., 1945-03-05

ship back TO base but died shortly
afterwards OF wounds.
The German Transocean Agency,
garbling the Japanese report, broad
cast yesterday that the elder Ku-
rusu had been killed by American
bombs while on air raid precaution
service in Tokyo. Direct Japanese
radio reports. however. made it evi-
dent that the Na1 service had mis-
understood the Tokyo broadcast.
Evening star., 1945-03-05

su, fighter pilot, who was born in
the United States In 1919. His
mother, an American citizen. was
the former Miss Alice Little of New
York.
The elder Kurusu, who recently
retired from the diplomatic service.
was quoted by Domei, the Associated
Press reported as saying that In the
death of his son he had fulfilled his
mission to the Emperor and the
Japanese people" Young Kurusu,
after a "dogfight" with American
carrier-based planes, brought his
Evening star., 1945-03-05

contest chair
man for the Dis
trict Department
of the Legion,
announced to-
day.
School winners
will take part in
sectional con-
tests here be-
tween March 81
and 27 and the
sectional win
ners will meet in
the D S tri C t
finals to be held
at 8 pm. Tues
doat xaril o of
Evening star., 1945-03-05
ID. {. Schools Will End
Legion 0raforicaI
Contests by March 70

District schools participating in
the American Legion oratorical con-
tests will complete their local con-
tests by March 20, Joseph A. Walker,
Evening star., 1945-03-05
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Evening star., 1945-03-05

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